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Family Guy S3 E3, “3. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. A conglomerate buys Happy Go Lucky Toys and installs Peter (voice of series creator Seth McFarlane) as president. The conglomerate also owns a tobacco company, and before long Peter is on his way to Washington to testify before Congress on the benefits of smoking.
Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
"It seems today that all you see "Is violence in movies and sex on TV "But where are those|good old-fashioned values "On which we used to rely?
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
How do you respond to that? Bababooie! Bababooie!|Howard Stern's penis! Bababooie! How long is Dad gonna be in Washington? As long as it takes.
Hey, what's your|wife's name? Vagina Coastguard? I'm kidding.
Naked people who may be willing|to pleasure you for a price you negotiate.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
|Killing strippers.
Strippers are people, too.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
(cocks gun) Pull.
Al Gore? George W Bush? - Yes?|- Yes? Great.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
(cocks gun) Pull.
And what's your friend's name? Dick Armey.
What's his name?|- Dick Armey.
Where the hell is Louie?|- You tell me.
What the hell? "El Dorado Cigarettes"?|That's who bought your company? Oh, my God!|They're trying to corrupt our children! Those bastards turned a whole generation|of Americans into smokers with subliminal advertising.
|- You make me sick, you fat sack of crap.
We need someone important like you|to go down to Washington and help those bastards see|what fun-loving people the tobacco industry's made of.
|Brian, could you pass me the TV guide? - Piss off!|- What? I'm sorry.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S3 E3:
Why? Why did I have to go and smoke pot|when I was pregnant with you? Cheer up.
Hello?|- Mr Weed? I can't come to work today.
Peter?|- Oh Hi, Mr Weed.
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