Sibling Rivalry
🎞️ S4 E22 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S4 E22 OK for kids?

Sibling Rivalry

After a pregnancy scare, Peter reluctantly agrees to get a vasectomy. But after the operation, Peter's sex drive becomes nonexistent. When Lois packs on some extra pounds, Peter's interest is renewed and things heat back up in the bedroom until her unhealthy eating habits get the best of her. Meanwhile, Stewie's half-brother and archrival Beltram confronts him and they declare an all-out war for control over the playground.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S4 E22, “Sibling Rivalry”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. After a pregnancy scare, Peter reluctantly agrees to get a vasectomy. But after the operation, Peter's sex drive becomes nonexistent. When Lois packs on some extra pounds, Peter's interest is renewed and things heat back up in the bedroom until her unhealthy eating habits get the best of her. Meanwhile, Stewie's half-brother and archrival Beltram confronts him and they declare an all-out war for control over the playground.

Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (7); Nudity & bodies (5); Violence & injury (2); Slut-shaming (1). 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 7 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S4 E22:

  • …Then you snip the fibrous tissue - Then you snip the fibrous tissue Hey, but, you'll never have to wear a condom When you do it with your wife Or anyone else you do it with We promise not to tell Like that new hot…
  • You could freeze some of your sperm at the sperm bank just in case.
  • We'd like a vial of sperm and an applicator that looks like Jody Foster's knuckles.
  • We haven't had sex since your vasectomy.
  • You know, that little wrinkle that fat people get on their elbows that looks like a schwa? I mean, you wouldn't have sex with her, would you? - Oh, yeah, I would.
  • After all, sex is pointless without potency.
  • It's no reason to give up on your sex life.

Nudity & bodies 5 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S4 E22:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Much better than that night you pretended your penis was Danny Aiello.
  • She's got elbow cleavage.
  • He's got a clown costume in his trunk, so we know he's good with kids, and pictures of boys in their underwear, so he's probably had some medical training.
  • There were so many boobs, I didn't know whose boobs I was grabbing, your boobs or my boobs.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S4 E22:

  • That guy on the grassy knoll's got a gun.
  • What the deuce is all the commotion? All right! Out of my way! Move aside! What the hell is so bloody fascinating? You! Well, well, well.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S4 E22:

  • Easy, easy, girl.

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