Saving Private Brian
🎞️ S5 E4 🚫 Too much

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S5 E4 OK for kids?

Saving Private Brian

📺 Where to watch

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 S5 E4, “Saving Private Brian”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14.

Across the episode we counted 25 flagged moments in 8 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (9); Alcohol & drugs (1); Homophobic jokes (2); Fat-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.

Parents need to know

Age 14+

Language, violence, nudity in adult animation.

Parents need to know that Family Guy S5 E4, "Saving Private Brian", is a adult animation episode. The series is known for tV-MA. Rated here so you know which episodes are roughest, not because it is kids TV. Driven by swearing (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes We both got shot in the foot, so we figured an honorable discharge would be in order. Sexual content is explicit — for example, You know, it's really hard to masturbate with you guys talking; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language includes strong swearing — for example, Now, the marines, those are the men you want to fuck. This episode includes homophobic jokes — for example, I'm I'm a homo. This episode includes fat-shaming — for example, Oh, way to stand up for your woman there, fatty. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    You know, it's really hard to masturbate with you guys talking.
  • Caution
    Chris, what the hell is going on with you lately? Ever since you hooked up with this band, you're like a completely different person, and I don't like it one bit.
  • Mild
    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 3 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Too much
    Who does he or she think he or she is? Look, you can totally see his or her nipples.
  • Too much
    We've gotta find this Marilyn Manson and I gotta give that bastard or bitch a piece of my mind or penis.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    …sounds awesome! And the recruiter said, with any luck, I could get the clap from a 12-year-old Chinese prostitute.
  • Too much
    "I rip it hardcore like porno-flick bitches.

Violence & injury 4 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    We both got shot in the foot, so we figured an honorable discharge would be in order.
  • Caution
    How about, " I wanna rock and roll all night, party some days, "and on the other days maybe just hang out and watch a movie"? Sounds like you guys could use some fresh blood.
  • Caution
    Hey, is that the M9 double-action pistol? - Sure is.
  • Mild
    Every time my daughter opens her mouth, I just want to punch her in the face.

Swearing 9 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    Now, the marines, those are the men you want to fuck.
  • Caution
    "I rip it hardcore like porno-flick bitches.
  • Caution
    We've gotta find this Marilyn Manson and I gotta give that bastard or bitch a piece of my mind or penis.
  • Mild
    Damn it! - That's what I thought.
  • Mild
    I mean, I'm just saying, what does he need a desk for? Who the hell cares? I'm just saying, it's weird.
  • Mild
    What the hell's wrong with you? Your skin's, like, moving around or something.
  • Mild
    Over, we're coming over And we won't come back till it's over, over there Commercial! Damn! Play me some filler, Johnnie.
  • Mild
    It's time for you to piss off, redhead.
  • Mild
    "I roll with groups of ghetto bastards with biscuits.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Mild
    Maybe if she spent some time on the treadmill, and I was drunk.

Homophobic jokes 2 moments

How Homophobic jokes shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Too much
    I'm I'm a homo.
  • Caution
    I am so gay with my gayness.

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in Family Guy S5 E4:

  • Caution
    Oh, way to stand up for your woman there, fatty.

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