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Skip for under 14
Family Guy S5 E8, “8. Barely Legal”, 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. When Meg can't find a date to her junior prom, Brian gets suckered into going with her, even though he is dating Jillian. When Brian arrives at the dance he gets drunk to ease his pain, but after he makes out with Meg he really hurts. The next morning Meg starts to think of Brian as her boyfriend and becomes obsessed with spending every waking moment with him. Meanwhile, Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire join the police force and have to come to Brian's aid.
Across the episode we counted 20 flagged moments in 8 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (7); Alcohol & drugs (2); Fat-shaming (1); Slut-shaming (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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
Masturbate? That's it.
We should hook up anyway.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
I saw this penis on the Internet today and I thought to myself : "Well, that's" - "that's just fine.
Maybe you can come and help me pick out some underwear.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
Stop punching me! - Look, Brian, I don't know what the hell happened between you two, but you'd better go upstairs and straighten it out right now.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
I should just kill myself.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
You know, Connie, I think I have a theory about why you're such a bitch.
I will never be attracted to you! You're acting like a psycho bitch.
What? Hey! Hey! Hey! What the hell?! You're not the same giraffe from last night.
What the hell? No, no, no, no, no, no, no! I gotta stop taking my baths during Peter's shenanigans.
You know, you don't deserve all the crap you get, Meg, you know that? Thanks, Brian.
What the hell is wrong with you, you sick bastard?! - Look, I was drinking - Oh, what a shock! Look, the short version is, this morning, she made me eat the hair in her pie.
Don't move, dirtbag! - Holy crap, what the hell is this? Brian, she's a teenager! Yeah, Brian, you're doing the same thing that Mia Farrow did to that Oriental guy that Woody Allen brought home from the circus.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
You got any weed? I put it in your coat pocket.
Sorry, that was the booze, not you.
Fat-shaming 1 moment
How Fat-shaming shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
I'm so fat and gross.
Slut-shaming 3 moments
How Slut-shaming shows up in Family Guy S5 E8:
But now you can't stand to look at yourself in the mirror because all you see is a whore.
She's a she's a skank.
Get naked, you strange whore! Peter, I haven't seen Meg or Brian since last night.
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