Content guide
Skip for under 14
Family Guy S5 E17, “It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One”, scores 2/5 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 18 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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, sex talk, drinking in adult animation.
Parents need to know that Family Guy S5 E17, "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", 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 sex & hookups alongside it. Violence is mild but includes What'd you do that for? - So I could reanimate the corpse - of Jim Varney. Sexual content is explicit — for example, My God, if I tried to masturbate right now, you know what'd come out? A little flag with…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language includes strong swearing — for example, …Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! There's another dog in that car! Hey! Are you seeing that? Hey!…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — I could do cocaine if I wanted to. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S5 E17:
My God, if I tried to masturbate right now, you know what'd come out? A little flag with the word "bang" on it.
Well, there once were two cowboys All alone out on the trail And they discovered they could sleep With another male Now they're having butt sex Cowboy butt sex Sodomy Come on, everybody.
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?
I've been having sex with every woman in town nonstop for the past two days.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S5 E17:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Hey, baby, want some Adam West penis? This is unbelievable! Well, I am not gonna stand by while you let this town be destroyed by corruption! Mr.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S5 E17:
What'd you do that for? - So I could reanimate the corpse - of Jim Varney.
He got the shotgun, Brian! Don't ask me how he did it, but Jim Varney got the shotgun! - Run for your life! - What? Run! - Excuse me, how much is this coat? - It's 4,300.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S5 E17:
…Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! There's another dog in that car! Hey! Are you seeing that? Hey! Hey! Hey, other dog! Fuck you!
" Hey, Lois, look at me, I got post-partum depression! I'm sad about stuff! You son of a bitch! Don't even joke about that! - This water feels kind of funny.
Bitch, I thought I said just shut up and be looking fine.
Dad, look! - Holy crap! Oh, my God, what the hell is wrong with this lake? I think it's a safe bet that that's responsible.
That's like making all, like, signs and walking around or what? You know, you bastards got a stake in this, too.
I mean, Lois is my wife, and if she's the mayor, we can pretty much do whatever the hell we want.
What the hell you talking about? Lois is gonna get the entire female vote 'cause of me.
Maybe you could do some damn laundry once in a while.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S5 E17:
I could do cocaine if I wanted to.
Oh, I like him! He looks me in the eye! I'd like to have a beer with him.
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