3. Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air
🎞️ S6 E3 🚫 Hard pass

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Is Family Guy S6 E3 OK for kids?

3. Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air

After Bonnie tells Joe that she is tired of being married to a handicapped person, Joe decides to get a leg transplant. Excited about his new ability to walk, Joe dives head first into extreme sports and begins to hang around more active friends. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys are upset at how Joe is acting and decide to teach him a lesson. In doing so, they re cripple him and he is back to normal.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S6 E3, “3. Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. After Bonnie tells Joe that she is tired of being married to a handicapped person, Joe decides to get a leg transplant. Excited about his new ability to walk, Joe dives head first into extreme sports and begins to hang around more active friends. Meanwhile, Peter and the guys are upset at how Joe is acting and decide to teach him a lesson. In doing so, they re cripple him and he is back to normal.

Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (3); Fat-shaming (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • And we're gonna keep on drinking until we each uncover repressed memories of sexual abuse by a trusted religious official.
  • If I were a woman, I would press my bare boobs up against glass in public just for the sexual thrill! The sexual thrill! How do I stop?! Use the rubber stoppers on the front.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • Oh, hey, guys, I was just catching up on some plunger nipples.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • …And my hatred keeps me warm A wolverine, so you Russians best be warned Shooting Commies, drinking deer blood Peeing in the radiator Look up there, here comes a really angry Russian helicopter It has been a red dawn.
  • Boccie balls! I bought a tank! Are you out of your mind?! Let me show you how the gun works.

Swearing 8 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • Dude, those animals are so fucking funny, they make me want to merge without looking! Yeah! Rumsfeld! Hi, there, can I help you folks? Yeah, uh, my daughter's looking for a car that goes with her personality.
  • Ha! you are earth's bitch! Morning, civilians.
  • Family Guy - Episode S06E03 Hell comes to Quahog Correction : Kemar Oh, yes! I slam it, and you can suck it! Joe, that was our last ball.
  • What the hell?! No, no, no, no, no, no! Hey, Peter, can you blow that towel rack down here? Thank you.
  • Oh, my God! Joe, my God, what happened? You just ran over me, you bastard.
  • Man, this sucks worse than Easter Sunday at Richard Gere's house.
  • Ah, this sucks.
  • That damn Superstore's ruining everything.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • Who's sober enough to drive? Ah, okay, who's drunk, but that special kind of drunk where you're a better driver because you know you're drunk?
  • I'm that kind of drunk.
  • Superstore USA has their own brewery on-site and can sell beer at a much cheaper price.

Fat-shaming 2 moments

How Fat-shaming shows up in Family Guy S6 E3:

  • Meg, what happened? Fat Ass and his drunk friends left me at the roller rink.
  • What are you waiting for? Dad, I'm sorry I have to say this, but you're a fat ass who's completely incapable of performing the simplest tasks.

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