The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair
🎞️ S9 E12 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S9 E12 OK for kids?

The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair

When Bonnie goes out of town, Meg offers to check in on Joe, but she soon becomes a little too involved and starts freaking everyone out - especially Joe. Meanwhile, Stewie thinks he's losing his edge as the toughest baby on the block, so he hooks himself up to a machine that is supposed to make him more evil than ever before.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S9 E12, “The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. When Bonnie goes out of town, Meg offers to check in on Joe, but she soon becomes a little too involved and starts freaking everyone out - especially Joe. Meanwhile, Stewie thinks he's losing his edge as the toughest baby on the block, so he hooks himself up to a machine that is supposed to make him more evil than ever before.

Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Violence & injury (5); Swearing (7); Alcohol & drugs (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 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S9 E12:

  • And go have sex with Quagmire.
  • 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 just wanted to Iook sexy for Susie.

Violence & injury 5 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S9 E12:

  • If you hadn't told me I was going soft, I wouldn't have created Evil Stewie, he wouldn't have escaped and we wouldn't be trying to track down a murderer.
  • What the devil happened here? I've assembled that rifle a million times.
  • Well, I don't know if it's just the rifle.
  • Meg, I know you took my gun from the drawer, I know you planted it in Bonnie's Iuggage, and I know that you breast-fed Susie.
  • Hey, can you tell me what Lady Gaga is? Is that a band, or a soda, or a store, or one of those terms Iike "donkey punch"? No.

Swearing 7 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S9 E12:

  • Look at your fucking face.
  • Oh, fuck, Ricardo's gonna kill me.
  • Shit, I should have said something.
  • I mean, when was the Iast time you tried to blow something up, or take over the world, or even used the phrase, "Damn you"? Hey, I got a Iot on my plate, man.
  • What the hell is going on in here? Well, Brian, I thought about what you said at the park, and I've decided you're right.
  • Oh, my God, is it 7:50? Damn it, I missed the bus.
  • What happened to your clothes? Hey, what are you doing? Ahhh! Brian, have you seen Whoa, what the hell happened to you? Easy, easy, man, easy.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S9 E12:

  • Ma'am, is this your bag? I don't know how that cocaine got in there.

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