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Family Guy S12 E8, “8. Christmas Guy”, 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 Carter Pewterschmidt cancels the annual Quahog Christmas carnival, because he hates the holiday, Peter must transform his father-in-law from a Scrooge into a hometown hero in order to salvage the event. Meanwhile, Stewie devises a master plan to get the one and only thing he wants for Christmas.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (1); Racism & slurs (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.
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Sex & hookups 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
Okay, Carter, a big part of Christmas is masturbating like you would any other day but feeling guilty about it because it's Christmas.
Like when I finally got to sleep with Mary Lou Gallo.
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?
We now return to The Year Without a Santa Claus or Sex.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
And I'm starting to think that other guy wasn't a real penis-butt inspector.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
Let's ask that security guard who has everything on his belt except a gun.
I'm gonna go punch a sandwich.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
What if we told you that we secretly replaced your coffee with Folgers Crystals? Wouldn't you feel like a dumbass? 'Cause of how you just raved about it just now? You stupid son of a bitch.
Who the hell is Georgette? Okay, Brian, I'm just putting this out there, but I'm a baby and only dicks don't let babies win.
What the hell? Where's all the decorations? And the big Christmas tree? Oh, look, there's Santa.
" Damn it, I'm not proud of that.
What the hell? There's a foot in this box.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
What do you want? Meth? Okay.
Racism & slurs 1 moment
How Racism & slurs shows up in Family Guy S12 E8:
Your beloved holiday movie is incredibly racist.
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