4. Peternormal Activity
🎞️ S14 E4 🚫 Hard pass

Family Guy

Is Family Guy S14 E4 OK for kids?

4. Peternormal Activity

The guys go to an abandoned asylum seeking inspiration for a new horror movie idea, but end up accidentally killing a man they think is keeping them hostage. Wracked with guilt, they each try to pin the murder on someone else. Meanwhile, Stewie is on a mission to destroy Brian's glasses because he's annoyed by how pretentious Brian's been acting when he wears them.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

Family Guy S14 E4, “4. Peternormal Activity”, 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. The guys go to an abandoned asylum seeking inspiration for a new horror movie idea, but end up accidentally killing a man they think is keeping them hostage. Wracked with guilt, they each try to pin the murder on someone else. Meanwhile, Stewie is on a mission to destroy Brian's glasses because he's annoyed by how pretentious Brian's been acting when he wears them.

Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (9). 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 S14 E4:

  • 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?
  • You know, I like them horror movies where you got a couple of teenagers getting busy in their car at Makeout Point, but there's a killer on the loose.
  • …what the man on the radio is saying right now? TOM TUCKER: Another dead teenage couple was found at Makeout Point, clawed beyond recognition.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S14 E4:

  • (chuckles) You have nice breasts, for instance.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S14 E4:

  • It's just that when you've read as many books as I have, it-it takes a toll, you know? You sure it's not from watching too much close-up porn on your phone?

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in Family Guy S14 E4:

  • Like An Affair to Remember.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S14 E4:

  • He's using it to frame me for murder! Well, I'm not the only one.

Swearing 9 moments

How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S14 E4:

  • Yeah, let's get him! (yelling) Son of a bitch! Take that! Die, Hook-hand! You won't kill us! Um, Hook-hand's name is Albert, and he's dressed like a janitor.
  • (whistling) Hey, Bri? Yeah? Aah! Damn it! Aah! There's glass in my eye! Oh! Son of a bitch! Aah! Mom says dinner's at 6:00.
  • (screams) And also with you! Geez, this movie sucks.
  • (pops) Damn it, I guess it's a wiring issue.
  • That's it? What the hell? When do the zombies show up? That's the thing.
  • Aw, damn it, it's locked! Oh, my God, somebody must have locked us in.
  • (screaming) Where the hell are we? (footsteps echo) I heard something.
  • Wait a minute, is-is that-- is that his car? (car alarm wailing) Aw, crap, it's still alive! It does not feel like a Wednesday.
  • Damn it, that bastard is bailing on us.

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