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Skip for under 14
Family Guy S16 E9, “9. Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. In this special holiday episode, a selfish Peter loses his Christmas spirit and is visited by ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who take him on a journey around Quahog in the style of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); 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 S16 E9:
…head out the back! How he came from heaven and was born in a manger bed - To the windows! - Mary was his virgin mother Pure and mild Oh, my God, they got Quagmire!
You mean Dad? No, the fat guy who sleeps with Mom.
1 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?
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S16 E9:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Now, let's see that penis! Yeah, see, again, if you read between the lines, she's flirting.
I mean, I love having this underwear, I just I just don't love why I have it.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S16 E9:
No! Wh-Where am I? What day is it? All the porn girls I follow on Instagram have Santa hats on.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S16 E9:
Simpsn is a wife-beating murderer, right? Oh, right, was.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Family Guy S16 E9:
For Chris, a special People magazine look-back at Robin Williams, 'cause he killed himself.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S16 E9:
You guys talking 'bout Durd? More champagne, miss? (CHUCKLES): Miss? Oh, my! It's been a long time since anybody's called me miss.
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