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Skip for under 14
Family Guy S18 E16, “Start Me Up”, 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. Peter's non-stop sweating becomes a liability at his company, so his boss tells him to work from home. Meanwhile, after Stewie and Chris cause thousands of dollars in damage to an electronics store, the two create a fake Kickstarter campaign with Brian to pay back the money.
Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (4); 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 5 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
- 'Cause I use office petty cash to have sex with high-end escorts? No. But your perspiration has become a serious problem.
Is violence in movies and sex on TV
- Those nicknames no longer fly ever since several women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against each of us.
- HIGH VOICE
De-De-De-Devin and Lawrence! SINGERS: Sexual misconduct 97. 1 FM.
- (CRYING) Now, Barbara, the reason you are here at Super HR is there's been an accusation of unwanted touching and an overly sexualized work environment.
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- Hmm, let's see. Peter, Peter Penis? Let's just fire up Windows 98.
- Hey, I went ahead and ordered those 4,000 penis mugs for you.
- All right. Dishes washed, kids off to school, taking my boobs out of my bra.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
- I'm sitting there at my desk, trying to watch porn on sites you guys haven't figured out yet, and she comes in and kisses me.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
- Why? 'Cause I'm drunk and have a gun? - No.
- I thought the gun would get me there.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
You son of a bitch!
Damn it, what's wrong with the AC?
- Hey, what time is our meeting, Oscar? It's Aah! Sorry. What time is our meeting, Aah-scar? Damn it, Griffin, you've become a liability in this office.
- You're welcome! What the hell? (KEYS CLACKING) Oh, hi, Peter.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Family Guy S18 E16:
- 'Cause of the cocaine? - No.
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