Family Guy is a series that primarily focuses on the Griffin family. Family Guy is known for its frequent cutaway jokes and dark sense of humor. But after a few seasons, Family Guy started to receive heavy criticism for taking their jokes a little too far.
Many of the family's morals have gone down the drain, which harms Family Guy. Characters need to be likable in order for a show to be successful. Many the worst episodes involve the family treating each other horribly, making fans feel sick rather than making them laugh.
10 Fresh Heir: Peter Tries To Marry Chris For His Money
After ignoring his son for so long, Peter is suddenly interested in getting on Chris' good side. Fresh Heir sees Chris as the named heir of the Pewterschmidt fortune. Peter makes it clear that his main interest is the money, and comes up with a plan to marry his son to get his hands on it.
In hopes of winning Chris over, Peter kills an innocent child and proposes with Lois' ring. Making the situation worse, Chris accepted the proposal because he wanted to spend more time with his father. Thankfully, Lois stopped the wedding before they could go through with it.
9 Stewie Is Enceinte: Stewie Gets Pregnant With Brian's Children
Stewie, upset that Brian seems distant lately, concludes that the only way to be close again is by getting pregnant. Stewie Is Enceinte had the potential to teach a valuable lesson, but it is completely overshadowed by a pregnant baby. Stewie Is Enceinte goes too far - especially as Stewie gets himself pregnant without Brian's consent.
Stewie Is Enceinte is over the top it its mean-spirit and gross humor. The ghastly childbirth scene, Peter not caring about Stewie's pregnancy, and the lacklustre views on consent proves it went too far. Stewie and Brian eventually abandon the children at an animal shelter, wrapping up one of the fandom's most despised episodes.
8 Seahorse Seashell Party: Meg Accepts Her Family's Abuse
At first, Seahorse Seashell Party seems like it serves no purpose other than to act as filler. However, Meg finally gives her family a well-deserved lecture after years of being treated so badly. This forces her family to reflect on themselves, expressing regret and turning on each other.
After unleashing her feelings, Meg sits down with Brian and concludes the family needs someone to take their frustrations out on in order to function. Other seasons of Family Guy prove that this simply isn't true, but Brian actually encourages this thought process. He claims that her willingness to subject herself to more of this torment was "noble."
7 Life Of Brian: Brian Is Killed Off In A Gruesome Way
Life Of Brian was wildly successful in making people revisit the Family Guy series. Many people were both shocked and outraged that Family Guy would kill off one of its main characters. The death itself was gruesome, as a reckless driver hit the dog with their car before driving away.
Somehow, this was not as insulting as the way most of the Griffin family forgot about him once they replaced him with another dog. Brian is saved by Stewie and his time machine a mere two episodes later, as if to poke fun at the fans who took the event so seriously.
6 The 2000-Year-Old Virgin: Jesus Pretends To Be A Virgin To Sleep With Other Men's Wives
The writers of The 2000-Year-Old Virgin knew full well that it was offensive, as Peter openly states this when he breaks the fourth wall. Every Christmas, Jesus tricks men into thinking that he is a virgin in order to sleep with their wives.
To make them pity him more, he shows them a bare, lonely apartment. In reality, he uses this space as art storage. He nearly sleeps with Lois, but she states that she values her marriage too much to do anything with another man. Jesus pretends that it was all a great test, and leaves while muttering that he is "not even real."
5 Boys & Squirrels: Brian Kills A Squirrel That Stewie And Chris Painstakingly Cared For
After Peter accidentally cut down a tree in the yard with his chainsaw, Stewie and Chris found an injured squirrel. In Boys & Squirrels, the pair nursed it back to health. As the creature was taking its first steps after making a full recovery, the brothers celebrate.
This heartwarming moment is viciously cut short, as Brian notices and instinctively kills it in a drawn-out scene. Rather than blaming Brian, the brothers immediately turn on each other, blaming the other for not protecting it properly.
4 Con Heiress: Chris And Peter Fight Over Herbert
Herbert is one of the most unsavory characters in Family Guy. Con Heiress exemplifies his awful characteristics, as he immediately grows interested in Peter after seeing him with Chris. Herbert thought Peter was the same age as his son.
Chris slowly begins to get jealous of Peter, who was getting more of Herbert's attention. They have a brawl for Herbert's affection, which Herbert thoroughly enjoys. Until he finds out Peter's real age. He reacts with horror before exploding. It was an unpleasant and unnecessary episode in Family Guy.
3 Brian The Closer: Brian Stabs Quagmire In The Back
Peter was responsible for Brian's severe face injury, but the family refused to pay to get it fixed. Out of pity, Quagmire was actually the one to help Brian during his time of need. With a fresh new smile, Brian became a real estate agent, living a better life than he did before the accident.
Despite what Quagmire did for him, Brian conned him, deciding to sell him a home so terrible that no other real estate agent had been able to sell it before. This side of Brian is easy to dislike, and Brian The Closer exaggerates Brian's worst characteristics.
2 Brian The Closer: Bonnie Buys A House In Hopes Of Killing Joe
When Joe was first introduced, he seemed to have a good relationship with his wife. Even without the use of his legs, he was able to do just as much as others. Joe proved to be so capable that Peter was wildly jealous of him. As Family Guy progressed, Bonnie displayed more dissatisfaction with her marriage and Joe was portrayed in a negative light. In Brian The Closer, Bonnie purchased a house with a terrible foundation, emphasizing her intentions by letting go of a wheelchair, watching it roll off a cliff and crash onto the rocks below.
1 Brian Griffin's House Of Payne: Stewie Got A Head Injury The Entire Family Tried To Cover Up
Brian Griffin's House Of Payne shows how backwards the Griffin family's priorities are. Meg and Chris accidentally knock Stewie down the stairs, giving him a head injury that exposes his brain. Rather than rushing him to a hospital, they try to cover it up. When Peter finds out, he encourages this behavior.
In order to keep the blame off of them, Peter throws his baby behind Lois' car so she can run him over and take the blame. Even Lois planned to cover it up, which Peter seemed to approve of. This kind of treatment made audiences feel awful for Stewie's living conditions.