Top 10 Weirdest Family Guy Episodes Ever

This is easily one of the most famous episodes of “Family Guy” - and also one of the most bizarre. It concerns Stewie and Brian travelling through multiple parallel universes, each of which come equipped with their own unique theme or idea. Some of these include a world in which Christianity doesn’t exist and a world in which dogs rule humans. The episode also cycles through various animation styles, with Stewie and Brian visiting a “Robot Chicken” world and a world largely inspired by old school Disney films. The episode is a total trip - in the best and most creative way possible, of course.

It’s not often that “Family Guy” gets serious. Brian & Stewie is the rare exception. In this one, the titular characters become trapped inside a bank vault and proceed to share intimate thoughts and feelings with each other. It’s a truly bizarre episode that breaks from many “Family Guy” traditions. There’s no music, Brian and Stewie are the only main characters to appear, and there are none of “Family Guy’s” famous cutaway gags. The episode also gets weirdly dark, complete with Brian revealing his planned suicide. The producers and writers took a huge risk with this episode, and opinion on its quality remains firmly divided.

Yet another episode centered around Brian and Stewie, season seventeen’s “Big Trouble in Little Quahog” has the pair shrunk to microscopic size following an accident with Stewie’s shrink ray. The two are forced to avoid some violent dust mites, and eventually meet a friendly group of water bears. When they finally restore themselves to proper size, they inadvertently expand a pair of dust mites and are chased around the house before being saved by a tiny Tom Cruise. It all sounds like something out of a fever dream, and it makes for some truly offbeat viewing.

“Family Guy” often experiments with style, and season sixteen’s “Three Directors” is a prime example. In this episode, three separate storylines are told through the style of three distinct film directors. In the first, Peter faces off against his boss Angela in a Quentin Tarantino segment largely inspired by “Kill Bill”. In the second, a turn-of-the-century Peter puts on an amateur play in a segment inspired by Wes Anderson. In the third and final, Peter battles Decepticons with beer kegs in the vein of bombastic Michael Bay films. It’s a very creative episode, and it wonderfully highlights the show’s penchant for non-stop pop culture references.

The mere concept of this episode is bizarre and near-unfathomable, as it sees Peter, Joe, and Quagmire attempting to find the source of dirty jokes. Of course, things get even weirder throughout the episode. In the final act, the men are kidnapped and taken to a remote island, where they learn about the so-called Secret Order of Dirty Joke Writers. The order is composed of the world’s smartest individuals, and their job is to craft dirty jokes and disseminate them throughout the world using undercover joke distribution agents. Quite fittingly, the episode also features a guest appearance by David Lynch. “The Splendid Source” is based on a short story written by horror author Richard Matheson, and that makes a surprising amount of sense.

The title alone tells you all you need to know about this crazy episode. As it suggests, Brian gives Stewie herpes after the two conduct a blood brothers ritual. Stewie later learns that Chris also has herpes, which was also given to him by Brian. The two then sabotage one of Brian’s dates, and the episode ends with Brian telling Stewie not to worry about his new case of herpes, as it will only flare up in times of great stress. “Family Guy” is no stranger to controversial storylines and jokes, but it seems like a certain line was crossed once Brian gave two of his family members herpes.

Most of the weird episodes come in the later seasons of “Family Guy.” But this one can be found in season two. Chris grows self-conscious about his weight, and Peter asks him to consider liposuction. After visiting a surgeon, Peter decides to get the operation himself, and is turned into a muscular hunk. People around Quahog begin to take notice, and Peter is invited to join The Beautiful People’s Club. This in turn boosts his ego, and Peter becomes estranged from the family. Turning Peter into a muscular and gorgeous sex symbol was a bit of creative genius, and it resulted in one of the most unique and memorable episodes of the entire series.

This episode is bizarre on multiple levels. It begins with Stewie and Brian going back in time and encountering their past selves - the footage of which is taken from the show’s pilot episode, “Death Has a Shadow.” The episode then launches into a great bit of meta-comedy, as the characters comment on the crude animation and cutaways. Things get even weirder when Brian tells past Brian about 9/11, resulting in an altered, post-apocalyptic future in which America has become embroiled in a second civil war. Other shenanigans are also included, like Brian becoming the writer of the “Harry Potter” series. It’s a very unique episode of “Family Guy”, and it proves that they are never content with just one gimmick.

A hurricane hits Quahog and leaves the Griffin family without TV. To pass the time, Brian decides to take some mushrooms. He proceeds to trip out, encounters various terrifying visuals, and even attempts to take off his own ear. Meanwhile, Meg snaps at the family and finally confronts them about their behavior. This results in the family turning on each other and Meg realizing that she is a lightning rod for the family’s frustrations. It’s another dramatic bottle episode that attempts to provide depth to the family and their interactions. How well it succeeded in that regard is down to personal opinion. Luckily, Brian’s horrible trip is there to add some much needed comic relief.

Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.

“The 2000-Year-Old Virgin”
Jesus Makes an Appearance

“Family Guy Viewer Mail #1”
Three Shorts of Madness

“Roads to Vegas”
Stewie and Brian Make Clones

“Con Heiress”
Brian and Quagmire Run a Con, Peter Grows Close to Herbert

“Send in Stewie, Please”
Stewie Talks to a Child Therapist Played by Ian McKellen

“Family Guy” has aired a lot of weird episodes throughout the years, but “Stewie Is Enceinte” is a different kind of weird. And maybe not in the most overtly entertaining kind of way. Feeling that he and Brian are drifting apart, Stewie steals some of Brian’s DNA and impregnates himself. He then gives birth to Stewie-Brian hybrids, and after he and Brian ponder the exorbitant cost of health care, they decide to ditch the offspring at a shelter. There’s just so much here we don’t even know where to start, and this episode definitely stands out as the most bizarre episode in “Family Guy” history. And that’s truly saying something.