"Family Guy" Stew-Roids (2009)

Director:

Jerry Langford

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (creator)
Seth MacFarlane (developer) ...

TV Series:

"Family Guy" (1999)

Original Air Date:

26 April 2009 (Season 7, Episode 13)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Stewie begins taking steroids after he is beat up by a baby girl, and Chris begins dating one of the most popular girls in the school.

Plot Keywords:

Steroids | Gym | Pink Car | Seagull | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Jan. 11

10:30 PM

TBS

Stew-Roids

#7.13

Cast

Seth MacFarlane	...	Peter Griffin / Stewie Griffin / Brian Griffin / Quagmire / Adam Sandler / Santa Claus / Scientist #1 / Seagull (voice)
Alex Borstein	...	Lois Griffin (voice)
Seth Green	...	Chris Griffin / Jock #4 / Neil Goldman / Popular Kid #3 (voice)
Mila Kunis	...	Meg Griffin / Popular Kid #1 (voice)
Mike Henry	...	Cleveland (voice)
Meredith Baxter	...	Elyse Keaton (voice)
Jeff Bergman	...	Paul Sorvino / Fred Flintstone (voice)
Alexandra Breckenridge	...	Popular Kid #6 (voice)
Gary Cole	...	Principal Shepherd (voice)
Chris Cox	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chace Crawford	...	Jock #2 / Popular Kid #4 / Trainer (voice)
Ralph Garman	...	Cop (voice)
Camille Guaty	...	Gina (voice)
Wentworth Miller	...	Jock #4 / Popular Kid #2 (voice)
Danny Smith	...	Other Audience Member (voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Fuzzy Door Productions

Trivia:

The title is based on the family of drugs called steroids that is used medically to rebuild body tissue and is illegally used by athletics to increase muscle tissue, but has adverse mental and physical consequences that include dependence and aggression.

Quotes:

Adam Sandler: This is my old bicycle that I've had from when I was ten.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Goonies (1985)

An improvement for the season

Season seven has been quite mediocre. The jokes have been redundant and the cutaway gags have been too long. This episode displays more of the same but has more originality as far as plot and jokes were concerned. in the episode Stewie begins a using steroids in order to gain some muscle after a Joe's daughter kicked his butt. In the process Stewie develops a macho stature as well as an obnoxious behavior, picking on Brian and others around him. However, there was a sub-plot which took up almost as much time as the main plot. the subplot was about Chris dating a popular girl at his school and the whole thing was just not quite family guy material. it was just filled with dry dialogues and not-so-funny jokes. overall the part about Stewie and his steroids was quite funny and for this I say the episode was an improvement for the season.