Family Guy’s Hilarious Turkey Day Escapades
Thanksgiving and the chaotic quest for a turkey is a recurring theme on Family Guy, leading to some of the show’s most memorable and hilarious episodes As America’s most dysfunctional family, the Griffins have a knack for ruining Thanksgiving and sending Peter and Brian on misadventures to find a replacement turkey. Let’s look back on some of Family Guy’s funniest Turkey Day mishaps and mayhem
“Turkey Guys” – Peter and Brian Eat The Whole Turkey
In the classic episode “Turkey Guys”, Peter and Brian get drunk the night before Thanksgiving and devour the entire turkey Lois had planned to serve. When Lois finds out, she sends them on a quest to find a new turkey on Thanksgiving Day. Peter and Brian hit the road, but a series of wacky obstacles including a runaway turkey and bus defecation prevent them from reaching home. Brian almost becomes lion food before Peter improbably saves him with a dead flamingo. They finally obtain a turkey by stealing the zoo’s tram and make it home for dinner. But inebriated Chris ends up blasting the turkey with a shotgun, solving the problem. This episode is Family Guy comedy gold.
“I Dream of Jesus” – Trash Turkey Terrorizes Quahog
Searching for a turkey takes a scary turn in “I Dream of Jesus” when Peter salvages a deformed mutant turkey from the trash and decides to serve it for Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately, the radiation-exposed turkey comes alive and begins terrorizing the Griffins and citizens of Quahog. The hideous turkey monster breaks Stewie’s bones, destroys Cleveland’s house and kills several people. Jesus finally shows up to defeat the rampaging turkey in an epic battle. In the end, a roasted giant turkey feeds the whole town. One of Family Guy’s most bizarre and unforgettable turkey episodes ever.
“Wasted Talent” – Intoxicated Peter Forgets The Turkey
Peter’s drinking causes Thanksgiving chaos again in “Wasted Talent” when a drunken Peter makes a vision board filled with pictures of beer and forgets to buy a turkey. Lois sends him back out, but he gets sidetrackedPub-hopping with Brian and ends up passed out on the couch. With no turkey, Lois cleverly mixes together leftover chicken wings, pot pies and sandwich meat to create a Thanksgiving feast. In a drunken stupor, Peter assumes it’s turkey and praises Lois for making the best turkey ever. A funny take on the traditional turkey hunt plot.
“The Courtship of Stewie’s Father” – Peter and Chris Take Down A Turkey
One of the most action-packed turkey episodes comes in “The Courtship of Stewie’s Father” when Lois sends Peter and Chris to pick up the turkey she ordered from Fresh Harvest Farms. After accidentally destroying the farm, they spot a wild turkey in the woods and decide to capture it themselves. Chris and Peter’s attempts fail hilariously until they finally run the turkey down in their car like a police chase. With the dead turkey in hand, they stops for pancakes and return home covered in bruises. Another outrageous Griffin mission accomplished.
From mutant monsters to drunken mishaps, Family Guy always delivers big turkey day laughs. And we can count on the Griffins to find new disastrous ways to ruin Thanksgiving in future episodes. When it comes to the chaotic quest for a holiday turkey, no animated family does it quite like Peter, Brian and the rest of the Family Guy gang.
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On Thanksgiving morning, Lois discovers Peter and Vinny ate the entire turkey planned for dinner that night and sends them out to find a replacement. Heading to the store, they find it is sold out completely. Proceeding to the Quahog Mini-Mart, they find they dont have turkey at all. Searching every store within sixty miles, they finally find the last one at the Highland Park Market. Taking it out, Peters antics result in Vinny trying to watch the turkey while allowing Peter to drive Brians Prius, but his unfamiliarity with driving a hybrid car results in them ending up in a pond where Peter rescues the bird first and Vinny nearly drowns. With Vinnys phone out of order due to getting wet, they get a ride from a store clerk to a bus station, but Peters defecation on the bus gets them kicked off. They steal a girls bike from the front of the bus before it leaves and continue their journey, but they break the bike when Peters pants get caught in the chain. They try hitch a ride, but the driver robs them of their turkey instead. Walking to home, Vinny chews out Peter for being stupid and Peter tells him that he framed him in eating the turkey while he was passed out. As a result, Vinny stomps off in anger.
Meanwhile, Lois concern about Peter being out allows Stewie to convince Chris to step up as man of the house for the dinner. Stewie tries to coach Chris into his duties as the guests arrive as Lois is forced to stall for time entertaining guests. Deciding to bail her out, Stewie finds Chris unable to handle the pressure as he gets inebriated and Stewie is forced to step in.
Despite the bad blood between each other, Peter and Vinny find themselves traveling together. Passing a zoo, Peter gets the idea to steal a turkey despite Vinnys reservations. They find a turkey but have to chase it through the zoo, causing all sorts of mayhem. Vinny falls into the lion pen but is rescued by Peter with a flamingo. He is grateful as Peter apologizes for his actions. Securing the turkey, they steal the zoos tram train and head for home. Just as Stewie is about to preside over what dinner there is, Peter arrives with the bird, but when he takes the turkey out back to kill it, finds he cant go through with it. He apologizes to Lois and gets permission to invite the bird as a guest, but as they face their guests, Chris arrives and blasts the turkey with a shotgun, providing them with turkey for dinner after all. In the end, Peter reveals that four years later, he and Lois divorced and Stewie died.
Synopsis[]
On the night before Thanksgiving, Peter and Vinny get drunk and eat the whole turkey, so they have to get a new one on Thanksgiving Day. With Peter gone, Stewie tries to help Chris take over as the man of the house.
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