--- title: "Da Boom (S02E03) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e03-da-boom/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Da Boom: Family Guy season 2 episode 3 (S02E03), first aired 26 December 1999. Writer and director credits." --- # Da Boom Episode 3 of Family Guy season 2 (S02E03), the 10th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan and directed by Bob Jaques. First broadcast on 26 December 1999. ## Story On New Year's Eve 1999 Peter is warned by a man in a chicken suit that the Y2K bug will end the world. Peter locks the family in the basement. At midnight the bug triggers a nuclear holocaust that destroys most of civilisation. The Griffins survive and head for Natick, Massachusetts, where Peter hopes the Twinkie factory still stands. Stewie falls into nuclear waste on the way and begins to mutate. The factory is intact, and the family found New Quahog around it with Peter as mayor. When Peter starts making guns from the town's irrigation pipes, the citizens banish the family. Stewie, now an octopus below the waist, has laid hundreds of eggs, and the hatchlings overrun the town. The Griffins set off for a Carvel factory in Framingham. A live action epilogue reveals the whole story as a dream of Pam Ewing from Dallas. ## Production and reception - This was the first broadcast episode with Mila Kunis as the voice of Meg, replacing Lacey Chabert, who left because of school and her work on Party of Five. ([Wikipedia: Da Boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Boom)) - The episode introduces Ernie the Giant Chicken, voiced by writer Danny Smith, whose fights with Peter became a running gag. ([Wikipedia: Da Boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Boom)) - Patrick Duffy and Victoria Principal reprised their Dallas roles for the live action ending, which parodies the Dallas episode Blast from the Past. ([Wikipedia: Da Boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Boom)) - Bob Jaques directed, his only episode of the series, from a script by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan. ([Wikipedia: Da Boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Boom)) - Ahsan Haque of IGN rated the episode 10 out of 10, and Tom Eames of Digital Spy placed it sixteenth in his ranking of the show's episodes. ([Wikipedia: Da Boom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Boom)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 2 | | Episode | 3 of 21 | | Overall | No. 10 | | Code | S02E03 | | First aired | 26 December 1999 | | Directed by | Bob Jaques | | Written by | Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan | | Production code | 2ACX06 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 2 | | Wikidata | Q470203 | | IMDb | tt0576925 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 9.37 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Sheila | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Lori Alan | Diane Simmons | | Patrick Duffy | Bobby Ewing | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown | | Jack Perkins | Jack Perkins | | Victoria Principal | Pamela Barnes Ewing | | Will Sasso | Randy Newman | Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze. ### Guest voices - Patrick Duffy as Bobby Ewing - Victoria Principal as Pam Ewing, Pamela Ewing - Jack Perkins as himself - Will Sasso as Randy Newman - Joey Slotnick - Mike Henry as Cleveland Brown - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Lori Alan as Diane Simmons ## Links - Season: [2](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-2/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_2) - Wikidata: [Q470203](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470203) - IMDb: [tt0576925](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576925/) - US viewers: [9.37 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_2) ## Navigation - Previous: [S02E02 Holy Crap](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e02-holy-crap/) - Next: [S02E04 Brian in Love](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e04-brian-in-love/) - Season hub: [Season 2](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-2/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 2: episode 3 of 21 - S02E01 [Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e01-peter-peter-caviar-eater/) - S02E02 [Holy Crap](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e02-holy-crap/) - S02E03 Da Boom (this entry) - S02E04 [Brian in Love](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e04-brian-in-love/) - S02E05 [Love Thy Trophy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e05-love-thy-trophy/) - S02E06 [Death Is a Bitch](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e06-death-is-a-bitch/) - S02E07 [The King Is Dead](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e07-the-king-is-dead/) - S02E08 [I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e08-i-am-peter-hear-me-roar/) - S02E09 [If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e09-if-im-dyin-im-lyin/) - S02E10 [Running Mates](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e10-running-mates/) - S02E11 [A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e11-a-picture-is-worth-1-000-bucks/) - S02E12 [Fifteen Minutes of Shame](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e12-fifteen-minutes-of-shame/) - S02E13 [Road to Rhode Island](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e13-road-to-rhode-island/) - S02E14 [Let's Go to the Hop](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e14-lets-go-to-the-hop/) - S02E15 [Dammit Janet](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e15-dammit-janet/) - S02E16 [There's Something About Paulie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e16-theres-something-about-paulie/) - S02E17 [He's Too Sexy for His Fat](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e17-hes-too-sexy-for-his-fat/) - S02E18 [E. Peterbus Unum](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e18-e-peterbus-unum/) - S02E19 [The Story on Page One](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e19-the-story-on-page-one/) - S02E20 [Wasted Talent](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e20-wasted-talent/) - S02E21 [Fore, Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s02e21-fore-father/) --- Unofficial fan resource. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by FOX, Disney, or Fuzzy Door Productions.