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Season 4 · Episode 24 · First aired 23 April 2006

Peterotica

Episode 24 of Family Guy season 4 (S04E24), the 74th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Kurt Dumas. First broadcast on 23 April 2006.

Story

At a sex shop with Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland, Peter buys an erotic novel and finds it poor. He sends the author a sample of how he would do it, and his friends urge him to write his own. His novels sell well and become audiobooks read by Betty White, published by Carter Pewterschmidt for $5 in photocopies. A driver aroused by one recording crashes into the Kool-Aid Man's house and sues Carter into ruin. Carter arrives to shoot Peter, but Lois talks him down and the Griffins take him in. Barbara divorces him and marries Ted Turner. Peter tries to teach Carter ordinary life and money-making, including a failed train robbery. Barbara returns rich, having divorced Turner for half his assets, and Carter abandons Peter. Lois then admits she refused $10 million from her parents ten years earlier. Meanwhile Stewie trains in gymnastics for the Olympics.

Production and reception

  • Patrick Meighan wrote the episode and Kurt Dumas directed; an earlier title referring to King Arthur was rejected by broadcasting standards. Wikipedia, Peterotica
  • Peter's novels parody real books, including Angela's Ashes, The Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; one cover was cut from broadcast. Wikipedia, Peterotica
  • A planned subplot in which Stewie built a machine to make Chris intelligent was scrapped as not funny enough. Wikipedia, Peterotica
  • The thinking grenade gag was written for "PTV" but moved here because the Drunken Clam had no windows for Peter to throw grenades through. Wikipedia, Peterotica
  • Carol Burnett sued over an unauthorised use of her Charwoman character and the case was dismissed; Mike Drucker of IGN singled out the episode and "PTV" for praise. Wikipedia, Peterotica

Voices

VoiceCharacters
Seth MacFarlanePeter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex BorsteinLois Griffin, Barbara Pewterschmidt, Julia Roberts
Seth GreenChris Griffin, Boy at Mall, Male Customer
Mila KunisMeg Griffin
Alexandra BreckenridgeRenée Zellweger
John G. BrennanMort Goldman
Ralph GarmanTrailer Narrator
Mike HenryCleveland Brown, Gardner
Stacey ScowleyGirl at the Mall
Chris SheridanConductor

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

  • Betty White as herself, Betty White
  • Tamera Mowry as book customer
  • Alex Breckenridge as Renée Zellweger
  • Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
  • Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman
  • Ralph Garman as Ted Turner
  • Nicole Sullivan as Girl in Bookstore
  • Stacey Scowley as Renee Zellweger
  • John Viener as Scott Greenberg
  • Chris Sheridan as Train Conductor

Season 4: episode 24 of 30

  1. E1North by North Quahog
  2. E2Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High
  3. E3Blind Ambition
  4. E4Don't Make Me Over
  5. E5The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire
  6. E6Petarded
  7. E7Brian the Bachelor
  8. E88 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter
  9. E9Breaking Out Is Hard to Do
  10. E10Model Misbehavior
  11. E11Peter's Got Woods
  12. E12Perfect Castaway
  13. E13Jungle Love
  14. E14PTV
  15. E15Brian Goes Back to College
  16. E16The Courtship of Stewie's Father
  17. E17The Fat Guy Strangler
  18. E18The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz
  19. E19Brian Sings and Swings
  20. E20Patriot Games
  21. E21I Take Thee Quagmire
  22. E22Sibling Rivalry
  23. E23Deep Throats
  24. E24PeteroticaYou are here
  25. E25You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives
  26. E26Petergeist
  27. E27The Griffin Family History
  28. E28Stewie B. Goode
  29. E29Bango Was His Name, Oh!
  30. E30Stu and Stewie's Excellent Adventure

Season hub with air dates and credits for all 30 episodes

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