--- title: "Road to Rupert (S05E09) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e09-road-to-rupert/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Road to Rupert: Family Guy season 5 episode 9 (S05E09), first aired 28 January 2007. Writer and director credits." --- # Road to Rupert Episode 9 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E09), the 89th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Dan Povenmire. First broadcast on 28 January 2007. ## Story At a family yard sale Brian accidentally sells Stewie's teddy bear, Rupert. He admits it, and the two trace the buyer through DNA on the note Brian was paid with. The house is empty, so they follow the removal van as far as the Connecticut line, where Mayor West refuses to drive any further. A box dropped from the van gives the new address in Aspen. After a hired helicopter crashes, the pair reach Colorado, where Stanford Cordray agrees to hand the bear back only if Stewie wins a ski race. Stewie loses, has the bear knocked out of Cordray's son's hands and drives home with Brian in a car taken at gunpoint. Meanwhile Peter loses his licence over a failed stunt jump and Meg becomes his driver, and the two end up as secret best friends. ## Production and reception - Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 8.8 million homes, with a 3.1 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49, ahead of both The Simpsons and American Dad!. ([Wikipedia: Road to Rupert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert)) - This was the third and last of the Road to episodes directed by Dan Povenmire, who left to create Phineas and Ferb with Jeff Marsh. ([Wikipedia: Road to Rupert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert)) - A sequence of Stewie and Brian crossing several states, with much of the Midwest drawn as identical corn fields, was cut for timing and kept for the DVD. Seth MacFarlane based it on driving across the country after September 2001. ([Wikipedia: Road to Rupert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert)) - Stewie's dance number uses footage from the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh, and the reflection of the cartoon mouse it replaced can still be made out on the floor. ([Wikipedia: Road to Rupert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert)) - Povenmire had written the camping song heard in the car for SpongeBob SquarePants, and Nickelodeon gave permission for it to be reused here. ([Wikipedia: Road to Rupert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 5 | | Episode | 9 of 18 | | Overall | No. 89 | | Code | S05E09 | | First aired | 28 January 2007 | | Directed by | Dan Povenmire | | Written by | Patrick Meighan | | Production code | 5ACX04 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5 | | Wikidata | Q524131 | | IMDb | tt0863492 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 8.80 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Sharon Stone | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert | | Max Burkholder | Little Boy | | Phil LaMarr | Tourist at Gettysburg | | Rob Lowe | Stanford Cordray | | Ted McGinley | Helicopter Rental Agent | | Chris Sheridan | Scared Driver | 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 - Max Burkholder as Timmy Cordray - Phil LaMarr as Black Guy in Gettysburg - Rob Lowe as Stanford Cordray, Stanford - Ted McGinley as Helicopter Rental Agent - Stephen Stanton - Connor Trinneer as Victim of Sharon Stone - Audrey Wasilewski - George Wendt as Norm Peterson - Dave Wittenberg as Woody Boyd - Gene Kelly (archive footage) as Joseph "Joe" Brady - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson - Adam West as Mayor Adam West - Mike Henry as Herbert - Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants - Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star ## Links - Season: [5](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-5/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_5) - Wikidata: [Q524131](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524131) - IMDb: [tt0863492](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863492/) - US viewers: [8.80 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Rupert) ## Navigation - Previous: [S05E08 Barely Legal](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e08-barely-legal/) - Next: [S05E10 Peter's Two Dads](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e10-peters-two-dads/) - Season hub: [Season 5](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-5/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 5: episode 9 of 18 - S05E01 [Stewie Loves Lois](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e01-stewie-loves-lois/) - S05E02 [Mother Tucker](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e02-mother-tucker/) - S05E03 [Hell Comes to Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e03-hell-comes-to-quahog/) - S05E04 [Saving Private Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e04-saving-private-brian/) - S05E05 [Whistle While Your Wife Works](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e05-whistle-while-your-wife-works/) - S05E06 [Prick Up Your Ears](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e06-prick-up-your-ears/) - S05E07 [Chick Cancer](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e07-chick-cancer/) - S05E08 [Barely Legal](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e08-barely-legal/) - S05E09 Road to Rupert (this entry) - S05E10 [Peter's Two Dads](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e10-peters-two-dads/) - S05E11 [The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e11-the-tan-aquatic-with-steve-zissou/) - S05E12 [Airport '07](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e12-airport-07/) - S05E13 [Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e13-bill-and-peters-bogus-journey/) - S05E14 [No Meals on Wheels](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e14-no-meals-on-wheels/) - S05E15 [Boys Do Cry](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e15-boys-do-cry/) - S05E16 [No Chris Left Behind](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e16-no-chris-left-behind/) - S05E17 [It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e17-it-takes-a-village-idiot-and-i-married-one/) - S05E18 [Meet the Quagmires](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s05e18-meet-the-quagmires/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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