Season 5 · Episode 16 · First aired 6 May 2007

No Chris Left Behind

Episode 16 of Family Guy season 5 (S05E16), the 96th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Pete Michels. First broadcast on 6 May 2007.

Story

Brian notices that Chris's history textbook is decades out of date, and Lois raises it at a parent teacher meeting. Principal Shepherd explains that the school lost federal funding over poor test scores, and expels Chris as its weakest pupil to lift the average. Peter is interrupted mid conversation by his third fight with the giant chicken, which runs across Quahog and finishes in a restaurant kitchen. Carter Pewterschmidt gets Chris into Morningwood Academy on condition that Peter remake Liar Liar shot for shot. The wealthy pupils beat Chris until Carter has him admitted to their Skull and Bones society. The family takes on extra work to cover the fees, and Chris, uneasy about the society's initiations, asks Carter to return him to James Woods High.

Production and reception

Nielsen figures put the first broadcast at 7.95 million homes, with a 2.8 rating among viewers aged 18 to 49. Wikipedia, No Chris Left Behind
Steven Fonti, the storyboard artist on the chicken fight, won a Primetime Emmy in the individual achievement in animation category, and an Annie Award for storyboarding at the 35th ceremony. Wikipedia, No Chris Left Behind
Neil Patrick Harris and Josh Radnor voiced their How I Met Your Mother characters in the opening parody. Gary Cole, Phil LaMarr and Tara Strong also guest starred. Wikipedia, No Chris Left Behind
Two versions of the textbook gag exist: broadcast copies date the book to 1948, while the Cartoon Network and DVD versions date it to 1896 and carry different content. Wikipedia, No Chris Left Behind
Brett Love of TV Squad thought the chicken fight took up too much of the running time, while Ahsan Haque of IGN praised it. Wikipedia, No Chris Left Behind

Voices

Voice	Characters
Seth MacFarlane	Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin
Alex Borstein	Lois Griffin, Nicole
Seth Green	Chris Griffin, Virgil MasterCard
Mila Kunis	Meg Griffin
Mike Henry	Cleveland Brown, John Herbert, Bruce the Performance Artist
Gary Cole	Principal Shepherd
Ralph Garman	John Hancock
Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson
Mark Hentemann	Fat Guy
Phil LaMarr	Rocky Balboa, Paulie Pennino

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

Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
Phil LaMarr
Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
Tara Strong as Japanese Girl
Mike Henry as Herbert
Alec Sulkin as Construction Worker

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Provenance

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Sources: Wikipedia: No Chris Left Behind
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