--- title: "Road to the Multiverse (S08E01) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e01-road-to-the-multiverse/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Road to the Multiverse: Family Guy season 8 episode 1 (S08E01), first aired 27 September 2009. Writer and director credits." --- # Road to the Multiverse Episode 1 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E01), the 127th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 27 September 2009. ## Story At the county fair Stewie reveals that his prize pig came from a parallel universe and shows Brian a remote control that moves them between worlds. They visit a world where Christianity never existed and technology is far ahead, then several more with their own Griffins. Brian tires of the trip and discovers Stewie cannot get them home. In a universe run by dogs, where humans are pets, Stewie fixes the remote, but Brian wants to stay and the two break it fighting over it. They seek out that universe's Griffins, all dogs apart from a human Brian. Dog Stewie has his own device, but human Stewie bites dog Peter and is sent to the pound to be put down. The others free him, and Stewie and Brian return home. The human Brian follows them through the portal and is immediately hit by a car. ## Production and reception - The first broadcast on 27 September 2009 was watched by 10.17 million viewers, the show's highest figure since "McStroke" in season six. ([Wikipedia: Road to the Multiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse)) - The working title was "Sliders", after the science fiction series; director Greg Colton persuaded Seth MacFarlane to make it a Road to episode instead. ([Wikipedia: Road to the Multiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse)) - The Disney universe sequence was animated in Los Angeles by Main Street Productions, with every character redesigned in the style of Disney films. ([Wikipedia: Road to the Multiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse)) - Ahsan Haque of IGN rated it 9.6 out of 10, Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club gave it a B+, and in 2019 IGN placed it fourth among the 20 best Family Guy episodes. ([Wikipedia: Road to the Multiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse)) - It was the first episode produced after the 2007 to 2008 Writers Guild of America strike, which had left the seventh season made up of held-over episodes. ([Wikipedia: Road to the Multiverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 1 of 21 | | Overall | No. 127 | | Code | S08E01 | | First aired | 27 September 2009 | | Directed by | Greg Colton | | Written by | Wellesley Wild | | Production code | 7ACX06 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4048355 | | IMDb | tt1506623 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 10.17 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, John Herbert | | John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman | | Steve Callaghan | Head Executive | | Ralph Garman | Weight Exchanger | | Mark Hentemann | Dog Police Officer | | Kei Ogawa | Japanese Meg, Japanese Lois | 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 - Kei Ogawa as Japanese Lois and Japanese Meg, Asian Meg - Kotaro Watanabe as Japanese Brian and Japanese Quagmire, Asian Peter - Jamison Yang as Japanese Chris, Japanese Stewie and Japanese Peter, Asian Chris - Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman - Adam West as Disney Mouse - John Viener as Police Dog - Noriko Watanabe as Asian Lois ## Links - Season: [8](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-8/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_8) - Wikidata: [Q4048355](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4048355) - IMDb: [tt1506623](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506623/) - US viewers: [10.17 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_the_Multiverse) ## Navigation - Previous: [S07E16 Peter's Progress](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s07e16-peters-progress/) - Next: [S08E02 Family Goy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e02-family-goy/) - Season hub: [Season 8](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-8/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 8: episode 1 of 21 - S08E01 Road to the Multiverse (this entry) - S08E02 [Family Goy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e02-family-goy/) - S08E03 [Spies Reminiscent of Us](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e03-spies-reminiscent-of-us/) - S08E04 [Brian's Got a Brand New Bag](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e04-brians-got-a-brand-new-bag/) - S08E05 [Hannah Banana](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e05-hannah-banana/) - S08E06 [Quagmire's Baby](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e06-quagmires-baby/) - S08E07 [Jerome Is the New Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e07-jerome-is-the-new-black/) - S08E08 [Dog Gone](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e08-dog-gone/) - S08E09 [Business Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e09-business-guy/) - S08E10 [Big Man on Hippocampus](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e10-big-man-on-hippocampus/) - S08E11 [Dial Meg for Murder](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e11-dial-meg-for-murder/) - S08E12 [Extra Large Medium](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e12-extra-large-medium/) - S08E13 [Go, Stewie, Go!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e13-go-stewie-go/) - S08E14 [Peter-assment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e14-peter-assment/) - S08E15 [Brian Griffin's House of Payne](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e15-brian-griffins-house-of-payne/) - S08E16 [April in Quahog](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e16-april-in-quahog/) - S08E17 [Brian & Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e17-brian-and-stewie/) - S08E18 [Quagmire's Dad](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e18-quagmires-dad/) - S08E19 [The Splendid Source](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e19-the-splendid-source/) - S08E20 [Something, Something, Something, Dark Side](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e20-something-something-something-dark-side/) - S08E21 [Partial Terms of Endearment](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e21-partial-terms-of-endearment/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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