--- title: "Hannah Banana (S08E05) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e05-hannah-banana/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "Hannah Banana: Family Guy season 8 episode 5 (S08E05), first aired 8 November 2009. Writer and director credits." --- # Hannah Banana Episode 5 of Family Guy season 8 (S08E05), the 131st Family Guy episode overall. Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and directed by John Holmquist. First broadcast on 8 November 2009. ## Story Chris blames a failed test on the Evil Monkey in his closet and sets a trap to prove it exists. The captured monkey turns out to be friendly: his marriage ended nine years earlier, and he lost his job and home. He helps Chris with a book report and the two grow close, prompting a row between Peter and Chris. Meanwhile Stewie, a Hannah Montana fan, cannot get tickets to Miley Cyrus's Quahog concert and blackmails Brian into sneaking him backstage. He and Miley become friends until he discovers she is an android built by Walt Disney Imagineering. Stewie's attempt to reprogram her fails and she goes on a rampage through the town. The monkey confronts her and is carried up a skyscraper, so Peter and Quagmire shoot her down from a biplane. Peter catches the falling monkey and promises Chris more of his time. ## Production and reception - The first broadcast on 8 November 2009 was watched in 7.73 million homes, with a 4.0 rating among 18 to 49 year olds. ([Wikipedia: Hannah Banana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana)) - Candace Marie voiced Miley Cyrus and was later asked back to voice Meg's friend Beth. ([Wikipedia: Hannah Banana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana)) - Seth MacFarlane said the writers deliberately retired the Evil Monkey here because the gag of him leaping from the closet had run its course. ([Wikipedia: Hannah Banana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana)) - Writer Danny Smith voiced the Evil Monkey, and Walter Murphy composed Miley's song from lyrics by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. ([Wikipedia: Hannah Banana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana)) - Ahsan Haque of IGN gave it 8.5 out of 10, while The A.V. Club's Emily VanDerWerff graded it C minus. ([Wikipedia: Hannah Banana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 8 | | Episode | 5 of 21 | | Overall | No. 131 | | Code | S08E05 | | First aired | 8 November 2009 | | Directed by | John Holmquist | | Written by | Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | | Production code | 7ACX05 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 | | Wikidata | Q4040405 | | IMDb | tt1329671 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree | | US viewers | 7.73 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Ellen Barkin, Kelly McGillis | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Mike Henry | Assistant Worker | | Candace Marie | Miley Cyrus, Hanna Montana | | Chris Cox | Assistant Worker | | Danny Smith | Evil Monkey | | Alec Sulkin | Jock | | John Viener | TV Announcer | 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 - Candace Marie as Miley Cyrus - Danny Smith as Evil Monkey ## 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: [Q4040405](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4040405) - IMDb: [tt1329671](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1329671/) - US viewers: [7.73 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Banana) ## Navigation - Previous: [S08E04 Brian's Got a Brand New Bag](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e04-brians-got-a-brand-new-bag/) - Next: [S08E06 Quagmire's Baby](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e06-quagmires-baby/) - 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 5 of 21 - S08E01 [Road to the Multiverse](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s08e01-road-to-the-multiverse/) - 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 (this entry) - 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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