Season 8 · Episode 5 · First aired 8 November 2009
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
- Candace Marie voiced Miley Cyrus and was later asked back to voice Meg's friend Beth. Wikipedia, 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
- Writer Danny Smith voiced the Evil Monkey, and Walter Murphy composed Miley's song from lyrics by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong. Wikipedia, 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
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
Season 8: episode 5 of 21
- E1Road to the Multiverse
- E2Family Goy
- E3Spies Reminiscent of Us
- E4Brian's Got a Brand New Bag
- E5Hannah BananaYou are here
- E6Quagmire's Baby
- E7Jerome Is the New Black
- E8Dog Gone
- E9Business Guy
- E10Big Man on Hippocampus
- E11Dial Meg for Murder
- E12Extra Large Medium
- E13Go, Stewie, Go!
- E14Peter-assment
- E15Brian Griffin's House of Payne
- E16April in Quahog
- E17Brian & Stewie
- E18Quagmire's Dad
- E19The Splendid Source
- E20Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
- E21Partial Terms of Endearment
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 8 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: title, date, numbering and credits agree
- Licence
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.