Season 11 · Episode 17 · First aired 14 April 2013
Bigfat
Episode 17 of Family Guy season 11 (S11E17), the 205th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Brian Scully and directed by Julius Wu. First broadcast on 14 April 2013.
Story
A cold opening passes through Family Guy, American Dad! and King of the Hill before a title sequence in the style of the last of those. Quagmire flies Peter and Joe towards strip clubs in Montreal, and Peter opens a door in mid-air, bringing the plane down in the Canadian wilderness. One of Peter's traps breaks Quagmire's legs, so Peter sets off for help without knowing that the crash site is a Canadian's back garden. Two months later a search party finds him living wild and unable to speak. Attempts to settle him back at home fail, so the family takes him to the woods to release him, where telling Meg to be quiet brings his speech back.
Production and reception
- The cold opening crosses over with King of the Hill and American Dad!, and the title sequence puts Peter, Joe, Quagmire and Brian in the alley places of Hank Hill, Bill, Boomhauer and Dale. Wikipedia, Bigfat
- It took a 2.5 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 5.02 million viewers, the most watched title on Fox's animation line-up that night. Wikipedia, Bigfat
- Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club graded it C, writing that jokes at Meg's expense dragged down an otherwise funny instalment. Wikipedia, Bigfat
- Mark Trammell of TV Equals judged it good rather than great, with an opening the rest of the half-hour never matched. Wikipedia, Bigfat
- Carter Dotson of TV Fanatic rated it 3 out of 5, saying Peter's feral spell was too short to pay off and that the King of the Hill homage carried the whole thing. Wikipedia, Bigfat
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Consuela |
| Max Charles | Davy Crockett |
| Mike Judge | Hank Hill |
| Bill Maher | Bill Maher |
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
- Mike Judge as Hank Hill
- Bill Maher as himself, Bill Maher
- Wendy Schaal as Francine Smith
- Rachael MacFarlane as Hayley Smith
- Scott Grimes as Steve Smith
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Mike Henry as Consuela
- Alex Borstein as Wife
Season 11: episode 17 of 22
- E1Into Fat Air
- E2Ratings Guy
- E3The Old Man and the Big 'C'
- E4Yug Ylimaf
- E5Joe's Revenge
- E6Lois Comes Out of Her Shell
- E7Friends Without Benefits
- E8Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
- E9Space Cadet
- E10Brian's Play
- E11The Giggity Wife
- E12Valentine's Day in Quahog
- E13Chris Cross
- E14Call Girl
- E15Turban Cowboy
- E1612 and a Half Angry Men
- E17BigfatYou are here
- E18Total Recall
- E19Save the Clam
- E20Farmer Guy
- E21Roads to Vegas
- E22No Country Club for Old Men
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 11 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
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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.