--- title: "A Fistful of Meg (S12E04) | familyguy.co.uk" canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e04-a-fistful-of-meg/" updatedDate: 2026-09-06 author: Alex Moss description: "A Fistful of Meg: Family Guy season 12 episode 4 (S12E04), first aired 10 November 2013. Writer and director credits." --- # A Fistful of Meg Episode 4 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E04), the 214th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Dominic Bianchi and Joe Vaux and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 10 November 2013. ## Story Meg spills her lunch over Mike Pulaski, a new pupil, who challenges her to a fight after school. Her friends desert her, and Quagmire, who tells her that a girl bullied and abused him as a teenager and that he never stood up to her, trains Meg instead. She takes a beating in the fight before disgusting Mike into defeat, and a narration reveals that she dies a year later of septic shock. Meanwhile Peter takes to undressing in front of Brian, who is repelled by it, and keeps up the harassment until Brian follows Stewie's advice and shaves off all his fur. The sight horrifies Peter, who agrees to stay dressed, and Stewie lends Brian clothes for the three months the fur takes to grow back. ## Production and reception - The story was built as a reference to the 1987 teen film Three O'Clock High. ([Wikipedia: A Fistful of Meg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Meg)) - Nielsen figures gave it a 2.0 rating and an audience of 4.18 million, second in Fox's animation block that evening behind The Simpsons on 4.20 million. ([Wikipedia: A Fistful of Meg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Meg)) - Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded it D and called the running joke at Meg's expense distasteful, though he wrote well of the Peter and Brian story. ([Wikipedia: A Fistful of Meg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Meg)) ## Facts | Fact | Detail | | --- | --- | | Season | 12 | | Episode | 4 of 21 | | Overall | No. 214 | | Code | S12E04 | | First aired | 10 November 2013 | | Directed by | Joe Vaux | | Written by | Dominic Bianchi and Joe Vaux | | Production code | AACX22 | | Source | Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 | | Wikidata | Q16525133 | | IMDb | tt3304762 | | Verification | Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata lists fewer writers | | US viewers | 4.18 million | ## Voices | Voice | Characters | | --- | --- | | Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin | | Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Judge Judy, Tracey | | Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Neil Goldman, Jock #1 | | Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin | | Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd | | Jeff Daniels | Jeff Daniels | | Scott Grimes | Michael Pulaski | 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 - Alexandra Breckenridge as Teenage Asian Girl (in DVD version) - Gary Cole as Principal Shepard - Chris Cox - Jeff Daniels as himself, Jeff Daniels - Scott Grimes as Michael Pulaski - Jonathan Morgan Heit - Martha MacIsaac as Patty - Christina Milian as Esther - Emily Osment as Ruth - Robert Wu - Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson ## Links - Season: [12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy_season_12) - Wikidata: [Q16525133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16525133) - IMDb: [tt3304762](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3304762/) - US viewers: [4.18 million](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fistful_of_Meg) ## Navigation - Previous: [S12E03 Quagmire's Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e03-quagmires-quagmire/) - Next: [S12E05 Boopa-dee Bappa-dee](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e05-boopa-dee-bappa-dee/) - Season hub: [Season 12](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/season-12/) - All episodes: [Family Guy episode guide](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/) ## Season 12: episode 4 of 21 - S12E01 [Finders Keepers](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e01-finders-keepers/) - S12E02 [Vestigial Peter](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e02-vestigial-peter/) - S12E03 [Quagmire's Quagmire](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e03-quagmires-quagmire/) - S12E04 A Fistful of Meg (this entry) - S12E05 [Boopa-dee Bappa-dee](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e05-boopa-dee-bappa-dee/) - S12E06 [Life of Brian](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e06-life-of-brian/) - S12E07 [Into Harmony's Way](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e07-into-harmonys-way/) - S12E08 [Christmas Guy](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e08-christmas-guy/) - S12E09 [Peter Problems](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e09-peter-problems/) - S12E10 [Grimm Job](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e10-grimm-job/) - S12E11 [Brian's a Bad Father](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e11-brians-a-bad-father/) - S12E12 [Mom's the Word](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e12-moms-the-word/) - S12E13 [3 Acts of God](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e13-3-acts-of-god/) - S12E14 [Fresh Heir](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e14-fresh-heir/) - S12E15 [Secondhand Spoke](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e15-secondhand-spoke/) - S12E16 [Herpe the Love Sore](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e16-herpe-the-love-sore/) - S12E17 [The Most Interesting Man in the World](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e17-the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/) - S12E18 [Baby Got Black](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e18-baby-got-black/) - S12E19 [Meg Stinks!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e19-meg-stinks/) - S12E20 [He's Bla-ack!](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e20-hes-bla-ack/) - S12E21 [Chap Stewie](https://familyguy.co.uk/episodes/s12e21-chap-stewie/) --- Unofficial fan resource. 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