Season 12 · Episode 4 · First aired 10 November 2013
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
- 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
- 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
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
Season 12: episode 4 of 21
- E1Finders Keepers
- E2Vestigial Peter
- E3Quagmire's Quagmire
- E4A Fistful of MegYou are here
- E5Boopa-dee Bappa-dee
- E6Life of Brian
- E7Into Harmony's Way
- E8Christmas Guy
- E9Peter Problems
- E10Grimm Job
- E11Brian's a Bad Father
- E12Mom's the Word
- E133 Acts of God
- E14Fresh Heir
- E15Secondhand Spoke
- E16Herpe the Love Sore
- E17The Most Interesting Man in the World
- E18Baby Got Black
- E19Meg Stinks!
- E20He's Bla-ack!
- E21Chap Stewie
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 12 and the episode's article (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata lists fewer writers
- Licence
- Facts are not copyrightable. Source text on Wikipedia is CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0; IMDb data is used for verification under its non-commercial terms.
- 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.