Season 12 · Episode 16 · First aired 6 April 2014
Herpe the Love Sore
Episode 16 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E16), the 226th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Andrew Goldberg and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 6 April 2014.
Story
Peter opens a parcel addressed to Quagmire and keeps the whip he finds inside. At the Drunken Clam the three friends find a group of tough men in their booth and back away, and once word spreads each of them loses standing at work and at home. After a beating, Peter lists what he has watched from that seat, and the men reveal they are soldiers bound for Afghanistan, which wins them the bar's applause and a day declared by Mayor Adam West. In a second storyline, Stewie and Brian become blood brothers after watching The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Stewie catches herpes that Brian had hidden under his fur. Shunned at school, Stewie learns Chris was infected the same way, and the pair torment Brian until he apologises.
Production and reception
- Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded the episode C minus, writing that it leaned on the Stewie and Brian pairing and on shock material and came out an ordinary instalment. Wikipedia, Herpe the Love Sore
- The broadcast took a 2.3 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.77 million viewers, the best figures of the night on Fox, ahead of American Dad!, Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons. Wikipedia, Herpe the Love Sore
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown |
| Bryan Cranston | Bryan Cranston |
| Ginger Gonzaga | Tiffany |
| Scott Grimes | Kevin Swanson |
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 Jenna
- Ginger Gonzaga as Tiffany (deleted scenes)
- Bryan Cranston as himself (live-action sequence), Bryan Cranston
- Freddy Rodriguez as Handy Manny
- Patrick Stewart as cutaway narrator, Patrick Stewart
- Tara Strong as Girl at Bowling alley (in DVD version)
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Adam West as Mayor Adam West
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Scott Grimes as Kevin Swanson
- Alex Borstein as Daycare Teacher
Season 12: episode 16 of 21
- E1Finders Keepers
- E2Vestigial Peter
- E3Quagmire's Quagmire
- E4A Fistful of Meg
- 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 SoreYou are here
- 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: 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.