Season 12 · Episode 18 · First aired 27 April 2014
Baby Got Black
Episode 18 of Family Guy season 12 (S12E18), the 228th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Kevin Biggins and Travis Bowe and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 27 April 2014.
Story
Peter, Quagmire and Joe hear a news item about a boy who died staying awake to play Halo, and bet on who can go longest without sleep. Joe drops out first and the security footage at Quagmire's house shows Peter the winner. Celebrating over a meal, Chris and Meg meet their classmate Pam and her father Jerome, and Pam kisses Chris. Jerome forbids the match, Peter accuses him of racism, and a dinner invitation makes matters worse. Chris and Pam run off to a motel. Meg finds their note, and Peter and Jerome search together; a police officer harasses Jerome, and Peter begins to understand. At the motel Peter argues that the races should stay apart, which prompts Jerome to relent and give the pair his blessing.
Production and reception
- Keke Palmer guest voices Pam, the classmate whom Chris begins seeing. Wikipedia, Baby Got Black
- The broadcast took a 2.1 rating among adults aged 18 to 49 and 4.02 million viewers, the best figures of the night on Fox. Wikipedia, Baby Got Black
- Eric Thurm of The A.V. Club graded the episode D plus, writing that it seemed to reach for something worth saying and fell flat. Wikipedia, Baby Got Black
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 | Cleveland Brown |
| John G. Brennan | Mort Goldman |
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
- Jon Daly
- Keke Palmer as Pam
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- Cedric Yarbrough as Lobster
- Uncredited:
- Tom Kane as Chief Justice (deleted scenes)
- Patrick Warburton as Joe Swanson
- Johnny Brennan as Mort Goldman
Season 12: episode 18 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 Sore
- E17The Most Interesting Man in the World
- E18Baby Got BlackYou are here
- 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
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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.