Season 13 · Episode 7 · First aired 4 January 2015
Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
Episode 7 of Family Guy season 13 (S13E07), the 238th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Alex Carter and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 4 January 2015.
Story
Principal Shepherd warns Peter and Lois that Chris must pass a history exam or repeat the ninth grade. Coaching fails, so Stewie and Brian persuade Chris he is dreaming and take him back in time in the time machine. They watch Thomas Jefferson argue for the Louisiana Purchase, meet Ernest Hemingway in Paris, visit D-Day and Washington's crossing of the Delaware, and call on Jane Austen. Chris learns nothing, and after Stewie calls him a moron he storms off aboard the Titanic with the return pad. The ship strikes the iceberg, and Chris makes room in the last lifeboat by throwing a crew member overboard. Back home they find the drowned man was the ancestor of Chris's history teacher, who has therefore never been born and been replaced by one who sets no tests.
Production and reception
- The title plays on the name of the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Wikipedia, Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
- Before the season began, executive producer Steve Callaghan told Entertainment Weekly that Chris would part from Stewie and Brian late in the second act and board the Titanic. Wikipedia, Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
- Two live-action inserts have the actor Tony Sirico appear to take Stewie to task for his remarks about Italians. Wikipedia, Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
- The broadcast drew 5.53 million viewers, third on Fox that night behind The Simpsons and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Wikipedia, Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
- TV Fanatic's Orrin Konheim awarded the episode four stars out of five. Wikipedia, Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure
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 |
| Hank Azaria | Nigel Harpington |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
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
- Hank Azaria as Nigel Harpington
- Tony Sirico as himself (Live-action sequence), Tony Sirico
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
Season 13: episode 7 of 18
- E1The Simpsons Guy
- E2The Book of Joe
- E3Baking Bad
- E4Brian the Closer
- E5Turkey Guys
- E6The 2000-Year-Old Virgin
- E7Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent AdventureYou are here
- E8Our Idiot Brian
- E9This Little Piggy
- E10Quagmire's Mom
- E11Encyclopedia Griffin
- E12Stewie Is Enceinte
- E13Dr. C and the Women
- E14#JOLO
- E15Once Bitten
- E16Roasted Guy
- E17Fighting Irish
- E18Take My Wife
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Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
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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.