Season 17 · Episode 4 · First aired 21 October 2018
Big Trouble in Little Quahog
Episode 4 of Family Guy season 17 (S17E04), the 313th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Dominic Bianchi and Joe Vaux and directed by Joe Vaux. First broadcast on 21 October 2018.
Story
Brian teases Stewie about his height, so Stewie builds a shrinking machine to settle the score. The device turns on its maker, and both of them end up microscopic. At that size they fall in with a group of water bears whose leader is Vernon, and among them is a water bear rendering of Patrick Stewart. Peter and Lois, meanwhile, are left dealing with a lonely exterminator.
Production and reception
- Vernon, the leader of the water bears, is voiced by the basketball player Kyrie Irving. Wikipedia, Family Guy season 17
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Fly |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Consuela the Waterbear, Church of Spaceship Beep Boop Representative |
| Chris Cox | Gay the Waterbear |
| Damien Fahey | Corey |
| Ralph Garman | Exterminator |
| Gilbert Gottfried | Dog Whistle |
| Kyrie Irving | Vernon the Waterbear |
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
- Patrick Stewart as Waterbear
- Kyrie Irving as Waterbear
Season 17: episode 4 of 20
- E1Married... with Cancer
- E2Dead Dog Walking
- E3Pal Stewie
- E4Big Trouble in Little QuahogYou are here
- E5Regarding Carter
- E6Stand by Meg
- E7The Griffin Winter Games
- E8Con Heiress
- E9Pawtucket Pete
- E10Hefty Shades of Gray
- E11Trump Guy
- E12Bri, Robot
- E13Trans-Fat
- E14Family Guy Lite
- E15No Giggity, No Doubt
- E16You Can't Handle the Booth!
- E17Island Adventure
- E18Throw It Away
- E19Girl, Internetted
- E20Adam West High
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 17 (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
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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.