Season 23 · Episode 8 · First aired 6 April 2025
Hard Times at Adam West High
Episode 8 of Family Guy season 23 (S23E08), the 434th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Steve Callaghan and directed by Brian Iles. First broadcast on 6 April 2025.
Story
An erection during Chris's book report on Tom Sawyer leaves him trapped in his desk and too ashamed to stay at school. Brian proposes Stewie's time machine, and the pair replace the present-day Chris with his younger self. The change spares his reputation but disfigures Meg, whose face is burnt in a laboratory accident that the laughter had once prevented. Stewie, Chris and Brian travel back once more to let the report happen. Meanwhile Peter grows jealous when Joe, Cleveland and Quagmire share a scratchcard win. He steals tickets, is arrested, and admits he feared their money had put them beyond him.
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin |
| Mila Kunis | Meg Griffin |
| Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson |
| Arif Zahir | Cleveland Brown |
| H. Jon Benjamin | Carl |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Sam Elliott | Wild Wild West |
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
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Jerome
- Sam Elliott as Mayor Wild West
- H. Jon Benjamin as Carl
- Rachael MacFarlane as Additional Voices
- Chris Regan as Additional Voices
- Damien Fahey as Corey
- Toks Olagundoye as Additional Voices
Season 23: episode 8 of 18
- SPPeter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater
- SPGift of the White Guy
- E1Fat Gun
- E2Live, Laugh, Love
- E3Drunk with Power
- E4Lois C.K.
- E5The Chicken or the Meg
- E6Dog is My Co-Pilot
- E7Pitch Imperfect
- E8Hard Times at Adam West HighYou are here
- E9The Elle Word
- E10A Real Who's Hulu
- E11China Doll
- E12One Foot in Front of the Mother
- E13The Fat Lotus
- E14Cool Hand Lois
- E15Martian Meg
- E16Row v. Wade
- E17Karenheit 451
- E18Twain's World
SourceFacts from Wikipedia: Family Guy season 23 (CC BY-SA 4.0). Spotted an error? See corrections.
Provenance
Facts only- Data refreshed
- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against IMDb: title, year, numbering and credits agree
- 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.