Season 23 · Episode 12 · First aired 11 May 2025
One Foot in Front of the Mother
Episode 12 of Family Guy season 23 (S23E12), the 438th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Matt McElaney and directed by Greg Colton. First broadcast on 11 May 2025.
Story
Worried about Chris's health, Lois has him try out for school sports. He is hopeless until a dash to the lavatory reveals a gift for speed walking. Chris joins the walking group Lois shares with Bonnie and Donna, outshines her and squeezes her out. He then throws a race between them so that she keeps her friends. Elsewhere, Brian's barking about coyotes on Spooner Street startles Quagmire into wrecking a rice sculpture, and Joe fits the dog with a shock collar. Brian fastens a second collar on Quagmire, then uses his own shocks to drive the coyotes off him.
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 | John Herbert |
| Patrick Warburton | Joe Swanson |
| Arif Zahir | Cleveland Brown |
| Gary Cole | Principal Shepherd |
| Ralph Garman | Man in Hell |
| Jonathan Kite | Christopher Walken |
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
- Jennifer Tilly as Bonnie Swanson
- Gary Cole as Principal Shepherd
- John Viener as Announcer
- Sanaa Lathan as Donna Tubbs-Brown
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Cleveland Brown Jr.
- Toks Olagundoye as Shopper #2
- Rachael MacFarlane as Shopper #1, Woman in Hell
- Jonathan Kite as Christopher Walken
- Ralph Garman as Man in Hell
- Alec Sulkin as Cat
- Julius Sharpe as Sportscaster
Season 23: episode 12 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 High
- E9The Elle Word
- E10A Real Who's Hulu
- E11China Doll
- E12One Foot in Front of the MotherYou are here
- 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.