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title: "Cutaway gag: Family Guy facts | familyguy.co.uk"
canonical: "https://familyguy.co.uk/facts/cutaway-gag/"
updatedDate: 2026-09-06
author: Alex Moss
description: "Cutaway gag: one sourced paragraph of fact for the Family Guy episode database at familyguy.co.uk."
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# Cutaway gag

A short scene that interrupts the main story to show an event a character has just mentioned or compared something to, then cuts back. Cutaways are the show's signature device and the subject of this site's forthcoming cutaway index.

## Provenance

- Source: [Wikipedia: Cutaway (filmmaking)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway_(filmmaking))
- Source: [Wikipedia: Family Guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy)
- Data refreshed: 2026-09-06
- Note: Draft awaiting editorial review.

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