Top 10 Funniest Moments From Family Guy Season 3

Family Guy’s third season was a bit of an anomaly. It premiered after the show’s cancellation, though the show would be canceled immediately after, not returning until 2005 thanks to high ratings on Adult Swim.

Season three of the show is easily the strongest of the pre-cancellation Family Guy era. The jokes were getting better, the direction was more confident and the cast had a handle on how every character was to be portrayed. While not every episode was a home run, most are memorable additions in what was becoming one of the greatest animated sitcoms, ever. These are the ten funniest, memorable, and downright insane moments from season three of Family Guy.

10 A True Family Feud

A constant running gag throughout the series is how elaborate the fights between characters get. Whether it’s between Peter and the Giant Chicken or even a massive fight with Homer Simpson, it’s always a treat to see two characters duke it out.

In “Lethal Weapons,” Lois becomes aggressive thanks to Taijutsu classes and a lack of control in her life. After some revelations, the entire Griffin family gets into this fight. Peter takes on Lois, Meg and Chris wrestle, and Brian and Stewie use furniture to fight. It really goes to show how violent TV can be and how parents should really step in.

9 Look This One Up

In “One If by Clam, Two If by Sea,” Peter’s beloved bar gets sold and turned into a British Pub. Peter is upset by this and voices his displeasure about this. Lois, having been charmed by the Pub’s new owner, Nigel, says that the British are great people.

Out of nowhere, Peter sets up a cutaway gag featuring Benjamin Disraeli. Disraeli remarks to the audience that they have no idea who he is. For those who are interested, Disraeli was Former British Prime Minister from February 1874 to April 1880.

8 Death’s Home Life

After Peter blows Lois off on their anniversary to play golf, he has a near-death experience and is visited by recurring character, Death. Death is there to help have a revelation about his marriage. Unfortunately, that involves meeting Death’s mother (played by Estelle Harris), trying to flirt with women and going out on dates.

It’s sad but also funny as everything goes wrong for him. His mom is overbearing, the girl he loves is far from interesting and he envies Peter for being with Lois. At least his mom loves him.

7 Brian and Stewie Get…Closer

After Stewie plays with some industrial-strength paste, he and Brian manage to get stuck together. The solvent that can remove the glue takes two weeks to deliver, so they have to do everything together.

This includes going swimming, changing Stewie’s diaper, and even getting pulled over by cops. The episode ends with the two getting the solvent and having to wait for it to clear. They end up saving a little girl from a well, right before they are separated. Stewie asks if Brian wants to hold hands on the way, which is kind of a cute way to end things.

6 The Super Griffins Segment

“Family Guy Viewer Mail 1” is an anthology episode where viewers requested storylines. One of them is a segment in which the Griffins gain superhuman abilities thanks to radioactive waste. Stewie becomes telekinetic, Chris can start fires, Peter can shapeshift, Lois gets incredibly buff, Brian can run fast, and Meg can make her fingernails grow longer or shorter on command.

The family runs amok on the town, with citizens of Quahog becoming angered, though the Griffins seize power but ultimately learn their lesson when Mayor West tries to gain powers via nuclear waste.

5 Rolling Courage

In “Ready, Willing, and Disabled,” Joe loses a criminal in a chase and feels discouraged, so Peter helps him by entering him in a handicapped people’s decathlon. He wins after Peter gives him steroids. This win ends up making Joe a hero in Quahog, earning the love of everyone in town. He even gets a TV film starring Tony Curtis, Valerie Bertinelli (who Peter calls “Valerie Bert-and-Ernie”) and Bea Arthur as Peter.

Like most TV movies, it’s schmaltzy and even fabricates a few true facts but still makes for effective television.

4 The Most Metal Christmas Special

Everyone has a favorite Christmas special. Whether it’s the misadventures of Rudolph, Frosty, and even George Bailey. One of the more underrated ones has to be Kiss Saves Santa, in which the members of rock band Kiss try their hardest to rescue Santa Claus from being kidnapped.

Shown in parts during the episode “A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas,” Peter tries his hardest not to miss it but gets sidetracked along the way. Thankfully, he gets to see the very end, in which the band gathers around Santa and Mrs. Claus.

3 A Phony Lives Here

In the B-plot of “The Kiss Seen Around the World,” Peter and Lois go to a toy store to buy Stewie a tricycle. While there, Peter pretends to play the piano with a pre-recorded song. Someone comments on how great he is, only to learn he wasn’t playing. This man then proceeds to call Peter a phony. He yells it in the store, he paints it on Peter’s car and even yells it in front of the Griffin household.

This joke is an excellent example of how a great joke can be used multiple times and never get old, a specialty of Family Guy.

2 All Of ‘To Love And Die In Dixie’

In this episode, the Griffins head to the deep south after being put in witness protection. Directed by Phineas and Ferb creator Dan Povenmire, this episode is so packed full of jokes that it’s hard to keep track. From the running gag where Peter gets attacked by a raccoon in different places, to Stewie playing the Banjo, this is a serious highlight in season three.

The absolute best part comes towards the end. Peter was not getting along with the town until one of the citizens saved him from death. The lesson he learns? “It doesn’t matter where you’re from, as long as we’re all the same religion.” Classic stuff.

1 Subliminal Messaging

The third episode, “Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington,” is probably the best this season. After the Toy Factory Peter works at gets sold to the El Dorado Cigarette company, he starts reaping all the benefits. Unfortunately, they seem to corrupt children as evident by their commercials.

In it, a Lassie-like clip plays in black-and-white in which a boy is talking to his mom. In between that, a representative from the company utters the word, “smoke” three times, before finally asking “are you smoking yet?” Hard to pick up on these subtleties.

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