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Let's dive into the most outrageous moments from Quahog's lovable oaf! From unexpected musical numbers to ridiculous flashbacks, we're celebrating the funniest scenes featuring everyone's favorite bumbling dad. Which Peter Griffin moment makes you laugh until it hurts?
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00:00It was my understanding that everyone had heard.
00:02Heard what?
00:03Brian, don't!
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Peter Griffin scenes that make us laugh the most.
00:16Number 20. Shapoopy
00:20Peter's had a lot of jobs over the years, including playing professional football.
00:24In one Season 4 episode, he joins the New England Patriots alongside quarterback Tom Brady.
00:30We're really excited to have Peter. I think he's going to make a great addition to a great team.
00:34I want to thank God. I want to thank the Lord God, because it's not really up to me. It's up to him.
00:40However, Brady, who plays himself, continually chides Peter for showing off after scoring goals.
00:46This reaches its peak as Peter launches into a seemingly impromptu performance of Shapoopy, a song from the musical The Music Man.
00:54Shapoopy, Shapoopy, Shapoopy
00:56The girl who's hard to get
00:58Shapoopy, Shapoopy, Shapoopy
01:01But you can win her net
01:02The audience, players, and everyone watching at home all join in as Peter belts out this classic number, complete with choreographed dances.
01:10It's the kind of grandiose silliness that makes Peter such a fun character.
01:14And all over a single touchdown.
01:17All right! I made a touchdown!
01:20Number 19. Fashion Fauxpas
01:22Y2K! I heard it from a chicken man!
01:25With the advent of the new millennium, people were concerned.
01:29The whole Y2K thing was a very real concern at the time, even if it didn't end up panning out.
01:34Haven't you heard? At midnight, every computer in the world is going to fail.
01:38Planes will fall out of the sky, and all the world's nuclear weapons will explode, annihilating the entire planet!
01:44But even so, Peter starts panicking on New Year's Eve.
01:48While Lois and the rest of the family get ready for a New Year's party, Peter is nowhere to be found.
01:53This leads Lois to recall how often he takes to prepare for parties.
01:57In a cutaway, we see that Peter and Lois both wear the same dress to attend her cousin's wedding.
02:02Peter, we're going to be late for my cousin's wedding. Aren't you dressed yet?
02:08Oh, crap. Well, one of us is going to have to change.
02:12To be honest, we think he wore it better.
02:15Number 18. The Dance of Life
02:17This next one is for all the ladies out there.
02:24It should surprise no one that Peter is the jealous type.
02:28After Lois reconnects with an old boyfriend, Peter decides to do the most Peter Griffin thing imaginable
02:34and hires a lady of the evening to make his wife jealous.
02:37Peter Gifford?
02:38My God! Dora, my old girlfriend!
02:42What a surprise that you would want to look me up!
02:44You always thought I was so handsome!
02:46After dragging Peter into a little-seen room of the house,
02:50Lois confronts him about his envy.
02:52Peter, after rambling about Congress and the Fifth Commandment,
02:55urges Lois to love as much as he does,
02:58doing an absurd dance to emphasize his point.
03:00Dance with me, Lois! Dance the Dance of Life!
03:06Yeah, maybe you should call that marriage counselor.
03:08However, the end result of that dance is that he starts to see things her way.
03:12The scene is a great distillation of Peter's theatricality and stupidity.
03:17Number 17. Serial Message
03:20Clear!
03:22Clear!
03:24You saved my life, Doctor!
03:26Clear!
03:27Speaking of Peter's stupidity, this is an excellent example of it.
03:32While on a trip, Lois loses their car at a casino.
03:35To win it back from the casino's Native American owners,
03:38Peter is charged with going on a vision quest.
03:41A vision quest is a sacred, spiritual journey.
03:44Your husband must go out in the wilderness without food or water.
03:48Or shoes.
03:48Yeah, yeah, or shoes.
03:50He must remain there until he can communicate with nature.
03:53Peter claims to Lois that it will be easy, as he's had visions before.
03:57Whipping out a cutaway, we see him receive an eerie message in his cereal.
04:01Oh my god, Brian, there's a message in my alphabets.
04:05It says, ooooh!
04:06Peter, those are Cheerios.
04:07It's a short scene, but it's a great example of Peter's idiocy.
04:12We've had greater success interpreting our lucky charms.
04:15Number 16. Butt Scratcher
04:17Cool. I don't have to go to school.
04:20I can just pee in my bed all day.
04:22Chris may be as dopey as his dad, but thanks to Lois' father, he is able to attend a private academy.
04:29Unfortunately, the high tuition fees mean that Peter is forced to take up his old job,
04:34purveying tools to reach itches in hard-to-hit places at baseball games.
04:38Butt Scratcher! Butt Scratcher!
04:40Get your butt scratcher here!
04:42Butt Scratcher!
04:42Butt Scratcher!
04:43Butt Scratcher!
04:44Butt Scratcher!
04:45Butt Scratcher!
04:46Butt Scratcher!
04:47His repeated calls of Butt Scratcher will never get old.
04:51He even brings his work home with him, but Lois is less than appreciative.
04:55I've been selling Butt Scratchers.
04:57Butt Scratcher!
04:57No, Peter.
04:58Butt Scratcher!
04:59Peter, no!
05:00Butt Scratcher!
05:01No!
05:02Butt Scratcher!
05:03Butt Scratcher!
05:03He'd make a killing if he sold to Family Guy fans.
05:06But sadly, that is an itch we cannot scratch.
05:10Number 15. Narration
05:12Speaking of Chris, when Peter's oldest son starts speaking differently than usual in the car,
05:18he becomes convinced he's possessed.
05:20Meg, start at Psalm 41 and don't stop reading until I tell you.
05:23The power of Christ compels you!
05:25The power of Christ compels you!
05:28After the rest of the family explains, Peter calms down.
05:31Brian recalls that Peter is prone to going through phases of odd behavior himself,
05:36citing when he narrated his own life.
05:38Peter speaks aloud his inner thoughts while Lois serves dinner.
05:42Criticizing her cooking and using more complex words than he usually does.
05:46I walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table.
05:49I looked with a grimace at the questionable meal Lois had placed in front of me.
05:53Of course, I'd never tell her how disgusted I was with her cooking,
05:55but somehow I think she knew.
05:57It still earns him a punch in the face from his wife, though.
06:00And even being knocked out for a while isn't enough to get him to stop.
06:04I awoke several hours later in a daze.
06:06I concluded the 15th entry with my own narration.
06:09But is it truly mine or merely what is written for me?
06:13While at the Drunken Clam, Peter drinks with news anchor Tom Tucker,
06:19who has recently been replaced with a younger newscaster.
06:22Since he arrived, our ratings have skyrocketed.
06:25They're grooming Dallas, which means I'm on my way out.
06:28What?
06:28We can't let that happen.
06:30If that guy becomes the anchor every night, he's gonna be-
06:32Sorry, I still get a little dizzy from the train.
06:36Peter resolves to help improve Tom's image.
06:38He claims he can do anything he sets his mind to,
06:41citing the time he was on the singing competition show The Voice.
06:44I'm doing this for my mother, who taught me to sing when I was only seven.
06:49She was my biggest inspiration.
06:52And she was taken from me when I was 12 in a fatal car accident.
06:58A cutaway shows Peter tearfully relating a made-up sob story,
07:02lampooning how many talent show contestants advance
07:05based on drawing sympathy from the judges instead of their merits.
07:08And Peter's song of choice just seals the deal.
07:11So tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
07:13I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.
07:16Viva Forever might have been a better choice given his vibe,
07:18but this is funnier at least.
07:21Number 13. Peter's Nails
07:23Why are you making such a big deal out of this, Lois?
07:25I was just a little tired.
07:26Yeah, well, that's how it begins, Brian.
07:28Then the next thing you know, I'm making Peter dig a hole in the yard
07:31and you're in a pillowcase.
07:32Brian's a dog, and dogs can't live forever.
07:35Except on TV.
07:36When the family starts to realize Brian's limitations after a scare,
07:39Peter decides he'll have to get used to the idea,
07:42just as he got used to his acrylic nails.
07:44We then see Peter apparently acting as a secretary at a law office,
07:48sporting long false nails.
07:52Scania and Weinstock and Reisman.
07:55Hey, LaRonda.
07:57Peter's deliberately paced typing and complete lack of concern
08:00for all the people he has on hold
08:02help make this a hilarious stereotype of the unconcerned personal assistant.
08:06The nails totally work on him, too.
08:08No, I got four people on hold, but I can't talk.
08:12Number 12.
08:13If at first you don't succeed.
08:15Family feuds come in a Quahog?
08:17Peter, we should try out.
08:18A family can win $5,000 on that show.
08:21The Griffin family wins a spot on Family Feud.
08:24Throughout the game,
08:25each of the Griffins delivers answers that are funny
08:27and often revealing about their personalities.
08:30Peter, three answers on the board that can beat that.
08:32Name something you find in your bathroom.
08:35Finding your bathroom, finding your bathroom.
08:38Richard, I'm going to go with fetus in the toilet bowl.
08:41However, it comes down to Peter in the bonus round.
08:44Charged with coming up with an example of something you sit in,
08:47Peter says chair.
08:49Unfortunately, Lois already answered this during her turn.
08:53However, that doesn't stop Peter,
08:55who continues to say variations on the word with no success.
08:59Hi, chair.
08:59That's still a chair.
09:01Chair.
09:02Say something other than chair.
09:03What if I can't think of anything?
09:04You can pass.
09:05How do I pass?
09:06Just say it.
09:07Say what?
09:07Say pass.
09:09Chair.
09:10He may lose the Griffins the game and his memory,
09:13but this hysterical moment is a winner in our book.
09:17Number 11.
09:18Peter poops his pants.
09:21Who's texting me?
09:23Damn it!
09:24Stop it, you guys!
09:28You're ruining all my clothes!
09:30As funny as Peter is, in this case,
09:32his reaction to something funny
09:34is arguably even funnier than what he's reacting to.
09:37After Chris hears a dirty joke from Quagmire,
09:40Peter wants to hear the joke himself.
09:42However, he soon regrets this decision
09:44as he finds the joke so funny he soils his pants.
09:47Ha ha ha!
09:49Ha ha ha!
09:51Oh God, I crapped my pants.
09:52Ha ha, it's funny when it happens to other people.
09:55Quagmire and Joe, after learning this,
09:58decide to repeatedly tell the joke to Peter
10:00and laugh at his misfortune,
10:02using increasingly outlandish ways to deliver it.
10:05Peter manages to get his revenge, though.
10:07Hey, those are my pants.
10:08That's right.
10:09Thought I'd come by and see if you have any jokes to tell.
10:11I enjoy a joke.
10:12I don't know.
10:13I want to tell the joke, but I like those pants.
10:16I'll tell the joke.
10:17Go ahead, Joe.
10:17I'm all anus.
10:18We'd say it's too bad we can't hear the rest of the joke
10:20for ourselves, but at least we won't spend as much on new pants.
10:25Number 10.
10:25Can't Touch Me.
10:26Hey, that's against the law.
10:28You're coming with me.
10:29Ha ha ha!
10:30Can't touch me.
10:33Can't touch me.
10:34When Peter establishes his own micronation called Petoria,
10:37after learning his house is not technically part of the United States,
10:40he also gets diplomatic immunity,
10:42a power he naturally chooses to abuse.
10:45Just like the bad guy from Lethal Weapon 2.
10:48I've got diplomatic immunity,
10:50so Hammer, you can't sue.
10:51During a night on the town,
10:52Peter launches into an impromptu musical number
10:55based on MC Hammer's You Can't Touch This,
10:57during which he flaunts all the things he's able to do without consequences.
11:02I'm presidential Peter.
11:04Interns think I'm hot.
11:06Don't care if you're handicapped,
11:07I'll still park in your spot.
11:09The song is an excellent microcosm of Family Guy itself,
11:11showcasing its irreverence, random humor, and pop culture references
11:15in a short and catchy span,
11:17while also showing off Peter's impressive dance moves.
11:21Can't touch me.
11:21What in God's name is he doing?
11:24Can't touch me.
11:25I believe that's the worm.
11:27Stop. Peter time.
11:28Number 9. Why are we not funding this?
11:31I'd like to offer you a lifetime supply of McBurgertown burgers.
11:35Free burgers?
11:37After winning a lifetime supply of free food at McBurgertown
11:40for saving its manager from a fire,
11:42Peter proceeds to have a stroke after eating 30 burgers in a row.
11:46Half of his body becomes paralyzed,
11:48so Peter eventually goes to a stem cell research center
11:51to speed up his rehabilitation.
11:53The scene then jumps to five minutes later
11:55when he exits the building back to his old self.
11:57Peter then incredulously asks why stem cells are not being funded.
12:01Along with being an example of the show's social commentary,
12:03this moment has become a meme,
12:06demonstrating Peter's ability to help us give voice to our own opinions.
12:09How long was I in there?
12:11About five minutes.
12:12Why are we not funding this?
12:14Number 8. Peter forgets something important.
12:17Sweethat?
12:21Oh, you're awake.
12:23Hey, can you hand me the pretzels?
12:24When Peter hears that Mel Gibson has a rarely used suite at a fancy New York hotel,
12:29he decides to take Lois there and impersonate the famous actor to use the room.
12:34You're Mel Gibson?
12:35Yes, I've put on a few pounds for my next role.
12:37I play Peter Griffin, a heroic warrior who defied the English to free England from the English.
12:43The duo enjoys the extravagant luxuries they discover there.
12:46However, upon discovering Gibson's secret screening room
12:49and a trailer for an outlandish sequel to The Passion of the Christ,
12:53Peter decides that it should never see the light of day.
12:57Pursued by Gibson's men,
12:58Peter relates the intensity of their chase to the time he forgot how to perform a simple action.
13:05It's a short clip, but it hits harder than Peter hits that chair.
13:09Number 7. Electric Man
13:11Peter, you wore those pajamas to your office?
13:13Hey, at least I'm mixing it up a little bit.
13:15On one occasion, Peter purchases a pair of flannel full-body pajamas
13:19and begins wearing them everywhere, as he finds them extremely comfortable.
13:24However, upon being told he has to stop wearing them,
13:27he drags his feet on the ground in disappointment
13:29and inadvertently discovers the pajamas' ability to create static electricity.
13:34What the hell was that?
13:36Naturally, the spectacled man-child goes overboard fast,
13:42dubbing himself Electric Man
13:43and taking any opportunity to zap everyone in the house in increasingly elaborate ways.
13:50Dad!
13:51I am not your dad.
13:52I am Electric Man.
13:55Peter's childish joy and enthusiasm for shocking his family are infectious
13:58and had us giggling right along with him.
14:01Ow! Damn it, Peter! Stop it!
14:05Number 6. Peter Forces Meg to Smell His Gas
14:09Dad, why are we just sitting here?
14:11Just give me a minute, Meg.
14:12Peter is a terrible father, particularly to his daughter Meg.
14:16One of the more heinously amusing things he does to her on a regular basis
14:19is forcing her to smell his farts.
14:22The arguably funniest of these flatulent father-daughter escapades
14:25happens when Peter tries teaching Meg how to attract a boyfriend.
14:28Oh my god, Dad, you farted!
14:30That is so nasty!
14:32Part of his training involves keeping her in a locked car with him
14:35while his... odor fills it.
14:37This, Peter insists, will help Meg get used to loving a future boyfriend's own gas.
14:42The sexiest thing a woman could do for a man is learn to love his gas.
14:46Love the gas, Meg.
14:47Love it!
14:49The seriousness with which Peter treats something so ridiculous is hilarious,
14:53while Meg's discomfort is also very entertaining.
14:56Yes, this is why we're here.
14:58This is why we're here.
14:59Number 5.
15:00Peter Griffin
15:01Great you dish for your cupcake.
15:03Upset at not being able to go on vacation,
15:05Peter checks into a rehab clinic after Brian attends one
15:08to overcome addictions he acquires as a police dog.
15:11When one of the staff members becomes suspicious of Peter's behavior
15:14and asks him his name,
15:16the big-chinned doofus tries improvising a name
15:18from the things he sees in the room around him.
15:20As it goes, the things that catch his eye happen to be a pee,
15:24a tear,
15:25and an actual griffin flying inside the clinic,
15:28showcasing Peter's stupidity,
15:30bad luck,
15:30and some of the show's most absurd humor.
15:32This is a great Peter moment.
15:35Uh, pee,
15:37uh, uh,
15:38uh,
15:39tear,
15:42uh,
15:43uh,
15:44uh,
15:44griffin.
15:45Yeah,
15:46yeah,
15:47Peter Griffin.
15:48Aw,
15:48crap.
15:49Number 4.
15:50Peter's Bad Falls
15:51Ah!
15:52What?
15:53What is it?
15:53I got a splinter!
15:55After Stewie gets a splinter,
15:57Lois replaces the stairs in the griffin house.
15:59However,
16:00Peter finds their slicker surface difficult to deal with,
16:03to the point where he falls and hurts himself
16:05every time he tries to walk down from the second floor.
16:08Ah!
16:08Ow!
16:09Ow!
16:09Ah!
16:10Ow!
16:10His attempts to prevent falling and to shield himself from harm
16:13become more complex and equally as futile as the episode goes on,
16:17culminating in a refusal to go down them at all.
16:19Damn it,
16:19I hate these new stairs!
16:21Reminiscent of classic cartoon slapstick,
16:23Peter's tumbles are an equally classic moment from him,
16:26though you'd think he'd have learned his lesson after trying to turn them into a water slide.
16:30Ah!
16:30Ah!
16:31Ah!
16:31Ah!
16:32Ah!
16:32Ah!
16:33Ah!
16:33Ah!
16:33Ah!
16:34Ah!
16:35Ah!
16:36Number 3.
16:37Hurting his knee.
16:38Joom-ba-woom-ba-go-ah!
16:40Ah!
16:41Ssssshh!
16:42Ah!
16:43Peter does have a penchant for injuries,
16:46but perhaps his most notorious one is when he injures his knee.
16:49In this episode,
16:50Peter runs home,
16:51ecstatic to have won a prize.
16:53However,
16:54outside the house,
16:55he trips and hurts his knee,
16:57cradling it while inhaling sharply and exhaling slowly.
17:00Ah!
17:01Sssssh!
17:02Ah!
17:04Sssssh!
17:06Ah!
17:08This goes on for nearly half a minute
17:10in one of the show's most drawn-out gags.
17:13Thereafter,
17:14Peter,
17:14as well as other characters,
17:15often call back to this moment whenever they injure their knees,
17:19making the same noises and posture.
17:21Number 2.
17:22Ernie the Giant Chicken Fights.
17:24You son of a...
17:25After receiving an expired coupon from a giant talking chicken,
17:32Peter develops a rivalry with the bird that spans seasons.
17:36Following their initial bout,
17:38Peter and the chicken,
17:39whose name is Ernie,
17:40engage in intense and intricately crafted fight sequences on a semi-regular basis
17:45and spanning various colorful locales.
17:48Ah!
17:49Ah!
17:49Ah!
17:50Ah!
17:50Ah!
17:51Ah!
17:51Ah!
17:51Ah!
17:52Ah!
17:52Ah!
17:52Ah!
17:53These fights interrupt whatever's going on in the episode at the time
17:56and last for several minutes before culminating in Peter's victory.
18:00Though,
18:00Ernie always lives to fight another day.
18:03While Peter's conflict with Homer Simpson was also quite well done,
18:06his fights with his avian rival will always be our favorite for their excitement
18:10and superb visual comedy.
18:12Ah!
18:13Ah!
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18:34Number 1.
18:35The Bird is the Word
18:36Oh my god,
18:38this is Surfing Bird by The Trashman.
18:40This is my favorite song of all time!
18:42While eating at a diner with his family,
18:44Peter rediscovers his love for the song Surfing Bird by The Trashman
18:48after the tune plays on the jukebox.
18:50Thereafter,
18:51Peter buys the record and proceeds to annoy his family with the song at every opportunity,
18:56setting them up verbally to make a joke using the lyrics and even singing the song in bed.
19:01Although that particular record is eventually destroyed, the song becomes Peter's unofficial anthem,
19:11which is fitting since it kind of fits him to a T. Both are annoying, goofy, and very memorable.
19:17Is there a Peter Griffin moment that makes you laugh so hard you poop your pants?
19:29Share it with us in the comments.
19:31The moment, not the feces.
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