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