Moderate
235 of 591 found this moderate
Seasons 1 to 2 had sexual jokes that were not worse, but after Season 3, these sexual jokes started becoming more borderline graphic and explicit (no actual sex is shown, but it is joked about). Nudity is also shown, but it's always blurred on TV and uncensored on DVD.
In the Season 4 episode "PTV", many flashbacks of sexual acts and nudity are shown during the song "The Freakin' FCC" but they don't last too long.
Glenn Quagmire is a sexual pervert, though this is meant to be comical. He does many things that would be illegal in the real world, and he is also heard having sex a lot but this is never shown graphically. However, it is shown occasionally but it is brief.
One episode shows Peter and Lois lying down on the couch naked while they are high but everything is strategically obscured. On TV, they are in their underwear.
Characters are heard having sex throughout, but it is never graphic and it's usually brief.
On the DVDs up to Season 4, all graphic nudity was either blurred (on TV) or obscured, but after Season 4 however, all graphic nudity is actually shown if it isn't obscured, but since this is an animated show, it isn't that bad.
Most of the time, male genitalia is covered by their stomachs.
Some episodes also deal with pornography, but it is never shown in explicit detail (one episode shows clown porn, but they are in their underwear in the video).
Rear nudity is shown quite frequently in the series.
Many gay and lesbian characters appear in the show and some are shown making love.
Severe
305 of 443 found this severe
The older episodes to Season 3 don't have that much violence. However, in the newer ones past Season 3, the violence is surprisingly strong. It's about on par with South Park.
There are scenes with comical pratfalls, but there are others with pretty bad falls.
The entire show is made to be funny, not violent, but the violence could be over the top though, and the creator (Seth MacFarlane) intended it to be this way. Hence, why it's called dark comedy.
Meg gets pushed around by bullies and by Peter. She's pretty much the punching bag of the show, but it is played for laughs.
In fights, some graphic injuries include black eyes, bloody noses and teeth knocked out.
In a cutaway, after being forced to smile, Droopy Dog kills himself. The result has a lot of blood with a large splatter on his chest. You never see his dead body but some blood is seen in a little closing circle.
Bloody violence is done realistically. Violence has included shootings, beatings, violence against women and children, accidental violence, violence against animals (slaughter or animal cruelty), animals mauling people or other animals, death, dying, and depictions of loss in general.
The violence can be very graphic at times.
There are remakes of some Star Wars movies but it is bloodier and it also contains swearing.
Throughout the show, Peter survives many injuries that would kill a person in real life.
Severe
247 of 445 found this severe
Mild profanity is used very frequently.
The earlier seasons are more tamer than the newer seasons.
Stewie sometimes says phrases like: "What the devil" and he also says "What the deuce".
There are uses of mild words such as "hell", "ass", "piss", "crap", "bastard" and "damn" but they're used pretty frequently. "Bitch/Son of a bitch" is also in.
The C word is only used about once but it is replaced by "bitch" on TV and Disney+.
There are many uses of Mild profanity, such as "Hell", "Damn", "Ass", "Piss" and "Crap". There are also uses of Moderate profanity such as "Bastard", "Bitch", "Dammit", "Dick", "Prick", "Slut", "Whore", and "Cock". Severe profanity is also used in the series such as "Fuck" and "Shit".
Season 10 has the most uses of the F-word throughout the series. If not, Season 7.
Stronger words like "fuck" and "shit" are bleeped on TV and on some streaming sites like Hulu, but on DVD and other streaming sites like Netflix are uncensored. However, they were still bleeped on the Season 1-3 DVDs and are bleeped on Disney+.
Infrequent uses of offensive slurs like "slut", "whore", "skank", "hoe", "tranny" and "shemale".
Sometimes when Peter gets hurt or specifically fell down the stairs, he would yell extremely vulgar cuss words like "fuck" and "cock."
Moderate
196 of 376 found this moderate
Peter getting drunk is common on this show. This is played for laughs like Homer's alcoholism on "The Simpsons".
Almost every type of drug has been used or at least referenced, with drugs like Weed, Cocaine, Crack, Bath Salts, Heroin, LSD, Opioids, Meth, Adderall, Acid and Whippets.
The main characters are shown smoking weed in some episodes.
In one episode, Stewie and Chris vape.
Alcohol: Characters drink beer and wine frequently. Smoking/Drugs: Characters use marijuana, and other drugs are referenced.
Characters drink beer & wine frequently. Characters use marijuana, & other drugs are referenced.
In some episodes Stewie can be seen drinking or smoking even though he is a baby.
When ever someone does Cocain crack or meth characters turn out of the camera frame.
Quagmire was being injected with needles of every disease.
In one episode, Peter Griffen tries meth.
Mild
176 of 395 found this mild
Bullying happens occasionally. Some kids get pushed around and beaten up, which may disturb some young viewers. But this show isn't for young kids anyways, and it's more for teenagers and adults.
A kid pushes Stewie into the sandbox.
The show can be extremely dark at times.
Some jokes can be racist and offensive.
The portrayal of Jesus may offend religious viewers.
There are many racist jokes about slavery and color. Some people find it funny but it is very offensive.
While the parody and satire is present in this show, it get more mature and crude as it progresses.
Some characters may act intense or anxious at times.
Moderate/Severe in a lot of episodes.
This show is about the misadventures of a family man in a Rhode Island town.