# Family Guy: seriously, WTF? (Major Spoiler) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 25, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754 "2013-11-25T14:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/21 "2013-11-25T18:54:22Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Also Stewie talked about fixing his time machine. I know he said he couldn’t get a part for it (titanium capacitor?) but maybe he’ll figure something out. Here’s what I think. Stewie told Brian that he traveled forward in time to get the new Christmas toys. In the Christmas episode Stewie will meet up with himself, use the return pad to travel back and save Brian. Until then we have to deal with Paulie the Pooch. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/22 "2013-11-25T19:09:32Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Here’s what I think. Stewie told Brian that he traveled forward in time to get the new Christmas toys. In the Christmas episode Stewie will meet up with himself, use the return pad to travel back and save Brian. Until then we have to deal with Paulie the Pooch. Good catch! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/23 "2013-11-25T19:18:42Z")
I’m sorry; I thought this was the thread about Mayor West being dead. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/24 "2013-11-25T19:37:04Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Given that the Brian/Stewie dynamic was the only thing that made the show watchable anymore, this seems like a mistake. > > The art for the “new” dog is terrible and the Italian mobster schtick got old after about two minutes. They want to kill him off? Fine. But I at least hoping the replacement is a joke. Maybe they could get an Italian-American to voice him, like Dan Castellanta? Yeah, and the character could be “Poocher the Dog Who Rocks” He could rap, and have a backwards hat, sunglasses, and surf. [I drew a mock-up](http://static1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120524005130/simpsons/images/3/31/Poochy_%28Simpsons_Official_Site%29.PNG). This would be the most original idea on Family Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/25 "2013-11-25T19:55:43Z")
They didn’t launch his body down to the Genesis planet, did they? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/26 "2013-11-25T20:15:28Z")
There is no possible way this is “for good.” Seth is fucking with y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/27 "2013-11-25T20:32:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Square brackets prevent the mouse-over? I did not know that. Text in square brackets gets treated as a format label. If the OP had included a closing tag, i.e. [/I can’t believe it! You bastards killed Brian!! What the hell are you guys thinking?!] the text in between would have been converted to porn images. Seriously, it’s been a little-known undocumented feature in vBulletin since version 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/28 "2013-11-25T20:45:25Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I’m thinking next week he’ll be back like nothing happened. Because Seth likes to fuck with his audience. So Brian’s dead and we keep Guido Vito or Brian isn’t dead and we have been fucked. Either way, Seth seems to hold us in contempt. Next week is a repeat of the Mount Everest episode. However, I wouldn’t put it past Seth to have Brian appear in the opening credits in the next new episode (in two weeks), and then they stop the opening number and make some joke along the lines of, “Aren’t you dead?” > [@Aquadementia](#): > > They’ve been advertizing the death of a Griffin family member before the season started. And a number of us - myself included - thought for sure that it would be Peter’s mother, since Phyllis Diller (who voiced her) died last year. > [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > Here’s what I think. Stewie told Brian that he traveled forward in time to get the new Christmas toys. In the Christmas episode Stewie will meet up with himself, use the return pad to travel back and save Brian. Until then we have to deal with Paulie the Pooch. That seems to be the favored theory at the moment. Also, this limites Paulie to two episodes at most (12/8 and 12/15) Also note that the people who obsess about such things have pointed out that there are episodes scheduled for later in the season with Brian’s name in the title, and I think the Comic-Con panel where the potential death was first announced also announced an episode featuring Brian that has not aired yet. (Some people noticed that Peter, Lois, Meg, Brian, and Stewie were mentioned in titles, but not Chris, and thought that maybe Chris would be the one killed because Seth Green was too busy with _Dads_.) ---
**Author:** ![sir\_viks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@sir\_viks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sir_viks)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/29 "2013-11-25T20:50:13Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Dyslexics. Because now there is no dog. :eek: Seriously? No love for this line?!? I am in utter awe. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/30 "2013-11-25T21:28:53Z")
Does this mean they’re going to introduce Cyborg Brian, Steel Brian, and Brianboy before revealing he’s not really dead? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/31 "2013-11-25T21:44:31Z")
The show does so much science fiction stuff they can bring Brian back in an infinite amount of ways, so I see no point in trying to predict how. However, I will predict that Vinnie’s fate will be in a Chinese-people-eat-dogs joke. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/32 "2013-11-25T21:45:38Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Does this mean they’re going to introduce Cyborg Brian, Steel Brian, and Brianboy before revealing he’s not really dead? Don’t forget “Last Son Of Quahog”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/33 "2013-11-25T21:46:36Z")
> [@sir\_viks](#): > > :eek: > > Seriously? No love for this line?!? > > I am in utter awe. Brilliant! I was just about to squeak about it myself. Good shit. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/34 "2013-11-25T21:51:43Z")
> [@sir\_viks](#): > > :eek: > > Seriously? No love for this line?!? > > I am in utter awe. Brilliant! I was not going to comment strictly from jealousy that I did not think of it. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/35 "2013-11-25T22:12:37Z")
The dyslexic atheist not believing in dog is an old joke. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/36 "2013-11-25T22:55:28Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > The dyslexic atheist not believing in dog is an old joke. Yep. Though you don’t get a setup like that too often. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/37 "2013-11-25T23:06:16Z")
Without Brian’s death, I think the attention would have been focused on the entirely offensive opening sequence. I know Family Guy is in the business of being offensive, but that one was a bit over the line for me. I’m sure the writers knew the gnashing of the teeth would be over Brian and the rest of the episode is irrelevant! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/38 "2013-11-25T23:15:59Z")
> [@Grapefruit](#): > > Without Brian’s death, I think the attention would have been focused on the entirely offensive opening sequence. I know Family Guy is in the business of being offensive, but that one was a bit over the line for me. Yeah, that opening sequence made me think: This is the kind of ethnic humor that went out of fashion decades ago. Is it okay now because we know better and can accept it as making fun of the ridiculous stereotypes rather than of the people themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/39 "2013-11-25T23:41:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Yeah, that opening sequence made me think: This is the kind of ethnic humor that went out of fashion decades ago. Is it okay now because we know better and can accept it as making fun of the ridiculous stereotypes rather than of the people themselves? I think that is pretty much what Daniel Tosh is counting on. I mean, was it a Blazing Saddles style racism, where the joke isn’t “look we called this guy ‘nigger’”, but rather, “look, we’re idiots because we’re racist.”? I did not see Family Guy last night. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754/40 "2013-11-25T23:44:54Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > The dyslexic atheist not believing in dog is an old joke. It’s all about the timing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-seriously-wtf-major-spoiler/674754.md?page=3)