# Family Guy: What does Stewie know/not know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675 "2004-07-05T18:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/1 "2004-07-05T18:48:20Z")
After making my eyes bleed by watching the first boxed DVD set of Family Guy entirely too fast, I have been utterly fascinated by what Stewie knows and doesn’t know that would be a bit quirky at his age (despite the ability to talk). I’ve made a preliminary list off the top of my head, anyone want to keep adding on to it? Knows: Orgasm (or at least how to fake it) Time machine creation Operating a death ray Infatuation Familiar with Benetton commercial Doesn’t know: Toilet training Vaccines and their purposes What else does Stewie know or not know? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/2 "2004-07-05T18:51:22Z")
He knows a few song and dance routines, how to give elocution lessons, and that Bill Cosby is annoying… Sadly, he doesn’t know how to STOP Bill Cosby from being annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/3 "2004-07-05T19:07:04Z")
> [@lel](#): > > What else does Stewie know or not know? Knows: Where babies come from. Does not know: What an OB/Gyn is/does. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/4 "2004-07-05T21:09:37Z")
Knows: The Weakest Link (and by extension that quoting catchphrases is lame) Knows not: Wheelchairs ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/5 "2004-07-05T21:14:09Z")
Knows: Orthodontics How to fly alone on an airliner Tommy Tutone How to encase someone in carbonite Doesn’t know: Own phone number ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/6 "2004-07-05T22:00:52Z")
Knows: “The guy who owns this place.” ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/7 "2004-07-05T22:09:37Z")
Knows that it’s SO easy to take the piss out of Jay Leno, but for goodness’ sake he’s out there every night with fresh material, and he’s _charming!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/8 "2004-07-05T22:25:18Z")
He also knows about the ending scene from the Hulk tv show (David Banner walking along hitching cars with his jacket over his shoulder while sad piano music plays). In fact he does a great impression of it, considering the show was, what, twenty years older than him. ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/9 "2004-07-05T22:49:59Z")
He knows about homosexuality. In fact he’s hoping he turns out to be homosexual. He knows that women complain about childbirth. He doesn’t know that his Sesame Street phone is not a real phone, or that Rupert, a stuffed toy, is not actually his henchman. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/10 "2004-07-05T22:52:01Z")
Knows- Peter is 42 Doesn’t know- Peters name. Or at least has never mentioned it. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/11 "2004-07-05T22:55:46Z")
Knows: The treatement for severe snakebite. Doesn’t know: The difference between a real snakebite victim and an actor. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/12 "2004-07-06T00:50:05Z")
He knows: Racial tensions and ethnic cleansing (Love Thy Trophy) He doesn’t know: erections “Hmm…it seems my wee-wee has been strucken with a sudden case of rigor mortis” (the episode where he becomes a cheerleader) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/13 "2004-07-06T01:12:24Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Knows: The treatement for severe snakebite. > > Doesn’t know: The difference between a real snakebite victim and an actor. Doesn’t know: That there’s reasons one might suck on a person’s body-parts that don’t involve snakebites. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/14 "2004-07-06T01:35:07Z")
He knows how to throw a sexy party. He also knows a lot of babes he can invite to his sexy parties. He knows how to acquire weapons. However, he doesn’t know how to acquire food (he admits to his dependence upon Lois and Peter in this regard) or how to change himself. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/15 "2004-07-06T03:26:33Z")
Knows About: - Radioactivity - Musical theory - Musical theatre (dancing, singing, etc.) - Fred Astaire / the movie “Royal Wedding” - Ovulation Doesn’t Know About: - Reality ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/16 "2004-07-06T03:49:09Z")
He does know how to be cool. (And the Weiner is) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/17 "2004-07-06T04:16:36Z")
He knows “Rocket Man,” and how to do pretty good stand-up. He doesn’t know that Santa Claus isn’t real (although that’s a matter of debate in the Family Guy world - we don’t necessarily know it was Santa who gave Stewie the plutonium), nor that most people aren’t as conniving as him (especially Lois). ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/18 "2004-07-06T05:46:04Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > He knows “Rocket Man,” and how to do pretty good stand-up. > > He doesn’t know that Santa Claus isn’t real (although that’s a matter of debate in the Family Guy world - we don’t necessarily know it was Santa who gave Stewie the plutonium) I figure that, since the Grinch is well, Santa is also. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/19 "2004-07-06T05:57:35Z")
I very much enjoyed the episode where he discovered pancakes. “Oh, my GOD! These are better than SEX!” ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675/20 "2004-07-06T06:53:06Z")
He knows who he’d do. “I’d do her… I’d do her… Wouldn’t do her… I’d do her… Oh, god, who hasn’t done her?” He doesn’t know what children draw these days. “It’s… it’s a pheasant!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-what-does-stewie-know-not-know/253675.md?page=2)