History Awesome / Familyguy

*** Also form "Brian the Closer" is the fact Brian's CharacterDevelopment from "Meg Stinks" has remained intact. He finds satisfaction in acting like an actual dog, doesn't bemoan his misfortune when Lois refuses to pay for his teeth to be fixed and simply asks for a solution, and takes a job in real estate simply because it's offered and doesn't get a swollen head over it.

* "Quagmire's Mom" has a role reversal that proves extremely cathartic for Brian. When Quagmire is sentenced to jail for sleeping with an underage girl he just tries NeverMyFault and blames his mother for his behavior. Brian just points out that Quagmire is a grown man and should just accept responsibility for his action, which causes Quagmire to question in shock if Brian is defending his mother, who is Christian and had tried to absolve herself of her irresponsible past by becoming born again, when Brian himself is an atheist. Brian doesn't even try to hide the fact that he is doing so and just gets in a dig at Quagmire about going to jail. Later when Quagmire is about to enter the jail for his sentence Brian gets in his car and drives away while shouting about freedom. When TheDogBitesBack he really bites back.

* Brian and Stewie ''destroying'' Superstore USA [[CrazyAwesome WITH A TANK!!!]] As Peter said...

* The exterminators from "He's Too Sexy For His Fat". CrazyAwesome. Especially Logan's BigDamnHeroes moment.

* In "Fecal Matters", Meg freezes time just as Chris sneezes, taking advantage of it by making Peter's finger stuck into his nose, turning it into a bloody mess, putting a loudspeaker above Lois'head which hits her, and making Stewie and Brian hit each other in the crotch.

** Liam Neeson himself. Peter Griffin can get in long incredibly destructive battles with the Giant Chicken but can't last 5 minutes against the badassery that is Liam Neeson, in fact, Peter can barely even scratch the guy. There's also RealityEnsues going into play as Mr. Neeson was a former boxer and trained in various martial arts for his film roles whereas Peter is an overweight, drunken lout who only got through his fights through dumb luck. Not in this one though.

* Louis giving a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to Brian for his hypocrisy in 'Family Guy Lite' with Stewie positioning a horse behind him. Stewie fires a rifle into the air to spook the horse into kicking Brian across the barn.

** Stewie: I didn't want to do that, they were very nice to me up till then.

* Meg dancing with Pouncey in the episode "Family Cat" is strangely this, with a dab of nightmare fuel. As one youtuber put it quote "The smooth animation, the music, the creepy sexual undertones. This scene was so bizarre, I couldn’t look away."

* Meg dancing with the cat in the episode "Family Cat" is strangely this, with a dab of nightmare fuel. As one youtuber put it quote "The smooth animation, the music, the creepy sexual undertones. This scene was so bizarre, I couldn’t look away."

--->'''Stewie:''' ''(after saving Lois from Diane Simmons by shooting her with a sniper rifle)'' "If anyone's going to take that bitch out, it's gonna be me."

* "Anybody's gonna kill that bitch, it's gonna be me."

* Stewie giving Brian two gangsta-style beatings in the episode "Patriot Games" because Brian failed to repay a debt.

* In "Brian Writes a Bestseller", Brian gets a SmallNameBigEgo type of personality and uses it to abuse Stewie, at the end he gives a NeverMyFault half ass'd apology, still making it Stewie's fault.

* An underrated example, but Meg does what most of the family could not: absolutely break [[EnfanteTerrible Stewie]]. After Stewie refuses to get dressed and goes against her wishes (although how would you feel if somebody forced you to go somewhere when you had other plans?), she intimidates him into sitting down for a timeout. Downplayed when she realizes that she left him in timeout for too long and her actions went too far, but it's still satisfying to see Meg be able to control ''someone'' in her family.

* An underrated example, but Meg does what most of the family could not: cowing [[EnfanteTerrible Stewie]] into submission. After Stewie refuses to get dressed and starts being stubborn as usual, Meg snaps and scares Stewie into sitting down for a timeout.

--> '''Lois:''' If you EVER touch my daughter again, I will [[GroinAttack cut your thing off]] and ''feed it to Brian''.

-->'''Peter:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Where's the clown?]]

-->'''Peter:''' You...you hit me...
-->'''Lois:''' *smugly* That's right.
--> [[WouldHitAGirl *Peter punches her back*]]
-->'''Lois:''' You can't hit me, I'm a girl!
-->'''Peter:''' Sometimes I wonder.

-->'''Meg:''' I don't get it, Mom, if you're so mad at Dad for wrecking your show, why did you come to opening night?
-->'''Lois:''' I came because I love the theater. I mean, if I just came here to enjoy watching your father be humiliated when this asinine spectacle of his is ridiculed by everyone in town, what kind of person would I be?
-->'''Chris:''' [[PrecisionFStrike A bitch?]]

* In "Foxx In the Men House", the Griffins are visiting a restaurant, and Stewie complains about having to take a "forced happiness" family photo that comes in the restaurants frame. Chris, annoyed at Stewie's pointless cynicism, responds in an awesome manner.
--> '''Chris''': Why are you always so [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] negative ''all'' the time?
--> '''Stewie''': *shocked* I-I...what?
* Peter accidentally hits Chris with a shovel giving him a black eye when looking for treasure, later telling Lois, ''can’t you forgive me? Chris forgave me.’’
--> '''Chris is eyeing Peter''': I can’t wait for you to fall asleep tonight/

-->'''Stewie:''' You know, my hooligan friend, I've been racking my brain in a thus far fruitless attempt to resolve our recent unpleasantness. Then it dawned on me. Your cruelty merely stems from some deep-seated inner pain. So, the obvious remedy is a healthy dose of [[SuddenlyShouting OUTER PAIN!]] (''Pulls out a net launcher'')

--> '''Danish Man''': ROARING 20'S TIDAL WAVEN!!!

-->'''Stewie:''' When I grow up, I'm never gonna call you. I'm gonna be busy with my job and my family. ''You will be nothing.''
** He also verbal smacks Herbert and Quagmire, telling the latter to "go hump a pile of garbage" when he asks Stewie to come to him so he can smell Lois' breasts on him.

* Delivering a overdue KarmaHoudiniWarranty onto Consuela in "Stewie Goes for a Drive". After the latter and her gangster family claim possession of Stewie and threaten Brian from taking him back home, Stewie, in a very jaded tone, handily snatches the gun from her relative, shooting her in foot and forcing them all to lay on the ground as he and Brian leave.
** Stewie: I didn't want to do that, they were very nice to me up til then.

-->'''Rallo''': Wassup man!.
-->'''Stewie:''' Yeah, yeah. Sup. Keep walking you Boondocks rip-off.
* In Brian writes a Bestseller, Brian gets a SmallNameBigEgo type of personality and uses it to abuse Stewie, at the end he gives a NeverMyFault half ass'd apology, still making it Stewie's fault.
-->'''Stewie:''' That's as good as it's gonna get isn't it?
-->'''Brian:''' Pretty much.
-->'''Stewie:''' You can't write.

--->'''Brian:''' Hey...I FUCKED your dad.
** Meta-example in "Tiegs For Two". Though they were both kinda in "douchebag mode" at the time, Brian once again is defensive to Quagmire's contempt for him for once, and when the two steal each other's girlfriends, they share verbal insults (and compared to the lengthy TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Brian suffers in "Jerome Is The New Black", is quick to point out any of Quagmire's own hypocrisies and shortcomings), and puts up a lighter, but far more even handed brawl against him.

-->'''Brian:''' Look, this is a really big deal. It'd be nice to get some support around here!
-->'''Lois:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Brian. That's great news ! Yeah, what channel will the awards ceremony be on?
-->'''Brian:''' Are they having an awards ceremony for how well you did the dishes last night?
-->'''Stewie:''' Ha! You got nothing going on.

-->'''Peter:''' But then Jesus, what religion should our family be?
-->'''Jesus:''' Ah, six of one, they're all complete crap.
-->'''Brian:''' ''(offscreen) Thank'' you!

--> '''Quagmire''': I choke myself everyday ''[[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch you bastard]].''

--> '''Peter:''' Huh-larious. But you know what, I was thinking this afternoon, what the hell happened to the days where a guy does something like that to a girl, and a bunch of us guys get together and just go kick his fucking ass?

-->'''Joe:''' [[LetsGetDangerous Let's waste this dick.]]

-->'''Joe:''' [[PreemptiveDeclaration You've got a lot of nerve driving around my city with a busted headlight... and a broken windshield... and an untreated leg wound...]]

-->'''Joe:''' You took an oath just the same as me, sheriff. To protect and serve, not to harass and douche. Just 'cause you have a badge doesn't mean you can treat people any way you like. As a law enforcement professional, you have an obligation to be more ethically upstanding than the average man, not less. Now get the Hell out of my town.

-->'''Tom Tucker:''' And this just in, Quahog. Tom Tucker is packing.
-->'''Pulls out a gun and drops it on the desk'''
-->'''Tom Tucker:''' I drive a 2006 Infiniti and I don't plan on losing it. Come and get me.

-->'''Quagmire:''' Screw this! You're a jerk!
-->'''Peter:''' A jerk? What kind of a way is that to talk to your friend who gives you money?
-->'''Quagmire:''' Go to hell, Peter! We don't need your money! And we don't need friends like you!
-->'''Joe:''' Yeah, we're outta here!

-->'''Stewie:''' ''(after saving Lois from Diane Simmons by shooting her with a sniper rifle)'' "If anyone's going to take that bitch out, it's gonna be me."

-->'''Prince Vultan:''' STAND BY, MY HAWKMEN! '''DIIIIVE!!!!!'''

--->''"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided ''me''."''

-->'''Homer:''' Guys! I broke television, and now you have to help me fix it!
-->'''Peter:''' Yah-ha! Looks like this is one ''we'' beat ''you'' to.
* "Bigfat" did something fans really liked: A crossover with ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''. Of course it was just a cutaway, but still.

* The first cutaway gag in "Quagmire's Mom". Peter blindfolds Meg, takes her to a field and attempts to abandon her. After all the years of mistreating Meg, [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] finally hits him in the balls when his car crashes into a tree and explodes, leaving him badly injured and begging for Meg to rescue him. Doubles as SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

** It gets better when you realize that Seth [=MacFarlane=] himself is the real winner of the CMOA. Consider that Brian is confirmed to be Seth's AuthorAvatar and then that he voices both Brian and Quagmire. Seth [=MacFarlane=] is quite literally launching a tirade against ''himself'' for his own irritating qualities. Something like that brutally honest really takes guts to do for yourself to say nothing of being in front of your entire audience.

** Liam Neeson himself. Peter Griffin can get in long incredibly destructive battles with the Giant Chicken but can't last 5 minutes against the badassery that is Liam Neeson, in fact, Peter can barely even scratch the guy. There's also RealityEnsues going into play as Mr. Neeson was a former boxer and trained in various martial arts for his film roles whereas Peter is an overweight lout who only got through his fights through dumb luck. Not in this one though.

** Liam Neeson himself. Peter Griffin can get in long incredibly destructive battles with the Giant Chicken but can't last 5 minutes against the badassery that is Liam Neeson, in fact, Peter can barely even scratch the guy. Then, there's RealityEnsues going into play as Mr. Neeson was a former boxer and trained in various martial arts for his film roles whereas Peter is an overweight lout who only got through his fights through dumb luck. Not in this one though.

** Liam Neeson himself. Peter Griffin can get in long incredibly destructive battles with the Giant Chicken but can't last 5 minutes against the badassery that is Liam Neeson, in fact, Peter can barely even scratch the guy.

** Meg got another one in "Road to Rupert." After putting up with the crap of Peter and his friends, she stops the car she's driving them in and immediately gets rear-ended. When confronted by the hostile driver of the vehicle behind her, she proceeds to beat the living hell out of the guy. Even Peter admits it was awesome.

* The Peter Principal has Peter taking care of the students who torment Meg, especially that bit at the end where he tells her that he deal with her tormentors via fighting them in parking lot.

* "A Shot In The Dark": [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRDz9QOh0cM Lois beating the living hell out of Peter with only a magazine]] after he tries [[ZanyScheme another stupid stunt]] to make up for the fact that he accidentally shot Cleveland Jr. If you think Peter gets away with a lot of crap, it is ''very'' cathartic.

--->'''Connie D'Amico''': You know, Meg, there's no dogs allowed here, so you're gonna have to leave, but Brian can stay. ''(She and another couple laugh)''\\

* In "I Dream of Jesus", Brian and Stewie steal Peter's ''Surfin' Bird'' record and then destroy it Film/OfficeSpace style.

* Peter summarizing "I dream of Jesus".
--> Peter: But one thing's for sure Lois, none of this would've happened if someone hadn't stolen my FUCKING "SURFING BIRD" RECORD!!!

* Lois in Round 6 of her last Boxing Match in 'Baby, You Knock Me Out.'
** Her first match, which she attempted to negotiate her way out of until her intended opponent goads her in with punches, Lois finally snaps and knocks her out cold in seconds.
* Lois has a minor one in the most recent episode, where Brian becomes a Conservative Republican, acting just as much of a [[StrawmanPolitical strawman]] as he did as a Liberal Democrat. She basically chews him out and tells him he's only doing this because he likes to go against the popular opinion, and once the popular idea is something else, he switches. Too bad nobody has given Haley from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' a similar speech.

--> Peter: But one thing's for sure Lois, none of this would've happened if someone hadn't stolen my FUCKING "SURFING BIERD" RECORD!!!