Editing Family Guy (seasons 8-present) (section)

==Qualities That Are Still A Family Guy==
#[[Family Guy (seasons 1-7)|The show was much better in the first seven seasons, which makes the show's downfall even sadder.]]
#There are a handful of good/decent episodes, such as: 
#*Season 8: 
##"[[Road to the Multiverse (Family Guy)|Road to the Multiverse]]" (Which started these seasons on a high note and is the highest-rated episode on IMDb)
##"[[Spies Reminiscent of Us (Family Guy)|Spies Reminiscent of Us]]"
##"[[Brian's Got a Brand New Bag (Family Guy)|Brian's Got a Brand New Bag]]"
##"[[Hannah Banana (Family Guy)|Hannah Banana]]
##"[[Quagmire's Baby (Family Guy)|Quagmire's Baby]]"
##"[[Big Man on Hippocampus (Family Guy)|Big Man on Hippocampus]]"
##"[[Dial Meg for Murder (Family Guy)|Dial Meg for Murder]]"
##"[[Extra Large Medium (Family Guy)|Extra Large Medium]]"
##"[[Go, Stewie, Go (Family Guy)|Go, Stewie, Go]]"
##"[[Brian & Stewie (Family Guy)|Brian & Stewie]]" (Despite mixed reviews from critics)
##"[[The Splendid Source (Family Guy)|The Splendid Source]]"
##"[[Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (Family Guy)|Something, Something, Something, Dark Side]]"
##"[[Partial Terms of Endearment (Family Guy)|Partial Terms of Endearment]]" (Which ended season 8 on a high note) 
#*Season 9: 
##"[[And Then There Were Fewer (Family Guy)|And Then There Were Fewer]]" (Which started season 9 on a high note and despite its infamous controversy over the casting and violence portrayed in the episode)
##"[[Baby, You Knock Me Out (Family Guy)|Baby, You Knock Me Out]]"
##"[[Road to the North Pole (Family Guy)|Road to the North Pole]]" (Despite its infamous controversy surrounding its portrayal of Santa Claus and Christmas in the episode, making it the most darkest and disturbing episode of Family Guy)
##"[[New Kidney in Town (Family Guy)|New Kidney in Town]]"
##"[[Friends of Peter G (Family Guy)|Friends of Peter G]]"
##"[[Trading Places (Family Guy)|Trading Places]]"
##"[[Brothers & Sisters (Family Guy)|Brothers & Sisters]]"
##"[[The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy)|The Big Bang Theory]]"
##"[[It's a Trap (Family Guy)|It's a Trap]]" (Which ended season 9 on a high note) 
#*Season 10: 
##"[[Back to the Pilot (Family Guy)|Back to the Pilot]]" (Despite mocking the 9/11 attacks)
##"[[Amish Guy (Family Guy)|Amish Guy]]"
##"[[Cool Hand Peter (Family Guy)|Cool Hand Peter]]"
##"[[The Blind Side (Family Guy)|The Blind Side]]"
##"[[Livin' on a Prayer (Family Guy)|Livin' on a Prayer]]"
##"[[Killer Queen (Family Guy)|Killer Queen]]"
##"[[Forget-Me-Not (Family Guy)|Forget-Me-Not]]"
##"[[You Can't Do That on Television, Peter (Family Guy)|You Can't Do That on Television, Peter]]"
##"[[Mr. and Mrs. Stewie (Family Guy)|Mr. and Mrs. Stewie]]"
##"[[Leggo My Meg-O (Family Guy)|Leggo My Meg-O]]"
##"[[Family Guy Viewer Mail 2 (Family Guy)|Family Guy Viewer Mail 2]]" (Despite its infamous controversy surrounding Robin Williams in the episode)
#*Season 11: 
##"[[Into Fat Air (Family Guy)|Into Fat Air]]" (Which started season 11 on a high note)
##"[[Yug Ylimaf (Family Guy)|Yug Ylimaf]]" (The 200th episode)
##"[[Joe's Revenge (Family Guy)|Joe's Revenge]]" (Despite retconning a lot of previous lore)
##"[[Jesus, Mary and Joseph! (Family Guy)|Jesus, Mary and Joseph!]]"
##"[[Space Cadet (Family Guy)|Space Cadet]]"
##"[[Brian's Play (Family Guy)|Brian's Play]]"
##"[[Valentine's Day in Quahog (Family Guy)|Valentine's Day in Quahog]]"
##"[[12 and a Half Angry Men (Family Guy)|12 and a Half Angry Men]]"
##"[[Total Recall (Family Guy)|Total Recall]]" (A pretty creative episode that revolves around Brian and Stewie finding the real Rupert. It's also got a unique sub-plot where Lois hangs out with Joe and Quagmire)
##"[[Save The Clam (Family Guy)|Save The Clam]]"
##"[[Roads to Vegas (Family Guy)|Roads to Vegas]]"
##"[[No Country Club for Old Man (Family Guy)|No Country Club for Old Man]]" (Which ended season 11 on a high note) 
#*Season 12: 
##"[[Finders Keepers (Family Guy)|Finders Keepers]]" (Which started season 12 on a high note)
##"[[Quagmire's Quagmire (Family Guy)|Quagmire's Quagmire]]"
##"[[Boopa-dee Bappa-dee (Family Guy)|Boopa-dee Bappa-dee]]"
##"[[Grimm Job (Family Guy)|Grimm Job]]"
##"[[Mom's the Word (Family Guy)|Mom's the Word]]" (Despite the bad ending)
##"[[3 Acts of God (Family Guy)|3 Acts of God]]"
##"[[Secondhand Spoke (Family Guy)|Secondhand Spoke]]"
##"[[The Most Interesting Man in the World (Family Guy)|The Most Interesting Man in the World]]"
##"[[Baby Got Black (Family Guy)|Baby Got Black]]"
##"[[Meg Stinks (Family Guy)|Meg Stinks]]!"
##"[[He's Bla-ack! (Family Guy)|He's Bla-ack!]]"
##"[[Chap Stewie (Family Guy)|Chap Stewie]]" (Despite being another time-traveling episode, which ended season 12 on a high note)
#*Season 13:
##"[[The Simpsons Guy (Family Guy)|The Simpsons Guy]]" (Which started season 13 on a high note)
##"[[The Book of Joe (Family Guy)|The Book of Joe]]"
##"[[Stewie, Chris & Brian's Excellent Adventure (Family Guy)|Stewie, Chris & Brian's Excellent Adventure]]"
##"[[JOLO (Family Guy)|#JOLO]]"
##"[[Roasted Guy (Family Guy)|Roasted Guy]]"
##"[[Fighting Irish (Family Guy)|Fighting Irish]]" 
#*Season 14:
##"[[Pilling Them Softly (Family Guy)|Pilling Them Softly]]" (Which started season 14 on a decent note)
##"[[Papa Has a Rollin' Son (Family Guy)|Papa Has a Rollin' Son]]"
##"[[Peternormal Activity (Family Guy)|Peternormal Activity]]"
##"[[Candy Quahog Marshmallow (Family Guy)|Candy Quahog Marshmallow]]"
##"[[A Lot Going on Upstairs (Family Guy)|A Lot Going on Upstairs]]"
##"[[Underage Peter (Family Guy)|Underage Peter]]"
#*Season 15:
##"[[The Boys in the Band (Family Guy)|The Boys in the Band]]" (Which started season 15 on a high note)
##"[[Inside Family Guy (Family Guy)|Inside Family Guy]]"
##"[[Hot Shots (Family Guy)|Hot Shots]]" (A decent satire of anti-vax parents)
##"[[High School English (Family Guy)|High School English]]"
##"[[Passenger Fatty-Seven (Family Guy)|Passenger Fatty-Seven]]"
##"[[Peter's Def Jam (Family Guy)|Peter's Def Jam]]"
##"[[The Finer Strings (Family Guy)|The Finer Strings]]"
##"[[The Dating Game (Family Guy)|The Dating Game]]"
##"[[Cop and a Half-Wit (Family Guy)|Cop and a Half-Wit]]"
##"[[Saturated Fat Guy (Family Guy)|Saturated Fat Guy]]"
##"[[The Peter Principal (Family Guy)|The Peter Principal]]"
#*Season 16:
##"[[Emmy-Winning Episode (Family Guy)|Emmy-Winning Episode]]" (Which started season 16 on a high note)
##"[[Nanny Goats (Family Guy)|Nanny Goats]]"
##"[[Follow the Money (Family Guy)|Follow the Money]]"
##"[[Three Directors (Family Guy)|Three Directors]]"
##"[[The D in Apartment 23 (Family Guy)|The D in Apartment 23"]]
##"[[Petey IV (Family Guy)|Petey IV]]"
##"[[Crimes and Meg’s Demeanor (Family Guy)|Crimes and Meg’s Demeanor]]"
##"[[Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog) (Family Guy)|Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)]]"
##"[[Dog Bites Bear (Family Guy)|Dog Bites Bear]]"
##"[[V Is for Mystery (Family Guy)|V Is for Mystery]]"
##"'[[Family Guy' Through The Years (Family Guy)|Family Guy' Through The Years]]"
##"[[Switch the Flip (Family Guy)|Switch the Flip]]"
#*Season 17:
##"[[Big Trouble in Little Quahog (Family Guy)|Big Trouble in Little Quahog]]"
##"[[Griffin Winter Games (Family Guy)|Griffin Winter Games]]"
##"[[Hefty Shades of Grey (Family Guy)|Hefty Shades of Grey]]"
##"[[No Giggity, No Doubt (Family Guy)|No Giggity, No Doubt]]"
##"[[Island Adventure (Family Guy)|Island Adventure]]"
##"[[Adam West High (Family Guy)|Adam West High]]" (Which ended season 17 on a high note)
#*Season 18:
##"[[Disney's The Reboot (Family Guy)|Disney's The Reboot]]"
##"[[Cat Fight (Family Guy)|Cat Fight]]"
##"[[Peter & Lois' Wedding (Family Guy)|Peter & Lois' Wedding]]"
##"[[Heart Burn (Family Guy)|Heart Burn]]"
##"[[Christmas Is Coming (Family Guy)|Christmas Is Coming]]"
##"[[Rich Old Stewie (Family Guy)|Rich Old Stewie]]"
##"[[Start Me Up (Family Guy)|Start Me Up]]"
##"[[Coma Guy (Family Guy)|Coma Guy]]"
##"[[Holly Bibble (Family Guy)|Holly Bibble]]"
#*Season 19:
##"[[Stewie's First Word (Family Guy)|Stewie's First Word]]" (Which started season 19 on a high note)
##"[[La Famiglia Guy (Family Guy)|La Famiglia Guy]]"
##"[[Wild Wild West (Family Guy)|Wild Wild West]]"
##"[[Pawtucket Pat (Family Guy)|Pawtucket Pat]]"
##"[[The First No L (Family Guy)|The First No L]]"
##"[[Fecal Matters (Family Guy)|Fecal Matters]]"
##"[[Boy's Best Friend (Family Guy)|Boy's Best Friend]]"
##"[[PeTerminator (Family Guy)|PeTerminator]]" (Is often considered one of the best newer episodes and best in the series)
##"[[Customer of the Week (Family Guy)|Customer of the Week]]"
##"[[Who's Brian Now? (Family Guy)|Who's Brian Now?]]"
##"[[Meg Goes to College (Family Guy)|Meg Goes to College]]" (despite the bad ending)
##"[[Family Cat (Family Guy)|Family Cat]]"
##"[[Tales of Former Sports Glory (Family Guy)|Tales of Former Sports Glory]]" (Which ended season 19 on a high note)
#*Season 20:
##"[[Rock Hard (Family Guy)|Rock Hard]]"
##"[[Brief Encounter (Family Guy)|Brief Encounter]]"
##"[[The Fatman Always Rings Twice (Family Guy)|The Fatman Always Rings Twice]]"
##"[[Christmas Crime (Family Guy)|Christmas Crime]]"
##"[[HBO-No (Family Guy)|HBO-No]]"
##"[[Hard Boiled Meg (Family Guy)|Hard Boiled Meg]]"
##"[[Prescription Heroine (Family Guy)|Prescription Heroine]]" 
##"[[All About Alana (Family Guy)|All About Alana]]" 
##"[[Jersey Bore (Family Guy)|Jersey Bore]]" (Which ended season 20 on a high note)
#*Season 21:
##"[[Oscars Guy (Family Guy)|Oscars Guy]]" (Which started season 21 on a high note)
##"[[Bend or Blockbuster (Family Guy)|Bend or Blockbuster]]"
##"[[The Munchurian Canditate (Family Guy)|The Munchurian Canditate]]"
##"[[Love Story Guy (Family Guy)|Love Story Guy]]"
##"[[Adult Education (Family Guy)|Adult Education]]" (Which ended season 21 on a decent note)
#*Season 22:
##"[[Fertilised Megg (Family Guy)|Fertilised Megg]]" (Which started Season 22 on a high note)
##"[[Supermarket Pete (Family Guy)|Supermarket Pete]]"
##"[[Old Word Harm (Family Guy)|Old World Harm]]"
##"[[Snap(ple) Decision (Family Guy)|Snap(ple) Decision]]"
##"[[Baking Sad (Family Guy)|Baking Sad]]"
##"[[Take This Job and Love It (Family Guy)|Take This Job and Love It]]"
#Some guest stars including Ryan Reynolds, Sean Penn, Liam Neeson, David Thewlis, Jimmy Connors, Alan Bennett, Tom Hiddleston, and Cate Blanchett are very great in the show, with Cate Blanchett listed as one of the best ''Family Guy'' guest stars to date as she gives a great voice performance as Penelope and even had a voice cameo as the late Queen Elizabeth II.
#Some characterizations are still done right: 
##Even though Stewie was flanderized, his flanderization wasn't very severe compared to all the other characters who were flanderized since season 8 he remains the most likable and enjoyable character in the show to date. 
##*You could also see his flanderization as character development in a way since Stewie is no longer evil and has changed his ways.
##*Speaking of Stewie, he and Brian have an awesome, believable friendship, and they are usually the main highlight of episodes involving the two.
##Meg, during seasons 8-15, is sometimes tolerable, even if she is still a punching bag. She has redeemed herself since season 16, has gained her original personality back in most episodes, and is a far less punching bag now, making her likable again, similar to the first seven seasons. She's often seen as one of the good characters since season 16 that stayed good even when the show got worse.
##Around season 14, the Griffin family (namely Peter, Stewie, and Chris) finally reconcile with Meg, so there have been far fewer Meg torture gags.
##Mayor Adam West was still a funny character, although his voice actor of the same name sadly passed away in 2017. His cousin Wild West is a fairly fun new character too, and is voiced by Sam Elliot, who he's modeled after.
##Bruce is still a likable and funny character and one of the only nice characters on the show.
##Ollie Williams is still a funny character as always.
##Consuela is still a hilarious gag character and her catchphrase "No, no..." never gets old, although she seemingly had been retired from the show after season 19 (likely due to Mike Henry resigning as the voice of Cleveland, he probably also wanted to stop voicing Consuela as well).
## Carter Pewterschmidt could be seen as likable, even despite his arrogant and mean-spirited nature, as not only does he have many hilarious moments and lines, but he also has an understandable reason for disliking Peter due to his stupidity, and he does have a certain "love to hate" charm factor about him as well, due to his fairly entertaining personality.
##There are a few memorable and interesting one-time characters too, such as Natalia from the episode "Nanny Goats" and Tiny Tom Cruise from the episode "Big Trouble in Little Quahog."
##Though Cleveland was also flanderized in ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', he did improve himself in seasons 2-4 of his spin-off and when he moved back to Quahog in season 12, he went back to his original personality, thus making himself likable again (apart from some episodes like "A Shot in the Dark").
##Whilst Joe was also flanderized, his flanderization wasn't as severe as the other characters who were flanderized and he did slightly improve in season 11 and started to revert to his original personality.
##While Chris was also flanderized, he didn't see too much decline in his character since he wasn't flanderized into becoming psychotic like the rest of the Griffin family was, and he still kept most of his likable charm.
##* On a side note, Chris has also begun to interact more with Stewie and have full conversations with him, which is good so that Brian is not the only member of the Griffin family to understand Stewie.
## Even the more flanderized characters such as Peter, Lois, Brian, and Quagmire can still have their more likable and original personalities in some episodes.
##* Starting with Season 21, they’re slightly reverting to their original personalities except for Peter (who sadly still acts as childish as he does in the previous modern seasons).
##* There some characters who were not flanderized. Stewie, Joe, Ollie, Mort, Muriel, Carter, Carl, Chris, and others they were not flanderized in season 8 to onwards.
#The newer episodes can sometimes have their funny moments, such as Cleveland's bathtub gag or Quagmire's gags.
#* In fact, there's a decently funny running gag in "The Blind Side," where Peter repeatedly falls down new stairs that Lois bought, while swearing outrageously.
#The musical score is still good most of the time: 
#*Some songs are also good and catchy, such as "A Wonderful Day for Pie," "Friendship is the Best Thing Ever," "Down Syndrome-Girl" (despite it taking three minutes of the episode), "Republican Town," "All I Want For Christmas This Year," "Christmastime Is Killing Us," "Mr. Booze" (though it wasn't written for the show and took three minutes of the episode, it's still a great song sung by the cast), "Thank the Whites," "Candy Quahog Marshmallow," "Frank Sinatra's Restaurant," and "Tinder Is Gross" (despite being offensive).
#*Even some of the licensed songs are still good
#Despite the voice acting being annoying for some characters like Lois, it's still great for everyone else, especially Peter, Stewie, Brian, and Quagmire, which is impressive since they are all voiced by MacFarlane, the show's creator. 
#* Cleveland's new voice actor, Arif Zahir, does a really good job at sounding like Mike Henry, even before he got his role on the show. His impression can be heard when he was doing gameplay on YouTube.
#**This is mainly because many of the cast and crew still haven't changed.
#The action scenes are still decent, such as the fights between Peter and Ernie, and the Giant Chicken, despite being generic and overused.
#Much like ''[[The Simpsons (seasons 1-10, 32-present)|The Simpsons]]'', it at least pays tribute to dead members of the cast and crew like Doug Lackey, Carrie Fisher, Adam West, and Gilbert Gottfried.
#Seasons 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 20, and 21 are usually considered the least bad of these seasons and are considered average by fans.  
#* In all fairness, Season 8 is not as bad and may be considered average, because the show's many flaws weren't as present in this season compared to later ones, and there are still many good/decent episodes, particularly in the first half. It wasn't until "Peter-assment" where the seasonal rot truly kicked in and became more noticeable. 
#* Season 9, along with the previous season, could be considered the best out of all the seasons featured here, since it has transitioned to HD pretty well, the characters aren't flanderized as much as in the other seasons, and there are a bit more good episodes.
#* Season 11 is a slight improvement over Season 10, mainly because it doesn't have a notoriously bad episode.
#*Seasons 15 and 16 are slight improvements over seasons 12-14 as Meg has gotten her original personality back and her role as a punching bag has gotten toned down. Plus, season 16 is noted for being very experimental by the standards of this show.
#*Seasons 20 and 21 are slight improvements over seasons 17-19 as these seasons contain a lot of references to the earlier seasons. Some fans have even said that season 21, in particular, may be considered a '''major''' improvement over seasons 8-20, as the show is starting to show major signs of improvement and the flanderized characters are starting to revert to their original personalities, but even season 21 still was not enough to save the show as the animation is still a downgrade from seasons 1-5 and to a lesser extent seasons 6 and 7, as well as the jokes still being unfunny as typical season 18 onwards is. But only time will tell if ''Family Guy'' will finally fully recover from its seasonal rot/dark ages/downfall like how ''The Simpsons'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' were able to. Sadly, Season 22 was a massive downgrade from Season 21 and has more bad episodes that have garnered infamy amongst viewers (namely the episode where Meg and Peter literally "'''kiss'''" each other on the lips which shall be reminded was meant to be CPR.) just like before, meaning that the show itself will never reclaim the former glory it once had.
#**To a lesser extent, while Season 10 is considered bad by many fans for containing some of the worst episodes, it does contain some really good episodes that are listed above, which does make it considered average by some.
#While the animation has been downgraded, the backgrounds are a step up from previous seasons.  
#*Likewise, the animation is good in some respects, especially in "Peterminator," "Back to the Pilot," "Chap Stewie,", most episodes animated by Yearim Productions, etc.
#Some of the cutaways and scenes are funny, memorable, and/or touching:
##The cutaway in "Disney's The Reboot" in which only Chris sings the ''Family Guy'' theme song for a potential reboot called ''Family Guy Again'' is great.
##The cutaway scene where Stewie watches ''[[Caillou]]'' in "Stewie's First Word" was funny and even pointed out the flaws of that show. Not to mention the cutaway scene in the same episode where Peter sits with Caillou's dad was quite touching and it also managed to translate the art style from ''Caillou'' very well into Family Guy's style.
##The episode "Peter & Lois' Wedding" has a hilarious scene in which Beavis and Butt-Head (voiced by Mike Judge) cameo.
##Ditto for the cold open of the episode "Bigfat" (which was originally made for "April in Quahog") with characters from ''American Dad!'' and even ''King of the Hill'', the latter of which ended in 2010.
## Sometimes, simple ideas for cutaways for the show can sometimes have hilarious executions, such as the cutaway in "Bri, Robot" that involves Joe Swanson listening to ''Tubthumping'' by Chumbawamba while continually saying "Oh no!" after the lyric "I get knocked down!" and "Yeah!" after the lyric "But I get up again!".
## There's also the now infamously memetic cutaway in "Scammed Yankees" where Carter sings a parody of Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" whilst parodying the structure of that song's music video which is pretty hilarious and clever.
# Some episodes can teach good life lessons/morals.
# The video, "[[Family Guy COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness]]" is a pretty interesting PSA.
# Some episodes like "Screams of Silence: The Story Of Brenda Q", despite being bad, take themselves very seriously and even have some funny jokes here and there.
# To be fair, there are some, if not many, people who prefer this era of ''Family Guy'' over the first seven seasons, hence it still has a considerable cult following. There are even people who like '''both''' eras of the show regardless.
# The DVD posters are nice to look at.
# Despite the jokes being even more unfunny since season 18, atleast starting with that season, the violence has been toned down, along with the jerkass tendecies (despite the characters still being flanderized).