Family Guy "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" (Hulu Halloween Special) Talkback (Spoilers)

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The News Team's Christopher Glennon has a new review up on the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"Review: Family Guy: “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater”: Wasted Po-Tench"​


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"2024 hasn’t been kind to Family Guy. After being taken off Fox’s Animation Domination Sunday night line-up last spring, it was quietly moved to Wednesday nights. And now that it’s the fall, it won’t be appearing on Fox at all. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since American Dad moved to TBS and has been doing fine for years, but it’s still jarring. All Family Guy fans can look forward to this fall are two holiday specials exclusive to Hulu. The Christmas special won’t air until November 25th. So until then, all we have to tide ourselves over with is the Halloween special, “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater”. Is it worthy of being called a “Halloween special”? Not really, but it is considered the premiere of season 23, and it’s a fun ride.

In the A-story, Joe has grown a giant pumpkin and is excited to enter it into the town’s contest and beat his rival, Patrick McCloskey. Voiced by guest-star Glen Powell, McCloskey may or may not be having an affair with Joe’s wife Bonnie, but Joe insists he hates him because of “pumpkin stuff”. Peter, Quagmire, and Cleveland get annoyed by all Joe’s pumpkin talk and think it would be funny to hide his pumpkin. This quickly results in the destruction of the 307-pound pumpkin and Joe finding out. However, Peter weighs exactly 307 pounds, so he crawls into the pumpkin and remains there for the duration of the contest.

The B-story sees Stewie wanting Brian to take him trick-or-treating. Stewie gets excited about the idea of them going as Sonny and (with Stewie dressed as Cher, naturally). He takes their performance too seriously, so Brian quits and decides to spend Halloween with some friends (that he obviously doesn’t have). Stewie then attempts a Frankenstein-like procedure to bring his stuffed teddy bear, Rupert, to life so that he could play Sonny. Stewie fails and then goes to bed wishing Brian were dead. However, Rupert springs to life and vows to kill Brian. Stewie is happy that Rupert is alive and agrees to dress as Sonny, but Rupert would rather go after Brian than go trick-or-treating."

Read the full review here.
 
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"2024 hasn’t been kind to Family Guy. After being taken off Fox’s Animation Domination Sunday night line-up last spring, it was quietly moved to Wednesday nights. And now that it’s the fall, it won’t be appearing on Fox at all. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since American Dad moved to TBS and has been doing fine for years, but it’s still jarring. All Family Guy fans can look forward to this fall are two holiday specials exclusive to Hulu. The Christmas special won’t air until November 25th. So until then, all we have to tide ourselves over with is the Halloween special, “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater”. Is it worthy of being called a “Halloween special”? Not really, but it is considered the premiere of season 23, and it’s a fun ride."

Wait, has it even been confirmed that Family Guy is coming back to FOX in 2025? Sounds like they're one step away from just broadcasting Family Guy on Hulu (like the upcoming "King of the Hill" sequel series and the current "Futurama" new seasons)

Bob's Burgers has official replaced Family Guy, hasn't it? Remember when we were concerned Bob's Burgers wasn't going to be able to fly on it's own?

 

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i loved the halloween special despite being forced to wait until january, im really glad us Family Guy fans are still being treated in some way. however i don't think Family Guy will permanently be on Hulu. what Fox is doing is temporary, once one of the new anidom shows get canned i'm sure Family Guy will return to its normal slot. if anything i think Fox has faith Family Guy can hold up on its own without being on a sunday night slot.
 

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