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S23E13
The Fat Lotus
Family Guy · 2025-05-18 · 22 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 20 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
In this Griffin-family twist on the popular HBO series, Peter suspects Lois of betraying his trust with Quagmire at a swanky vacation, while Stewie worries that his wealthy new friends plan to sacrifice him in a volcano.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
53
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
9
how much it moved you
Read from 20 comments — 7 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit20 read
“It was sort of a throwaway line right at the end”
linapinacolada▲ 5about 75–100% inread it ↗
“No cutaway was a nice change of pace”
Chrispowers110▲ 4about 0–100% inread it ↗
“man the storyline sucked”
alabamerpammer▲ 3about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I was laughing so hard at Brian's "Mushroom Surprise" pitch”
LegalNeighborhood8▲ 3about 50–60% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Brian Iles
- written
- Steve Callaghan
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
John Viener as Announcer (voice)
Travis Bowe as Shark (voice)
Ralph Garman as Executive (voice)
Gary Janetti as Dennis (voice)
Rachael MacFarlane as Cashier (voice)