- Title: Family Guy – Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater
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The Family Guy Halloween episode “Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater” fits the show’s formula with Peter (Seth MacFarlane) doing something stupid (here breaking his neighbor’s pumpkin while attempting to steal it) without a reason or a plan, and a B-story of Stewie (MacFarlane) doing something crazy (here bringing his teddy bear to life to replace Brian after the pair have their latest tiff). Both stories have a Fall theme, although its ready just Halloween-ish trappings for the characters to get into their usual shenanigans.
Highlights of the episode include Stewie’s Frankensteinish sequence to bring Rupert (Derek Jacobi) to life and the Griffins visiting Spirit Halloween (which is basically the only screentime the rest of the family gets in the episode). Joe‘s (Patrick Warburton) rival Patrick McCloskey (Glen Powell) is your typical douchebag and the revelation of everyone in the pumpkin contest cheating is as anti-climactic as it sounds. As for Rupert, the idea of him attempting to kill Brian is an amusing one, but he’s a freakin’ teddy bear who a toddler can (and eventual does) overpower. How exactly does he almost kill Brian?