10 Family Guy Episodes Probably Made Out Of Spite
8. Petey IV (S16E7)
Political figures are never safe from the trademark satire of Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy, and season sixteen saw an entire episode based around Peter Griffin becoming friends with Vladimir Putin.
It all came from Peter and the guys watching a Russian bootleg copy of Rocky IV and seeing Drago beat the titular character. Peter challenged Putin to a fight, and after a brief spell as friends, Peter realised just how evil, controlling, and dangerous the Russian leader was.
In Family Guy, this came in the form of him suspending Tom Brady, but the message of someone having to stand up to Putin and survive was clear. The two settled their differences in a boxing ring, which ultimately ended in a dance.
However, a voiceover from Peter referenced Alexei Navalny at the end of the episode. After talking all night, ‘Vlad’ poisoned Peter with radioactive tea, who lost half his body weight, all of his hair, and grew lesions that would never heal. This entire episode seemed to be produced just to make the point that this man was the President of the United States’ best friend.