Underage Peter

Underage Peter
Season 12, Episode 11
Air date	September 29, 2013
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Underage Peter is the 11th episode of the twelfth season of Family Guy. It is the 283rd episode, overall.

Synopsis

Thanks to Peter's latest drunken antic, Mayor West raises the town's drinking age to 50, meaning Peter and the guys can no longer booze it up. When they learn that Brian is of age to drink and purchase alcohol, thanks to dog years (8 years old in dog years is 56 in human years), Peter finds a loophole and makes him buy all of his booze.

Plot

At the Drunken Clam, Peter tries some of Cleveland's hot sauce and gets burned. Quagmire places a bet with him to drink an entire shot glass full which he successfully does and it inspires him to take up other stunts for cash. During a night of drinking, he takes up the challenge of drinking from a fire hydrant which results in a flood at the library. As a result, Mayor West raises the drinking age to fifty.

The guys try various ways to get alcohol, including leaving town without luck. When they spot Brian drinking, they find out that his dog years conversion makes him old enough. Joe gets the idea of having him buy their booze and he agrees. During an extended period of being wasted, Brian and Peter affirm their friendship, but when Stewie finds Brian drunk, he points out that he is only friends because he is useful to Peter. Lois also puts her foot down on them being drunk in the house and they take their drinking to the park. Brian confronts Peter and is assured that they are friends under any circumstances. As Brian wanders off, a police officer finds Peter underage drinking and he rats Brian out who is arrested for buying his beer.

As Brian is forced to perform community service cleaning up roadside litter, Peter shows up wanting him to buy more beer and is told off. However, Peter's own littering gets him on cleaning duty as well. Brian's ranting about the unfair law inspires Peter to join in a crusade to overturn the law. They meet at the Mayor's mansion and present their demand to have the law overturned but West refuses to consider it, but when Carol comes to the door, she arrives with a wineglass and they get the Mayor to approve the repeal.

During the discussion with the mayor, Peter mentions about getting his best friend Brian into trouble. Brian finds out that his statement really came from the heart and their friendship is reaffirmed.

Characters

Major Roles

• Peter Griffin
• Glenn Quagmire
• Cleveland Brown
• Joe Swanson
• Brian Griffin
• Mayor Adam West

Minor Roles

• Lois Griffin
• Chris Griffin
• Stewie Griffin
• Meg Griffin (Non-Speaking)
• Carol West
• Kimi Quagmire
• Bonnie Swanson
• Opie Richardson
• Seamus Levine
• Bruce Straightman
• Jeffrey Hitlerdidnothingwrong

Trivia

• This is Shawn Ries' first solo writing effort.
• Meg appears but does not have any lines in this episode.
• Peter reports in that "Jimmy Crack Corn" is their wedding song.
• "Brass Monkey" by the Beastie Boys plays during the guys' drinking binge.
• When the 80s FBI arrive during Chris' hacking attempt, "The Heat Is On", originally by Glenn Frey, plays.
• The video clip of the samba dancers takes place at Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome during Carnival.
• Peter claims that Chris has Crohn's Disease.
• When Peter and his friends are drinking, they look at a picture of Rebel Wilson. After they take another drink, the celebrity becomes Kate Winslet; after another she becomes Jennifer Lawrence, and after a fourth drink, the famous person becomes Neil Patrick Harris.
  • The image of Neil Patrick Harris in his underwear was taken from the 2015 Oscars when he took the stage in a parody of Birdman.[1]
• Bruce is officially stated to be gay for the first time.
• When Peter is in the library, he is attacked by White Fang, a novel written by Jack London and attempts to drown it after it ruined his 8th grade summer. The book attacks Peter until Joe shoots it and reveals that it ruined his summer as well.

Continuity Errors

• Quagmire's given age remains at 61 from "FOX-y Lady" so buying beer under the ban should not have presented a problem.
  • This error is mentioned in-universe and has the explanation that Quagmire age is now 49.
• Jerome's given age was revealed to be 42 in "Baby Got Black", yet he was still allowed to serve alcohol to Brian.