Big Man on Hippocampus

Season 8, Episode 10, Aired

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After hitting his head, Peter develops amnesia. He forgets everything, including his family and his friends. Lois takes extra care of Peter and tries everything to jog his memory and until he starts hitting on other women. Having had enough of his antics, Lois takes the kids and leaves.moreless
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  • Peter loses his memory after he gets into a fight with Richard Dawson in the game show "Family Feud"

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By tigerdude22, Mar 20, 2012
    I thought that this was a superb episode of "Family Guy". It pretty much had me laughing all the way throughout the episode. I thought it was very funny that the family was on the game show "Family Feud" in the beginning of the episode. It was very funny when Peter gets mad game show host Richard Dawson because they lost and then Richard Dawson pushed Peter into the table which makes Peter lose his memory. Chris getting naked and saying "I'm invisible" was hilarious. Peter wanting to see "Pretty Woman" was funny. The live-action appearance with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was absolutely hilarious. Peter singing the "Surfin' Bird" was hilarious... it was also good because he doesn't sing it non-stop like he does in "I Dream of Jesus" which got annoying when Peter just kept singing it throughout that episode. Okay, enough of "I Dream of Jesus", I should focus on this review but if you want to see my "I Dream of Jesus" review then check it out. Anyways, back to more parts I found funny. Meg making a joke implying that Peter and Meg had sex and everyone tells Meg how it wasn't even funny was hilarious. Peter thinking that having sex with other women was okay was also funny. Of course, Quagmire's giggidy line was hilarious especially when he was in the grocery store and made a move on Lois. Peter getting his memory was being smacked so much by the Chicken was absolutely hilarious. The things I didn't like was that Lois was in bed with Quagmire (she shouldn't have done that even though she was mad at Peter because Peter lost his memory and doesn't love Lois) and the ending felt too rushed. Overall, a superb episode of "Family Guy". 9/10moreless

  • Funny until peter relearns how to have sex.

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 10, 2011
    after hitting his head, Peter develops amnesia. He forgets everything, including his family and his friends. Lois takes extra care of Peter and tries everything to jog his memory and until he starts hitting on other women. Having had enough of his antics, Lois takes the kids and leaves.

    it was Funny until peter relearns how to have sex, and Lois tries to do Quagmire before it becomes dramatic.

    4/10

  • Forgettable

    4.0
    "Poor"
    By oceanic6, Mar 25, 2011
    After Peter's empty head is badly injured following an appearance on Family Feud, he must attempt to regain his memory with the help of Lois. Things go from bad to worse when Peter discovers that ignorance really is bliss. This episode of Family Guy is just a massive, massive failure.

    A very promising beginning is derailed thanks to a shamelessly lazy plot twist, the quality might have been redeemed if the humour compensated for the lack of originality but it really does not. Perhaps the jokes attract a reactionary chuckle upon the first viewing but the actual premise the jokes are built on are so flimsy and lame that not only do we not find it funny in hindsight but thoroughly resent the fact that we ever allowed a laugh to pass through our lips in the first place.

    The inconsistency of Peter's amnesia has an unintentionally grating impact; it cannot be comprehended that a blow to the head can result in essentially a deletion of any capacity for logical thought or basic reasoning. If this was the case, Britney Spears must have been hit in the head a great many times. As far as audio goes, the only real highlight is a rare reappearance of Mike Henry whose vocal genius has recently relocated to another show. Aside from that, it is the usual display of Seth Macfarlane's ego massage by voicing every second male character, Alex Borstein inundating us with helium-esque racket and Seth Green, Mila Kunis and Patrick Warburton trying vainly to sound interested even though the material they spout is far beneath their aptitude. Even though what we hear is not all that great, it cannot be denied how visually outstanding the episode and indeed the show is at this point. Not only is there detail and texture aplenty but even a snippet of live action with an amusing yet wildly superfluous celebrity cameo. This episode prompts deeper consideration, what is Family Guy? For the first few seasons it really was a cult sensation which pushed the envelope of television, distancing itself from the warm and fuzzy animated viewing then available and battling not only widespread condemnation but cancellations. As the show creaks into an 8th season we are at a stage where it is rare for a laugh to be gained from anything truly new and shocking or for a plot to wow us with wit or fun and only the checkbooks of those involved seem to benefit from it remaining on air.moreless

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    7.5
    "Good"
    By futuramarama, Jan 27, 2011
    Peter gets in a fight on Family Feud, which results in him getting amnesia. Lois tries to help him regain memory, but Peter and her get in a fight and she leaves with the kids. Will Peter get his memory back, and his family?

    Good episode, but kind of boring. Biggest laugh from me was everyone all mad at Meg for the joke she made, implying that Peter had sex with her. The rest was merely OK, maybe a chuckle here or there, but otherwise kind of lame. Grade for this episode- solid "C". Not the best, not the worstmoreless

  • Actually good.

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    By dflipkyuzosan24, Aug 15, 2010
    The first few minutes of this episode was stupid and suffered from weak jokes. But the dilemma for this episode was erased quickly after the first commercial break. For the first time in a while, Family Guy made me laugh so much for their sick-twisted jokes! Like good 'ol Family Guy all over again. And I'm also glad Meg was given a quick spotlight... and every main character was given a spotlight!

    Too bad I have to wait till February 1 for the next installment. That episode will test "Family Guy" standing- to prove it still has it.

    Though, overall an episode filled with quirky laughs. don't tuned out after the first few minutes cause you'll miss a lot of things!moreless
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    • When shown on FOX, after the first act a parody [adult swim] bumper appeared, noting how it was better to watch "Family Guy" on AS because they add jokes and footage FOX wouldn't air. When the episode premired on AS a week later, the same parody bumper aired followed by a new parody of a FOX commercial saying "You are watching FOX! No...not THAT FOX but this FOX. The FOX for people who watch FOX on Cartoon Network. On FOX!"

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    • Lois: Peter, I want you to meet your family.
      Peter: Your..., my family?
      Lois: That's right, these are your children.
      Chris: Dad, I'm Chris. I-I'm your son.
      Peter: I've never seen you before in my life.
      Chris: Wow, then I must be invisible! (Chris takes off his clothes and runs outside naked) HEY EVERYBODY! I'M INVISIBLE!
      Herbert: Oh no, you're not. Hot-Diggity.
      Lois: This is Meg, your daughter.
      Peter: D'OH!
      Lois: No, Peter. That's not your catchphrase.
      Peter: Oh, sorry. I-I just don't remember anything.
      Meg: Dad, this is your baby and your dog.
      Stewie: Oooh, he doesn't remember us. It's an opportunity to come up with our own names. I'm Tomax and this is Zaemot. We're twins who can feel each others' pain.
      Brian: Ow.
      Stewie: No, Brian. I'm supposed to say ow. You ruin everything.
      Brian: (Brian punches Stewie) Ow.

    • Quagmire: Gi-ggi-ty. Gi-ggi-ty. (Quagmire keeps repeatedly saying gi-gi-gi to the theme of Jaws) GIGGITY! (crashes into Lois' cart) Lois, oh my gosh, hi!
      Lois: Oh, hi Quagmire. What a surprise.
      Quagmire: I know, right. Gosh, I, you know, I was just picking up a couple of hams to take down to the shelter and here I run into you buying food to make dinner for your husband.
      Lois: Uh, no. Actually Glenn, maybe you haven't heard, but, uh, Peter and I aren't together anymore.
      Quagmire: What? Why?
      Lois: Oh, it's a long story. You don't wanna hear about it.
      Quagmire: Oh, shut your face. I wanna hear all about it. But listen,you know, I've got all this shopping to do. So, you wanna stop by tomorrow night and I'll just, whip something up.
      Lois: Well sure, you know, that sounds nice, Glenn.
      Quagmire: Holy smokes. This is a sure thing. Like the end of a Mexican wedding.

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