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Jungle Love (Family Guy)

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"Jungle Love (Family Guy)"

"Jungle Love" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Family Guy. It guest stars Carrie Fisher as Angela, Jay Mohr as Vinny, and Will Ferrell as himself.

Plot

Chris is excited to become a freshman at the local high school, until Joe tells Chris about the "Freshman Hunt," a hazing ritual in which the freshmen are beaten with paddles by everyone. When Chris shows up at school Lois yells out "Freshman!" to lure over other students. After a short chase Chris is caught, and is paddled by several people, including the mayor. Chris asks Brian for advice on how to cope, and Brian tells Chris about his time in the Peace Corps. Chris decides to join the Corps and goes to South America, where he becomes popular with the natives. When he leads the tribe in a dance, he unwittingly marries the chief’s daughter, as dictated by the tribe’s customs.

In the meantime, Peter, who has been unemployed for some time, goes to work at the Pawtucket Brewery, where the beer is free as long as employees don't drink during their shift. However, Peter can’t control his drinking and he is demoted; he ends up as a subordinate to Opie, a mentally handicapped man whose speech is unintelligible babbling.

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Chris dances.

When Lois learns of Chris' marriage, she immediately travels down to South America with the rest of the family. Upon their arrival Peter is seen as the richest man in the country with just $37. He takes advantage of this by paying the natives nickels and dimes to act according to his whimsy. When Chris accuses Peter of "using" the natives to escape his troubles, Lois points out that that is also what Chris did. Chris then decides to return to Rhode Island, telling his wife that he must leave her, casually referring to his status as a freshman. The natives respond exactly as the upperclassmen in Quahog do, chasing the Griffins in a hostile manner. The Griffins escape on a seaplane, but forget Meg, who has been riddled by darts and arrows.

Reception

In his review of the episode, Ryan J. Budke of TV Squad reviewed the episode positively, commenting: "this week had some of the quickest (Deadwood) and longest (cave-couple fight) jokes that Family Guy has done and I was in stitches for just about every one", adding "I can't heap enough praise on this show."[1]

References

  1. ^ Budke, Ryan J. (September 25, 2005). "Family Guy: Jungle Love". TV Squad. Retrieved 2008-07-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)