1x05 A Hero Sits Next Door - Family Guy Episode Guide

Family Guy

- Episode 01x05

Episode: 01x05
Title: A Hero Sits Next Door
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 1ACX05
First Aired: May. 02, 1999

Season 1 » Episode #05 - A Hero Sits Next Door

Family Guy - 01x05 A Hero Sits Next Door

Summary: When Peter injures the star player on the company softball team he must find a replacement. While visiting the new neighbors, Joe and Bonnie, Peter learns that Joe is extremely good at baseball and asks that he play. But when Joe shows up at the game, Peter finds out that he is paralized from the waste down. Peter assumes this will mean Joe will be uncabable of doing a lot of things, and that people will feel sorry for him. But his world is shaken when Joe turns out to be very capable of doing everything in his wheelchair, and he becomes the talk of the town. This makes Peter jealous, and so he decides he must one-up him...by stopping a bank robbery. Meanwhile, Meg tries to impress the new neighbor's son, and Stewie tries to uncover the mystery of the wheelchair.

Watch Episode Videos

Sweat Glands (00:11)

Out the Window (00:13)

Who appeared in this episode?

Additional Voices	voiced by Seth MacFarlane
Barbara Pewterschmidt	voiced by Alex Borstein
Additional Voices	voiced by Alex Borstein
Additional Voices	voiced by Seth Green
Mr. Weed	voiced by Carlos Alazraqui
Various	voiced by Butch Hartman
Michelle Kwan	voiced by Michelle Kwan
Various	voiced by Suzie Plakson
Various	voiced by Wally Wingert

	Season 1 / Episode 5: - A Hero Sits Next Door Bonnie Swanson: The movers tracked grease all over the carpet. I've tried everything to get it out. Lois Griffin: What about lemon juice? Fan at ball game: What about club soda? Stewie Griffin: What about shutting the hell up?
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - A Hero Sits Next Door Peter Griffin: Holy crip, he's a crapple.

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: Joe Swanson identifies himself as a "police lieutenant" in this episode, yet in every subsequent episode where he is shown in uniform his insignia rank is only that of a private.
CONT: In the scene when Peter meets Joe, Joe asks for a screw driver. Peter is so fed up that he walks back to his house, but if you pay close enough attention, you will notice that he walks right past his driveway.
CONT: Bonnie Swanson makes her first appearances here, with dark red hair. In later episodes her hair is black.
CONT: When the policeman asks Lois to describe Peter, it shows a view through a scope of a rifle. However, when the shot changes and the cop says "I've got him", there is no scope on the rifle.
CONT: When Joe arrives at the orphanage when he's telling his story, the sign changes position and the writing changes on it.

TRIVIA

The Griffin's neighbors Joe, Bonnie, and Kevin Swanson are introduced in this episode.
In the very first episode with Bonnie, she was a brunette, then later drawn with black hair.
This is the first episode in the series where the title does not make a reference to old radio mysteries that have some variation of Death or Murder in the title.
The TV airings of this episode cuts a scene where a policeman shoots the head off of a JFK Pez dispenser while trying to shoot at the robber.