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

¬ Announcement: ShareTV is now streaming full-length episodes of TV Shows from ABC & ABC Family

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?

More

Guest Stars:

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

More

Episode Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 5: - A Hero Sits Next Door Peter Griffin: Holy crip, he's a crapple.
	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?

[More Quotes]

MISTAKES/GOOFS

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: When Joe arrives at the orphanage when he's telling his story, the sign changes position and the writing changes on it.
CONT: When Peter is improvising in the bank, the bag of money disappears in one shot.
CONT: After Peter jumps into the pool, his hair is wet. When he is sitting in the chair on the porch, his hair is dry. When he is talking to Joe and Mr. Weed it is wet again.
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.

TRIVIA

In the very first episode with Bonnie, she was a brunette, then later drawn with black hair.
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.
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 Griffin's neighbors Joe, Bonnie, and Kevin Swanson are introduced in this episode.