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* In the series premiere, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* In the series premiere, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 four hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* In "Girl Internetted", while Peter is at a convention, a man gets him kicked out, then kidnaps him and nearly cuts his arm off with a chainsaw. All because Peter said he had a weird ponytail. Even worse, Peter deliberately did it to get views on his Instagram; he just didn't count on the guy being a psycho.
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* In "Girl Internetted", while Peter is at a convention, a man gets him kicked out, then kidnaps him and nearly cuts his arm off with a chainsaw. All because Peter said he had a weird ponytail. Even worse, Peter deliberately did it to get views on his Instagram; he just didn't count on the guy being a psycho.psycho.
* In one episode, Mayor West attacks the pizza delivery man with a cat launcher for giving him Canadian bacon on his pizza instead of regular bacon.
* In one episode, Mayor West attacks the pizza delivery man with a cat launcher for giving him Canadian bacon on his pizza instead of regular bacon.
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* In the series premiere, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').
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* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] story from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').
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'''Peter:''' You SON OF A...\\
''(cue a brawl of epic proportions)''
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* Peter's violent feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken is because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. And after they finally strike a truce, they almost immediately resume fighting because Ernie refuses to let Peter pick up a paycheck.
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* Peter's violent feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken is because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. And after they finally strike a truce, they almost immediately resume fighting because Ernie refuses to let Peter pick up the check at a paycheck.restaurant.
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* A crowd attacks Brian and levels death threats at the family over a racist joke Brian tweeted out in "The D in Apartment 23"
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* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt of 100 dollars to him.
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* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt of 100 50 dollars to him.
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* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E11TheTanAquaticWithSteveZissou The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]": Peter resorts to thrashing Kyle simply because he called him a "poopnose".
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* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E11TheTanAquaticWithSteveZissou The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]": Peter resorts to thrashing Kyle simply because he called him a "poopnose". To Peter's credit, he does try to be civil with him and ignore his insults, but Kyle refuses to let up.
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* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang Theory]]", when Stewie starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life'' because Brian made a queer joke about him.
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* Almost everybody is notorious for doing this.
* Peter tickles Lois playfully who keeps telling him to stop while laughing. She then breaks his nose with a frying pan. Peter {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it:
-->'''Lois:''' Well, I told you to stop.
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* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt to him.
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang Theory]]" when he starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life''. The reason? Brian made a queer joke about him.
* Of course, Brian himself isn't above this when it comes to Stewie as well. For example, in "Screwed the Pooch", Brian stuffs animal snacks in Stewie's pockets and causes the animals to attack him as they attempt to eat the snacks... because Stewie told him to shut up.
* And there's also Peter's feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken. Peter then tries to kill Ernie just because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. [[spoiler: Ernie might have given Peter the coupon as payback for smacking him in the face at their prom, though that could be considered 'proportionate' since it would have done little more than inconvenience Peter.]] [[spoiler:And, later, refusing to let Peter pick up the paycheck.]]
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang Theory]]" when he starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life''. The reason? Brian made a queer joke about him.
* Of course, Brian himself isn't above this when it comes to Stewie as well. For example, in "Screwed the Pooch", Brian stuffs animal snacks in Stewie's pockets and causes the animals to attack him as they attempt to eat the snacks... because Stewie told him to shut up.
* And there's also Peter's feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken. Peter then tries to kill Ernie just because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. [[spoiler: Ernie might have given Peter the coupon as payback for smacking him in the face at their prom, though that could be considered 'proportionate' since it would have done little more than inconvenience Peter.]] [[spoiler:And, later, refusing to let Peter pick up the paycheck.]]
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* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt of 100 dollars to him.
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big BangTheory]]" Theory]]", when he Stewie starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life''. The reason? life'' because Brian made a queer joke about him.
*Of course, Brian himself isn't above this when it comes to Stewie as well. For example, in In "Screwed the Pooch", Brian stuffs animal snacks in Stewie's pockets and causes the animals to attack him as they attempt to eat the snacks... because Stewie told him to shut up.
*And there's also Peter's violent feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken. Peter then tries to kill Ernie just Chicken is because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. [[spoiler: And after they finally strike a truce, they almost immediately resume fighting because Ernie might have given Peter the coupon as payback for smacking him in the face at their prom, though that could be considered 'proportionate' since it would have done little more than inconvenience Peter.]] [[spoiler:And, later, refusing refuses to let Peter pick up the a paycheck.]]
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang
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* The crowd who attacks Brian and levels death threats at the family over an unpopular joke Brian tweeted out in "The D in Apartment 23"
* Quagmire attacking Brian at home after finding out the latter, unknowingly, had sex with his newly transgender dad. Of course, [[SitcomArchnemesis given the circumstances...]]
** Brian dishes one back in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]", after screwing up a date, he blames Quagmire's dating advice, the latter labels him a loser in response. The next day, Quagmire finds Brian hooked up with Cheryl Tiegs, the love of his life and the source of a lot of his inner demons, complete with gloating and flipping the bird.
** Likewise doles out one in ''Roads to Vegas'' by hiring a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat, likely as payback for the hit and run Glenn pulled at the end in ''Tiegs For Two''.
* Played with when Peter throws acid in the face of a New Yorker because he said the Patriots suck. Peter meant to splash holy water in the New Yorker's face but there was a mix-up.
* One episode has a former hot dog eating champion attempting to strangle Chris to death just because Chris beat him in the competition, which caused the former champion to lose his honor.
* Quagmire attacking Brian at home after finding out the latter, unknowingly, had sex with his newly transgender dad. Of course, [[SitcomArchnemesis given the circumstances...]]
** Brian dishes one back in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]", after screwing up a date, he blames Quagmire's dating advice, the latter labels him a loser in response. The next day, Quagmire finds Brian hooked up with Cheryl Tiegs, the love of his life and the source of a lot of his inner demons, complete with gloating and flipping the bird.
** Likewise doles out one in ''Roads to Vegas'' by hiring a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat, likely as payback for the hit and run Glenn pulled at the end in ''Tiegs For Two''.
* Played with when Peter throws acid in the face of a New Yorker because he said the Patriots suck. Peter meant to splash holy water in the New Yorker's face but there was a mix-up.
* One episode has a former hot dog eating champion attempting to strangle Chris to death just because Chris beat him in the competition, which caused the former champion to lose his honor.
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* The A crowd who attacks Brian and levels death threats at the family over an unpopular a racist joke Brian tweeted out in "The D in Apartment 23"
* Quagmireattacking attacks Brian at the Griffin's home after finding out the latter, unknowingly, had sex with his newly transgender dad. Of course, [[SitcomArchnemesis given the circumstances...]]
** Brian dishes one back indad.
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]",after screwing Brian screws up a date, he date and blames Quagmire's dating advice, though the latter labels him a loser in response. The next day, Quagmire finds Brian hooked up with Cheryl Tiegs, the love of his life and the source of a lot of his inner demons, complete with the dog gloating and flipping the bird.
** Likewise doles out one in ''Roads to Vegas'' by hiring a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat, likely as payback for the hit and run Glenn pulled at the end in ''Tiegs For Two''.
* Played with when Peter throws acid in the face of a New Yorker because he said the Patriots suck. Peter meant to splash holy water in the New Yorker's face but there was a mix-up.
* One episode hasIn "Killer Queen", a former hot dog eating champion attempting attempts to strangle Chris to death just because Chris beat him in the competition, which he feels had caused the former champion him to lose his honor.
* Quagmire
** Brian dishes one back in
* In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]",
* One episode has
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* The treatment of [[ButtMonkey Meg]] in general.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and takes their welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and takes their welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
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* The treatment of [[ButtMonkey Meg]] in general.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episodeIn "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when Lois sets out to [[MamaBear getting back retrieve the candy a boy, Justin, stole Justin had stolen from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for extorts the woman, demanding Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After own candy and $40. Though Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and takes their welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.this.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episode
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* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
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* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the takes their welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
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* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.tattling.
* In "Girl Internetted", while Peter is at a convention, a man gets him kicked out, then kidnaps him and nearly cuts his arm off with a chainsaw. All because Peter said he had a weird ponytail. Even worse, Peter deliberately did it to get views on his Instagram; he just didn't count on the guy being a psycho.
* In "Girl Internetted", while Peter is at a convention, a man gets him kicked out, then kidnaps him and nearly cuts his arm off with a chainsaw. All because Peter said he had a weird ponytail. Even worse, Peter deliberately did it to get views on his Instagram; he just didn't count on the guy being a psycho.
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* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode episode, Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').
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* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').
* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
* In the series premier, the family is watching an episode of ''Series/TheBradyBunch''. In the episode Greg is forced to spend 4 hours in a snake pit for smoking, while Jan, who alerted the parents to this and showed smug satisfaction in seeing Greg's punishment, is ordered to spend an entire day in a chamber of fire for tattling.
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* Almost everybody is notorious for doing this.
* Peter tickles Lois playfully who keeps telling him to stop while laughing. She then breaks his nose with a frying pan. Peter {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it:
-->'''Peter:''' I tickle you, you ''hit me on the head with a frying pan?!''
-->'''Lois:''' Well, I told you to stop.
-->'''Peter:''' ''I taste blood!''
-->'''Lois:''' Well, there's a lot of it.
* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt to him.
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang Theory]]" when he starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life''. The reason? Brian made a queer joke about him.
* Of course, Brian himself isn't above this when it comes to Stewie as well. For example, in "Screwed the Pooch", Brian stuffs animal snacks in Stewie's pockets and causes the animals to attack him as they attempt to eat the snacks... because Stewie told him to shut up.
* And there's also Peter's feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken. Peter then tries to kill Ernie just because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. [[spoiler: Ernie might have given Peter the coupon as payback for smacking him in the face at their prom, though that could be considered 'proportionate' since it would have done little more than inconvenience Peter.]] [[spoiler:And, later, refusing to let Peter pick up the paycheck.]]
* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E11TheTanAquaticWithSteveZissou The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]": Peter resorts to thrashing Kyle simply because he called him a "poopnose".
* Quagmire attacking Brian at home after finding out the latter, unknowingly, had sex with his newly transgender dad. Of course, [[SitcomArchnemesis given the circumstances...]]
** Brian dishes one back in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]", after screwing up a date, he blames Quagmire's dating advice, the latter labels him a loser in response. The next day, Quagmire finds Brian hooked up with Cheryl Tiegs, the love of his life and the source of a lot of his inner demons, complete with gloating and flipping the bird.
** Likewise doles out one in ''Roads to Vegas'' by hiring a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat, likely as payback for the hit and run Glenn pulled at the end in ''Tiegs For Two''.
* Played with when Peter throws acid in the face of a New Yorker because he said the Patriots suck. Peter meant to splash holy water in the New Yorker's face but there was a mix-up.
* One episode has a former hot dog eating champion attempting to strangle Chris to death just because Chris beat him in the competition, which caused the former champion to lose his honor.
* An early CutawayGag has Film/OldYeller about to be put down for accidentally deleting a message on the answering machine.
* The treatment of [[ButtMonkey Meg]] in general.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').
* Peter tickles Lois playfully who keeps telling him to stop while laughing. She then breaks his nose with a frying pan. Peter {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it:
-->'''Peter:''' I tickle you, you ''hit me on the head with a frying pan?!''
-->'''Lois:''' Well, I told you to stop.
-->'''Peter:''' ''I taste blood!''
-->'''Lois:''' Well, there's a lot of it.
* Stewie [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats Brian to a bloody pulp]], including using a ''flamethrower'' on him, because Brian failed to repay a debt to him.
* Taken UpToEleven in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E16TheBigPangTheory The Big Bang Theory]]" when he starts using his time machine to ''sabotage every meaningful moment in Brian's life''. The reason? Brian made a queer joke about him.
* Of course, Brian himself isn't above this when it comes to Stewie as well. For example, in "Screwed the Pooch", Brian stuffs animal snacks in Stewie's pockets and causes the animals to attack him as they attempt to eat the snacks... because Stewie told him to shut up.
* And there's also Peter's feud with Ernie the Giant Chicken. Peter then tries to kill Ernie just because Ernie gave him a coupon that turned out to be bad. [[spoiler: Ernie might have given Peter the coupon as payback for smacking him in the face at their prom, though that could be considered 'proportionate' since it would have done little more than inconvenience Peter.]] [[spoiler:And, later, refusing to let Peter pick up the paycheck.]]
* "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E11TheTanAquaticWithSteveZissou The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]": Peter resorts to thrashing Kyle simply because he called him a "poopnose".
* Quagmire attacking Brian at home after finding out the latter, unknowingly, had sex with his newly transgender dad. Of course, [[SitcomArchnemesis given the circumstances...]]
** Brian dishes one back in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E14TiegsForTwo Tiegs for Two]]", after screwing up a date, he blames Quagmire's dating advice, the latter labels him a loser in response. The next day, Quagmire finds Brian hooked up with Cheryl Tiegs, the love of his life and the source of a lot of his inner demons, complete with gloating and flipping the bird.
** Likewise doles out one in ''Roads to Vegas'' by hiring a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat, likely as payback for the hit and run Glenn pulled at the end in ''Tiegs For Two''.
* Played with when Peter throws acid in the face of a New Yorker because he said the Patriots suck. Peter meant to splash holy water in the New Yorker's face but there was a mix-up.
* One episode has a former hot dog eating champion attempting to strangle Chris to death just because Chris beat him in the competition, which caused the former champion to lose his honor.
* An early CutawayGag has Film/OldYeller about to be put down for accidentally deleting a message on the answering machine.
* The treatment of [[ButtMonkey Meg]] in general.
* Lois does it in the Halloween episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E4HalloweenOnSpoonerStreet Halloween on Spooner Street]]", when [[MamaBear getting back the candy a boy, Justin, stole from Stewie]]. After she gets Justin's mom to ask Justin to return the candy, she jumps straight into extortion territory: she asks for Justin's candy, then $40 from his mom. After Justin's mom tells her she doesn't have $40, Lois declares she'll be back for $80, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the welcome mat]]. Even Stewie is a little scared by this, and we know what he pulled on Brian.
* A cutaway gag of a German bedtime story features a mother cutting off her son's thumbs simply because he wouldn't stop sucking them (which is based on [[AluminumChristmasTrees an actual story]] from ''Literature/{{Struwwelpeter}}'').