Yeah. I guess once they saw the opportunity to do jokes and pairings with other characters they just gave up on that whole not being able to understand him thing
I always just saw it as if it’s necessary for a joke Mostly brian and chris only understand him but with chris even THATS iffy But the main reason for him not always understanding is just due to the fact that brian needs an understudy for stewie to bounce off of occasionally The story rarely needs lois or peter to hear his input so they don’t hear him unless we get something like the godfather bit; while Stewie can still hold jobs with adults and whole radio shows and sing with frank sinatra jr in the aame breath Its definitely not a case of the family just ignoring him or it being a garfield thing where they just hear babies noises when he talks either tho.
Stewie seemed to age slightly over the years dispite being one years old. In early episodes Stewie was breastfeeding and needed his diaper changed. In later ones he regularly attends pre school and is potty trained.
Yeah, my head canon currently has been that the show takes place over like three years and he’s a toddler now. (Which tracks tbh because Meg ages, too)
I think what it comes down to is that Peter, Lois, and Meg could understand Stewie, but they're so self-absorbed it just flies over their heads, especially in later seasons.
@@consumeroftoons2119 yeah "revived", a reboot is very different, usually they revamp most things about the show, new voice actors, visuals that kind of thing, and it starts from Season 1 again, Family Guy's is def a continuation cuz it just picks up where it left off at Season 4.
I do like how Chris and Brian are the only real family members who can understand Stewie fully. But I like how Peter is learning to understand bits and pieces of his speech over time.
It honestly makes sense that Meg could be the only one who hear Stewie with only baby speech considering the moments that are focus on their dynamics where Meg is more of a maternal figure to Stewie compared to Lois In the episode “Stewie Kills Lois” Meg ended up taking more of the maternal figure for the family while Lois is missing that Stewie himself also complimented her for this. As well in certain episode where Stewie did get attached to Meg because she saved his life from a grape causing him to do a lot of doting kids stuff that they would done towards their parents and even defended her when she was the better housewife as well. It would make sense that honestly she does see him as her baby brother, even if he is a super genius
@@entimoreng yea but it's apparently "canon" that peter can get those gag vehicles or destroy the house since they did have a repair man come in an episode and ask if any work needs done but peter going missing keeps the house in normal condition, so stewie and brain being out on adventures seems less farfetched if her dad can get custom helicopters on his meager salary.
@@BaeBunni Peter who is known to be horrible with money spending it on something like that is more feasible than a 1 year old and a talking dog building a time machine and using it to do stuff as crazy as create the universe. Plus Peters legal history is spotty at best and hes killed thousands before and he doesn’t have a horrible job. There family isnt poor even without Peter probably getting some of his money form sketchy areas. Plus lets not forget Carter. Carter hates Peter but hes a billionaire and he deep down cares about his family. It’s possible he pays for atleast the mortgage saving Peter thousands a year.
Honestly, I'd love an episode that just focuses on the perspective of someone that can't understand Stewie. Like, what does a conversation between Stewie and Brian sound like from that sort of perspective?
@@river9939 I would think it's b/c Brian actually speaks 'human', so removing his speech doesn't make that much sense. Compared to Stewie where we don't know if he's actually talking or if it's The Secret Life of Pets situation where Stewie is talking in baby, but from his perspective (the viewers) he's actually talking. Unless Brian speaks to Stewie in dog & Stewir speaks to Brian in baby, but that's a whole other ordeal. I get the intention, but I think a more 'realistic' outside look would be Stewie babbling & Brain speaking normally. That's at least my 2 cents anyways.
Actually in on of the Earlier episodes Stewie actually asked Meg what are you doing and Meg answers saying, “watching you sleep, cutie pie.” So actually Meg has understood stewie that one time.
I like to imagine that people can understand Stewie,but only as far as it’s normal for a toddler to talk, so if he says a long sentence, they’re only gonna understand the key words and/or sentences.
Then how come on post 2005 episodes they pretty much never respond or react to anything he says? Irl a baby can't do anything without being lavished with praise and attention. Once Stewie loudly sang the Mr. Belvedere theme song as Peter and Lois sat there frozen in silence. Why weren't they saying something about how cute him singing was? They didn't react at all to their baby hysterically singing a song.
Yeah I’d agree there’s plenty of scenes in the episodes that back this up along with maybe one or two ENTIRE episode that fully back this up like the Grammy episode and then I’m pretty sure there’s a newerish episode where they literally show scene changes as if it was a play on a stage or a movie set
You gotta appreciate that this man gives the title of each song he uses before he starts the main segment. I absolutely love it. Great video like usual!!
I'm kinda glad Chris and Stewie have more stories in more recent seasons. Chris (also Meg) wasn't really a character the same way Peter, Lois, Brian, & Stewie were in the early years so he and Stewie now have someone else to work off of.
Do you remember the one joke where Stewie goes something like "I think if we have a movie or finale then maybe the family would understand me. That'd be a good finale right?"
Whats strange to me is that usually parents are the ones who can understand their baby the best, so you would think Peter and Lois would understand him better.
i always assumed everyone could always understand Stewie and most of the time they just ignored him because they’re like “what does he know, he’s a baby”
@@MrBlue99912 iirc, our universe's stewie straight up didn't tell anybody about the time travel or interdimensional travel except for Brian, who's the only one besides Chris who ever interacts with him like a person
10:06 Actually, I found a moment where Meg responds to Stewie. In "When You Wish Apon a Winestein," Stewie woke up and saw Meg watching him sleep. He says "What the hell are you doing?" and Meg responds saying "Watching you sleep, cutiepie." So technically all of the Griffin's have understood him at some point
As far as I'm aware, Meg has only ever heard Stewie once, basically when Peter and Lois left and Brian was in charge, as Brian threw the money they were fighting over, Stewie tells Chris and Meg to raise there hand if they want the money, and they both due, it wouldn't make sense for meg to raise her hand for no reason if she could here him, but that's the only instance
In the original show, they did understand him. But they just took what he said at face value, because he was a baby. This was changed after the show returned, possibly to make him more akin to an actual baby (Who happens to talk, and understands the mechanics of time travel).
Lmao ofc Meg would be the one out of the whole family that never, ever gets to understand him. And my goodness, I just adore your editing whether it's the opening or closing, "chapter breaks," or ones like Stewie's "mommy, mommy, ma, ma." Pleaseee, the unhinged cackle I let out. Thank you for making this!
The closest instance I can think of of Meg understanding Stewie is when she, him, and Chris fight over some money they find in the episode 'ready, willing and disabled.' I'm not sure if she directly responds to anything he says though
I actually forgot about this one when putting the video together, I’d have to rewatch it to be 100% sure! Been a few years since I’ve seen it, I think.
@@ToonrificTariq Understandable that you would forget about it since it’s just a B plot, I only remembered it because I rewatched it a few months ago. And yeah there is one moment in the episode where she responds to something he says. He tells her to raise her hand at on point and she does it
He tells her and Chris to raise their hand to get them to let go out the $26 they raise the hands not holding onto the money then he says they're smart and to give themselves a round of applause and they just glare at him not falling for his tricks. That's 1 of the only times she ever seemed to understand him.
I’m convinced Meg can hear Stewie but chooses to not respond actively because she’s kept out of the equation most of the times. In the newer episode where Peter fights his hologram, Stewie thinks of a plan to short him out and you can see Meg actively listening to him yet Lois is still focused on Peter.
Another thing you forgot to mention is any of the times Stewie has performed on stage people have understood what he has said or sung. It may apply to the rule where he must put “emotion” into his words. Since it’s clear he loved performing each time he did (or at least most of them) it might have been the reason people heard him.
We stopped watching for a few years and recently came back with the newest couple seasons and we were fucking BAFFLED in that scene 🤣 Like who's bitch is this???
This is the kind of stuff that you see in a forum thread but man is it more fun in video form, at least for me. I can't really hear the tone of text a lot of the time, so the spoken script really helps, and your recorded lines have a lot of life in them.
I think the times when peter and lois understand stewie is because they hear him as if he is speaking in a baby voice and not his actual voice, so they’re not phased when he speaks
I believe that only the characters that are considered “dumb” are the only ones who can understand stewie, which is ironic because he’s a genius. The show is full of irony so i wouldn’t doubt it. Thats why Peter can understand stewie but meg can’t.
Peter can't really understand him outside a few instances earlier in the series. Mort on recent episodes seems to understand Stewie and he isn't stupid.
@@thebatmanwhoposts9600 lmao it’s cuz jews are portrayed really badly in the show. Morts character isn’t really “Smart”, maybe sometimes, but most of the times he’s just the laughing stock of the show. It makes sense why he can understand stewie.
@@Pozole3131 Mort successfully runs his own business and to play on stereotypes is very good with money and at math. He isn't portrayed as stupid at all. Besides Peter is clearly way dumber than Mort and can't understand Stewie.
Great vid, Tariq! This is one of those Family Guy topics I always wondered about but didn't know if they had any hard rules on any character. It's fun to look at the individual instances to see where they stretch and where they didn't. (Also, I sympathize soooo much with having to do the "this is just for fun" disclaimer at the beginning) 🤣
there’s one part with meg and stewie in When You Wish Upon a Weinstein when stewie wakes up and asks what meg is doing and she says “watching you sleep” but other than that, I don’t think she’s answered him ever again
My favorite person understanding Stewie is Herbert because the interaction is so funny: Herbert: Well OshKosh B'gosh, it's a brand new paperboy. That's a mighty full sack you're carrying. Stewie: Piss off you perverted old freak. Herbert: Oh, we got a fighter.
7:40 There was also a recent Christmas episode where Lois was the Grinch and Stewie, dressed like Cindy Lou Who, asked her why she was taking their tree and Lois replied back asking why he was dressed like a girl.
I sorta only like it if brain is the only one that can understand him because it’s consistent most of the other time chris or anyone else can hear him seem like its only for a joke
also in season three chitty chitty death bang, when stewie kills the cult leader he says "victory is mine" and then Lois say "yes and this cake is yours too" near the end so could be more than three times but that's an extra one I heard
I would say for comedic purposes it’s Peter, Lois, and certain other characters. Like Cleveland. And for just canon/usual purposes it’s obviously Chris, Brian and other characters outside of the Griffin clan
i imagine it like when a toddler talks to you, most people won't understand what the kid is saying but the parents can catch bits and pieces, especially when its something obvious like asking for the parents, food, and bathroom stuff while sometimes the siblings may understand more and the dog understands it fully because dogs go off of vibes.
I like when Peter gets the whip and stewy does his “cool whip” bit and Peter hits him with the whip and stewy says “i thought you couldn’t understand me!”
I find the fact that Meg can’t understand what Stewie says incredibly sad for one reason: Stewie is the only one to stand up for Meg in the later seasons. For example, in the episode Trading Places everyone makes fun of Meg because she’s cooking dinner, and Stewie tells them to shut up and to give her a chance.
all I'm gonna say is... In s3e22 of family guy Stewie wakes up to meg watching him and Stewie says "what are you doing?" and meg replies "watching you sleep cutie pie." so I guess meg understands him sometimes?
Ngl I do hope they break the barrier between Stewie and Meg at some point, i'd love to see some episodes with them interacting fully Though the thing there is it might be more awkward with them two as you did say that Stewie and Chris being able to understand each other was set up early on and feels more natural anyway. And on the topic of The Stewaway I think there was one or two moments in the episode where Quagmire did respond to smth Stewie said, specifically when they're drunk I remember vividly
Here’s my theory: Some babies can talk and some babies can’t, it’s like a 50/50 thing, with stewie Everyone can always understand bits and peices of stewies voice, they choose to ignore him because he’s just a child, the only person, or animal in this case that can understand stewie fully is Brian, for example, here’s what someone like Chris would here “What Ga Debiw is boing on, ga What Brian here’s “WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON” In conclusion the 2 people that can fully understand stewie are the audience & Brian, all the toddlers if you found them to, but not kids under 8
I saw an episode where meg could understand Stewie. It was in the beginning of Season 3 Episode 22 "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein". Stewie asks Meg what she's doing and she responds " Watching you sleep cutie pie"
Ya know Tariq, I love your content man. You have a legit passion for these kinds of discussions. I feel bad when you gotta pump your vid’s after they come out cause man you deserve more views. You got fans man, keep it up we love you
The answer is always "comedy logic" Outside of the few characters that explicitly have that relationship with him or random shit that's needed for episode plots to work, they'll always just go for whichever one is funnier. Sometimes that means they act like he's not really there, sometimes that means they can have a back and forth for some joke that doesn't depend on their characterization
Maybe it's based on how child like the characters are, that mainly determines who can hear Stewie the most? Using adult language could also explain why some adults can hear him swear too?, swear words are usually looked upon as childish, despite it being considered adult language.
In Peternormal Activity, Stewie breaks the pair of glasses Brian had been wearing all episode, then says that dinner is at 6. Lois told him to tell the rest of the family, which implies that he's capable enough of communicating with everyone for her to have him be the one to tell people.
Never watched family guy but my best friend did and you’re really making me reconsider the emotional complexity of what I thought was a fart joke type show
There is one weird moment in Go Stewie Go. Brian threatened to tell Lois that Stewie was pretending to be a girl on Jolly Farm. Lois just thinks he is an ordinary baby.
That was kind of the driving force behind the joke of him being an evil genius baby in the 1999-2002 run. Peter and Lois didn't take anything he said seriously, because he was an infant, but didn't question how he was able to talk.
Overall it’s weird that everyone treats Stewie like a Pokémon where they hear pika pika most of the time like in the episode stewie’s first word where he curses in church and Chris says “stewie said his first word and it was a swear” even though he can understand Stewie
Not into family guy, but Tariq’s videos are so funny and well put together that I’ll listen to him talk about anything lol great vid as always! Also, I think I just realized that one of my favorite gags of yours is when you randomly start laughing and the screen gets smaller lol like here 4:25
The real answer is: Whatever is funniest. But I think a fun lore way to explain it is you have to either be a baby, incredibly stupid or not too self absorbed but even then you can get bits now and again.
I’m pretty sure everyone could understand Stewie before season four. Since every character that interacts with him prior to season four displayed the ability to understand him at one point or another in the first three seasons.
I feel like you have to be on the same wavelength with stewie in order to understand him not to mention he has a British accent and has higher iQ than the whole family put together.
But what about us, the audience? What does it say about us that we can understand Stewie? Is it that we are watching cartoons, a media seen as less mature and thus can understand a baby speaking? Or perhaps that we see these characters as family and can connect on that level with Stewie because of it? Or am I just making this all up to do just leave a comment and help to boost this video in my own weird way? … Probably that last one. 😅 Great job on the video!
Kind of feels like the writers just make characters understand Stewie whenever they feel it’s necessary.
Yeah. I guess once they saw the opportunity to do jokes and pairings with other characters they just gave up on that whole not being able to understand him thing
I always just saw it as if it’s necessary for a joke
Mostly brian and chris only understand him but with chris even THATS iffy
But the main reason for him not always understanding is just due to the fact that brian needs an understudy for stewie to bounce off of occasionally
The story rarely needs lois or peter to hear his input so they don’t hear him unless we get something like the godfather bit; while Stewie can still hold jobs with adults and whole radio shows and sing with frank sinatra jr in the aame breath
Its definitely not a case of the family just ignoring him or it being a garfield thing where they just hear babies noises when he talks either tho.
Agreed
Yeah that’s kind of the joke 😂
This
It's kinda sad Meg can't understand Stewie, because he's the only family member that's legitimately nice to her....well most of the time.
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@@dreamybulllxxx I, the bad piggy himself, shall stop both of you from fighting (this is stupid)
Stewie seemed to age slightly over the years dispite being one years old. In early episodes Stewie was breastfeeding and needed his diaper changed. In later ones he regularly attends pre school and is potty trained.
he's 23 years old
@@ashknight6696 24
Yeah, my head canon currently has been that the show takes place over like three years and he’s a toddler now. (Which tracks tbh because Meg ages, too)
@ToonrificTariq that'd be a neat video to see from you, what you think the roughish timeline is
Interesting that Family Guy and South Park both have the slight aging thing in common.
I think what it comes down to is that Peter, Lois, and Meg could understand Stewie, but they're so self-absorbed it just flies over their heads, especially in later seasons.
That was mostly the case in the David Zuckerman era. But, it got altered during the reboot.
@@consumeroftoons2119the reboot?
@@lucapeyrefitte6899 Yes. It was revived in 2005.
@@consumeroftoons2119 yeah "revived", a reboot is very different, usually they revamp most things about the show, new voice actors, visuals that kind of thing, and it starts from Season 1 again, Family Guy's is def a continuation cuz it just picks up where it left off at Season 4.
@@consumeroftoons2119 that’s more of a continuation then with David Zuckerman helping
I do like how Chris and Brian are the only real family members who can understand Stewie fully. But I like how Peter is learning to understand bits and pieces of his speech over time.
I think Peter actually does understand he just ignores it 😂 it was proven in stewie kills Louis & a season 4 episode
@ZayJustPlay
Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie shouldn't count because its all a simulation
Yeah but chris is so stupid he forgets it
Mort understand him once.
Even the high schoolers.
It honestly makes sense that Meg could be the only one who hear Stewie with only baby speech considering the moments that are focus on their dynamics where Meg is more of a maternal figure to Stewie compared to Lois In the episode “Stewie Kills Lois” Meg ended up taking more of the maternal figure for the family while Lois is missing that Stewie himself also complimented her for this. As well in certain episode where Stewie did get attached to Meg because she saved his life from a grape causing him to do a lot of doting kids stuff that they would done towards their parents and even defended her when she was the better housewife as well. It would make sense that honestly she does see him as her baby brother, even if he is a super genius
Still weird though that she said she knew about stewie and brians adventures and didnt even question anything
@@entimoreng yea but it's apparently "canon" that peter can get those gag vehicles or destroy the house since they did have a repair man come in an episode and ask if any work needs done but peter going missing keeps the house in normal condition, so stewie and brain being out on adventures seems less farfetched if her dad can get custom helicopters on his meager salary.
In the earlier series she was always carrying or watching Stevie.
fun fact; meg is stewie's biological mom.
@@BaeBunni Peter who is known to be horrible with money spending it on something like that is more feasible than a 1 year old and a talking dog building a time machine and using it to do stuff as crazy as create the universe.
Plus Peters legal history is spotty at best and hes killed thousands before and he doesn’t have a horrible job. There family isnt poor even without Peter probably getting some of his money form sketchy areas. Plus lets not forget Carter. Carter hates Peter but hes a billionaire and he deep down cares about his family. It’s possible he pays for atleast the mortgage saving Peter thousands a year.
Honestly, I'd love an episode that just focuses on the perspective of someone that can't understand Stewie. Like, what does a conversation between Stewie and Brian sound like from that sort of perspective?
Always wondered this myself!
probably something like:
"abababababababa bah buh buh m-m-ma ma bahbee buh bah"
"rrrruff"
"buhba bepba bababa beeee baaaa"
"ruff ruff"
@@river9939 brian is a talking dog
@@creeperyte6536 i am well aware, but if we're removing stewies talking why not remove brians
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I would think it's b/c Brian actually speaks 'human', so removing his speech doesn't make that much sense. Compared to Stewie where we don't know if he's actually talking or if it's The Secret Life of Pets situation where Stewie is talking in baby, but from his perspective (the viewers) he's actually talking. Unless Brian speaks to Stewie in dog & Stewir speaks to Brian in baby, but that's a whole other ordeal.
I get the intention, but I think a more 'realistic' outside look would be Stewie babbling & Brain speaking normally. That's at least my 2 cents anyways.
Actually in on of the Earlier episodes Stewie actually asked Meg what are you doing and Meg answers saying, “watching you sleep, cutie pie.” So actually Meg has understood stewie that one time.
I like to imagine that people can understand Stewie,but only as far as it’s normal for a toddler to talk, so if he says a long sentence, they’re only gonna understand the key words and/or sentences.
Then how come on post 2005 episodes they pretty much never respond or react to anything he says?
Irl a baby can't do anything without being lavished with praise and attention. Once Stewie loudly sang the Mr. Belvedere theme song as Peter and Lois sat there frozen in silence.
Why weren't they saying something about how cute him singing was? They didn't react at all to their baby hysterically singing a song.
To be fair, they can all understand Stewie perfectly fine. They just pretend not to as apart of the skit. Because Family Guy is a show within a show.
Valid lol.
That's my headcanon for the simpsons haha
I mean. I never think about it that way… but you’re objectively right. That is simply fact. Huh.
Even that isn’t reliable because things change every episode.
Yeah I’d agree there’s plenty of scenes in the episodes that back this up along with maybe one or two ENTIRE episode that fully back this up like the Grammy episode and then I’m pretty sure there’s a newerish episode where they literally show scene changes as if it was a play on a stage or a movie set
You gotta appreciate that this man gives the title of each song he uses before he starts the main segment. I absolutely love it. Great video like usual!!
love that🌻
"Hey, that's a cool W-hip."
Gets slashed across the face.
"I DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD UNDERSTAND ME"
I’ve always understood Stewie. That’s why Bernadette Peters has been voicing him for nearly 25 years
As Peter says “I get it every now and then.” I think that applies to any character that understands him on occasion
I'm kinda glad Chris and Stewie have more stories in more recent seasons. Chris (also Meg) wasn't really a character the same way Peter, Lois, Brian, & Stewie were in the early years so he and Stewie now have someone else to work off of.
Do you remember the one joke where Stewie goes something like "I think if we have a movie or finale then maybe the family would understand me. That'd be a good finale right?"
Yes! I contemplated putting it in here lol.
Whats strange to me is that usually parents are the ones who can understand their baby the best, so you would think Peter and Lois would understand him better.
Brian’s more of a father figure to Stewie than Peter ever was, so there might be some commentary there lol.
Like they would even bother listening to him if they did
i feel like that might be the point here, a subversion of what's expected for comedy's sake
i always assumed everyone could always understand Stewie and most of the time they just ignored him
because they’re like “what does he know, he’s a baby”
I like to think what they hear isn't as complex as what we the audience and brian hears
I use to interpret it that same way too but it just seems like it's whatever the writers feel like at this point
I’m pretty sure that is what Seth McFarlane himself stated.
Shit how would they think that he invented time traveling and interdimensional travel and they're all stuck in dead end jobs with no accomplishments.
@@MrBlue99912 iirc, our universe's stewie straight up didn't tell anybody about the time travel or interdimensional travel except for Brian, who's the only one besides Chris who ever interacts with him like a person
10:06 Actually, I found a moment where Meg responds to Stewie. In "When You Wish Apon a Winestein," Stewie woke up and saw Meg watching him sleep. He says "What the hell are you doing?" and Meg responds saying "Watching you sleep, cutiepie." So technically all of the Griffin's have understood him at some point
As far as I'm aware, Meg has only ever heard Stewie once, basically when Peter and Lois left and Brian was in charge, as Brian threw the money they were fighting over, Stewie tells Chris and Meg to raise there hand if they want the money, and they both due, it wouldn't make sense for meg to raise her hand for no reason if she could here him, but that's the only instance
I like when characters from king of the hill show up in other shows like it's normal
It does seem somewhat inconsistent who can understand Stewie. Sometimes the family can, mostly they don't.
Exactly
It comes across as really lazy writing
The only family members that consistently understand Stewie are Brian and Chris. Peter only sometimes, which I agree is annoyingly inconsistent.
In the original show, they did understand him. But they just took what he said at face value, because he was a baby. This was changed after the show returned, possibly to make him more akin to an actual baby (Who happens to talk, and understands the mechanics of time travel).
I personally think that allowing more characters, such as quagmire, to understand stewie could open up pretty interesting scenarios.
10:28
Meg sounded so happy to hear Stewie, ngl it warmed my heart
lois also understands stewie in chitty chitty death bang when stewie said "victory is mine" and she responds with "and this cake is yours too"
I like to think Mort understood Stewie more in the past due to his time machine having some form of translation device.
Lmao ofc Meg would be the one out of the whole family that never, ever gets to understand him. And my goodness, I just adore your editing whether it's the opening or closing, "chapter breaks," or ones like Stewie's "mommy, mommy, ma, ma." Pleaseee, the unhinged cackle I let out. Thank you for making this!
The closest instance I can think of of Meg understanding Stewie is when she, him, and Chris fight over some money they find in the episode 'ready, willing and disabled.' I'm not sure if she directly responds to anything he says though
I actually forgot about this one when putting the video together, I’d have to rewatch it to be 100% sure! Been a few years since I’ve seen it, I think.
@@ToonrificTariq Understandable that you would forget about it since it’s just a B plot, I only remembered it because I rewatched it a few months ago. And yeah there is one moment in the episode where she responds to something he says. He tells her to raise her hand at on point and she does it
@@macmonkeyhat Yup, saw that on the rewatch. It’s the only moment like that, too. Wild lol.
He tells her and Chris to raise their hand to get them to let go out the $26 they raise the hands not holding onto the money then he says they're smart and to give themselves a round of applause and they just glare at him not falling for his tricks.
That's 1 of the only times she ever seemed to understand him.
I’m convinced Meg can hear Stewie but chooses to not respond actively because she’s kept out of the equation most of the times. In the newer episode where Peter fights his hologram, Stewie thinks of a plan to short him out and you can see Meg actively listening to him yet Lois is still focused on Peter.
1. All adults except for his teacher and Lois
2. Brian and Chris understand him 100%
Meg and Lois understand him 10%
Another thing you forgot to mention is any of the times Stewie has performed on stage people have understood what he has said or sung. It may apply to the rule where he must put “emotion” into his words. Since it’s clear he loved performing each time he did (or at least most of them) it might have been the reason people heard him.
Stewie with Quagmire, I did not expect it to be so wholesome. lmao
I'm in love with how your videos are structured.
Family Guy is essentially an animated Vaudiville show, with stock family sitcom plots as the glue between different sets and performances.
Jillian understands Stewie but she hasn't had a prominent role in over 10 years
Yes! Forgot about Jillian!
the diner clip with the girls always kills me cuz WHO IS THIS 😂😂😂
We stopped watching for a few years and recently came back with the newest couple seasons and we were fucking BAFFLED in that scene 🤣 Like who's bitch is this???
@@bubblegum1366 she deadass just showed up one day and we still haven’t seen her for more than like 2 minutes onscreen at a time
She just decided to sit with them☠️☠️
I love that Koth joke for the idea that Hank watches Family Guy and enough to get dreams about it
He just like me fr.
I’ll never forget that one scene “so can they all understand the baby or what?” 😂
I feel like for most adults they see stewie talking like how a toddler would talk.
This is the kind of stuff that you see in a forum thread but man is it more fun in video form, at least for me. I can't really hear the tone of text a lot of the time, so the spoken script really helps, and your recorded lines have a lot of life in them.
I think the times when peter and lois understand stewie is because they hear him as if he is speaking in a baby voice and not his actual voice, so they’re not phased when he speaks
I believe that only the characters that are considered “dumb” are the only ones who can understand stewie, which is ironic because he’s a genius. The show is full of irony so i wouldn’t doubt it. Thats why Peter can understand stewie but meg can’t.
Peter can't really understand him outside a few instances earlier in the series. Mort on recent episodes seems to understand Stewie and he isn't stupid.
@@thebatmanwhoposts9600 But he’s a Jew in family guy lol But i get what you’re saying.
@@Pozole3131 huh?
@@thebatmanwhoposts9600 lmao it’s cuz jews are portrayed really badly in the show. Morts character isn’t really “Smart”, maybe sometimes, but most of the times he’s just the laughing stock of the show. It makes sense why he can understand stewie.
@@Pozole3131 Mort successfully runs his own business and to play on stereotypes is very good with money and at math. He isn't portrayed as stupid at all.
Besides Peter is clearly way dumber than Mort and can't understand Stewie.
Meg actually understood stewie in the episode where she dated Major West. Stewie compliments her and she goes “you guys are so sweet”
Great vid, Tariq! This is one of those Family Guy topics I always wondered about but didn't know if they had any hard rules on any character. It's fun to look at the individual instances to see where they stretch and where they didn't.
(Also, I sympathize soooo much with having to do the "this is just for fun" disclaimer at the beginning) 🤣
When I wrote it, I remember thinking “this sounds like something Jims would say, I wonder if this works for him.” 😂
Thanks, Jims!
there’s one part with meg and stewie in When You Wish Upon a Weinstein when stewie wakes up and asks what meg is doing and she says “watching you sleep”
but other than that, I don’t think she’s answered him ever again
To tell the truth, I've only "caught up" to this series cause of your show and I think that's understandable this day and age
My favorite person understanding Stewie is Herbert because the interaction is so funny:
Herbert: Well OshKosh B'gosh, it's a brand new paperboy. That's a mighty full sack you're carrying.
Stewie: Piss off you perverted old freak.
Herbert: Oh, we got a fighter.
5:50 That clip actually occasionally appears in my subconscious and I thought I was the only one who remembered it too
There's also the time peter got a whip and after peter whipped stewie, he said
"I thought you couldn't understand me"
7:40 There was also a recent Christmas episode where Lois was the Grinch and Stewie, dressed like Cindy Lou Who, asked her why she was taking their tree and Lois replied back asking why he was dressed like a girl.
Bro you’re one of the funniest content creators i’ve ever seen. like dude, keep doing what you’re doing, and you’ll make it big.
I sorta only like it if brain is the only one that can understand him because it’s consistent most of the other time chris or anyone else can hear him seem like its only for a joke
also in season three chitty chitty death bang, when stewie kills the cult leader he says "victory is mine" and then Lois say "yes and this cake is yours too" near the end so could be more than three times but that's an extra one I heard
I would say for comedic purposes it’s Peter, Lois, and certain other characters. Like Cleveland. And for just canon/usual purposes it’s obviously Chris, Brian and other characters outside of the Griffin clan
Honorable mention: Jillian
Jillian does understand Stewie mainly noticable in S6 E2 movin out (Brian's song) when Stewie revels he pays for rent
Another thing I think was not mentioned in S1 E7 when Stewie says LET'S GET A KITTY! Peter understands what he says and gets the kitty
Stewie is our Pocahontas, speaking another language but in English 😌
This is CRAZY. 😂😂😂😂
That's the thing I always wondered about Spongebob, how does he know english if he's in the sea
i imagine it like when a toddler talks to you, most people won't understand what the kid is saying but the parents can catch bits and pieces, especially when its something obvious like asking for the parents, food, and bathroom stuff while sometimes the siblings may understand more and the dog understands it fully because dogs go off of vibes.
Thanks for the evening entertainment Tariq; always good to end a day of work with some good cartoon breakdowns, have a great holiday season my man.
This dude could make a 30-minute video on peter griffins chin and I'd still watch it
I like when Peter gets the whip and stewy does his “cool whip” bit and Peter hits him with the whip and stewy says “i thought you couldn’t understand me!”
I find the fact that Meg can’t understand what Stewie says incredibly sad for one reason:
Stewie is the only one to stand up for Meg in the later seasons.
For example, in the episode Trading Places everyone makes fun of Meg because she’s cooking dinner, and Stewie tells them to shut up and to give her a chance.
all I'm gonna say is... In s3e22 of family guy Stewie wakes up to meg watching him and Stewie says "what are you doing?" and meg replies "watching you sleep cutie pie." so I guess meg understands him sometimes?
Ngl I do hope they break the barrier between Stewie and Meg at some point, i'd love to see some episodes with them interacting fully
Though the thing there is it might be more awkward with them two as you did say that Stewie and Chris being able to understand each other was set up early on and feels more natural anyway.
And on the topic of The Stewaway I think there was one or two moments in the episode where Quagmire did respond to smth Stewie said, specifically when they're drunk I remember vividly
This was actually a really good video with a lot of examples and I can tell you did a great amount of research. Respect
There’s a brief moment in season 3 episode 15 where Meg responds to Stewie. He says “raise your hand” and then she raises her hand.
Here’s my theory:
Some babies can talk and some babies can’t, it’s like a 50/50 thing, with stewie Everyone can always understand bits and peices of stewies voice, they choose to ignore him because he’s just a child, the only person, or animal in this case that can understand stewie fully is Brian, for example, here’s what someone like Chris would here
“What Ga Debiw is boing on, ga
What Brian here’s
“WHAT THE DEVIL IS GOING ON”
In conclusion the 2 people that can fully understand stewie are the audience & Brian, all the toddlers if you found them to, but not kids under 8
So basically, stewie (and chucky) saying their first words is like going super saiyan
I saw an episode where meg could understand Stewie. It was in the beginning of Season 3 Episode 22 "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein". Stewie asks Meg what she's doing and she responds " Watching you sleep cutie pie"
family guy analysis & noname in the background...makes me feel intellectual🤓💕
Ya know Tariq, I love your content man. You have a legit passion for these kinds of discussions. I feel bad when you gotta pump your vid’s after they come out cause man you deserve more views. You got fans man, keep it up we love you
It is what it is. RUclips really put me thru the ringer this year lol. I appreciate the love, thank you so much for watching!
5:56 Peter’s reaction to this gets me every time LMAFO 😂😂💀💀💀😭😭😭😭
This is great dude. Love all the references and editing and stuff!
The answer is always "comedy logic"
Outside of the few characters that explicitly have that relationship with him or random shit that's needed for episode plots to work, they'll always just go for whichever one is funnier. Sometimes that means they act like he's not really there, sometimes that means they can have a back and forth for some joke that doesn't depend on their characterization
I think Peter can always understand Stewie, but he just doesn't care enough about his youngest son to always respond
Maybe it's based on how child like the characters are, that mainly determines who can hear Stewie the most? Using adult language could also explain why some adults can hear him swear too?, swear words are usually looked upon as childish, despite it being considered adult language.
In Peternormal Activity, Stewie breaks the pair of glasses Brian had been wearing all episode, then says that dinner is at 6. Lois told him to tell the rest of the family, which implies that he's capable enough of communicating with everyone for her to have him be the one to tell people.
Never watched family guy but my best friend did and you’re really making me reconsider the emotional complexity of what I thought was a fart joke type show
also when stewie forgot the intro everyone seemed to understand that he didn't say "laugh and cry" but he said "pumpkin pie"
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“Who is this bitch?” 😂😂😂
There is one weird moment in Go Stewie Go. Brian threatened to tell Lois that Stewie was pretending to be a girl on Jolly Farm. Lois just thinks he is an ordinary baby.
That was kind of the driving force behind the joke of him being an evil genius baby in the 1999-2002 run. Peter and Lois didn't take anything he said seriously, because he was an infant, but didn't question how he was able to talk.
Overall it’s weird that everyone treats Stewie like a Pokémon where they hear pika pika most of the time like in the episode stewie’s first word where he curses in church and Chris says “stewie said his first word and it was a swear” even though he can understand Stewie
in Season 3 Episode 22 stewie wakes up and says "what are you doing" to meg because meg is looking at him and meg says "watching you sleep"
Not into family guy, but Tariq’s videos are so funny and well put together that I’ll listen to him talk about anything lol great vid as always! Also, I think I just realized that one of my favorite gags of yours is when you randomly start laughing and the screen gets smaller lol like here 4:25
The real answer is: Whatever is funniest. But I think a fun lore way to explain it is you have to either be a baby, incredibly stupid or not too self absorbed but even then you can get bits now and again.
Did you find it that both Chucky and Stewie said their first words in a church?
Ha lol guess I never looked at it that way!
I’m pretty sure everyone could understand Stewie before season four. Since every character that interacts with him prior to season four displayed the ability to understand him at one point or another in the first three seasons.
Watching the show casually over the years, I always assumed that everyone could hear him.
op you’re the reason i watched all the seasons of family guy from start to present
I mean we understand him verbally. Understating his motives however, that's been the hardest part.
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That's one of my go to quotes me and my brother use when we hang out together, glad to see someone else finally remembers it
Meg can hear Stewie in When you wish upon a Jew Meg looks in his Cribe and Stewie ask her what she is doing ? And Meg replies watchimg him sleep
Good catch! Def didn’t remember that lol.
Peter asking if Stewie's "like him" makes me kinda sad... He really had this one moment where he wasn't being silly or destructive, he was being human
I feel like the older stewie gets the more the some people understand him
you're forgetting that time when stewie pretended to be a teenager at high school. Everybody understood him, even connie damico
Lois talked to him in a christmas episode.
Oh shit, you're right! When she was the Grinch lol season 19.
I feel like you have to be on the same wavelength with stewie in order to understand him not to mention he has a British accent and has higher iQ than the whole family put together.
Like a lot of things in Family Guy, who can hear/understand Stewie changes on what the plot/joke needs
I choose to believe Meg understood when Stewie was insulting her from within his impenetrable cereal box fort
But what about us, the audience? What does it say about us that we can understand Stewie? Is it that we are watching cartoons, a media seen as less mature and thus can understand a baby speaking? Or perhaps that we see these characters as family and can connect on that level with Stewie because of it? Or am I just making this all up to do just leave a comment and help to boost this video in my own weird way? … Probably that last one. 😅 Great job on the video!
This is a wildddd comment lmfao but I appreciate you!