Family Guy episode "The King Is Dead"
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"The King Is Dead" is an early episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy in which Lois becomes the director of the Quahog Players’ production of The King and I, leading to escalating creative conflicts with Peter.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | The King and I (stage musical) (loosely, within the episode’s play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
creative control in theater production
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marital conflict ⓘ |
| chronology |
follows the Family Guy episode "Love Thy Trophy"
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precedes the Family Guy episode "I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar" ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Monte Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| episodeNumberInSeason | 7 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Angela
NERFINISHED
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Brian Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Chris Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Diane Simmons NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenn Quagmire NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Swanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewie Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Tucker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement | musical numbers from the in‑universe production of The King and I ⓘ |
| featuresLocation | Quahog Players theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Quahog Players NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresRelationship | marriage of Peter Griffin and Lois Griffin ⓘ |
| franchise | Family Guy franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | animated sitcom ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Family Guy universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMedium | television ⓘ |
| includesDevice | cutaway gags ⓘ |
| mainConflict | Peter interferes with Lois’s direction of the community theater production NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Lois’s attempt to assert authority as a director ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parodies | The King and I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Family Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Lois becomes director of the Quahog Players’ production of The King and I, leading to escalating creative conflicts with Peter. ⓘ |
| productionCode | 1ACX13 ⓘ |
| seasonNumber | 2 ⓘ |
| seriesCreator | Seth MacFarlane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | Family Guy season 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Quahog, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult television audience ⓘ |
| tone | comedic ⓘ |
| writer |
Garrett Donovan
NERFINISHED
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Neil Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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