Death Has a Shadow

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pilot episode television episode

"Death Has a Shadow" is the pilot episode of the animated television series Family Guy, which introduces the Griffin family and sets the tone for the show's irreverent humor.

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Death Has a Shadow canonical 12
"Death Has a Shadow" 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pilot episode ⓘ
television episode ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creatorOfSeries Seth MacFarlane ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cleveland Brown ⓘ
Diane Simmons ⓘ
Glenn Quagmire ⓘ
Mayor Adam West ⓘ
Tom Tucker ⓘ
firstAppearanceOf Brian Griffin ⓘ
Chris Griffin ⓘ
Lois Griffin ⓘ
Meg Griffin ⓘ
Peter Griffin ⓘ
Stewie Griffin ⓘ
firstBroadcastOn Fox ⓘ
franchise Family Guy ⓘ
hasGenre adult animation ⓘ
animated comedy ⓘ
hasProtagonist Peter Griffin ⓘ
hasSeries Family Guy ⓘ
surface form: Family Guy Season 1
introducesFamily Griffin family ⓘ
isAnimated true ⓘ
mainCharacter Brian Griffin ⓘ
Chris Griffin ⓘ
Lois Griffin ⓘ
Meg Griffin ⓘ
Peter Griffin ⓘ
Stewie Griffin ⓘ
medium animated television ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Fox ⓘ
partOfSeries Family Guy ⓘ
plotSummary Peter loses his job and fraudulently collects welfare, leading to trouble for his family. ⓘ
producer Seth MacFarlane ⓘ
seriesPremiereOf Family Guy ⓘ
setting Quahog, Rhode Island ⓘ
targetAudience adults ⓘ
theme family life ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
welfare fraud ⓘ
title Death Has a Shadow self-link ⓘ
tone irreverent humor ⓘ
satire ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Brian Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Meg Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Lois Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Death Has a Shadow"
Chris Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Joe Swanson → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin → seriesDebut → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
subject surface form: Griffin family
Stewart Gilligan Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Death Has a Shadow → title → Death Has a Shadow self-link ⓘ
Chris → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
subject surface form: Chris Griffin
Mr. Weed → appearsInEpisode → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Lois Patrice Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ
Griffin family house → firstAppearanceSeries → Death Has a Shadow ⓘ