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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
"Death Has a Shadow" 0 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 NERFINISHED →
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 NERFINISHED →
targetAudience adults →
theme family life →
unemployment →
welfare fraud →
title Death Has a Shadow self-link →
tone irreverent humor →
satire →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brian Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
Chris Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
subject surface form: Griffin family
Joe Swanson → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
Lois Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
this entity surface form: "Death Has a Shadow"
Meg Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
Stewart Gilligan Griffin → firstAppearance → Death Has a Shadow →
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin → seriesDebut → Death Has a Shadow →
Death Has a Shadow → title → Death Has a Shadow self-link →