Family Guy

The narrative does not center on intersectional hierarchy or the vilification of whiteness. In fact, episodes like “Turban Cowboy” feature offensive ethnic stereotypes of a non-white character, an approach opposite to the tenets of Identity Politics. Character competence is judged by personal stupidity, not immutable characteristics.

The central protagonist, Peter, is consistently depicted as an incompetent and often disgusting example of the American white male, which serves as a deconstruction of the traditional patriarch. The show also directs satire at American institutions, such as a major corporation withholding a cancer cure for profit, framing institutions as corrupt.

Peter is routinely portrayed as a bumbling, idiotic male, which acts to emasculate the patriarch figure. Lois, while often the voice of reason, is also depicted as an annoying nag, and her mid-life crisis storyline is shown to cause stress within the family structure. Female characters are not presented as perfect or as 'Girl Boss' tropes; for example, Meg remains the family punching bag.

The season contains low-level subversion of heteronormativity, such as a boy Meg likes preferring Chris. Stewie's long-running 'Ambiguously Gay' character functions as a sight gag rather than the centering of a sexual ideology. The content is primarily a crude satire of traditional family life, not a vehicle for gender ideology or deconstruction of biological reality.

The show repeatedly uses traditional religion, particularly Christianity and Islam, as the subject of crude and hostile satire. The Christmas episode is a parody of the Nativity. Another episode has a character convert to Islam only to have his spiritual guide revealed as a terrorist. Morality is purely subjective and constantly undercut by nihilistic jokes.