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* [[Jaw Drop]]: Shown with Meg, Lois, and Chris after Peter got raped by a "breedin' bull" at a rodeo.

** Brian in "I Dream Of Jesus" gets a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIS3G64ug0 pretty exaggerated one].

** [[Jerkass Ball]]: Pretty much every Family Guy character has moments as one based on Rule of Funny in later seasons. Even Lois and Brian, who by default are somewhat straight-faced and fairly empathetic characters, can become selfish, vindictive and outright sociopathic jerks if it helps with the shock value comedy.

* [[Jittercam]]: Used very noticeably each time an airplane was on a collision course in "Airport 'O7".

* [[Jumping Out of a Cake]]: Peter accidentally kills a stripper while cutting the cake, [[Comically Missing the Point|but is concerned only that the cake has coconut frosting]].

* [[Just Plane Wrong]]: Japanese Zero's are not three seaters but [[Rule of Cool]] probably applies.

* [[Kafka Komedy]]: Happens frequently, especially with Brian who frequently finds himself on the receiving end of endless [[Comedic Sociopathy]] due to [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin'|some minor or inadvertent offense]], [[Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond|especially if it involves Quagmire]].

* [[Kangaroo Pouch Ride]]: Peter climbs into the pouch of a kangaroo, but the poor kangaroo can barely move.

* [[Knock-Knock Joke]]

* [[Knockout Gas]]: Peter gave his rival a statue of himself that sprayed "Crazy Purple Knockout Gas!"

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Lots of it:

** In "Dog Gone," Peter and Lois get into a pronunciation argument, just like Brian and Stewie often do. Stewie asks "Are we really doing this?"

* [[Loud of War]]: In the ''[[Star Wars]]'' spoof "Laugh It Up, Fuzzbal"', the torture scene from Empire is recreated with Han (Peter) being tormented by "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"

* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "The life of the wife is ended by the knife!"

* [[Made of Explodium]]: The Amish buggy... and the Amish [[Crowning Moment of Funny|horse]], from "I Never Met the Dead Man".

* [[Made of Iron]]: During their fights, Peter and Ernie the Giant Chicken suffer horrific injuries that should by all rights kill them, but Peter is never more than just breathless after the battle ends.

* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]: Brian is an [[Intellectual Animal]], but his canine behavior still shows up.

** Stewie isn't an animal, but despite being more intelligent than anybody else on the cast, he still has many natural baby instincts, such as loving ''[[The Teletubbies]]'' and going ballistic when he finds out they're going to [[Disney Theme Parks|Disney World]].

* [[Native American Casino]]: The Griffins visit one in "The Son Also Draws".

* [[Negative Continuity]]: In "Baby, You Knock Me Out". Throughout the episode, people are surprised that Lois can fight so well and that she can be so aggressive, including Lois herself. Lois even says something to the effect of how she's never felt so powerful. Apparently everybody (including Seth MacFarlane and the show writers) forgot about "Lethal Weapons", the episode in which she mastered Tae Jitsu and became ultra-aggressive and drunk on power as a result.

** "The Hand that Rocks the Wheelchair": every murder committed by Evil Stewie.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Blac-u Weather]] Reporter Ollie Williams. Except when he's baked.

* [[No Such Thing as HR]]: The Pawtucket Brewery. The plot of one episode has Peter's boss Angela sexually harassing him; never once does Peter even consider taking it up with HR. (or even if the company ''has'' HR).

* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted with Herbert.

* [[N-Word Privileges]]: Referenced in a cutaway in an early episode involving Peter's ancestor [[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Huck Griffin]] who now referred to his raft partner as "N-word Jim".

** When Peter thinks the world was going to end, he mentions that he is going to go to the black section of town and say the N-word. He returns a short time later wearing a sash that says "King of the Black People," and says "They respected me for saying it."

* [[Obnoxious In-Laws]]: Peter's stepdad, as well as Lois' father.

* [[Off-Model]]: In "Let's Go to the Hop", during the musical number, Peter's head keeps shrinking for no reason. This was even addressed on the DVD audio commentary.

* [[Obvious Object Could Be Anything]]: Used on multiple occasions. The exact execution depends on who's doing the guessing.

* [[Overly Polite Pals]]: "The Even Couple".

* [[Overused Running Gag]]: In "Forget-Me-Not" Peter finds a jukebox playing "Surfin' Bird," and turns it off because he finds it annoying.

* [[Palette Swap]]: Lois' sister, Carol, is practically a copy of Lois, the only difference being the clothing and the hair.

* [[Paranoia Gambit]]: Done successfully by Brian in "Patriot Games" when Stewie, as payback for the brutal beating he gave Brian over the money that Brian owed him, offers Brian a free revenge shot. Brian agrees on the terms that he can use it at any time and that Stewie won't know when he will be hit. Brian does not use it, and Stewie goes crazy to the point of harming himself to even the deal. At the end of the episode, Brian evens it out by pushing Stewie in front of a moving bus. Also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Brian.

 

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