Petarded is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American
animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in
the United States on June 19, 2005. It was written by Alec Sulkin and
Wellesley Wild and directed by Seth Kearsley. In the episode Peter
takes the MacArthur Fellows Program test to see if he is a genius.
However, he performs so poorly that he is declared technically
mentally retarded. Attempting to take advantage of the situation, he
accidentally hospitalizes Lois while attempting to steal from a
restaurant and loses custody of Meg, Chris, and Stewie.The episode's
title is a double entendre, being both portmanteau between "Peter" and
"Retarded" and also a reference to the Shakespeare-coined phrase
"hoist with his own petard." This title practice would later be used
on a few more episodes, namely "Peterotica" and "Petergeist"."Timer",
a character from 1970s Saturday morning public service announcements,
made an appearance in the episode. Series producers tried to get
Lennie Weinrib, the actor who had voiced him in the original cartoon
segments, to make a guest appearance in the episode. However, Weinrib
declined reprising the role as he could not accurately recall the
character. "Petarded" gained a Nielsen rating of 4.4, making it the
week's 42nd most-watched program. Critics and news sources responded
with high praise and many regard this episode as Family Guy's best.
Various scenes in the episode were removed by broadcast censors,
including one musical number ("Peter is Slow"). It features the guest
performances of LeVar Burton, Gary Cole, Barclay DeVeau, Indigo, Phil
LaMarr, Cloris Leachman, Len Maxwell, Natasha Melnick, Nicole
Sullivan, and Lisa Wilhoit, as well as several recurring voice actors
for the series.The Griffins invite their neighbors over for game
night. While playing Trivial Pursuit, Lois uses questions from the
preschool edition for Peter in order to let him win. When Peter wins,
he brags to everyone, believing himself to be smarter than everyone
else. Irritated at Peter's arrogance, Brian challenges Peter to take
the MacArthur Fellows Program test to prove he is a genius. The
results of the test show that Peter is not a genius; in fact, the
results show that, technically speaking, Peter is "mentally retarded."
Peter sinks into depression after being publicly labeled as retarded.
While driving home with Lois, Peter accidentally knocks down Tom
Tucker. Tucker, recognizing Peter as "the retarded fellow," does not
press charges, and Peter realizes his condition means he can get away
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