Road to Rupert is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Family Guy.
It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 28, 2007.
The episode follows Brian after he inadvertently sells Stewie's teddy
bear, Rupert, during a yard sale. In an attempt to retrieve him,
Stewie and Brian travel across the United States, eventually
discovering he is with a child living in Aspen, Colorado. Meanwhile,
Peter has his driving license revoked for careless driving and is
forced to be driven around by Meg, which annoys him.The episode was
written by Patrick Meighan and directed by Dan Povenmire. It received
divided reviews, with the negative reviews going to the "personal
driver" plot and the positive going to the "Rupert" plot. According to
Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 8.8 million homes in its original
airing. The episode feature guest performances by Max Burkholder, Phil
LaMarr, Rob Lowe, Ted McGinley, Stephen Stanton, Connor Trinneer,
Audrey Wasilewski, George Wendt and Dave Wittenberg. SpongeBob
SquarePants voice actors Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke lent their
voices to the episode as SpongeBob and Patrick respectively from
archive music of the "Campfire Song Song" from the episode “The
Camping Episode†, but remain uncredited.The Griffins have a yard
sale to sell off household items that they no longer need, but Brian
accidentally sells Stewie's teddy bear, Rupert, causing Stewie to
think Rupert has been kidnapped. Brian takes Stewie to the toy store
to try to find a replacement, but ends up admitting he accidentally
sold it, after which Stewie exclaims: "You son of a bitch!".He
attempts to retrieve Rupert by tracking DNA samples against the
federal database from the money Brian was paid for Rupert. They
discover the man who bought Rupert lives in Quahog, but upon arrival,
they discover the house is deserted. After seeing the moving truck and
following it, with Mayor West driving, they discover the man now
resides in Aspen, Colorado, meaning West drives them no further, only
stopping in the Connecticut state line. To get over the mountains, the
pair rent a helicopter after discovering "to rent a helicopter, you
can pay with cash, check, or a jaunty tune". Stewie then performs a
dance for the man in the office (with help from Gene Kelly), but when
Brian crashes the helicopter into the mountain, the two end up next to
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