Top 20 Worst Things Ever Done to Meg from Family Guy
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“Brian Sings and Swings” Meg is frequently demonstrated to be a lonely and unloved character. One cutaway gag takes this to the next level, showing that the “friends” she claims to have are merely stuffed animals. As if this wasn’t sad enough, the toys then come to life, ala “Toy Story,” and escape from Meg through the window. Worst of all, Sunshine Bear, a Care Bear-lookalike, is called out to by Meg, and rather than remain, and care, the animate toy throws itself in front of a passing truck.
Getting the Mumps Because She Wasn’t Vaccinated
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19: Getting the Mumps Because She Wasn’t Vaccinated “Not All Dogs Go to Heaven” While at a convention, Peter forces Meg to take a photo with a man with the mumps, infecting her with the disease, which Peter never bothered vaccinating her for as a child. This forces Meg to suffer through the painful swelling and remain bedridden, where, instead of being understanding, her family mocks her and, in Peter’s case, continues his casual abuse of her, with her only solace being religion she finds on TV.
Forced to Drive Her Dad & His Friends Around
18: Forced to Drive Her Dad & His Friends Around “Road to Rupert” After Peter loses his driver’s license doing something typically moronic and dangerous, Meg is forced to act as her father’s personal chauffer; driving him and his friends around on their drunken escapades. While doing so, Meg must endure their childish antics, which include setting her hat on fire while she’s driving and then having beer poured on it. This in particular leads to her getting into an accident and prompts her to take out her repressed rage on the other driver.
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17: Sad Surprise Party “Meg and Quagmire” While birthdays are often a time of gifts and celebration with friends, Meg’s are basically the opposite. She’s had several depressing ones on the show, but the worst is arguably her 18th. After going to the Teen Choice Awards, the family returns to an empty house, despite attempting to arrange a surprise party; making it clear that no one would show up voluntarily. Although Quagmire does remember Meg’s birthday, it’s clear he’s only interested in hitting on Meg now that she’s an adult.
Pelted with Rancid Meat
16: Pelted with Rancid Meat “And the Wiener Is...” Meg’s interactions with the rest of her classmates are generally negative and frequently involve them throwing things at her, such as when she’s singled out in dodgeball. An attempt to become popular leads Meg to try out to become a cheerleader, but instead she’s pointed towards become a flag girl, the members of which are rather… let’s say, offbeat. Then, just when Meg’s performing in front of the whole school, the popular kids pelt her with rotten meat and the crowd laughs at her.
Degrading “Star Wars” Cameos
Various The “Family Guy” “Star Wars” specials are among the show’s best episodes and are fun reimaginings of both classic films and the series’ characters. Like most things “Family Guy,” though, they don’t do Meg any favors. While most of the main cast is recast in prominent roles, Meg is relegated to cameos as some of the “Star Wars” franchise’s grossest monsters and creatures, from the trash compactor creature, to the giant space worm, to the Sarlacc.
Sent to Prison for Harboring a Fugitive
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14: Sent to Prison for Harboring a Fugitive “Dial Meg for Murder” Meg is incredibly desperate for love, affection, or attention and one of her attempts to find some sees her befriend an inmate at a prison. When the man escapes, he goes to the Griffin house to hide and to see Meg. When the police are alerted, Meg is imprisoned for three months for harboring him. While in prison, Meg becomes jaded and hardened, and becomes a worse person and as bad or worse than her abusers due to the experience.
Tricked into Losing Her Innocence on TV as a Joke
13: Tricked into Losing Her Innocence on TV as a Joke “Don't Make Me Over” Following a makeover, Meg becomes popular and ends up leading a band composed of the rest of the Griffin family. Although her newfound popularity does go to her head, she still suffers a huge embarrassment when they appear on “Saturday Night Live.” Before the show, Meg is seduced by Jimmy Fallon and loses her virginity, which is filmed and aired on the show. Jimmy Fallon might’ve been smiling at the camera, but Meg certainly wasn’t.
Having Her Kidney Stolen by Her Date on Valentine’s Day
“Valentine's Day in Quahog” Meg finally appears to have met a nice guy off of the internet and has a seemingly nice date with him on Valentine’s Day… only to wake up after he has stolen her kidney. Granted, Meg manages to guilt trip him into spending a surprisingly nice day together, to the point where he gives her back her kidney, but it’s still incredibly sad that this is one of the high bars for Meg’s dates.
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“Petergeist” When spirits menace the Griffin family, surprise, surprise because of Peter, it’s pretty traumatic for them all, but Meg especially. When Stewie is lost on the other side after entering his closet, the family discovers that the exit is in Meg’s backside. Peter and the most of the rest of them have a field day with this, throwing things so they come out of Meg’s butt and using the portal to make other juvenile jokes with no regard for Meg’s feelings.
#10: Dumped at a Fire Station for Being Born
“Ratings Guy” While it can figuratively seem like Meg has been needlessly hated on since the day she was born, this is almost literally true. When the Griffins visit a fire station, Lois and Peter reminisce about their children’s first trips to the fire station; revealing in a cutaway that Meg’s first visit was when they attempted to abandon her as an infant. Even if you don’t like Meg, no baby deserves that!
#9: Everything She Goes Through During a Home Invasion
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“The Griffin Family History” Home invasions are trying enough, but Meg goes through the wringer when burglars enter the Griffin house. Firstly, she’s smacked by Peter with a bat for “startling” him. Then she’s sent out of the panic room to get supplies, but not before the rest spit on her. Meg is then held hostage by the thieves who mistake her for a boy. The capper is that she’s arrested at the end of the evening for harassing them, and her family doesn’t care.
#8: Rescued from Being “Taken”
“Leggo My Meg-O” Much like the film “Taken,” Meg is kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery while abroad in Paris. Although the kidnapping itself is quite awful, oddly it’s her rescue that makes our list. Naturally, Peter and Lois are apathetic, so Brian and Stewie take up the task. Yet, Meg is surprised when a handsome prince wants to marry her and shower her with affection. Of course, Stewie kills him; forcing Meg to return to her usual, terrible life.
#7: Being Comatose After Nearly Drowning
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“Peter’s Daughter” Following a rainstorm, the Griffin house is flooded. Rather than get out fast, Peter demands Meg grab him some beer from the fridge, which is submerged. After accidentally trapping herself, Meg nearly drowns, with Peter observing this and callously not saving her immediately. This leaves her in a coma. Although Meg recovers, it’s still a terrible case of neglect that resulted in more trauma to Meg. Although Peter tries to be nicer to her, he clearly doesn’t stick with it.
#6: Almost Killed by a School Bully
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“A Fistful of Meg” Meg has been bullied frequently by nearly everyone she meets, but some of the most brutal she’s experienced is from Mike, a guy at school she accidentally angers. Mike challenges Meg to a fight, and doesn’t hold anything back, beating her half to death in front of a crowd. It’s only by using Quagmire’s advice for her to use her inherent “grossness” (real great for her self-esteem!) that Meg is able to survive at all.
#5: Accidentally Made Out with Chris
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“Halloween on Spooner Street” On Halloween, Meg and her friends are excited to go to a party; despite some catcalling… from Peter. “Ugly bitches!” Her brother Chris attends the same party and both of them wear masks. Unfortunately for them both, a game of spin the bottle leads them to unknowingly spend time in a closet together. Upon realizing this, both of them are mortified at the fact that they’ve made out (and apparently other things), as well as having this fact revealed to everyone at their school.
#4: Her Boyfriend Is Stolen by Her Mother
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“Go, Stewie, Go!” Meg really has the worst luck with romance and one of the most mortifying occasions happens when she finds Anthony, who seems to be the best and most normal guy she’s ever dated. And we know he’s normal, because her parents had him examined. Lois, feeling unattractive at her age, makes a move on Anthony, leading to a breakup with Meg. Although Meg does take some unhealthy consolation from having done some extreme things with him and sharing that with Lois.
#3: Sold Into Slavery
“8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter” Peter is an incredibly callous idiot, particularly when it comes to Meg. After running up a tab at Mort’s pharmacy, he offers to sell Meg to Mort’s family as a slave, since Mort’s son Neil has a crush on Meg. However, Neil’s involvement with another girl makes Meg jealous enough that she signs the contract herself; leading to her performing unpaid, backbreaking labor. Fortunately, Meg is able to get out of it, but the whole experience just strikes us as terrible all around.
#2: Erased from Existence by God
“3 Acts of God” Peter’s callousness towards Meg is arguably epitomized in this moment. Peter and his friends go on a quest to find God to force him to stop interfering with sports outcomes (because athletes always thank God for their victory). While they’re strangely successful, Peter also manages to extract another wish from the deity: making Meg disappear from existence. While Meg is obviously fine the next episode, it’s still awful to think that Peter obliterated her from reality, no matter if it was temporary.
#1: Sacrificing Her Own Self Worth to be the Family Punching Bag
“Seahorse Seashell Party” During a hurricane, the Griffins are stuck inside with no TV. Naturally, Meg becomes the butt of jokes, but for once, Meg tears into her family for their faults and how they treat her; finally standing up for herself. However, it’s almost immediately undone, as, seeing the way they all turn on each other, Meg decides to become the lightning rod for their hate instead of maintaining her new confidence. It’s heartbreaking that they’ve conditioned her not to seek her own happiness above theirs.
