Volcano

Volcano is the second episode of the American adult animated sitcom Family Guy. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on August 20, 1997. In the episode, Chris and Meg go on a hunting trip with their father Peter and his war buddy Carl. While on the trip, Meg is frustrated by his inability to shoot a living creature and Peter tries to scare the hunting party with tales of a creature named Scuzzlebutt. Meanwhile, the group is unaware that a nearby volcano is about to erupt.

Plot
Peter take Chris and Meg on a hunting trip in the mountains in an effort to bond with them, using the help of his friend Carl Carlson. As they arrive, Carl explains to the boys how to hunt. Whenever they see a creature, they shoot it after yelling, "It's coming right for us!", so they can claim the shooting was in self-defense. Meg does not have the proper temperament to enjoy hunting, and finds herself unable to shoot a living target. Unlike Meg, Chris is able to shoot animals, impressing Peter and Carl. Meanwhile, South Park geologist Randy discovers that the mountain on which the family are hunting is a volcano that is about to erupt. He reports his findings to Mayor McDaniels, who directs one of her aides to make appropriate decisions about the crisis.

During the hunting trip, Peter proclaims Chris his honorary son, upsetting Meg. When night falls, Peter tells the story of Scuzzlebutt, a creature that has a piece of celery in place of one of its hands and Patrick Duffy for a leg. The children are skeptical, so Peter decides to dress up as the creature the next morning in order to convince and scare them. When he disappears the next morning, the others set out to find him. They then see Peter disguised as Scuzzlebutt and start shooting at him. When they catch up with Peter at the base of the mountain, Meg tries to shoot him in order to redeem herself in her father's eyes, not realizing she is about to shoot him. However, she is unable to do so and the delay gives Peter time to remove the costume. At a lower elevation, Randy orders the South Park residents to dig a trench to divert the lava away from the town.

Suddenly the volcano erupts. The hunters try to flee, but find themselves trapped on the other side of the trench. The real Scuzzlebutt then appears, and Carl apologizes to the family for their seemingly imminent deaths, just before realizing that Scuzzlebutt is weaving a wicker basket to carry the hunting party to safety. The lava then flows through the trench just as Randy planned, but due to a miscalculation he made, the trench leads the lava to Denver, destroying it. However, in a misguided attempt to prove he can kill something and impress her father, Meg kills Scuzzlebutt. Unfortunately for Meg, Peter is less than impressed, telling Meg that she will always be his daughter but that "some things you do kill and some you don't." Meg does not understand, since Chris tried to kill Scuzzlebutt earlier. Peter states that he now understands the folly of guns and drops his rifle, which accidentally fires, killing Meg. Finally, the family decide that hunting is stupid and go home to watch cartoons.

Cast

 * Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Scuzzlebutt
 * Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin
 * Seth Green as Chris Griffin
 * Lacey Chabert as Meg Griffin
 * Hank Azaria as Carl Carlson
 * Trey Parker as Stan Marsh

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