Trading Places (Family Guy) shotgun similar to the one used in the massacre. Chris compares his high school's hierarchical structure to "Lord Of The Flies". The title is a reference to the film "Trading Places", in which Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy have their lives swapped around in attempt to resolve a wager on the significance of someone's upbringing vs their genes (nature vs nurture) in determining what kind of person they become. The episode was watched by 6.55 million viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Rowan Kaiser of "The A.V. Club" gave "Trading Places" a mostly positive review, calling it "relatively entertaining", and stating
Trading Places (Family Guy) Trading Places (Family Guy) "Trading Places" is the 13th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 20, 2011. The episode follows the Griffin family as they decide to switch roles, in order to teach each other a lesson about responsibility, with father Peter and mother Lois becoming the children, and son Chris and daughter Meg becoming the parents of the household. They each discover hardships in their new roles, however, as the switch causes a strain on the family's relationship, and eventually resulting in