The Best Episodes Written By Kirker Butler

Every TV Episode Written by Kirker Butler Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 9 - Sparring Partners
    9.3/10(245 votes)

    #1 - Sparring Partners

    S2:E9

    Closing in on the killer, Mabel takes her investigative talents into the ring. Oliver and Charles duke it out over a birdcage only to end up confronting their deepest paternal struggles.

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - Who Is Tim Kono?
    9.2/10(157 votes)

    #2 - Who Is Tim Kono?

    S1:E2

    The group begins researching the victim. Meanwhile, Mabel’s secretive past starts to be unraveled.

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Susan Is the New Black
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Susan Is the New Black

    S2:E7

    Susan takes the fall for John and Ted when a police officer finds their weed during a traffic stop.

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  4. undefined Season 5 Episode 3 - Hell Comes to Quahog
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #4 - Hell Comes to Quahog

    S5:E3

    After Peter uses Meg's money to buy himself a tank, she gets a job at the new Superstore in town. However, the Superstore puts all the shops in town out of business and sucks up the city's power supply. Brian and Stewie team up to save the town from the corporate giant.

    Director:N/A

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Dungeons and Dragon Lady
    7.2/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Dungeons and Dragon Lady

    S1:E6

    While Galavant struggles with the realization about his true love, King Richard goes on a voyage of self-discovery, thanks to a potion from the magician, Xanax. As Galavant draws closer to the woman he really loves, an emboldened King Richard starts to assert himself, just as his meaner, elder brother returns—Kingsley.

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  6. undefined Season 5 Episode 8 - Barely Legal
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Barely Legal

    S5:E8

    Meg can't find a date to her junior prom, and even though he is dating Jillian, Brian ends up going with Meg. At the prom, Brian gets drunk to make the night pass, but ends up making out with Meg. Meg begins to think of Brian as her boyfriend and becomes obsessed with spending every moment with him. Meanwhile, Peter, Cleveland and Quagmire join the police force to help Brian.

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  7. undefined Season 4 Episode 16 - The Courtship of Stewie's Father
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #7 - The Courtship of Stewie's Father

    S4:E16

    Lois thinks Stewie is trying to kill her due to his lack of quality time with his father, so she orders Peter to spend more time with Stewie. Meanwhile Chris starts a friendship with Herbert.

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 6 - Padre de Familia
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #8 - Padre de Familia

    S6:E6

    Peter starts an anti-immigration group after being caught up in the pro-American sentiment at a Veterans' Day parade, but his tune quickly changes when he finds out he was born in Mexico. Unable to prove his citizenship, pass the naturalization test or convince investigators that his marriage to Lois is for real, he ends up working as a groundskeeper on his father-in-law's estate and leading the fight for immigrant rights.

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Love Rollercoaster
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - Love Rollercoaster

    S1:E11

    In order to teach her an important lesson, Roberta's new teacher encourages her to alter her appearance. Unbeknownst to him, Cleveland Jr. befriends, and falls in love wit the disguised Roberta.

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  10. undefined Season 8 Episode 20 - Something, Something, Something, Dark Side
    6.6/10(69 votes)

    #10 - Something, Something, Something, Dark Side

    S8:E20

    Peter makes good on another power outage at home--by entertaining his family with a retelling of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Newcomers to the story include Mort as Lando Calrissian, Chris' boss Carl as Yoda, and the Giant Chicken as the nefarious Boba Fett.

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  11. undefined Season 20 Episode 1 - LASIK Instinct
    5.8/10(11 votes)

    #11 - LASIK Instinct

    S20:E1

    With her vision waning, Lois elects to get LASIK surgery, but exploits her new disability for monetary gain. Meanwhile, Peter, Chris and Stewie must partake in all the activities with Doug that his father neglects.

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  12. undefined Season 19 Episode 7 - Wild Wild West
    5.6/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Wild Wild West

    S19:E7

    Lois and Peter are divided by differing views on who the next Mayor of Quahog should be. Upset at Lois' first choice, Peter seeks out the late Mayor Adam West's cousin, Wild Wild West.

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  13. undefined Season 18 Episode 4 - Disney's The Reboot
    5.1/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Disney's The Reboot

    S18:E4

    The network decides that it's time to explore some unique ways to reboot the series. When three versions of the reboots are shown to a focus group, the feedback takes some surprising turns.

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Kirker Butler Ratings Summary

"Sparring Partners" is the best rated episode written by Kirker Butler. It scored 9.265/10 based on 245 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 8/16/2022 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Who Is Tim Kono?".