Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Family Guy work group/Episode citation style

Episode citation style for events and character actions
Many FG articles read like this: ", as when in 'Long Episode Name', and also evidenced by in 'Another Episode name' and 'Maybe Another' .  ..." This is really hard to read, and the better-referenced the article is, the worse this problem becomes.

Readability can be improved by moving episode citations to footnotes, like so:

"Quagmire opposes homosexuality, refusing for example to sign a petition for gay marriage in 'You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives'. He said 'two halves cant make a whole without a hole!'"
 * Before

Quagmire opposes homosexuality, refusing for example to sign a petition for gay marriage.
 * After

Besides making text easier to read, offloading episode references has the side effect of makes this article more about the character, and less of a joke book. Not everything makes sense with the episode not mentioned, but usually with a little rewriting it is unnecessary to explicitly name every episode.

The best citation template for this is Cite episode. Syntax: The name is taken from the season and episode (2 digits each) &mdash; always including this makes it easier to cite the same episode in different sections of the article. The reference reads like this:

There's plenty to be done. Helps a lot to have the DVDs (or handy AVI bootlegs) so you can find timings for events referenced.