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Created by Seth MacFarlane, who voices the family’s patriarch and Roger the alien, the show has gained popularity partly for its musical numbers performed by the Smith family’s pubescent son and Roger.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
The pubescent dumbass spirit is baked into PILF’s art.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 18 Feb. 2026
Its pubescent, smiling lips hang below his chin and crop his neck, but a lace collar holds his ensemble together.
—Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026
From the very beginning of where Noah positions humanity in the timeline, Earth has been carved up into these five mega corporations, including Prodigy, which is run by this barely pubescent teenage boy called Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
The pubescent dumbass spirit is baked into PILF’s art.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 18 Feb. 2026
Its pubescent, smiling lips hang below his chin and crop his neck, but a lace collar holds his ensemble together.
—Literary Hub, 26 Jan. 2026
From the very beginning of where Noah positions humanity in the timeline, Earth has been carved up into these five mega corporations, including Prodigy, which is run by this barely pubescent teenage boy called Boy Kavalier (Samuel Blenkin).
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Pubescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pubescent. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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