Talk:Glenn Quagmire

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  • Glen Quagmire. As awesome as Family Guy is, I don't think individual pages for its characters are necessary. Quotations from said characters definitely do not belong in an encyclopedia (Family Guy was so full of saucy sayings that there would be no end to a list of quotations). Kricxjo 16:47, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
    • Ok, maybe he doesn't deserve his own page, but at least fold the information back into the family guy article. (Including the quotes)
      • Though pretty much all the Futurama characters have their own pages. Marnanel 04:43, 24 Jan 2004 (UTC)
        • Not to mention a great deal of the peripheral Simpsons characters.
      • I could fold back one of two of the quotes, but not all of them. As I said, Wikipedia a) is not a repository for quotations, and b) Family had so many funny saying that there would be no end to a list of quotations. Kricxjo 20:22, 21 Sep 2003 (UTC)
    • It's not a bad article, as these things go, but individual character pages are just a Bad Thing. Definitely merge (leave as redirect), with say two quotes or so. As for the rest... hmm, Wikiquote? -- Jake 20:05, 29 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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[edit] Megan's Law

In the episode "Emission Impossible" Quagmire mentions Megan's Law but decides not to elaborate. Not sure if this indicates he's a registered sex offender. Cromulent Kwyjibo 21:36, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Given what he said before trailing off, I'd say the implication is pretty obvious. -DynSkeet (talk) 19:53, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Glen or Glenn?

During "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire", I noticed that the captions for the episode spell Quagmire's first name as "Glenn" vice "Glen". I realize that captions are not very reliable, but does anyone have a reliable source for either spelling? -DynSkeet (talk) 15:18, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

  • The official web site [1] spells his first name "Glenn" under Character Bios. It's a flash web site, so I can't link the page directly, but it shouldn't be hard to find. --Metropolitan90 02:20, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
    • Also, the "Brian Goes Back to College" episode showed his name as "Glenn Quagmire" in the "A-Team" parody sequence. That's sufficiently canonical that I'll move the article to "Glenn Quagmire" and redirect accordingly. --Metropolitan90 02:10, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
      • It turns out that Glenn Quagmire is a redirect to Glen Quagmire, so the move will be more difficult than I expected. --Metropolitan90 02:15, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
        • why not first edit out the redirect at 'Glenn', then move the article to it?.. just pray that some wikimaniac who refreshes "recent changes" every 10 seconds doesn't catch and revert it before you move the article.. so you better copy the current text.. i would do it, but since you are so eager :D hudd 22:18, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
          • Because that doesn't work. Moves that are blocked by an existing article at the destination should go via WP:RM or a friendly admin. violet/riga (t) 22:22, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
            • oops.. thought it would consider the empty article as vacant one.. well, you learn something new every day. thanks violet! sorry wikimaniacs. hudd 23:14, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I've sorted all of this now, though it might be advisable to look at the links and correct any occurrences of "Glen". Incidentally, the Family Guy Wiki entry for Quagmire might be of interest. violet/riga (t) 23:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

i don't know wat kind but i like qaugmire Oh! giggty-giggtyt-giggty-goo!

Well that was useful information. Oh, you should sign your comments, too. --Kinu 08:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

You guys left Glenn as Glen in the article. I'll patch it up now :) Kareeser|Talk! 21:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

When you put the Subtitles on the Episodes, most of the time it is Glen. Infact, I've never seen it as Glenn. (I'm watching the UK released DVD's though, if that would make a difference.

[edit] Giggidy

I'm seeing both Giggidy and Giggity, although the Giggidies are all on the top half, while the Giggities are all on the bottom half. Which is correct? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.35.171.53 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Is he asian?

I'm trying to write a paper about positive asian american role models in television. My friend said that he's not asian, because he speaks english properly and doesn't have squinty eyes.

Um...how is Quagmire a positive role model?
Yeah, I don't think he's either Asian or a positive role model. - furrykef (Talk at me) 06:30, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charlie Sheen?

Has Glenn Quagmire ever been compared to Charlie Sheen? Both in looks and their shady characteristics on TV.

[edit] Quagmire in "Larry and Steve"?

In the original Cartoon Network short, "Larry and Steve," which started Family Guy, an airplane pilot is seen that both looks and sounds a lot like Quagmire. Did anyone else notice this?

[edit] Quagmire and "The Todd"

Is it just me or do quagmire and "the todd" off of Scrubs seem to have very similar traits?

It's just you. Mannycalavera 07:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quagmirestein??

He's jewish??? What episode is that from? -Taco325i 21:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I have seen every episode and had no clue he is Jewish, unless there is a source it should be taken out Tspydr10 20:34, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
I agree - just watched "When I wish upon a Weinstein" and when they are talking about making money by having Jewish accountants, Quagmire does not say that he is Jewish himself. The implication of the scene is that none of them (Peter, Quagmire and Cleveland) are Jews. Riddley 23:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
When was Quagmire's ancestry stated as Portuguese?

[edit] BAH!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!! POV!!!

The article currently reads

he isn't above having sex with women who used to be men,

Is it, then, the accepted judgement of Wikipedia that one can be above having sex with women who used to be men? Does Wikipedia take the position that it is degrading? —75.18.113.152 05:51, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

No, but it's mentioned because it's presumably abnormal, and is part of his character. And being degrading isn't mentioned or implied anywhere; "isn't above" doesn't imply negativity anymore than "is alright" in the same context. But if you want, instead of talking here about two words, just change them as per my suggestion.--Cyberdude93 09:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
It was changed from “he has no problem with having sex with women who used to be men” to “he isn't above having sex with women who used to be men”. --68.107.97.114 12:48, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm confused. Did Wiki just get a Tranny lobby?

[edit] Resemblance to Neil Sedaka

I searched the web and could not find any sites other than Wikipedia and its mirror sites that contained any statements comparing Quagmire's appearance to Neil Sedaka's. Please remember (or learn) that Wikipedia is not a place for original research. I have seen pictures of Neil Sedaka as a young teen idol, and he has never had any of the exaggerated features that Quagmire has. They may look a little bit similar, but that definitely should not be a reason to assume that Quagmire's appearance was based on Sedaka's. In particular, saying that Quagmire most closely resembles a young Neil Sedaka seems somewhat POV to me, given that he has also been compared to people varying from Bob Hope to Arnold Schwarzenegger. I am fairly young myself and not particularly familiar with Sedaka's physical mannerisms, and I have never watched Family Guy, so I do not particularly know that much about Quigmire, other than what is stated in the article. But, would someone please explain Quigmire's similarity to Sedaka in greater detail. In my opinion, this statement should either be cited to a reliable source or removed from the article.

Andrea Parton 03:17, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image?

I noticed that the current image used is really bad quality, Does anyone have a better image? I have one that could possible be used:

Image:Quagmire-3865.jpg

Any thoughts? LiverpoolProductions 02:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Do you have it in png? His shirt and pants are covered with jpeg artifacts. Good kitty 20:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Quagmire's name

Joshua Quagmire is a wellknown American cartoonist, according to Wikipedia. I have to assume the Family Guy's character is names as a tribute to him, not necessarily to his sexual enthusiasms.

[edit] Trivia section changed to Glen Quagmire#Character origins

After considering another editor's request, I refactored the Trivia section, and threw some of it out, per WP:AVTRIV. I hope this is okay.

If someone can verify the above name origin idea, it might make a good addition. / edgarde 21:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Way too much fancruft

This article has a tendency of taking random gags and deriving stuff about Quagmire's character from it. All the humor from this character stems from the premise that he's a sex-crazed maniac, but that's all there is to it: he's a sex-crazed maniac and the writers make jokes from that. It's completely meaningless to actually start deriving the ins and outs of his character from a bunch of dirty jokes. Because honestly, do you think the writers of the show are actually keeping track of each gag to build up some ridiculous Quagmire-canon?

I think it's fine for the article to illustrate how bizarre and deviant his sexual tendencies, but it should be more along the lines of "gags have shown Quagmire engaging in such and such" and not actually establishing facts about his character based on them. Otherwise you might as well take any random flashback of Peter Griffin fighting a giant chicken or being killed by a robot clone of himself and add that to his article too. --Foot Dragoon 04:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I find it odd that all of the examples for Peter you mentioned are manatee jokes, as opposed to the standard continuity largely referenced in this article. Also, I believe the chicken bit is actually part of Peter's article. 206.48.0.60 04:59, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parody to Moe Szyslak

Since The Simpsons were in the air when Family Guy started, its probably that Glenn was a spoof or a more successfull Moe Szyslak,look at this:

Moe has a strained love life due to his vulgarity towards women and his ugly appearance. Despite this, Moe has had a number of romantic experiences, including sleeping with his bartender Collette [7], planning to elope with Edna Krabappel [8], dating a woman named Renee [9], dating a woman named Betty [10], and enjoying the company of many women after he had plastic surgery to correct his ugly appearance. [11] He has long been infatuated with Marge Simpson and has on occasion professed his love for her and tried to win her away from Homer. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Moe's romantic attractions have resulted in criminal behavior and run-ins with the law; he has stalked Maude Flanders and other townspeople, he must register as a sex offender, and he had a restraining order placed upon him. At one point he is seen on his way to a "V.D. clinic".[17] Moe has also proposed marriage to a WNBA mascot, even knowing that the character inside the mascot is a male, Gil.[2] Simonlebon 19:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

To suggest that Quagmire is a parody of Moe is reaching, to say the least. The two characters have virtually nothing in common, the "horny bastard" archetype is a pretty broad one and Seth MacFarlane says that Quagmire is based on 50's swinger/party animal cliches.

K00bine 10:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

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