Neil Goldman

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This article is about the Family Guy character. For the television writer, see Neil Goldman (writer).

Neil Goldman
Family Guy Character

Character Information
Full Name	Neil Goldman
Hometown	Quahog, Rhode Island
Age	17 ½
Gender	Male
Hair Color	orange
Height	5,8
Occupation	Student
General Characteristics
Religion	Judaism
Hobbies	Writes for his school newspaper
Show Information
First Episode	"Let's Go to the Hop"
Voice actor	Seth Green
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Neil Goldman is a recurring character on Family Guy. Named after one of the show's writers and voiced by Seth Green, Neil is a stereotypical geek who lusts after Meg Griffin, who does not return his affections. He is the son of Mort and Muriel Goldman and goes to James Woods High. He is more confident than his father, but unfortunately, so confident that he doesn't seem to realize that Meg doesn't like him. Neil and his family are Jewish.

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Neil Goldman was introduced in the second season episode "Let's Go to the Hop", which established him as an original series fan of Star Trek and as an admirer of Meg. In "The Story on Page One", Neil was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. The episode also showed Neil has a smooth bass voice if he's not using his retainer. Unfortunately, he has never considered leaving his retainer off, limiting his chances for romance. Neil and Meg, working as interns for Channel 5, kissed in the episode "The Kiss Seen Around the World", but only because Meg thought she was about to die. During this episode it is suggested that he was inhabited by Samuel Beckett of Quantum Leap and that it's his mission to have Meg fall in love with him, he reveals that he had orthodontic work done on his teeth, and he declares that Captain Kirk is "inherently superior to Jean-Luc Picard."

In the fourth season episode "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter", Neil started dating another classmate, and Meg immediately became jealous and agreed to be sold to the Goldman family as Neil's girlfriend, but regretted it very soon. Neil tried to resist Lois's seduction, but accepted the release of Meg from her contract. Also in this episode, he mentions that he has psoriasis.