List of Family Guy characters

The Griffin family. From the back: Chris, Peter, Stewie (in baby carrier), Lois, Meg, and Brian (dog in front)

Family Guy is an American animated adult comedy created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Characters are listed only once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character with whom they are associated.

Griffin family

Main article: Griffin family

Peter Griffin

Main article: Peter Griffin

Peter Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the patriarch of the Griffin household, an Irish-American blue-collar worker. He is a lazy, immature, obese, laid-back, dim-witted, outspoken, eccentric alcoholic. Peter's jobs have included working at the Happy Go Lucky Toy Factory, working as a fisherman, and currently working at Pawtucket Brewery.

Lois Griffin

Main article: Lois Griffin

Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) (voiced by Alex Borstein) is Peter's wife and the mother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is a Scots/Anglo American housewife who cares for her kids and her husband, while also teaching children to play the piano. She is also very flirtatious and has slept with numerous people on the show; her past promiscuous tendencies and her hard-core recreational drug-use are often stunning but overlooked.

Meg Griffin

Main article: Meg Griffin

Megan "Meg" Griffin (voiced by Lacey Chabert in season 1, Mila Kunis from season 2-present) is the Griffins' 18-year-old child and only daughter. She is a self-conscious, unattractive teenage girl with severely low self-esteem, being portrayed as generally soft and non-rebellious. The other family members treat her with contempt, as an object of abuse, and an outcast. Peter refers to Meg as "Pig" in the episode "Peter's Two Dads". Meg often attempts to "fit in" with the popular kids but is rejected. Meg has had several love interests including Brian Griffin, Mayor West, Tom Tucker, Quagmire, and Joe Swanson.

Chris Griffin

Main article: Chris Griffin

Christopher Cross "Chris" Griffin (voiced by Seth Green) is Peter and Lois' 14-year-old child. He is obese, irresponsible, and emotionally effusive. A recurring gag is that an evil monkey lives in his closet which he finds out is not evil in the episode "Hannah Banana". He tries fitting in with his peers, but fails due to his social awkwardness.

Stewie Griffin

Main article: Stewie Griffin

Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffins' one-year-old child, but often behaves in adult ways, such as speaking in an upper-class British accent. He is a child genius who frequently aspired to murder his mother Lois and take over the world but has since mellowed out considerably. He built a time machine with which he and Brian have traveled through time.

Brian Griffin

Main article: Brian Griffin

Brian Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the family's anthropomorphic talking dog and the best friend of both Peter and Stewie. He and Stewie are often at the center of the show's most critically acclaimed episodes, most notably the "Road to..." episodes, where he and Stewie go on road-trips together. Brian is portrayed as an intellectual who often serves as the family's voice of reason, pointing out how ridiculous Peter's ideas are. He is not-so-secretly in love with Lois and is an unsuccessful, unemployed writer.

In "Life of Brian", Brian is hit by a car and dies from his injuries, with the family by his side. After a month of mourning Brian's death, they adopt a new streetwise dog with a thick New Jersey accent, named Vinny. However, in "Christmas Guy" (two episodes later), Stewie still misses Brian. He finds a way to go back in time and successfully saves him, also meaning that the family never adopted Vinny (though Stewie and Vinny did say their goodbyes).[1] Despite his brief death, Brian appears in the most episodes of every character in the series, absent in one episode.

Relatives of the Griffin family

Spooner Street neighbors

Brown family

Swanson family

Goldman family

Quahog Channel 5 News

Peter's co-workers

The following characters have worked with Peter at different jobs:

Members of James Woods High School

Other recurring characters

Gag characters

A stuffed Evil Monkey hanging in a closet

References

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  2. "Mike Henry of "Family Guy" talks voices, gags and instinct". Campus Times. September 11, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  3. Walker, Jodi (2013-10-24). "'Family Guy': Details on Cleveland's return". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  4. "FOX November Sweeps – Press Release | Spoilers". SpoilerTV.com. 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
  5. "Interview with Seth MacFarlane". IGN. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
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  7. 1 2 "Exclusive: Interview with Lori Alan, the voice of Diane Simmons". everyjoe.com. January 11, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
  8. "Friends of Peter G.". Family Guy. Season 9. Episode 10. February 13, 2011. 12:13 minutes in. Fox. This poor gentleman used to speak in long, eloquent sentences. But after years of drinking he can only speak in short, choppy utterances.
  9. Steve Callaghan (writer) (September 5, 2001). "Mr. Saturday Knight". Family Guy. Season 3. Episode 9. Fox Broadcasting Company.
  10. "A Fistful of Meg". Family Guy. Season 12. Episode 4. 2013-11-10. Fox.
  11. 1 2 Quagmire and Meg
  12. Valentine's Day in Quahog
  13. Cannon, William (November 25, 2013). "Brian Griffin Dies: 4 Things To Know About 'Family Guy' Newcomer Vinny". Latin Times. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  14. Larkin, Mike (November 25, 2013). "Vinny Arrives". DailyMail.co.uk. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  15. "Family Guy Episode Guide 2014 Season 12 – 3 Acts of God, Episode 13". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  16. "Seth MacFarlane Interview". TVShowsOnDVD.com. April 21, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
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