Peter Griffin

"Justin" Peter Löwenbräu Griffin Sr., best known as Peter Griffin is the titular main protagonist of the adult animated show Family Guy. He is a man of Irish origin who resides in Quahog, Rhode Island, with his wife Lois Griffin. They both have three children: Meg Griffin, Chris Griffin, and Stewie Griffin. He also is the owner and friend of Brian Griffin. Although in early seasons Peter was a morally ambiguous character and sometimes an anti-hero, as the series went on, he became a main villain and sometimes a complete antagonist.
He is voiced by series creator Seth MacFarlane, who also portrays Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Tom Tucker, Glenn Quagmire, and Stan Smith from American Dad.
==Biography==
Peter was born in Mexico, where his mother Thelma tried to abort him, to no avail. As a child, he was abandoned by his biological father, Mickey McFinnigan, so Peter was raised by Francis Griffin in Quahog.
According to the episode "Petarded", his low intelligence is due to an mental retardation. He is known for acting impulsively and doing things out of the ordinary, leaving him in awkward situations. 
Peter met Lois at the age of 18 at the Newport country club when he was hired as her aunt's towel boy. The two began dating, and were soon married. Lois subsequently becomes pregnant and gives birth to their first daughter, Meg Griffin, who was originally going to have an abortion. A time later, borns their second child Chris Griffin, and after the third child, Stewie Griffin.
Peter initially worked at the Happy-Go-Lucky toy factory as a safety inspector, until his boss, Jonathan Weed, died after choking on a bread roll while dining with the Griffins. This caused the dissolution of the factory, leaving Peter without a job. Following an time unemployed, Peter gets a job as a fisherman, until his ship is destroyed in a strong hurricane, from which he was left for dead. He currently works at the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery in the shipping department. In addition to these professions, Peter has held many jobs of all kinds, as shown throughout the show.
==Personality==
Peter Griffin is a prominent worker who frequently gets drunk with his friends at the Drunken Clam, Quahog's bar. After an IQ test, it was found that his low intelligence comes from mental retardation, which makes him act impulsively, making him go through embarrassing situations. Some of his most notable traits are his borderline alcoholism and drug habits that leave him in a state of incomprehension, doing a lot of stupid things drunken, or some of them nearly sober. Throughout his marriage to Lois, Peter is shown to be very jealous of anyone who flirts with or is attracted to his wife, and one such example includes assaulting an orca for giving Lois a loving kiss at Sea World. 
Another of his traits is his complex relationship with his children: As for his eldest daughter, Meg, Peter makes fun of her and mistreats her (in the episode FOX-y Lady, Peter, wanting to create an animated series with his childs, excludes Meg from his ideas). However, in a few episodes, the two have gotten along (In "Road to Rupert" Peter almost tells her daughter that he loves her). Peter also had his own moments with his son Stewie, like when Peter took him to Walt Disney World Resort in the episode "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", in a attempt to bond each other. Peter gets along relatively well with his son Chris, but when the latter needs help or advice, Peter asks him to do the opposite of what he should, as in "Long John Peter", where Chris asks his father for advice on a date, and he advises her to treat a girl horribly. By following Peter's advice, Chris lost his girlfriend.
Despite being the titular protagonist of the show, Peter proves to be a complete antagonist in current seasons, as he commits terrible acts in most episodes and causes chaos due to his stupidity. Although in the first seasons he was a dedicated, naive, nice and good-natured father, this was not the case in later seasons, where he acted as a bad person, or sometimes as an anti-villain or anti-hero, or a total antagonist. However, he still remains a hero on occasions and there are points where Peter changes into a relatively normal person and a better father.
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Lois Griffin- Wife.
*Meg Griffin-Daughter.
*Chris Griffin- Son.
* Stewie Griffin- Son.
* Brian Griffin- Pet dog and best friend.
*Francis Griffin- Stepfather †
*Thelma Griffin- Mother †
*Mickey McFinnigan- Biological father.
*Karen Griffin- Sister and Abuser.
*Carter Pewterschmidt- Father-in-law.
*Babs Pewterschmidt- Mother-in-law.
*Patrick Pewterschmidt- Brother-in-law
===Friends===
* Glenn Quagmire, Joe Swanson and Cleveland Brown- Best Friends.
*Horace
*Mort Goldman
*Bonnie Swanson
* Tom Tucker
*Dr. Elmer Hartman
*Others neighbors of Spooner Street.
===Enemies=== 
* Ernie the Giant Chicken- Arch-rival.
*Carter Pewterschmidt- Arch-enemy.
*Donald Trump- Enemy.
*Liam Neeson- Enemy.
*Homer Simpson- Former enemy and friend.
==Trivia==
*Peter and Homer Simpson were voiced by Humberto Vélez in the Spanish Dub.
*In earlier seasons, it is pretty obvious Peter is the protagonist; however, in new episodes, we constantly see other characters in the spotlight, Peter nowadays appears as a protagonist and main antagonist in multiple episodes
*His favorite alcohol is a Three-Martini Lunch.
*Peter is somewhat similar to Homer Simpson: both have their similar personalities and share their similar habits. The two eventually meet each other in the crossover episode "The Simpsons Guy". However, Peter is considered a far worse than Homer, as many of Homer's undignified acts are a product of frustration, while Peter's undignified acts are overall product of stupidity.
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