Peter Griffin

== General Info ==
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, Sr., born Justin Peter Griffin according to his birth records in "Quagmire's Mom", is a man of Irish descent currently residing in London, England with his wife Lois Griffin.
== Background Information ==
=== Biography ===
In "Padre de Familia", he was born in Mexico, where his mother had tried unsuccessfully to abort him. Peter agreed to abandon a revolt of his father-in-law Carter Pewterschmidt's servants in exchange for him using his connections to make Peter a United States citizen. According to "I Dream of Jesus", Peter attended Providence High School. Together, Peter and Lois have three children, Chris, Meg, and baby Stewie. After a mix up at a sperm bank, Peter also became the biological father of Bertram. Previously, due to selling sperm to raise money for dial-up modem impression lessons, he also found himself the father of many other children in "A House Full of Peters". Out of pity, he also adopted an intellectual talking dog named Brian, who formerly lived on the street as a stray. Later in life, Peter becomes the court painter for King Tord I, in which he will paint the king in wacky situations, causing him and his friends to exclaim, "What have you done!?" to which he responds, "I painted the truth. I painted my truth."
=== Age ===
In "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou", Lois says that he's 43. Lois does say that she is 42 at this time, which would match the age difference stated in "Let's Go to the Hop" and ignore their both being 18 in "Meet the Quagmires". In "Underage Peter", Mayor Adam West gives Peter's age as 42. In a cutaway of remodeling the house like a pueblo in "Peter's Lost Youth", he claims to be 58. However, when he runs into the shower where the guys are hiding in "The Jersey Bore", he say he's 45.
== Personality ==
Peter's favorite pastime is watching TV, with his favorite shows consisting of Star Trek, Three's Company and Charles in Charge. He is also a huge KISS fan and followed them during the KISS Stock shows and even got a copy of Kiss Saves Santa for Christmas. Peter is also an ardent fan of Barry Manilow, though this is a fact he has been known to deny in public. Peter also mentioned that he enjoys the following breakfast cereals: Total, Trix, and Boo Berry.
Peter also has a habit of proving his masculinity, not wanting Lois to fall for another man. He is incredibly jealous of other attractions Lois has in her life, an attitude that tends to get out of hand in most cases; in "Stuck Together, Torn Apart", he goes so far as to punch his reflection in the mirror after Lois comments on it being handsome. In "Brian Sings and Swings", he threatens to kill both Lois and her other partner in the scenario of her having sex with another man, though when he catches her in bed with Bill Clinton in "Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey", he takes no hostile actions whatsoever. However, he seems not to mind the fact that she slept with other men before they met, just so long as she doesn't do so again; he is particularly proud of the fact that she once slept with Gene Simmons of Kiss when he discovers this in "Road to Europe", but forbids any sexual activity between the two now as seen in "Don't Make Me Over".
Peter seems to find it frustrating that he is "wrong" while Lois is "right" about issues all the time, and apparently takes these issues competitively, just waiting for the day she slips up. This day finally comes in "PTV" after settling a conflict with Lois about censorship on television. In an ironic twist that forces Lois to concede defeat, Peter celebrates by opening a secret compartment within the ceiling containing balloons, streamers, confetti, and a banner reading "PETER'S RIGHT!"; Peter then claims that he set this up 15 years ago, suggesting that this had been a pretty major issue for him for quite some time. In "Da Boom", after Lois admits he was right about the end of the world and she was wrong, Peter brags about his "victory" for two weeks straight.
Among the members of his family, he tends to treat Meg with the least respect; in "Peter's Daughter", for example, he reminisces about the various pranks he played on her, including tripping her, flicking her nose with his finger, and even shooting her at one point. Also, he wipes a boogie on her hat saying he is proud of her. He is known to embarrass her at times and with things that mean the most to Meg; the entire family once huddled together to read her diary and continue after Meg catches them. However, some episodes of the series show Peter developing greater respect and unity between himself and his daughter such as in "Road to Rupert", the aforementioned "Peter's Daughter", "Meg Stinks!", and "Peter's Sister", though these moments tend not to last for very long. In the latter, it is revealed that his reason behind frequently bullying Meg throughout the years is the abuse he suffered from his sister Karen Griffin.
"I Dream of Jesus" reveals that his favorite song is the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird", and he loves the song to the point of repeatedly singing it, playing the record of it, and trying to convince others that "the bird is the word". In "Wasted Talent", a running gag debuted when someone, usually Peter, will be running and fall and then hold his shin exclaiming the sound "Ssss Ahhhh" once or multiple times.
== Friends ==
Aside from Brian, Peter's best friends are Glenn Quagmire, Joe Swanson and Cleveland Brown. They enjoy hanging out at their local bar, The Drunken Clam, drinking and chewing the fat. The four men do many things together. The four friends entered and won a costume contest at an 80s TV convention in "Brian Goes Back to College", dressing up as The A-Team. In "The Perfect Castaway", their fishing boat was wrecked, and they were stranded together on a desert island. Although not as close, Mort Goldman has also been a close associate, often getting invited to house and backyard parties such as for the Oscars in "Road to Germany".
== Fun Facts ==
* The Griffins live two houses down from the Tordsworld house, and next door to Jerky Sam.
* He/Him
* Peter is a trans man, as evidenced in a cutaway gag and one off bit with baseball or something
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