Family Guy Characters Ranked: Worst to Best

Since Family Guy is full of characters this list doesn't include all the characters but only the ones I'm most interested in talking about.

## #34: Francis Griffin

Francis is the only character on the list that I hate and while it's true that he seems to have most of the flaws of most characters in the show the difference is that Francis has no redeemable qualities and all he does is act rude, vulgar and grumpy against anyone around him just for his own selfish reasons and he is very annoying because of that.

## #33: Seamus

Seamus doesn't add much to the story of the show and usually makes a few cameos which add nothing to the plot of the episode other than sea centric episodes where he informs Peter of the dangers but they are few and have nothing to do with the story of the series for the most part.

## #32: Herbert

Herbert is probably one of the most confusing characters in the show as his whole character is about playing nice to teenagers making inappropriate comments that they are too young to understand and he has an obsession with Chris and no one in Quahog knows his true colors and i personally think he would work better as a hero because of the episode "German Guy" but otherwise Herbert adds nothing to the story of the show.

## #31: Principal Stephard

Principal Shepherd is the principal of Chris and Meg's high school and so he adds enough to the show not to rank lower but he does nothing to distinguish himself from the other characters as he is too much like Peter if he was a principal given that he's your typical one dimensional ignorant and incompetent principal and even when he does important roles it doesn't add anything to the story of the episode.

## #30: Ollie Williams

Ollie Williams is one of the reporters from Quahog and that's why he has quite an important role in the series and his way of shouting makes him very unique in the show but usually he appears in cameos and has never had important roles and while he is important for the city of Quahog he does not get enough screen time and hardly ever interacts with the protagonists.

## #29: Opie

Opie is an alcoholic who works as Peter's co-worker at the brewery and although his way of speaking makes him very unique in the show and we see him interacting with Peter on occasion he has never had any major roles on the show and all he does in the show is talking in a very weird way.

## #28: Angela

Angela was Peter's boss at the brewery for most of the show and she gets her share of screen time and all she does is treat Peter badly and in her biggest role she had become a crazy skalter to him and she was the antagonist of the episode and while she is one of the many crazy and funny women of the show she really has nothing to distinguish herself from the other characters as this show also has other characters treating Peter badly as well as other crazy characters and even other bossfor Peter so she doesn't stand out enough in the show to rank higher.

## #27: Bertram

Bertram is the son of a gym teacher and her partner through artificial insemination. and his biogical father is, through a sperm bank mishap fixing, is Peter and that would make him half brother to Stewie on his father's side and while Bertram much like Stewie as they are both evil genius Bertram also developed a strong rivalry with Stewie and he is very funny as I love villains and he was also willing to destroy the whole universe once but since he doesn't had enough screen time and interact only with Stewie and other newborns he did not have much impact in the history of the show.

## #26: Ernie the Giant Chicken

Ernie the Giant Chicken usually serves as an excuse to animate a gag of Peter always fighting with him so he doesn't have enough character development to rank higher but the fights between Peter and the Chicken have always been funny and occasionally Ernie shows personality and he becomes more civil with Peter on occasion while still maintaining their rivalry.

## #25: Preston Lloyd

Preston Lloyd is Peter's new boss at the brewery as of Season 20 and has shown that he takes his job very seriously which is why he is interesting since he is a very realistic character but being a new character he doesn't ranking higher.

## #24: Consuela

We rarely see Consuela interacting with other major characters and usually she just makes cameos so she isn't ranked higher but she is actually very interesting because being a housekeeper makes her a very realistic character.

## #23: Tricia Takanawa

Tricia Takanawa being also a news reporter interacts more often with Tom Tucker than with other characters and this makes her more interesting since Tom Tucker is one of the most important supporting characters in the show and she also had a relationship with Carter in one episode even though he was married to Babs so she could be crazy and funny at times and being the only major Asian character in the show makes her very unique as a character for the show but since she almost never interacts with the main characters she is not ranked higher.

## #22: Bruce

Bruce is one of the kinder characters in the show and interacts quite often with the protagonists in his appearances but he usually appears in cameos and has never had a major role in the series except when he wanted to marry Meg which proves that even he can be crazy at times and he has also done many jobs but because he has no strong impact with the story of the series and usually appears in cameos he dosen't rank higher.

## #21: Diane Simmson

For most of her appearances Diane Simmson was Tom Tucker's co-worker and they were both news reporters and she didn't interact much with the other characters other than Tom Tucker but the reason she is so high is because she has proven herself more crazy, vengeful, evil and messed up than nearly every supporting character in the show; after she had been neglected by James Woods and had been discriminated against due to her age at work, she eventually fought to take down the men that had mistreated her, and her original plan was to focus on killing James Woods and frame Tom Tucker for the murder, and when caught in a tight spot, she resorted to hunting down everyone that had been trapped at James Woods' dinner party but since she hardly ever interacts with the main characters and that was her only main role as well as her death she doesn't rank higher.

## #20: Loretta Brown

Being Cleveland's ex wife somehow we can say that Loretta has a major impact in the show and she has also shown to be crazy and mean in the series like when she criticizes Cleveland and when she cheats on him for Quagmire however since that episode is the her only major role and now she died and being full of flaws with no redeemable qualities she isn't higher.

## #19: Carl

As a young man who is obsessed with women and movies and likes to talk about it with his colleagues and clients at work Carl is one of the more realistic supporting characters in the show and is also kind and friendly to Chris and Brian but he doesn't make a strong enough impact on the show and he almost never interacts with the protagonist of the series so he isn't ranked higher.

## #18: Mayor Adam West

Adam West is one of the most overrated secondary characters in my opinion and while being the mayor of Quahog he has a strong impact on the series and we see him interacting with the protagonists on occasion he is usually used for comedic purposes only appearing in cameos so he isn't ranked higher.

## #17: Donna Tubbs

Being Cleveland's current wife she has a very strong impact in the story of the series and we see her interacting and being friends with Lois and also she can be crazy and funny at times like Lois and Bonnie but and she doesn't do much for distinguish herself from the other characters and she hardly ever interacts with the protagonist of the series so she is not higher.

## #16: Bonnie Swanson

Being Joe's wife Bonnie also has a very strong impact in the history of the series and while in the first seasons she was much calmer than her husband she too became crazy and funny in the new episodes as she tries to divorce Joe and we see her interacting and being friends with Lois throughout the series so we also see her interacting with the main characters and while she interacts with the protagonist more often than Donna also Bonnie does not stand out much from the other characters so she is not higher.

## #15: Horace

Horace is the former owner of the Drunken Clam before he died and having been the bartender of the bar where Peter and the guys hang out more often during the series this means that we see him interact more often with the protagonist than other characters as well as being the founder of the place where Peter and the guys often hang out and therefore he too has a very strong impact on the show and for all those reasons he is ranking this high but since he never had a major role and is now dead (due to an accident, rest assured) he isn't higher.

## #14: Carter Pewterschmidt

Carter Pewterschmidt is the closest thing Family Guy has to a main antagonist and while he isn't all that evil he is still a very funny comedic villain and fits very well as a main antagonist as he hates Peter and always treats him badly and Family Guy is a comedy but being a character you have to hate with sympathy rather than anything else he isn't ranked higher.

## #13: Dr. Hartman

Dr. Hartman is the Griffin family doctor in Quahog and this means that he too interacts very often with the protagonists and Peter has been visited by him in times of need and even though Hartman is a very incompetent doctor he still makes a very important role in the series and he isn't higher in the ranking because he had antagonistic roles in all the episodes where he played important roles (he was just doing his job and they weren't that many, rest assured) unlike the other characters that are ranked higher than him.

## #12: Mort Goldman

Mort Goldman is probably one of the more realistic supporting characters in the show which is why he is interesting and also proved to be a victim of Peter's schemes and we can even sympathize with him as after his wife's death he lost his job and the reason he doesn't rank higher is because he doesn't stand out much from the other characters as this show also has other casualties for Peter and he doesn't have enough screen time to rank higher.

## #11: Tom Tucker

Tom Tucker is probably the supporting character who has the most screen time in the show and being the lead reporter on the Quahog news he has quite a strong impact in the show and has had major roles such as when Peter helped him get his job back but given that this series also has other TV reporters he doesn't stand out enough from the other characters to rank higher.

## #10: Meg Griffin

At the start of the series Meg was like a typical American teenager but as the series progresses her realistic personality is stripped away making her the punching bag of the show and it is surprising that she is a very kind and intelligent teenager despite the abuse from her family and she also can be crazy, funny and vengeful at times and while her relationship with her father is highly questionable for obvious reasons they actually have had episodes where the two of them bond and become great friends but but due to the fact that she usually serves to be the punching bag of the show and since she plays antagonist roles or is manipulated by the antagonists in the episodes where she plays important roles she isn't ranked higher.

## #9: Chris Griffin

Chris doesn't have many personalities but he's still a typical average teenager and he is interesting because of that and his father-son relationship with Peter is very relatable in my opinion since Peter teaches Chris to be like him and he seems to be successful as Peter is a bad influence towards his son and also Peter's selfishness towards him is very interesting in my opinion and both Meg and Chris are abused both verbally and physically by their parents and they're interesting even because of that since they are very tragic characters and they also have a very realistic sibling relationship with each other and he ranks higher than Meg because it's clear we're supposed to like him as a character in the episodes where he plays important roles however since Chris has no strong impact in the episodes where he appears he does not rank higher.

## #8: Jerome

Jerome is many things; one of the smartest and most realistic human adults characters in the show, the current owner of the Drunken Clam and therefore has interacted with Peter on more occasions than the other supporting characters and he has also been Cleveland's temporary replacement in his group of friends and in many ways Jerome might be the fifth member of Peter's group of friends but he doesn't have enough screen time to ranking higher.

## #7: Brian Griffin

Many people don't seem to understand the concept of Brian as a character; in reality his personalities don't differ much from those of characters like Peter, Stewie, Lois and Quagmire and the difference is that Brian is taken much more seriously than the other characters and that is what makes him interesting because at the beginning of the series we see him interact more often with Peter and I love how Brian's intelligence balances with Peter's stupidity and therefore Brian also had more morals than most of the other characters and while his new personality contradicts with his personality in the early seasons since he has become dumber i personally don't care because Family Guy is a comedy and i also think that much like with Peter, Brian's idiocy in the new episodes is very funny in my opinion and the real reason why he doesn't rank higher is because he is not a human.

## #6: Stewie Griffin

Stewie is the most overrated character of the main cast in my opinion and while he is interesting because he is the smartest member of the family and he was very funny when he was evil as I love villains and he has also become more sensitive in the new episodes since he is afraid of disappointing Brian which shows that he has grown as a character and he is also funny when he shows his childish and his naive personality and he ranks higher than Brian because he is more evil and therefore more interesting but due to the fact that he's a baby and because of my bad experiences with newborns in real life he doesn't rank higher.

## #5: Lois Griffin

Lois doesn't have a lot of character development but what makes her really interesting is that she represents an exaggerated version of how a normal woman would behave with someone like Peter as her husband in the real life and she works very well even in the episodes where she is the protagonist since Lois's personalities are very realistic for the most part and she is only abusive to Peter when she loses her temper against him and she also acts as the voice of reason for Peter and much like Peter also Lois physically and verbally abuses her family and has committed crimes sometimes which shows that she could be crazy and funny too and i would say that both Peter and Lois are bad people with redeemable qualities and that's why they are funny and interesting characters in my opinion.

## #4: Glenn Quagmire

At the beginning of the series Quagmire was just a one dimensional pervert which didn't add much to the story of the series which is the real reason he can't rank higher but later in the series he became more developed as a character as we find out that he is also an airplane pilot who takes his job very seriously and he acts as a voice of reason for Peter at times and the most surprising thing is that when he doesn't show his personality as a pervert obsessed with women he seems to be one of the kindest, most intelligent and realistic human adults in the show and also his pervert nature and his hatred towards Brian are very funny in my opinion.

## #3: Cleveland Brown

Cleveland has proven to be a great friend to Peter, Quagmire and Joe and he acts as a voice of reason to them on many occasions and he is also one of the kindest, most intelligent and realistic human adults in the show and he also helps Peter in the moments of need sometimes but he isn't perfect because he sometimes he can be crazy, funny and vengeful and he also proved to be very arrogant against racists and both Joe and Cleveland are very funny characters for those reasons in my opinion.

## #2: Joe Swanson

Joe has proven to be a great friend to Peter, Quagmire and Cleveland by helping them in their times of need and he is a cop who tries to enforce the laws for the other characters and makes perfect sense considering his job and he isn't perfect since he is also shown have anger issues and he can be crazy and funny sometimes and he always complaining that he has to be in a wheelchair and I feel sorry for him because of his tragic past and both Joe and Cleveland are very funny characters for those reasons in my opinion and Joe ranks higher than Cleveland because he is a cop.

## #1: Peter Griffin

because he is the protagonist and therefore most of the stories tell moments from his life and because Peter's misguided adventures and deeply troubled temperament are a starkly satirical reflection of the real world itsel and the problems Peter deals with in every episode are related to society as we know it and Peter's behavior in his adventures is a black parody of the way real men and women respond to the same problems so he represents as the satirical face of the modern everyman and he is also the funniest and most interesting character in my opinion and in the first seasons Peter was a well-intentioned father and friend towards his family and friends and while in the new episodes he has become much more arrogant and selfish he is still interesting and relatable for these reasons in my opinion and also because Peter is sometimes a realistic ignorant and other times just naive and easily to manipolate makes him the funniest character in the show as he provides great laughs due to his stupidity but despite all his faults he still has a heart and cares for his family and his friends and he almost always feels remorse for his bad deeds amd also his schemes have always been funny because of how crazy they are and this character has done everything from working many jobs to meeting many characters and has also been shown to be childish, selfish, arrogant and jealous in many episodes and even those personalities makes him very funny and also the fact he physically and verbally abuses his family and friends makes him a very interesting character and for all those reasons he is my favorite character.