Brian Griffin

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## Base Breaking Character

### Alias

Brian the Dog
Bri
Chewbacca
Douchebag
Self-righteous liberal douchebag

### Powers/Skills

High Intelligence
Enhanced Smelling
Enhanced Hearing
Enhanced Durability
Superior Athleticism
Marksmanship
Weaponry Usage
Expert Tactician
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Writing Skills
Manipulation

### Family

Coco (father, deceased)
Biscuit (mother, deceased)
Scout (uncle)
Jerry (brother, deceased)
Callie (sister)
Jasper (cousin)
Ricardo (cousin-in-law)
Jess Griffin (wife, deceased)
Scrappy Brian (nephew, deceased)
Dylan Flannigan (son)

### Allies

Stewie Griffin (best friend)
Peter Griffin (best friend)
Lois Griffin
Chris Griffin
Meg Griffin
Glenn Quagmire (on and off)
Hollie/Kyle
Cleveland Brown
Donna Tubbs Brown
Joe Swanson
Bonnie Swanson

### Enemies

Bertram
Glenn Quagmire (on and off)
Carter Pewterschmidt
New Brian
Evil Stewie
Miss Emily
Pouncey
Squirrels
James Woods (formerly)

### Goals

Become famous in any means possible
Protect Stewie
Many other goals depending on the episode

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

He becomes a egotistical, hypocritical, selfish douchebag and the self insert of Seth MacFarlane. He dates women only because of their hot bodies, bashes religion and later complains that no one respects his views, He went from being the smart, mature, family dog to having one of the worst derailments in the series.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

He was considered very lovable in the earlier seasons since he was the voice of reason in the family, as well as being one of the more mature characters in the series that was considered to be the most "human", with a very good friendship with Stewie.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

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**Brian Edward Griffin**, commonly known as **Brian Griffin**, is a major character in the *Family Guy* franchise.

He is the family dog of the Griffins but mostly portrays to act as an anthropomorphic genius, having the ability to talk, walk on two feet and drive. He has a very close friendship with Stewie Griffin and are often going on adventures with each other. He is also the best friend of Peter Griffin.

He was voiced by the creator of the show, Seth MacFarlane who also voiced Peter Griffin and Glenn Quagmire from the same series and Stan Smith in *American Dad.*

## What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* Brian was one of the more mature, sophisticated voice of reasons in the earlier seasons.
* Since Brian is the most "human" out of all the characters, his fans consider him to be very relatable, since he has his struggles as a writer, has insecurities, as well as being the scene of where Brian explains why he keeps the gun with him in case he ever wants to commit suicide. He is considered to be the most relatable dog in cartoon history.
* Brian has a very strong bond with Stewie since he's really the only one in the family to understand him. They constantly go on adventures with each other, making the two of them an iconic intelligent duo that is very memorable to fans.
* Just like the majority of the Family Guy characters, he is very laughable, especially with his sarcasm in the earlier seasons.
* Fans also think when Brian actually acts like an actual dog is funny and adorable.
* While he does derail into an egotistical douchebag in the later seasons, he is still shown to care and love his family, as he was willing to give his kidney to Peter so he can live a longer life since he saved him from death and he wanted to pay back the favor since Peter is one of his best friends.
* While most characters often criticize Meg, he is one of the few characters in the family that don't usually bully her.
* Brian's death really heartbroken fans in the episode *Life of Brian*. This made fans want his character back because of how lovable his character is to the point that they started signing petitions to bring his character back.
	+ What makes his death more sad to viewers is that Brian died right in front of his best friend Stewie as soon as they were about to play hockey in the streets.
* He does make good points throughout the series every now and then and does have a right to be annoyed by the people around him.

### What Do People Dislike About Him?

* In the later seasons, Brian's personality begins to change for the worse. He becomes an egotistical, selfish, hypocritical, pretentious, manipulative douchebag who thinks he knows everything, and thinks he is better and smarter than anyone else despite failing college twice. His bad behavior and ego make him less intelligent than before and begins to show no respect for Peter, or pretty much anyone in general.
* His behavior got so bad that even Quagmire (who is much worse than Brian), called him out for his awful actions, and explains his reasons of why he hates them. While Quagmire was being hypocritical, all the things he said about Brian are true.
	+ He hits on his best friend's wife Lois, who tried to sleep with her multiple times and was about to rape her at one point. Peter saved Brian from death, but he poops all over his yard.
	+ His pretentious attitude toward women. He pretends that he cares about their souls, but he just dates them for their bodies and is dishonest about it.
	+ He does nothing to help out despite his liberal beliefs. Like Quagmire mentioned, he never saw him help out in the soup kitchen.
	+ He never sees his son, Dylan, the only reason he contacts him is so he can get further in his writing career since Dylan was famous.
* As Brian only gets worse, his detractors start going on Quagmire's side and understand why he hates him in the first place.
* He is considered to be an Author's Avatar to Seth Macfarlane due to how similar their political views are, and the fact that Seth uses his regular voice for Brian makes things worse.
* There are even times that he was a complete jerk to Stewie by being ungrateful. He mistreated him when he was helping him become a bestseller, almost drove him to suicide when showing him a disturbing Queen cover, and taped the reaction of Stewie when he was forced to see the disturbing video of Two Girls, One Cup.
* Brian forces his religion and political beliefs onto other characters and yet complains that it's super annoying that people force religion onto to others, which is a side of his hypocrisy.
* His detractors also found his death pointless since he came back after a few episodes. It doesn't help that his personality didn't improve after his revival.

## Trivia

* He is the current icon for the Rewrite template.

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