'Family Guy' Characters 'Family Guy' Characters By Nancy Basile Updated August 09, 2016. The Family Guy characters are what keeps the cartoon one of FOX's biggest hits. From the patriarch, Peter Griffin, down to a brainiac baby, and including their neighbors, the Family Guy characters are a funny bunch. Following is a list of Family Guy characters, with pictures and bios. Peter Griffin. FOX Peter Griffin Peter Griffin ( Seth MacFarlane ) is the central character of Family Guy. He and his family live in Quahog, Rhode Island. Speaking with a thick New England accent, he operates as if he is smarter than everyone else, but in reality he's clueless. He spends his free time drinking at the Drunken Clam with his buddies, Quagmire, Cleveland and Joe. Peter has worked for various companies, including the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery and the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory (no doubt modeled after Hasbro, which is headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island). Also, Peter has a long history of fighting with a large, yellow chicken. continue reading below our video Profile of Family Guy 'Family Guy' Lois Griffin.

Twentieth Century Fox Lois Griffin Lois Griffin (Alex Borstein, Mad TV) is Peter's wife. She comes from the wealthy Pewterschmidt family and married Peter against their wishes. Lois is an accomplished piano player and singer. She's considered to be very attractive, which is proven by Quagmire's not-so-subtle advances toward her, as well as her short-lived career as a model ( "Model Misbehavior" ). She may be more sophisticated than Peter, but we have seen occasionally that she shares his low brow humor and lustfulness. 'Family Guy' Stewie Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Stewie Griffin Stewie Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) may be a baby, but he is as diabolical as the worst villain. He is highly intelligent, but he's still very attached to his teddy bear, Rupert. He has schemed many times to destroy Lois, but has failed at every attempt. In early seasons, it was insinuated that Stewie is homosexual. In recent seasons, the writers have become more obvious with his sexual leanings, though the humor is usually couched in Stewie's complete ignorance of his own comments. 'Family Guy' Brian Griffin.

Twentieth Century Fox Brian Griffin Brian (Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffin family's dog. He seems to be the wisest and most sensible of all the characters, regardless of the fact that his still urinates on the carpet in Lois' presence. Yes, that's right, he is in love with Lois. Brian has had a girlfriend, Jillian, and enjoys the occasional martini. He and Stewie are usually pitted against each other, or drawn together, by extreme circumstances, such as a road trip to find Brian's mother (the former) or recruitment into the military (the latter). Brian can often be found singing duets with Stewie. Family Guy - Meg Griffin. Twentieth Century Fox Meg Griffin Meg Griffin ( Mila Kunis , That 70s Show) is the only daughter of Peter and Lois. She is frequently the butt of the family's jokes. She is considered to be unattractive and a loser. She and Peter bonded when his driver's license was revoked and she chauffered him around town. She was given a chance to shine as a star in " Don't Make Me Over ." Also, she has a crush on Luke Perry. 'Family Guy' Chris Griffin.

Twentieth Century Fox Chris Griffin Chris Griffin (Seth Green) is Peter and Lois' eldest son. He's not terribly bright, but he is a talented artist ("The Son Also Draws") and rock singer ("Saving Private Brian"). He admires his father and follows blindly into many of Peter's misadventures. Also, he fears the crazy monkey in his closet. Quagmire. Twentieth Century Fox Quagmire Glenn Quagmire (Seth MacFarlane) has only one thing on his mind and it isn't ice fishing. He stalks every woman he comes across, paying special attention to Lois, his next-door neighbor. Quagmire successfully wooed Cleveland's wife in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire." He even made a move on Meg when she turned 18 in "Meg and Quagmire." Since the series debuted we've learned that Quagmire has father issues and he's an airline pilot. Cleveland - The Cleveland Show. Twentieth Century Fox Cleveland Cleveland Brown (Mike Henry) is one of the Griffins' neighbors on Spooner Street.

He is the most mild-mannered and nicest of the Family Guy characters, although I don't know if that's saying much. He used to be married to Loretta, but they separated when she had an affair with Quagmire. Once their divorce was final, Cleveland moved his children to Stoolbend, Virginia, where he rekindled his romance with an old high school flame in The Cleveland Show, now cancelled. Joe Swanson. FOX Joe Joe Swanson (Patrick Warburton) is another neighbor on Spooner Street. He is a police officer with occasional anger management issues. He's married to Bonnie, and they have two children, Susie and Kevin. Joe became a paraplegic when Joe got shot while he was undercover at a heroin lab. He is usually the one who gets Peter and/or Quagmire out of trouble. Chris Griffin and John Herbert. FOX John Herbert John Herbert (Mike Henry) is the creepy old man, and pedophile, in Family Guy who is obsessed with Chris. John Herbert is a United States Army veteran. His high-pitched, whispery voice is provided by Mike Henry, who also plays Cleveland.

(He makes me shudder every time he's on screen!) Peter Griffin and Carter Pewterschmidt. FOX Pewterschmidt Family Lois Griffin's maiden name is Pewterschmidt. Her father made billions in U.S. Steel, and owns a company called Pewterschmidt Industries. Carter is her father; Barbara is her mother; Patrick is her brother; and Carol, who is married to Mayor Adam West, is her sister. Peter Griffin | Family Guy Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia John Viener (Sober timeline in " Friends of Peter G ") Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, Sr., born Justin Peter Griffin according to his birth records, is the protagonist of the show and title character. He's a man of Irish descent currently residing in Quahog, Rhode Island with his wife Lois Griffin . 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 . In addition, he and Lois had a child named Peter Griffin Jr. who died when Peter shook him too much as revealed in " The Juice Is Loose ". Out of pity he also adopted an intellectual talking dog named Brian who formerly lived on the street as a stray, an accepted fact in Brian's two adoption stories. In The Real Live Griffins he was portrayed by Tom Arnold . Contents [ show ] 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 ". Peter celebrates another birthday in " Baby, You Knock Me Out " and should turn 44 but no age is identified in the episode. In " Underage Peter ", Mayor Adam West gives Peter's age as 42.

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. An I.Q. test in " Petarded " confirms that his low intellect places him in a category below mentally retarded. He rushes off to attend Quahog College just to count to three in " 3 Acts of God ". His mental shortcomings have resulted in various accidents to other people; most notably the death of his step-father Francis Griffin , and injuries on multiple occasions to his wife Lois. His attention span is also incredibly short. When he discovers his mental retardation in the episode, he closes his eyes while driving, wishing "it would all be over" and hitting Tom Tucker with his car instead.

Given his short attention span, as well as his erratic and frequently inappropriate behavior, it is conceivable that Peter suffers from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD. In addition, Peter is often seen getting hurt mostly by his own fault. When trying to impress Chris with his forward-thinking, Peter claims it is still 1998 in " Baby Got Black ". 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 tells Lois, "Remember what I always tell you, if I come home in the middle of the day and catch you having sex with someone, I'll kill you both" 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 that she appeared sure to win. 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.

Curiously, in " Da Boom ", after Lois admits he was right about the end of the world and she was wrong, Peter makes no reference to the compartment, though he had been bragging 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 "Hey Meg...Proud of you". 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 " and " Meg Stinks! ", though these moments tend not to last for very long.

" I Dream of Jesus " reveals that his favorite song is the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird", and 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 ". Notes Peter took trombone lessons in junior college.

He plays the trombone during Chris' open house in " Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High ". Peter was able to pilot a blimp over the Super Bowl , to return his fraudulently obtained welfare payments. In addition, Peter managed to obtain his own helicopter, the ' Petercopter ' and an airship ' Hindenpeter '. Peter also gained a Pterodactyl called the Peterdactyl in " Quagmire and Meg " and a giant boomarang called the Peterang in " Livin' on a Prayer . Peter was born in Mexico, as revealed in " Padre de Familia ". He played the song Rock Lobster on his guitar to cheer up Cleveland when his wife was having an affair and had kicked him out of the house in " The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire ". Together Lois, who played the mandolin, and Peter on guitar formed the duo "Handful of Peter" in " Deep Throats " in their younger days. In " Padre de Familia ", accompanying himself on the guitar, Peter sings a brief paeon to the USA, " What America Means To Me ", in a USO concert, as a tribute to the troops.

According to " Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater ", Peter collects Star Wars collector glasses, confirming Peter as a Star Wars fan Also - he mentioned he collects Star Wars trading cards in " Screwed the Pooch ". Peter's farts are particularly powerful and noxious. In " Let's Go to the Hop " and many other episodes, they make people vomit, and in " Screwed the Pooch " caused Peter himself to pass out after he farted while in a sealed box. He was also known to have had out farted Michael Moore in a restroom in ' The Perfect Castaway ". However, this more resembled a duet between the two, resembling the song "Dueling Banjos" from the film Deliverance. He can play the piano perfectly provided he is drunk in " Wasted Talent ". Peter's twitter name is "PumpkinEater69" in " Friends Without Benefits ". Peter notes that Lois is unhappy because he shook Stewie, resulting in his unusual gait in " The Giggity Wife ". Peter had previously shaken Peter Griffin Jr. , seen in " The Juice Is Loose ", resulting in his death.

Peter discovers when opening a checking account in " Quagmire's Mom " that his birth name is actually Justin Peter Griffin. When his adopted persona of a young hipster causes trouble, Lois informs him that she will take him to the courthouse to change the name to simply Peter Griffin. Employment History Peter first met Lois while he was working as a towel boy for Marguerite Pewterschmidt . He worked at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory for the bizarre Mr. Weed for the first three seasons of the show. But when Mr. Weed was accidentally killed by choking on a dinner roll on which Brian had originally been choking, Peter was out of a job and had to find work elsewhere. To date, Peter has been employed as a toymaker, knight and a fisherman. In " The Perfect Castaway " during a desperate attempt to catch more fish at a private island, Peter's boat is destroyed by a hurricane. Despite surviving the hurricane, with the loss of his boat, Peter is again jobless. In " Jungle Love ", Peter goes to the unemployment office, and obtains a job at the Pawtucket Brewery .

Initially he is placed on the line, but after over-indulging in the free ale, he is demoted to the shipping department, working with Opie and under Angela . Ernie The Giant Chicken In a running gag, storylines are interrupted by unexpected fights between Peter and a giant chicken. These battles feature long strings of action film-style sequences, with explosions, high-speed chases, and excessive collateral damage to both property and innocent bystanders, ending with Peter the victor leaving the giant chicken for dead, only for a sudden movement to show that the chicken is still alive. In " Da Boom ", the feud starts over a trivial incident where the chicken gives Peter an expired coupon at the grocery store. The fight resumes in " Blind Ambition ". In " No Chris Left Behind " the chicken is identified as "Ernie", and he has a wife named Nicole , also a giant chicken. Peter is invited to dinner with them after they realize that their fighting is pointless, but then they argue over who will pay the bill, and the fighting starts all over again.

Ernie makes a brief, non-fighting appearance in " Meet the Quagmires ", in which Peter unwittingly assaults the giant chicken at an 80s dance, retroactively providing Ernie with a grudge against Peter. Ernie the chicken appears in the Star Wars parody episodes Something, Something, Something, Dark Side and It's A Trap! , as the infamous bounty hunter Boba Fett. Ernie was also mentioned in " New Kidney in Town ". When Peter was hospitalized due to kidney failure, Brian offered to give Peter his kidney. In response to the family's shock, Dr. Hartman stated that this transplant was not the only crazy thing that took place in medical research, and said that he once attempted to clone a chicken. This resulted in the original chicken to grow human-sized, violent, and incredibly hostile. Peter paused at this, and stated "we need to have a talk later." Health Despite being obese, a heavy drinker, and accident-prone, Peter appears to be in great health. Periodically, in typical cartoon fashion, Peter is shown recovering quickly from serious injuries, such as losing all the fingers on his right hand while handling M-80 firecrackers.

In spite of the injury, he has no visible scarring on his hand. In some episodes he displays enormous strength, such as when single handedly challenging a professional football team in " Patriot Games ". According to " The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz ", Peter played high school football and his sister mentions his wearing a bra while playing in " Peter's Sister ". Peter asserts that he weighs 293lbs in " Vestigial Peter ", the same as he did in grade school. In " Spies Reminiscent of Us ", during Peter's "poop montage", he loses over 50 pounds; going from around 330 lbs to 270 lbs. He underwent a vasectomy in " Sibling Rivalry ". Occasionally Peter soils himself, prominently featured in " Death Lives " and " When You Wish Upon a Weinstein ". After these accidents, he never seems to notice that it was a result of his own behavior. Episodes like " Mr.

Saturday Knight ", " Model Misbehavior ", " Deep Throats ", " Peter's Two Dads " and " April in Quahog " show that Peter has used various drugs such as LSD, Meth, "ecstasy", marijuana, steroids, cocaine, and crack cocaine, but has managed to avoid incarceration and long-term effects from the use of these drugs. In " McStroke ", after eating thirty hamburgers in one sitting, Peter suffered a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body. For the next three months he walked with a limp, his arm and leg hung lifelessly from his body, and his eye and part of his mouth had slid down his face, giving him a speech impediment. This damage was reversed completely after a five minute session at a stem cell research facility. In " The Fat Guy Strangler ", Peter's mass causes him to have his own gravitational pull, shown when Brian threw an apple, a glass of water, a book and a Television, which immediately started to orbit his body. In " I Take Thee Quagmire ", it is revealed that Peter used to smoke. Peter also smokes during a modern-day cutaway gag break in " Back to the Pilot ".

In " Not All Dogs Go To Heaven ", Peter reveals as a child he was never immunized for the mumps. In " New Kidney in Town ", Peter suffers a kidney failure from a homemade energy drink. Brian offers do donate his kidneys, which would kill him. Before the surgery, Dr. Hartman offers to give up one of his kidneys, which he does and reveals that Brian's kidneys could not have been transferred to Peter's body. Peter states that he is 6'3" when exiting the Space Shuttle near the end of " Space Cadet ". He is visibly taller as well but quickly reverts back to his normal height soon after making the statement. Peter's estranged sister Karen Griffin visits for Thanksgiving in " Peter's Sister " and reveals several personal details to his friends, including that when upset, he stutters and pees his pants. Intelligence Peter is shown generally to be a complete idiot, such as being dumb enough in " Stew-Roids " to think that there can be a World War 5 before World Wars 3 and 4 because it would be so intense that it would "Skip right over the other two.".

In " Petarded ", after winning a game of Trivial Pursuit which Lois rigged with questions from the Pre-school edition so he could win, he thinks that he is a genius, and at Brian's prompting he takes an exam to apply for the MacArthur Genius Grant, which he fails so awfully that he is found to be mentally retarded. In " Quagmire's Baby ", Peter thinks that babies can be aborted whether they're born or not. Peter has shown some sparks of being smarter than those around him, such as in " Back to the Woods " when James Woods returns to get revenge, Peter and Brian get rid of him exactly the same way they did the first time, using a box and trail of candy, he makes a point that next time Woods shows up they should do that in the beginning as he has already fallen for it twice. Peter does have ideas he thinks are smart but often back fire, such as in " FOX-y Lady " when he got his new drivers license he decided to have the picture taken when he was drunk, so if a cop pulled him over for DUI when he looked at his license he would think he was just fine.

Also despite being married to Lois for 20 years, he was unable to realize she was in danger in " And Then There Were Fewer " despite her acting very odd. As well as was more interested in listening to his songs than to pay any real attention. He also firmly believed that Derek Wilcox was a God due to the fact the picture on his phone made him look as if he was holding up the Hollywood sign, despite Derek clearly explaining to him it was merely a camera trick. Car Peter's car strongly resembles a 1975 Ford LTD Station Wagon although no specific brand has been mentioned and in the commentary for " Road to Rupert " there is a remark about it having a flip-down TV in a mid-'80s station wagon. Episode Guide | Family Guy Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia 16 44 The Christmas season gets off to a rocky start for Peter who cannot seem to find the time to rest and watch the Christmas Specials, like the classic "KISS Saves Santa" in which they play themselves defeating Christmas bandits with the screech of the electric guitar.

When Peter accidentally gives all of the family presents away, the family has to go the mall for last minute gifts on Christmas Eve, while Brian, who stays home, gets caught in a sticky mess with the Christmas tree and burns Lois' dinner. When the Griffins come home to the mess, nobody is prepared when Lois goes crazy and loses her Christmas cheer. 19 47 When Lois meets up with an old college friend Peter's jealousy causes trouble and they seek a marriage counselor. The marriage counselor recommends a trial separation and Peter ends up on a date with Jennifer Love Hewitt. Meanwhile Brian and Stewie accidentally glue their hands together. " Road to Europe " aka "European Road Show" February 7, 2002 20 48 When Stewie and Brian stow away on a flight to Europe, they end up stranded in Saudi Arabia and take up residence at a Comfort Inn. In an attempt to get home, they steal a hot air balloon and pay a visit to Italy and England. Meanwhile, Lois and Peter go to KISS Stock and Peter is mortified when Lois doesn't know any KISS lyrics.

11 91 When a bully begins to harass Chris, Peter goes to his defense, but the kid is so annoying that Peter beats him up. This is so satisfying that Peter realizes bullying is fun and begins to bully everyone in the house. Finally, Chris stands up to Peter and beats him senseless. Meanwhile, Stewie goes out without sunscreen and becomes obsessed with getting a tan. After Brian accidentally leaves him in the tanning booth for six hours, Stewie gets sunburned and fears he has cancer. While waiting for the results of his cancer screening, Stewie begins to live his life as if he had only days to live and drives Brian crazy with his demands. 1 99 When the power goes out in the Griffin home, Peter decides to educate his family and pass along the greatest story ever told: the story of Star Wars! After Princess Leia (Lois) comes under siege by Darth Vader (Stewie) and his evil Storm Troopers, C-3PO (Quagmire) and R2-D2 (Cleveland) escape to find the only person who can help the Rebel Alliance.

On their quest thorough the desert planet of Tatooine, C-3PO and R-2D2 find extra help in Obi-Wan Kenobi (Herbert), Luke Skywalker (Chris), Han Solo (Peter) and Chewbacca (Brian) and head back to battle the Death Star in an epic intergalactic fight to the death. 2 100 When Peter convinces Brian to move in with his dense girlfriend Jillian, she ends up smothering him, but he keeps her around for the lovin'. Stewie moves in with them to help pay the rent, but he tries to get Brian back on the playing field by throwing him a drunken party and interfering with their relationship. Meanwhile, Meg gets a job at the local convenience store, as does Chris, who gets chummy with the manager, Carl. While Chris and Carl talk about their favorite movies, Meg is saddled with all the hard work. She eventually stands up for herself and as a result gets fired. November 4, 2007 SP1 This special half-hour Family Guy tribute showcases the outrageous antics of the Griffin family and celebrates the side-splitting, irreverent humor of the fan-favorite animated series.

Some of the funniest moments, satirical spoofs and musical numbers of the past 100 episodes are revisited. April 18, 2009 SP2 Narrated by Mathew Horne this BBC Three special takes a look at how the multi-award winning animation show was originally created. A must for all Family Guy fans, the show includes exclusive interviews with the cast and creators, sneak peek clips from season eight and examines the success of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. April 18, 2009 SP3 The second Behind-The-Scenes Special first broadcast in The UK on Channel BBC Three . It was broadcast as part of "Family Guy Night", a celebration to prelude the UK premiere of Season 7. November 8, 2009 SP4 A half-hour commercial-free variety show starring Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein sponsored by the new 2009 Warner Bros. Pictures release, Sherlock Holmes.

May 8, 2010 SP5 A special celebrating Family Guy, airing on the second " BBC Three 's Big Fat Family Guy Weekender" celebration to prelude the UK premiere of Season 8, from the same team that produced the BBC Three Family Guy specials 'Creating the Chaos' and 'The Story So Far'. The show reveals the top 20 characters of all time. May 8, 2011 SP6 A special celebrating Family Guy, airing on the third " BBC Three 's Big Fat Family Guy Weekender" celebration to prelude the UK premiere of Season 9. The show reveals the top gags. September 27, 2005 1 After a competitive swim lesson, Stewie tries to destroy his rival by blowing up the lifeguard tower. But when his plan backfires and he has a near-death experience, Stewie turns to the bottle to numb himself. A bizarre chain of events leads Stewie and Brian on a road trip to San Francisco, where Stewie confronts a guy he believes is his real father.

But when it turns out he's actually Stewie in the future, Stewie gets a glimpse of his dismal adult life and realizes he must return to his own time and rewrite history. Meanwhile, Peter's rants on everyday irritations become a new hit segment on the Quahog Nightly News! Peter Griffin (Character) - Biography biography from "Family Guy" (1999) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This character biography may contain plot spoilers. Visit our Character Biography Help to learn more. Character Biography History Discuss Peter Lï¿½wenbrï¿½u Griffin is the protagonist and title character of Family Guy. He was born on july 22 1955 in mexico to mickey and thelma griffin.He's of Irish descent and lives in Quahog, Rhode Island with his wife, Lois and their three children, Meg, Chris and Stewie. He also lives with his intellectual talking dog, Brian. He is best friends with sex-obsessed neighbour, Quagmire, deli-owner Cleveland and wheelchair-bound, Joe. Peter is shown to have little intelligence.

This is backed by an episode revolving around an I.Q. test Peter takes placing him in a category below mentally retarded. He is constantly getting into accidents which often end up with other people being hurt; most notably his father, Francis Griffin. Peter's attention span is also incredibly short. He's hit news reporter, Tom Tucker, with his car because he closed his eyes whilst driving. His humour is often crude and lowbrow and he has no interest in anything high class. He can be shown as moody and has a strong jealous streak, especially with Lois. He tends to prove his masculinity for fear that Lois will leave him for other men but he doesn't seem to mind that she's slept with people before they got together. He's also shown to be proud of the fact that Lois slept with Kiss frontman, Gene Simmons but forbids they do it again. Peter enjoys going to up-market tailors, trying on suits and farting in them. His favourite past-time is watching TV. He is a massive KISS and Barry Manilow fan. He is also a big Star Trek fan, mistaking a person with mumps as a costume at a convention in Quahog.

Peter's favourite song is "Surfin' Bird" by the Trashmen which is shown in a whole episode. Out of all the Griffin family members, Peter is shown to have the least respect for Meg. He is shown to reminisce about the pranks he's played on her including a time he shot her. He is known to embarrass her at times with things that mean the most to her. Later in the series, Peter develops a greater respect for his daughter but continues to hide this in front of other people. Peter likes to socialise in his local bar, The Drunken Clam with his neighbours. His other talents include playing the trombone, piano (when drunk) and guitar, piloting planes, fighting with Ernie the giant chicken, cup collecting and farting. Peter's employment history is varied. When he met Lois he was working as a towel boy for Marguerite Pewterschmidt. He then worked at Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory with Mr Weed for three seasons. He also worked at Pawtucket Patriot Brewery but over-indulged on the free ale and was demoted to the shipping line. Despite being 270Ibs, a heavy-drinker and accident prone, Peter is in pretty good health.

He displays great physical strength when he takes on an entire football team. He had a vasectomy and occasionally soils himself. Peter's been shown to have used a number of drugs including LSD, cocaine, crack cocaine, steroids, cannabis and ecstasy although he has never suffered any long-term effects. After eating thirty hamburgers in one sitting, Peter suffered a stroke leaving the left side of his body paralyzed. This was cured after a five minute session in a stem cell research lab. Peter also suffered kidney failure after drinking a home-made energy drink. Peter is revealed to be an ex-smoker, has never been immunised against mumps and has his own gravitational pull. Page last updated by jusjery , 1 year ago Family Guy (TV Series 1999– ) - Plot Summary - IMDb - Written by Jwelch5742 The Griffin household includes two teenagers, a cynical dog who is smarter than everyone else, and an evil baby who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his mother. Heading up this eclectic household is Peter Griffin. Peter does his best to do what's right for the family, but along the way, he makes mistakes that are the stuff of legends.

- Written by Ronos The Griffin household includes two parents Peter and Lois, two teenagers Chris and Meg, a dog who is smarter than everyone else in the house Brian, and a mutant baby Stewie who makes numerous attempts to eradicate his parents and siblings. - Written by Jojo Mac Family Guy revolves around a less than normal family in a less than normal world. With absurd and often spontaneous events this show will keep you laughing from the it starts up until it ends. The family Consists of six members Peter the father, Lois the mother, Stewie the homicidal baby, Chris the son, meg the daughter and Brian the dog who is often the smartest out of all of them. - Written by TJB In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another. Family - The Truth Behind Family Guy The Truth Behind Family Guy Family: Peter Griffin Perhaps the major thing Family Guy tends to exaggerate is family life. It takes the traditional family of a husband, a wife, kids, and a pet, and presents them with exaggerated magnitudes. When you look at Peter, the father and husband, he represents the everyday family man.

He is the one that works, and always has the support of his wife in tough situations. But, no man like Peter Griffin exists. No one that is psychologically healthy behaves and makes the decisions Peter does that require such support from his spouse. One example of this is when the mafia placed a hit on Lois. Peter and Lois were then invited to the wedding of the Don's daughter. When granted one favor by the Don, instead of asking him to call off the hit as Lois advised him, Peter instead asked for a pie that the Don was eating. Meg & Chris When it comes to the kids, Chris and Meg, all aspects of being a teenager are exaggerated to show the public the general view of being a high school student. Meg's low self-esteem and concern about not "fitting in" are expressed in the most dramatic ways. She is always crying and always lies about having friends. An instance of this is when Meg tells her parents that she is going to the mall with her friends on Saturday. She is then shown at the mall's food court spying on a bunch of high school kids eating. When the kids depart, Meg runs to the table they were eating at, and starts eating their leftovers. Also, Peter is always making fun of Meg.

He puts boogers on her and calls her derrogatory names. This might be a way of exaggerating the lack of support parents give their teens. When looking at Chris, he is used to exaggerate the teenage male. He does the stupidest things. He is a pervert, a drug user, and also struggles in the social world when trying to fit in and having crushes on girls that don't like him back. In one of the episodes he strives to impress a girl who is manipulative. This girl wanted to ban gay marriage and bribed Chris into letting him touch her boob if he destroyed Brian's petition. In the end Chris burnt Brian's petition, but didn't get what he wanted. Brian When looking at the family dog, Brian, one can see that a dog being a "man's best friend" is slightly exaggerated. Aside from the fact that Brian is given human qualities, he is best friends with Peter. Peter has such a great bond with Brian that sometimes he tends to listen to him over his wife. For example when James Woods stole Peter's identity, Brian conveyed to Peter that the only way to get back at him was to steal Woods's identity. Lois completely opposed this saying it would only cause more problems.

Peter ignored Lois and listened to Brian, and surely enough it led to more problems. ("Back to the Woods")The "Beauty and the Beast" article further helps convey these points as the author talks about how other sitcoms such as The Simpsons, have taken the approach of keeping the norm of a traditional family in tact while providing a different cultural view. As the author explains the "norm" of what is customary in our society, is constantly changing or grasping new ideas, and subliminaly, this is the way shows like Family Guy show it. Create a free website Peter Griffin | Villains Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Parent, Dimwit “ Remember what I always tell you, if I come home in the middle of the day and catch you having sex with someone, I'll kill you both. „ ~ Peter Griffin (to his wife Lois).

Peter Griffin is the main protagonist of the FOX animated comedy series Family Guy; however, he is not as nice a character as some may imagine - in fact throughout the course of the series, Peter has caused much misery for those around himself: often this is due to stupidity but there have been times when Peter has deliberately caused harm or misfortune on others to better himself, which only backfires, leaving Peter the raw end of the deal (see below). Peter is not alone in this respect as he is shown to have an "evil" brother known as Thaddeus Griffin, suggesting antagonism runs in his family, that explains about his son, Stewie (though in fairness, Peter does have some moments of being a caring individual , though they are rare). His great uncle was Adolf Hitler's brother so he also has some Nazism in him. Villainous Acts In "E. Peterbus Unum", he proclaimed independent a micronation that involves the ownership of his home as soon as he knew that this does not formally belong to the United States and calls it as "Petoria".

He became anti-american and proceeds to invite the leaders of several countries hostile to the United States (including Slobodan Milošević of Yugoslavia, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Osama Bin Laden of Al-Qaeda, Kim Jong-il of North Korea, Fidel Castro of Cuba, and Ali Khamenei of Iran) over for a pool party and barbecue using his stolen pool from Joe. Probably his most villainous act was in "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing"; his attempt to get a promotion at work by blowing up a billboard advertising a rival brewery. Unfortunately, he had placed the explosives in the wrong building, which just so happened to be a children's hospital. When Peter had his boss, Angela, look out the window to watch the billboard explode, he had caused the destruction of the hospital instead. Though Peter was initially shocked by what he had done, he quickly got over it when the resulting fire began to burn the billboard. By the end of the episode, when Peter had passed the third grade and was eligible for a promotion (so he can use the Executive Bathroom), Angela refused to give it to him.

Her reason was that nobody had forgotten the burning of the children's hospital, which had resulted in fourteen deaths. The FBI had eventually learned that it was Peter, but he was only sentenced to seven days in prison. Peter constantly abuses his teenage daughter Meg , whether talking down to her, farting in her face, beating her up, telling her to shut up, carelessly nearly drowning her, and, in a cutaway gag from "Peter's Daughter", shoots her simply because she says, "Hi Dad." In "The Story on Page One", he even went to Meg's school to create a false story that Luke Perry was gay and burned Meg's story about Mayor Adam West. However this was in order to help Meg get more readers as he believed that the Adam West story would put people to sleep. There's even some occasion where Peter even forgets Meg. In "Screwed the Pooch", Peter and Brian bring up a man named Stan Thompson who they claim is Meg's real father. Occasionally seen in cutaway gags of trying to abandon Meg. Another person that Peter abuses is his wife Lois . He sometimes shows little to no respect towards her. He would sometimes ignore her, and would make her do several things against her will.

One example is in "Baby, You Knock Me Out" when Peter and his friend are attending a woman's boxing match on his birthday. After watching the match, and the announcer asked if any woman wanted to fight the champ, Peter forced Lois to enter the ring and fight. After witnessing Lois beating the champ, he then forces her to enter into more boxing matches, so he can get rich. In "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", Peter was beginning to bond with Stewie ; both he and Stewie were pulling deadly pranks on Lois (such as smashing a glass jar of pickles on Lois' head, spraying Lois with a gardening hose while she's going to the bathroom, which caused to to fall down the stairs, and pushing her unconscious body into a lake, nearly drowning her), In "Dammit Janet", he convinces Lois to keep a flight attendant job which she hates due to uptight passengers only because he gets free plane flights. Peter once wrote hate letters to his family, though on that occasion, he did not realize what he was doing was wrong.

In "Death Lives", Peter was attended a golf game during their anniversary, but to prevent Lois from knowing, he set up a fake anniversary scavenger hunt so he can play a game a golf with his friends. This one moment nearly ruined their marriage, but with the help from Death, Peter managed to save their marriage. In "Family Goy", he attempts to shoot her while imitating Amon Goeth when he learns she is Jewish. He crosses the Moral Event Horizon in "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" when he threw an unconscious Stewie with heavily infected head wounds underneath Lois' car so she would run him over, after weeks of no medical treatment, just so she wouldn't ask how Stewie got hurt. Peter also abuses his teenage son Chris as well: In "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin", Peter pretended that Chris was dying so he could save a cancelled TV show, and after being confronted by the city, claimed he cured Chris, causing everyone to call him God, which arouses the anger of the real God who plagues the Griffin House. Peter would have crossed the Moral Event Horizon if he plead forgiveness.

In "Long John Peter", Peter made Chris lose his girlfriend by giving him bad advice on how to date a girl and how to act around her. In "And the Weiner Is...", Peter always thought that he's better that Chris in every way, but when he found out that Chris had a bigger "junk" that he did, Peter got jealous and tried to prove that he has the bigger "junk," and even unintentionally tells Lois that Chris' "junk" was the reason why he's trying to become the bigger man. In "He's Too Sexy for His Fat", Peter and Chris try to lose weight and find out about liposuction. Chris refused to take the procedure, but Peter takes liposuction to make himself skinnier. At first he was still interacting, and helping his son lose weight, but when he used the liposuction to add some muscle, he began to forget Chris several times, especially when Peter joined the Handsome Guys Clubs. In "Hannah Banana", Peter attempted to ruin Chris' life by disguising as Chris and saying that he's gay, all because the Evil Monkey was more of a father figure toward Chris than Peter is.

Chris retaliates by luring Peter into a log trap using a hat as bait. Of course Peter falls for the trick, causing Chris to cut the rope restraining the logs which brutally smashes Peter's face. In that same episode, before they found out the Evil Monkey was real, both Peter and Quagmire placed Chris' fingers into a bowl of water, causing Chris to urinate in his pants. In "Petarded", Peter found out he was mentally retarded, and also found out that no charges would be held against him if he did anything wrong, he decided to take advantage of the situation. He went into the ladies' room and kick the doors while women were going onto the bathroom and destroyed some of Lois' plates after he finished dinner. When he went to a fast food restaurant, he grabbed a fryillator and burned Lois. And because there was no mentally sane adult, Meg, Chris, and Stewie had to live at Cleveland 's house. So Peter put seven prostitutes into Cleveland's house so he can get his kids back, only to be put on trial for custody of his kids which he loses.

In "Jerome Is the New Black", Peter is angry in finding out that Lois slept with Jerome, Cleveland's replacement; he flies into a jealous rage and spends the rest on the evening drinking. Stopping by Jerome's house, Peter throws his bottle through a window and hits a lamp, accidentally causing a fire which burns the house down. In "420", Quagmire gets a cat, Peter, Joe , Cleveland, and Brian sneak into his house while he is out and decide to shave his cat as a prank. But Peter kills the cat with a straight razor (this was an accident, but he is unconcerned about it) and he adds further insult by stealing Quagmire's beer afterwards. At the end of the episode, Quagmire asks where his cat is outside of the Griffin household, and before Peter slams the door on him, he says rather apathetic, "I killed your cat.", in the same episode Peter does a cutaway gag saying that he used to lure sailors to their deaths with his siren songs while dressing up as a mermaid.

In "April in Quahog", Peter's comment seconds before the supposed "end of the world", expressing shame and disgust for his children ("I just hate being around the kids"), uttered deliberately in thinking that he will have no price to pay. How sadly mistaken he is once the "April Fools Day" hoax passes without incident ... and even Peter's heartfelt apology is fruitless — Meg, Chris and Stewie are still very mad at their father. In the end, he buys back their love with an Xbox 360. In "No Meals on Wheels", the Griffin family run a restaurant, but Peter refuses to allow Joe and his other cop friends in because they are "gross cripples", to which they respond by forming themselves into a giant robot which attacks/destroys the restaurant which falls on Peter, breaking his legs. In "Stew-Roids", he put Stewie on steroids after Stewie was beaten up by Susie Swanson. In "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou", when he finds out that Chris is being bullied by a teenager named Kyle , he decides to go to Kyle's house to try to talk to him but he takes things too far and beats up Kyle after losing his temper.

This is a serious crime because Kyle is only 13. In the same episode, upon realizing how good it feels to bully people, he then starts bullying his family and friends. When he realized that he's like his high school bully, Randy Fulcher, he went to see Fulcher to bully him. However, it turns out that when Fulcher was growing up, he was suffering with multiple sclerosis which lead him to be physically disabled. But instead of feeling sorry for Fulcher, Peter attempt to beat up a disabled Fulcher, only to be beaten up by Chris. In "A Fistful of Meg", he continuously torments Brian with his nude body. He only stops when Brian shaves his fur to reveal his hideous bald appearance, which he uses to scare Peter and convince him to put his clothes back on. In "The Juice Is Loose", Peter accidentally murdered the fourth Griffin child (who was a baby at the time) by shaking him to make him stop crying. This seems more of a misdeed since Peter didn't mean it. In "Peter Problems", he kills and eviscerates a beached whale with a forklift, trying to get it back in the ocean.

To add insult to injury, he then carefully and gently picks up a seashell with the same forklift and says "You're whalecome" to a horrified crowd. It is shown in "Fresh Heir", Peter is holding a hairless twin hostage in his storm shed, feeding him garbage. The main plot of the episode involves Peter attempting to marry Chris, who is made the heir of Carter 's will. At the beginning of "Herpe the Love Sore", he menaces numerous people (including Meg, Stewie, and even Cleveland) with a whip he received from the mail which was supposed to go to Quagmire. In "Meg Stinks!", it was revealed that he pays off his shenanigans by (frequently) robbing a bank. After Meg accidentally kills the bank manager, Peter tells her to kill everyone else. In "He's Bla-ack!", when Lois and Donna had an argument on parenting, the two banned Peter and Cleveland to see each other again. To try to get Lois and Donna to be friends, so Peter and Cleveland can continue their friendship, they performed various, and rather questionable, stunts to bring their wives together.

One of them was show Lois and Donna multiple pictures of babies. However, Cleveland questioned why Peter had all these picture of babies in questionable positions, in which a lot of them were taken long before they made this plan. This indicated that Peter may have been a pedophile at one point. After realizing this, Peter burst into tears and admits that he has problems. In "The Simpsons Guy", he got into an extremely long and violent fight with Homer Simpson that destroyed much of Springfield and killed several residents (although this may be non-canon). However thankfully the two made up by the end of the episode. In "Brian the Closer", Peter desperately tries to get Brian's old toy rope, to the point when he ties the rope to his car and drives off in an attempt get it away from Brian. This greatly injures Brian, causing him to collide headfirst on a fire hydrant, making him lose all his teeth and break his nose. Peter uncaringly gives Brian the rope back, having grown bored of it. In "Turkey Guys", Peter, as usual, gets drunk and ends up eating the entire Thanksgiving turkey with Brian. The two head out to find a replacement turkey.

Through Peter's stupidity, the two encounter bad luck and misfortune, some of which endangers Brian. When Brian can't take anymore of Peter's stupidity, he yells at him, to which Peter reveals Brian had nothing to do with eating the turkey and he just framed him so he didn't have to take all the blame. He furthered this insult by telling Brian that he's a dog and that he could throw him off a bridge, and unless it hits a person, he's fine. In "Finders Keepers" he presumably beats an innocent boy to death with a shovel because he thinks he's after the treasure. In "Lottery Fever" he torments Quagmire and Joe Swanson for his own amusement after becoming richer than them, he forces them to perform for him while he criticizes them and repeatedly shoots them with a BB gun with one pellet blowing out Joe's eye forcing him to get a glass eye, he tries to justify this behavior by saying that the money caused him to do it. In "A Shot in the Dark" he shoots Cleveland's son, Cleveland Brown Jr. in the arm and is arrested and charged with a hate crime.

However he didn't mean to shoot Cleveland's son because while he was in the neighborhood watch, it was dark and thought Cleveland Jr was a robber trying to rob Cleveland's house since was trying to get into the window. Though at the end, Peter confessed that he did something stupid and Cleaveland confessed that he shot his son in the arm. In "The Peanut Butter Kid", he and Lois forced Stewie to do a commercial, which tired him, and they kept giving him drugs to keep him active and pressuring him to succeed, as well as using Stewie's earned money they planned for his college fund for themselves instead. In "Padre de Familia" Peter becomes a patriot and convinces his boss to check workers if they are legitimate USA citizens, only to find out he is an immigrant himself, after which he is fired. He starts looking for a new job. He cycles through many jobs and a scene of his job as a nanny is shown. In it he falls through a window killing two children by falling on them and shows no remorse, and he is only disgusted as he pukes. After which he proceeds to push the children's corpses under the bed in the room with the top of his umbrella.

And in an earlier scene, when he was doing his job as a maid, he enters a motel room even though the person specifically tells him not to enter. In many respects, Peter Griffin is similar to Homer Simpson, and seems like an 'average Joe.' However, there are differences, as while Homer has a tendency to feel guilt and remorse, Peter Griffin does not do so as often. He helps others for personal gain, abuses his family, most notably Meg. He has at one point abuses pretty much every other character in his vicinity. The worst incident was in the episode 'Shut Up, Meg' where he seemed to have befriended his daughter, only to arrive home and tell her he needed to abuse her to 'keep up appearances' with the rest of his family. While early episodes depicted him as a good-natured oaf, and occjernal scenes depict him as such in later seasons, this is not the case. He is at the crunch a child-like, selfish jerk, whose destructive influence, and violent, homicidal tendencies pretty much make him irredeemably bad. In the cruel and bizarre world of Family Guy, every character has had their share of maliciousness, however Peter Griffin takes the cake in being a bully.

The few scenes where is is portrayed as sympathetic pail in comparison to his nastiness. In the recent season, there an episode called "Peter's Sister" that explained why he's so abusive to Meg: his own sister Karen Griffin had abuse and bullied him like he does with Meg but she goes too far like almost breaking his arms in her signature wrestling move "The Toxic Shock". After defeating Karen in the ring, Peter apologizes to Meg and said that he realizes all these years he never got over the pain Karen caused him and how his parents didn't do anything to stop it. From this episode onwards, Peter stops abusing Meg. Gallery

Question: What is the name of the Peter Griffin's wife in Family Guy?
Answer: Lois