Family Guy

Characters

Main article: List of characters from Family Guy

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The show revolves around the adventures of Peter Griffin and his family. Peter is an incompetent blue-collar worker (currently unemployed as of season 5) and a bumbling, drunken father, yet still a dedicated family man. His wife, Lois, is a stay-at-home mom/piano teacher and the daughter of the Pewterschmidts, wealthy socialites. Their children are the socially awkward, status-conscious Meg Griffin, who is not as homely as everyone says she is, although people in department stores have been known to set themselves on fire and jump out of windows upon seeing her for the first time; the mentally slow yet artistically gifted Chris Griffin, and the diabolically super-intelligent, Napoleonic and potentially matricidal baby Stewie Griffin. The family also lives with an intelligent, cynical, alcoholic, talking dog named Brian Griffin,although it may be somewhat inappropriate to call him a pet.

Related Topics:
Peter Griffin - Blue-collar worker - Lois - Piano - Pewterschmidt - Socialite - Meg Griffin - Chris Griffin - Napoleonic - Matricidal - Stewie Griffin - Cynical - Alcoholic - Brian Griffin

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Other common characters include the Griffin family's eccentric neighbors (paraplegic police officer Joe Swanson, sex-crazed bachelor Glen Quagmire, and mild-mannered, black deli owner Cleveland Brown, and Brown's wife, Loretta), as well as various coworkers and town personalities. Unlike The Simpsons, Family Guy does not have an especially large cast of recurring minor characters (though this has changed in season 4, with many one-shot characters from prior episodes making appearances in new episodes), and most of the episodes' plotlines center chiefly around the exploits of the Griffin family.

Related Topics:
Paraplegic - Joe Swanson - Bachelor - Glen Quagmire - Cleveland Brown - The Simpsons

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There are also some semi-regular characters whose appearances basically tell the same joke over and over; examples include the Evil Monkey in Chris's closet, and the evil chicken, Peter's nemesis, whose fights usually end up causing huge amounts of damage to the city.

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