Megan Griffin

Megan "Meg" Griffin is the sweet-natured, yet insecure 17-year-old daughter of the title character Peter Griffin in the animated TV series Family Guy. Her voice was provided by an uncredited Lacey Chabert for the first season and by Mila Kunis (That '70s Show) in subsequent seasons.

Personality

Meg lives with the rest of the Griffin family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. She attends James Woods High School, where she tries desparately to be part of the "cool crowd".

Related Topics:
Quahog - Rhode Island - James Woods - High School

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Meg's most prevalent character trait is her burning desire for popularity and acceptance. She is monumentally unpopular at her school, however, which provides an ongoing basis for angst and melodrama. Meg is also treated by nearly every other character in the show as completely uninteresting. In the episode "The Thin White Line", the Griffin family is asked by Brian's psychiatrist to list reasons why the pet should attend rehab. Meg is asked to start, but the psychiatrist quickly interrupts and asks someone else "more interesting" to take over. In another episode, "Family Guy Viewer Mail #1", each member of the family gains a superpower; Meg's is the ability to rapidly grow her fingernails. Other characters on the show freely show disrespect towards her, including an amusement park attendant who guesses her weight ("a lot"), and Peter, who forgets that Meg is a member of the family and instead puts Boba Fett in her place. In "Breaking Out is Hard to Do", Jackie Chan mistakes her for Frankie Muniz's character in Malcolm in the Middle.

Related Topics:
Angst - Melodrama - The Thin White Line - Brian - Psychiatrist - Rehab - Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 - Superpower - Amusement park - Boba Fett - Breaking Out is Hard to Do - Jackie Chan - Frankie Muniz - Malcolm in the Middle

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Meg's own family also make cruel jokes and innuendos about her, contributing to her unpopular image on the show. For example, in "Model Misbehavior", Meg and her mother, Lois, visit the Pewterschmidt (Lois' wealthy family) mansion and survey Lois' old bedroom. Meg remarks, "Wow! This is just like my room at home!" Lois retorts, "Yes, except for all the trophies and pictures of friends", a clear reference to her status as a social pariah. Later in the same episode, the family compete in a yacht race; Meg, almost thoughtlessly, is thrown overboard to reduce their weight. In another episode, Meg is apparently killed by South American natives when she is left behind by her family, though this was likely a gag.

Related Topics:
Innuendo - Model Misbehavior

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