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.

Relationships with other family members

Meg often feels embarrassed by her family. In the episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" she brought her family onto local newscaster Diane Simmons's talk show to confront them. The family's appearance on that show led to a reality show, The Real Live Griffins. However, this simply increased Meg's feelings of embarrassment, leading her to quit the show. She was replaced by a tall, very attractive, blonde girl who quickly began to steal the spotlight. The Griffins eventually protested, were replaced by a celebrity cast, and then reunited with Meg. (This is almost certainly a reference to The Brady Bunch's shortlived variety show in which Jan, played by Eve Plum, was replaced with a "more attractive" blonde. The Simpsons also did a similar gag a few years earlier)

Related Topics:
Fifteen Minutes of Shame - Reality show - The Brady Bunch - The Simpsons

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Her father, Peter, humilates her quite often. In one episode, "Fifteen Minutes of Shame," he got drunk and fell asleep on her friends during Meg's slumber party. Another time, he interrupted her class to chide her about shaving her legs in the shower, saying "It's like a carpet in there." When he took her for driving lessons, he accidentally crashed into the local cable transmission and pinned the blame on his own daughter, promising to buy her a convertible if she passed her driver's test. This led to Meg being a social outcast and the brunt of her classmates' anger, and she eventually revealed that Peter was actually responsible. However, the emotional abuse she has suffered has started to show, especially to Peter. He even tried to sell her to Mort Goldman's son, Neil, in order to pay off his pharmacy tab, to which a furious Meg responded, '"You can't sell me, you fat, stupid son of a bitch!"' This was probably Meg's shining moment in her history on the show. Another time, when Brian was not on speaking terms with him, Peter tried to replace Brian with Meg, only to have her scream "I am not a dog, you fat bastard!" Evidently, Meg is now starting to stand up for herself.

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In the episode "A Fish Out of Water", Lois tries to cheer up Meg, who is depressed because she has no plans for spring break. Lois takes her to a beach party, but everyone ignores Meg in favor of her mother. Lois finally drags Meg onto a stage to dance, and in her excitement Meg rips off her shirt, flashing a large crowd. The onlookers are stunned into silence, with one person exclaiming, "Oh my God! It's a chick!" Later Meg flashes a carload of partiers; one spectator comments on her breasts that "One's an inny and one's an outty."

Related Topics:
A Fish Out of Water - Lois - Spring break - Flashing - Breast

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In the episode "Screwed the Pooch", Brian states in court that Meg's real father is "Stan Thompson" rather than Peter Griffin. Meg, however, is wearing headphones at the time and does not hear the comment. Another fact should be noted that before Lois married Peter, she was a groupie for the band KISS and had other 'flings' with men. Brian is probably implying that Lois conceived Meg with this man, and this is probably why Meg is so different than the rest of her family.

Related Topics:
Screwed the Pooch - Peter Griffin - Headphones

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It has also been implied that at some point in the past, Meg killed her younger sister and her parents hushed up the crime. This other sibling has never been seen or talked about (only once), but it is likely that Lois and Peter disposed of the body, destroyed every picture with her in it, etc. However, her younger brother Chris still has vague memories of this happening, but when mentioned, Peter and Lois insist (high-strung and unconvincingly) that it was "just a really bad dream."

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In many episodes the family sort of forget Meg or treat Meg as an inanimate object.

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