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== The Griffin Family ==
Voiced by [[Seth MacFarlane]], using a voice that sounds like [[All in The Family|Archie Bunker]]'s, only whinier.
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* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Dad]]: He wasn't always like this in early seasons, although now he's a lot worse than the Jerkass version of [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]]. However, he didn't become a full on abusive dad until [[Seth MacFarlane]] left as the showrunner, whereas in seasons 4 and 5, his abuse towards Meg could be considered joking around with her(even if Meg didn't think so).
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: A believer of this trope. Lucky for him, he's married to an aversion (who even agrees with him about the trope).
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** Quite ironically, the show depicts women in the [[All Women Are Lustful|opposite.]]
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Before evolving into a deliberately abusive one.
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* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Bumbling Dad]]: In the earlier seasons, Peter did seem to try to do the best for his kids, even if it never turned out right.
* [[The Ditz]]: Peter really ain't smart at all.
* [[Disability as an Excuse For Jerkassery]]: Uses his mental retardation to get away with ''lots'' of jerkassery.
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: [[Played for Laughs]] most of the time, and Lois tends to give as good as she gets.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Depends on the episode, where he varies from this to [[Affably Evil]] to just [[Neutral Good]] or [[True Neutral]]
* [[Fat Idiot]]: Fat, check. Idiot, check.
* [[The Fool]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: although he's ''faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar'' from being a hero.
* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: Even when not being a [[Jerkass]], his brainlessness often leads him to act offensive or hurtful to others. He has even lampshaded that he doesn't really listen to himself talking half the time.
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Likely to balance out his numerous [[Karma Houdini
* [[It's All About Me]]: In later seasons. He has his selfish moments early on too, but is much more well intentioned the majority of the time.
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: [[In-Universe]] Peter often calls characters in movies or films by the title of the movie or film in question, such as ''[[Scrubs]]'', Black ''Scrubs'', ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', and Bigger ''Jaws''.
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* [[Like a God to Me]]: What he thinks of [[Kiss]].
* [[Motor Mouth]]: When he's a dog at least.
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: {{spoiler|He gets really hostile towards Quagmire when he tries to have sex with Meg once she turns 18.}} [[Out-of-Character Moment|This is especially jarring when he's usually ignoring or flat-out abusing her.]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|With a few exceptions.]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]], on which ''Petarded'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lantern]].
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: He is much stupider than he was in the early seasons.
** [[Took a Level
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Ugly Guy to Lois' Hot Wife.
* [[Unconfessed Unemployment]]: In the pilot.
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** This trope is played straight when he gains the approval of his biological father.
{{quote| A woman from the richer side of Rhode Island that teaches piano lessons to children. Voiced by Alex Borstein, she has a very nasally voice that can rival both [[SpongeBob SquarePants|Sandy Cheeks]] and Fran Drescher's.}}▼
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Acted like one in high school.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: Same evolution as Peter albeit to a slightly lesser extent.
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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: In some episodes.
* [[Bi the Way]]: In response to Peter's [[All Women Are Prudes]] rant above, she delivers this line:
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* [[Break the Cutie]]: Happens often. notably in the Christmas special.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Is almost (d)evolving into this in later episodes, a lot of her role consisting of joining Peter in giggling over immature gags or even sharing similar sociopathic tendancies. The extent of this is [[Rule of Funny]] however.
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* [[Genki Girl]]: When she gets assertive the wrong way, mainly in the episodes "Breaking Out Is Hard To Do," and "Deep Throats."
* [[Hot Mom]]: A source of quite a few jokes (and episodes) is how Peter managed to marry the rich, beautiful, talented Lois Pewterschmidt.
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: Lois is about to be taken in for shoplifting in "Breaking Out is Hard to Do." She goes to get her purse...and makes a vehicular escape.
* [[Jerkass]]/JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In later seasons (though arguably more a case of [[Comedic Sociopathy]] early on).
** By the end of season 8, her [[Jerkass
* [[Lack of Empathy]]: At her worst.
* [[Mama Bear]] but sometimes also [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Mom]]
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** It's become something of a running gag to mention that Meg was entirely unplanned for and was almost aborted. During her second pregnancy (again unplanned for due to a broken condom) Lois apparently drank and smoke a lot in lieu of an abortion but stopped halfway which is why Chris is so stupid. She also used marijuana while pregnant with Stewie which is why he's so intelligent.
** She threatened Quagmire after he attempted to sleep with Meg now that she was 18, saying she'd cut his penis off and feed it to Brian if he goes near Meg again.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Lois's reaction to Meg calling her out on [[Not So Above It All]] below in the episode "Seahorse Seashell Party."
* [[Not So Above It All]]: Meg has called her out on the fact that she is generally no better than a drug addicted whore who has let both Bill Clinton and Gene Simmons "go to town on her".
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Implied in her younger days. She was called "Loose Lois" for a reason.
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* [[Women Are Wiser]]: Most of the time, anyway.
** It DEFINITELY applies with respect to intelligence... she is smarter than Peter by leaps and bounds. The moral component of that trope is where the grey area comes in, and even then [[Psychopathic Manchild|Peter]] hardly prevails here.
*** Even with her own flawed moments and [[Took a Level
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Meg Griffin has been described by Brian as "far sweeter and kinder than the typical American girl" and has put up with a lot of abuse these past couple of years. However under the right circumstances, Meg could unleash [[Unstoppable Rage|her repressed rage]] on anyone that [[Not So Harmless|pisses her off enough]] or have prison life [[Took a Level
* [[Bi the Way]]: Asking Connie if she can think about her while taking a shower.
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Though granted it's FAR more justified in later episodes.
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** In the most recent episode, Meg's mention of her teacher "rubbing her shoulders for 45 seconds" is taken seriously and Lois is shown to be quite concerned.
*** Though when her story [[It Got Worse|gets worse]], Lois doesn't quite focus on what Meg's saying.
** In the ''[[South Park]]'' parody episode ''Cartoon Wars'', she is the only character without dialogue.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: In earlier episodes, while still somewhat luckless, Meg was a far less exaggerated punching bag. She was actually a primary target of concern and affection from her parents, most of her abuse stemming from their inadvertent and non discriminate bumbling. This was actually taken to the point of [[Spoiled Brat|affecting her demeanor]], often acting like a somewhat self absorbed and manipulative [[Daddy's Girl]].
* [[Chew Toy]]: Yes, plenty of fans enjoy Meg's [[Butt Monkey]] status.
* [[Emo Teen]]: very much so, though she has good reasons for it
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Until she [[Took a Level
* [[Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook]]: In the episode "Dial Meg for Murder."
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Of a non-lethal variety. She decides to take the abuse her family dishes out because without it, they would be at each other's throats nonstop (save for Brian).
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: If you are male and was nice to her, you will probably regret it.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: Par occasional Yandere traits, Meg has far less bratty or self centered traits than in earlier seasons.
* [[Tsundere]]: She showed some tendencies of this towards Neil Goldman early on, namely in the episode "The Kiss Seen Around the World".
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Meg unleashes a HUGE one on Chris, Lois, and Peter during a hurricane. This is the hurricane three-parter when [[The Cleveland Show]], [[Family Guy]], and [[American Dad]] aired back-to-back. Compared to Cleveland Junior calling out the rest of the Tubbs on ignoring the National Weather Service, and Francine calling out Stan on how he made things infinitely worse with his idiotic actions that nearly killed the family, Meg has done the longest series of pointing out the hardest flaws out of three characters.
** She calls Chris a douchebag who only treats her like crap because Peter and Lois do it and that he is not a good brother to her. She calls Lois a horrible, condescending mother who has the nerve to point out every flaw Meg has, despite generally being no better than a drug-addicted whore whom has spent the past 17 years trying her best to destroy Meg from day one when she should've been protecting her and acting like a mom. Meg admits she'd prefer to never see Lois again once she turns 18, and this reduces Lois to tears. She calls Peter an uneducated, selfish drunk who is unable to provide for his family and terrorizes the community on a daily basis with his psychotic antics. He goes out of his way to shove Meg's face in his ass and fart in it, and Meg comments that if anyone in the outside world got a good idea of how Peter treats her, he'd be in jail. At first, Peter is just giggling at Meg's words, until he realizes she's criticizing him, which leads to Chris and Lois ganging up on him, and being reduced to tears like Lois was. However, Meg watches as the rest of the family immediately turn on one another now that their flaws have been brought to clarity, and realizes that without her acting as a lightning rod for their aggression, the Griffins would more or less turn on one another like a pack of wolves. So she apologizes and states that everything was her fault, sacrificing her chance to finally break free of her torment for the sake of keeping the family together. Brian calls her a noble human being for making such a sacrifice.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: Part of the [[Butt Monkey]] thing above; Peter and Lois even apparently agreed that if they could only save two of their kids in a crisis, Meg is the one who gets screwed over.
** And of course, when Lois has to save Joe from falling to his death:
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(Lois starts losing her grip.)
'''Joe:''' NOT MEG! NOT MEG!
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** It's implied once that the family's abuse towards Meg Griffin is really the only thing that kept the family together. See [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] above for more details.
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* [[Yandere]]: Shows instances of this.
{{quote| A lax and lazy teen that's childish for his age. Voiced by [[Seth Green]].}}▼
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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: It is implied Chris frequently masturbates and he even goes as far as openly talking about it in conversations that just doesn't need it. In the "Road to the Multiverse" episode, the introduction of dog Chris shows him licking himself under the table.
** His frequent masturbation is taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the "German Guy" episode where it is shown that Chris masturbates so much that his entire blanket became hard as a rock and then shattered to pieces when Lois drops it on the floor. Lois also comments that because she washes Chris clothes so often from his masturbation habits that the washing machine gotten pregnant somehow.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Occasionally and surprisingly.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: When he gained pyrokinesis during ''Super Griffins'', he sets a kid on fire ''[[My Name Is Not Durwood|for calling him by a mocking nickname]]''.
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'''Hector:''' I think so.
'''Chris:''' Well burn for it! }}
* [[The Ditz]]
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* [[Playing with Fire]]: During the events of ''Super Griffins''.
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]]. Was originally a [[Villain Protagonist]], but became an [[Anti-Hero]] as the series progressed.
* {{spoiler|[[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: In the episode when Brian plans to save Peter by giving up his kidneys that will result in Brian's death, after Stewie kidnaps him to keep him alive, he becomes heartbroken while stating "I don't want to lose anybody", fearing that he doesn't want to lose Lois, despite him stating in earlier episodes that he wants to kill her. He also seems to genuinely care about his older siblings in an episode shown from his point of view. He is concerned when Meg is showing suicidal tendencies, and orders the local pedophile to stay away from his brother.}}
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Mainly prior to the Revival, but it's still there.
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* [[Future Loser]]: In [[The Movie]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: He converts many of his toys into diabolical inventions.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Sort of, since he became less of a [[Villain Protagonist]] as the series progressed.
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Occasionally demonstrates he may have a crush on Brian.
* [[Jerkass]]: Less and less after each season, however.
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* {{spoiler|[[Stable Time Loop]]: Due to an accident with time travel, Stewie caused the Big Bang.}}
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Invoked when he snipes {{spoiler|Diane}}, who's about to kill Lois.
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* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: [[Exaggerated]] at first, then [[Inverted]] as the series progressed. An exagerrative example in early seasons, being a cartoonishly villainous mastermind amidst a whimsical sitcom family. As his personality softened and his family became more sociopathic however, it's almost become [[Token Good Teammate|completely reversed]].
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: In “Peter's Two Dads”, Stewie talks to his teddy bear, Rupert, about being spanked by Lois when he comes to this.
** '''Stewie''': I feel terrified, brutalized, and humiliated, and… and… and alive. My god, I never felt alive in years. Rupert… you know. I think perhaps on maybe one of those people… who… gets a jolly out of being hit.
* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: In comparison to his role as [[Token Evil Teammate]] in early seasons, some consider him the most likeable member of the family after they all [[Took a Level
* [[Unexplained Accent]]
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: In early seasons. However, it still shows up from time to time.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Brian.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Big time.
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'''Stewie:''' ... it most certainly does not. }}
* [[Word of Gay]]
* [[Yandere]]: The main reason why he can't keep a potential relationship together, he either scares them away, or in the case of Olivia, murders them.
{{quote| Talking dog. A cynical, world weary [[Deadpan Snarker]] and a foil for Stewie and Peter. Voiced by [[Seth MacFarlane]] using his natural speaking voice.}}▼
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* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Season 2'a "Brian in Love" resolves his feelings for Lois with their deciding to stay friends in a fashion that one reviewer called "a perfectly believable and somewhat heartfelt earnest manner". Compare this to Season 6's "Play It Again, Brian", where he tries to force himself on Lois and, when confronted by a rightfully angry Peter, defends his actions and says Peter doesn't deserve her.
* [[Author Avatar]]: [[Seth MacFarlane]] himself admitted that Brian reflects most of his political views. This was extremely prominent in season 7.
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Brian has several of these with humans.
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: A particularly brutal one in recent seasons, seems to fall victim to [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|prolonged graphic]] [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|beatings]] a frequent episode.
* [[Irony]]: [[Seth MacFarlane]] uses his natural speaking voice for a character that's not human (even though Brian hardly, if ever, acts like a dog. In the rare times he does, it's wooden and
* [[Jerkass]]: In recent seasons.
** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He still has more moments of clarity than most of the other Griffins.
* [[Like a Weasel]]: His most common method of picking up women in later seasons. In "Peter's Got Woods" he meets a beautiful black woman and tries to curry her favor by getting Chris' school renamed for Martin Luther King Jr. In another episode, when a woman says magicians turn her on, he ''immediately'' blurts out "I'm a magician!"
* [[Mommy Issues]]: Possible explains his weakness for women.
* [[Motive Decay]]: In early seasons Brian wants to date a woman of depth and substance, having gotten tired of [[Brainless Beauty|Brainless Beauties]] who have no idea what he's talking about when he wants to have meaningful conversations. Later on, the Griffins (Lois especially) make fun of him for dating nothing but said Brainless Beauties and Quagmire even calls him out on this in his [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] from "Jerome Is The New Black" (with Quagmire pointing out his hypocrisy by stating, "Yeah, I date women for their bodies, but at least I'm honest about it...") Not to say that he still end up in dates with women of depth that end badly, most notably Carolyn and Ida, the former who Cleveland snagged, and the latter who turned out to be Quagmire's dad [[
* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]: Brian acts like a human for most of the time, but sometimes he shows dog traits; for example, he will chase balls, is attracted to the sound of dog food in a bag, and is terrified of the vacuum cleaner.
* [[Off the Wagon]] (but occasionally ends up back on it)
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Used to be this.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Towards Stewie at times.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: In early episodes, Brian was rather stoic and humorless, rarely changing demeanor outside to give advise to Peter or the odd dry quip. As he developed in later episodes he becomes more emotional.
* [[The Pornomancer]]: Brian tries to be romantic, but invariably most of his encounters are quickies and one-night stands with women he barely knows, often brainless beauties (i.e. Jillian and the nameless blonde who mispronounced "escargot" and "Chablis" in "Brian Wallows, Peter Swallows"), as pointed out by Quagmire in his rant against Brian (with Quagmire pointing out that, yes, he goes after airheaded women too, but he doesn't put up a pseudo-intellectual front to get in their pants the way Brian does).
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* [[Super Speed]]: During the events of ''Super Griffins''.
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Quagmire accuses Brian of this in his famous rant, citing the fact that Brian is trying to steal Lois away from Peter, the man who saved his life and gave him a good home.
** The silly thing is this got resolved long before this episode came about, so Quagmire really just bringing up old information. ''[[Fridge Logic|Exactly how did he know about that anyway?]]''
** Actually Brian had indicated lingering feelings for Lois on several occasions afterwards.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: The idea early on obviously was that he was Peter's best friend, but by season 9 the only long-term positive interaction he has is with Stewie, and it's their friendship that results in ''The Road to..." episodes.
** Although its not to the same extent, he often shows a lot of kindness towards Meg too.
* [[Welcome to Hell]]: {{spoiler|When some Halloween pranksters dye his fur magenta, he gains the sympathy of the Pink Panther.}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: This was more of an issue in earlier seasons, but now Brian is almost universally [[Furry Denial|silently treated like a human]] by family and strangers alike, with occasional amusing [[Furry Reminder
== The Neighbors ==
{{quote| A sexaholic navy vet that flirts with every hot woman (even teens) in rather disturbing ways. Voiced by [[Seth MacFarlane]].}}▼
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* [[Acquired Poison Immunity]]: He's been maced/pepper sprayed so many times he's developed an immunity.
* [[Anything That Moves]]: Well, anything female. He'd apparently do a
** Lampshaded by himself when he was about to fuck the corpse of a hooker Stewie sniped only to stop and ask himself if he actually was mentally ill.
** Revealed in "Jerome is the New Black," to because when {{spoiler|Quagmire reveals that his sex addiction was the result of his true love -- Cheryl Tiegs -- breaking up with him}}. See [[Cerebus Retcon]] below.
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* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]:
** Possibly, due to this line spoken while discussing jury duty:
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** He's done it with a giraffe, too.
* [[The Casanova]]: Does it ''really'' need to be said?
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* [[Depending on the Writer]]: The writers can't seem to make up their minds on whether Quagmire is a [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|with a heart of gold]] or a [[Complete Monster]] rapist.
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: He won't take advantage of Meg when she is extremely vulnerable.
** He also won’t accept domestic abuse of women. Just look at what happened to Jeff when he thought he can abuse Brenda, Quagmire’s sister.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: In the Halloween episode, when he tricked Peter and Joe into thinking he was possessed by his kamikaze pilot ancestors.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Seems to have developed this around Brian, who constantly manages to inadvertantly offend or infuriate him immensely, often leading to a rather vicious verbal (and sometimes physical) beatdown by Quagmire. Ironically the odd occasion Brian genuinely lashes at him, he is more passive aggressive.
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: He does genuinely care for his sister Brenda's well being, and is willing to even murder her fiancee if it at least stops said fiancee from harming her permanently. [[Asshole Victim|Not that said fiancee didn't deserve it.]]
** Also barely contains his fury at Brian for accidentally mistaking his niece for a boy, as she lost all her hair through chemotherapy. One gets the impression that if it wasn't christmas and they were in line to see Santa, Quagmire would have beaten the living daylights out of Brian.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: In the episode "Jerome is the New Black," Quagmire gives [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|a spectacular]] one to Brian, who has spent the entire episode trying to be his friend. It helps that the points he makes are quite valid [[Take That, Scrappy!|as they were based on complaints viewers had been making about Brian for a good while]]. However this also had the effect of making Brain look more sympathetic especially considering later episodes.
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Many of his recent rants (see [[Self-Deprecation]] and [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]). In addition to the other examples under this character sheet, Quagmire has complained about never being given his own spinoff unlike Cleveland, to which Peter in response lampshades that Quagmire is a [[Memetic Molester|convicted rapist]].
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: When he aggressively beats the living daylights out of Brian:
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* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: "Giggity-giggity-giggity-''gone''!"
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Quagmire is shocked to find that he has an infant daughter, yet "Peter's Got Woods" revealed that Quagmire actually knows he has ilegitimate children somewhere in the world (including a 20-year-old Spanish man who lives with his mom) and another episode had him in a kindergarten class with children that are biologically his. Then again, its also probable that he is shocked that someone actually left the baby at his doorstep.
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* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Seems to be evolving this way against Brian. While more a one-sided amnosity the majority of times early on, Brian has gradually given more retaliation to Quagmire's bitterness towards him, reaching to the point of a rather even handedly vicious [[Escalating War]] in "Tiegs For Two".
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: He may go after any attractive woman that catches his eye, but several episodes show that he has a unhealthy obsession with Lois.
* [[Took a Level
{{quote| A caving guy that talks slow due to a head trauma. Is now divorced from his wife for being too nice. Voiced by Mike Henry.}}▼
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* [[Extreme Doormat]]
* [[The Generic Guy]]: Cleveland doesn't have much of a personality to being with, but this is more prominent when we compare him to the [[Psychopathic Manchild]] Peter, the [[Lovable Sex Maniac]] Quagmire or the [[Handicapped Badass]] with [[Large Ham]] tendencies Joe. Since becoming a [[The Cleveland Show|lead character]], he has gained [[Denser and Wackier|brasher wackier tendancies]] but still seems toned down in comparison.
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* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
* [[Token Minority]]
* [[Took a Level
{{quote| A paraplegic cop that lost the ability to walk after falling off of an orphanage roof during a pursuit. Has a wife, Bonnie, who was pregnant for almost ten years. Voiced by [[Patrick Warburton]].}}▼
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* [[The Artifact]]: The 9th season premiere is the first time in ''years'' we've seen him actually do cop stuff. For the most part it's been dropped in favor of him being the Angry Wheelchair Dude.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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** In the Season 10 episode "Thanksgiving", we learn that several years ago Joe let a thief go when it turned out the man was homeless and had stolen food in order to feed his family.
{{quote| Joe's wife. Has been pregnant for almost ten years. Later gave birth in Series 7. Voiced by [[Jennifer Tilly]].}}▼
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* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: A recent episode showed she was gonna leave Joe and have an affair with a Frenchman, because she was "bored of Joe". A ''handicapped'' Frenchman at that. {{spoiler|Joe convinced her to stay of course.}}
* [[Hot Mom]]: Even while she was pregnant, she was noted for having a nice body.
* [[Longest Pregnancy Ever]]: Finally resolved in Season 7. It's even lampshaded on more than a few occasions. Case in point:
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'''Peter Griffin:''' Okay, first off, Bonnie, you've been pregnant for, what, six years? Either have the baby or don't! Second of all, Quagmire's a nice guy, he's just a little [[Anything That Moves|messed up]]! }}
=== Extended family ===
==== Carter Pewterschmidt ====▼
{{quote| Lois's wealthy father who hates Peter. Voiced by [[Seth MacFarlane]].}}▼
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* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Carter speaks in gruff voice and he is usually very mean and sometimes angry when provoked.
* [[Jerkass]]: Especially to Peter.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: There's little, if any, redeeming qualities about him. That doesn't stop him being hilarious.
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* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: Carter grew more childlike as the seasons went on in nearly the same way as Peter. While some of his actions are somewhat understandable (not knowing how to have fun at a strip club due to being married for so long for example), but he also resorts to childish actions when it comes to making Peter upset, such as getting heavy machinery to destroy a park bench because he thought it would make Peter upset after Peter said he kind of liked it.
==== Francis Griffin ====
{{quote| Peter's devout Catholic stepfather. Voiced by Charles Durning.}}▼
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* [[The Fundamentalist]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
* [[Obnoxious In-Laws|Obnoxious In Law]]
==== Jasper ====
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* [[Camp Gay]]: Doesn't even start to describe him
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Disappeared after the gay marriage episode.
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==== Jillian ====
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: She was supposed to be a one shot character, however, they liked her character so much that they decided to make her a regular.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]
* [[Dumb Blonde]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: with Brian
* [[Literal
* [[You Look Familiar|You Sound Familiar]]: Drew Barrymore had previously voiced Mrs. Lockhart in "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High".
=== Quahog 5 News ===
==== Tom Tucker ====
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Even though he was innocent of the murders, his attempt to get Diane fired was still a bit of an asshole move. He was briefly sent to jail, but has recently been released and is back in his old position.}}
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==== Diane Simmons ====
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▲{{quote| The other anchor for Quahog News and the host of the trashy talk show ''Diane.'' She and Tom frequently argue with one another on air, sometimes resorting to physical violence. Early in the show, she played the role of Anna in Peter Griffin's [[In Name Only|"production"]] of ''The King and I.'' {{spoiler|She served as the primary antagonist of the ninth season premiere. Having been dumped by her lover James Woods, she planned on murdering him and framing Tom Tucker, who successfully had her replaced with a younger anchor. Her plan nearly succeeded, but she unintentionally revealed herself to Lois. She was shot by Stewie before she could silence her and plummeted off a cliff to her presumed death. Her replacement is a new blonde anchor named Joyce.}} Voiced by Lori Alan.}}
* [[Actor Allusion]]: This isn't the first time [[Lori Alan]] played [[Metal Gear|a woman]] who ended up murdering her lover. Unlike The Boss, however, her reasons were more petty and far less sympathetic. Also qualifies as [[Harsher in Hindsight]].
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: of the Season 9 premier}}
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The newest team member of the Quahog 5 News {{spoiler|and Dianne's replacement after her failed murder plot}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Blondes Are Evil]]}}
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Revealed to have went to the same high school as Lois
* {{spoiler|[[Revenge]]: Lois wasn't very kind to her in high school embarrassing her in front of the whole facility. She still carried the grudge into her career and used Lois newfound stargaze of her to get any scandalous information and air it on the news.}}
==== Tricia Takanawa ====
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* [[Token Minority]]
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==== Ollie Williams ====
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* [[Beige Prose]]
* [[No Indoor Voice]]
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* [[Token Minority]]
=== Other recurring characters ===
==== Mr. Weed ====
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* [[Ambiguously Gay]]
* [[Killed Off for Real]]
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==== Bruce the Performance Artist ====
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* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[Camp Gay]]
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==== Ernie the Giant Chicken ====
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* [[Cloning Blues]]: One episode hints that he was the failed result of a cloning project.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: This whole fight started because Ernie gave Peter a bad coupon.
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==== Dr. Elmer Hartman ====
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* [[Talking to Himself]]: Lampshaded when he and Carter talked about how their voices sound the same.
* [[Running Gag]]: He'll say something that sounds like it's bad news for his patient, then immediately reveal he was talking about an unrelated matter ("That liver's got to come out...of the microwave, or it'll dry out!").
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==== Death ====
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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: He's got a [[Jewish Mother]], anyway.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Mainly as Norm MacDonald.
* [[Death Takes a Holiday]]: Part of a first-season episode.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Makes an off-hand comment about his dad not being around anymore.
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* [[The Grim Reaper]]
** [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]: He's a pretty nice guy, if a bit of a loser.
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==== Mayor Adam West ====
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: In one episode, it's shown that he's afraid of zombies. This is likely a reference to ''[[Zombie Nightmare]]'', a cheesy Canadian movie where West's character gets killed by zombies.
** Also averted: The creators wanted to avoid any Batman references in regards to Adam West because he is supposed to be a different person.
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==== Connie D'Amico ====
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* [[Alpha Bitch]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Yeah, she's a complete bitch, but so far, Brian has [[Hannibal Lecture|brutally deconstructed her to her face]], Chris has publicly [[Break the Haughty|humiliated her]], Peter has [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|repeatedly bashed her face into a fire extinguisher]], and Meg [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|beat the living hell out of her]] for all the shit she's done to her. Oh, and [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit|Stewie got her arrested for pedophilia]]. And after she and her friends humiliated Meg, Lois got Quagmire to molest them all.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Used to appear on a regular basis, now she only get very short appearances, usually once per season. This is mostly due to the fact that Connie appears in Meg centered episodes.
* [[Flanderization]]: Originally she was just the popular Libby character who would make fun of Meg for her efforts to try to fit in with the popular kids. But nowadays she goes out her way to tease Meg even if Meg is just minding her own business. And her bullying tactics have gotten needlessly cruel over the years.
** [[Justified Trope|Justified]] / [[Shown Their Work]]: A lot of actual [[Real Life]] bullies are very much the same.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: She's an absolute bitch to Meg, even after Meg showed her the cuts she deliberately gave herself as a result of Connie's cruelty towards her.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: She was voiced by Fairuza Balk in earlier appearances and Lisa Wilhoit in later appearances.
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==== Neil Goldman ====
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: To Meg
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Used to appear a lot in the first three seasons. However, after the show was brought back, he only gets occasional cameos, and spends entire seasons without being even mentioned.
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* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Missing Mom]]: {{spoiler|Miriam was killed by Diane Simmons in the Season 9 premiere.}}
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==== Evil Monkey ====
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* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: Originally a purely comedic character, he was given a backstory, reasons of why he acted that way and the ability to speak
* [[Not So Different]]: When the Evil Monkey was introduced to the family, they discover that he isn't that much different from the rest of them having suffered a cheating wife and being sacked from his job. Chris doesn't buy the story but he learns to trust him over time and even considers the monkey to be a better father than Peter when it comes to life's problems or help with homework.
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==== Mort Goldman ====
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* [[All Jews Are Cheapskates]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He may act nerdy but he's ''not'' afraid to stand up for himself.
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==== Herbert ====
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* [[Guile Hero]]: Occasionally
* [[Shotacon]]: Usually with Chris.
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==== Opie ====
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* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Was fired when it was discovered he was constantly masturbating behind his desk.
* [[The Ditz]]
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==== Greased-up Deaf Guy ====
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==== Penelope ====
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* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Big time.
* [[Lady Macbeth]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
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* [[Yandere]]
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