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Seth MacFarlane (born 1973) is best known as the creator of the animated sitcoms ''[[
After spending a few years at HB, writing/animating for shows like ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[
Seth is also a talented voice actor, providing the voices of four main characters on ''Family Guy'' (Peter, Brian, Stewie and Quagmire), two on ''American Dad'' (Stan and Roger), one on ''The Cleveland Show'' (Tim) and many additional voices. He also voiced several characters in ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', a sketch comedy show created by his ''Family Guy'' castmate [[Seth Green]]. He made a short foray into feature-length film when he voiced Johann Krauss in ''[[Hellboy|Hellboy 2:The Golden Army]]''. He's also had some bit parts on live-action television, appearing in ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' and most recently ''[[
Seth has won a couple of Emmy Awards for Voice-over Work and Musical Composition. Hugely successful (recently became the highest paid writer/producer in TV history), but does have a sizeable number of detractors, including [[Moral Guardians]] who find his humor to be disgusting and offensive and dyed-in-the-wool ''Simpsons'' and ''[[South Park]]'' fans who think he's an untalented hack who wholesale ripped off jokes and stories from those two shows and padded them with [[Manatee Gag|meaningless jokes that don't go anywhere or have any plot relevance]].
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In an odd twist of fate, MacFarlane was scheduled to fly on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center, but missed his flight and didn't get to board.
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* [[The Ace]]: [[Love It or Hate It|Whether you love him (and his comedy) or hate him (and his comedy)]], Seth brought himself up to be a tailor-made, ideal fit for show business. He can act in a slew of character voices in one show without a hitch, can sing in any of them because he was trained by legendary musicians growing up, releases his own albums, is a great show host, is highly sharp and intellectual, became the richest writer in Hollywood, and survived two cancellations resulting in two additional shows!
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Well, a bit. He does enjoy drinking, especially when speaking in public ("or privately speaking, or turning on a lamp," as pointed out [[Deadpan Snarker|by Bill Maher]]) mirrored in the character of Brian (Brian's drink of choice switched when Seth's did). He once overslept because he was hungover and missed his flight (though
* [[Author Appeal]]: A lot of things that Seth likes make it into his shows (music from the [[Rat Pack]] era, 70's-80's pop culture references, musicals/showtunes, ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', sci-fi, etc).
* [[Author Avatar]]: Brian was this for Seth on ''[[Family Guy]]'', in the first few series. Peter was also one initially, when he used to reflect everything Seth geeks over. Brian's voice is still the closest to Seth's.
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Both against FOX and against the people who initially helped get ''Family Guy'' revived.
* [[Black Comedy]]: His stock in trade. Business is good.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRj-S8Aklcw See] for yourself.
* [[Born in
** Since so many of his show references 1980s pop culture you get the feeling he would rather be stuck in [[The Eighties]] than any other time period.
* [[Born Lucky]]:
* [[Born Lucky]]: It took some good-timing DVD sales to get ''Family Guy'' uncancelled twice. And if you overlooked what was mentioned earlier, he was supposed to be on the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center -- he overslept and missed it.▼
** It took some good-timing DVD sales to get ''Family Guy'' uncancelled twice.
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: ''Family Guy'' has many musical sequences where he displays his singing ability.
** The second ''Family Guy'' Christmas episode - he had no problem with the jokes he had to say, and even burped and farted on-cue.
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** Not only does he do many voices on his shows, but he's an uncanny mimic--he can do a perfect [[Adam West]], for one thing.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Reference Overdosed]]: Without any knowledge of 1980s pop culture, quite a few references and parodies will go right over your head.
* [[Some of My Best Friends Are X]]: Pretty much the only reason why fewer people call Seth out on his unending portrayal of gay people as [[Camp Gay]] is that he has a relative that's gay.
** It also helps that he's a Gay Rights Activist and you know most of his shows have had [[Gay Aesops]] while misguided at times show the heart is in the right place.
** Also vocally uses this trope when discussing the episode "Once Upon A Weinstein" which makes fun of Jews, saying he has Jewish friends.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Most of the characters he voices shows signs of these.
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* [[Vomit Indiscretion Shot]]: ''All'' of his shows have this.
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Is very fond of these.
* [[Writers Strike]]: Very vocal and active in the 2007 WGA strike. Made a few headlines for his very candid response to [[FOX]], when they announced they might finish creating in-production episodes of ''Family Guy''
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