Unlikely Glossary Project
Family Guy
Absurd and often vulgar cartoon. Source of much, much merriment. Cancelled by Fox, but, according to industry reports, soon to be resurrected due to the incredible posthumous DVD sales. Also, a movie may be in the works.
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Family Guy’s primary cast consists of the Griffin family:
- Peter
- Lois
- Meg
- Chris
- Stewie
- Brian
Supporting cast is widely varied, but includes
- The neighbors
- Quagmire (Airline pilot, registered sex offender)
- Cleveland, Loretta, and Cleveland Jr. (Deli owner and family)
- Joe, Bonnie, and Kevin Swanson (Wheelchair-bound cop, perpetually pregant wife, teen son)
- The local mythos
- God (AKA, “Mr. Patterson”)
- Death (Voiced by first Norm McDonald and then Adam Carolla of The Man Show.)
- The media
- Tom Tucker (Likes his coffee with urine. Has son suffering from upside-down-face syndrome)
- Diane Simmons
- Asian Reporter Trisha Takanawa
- ... with the Blackuweather Forecast (It’s goan’ RAIN!)
- ...
- Hugh Downs (Crime fighter, veteran journalist…”Hugh Downs Awaaaay!”)
- Extended Family
- The Griffins
- Frank Griffin (Peter’s father, who manages to seem simultaneously Catholic and Puritan)
- Nate Griffin (Peter’s black ancestor)
- Angus Griffin (invented golf)
- ... (Cockfighter)
- Jabba the Griffin
- The Pewterschmits (Lois’s family, historically slave-owners and pimps to the rich and famous)
- Carter (paterfamilias, has a penchant for beating Peter, setting him on fire, etc.)
- ...
- ...
- Jasper (Brian’s gay cousin)
- Sea-folk
- Shamus (He’s precious)
- ...
- ...
Quotes
- Touche, salesman.
- Arr. Me father was a tree.
- “You could whore yourself out to a hundred fat chicks—”
“No, we’ve covered that.”
- “I shall call you…Eduardo.”
- “It’s paradise. Except for Randy Newman.”
h2. See also
Simpsons, Rhode Island, RISD
h2. Links
- http://quizilla.com/users/kukkurovaca/quizzes/Extensive%20Family%20Guy%20Quiz
- http://www.planet-familyguy.com/main.php