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| Various stories, flashbacks and cutaway gags reveal Peter-like ancestors and relatives including Peter Hitler, brother of ]; ] Griffin, who led the Jews out of Egypt; the caveman that invented the wheel; Willy "]" Griffin, a ] star whose sole gag was getting hit in the eye; Osias Griffin, the wealthy owner one of the first dozen telephones; and a philosopher named Thomas Griffin, who used existential pondering as an excuse to his wife for remaining unemployed. <ref name=father/> Many of these historical characters have wives or girlfriends bearing an obvious resemblance to Lois, family resembling the Griffins, and associates resembling Peter's neighbors. | Various stories, flashbacks and cutaway gags reveal Peter-like ancestors and relatives including Peter Hitler, brother of ]; ] Griffin, who led the Jews out of Egypt; the caveman that invented the wheel; Willy "]" Griffin, a ] star whose sole gag was getting hit in the eye; Osias Griffin, the wealthy owner one of the first dozen telephones; and a philosopher named Thomas Griffin, who used existential pondering as an excuse to his wife for remaining unemployed. <ref name=father/> Many of these historical characters have wives or girlfriends bearing an obvious resemblance to Lois, family resembling the Griffins, and associates resembling Peter's neighbors. | ||
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- This article is about the animated character. For the blackjack scholar and mathematician, please see Peter A. Griffin.
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the protagonist in the American animated television series Family Guy. His voice, which has a thick New England accent, is produced by the show's creator and lead writer, Seth MacFarlane. Peter is the head of the Griffin household and the central character in the show. He is married to Lois, and is the father of Meg, Chris, Stewie, and Bertram. His friends include his talking dog Brian, African American deli owner Cleveland, sex-obsessed airline pilot Quagmire and paraplegic police officer Joe. He is based on the human character in the Larry shorts.
Backstory
In flashbacks, we learn Peter worked as a towel boy at a country club/resort where he met his future wife (then Lois Pewterschmidt), with whom he quickly hooked up. Lois's father Carter objected to Peter because of his lower social class — this resentment remains a theme in Carter and Peter's relationship.
Peter has worked as a safety inspector at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory, as a fisherman owning his own boat, and at the Pawtucket Patriot brewery as "That Guy Who Fishes Out The Dead Rats". He has worked at the brewery ever since. He has also had a few unemployed periods, one lasting several episodes. Producers have commented that they initially planned to have Peter work a different job every season.
Personality
Peter is consistently depicted as crude and lowbrow. He enjoys activities such as going to up-market tailors and farting inside the suits. His favorite pastime is watching TV. A running gag on the show is Peter's preference for Pauly Shore movies over classic films such as The Godfather and Citizen Kane. He is also a huge Kiss fan and followed them during the KissStock shows and bought a copy of Kiss Saves Santa for Christmas. An I.Q. test confirms he is mentally retarded, which is referred to (albeit infrequently) in subsequent episodes.
Health
Peter is overweight, alcoholic, and accident-prone. Yet in cartoon fashion, Peter is shown recovering quickly from serious injuries, and in some episodes displays enormous strength even compared to other characters in the show.
In Sibling Rivalry, he had a vasectomy.
Ancestry
In the episode Peter's Two Dads, Peter discovers that his real father is not the late Francis Griffin, the stern Irish Catholic patriarch of the first five seasons, but an Irish man named Mickey McFinnigan, a town drunk who resembles his son in every aspect save red hair and an aged face.
In the episode Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?, Peter discovers a pre-Civil War era black ancestor named Nate Griffin, a slave owned by a his wife's ancestors. This is the first of several episodes which have Peter related to his wife’s family in various ways. While not a major theme in the series, Peter self-identifies as black in subsequent episodes.
Various stories, flashbacks and cutaway gags reveal Peter-like ancestors and relatives including Peter Hitler, brother of Adolf; Moses Griffin, who led the Jews out of Egypt; the caveman that invented the wheel; Willy "Black Eye" Griffin, a silent movie star whose sole gag was getting hit in the eye; Osias Griffin, the wealthy owner one of the first dozen telephones; and a philosopher named Thomas Griffin, who used existential pondering as an excuse to his wife for remaining unemployed. Many of these historical characters have wives or girlfriends bearing an obvious resemblance to Lois, family resembling the Griffins, and associates resembling Peter's neighbors.
Interestingly, in When You Wish Upon a Weinstein, Peter is depicted as not Jewish, but wishing he was.
Parodies
- In the Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror XIII, Peter Griffin is depicted as one of Homer's clones.
- In another episode of The Simpsons (The Italian Bob) Peter is depicted as a drawing in a book of suspects owned by Italian guards, described as "plagiarismo".
- In the Robot Chicken episode, "Suck It", Peter is shown alongside Space Ghost and Master Shake to determine whether or not Seth Green (creator of Robot Chicken, who also voices Chris in Family Guy), the chicken, and the mad scientist should be sentenced to the Phantom Zone (in a parody of Superman II). His only line in the episode — "Guilty!" — is voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
Footnotes
- The middle name Löwenbräu is given in the episode "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater". This may also be a pun on the term lowbrow, implying low culture.
- Cite error: The named reference
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References
- S. Callaghan Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide : Seasons 1 - 3 New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2005
- A. Delarte, "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 4" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, 3.January 2006: 10 - 26 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs03Ja.pdf
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