History Characters / FamilyGuyTheGriffinFamily

** In "Dial Meg for Murder", she finds out that Meg has been seeing a convict she fell in love with, and forbids her from seeing him again. Though she could have checked things out before jumping to conclusions, there's a chance that the criminal could be manipulating Meg, or otherwise hiding more criminal behavior than we were led to believe. Notably, a three-year sentence for robbery may not sound right if no people were shot or killed. The DVD version expands on this by adding a scene where Lois describes her own unpleasent experiences dating convicts in her youth. This also doubles as HypocriteHasAPoint if you consider Lois' arrest for shoplifting in "Breaking Out Is Hard To Do" to be canon (and even then, she presumably wasn't in prison for THAT long).

* TheScapegoat: The family need "Someone" other than themselves to blame for their flaws, and based on the ensueing fight shes the only member of the family who would take it rather than defending herself. When Meg decides to stop being her familys "Dysfunction Lightning Rod" Chris, Lois and Peter start tearing into each other.

** In early Season 1, Chris was protayed more as a [[TheStoner Stoner]]/[[THeSlacker Slacker]] type originally, but evolved to be more innocent/dopey.

** In "The Son Also Draws", revealed that Chris had a talent and passion for art that was constantly shown throught the first two seasons. After the show got UnCanceled, his talent stopped being brought up and was completely forgotten.

* DumbassNoMore: The later seasons portray Chris possessing a more cynical, judgemental personality that contrasts his ditzy tendencies in the earlier seasons.

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Has no problem getting up close and personal to touch Alana's knee and then smelling her hair, despite her being visiblly uncomfortable.

--> I'm not the one who just had to post a video to Instagram that very second. You couldn't even enjoy the moment for one damn minute before desperately grovelling for online approval from Aunts you never talk to and past coworkers you don't even like!

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Initially with Peter in early seasons, but as the series progressed and the family got less and less heroic, Lois is shown to be less attracted to him, is shown to have multiple affairs, and it's stated that Meg and Chris aren't Peter's biological children. Lois has also raped Peter, and ''encouraged'' him to break into a woman's house so Lois can watch him rape the woman ''twice''.

* GivenNameReveal: In the episode "A Fistful of Meg", when someone calls Meg "Megan" she replies "Actually, Meg is short for something else". The scene then changes to just after she was born, Lois gives Meg's birth certificate to Peter, who then changes the name on it to "[[AwesomeMccoolname MEGATRON GRIFFIN]]", and sings "[[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Robots in Disguise!]]"

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The most pronounced examples are Peter and Lois, but also Brian has had a big change since the uncancellation, as started out more good natured, but then were portrayed as malicious family members.

** "The Son Also Draws" and "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks" revealed that Chris had a talent and passion for art. After the show got UnCanceled, his talent stopped being brought up and was completely forgotten.

* NiceGirl: Yandere tendencies aside, she is the only Griffin who hasn't been {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into a jerk and her worst qualities are a result of her loneliness and insecurities.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Meg has displayed some attachment problems, is prone to self-harm, suicidal tendencies, and reckless behavior, has anger issues, and has been noted to hear voices in her head.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Chris has displayed violent tendencies (i.e. drowning a mouse in a puddle) and, like Meg, anger issues. At the same time, he displays some lack of comprehension and basic understanding, along with occasionally showing savant traits such as artistic ability and vast knowledge of film.

** Meg is seen as being absolutely hideous by every character, save for her AbhorrentAdmirer; it's taken UpToEleven in "Don't Make Me Over," where the mere sight of her is enough for two people to be DrivenToSuicide... by setting themselves on fire and [[DestinationDefenestration throwing themselves out the nearest window]]. She's also mistaken for a boy several times, despite being drawn with a clearly female chest. Made even more bizarre when she actually looks exactly like Lois, who is [[InformedAttractiveness considered to be hot by a lot of characters]], with the only difference being that she wears glasses and a hat and is slightly chubbier. Besides that, Meg is the one who gets the most crap for being ugly, even if most of her family members (notably Peter, Chris, and Stewie) are visibly uglier than her.

No Sense of Personal Space: Has no problem getting up close and personal to touch Alana's knee and then smelling her hair, despite her being visiblly uncomfortable.

* GoodParents: She used to be a good example of decent parenting in the earliest seasons, where she acted protective and caring towards all three of her children and was always there for them if something went wrong. And then {{Flanderization}} happened, and she TookALevelInJerkass, although she can still show some loving parenting on occasions, [[DependingOnTheWriter at least sometimes.]]

* TheCheerleader: She was a nasty one in high school.

An average teenager with average teen problems. Probably the only normal one of the family. Although lately, she's so psychologically screwed up that she's basically Walking BlackComedy. Voiced by Creator/LaceyChabert in the first season (However, she was [[Main/UncreditedRole not credited]]), Creator/MilaKunis in the rest, and Creator/RachaelMacFarlane in the unaired pilot that can be seen on Website/YouTube.

Chris Griffin is stout like his father, and also has a learning disability. However he is also much more introverted and honest than Peter, as well as having a better grasp on reality. While normally gentle and sensitive, he is prone to emotional outbursts and he tends to believe what he is told. Chris is pure Id, and when it comes to the crunch, there's not a bad bone in his body. Voiced by Creator/SethGreen, and Creator/SethMacFarlane in Unaired pilot that can be found on Website/YouTube.

*** Mean: Stewie. In early seasons he was the TokenEvilTeammate who wanted to kill her mother. He got nicer in later seasons, especially compared to Peter, Lois, and Brian, but he's still more devious and prone to ComedicSociopathy than his siblings ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and a bit of a jerk to Brian]]).

[[caption-width-right:242:[[BlatantLies One big happy family![[note]]and this is just in the pre-cancellation era!! Just wait 'til the post[[/note]]]]]]

[[caption-width-right:242:[[BlatantLies One big happy family!]]]][[note]]and this is just in the pre-cancellation era!! Just wait 'til the post[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:242:[[BlatantLies One big happy family!]]]]

* {{Flanderization}}: All of their traits have been exaggerated over time. In the early seasons, they were actually sympathetic. Now they're a bunch of petty, selfish jerks. Possibly {{justified|Trope}}, in that the flanderization could be a result of their deteriorating mental health.

* ItRunsInTheFamily: All of them share each other's flanderized psychopathy and jerkassery from season 6 onward. Lois and Brian both have the same level of agenda-driven soapbox approach, Peter and Chris are equally stupid, and Meg and Stewie both serve as a voice of reason whom are always ignored.

* {{Meganekko}}: A socially awkward girl who wears glasses.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: For the most part she looks like Lois but nobody ever points it out. The only real differences are that Meg is a brunette, wears glasses and is a bit shorter and bigger.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: For the most part she looks like Lois but nobody ever points it out. The only real differences are that Meg wears glasses and is a bit shorter and bigger.

** The few times she's been shown in her underwear have her [[StrongFamilyResemblance looking just like]] [[MsFanservice Lois in her underwear]], only slightly bigger. Yet she's made out to be uglier than Chris or Stewie and both of her brothers have been [[GirlOfTheWeek more successful in romances than her]].