History Characters / FamilyGuyTheGriffinFamily

* FashionModel: She wanted to be one, and got a job in one episode.

** In "Model Misbehavior," when Peter tells Lois that he'll "[[ADateWithRosiePalms pleasure himself]]" to Lois' modeling, both Chris and Meg say they'll do so as well. Though Chris said the same thing, Peter angrily chews out Meg and ''only'' Meg for doing so before [[PunchAWall punching a hole in the wall]] and ordering her out of the house.

* BrilliantButLazy: Chris's main problem isn't so much a lack of intelligence as much as he was thinking too much about sex. When chemically castrated he was able to focus all the time and energy he spent on [[ADateWithRosiePalms himself]] into his studies and did much better in school.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: It's no secret that Chris is a frequent masturbator even by the standards of teenage boys - Lois once demonstrated that his bedsheets are so encrusted with semen that they shatter when they hit the floor. In the same scene, Peter slaps him on the back, and his clothes shatter likewise. Chris has apparently made the washing machine pregnant from his habits, and one cutaway gag showed him giving a sock a pregnancy test. It in fact takes up such a huge amount of time, brainpower, and manic energy that [[ItMakesSenseInContext when chemically castrated]] he becomes an excellent student (albeit acquiring numerous bizarre mannerisms as a side effect). And even then a single touch on the shoulder from a pretty girl is enough to instantly undo the drugs and leave him running through the school library desperately screaming for porn, ultimately jerking off in public over a nude art book in a mad craze.

* {{Flanderization}}: Chris's slowness gradually became his defining factor. His [[ADateWithRosiePalms chronic obsession with masturbating]] also became much more played up.

* BareYourMidriff:
** In "Don't Make Me Over", Meg starts wearing a midriff-baring top after becoming a teenage sex symbol.
** In "Halloween on Spooner Street", Meg goes to a costume party as a "slutty cat", wearing an outfit that consists solely of a cheap cat mask, a tube top, a short skirt and fishnets.

** In "Dearly Deported", we're supposed to see Lois as in the wrong for not allowing Chris to take care of his GirlOfTheWeek's two children (she was being deported to Mexico and Chris promised to look after them). However, not only is raising even one child a huge responsibility for one 14-year-old boy, but Chris' plan to take time off of school doesn't sound like a good idea either, given that someone like [[BookDumb Chris]] needs all the education he can get.

* KavorkaMan: Has dated several attractive girls (one of which [[OedipusComplex resembled his mother]]).

* OedipusComplex: At one point, Chris dates a girl, Lindsay, who basically looks like someone stuck Lois' head on a teenager's body. It turns out that he's dating her for this exact reason--he figures that a.) he's the kind of guy who "only his mother could love," and b.) he's hoping to replicate [[ParentingTheHusband the kind of dysfunctional dynamic]] that Lois has with Peter.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween:

->'''Debut:''' ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS1E1DeathHasAShadow Death Has a Shadow]]''

* BalloonBelly: She gained massive weight in ''Sibling Rivalry'', becoming nearly as fat as Peter, if not just as fat or even a bit fatter.

-->'''Lois''' ''(through gritted teeth)'': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I will not. Have Harry Hamlin. In this house.]]

** Some episodes portray Lois as a compassionate MotherBear and the voice of reason to contrast Peter's stupidity. Others have her acting as immaturely as her husband, even having her display malicious delight at Brian or Meg's suffering.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: In "Our Idiot Brian", Meg's friend, Ruth, remarks "Your mom is so [[PrecisionFStrike f*ckin' hot]]".

-->'''Quagmire''': Hey, good-looking. How old are you?\\

* PinkIsErotic: In ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E17SwitchTheFlip Switch the Flip]]'', Lois becomes incredibly horny after a sex seminar and strips down to her pink underwear. In ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E8IAmPeterHearmeRoar I am Peter Hear Me Roar]]'', Lois wears a pink dress and gets in a fight with Gloria that arouses Peter so much that he runs home with Lois so they can have sex.

->'''Debut:''' ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS1E1DeathHasAShadow Death Has a Shadow]]''

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: For the Griffin kids, she is the nice to Stewie's mean and Chris' in-between. As noted above, Yandere tendencies aside, she is the only Griffin other than Stewie who hasn't been {{flanderiz|ation}}ed into a jerk.

->'''Debut:''' ''[[Recap/FamilyGuyS1E1DeathHasAShadow Death Has a Shadow]]''

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: For the Griffin kids, he is the in-between to Meg's nice and Stewie's mean.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Meg's name is "Megatron Griffin" on her birth certificate, but she has also been called Megan, Meg Harvey Oswald Griffin, and Mel by various people. In "Stewie Griffin: An Untold Story" Meg has a sex change and changes his name to Ron, yet he is still mistakenly called Meg.

* {{Accidental Misnaming}}: Meg's name is "Megatron Griffin" on her birth certificate, but she has also been called Megan, Meg Harvey Oswald Griffin, and Mel by various people.
** In "Stewie Griffin: An Untold Story" Meg has a sex change and changes his name to Ron, yet he is still mistakenly called Meg.

!!Megatron, aka Megan Harvey Oswald "Meg" Griffin

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish to [[ButtMonkey Meg]] and [[ChildProdigy Stewie's]] Responsible.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RachaelMacFarlane ({{uncredited role}} in unaired pilot), Creator/LaceyChabert (Season 1), and Mila Kunis (Season 2-present)

** Phlegmatic -- Peter
** Eclectic -- Lois

** Melancholic -- Meg and Brian
** Choleric -- Stewie

[[caption-width-right:250:"Hey! I could be like UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton. Only, you know, without the penis."]]

-->'''Lois''' (through gritted teeth): [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I will not. Have Harry Hamlin. In this house.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RachaelMacFarlane (Unaired Pilot), [[Main/UncreditedRole uncredited]] Creator/LaceyChabert (Season 1), and Mila Kunis (Season 2-present)

* ButtMonkey: One of the most infamous examples in Western Animation. At first she was merely a selfish and whiny and BrattyTeenageDaughter indirectly humiliated by her [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents family's well-intentioned bumbling or quirkiness]]. This [[{{Flanderization}} evolved]] into the entire universe growing a profound hatred of her, with practically everyone - even her own family - showing a casual disregard for her well-being and insulting her for no reason. Even [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad the Smiths]] hate her. During the ''Simpsons''/''Family Guy'' crossover:

'''Meg:''' Really? No one's ever told me I matter before.\\

'''Peter:''' ''[off-screen]'' Shut up, Meg! You don't matter.

--->(Lois starts losing her grip.)

--->(Lois slowly pulls him up to safety.)

* {{Yandere}}: Shows instances of this. She did this towards Brian, Joe, and Kent.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Not as much as her ButtMonkey daughter, but she's been shoved down the stairs by her husband Peter, fallen off the roof of the Griffin house when Peter's rickety balcony breaks, drenched in scalding cooking oil by Peter, and more.

* TheChewToy: Plenty of fans enjoy Meg's ButtMonkey status.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She is a victim of ''a lot'' of slapstick like the male characters of the show.

** She doesn't call Brian out in "Seahorse Seashell Party" because he's the most decent to him out of all the Griffins.

[[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]]]]

-->'''Lois''': You bitch! *delivers a straight punch at Gloria's face*

* VocalEvolution: Meg's voice had a huge change when Mila Kunis took over as her voice.

* TheDogBitesBack: Season Eight onwards depict Meg getting the occasional retaliation to her abuse, becoming more snarky and temperamental. In "Dial Meg For Murder" after a duration in prison, she comes back embittered and brutally pummels Peter. In "Hefty Shades of Grey", she is the only one who hears Peter calling for help when he is locked in the basement, and chooses to ignore him, smirking as she puts on earphones. "Throw It Away" reveals that she has a VoodooDoll of Lois (and she decides to keep it when she finds out it actually works).

* ThrowTheDogABone: In several episodes such as "Peter's Daughter", "Quagmire and Meg", "Meg Stinks!", "This Little Piggy" or "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor", Peter and Lois show that they do really care about Meg after all.
* TookALevelInBadass: She became a hardened thug after a bout in prison in "Dial Meg For Murder". While the incident was self contained and she reverted back by the end of the episode, [[TheDogBitesBack Meg biting back at her abuse]] has become far more recurrent since then.

'''Quagmire''': Eighteen? I like where this is going!

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lois's reaction to Meg calling her out on NotSoAboveItAll below in the episode "Seahorse Seashell Party."

* NotSoAboveItAll: 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 [[Music/{{KISS}} Gene Simmons]] "go to town on her".

* OnlySaneWoman: In early seasons she's often one of the most reasonable characters along with Brian. Less so in later seasons when she's prone to ComedicSociopathy.

* InformedAttractiveness: She is often described as very attractive and would normally be way out of Peter's league. Meanwhile, her daughter Meg is treated as though she were the single ugliest thing ever to exist in this or any other universe. What makes this really funny is, the only physical difference between them drawing-wise is that Lois is taller, slightly thinner, and red-headed. The show even lampshades this with numerous references to Lois's graying hair, liver spots, sagging breasts and haggard looks without makeup.

* ShesGotLegs: She has some long and nice gams that she shows off during the theme song.