History WesternAnimation / FamilyGuy

** [[CrapsackWorld/FamilyGuy Crapsack World]]

* Seven games -- ''Family Guy Video Game!'' in 2006; a LicensedPinballTable released by Creator/SternPinball in 2007 ([[Pinball/FamilyGuy click here for details]]); ''Family Guy Online'', a browser-based MMORPG which ran from 2012-2013; ''VideoGame/FamilyGuyBackToTheMultiverse'' in 2012; ''Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff'', a mobile village simulator akin to ''Videogame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'' and ''VideoGame/{{My Little Pony|Gameloft}}'' in 2014; and ''Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game'', a MatchThreeGame akin to ''VideoGame/CandyCrush'' in 2017. And this is in addition to ''Warped Kart Racers'', a MascotRacer exclusive to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames Apple Arcade]] which features characters and stages based on the show. In addition, it's also a [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover game]] with other Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios cartoons such as ''American Dad'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites.'' As of Chapter 5's release in 2023, Peter can now be used as a skin in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''.

* Seven games -- ''Family Guy Video Game!'' in 2006; a LicensedPinballTable released by Creator/SternPinball in 2007 ([[Pinball/FamilyGuy click here for details]]); ''Family Guy Online'', a browser-based MMORPG which ran from 2012-2013; ''VideoGame/FamilyGuyBackToTheMultiverse'' in 2012; ''Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff'', a mobile village simulator akin to ''Videogame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut'' and ''VideoGame/{{My Little Pony|Gameloft}}'' in 2014; and ''Family Guy: Another Freakin' Mobile Game'', a MatchThreeGame akin to ''VideoGame/CandyCrush'' in 2017. And this is in addition to ''Warped Kart Racers'', a MascotRacer exclusive to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames Apple Arcade]] which features characters and stages based on the show. In addition, it's also a [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover game]] with other Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios cartoons such as ''American Dad'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites.''

''Family Guy'' has since become one of the network's most successful franchises, promoted by its suits with the same fervor given to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' as well as ''Series/AmericanIdol'' and ''Series/TwentyFour'' in their heydays. This made Seth [=MacFarlane=] ''the'' highest-paid Hollywood writer for a few years after its second revamp, and allowed him to produce the SpinOff series ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (which was actually made to replace ''Family Guy'') and ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', both under the same studio, along with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' spoof ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball''.

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It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin ([[DescendedCreator voiced by [=MacFarlane=]]]), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy]]; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian ([[ActingForTwo also [=MacFarlane=]]]) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie ([[RuleOfThree [=MacFarlane=] again]]) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin ([[DescendedCreator voiced by [=MacFarlane=]]]), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful [[Series/MarriedWithChildren Al Bundy]]; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian (also [=MacFarlane=]) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie ([=MacFarlane=] again) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

''Family Guy'' is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really. It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin ([[DescendedCreator voiced by [=MacFarlane=]]]), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian (also [=MacFarlane=]) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie ([=MacFarlane=] again) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

''Family Guy'' is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really. It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin (voiced by [=MacFarlane=]), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian (also [=MacFarlane=]) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie ([=MacFarlane=] again) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

''Family Guy'' is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really.

It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin (voiced by MacFarlane), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian (also MacFarlane) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie (MacFarlane again) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

''Family Guy'' is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really. It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin (voiced by MacFarlane), who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) HouseWife Lois (Creator/AlexBorstein); insecure teenage Meg (Creator/MilaKunis); and good-hearted but moronic son Chris (Creator/SethGreen) — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian (also MacFarlane) the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie (MacFarlane again) the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

''Family Guy'' is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really. It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin, who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) House Wife Lois; insecure teenage Meg; and good-hearted but moronic son Chris — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

Family Guy is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, UsefulNotes/RhodeIsland who... well, that's about it, really. It presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin, who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) House Wife Lois; insecure teenage Meg; and good-hearted but moronic son Chris — and puts them through a series of misadventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

Family Guy is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, Rhode Island who...well, that's about it, really. it presents us with four main characters — slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin, who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) House Wife Lois; insecure teenage Meg; and good-hearted but moronic son Chris — and puts them through a series of adventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

Family Guy is an AnimatedSitcom created by Creator/SethMacFarlane about a DysfunctionalFamily from Quahog, Rhode Island who...well, that's about it, really. it presents us with four main characters—slow-witted blue-collar jerk Peter Griffin, who is basically a crueler, more imbecilic, and often more cheerful Al Bundy; his smart and efficient (but neglectful and wild) House Wife Lois; insecure teenage Meg; and good-hearted but moronic son Chris—and puts them through a series of adventures usually sparked by Peter's selfishness and/or idiocy. In addition to these somewhat cookie-cutter characters are two additional ones, Brian the martini-sipping intellectual dog and Stewie the laser-toting megalomaniac baby, although they've gotten much more screen time in recent seasons.

Chaotic and somewhat out of the ordinary, the show is notorious for its [[CutawayGag cutaway gags]], as well as targeting literally every subject under the sun [[RapidFireComedy with a million gags per minute]]. Depending on who you ask, it's either sloppy, unstructured and tasteless, or unorthodox and acceptably simple entertainment. With later seasons, the randomness increased and character dynamics shifted, with Stewie [[VillianDecay becoming less of a mad conqueror]] and more of a showman with homicidal, homosexual, and/or violent tendencies, Meg becoming a ButtMonkey (supposedly due to the fact that the writers felt her too bland a character) and Brian [[SmallNameBigEgo becoming more and more of a pompous loser]]. The animation style became stiffer, and the show as a whole became more mean-spirited. It's drawn flak for this, but its fanbase is as loyal as any other.