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|relatives = '''Mother:''' [[Thelma Griffin]] <br> '''Father:''' [[Mickey McFinnigan]] <br> '''Stepfather:''' [[Francis Griffin]] <br> '''Wife:''' [[Lois Griffin]]''' <br> Sons:''' [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]], [[Bertram (Family Guy)|Bertram]] <br> '''Daughter(s):''' [[Meg Griffin|Meg]] |
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|species = Human |
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|age = <!-- Leave this be. Early 40's is the most specific one since Peter's age is different. Please read the source. --> early 40's<ref>The episodes are contradictory about this point - he is 18 in 1984 (ep 5.18), hence 40 or 41 in 2007; but is said to be 42 prior to 5.11, in which episode he is said to be 43.</ref> |
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|relatives = '''Mother:''' [[Thelma Griffin]] <br> '''Father:''' [[Mickey McFinnigan]] <br> Evil '''Brother:''' Thaddeus <br> '''Stepfather:''' [[Francis Griffin]] <br> '''Wife:''' [[Lois Griffin]]''' <br> Sons:''' [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]], [[Bertram (Family Guy)|Bertram]] <br> '''Daughter(s):''' [[Meg Griffin|Meg?]] (it is possible that Meg isn't Peter's daughter, but his stepdaughter.) |
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|height = 6' 1" <ref>{{cite episode | title = Meet the Quagmires | episodelink = Meet the Quagmires | airdate = 2007-05-20 | network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] | series=[[Family Guy]] | season = 5 | number = 18 }}</ref> |
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|hometown = [[Quahog (Family Guy)|Quahog]], [[Rhode Island]] |
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|weight = Over 300 pounds <ref>{{cite episode | title = He's Too Sexy for His Fat | episodelink = He's Too Sexy for His Fat | airdate = 2000-06-27 | network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] | series=[[Family Guy]] | season = 2 | number = 17 }}</ref> ([[Overweight|Heavyset]]) |
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|age = <!-- Leave this be. Early 40's is the most specific one since Peter's age is different. Please read the source. --> early 40's<ref>The episodes are contradictory about this point - he is 18 in 1984 (ep 5.18), hence 41 or 42 in 2007; but is said to be 42 prior to 5.11, in which episode he is said to be 43.</ref> |
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|height = 5' 10" <ref>Peter's driving license clearly states his height, 5' 10" (briefly shown in the episode [[Meet the Quagmires]]). </ref> |
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|weight = Unknown (heavyset, over 300 lb (as proven in "too sexy for his fat)) <!-- Don't post the weight without a source. To post a source use <ref> and type the name of the episode and use </ref> again. Sourcing the episode where this was mentioned is fine, but please mention which episode. --> |
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|gender = Male |
|gender = Male |
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|hair = Light |
|hair = Light brown |
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|occupation = Shipping department of |
|occupation = Shipping department of the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery |
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|religion = [[Catholic]] |
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|heritage = [[Irish American]], [[African American]]<ref>{{cite episode | title = Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? |episodelink = Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? | airdate= 2001-12-06 | season = 3 | number = 14 | series = [[Family Guy]] | network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]}}</ref> |
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'''Previous:''' |
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* Fast Food cashier |
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* "What Really Grinds My Gears" Host |
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* Fisherman |
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* Sheriff of Bumblescum |
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* Jouster |
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* President of El Dorado Cigarette Company (defunct) |
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* Toy safety inspector for Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Company (defunct) |
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* President of [[Quahog (Family Guy)|Quahog]] School Board |
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(see [[list of Peter Griffin's jobs]] for a complete listing) |
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|favorite band = [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] |
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|religion = [[Catholic]], Temporarily of the Church of the Fonz, self proclaimed "[[Hugenot]]" |
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|heritage = Irish American, African American<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Griffin:_Husband%2C_Father...Brother%3F</ref>, Mexican American<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padre_De_Familia</ref> |
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|vehicle = [[Station wagon]] |
|vehicle = [[Station wagon]] |
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|food = [[Debbys]],[[Sea Food]] |
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|beer = [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]] [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] [[ale]] |
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|hobby = [[Drinking]], [[Fishing]] |
|hobby = [[Drinking]], [[Fishing]] |
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|family = [[Lois Griffin]] (wife), [[Chris Griffin]] (son), [[Stewie Griffin]] (son), [[Meg Griffin]] possible (daughter), [[Francis Griffin]] (step-father; deceased) [[Thelma Griffin]] (mother), [[Mickey McFinnigan (Family Guy)|Mickey McFinnigan]] |
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|friends = [[Brian Griffin]], [[Glen Quagmire]],[[Joe Swanson]], [[Cleveland Brown]], [[Mort Goldman]] |
|friends = [[Brian Griffin]], [[Glen Quagmire]],[[Joe Swanson]], [[Cleveland Brown]], [[Mort Goldman]] |
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|appearance = [[Death Has a Shadow]] |
|appearance = [[Death Has a Shadow]] (1.01) |
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|voice = [[Seth MacFarlane]] |
|voice = [[Seth MacFarlane]] |
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'''Peter Löwenbräu Griffin''' is the protagonist in the [[United States|American]] [[List of animated television series|animated television series]] ''[[Family Guy]]''. His middle name, established in the episode [[Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater]], could be a reference to the [[Löwenbräu]] brewery or a fancy way of saying "low-brow." His voice, which has a thick [[New England accent]], is produced by the show's creator and lead writer, [[Seth MacFarlane |
'''Peter Löwenbräu Griffin''' is the [[protagonist]] in the [[United States|American]] [[List of animated television series|animated television series]] ''[[Family Guy]]''. His middle name, established in the episode "[[Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater]]," could be a reference to the [[Löwenbräu]] brewery or a fancy way of saying "low-brow." 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 Griffin|Lois]], and is the father of [[Meg Griffin|Meg]], [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]], and [[Bertram (Family Guy)|Bertram]]. His friends include his talking dog [[Brian Griffin|Brian]], African American deli owner [[Cleveland Brown|Cleveland]], sex-obsessed airline pilot [[Glen Quagmire|Quagmire]], [[paraplegic]] police officer [[Joe Swanson|Joe]], and nerdy [[pharmacist]] [[Mort Goldman]]. |
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==History== |
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He was born in [[July]]. In [[The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]], Lois states that he is 43 and he also plays guitar left handed (although he played the song "Rock Lobster" to Cleveland right-handed). |
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Peter worked at a [[country club]]/resort in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport, RI]], as a towel boy, where he met [[Lois Griffin|Lois Pewterschmidt]]. Lois's father, [[Pewterschmidt#Carter Pewterschmidt|Carter]], objected to Peter because he considered him to be of a lower social class, while Peter's step-father objected to Lois because of her religion. Carter tried to keep Lois and Peter apart by having his servants toss Peter into the ocean. Unfortunately for Carter, Peter was rescued by a nearby Navy ship, aboard which Peter met his future neighbor, [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Glenn Quagmire]]. Quagmire helped Peter pull into a port in [[Florida]], where he met [[Cleveland Brown]], another future neighbor, who gave him a ride back to Newport. Ultimately, Carter offers Peter one million dollars to forever stay away from Lois, which Peter rejects. Lois and Peter eventually get married and have three children, settling down in the community of Quahog, Rhode Island. |
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Peter currently works at the Pawtucket Patriot brewery. On his first day there, he drank himself into a stupor in his first five minutes of work and was relegated to the shipping department, away from the free beer. Upon [[Francis Griffin]]'s death, it is revealed he was not his biological father. His father is actually an Irish man named Mickey McFinnigan, who only believes Peter is his son when the latter beats his father in a drinking contest. |
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As established in [[Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater]] and [[Death Lives]], Peter worked at a [[country club]]/resort in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport, RI]], as a towel boy, where he met [[Lois Griffin|Lois Pewterschmidt]] (his future wife), the daughter of [[Pewterschmidt#Carter Pewterschmidt|Carter]], a wealthy industrialist, and [[Pewterschmidt#Barbara Pewterschmidt|Barbara Pewtershmidt]], a [[blue blood]] [[housewife]]. |
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Lois's father, [[Pewterschmidt#Carter Pewterschmidt|Carter]], objected to Peter because he considered him to be of a lower social class, while Peter's step-father objected to Lois because of her religion. Carter tried to keep Lois and Peter apart by having his servants toss Peter into the ocean. Unfortunately for Carter, Peter was rescued by a nearby Navy ship, aboard which Peter met his future neighbor, [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Glenn Quagmire]]. Quagmire helped Peter pull into a port in [[Florida]], where he met [[Cleveland Brown]], another future neighbor, who gave him a ride back to Newport. Once there, Carter Pewterschmidt offered Peter a check for $1 million not to see Lois again, but Peter turned it down stating "To you she may be worth a million dollars, but to me she's worthless." |
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Peter worked as a production line worker at the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory from at least 1977 until the plant was torn down a couple of decades later, after owner [[Jonathan Weed|Mr. Weed]] died. Before his death, Peter was promoted to Assistant Regional Manager, but never had the opportunity to serve in this elite position. |
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When Lois ran for School Board President in [[Running Mates]], Peter ran against her because Lois was not planning on giving Peter's favorite teacher, Mr. Fargus, his job back when he was fired. In a landslide, Peter won, but decided to resign after it was revealed that Peter gave Chris a [[porno|pornographic magazine]]. |
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When a toad-licking [[recreational drug use|drug]] trend started at Meg's school, Peter went "undercover" as a [[Fonzie]]-inspired [[high school]] student under the name '''Lando Griffin''' (in part an homage to [[Lando Calrissian]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''). [[Meg Griffin|Meg]] was at first mortified, but when Lando became cool by single-handedly turning the entire school off drugs, Meg asked him to the dance. Lando took Connie D'Amico to the dance instead, but declared that he had been rejected by Meg, and promised to [[suicide|kill himself]] by driving his motorcycle off a cliff. Peter has himself tried a number of drugs, including [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] (which he was told was a cheeseburger), [[cannabis|marijuana]], [[anabolic steroid]]s, [[crack cocaine|crack]], [[cocaine]], [[Methylenedioxymethamphetamine|ecstasy]], and [[opium]] (He also pretended to be on smack to get into rehab). |
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After being laid off from the toy factory, Peter bought a boat and became a fisherman. When his boat sank during a trip to Pelican's Reef, Peter and his drinking buddies were stranded on an island for a number of months. After being lonely for a long time, Peter and his friends decided to have a [[homosexuality|gay]] [[sex]] [[orgy]], which was found very uncomfortable and unsatisfying by all involved; none were aroused by it. (It was witnessed by a cruise ship.) Upon their rescue, Peter returned to Quahog to find that Lois had married Brian following his disappearance. Showing up naked at the Spooner Street house one day, he managed to win back the affections of Lois, who reached a mutual agreement to divorce Brian and remarry Peter. |
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Peter currently works at the Pawtucket Patriot brewery. On his first day there, he drank himself into a stupor in his first five minutes of work and was relegated to the shipping department, away from the free beer. |
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Peter has had a wide variety of jobs. See [[List of Peter Griffin's jobs]]. |
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Peter was supposedly related to an African American man, named Nate Griffin, who was a slave to the Pewterschmidt family. This is shown in season 3, in an episode called [[Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?]], during which Peter was briefly known as "Kichwa Tembo", claiming that Peter is his "[[slave name]]". However, he soon changes back to Peter when he is given twenty thousand dollars in reparation money, by Lois's father. However since Peter is not a Griffin, his biological father being [[Mickey McFinnigan]], he is not actually biologically related to Nate Griffin (despite having all the same characteristics as each other). |
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Upon Francis' death, it is revealed that Peter's father (Francis Griffin) is not his biological father. His father is actually an Irish man named Mickey McFinnigan, who only believes Peter is his son when the latter beats his father in a drinking contest. This seems to contradict the continuity established by previous episodes, where we see Peter descended from many other Griffins who look largely identical to him (see "Nate Griffin" above), although since these were cutaway gags, and hence only meant for comedic effect, they are probably not meant to be taken seriously, especially since these relatives often have wildly contradicting ethnicities, ranging from [[Scotland|Scottish]] to [[Mexico|Mexican]]. |
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==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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Peter's favorite pastime is watching TV. Peter is otherwise very crude and lowbrow: He enjoys [[Pauly Shore]] movies and the ''[[Ricki Lake]] Show'', and enjoys other activities such as going to up-market tailors and farting inside the suits. Peter also has a knack for having trouble communicating, and for saying the wrong thing. After taking an I.Q. test, he finds out that he is mentally retarded. Peter sometimes seems to show that he hates Meg, similar to the rest of the family. As with the other family members, Peter's abuse has become more common in later seasons. |
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Peter's favorite pastime is watching TV. Although he considers [[Mark Harmon]] to be the world's greatest actor, his favorite shows include the following: |
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* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' (Peter's heart rate increases with Batman in the same way that it would during sex as shown in the episode [[Emission Impossible]]. Batman's [[Adam West]] plays a role as himself in Family Guy, being the mayor of Quahog.) |
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* ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' (Lois stated that this was his absolute favorite show in [[I Never Met the Dead Man]]. Seth MacFarlane, the series creator, is an avid ''Star Trek'' watcher.) |
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* ''[[Happy Days]]'' (in [[The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]] Peter chooses this show as the holy text of a brand-new religion. Fonzie also appears in a spiritual vision as Peter's [[spirit guide]] in [[The Son Also Draws]]) |
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* ''[[Greg Gumbel|Gumbel]] [[Bryant Gumbel|2 Gumbel]]'' (shown in [[If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin']]) |
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* ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' (in [[Love Thy Trophy]] Peter suggests a scene from this show as a theme for a parade float) |
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* ''[[The A-Team]]'' (in [[Brian Goes Back to College]], Peter and his friends dress up as the main characters from this show) |
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* ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' (in [[Da Boom]], Peter tries to feed [[Tom Selleck]] on TV) |
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* ''[[Charles In Charge]]'' (In [[The Thin White Line]], Peter is too busy watching Charles In Charge to save George Harrison from being stabbed, while working as George's nighttime security guard.) |
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* ''KISS forum'' A fictional show that he and [[Lois Griffin|Lois]] watch and which they appear on later as it's revealed that Lois had sex with [[Gene Simmons]] in high school. |
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Notably, one of his favorite episodes of ''Diff'rent Strokes'' is the "[[Diff'rent Strokes#Very special episodes|episode]] where Arnold and Dudley get sexually molested by the guy who owns the bike shop." In [[North by North Quahog]], he also watches ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', but does not like it. Because of his obsession with television, Peter often has trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality, and will often assert that events that took place in television or films were his own, for example he banged his head and thought he was a member of "[[Three's Company]]". When television broadcasts were knocked off the air in Quahog, he resorted to building a cardboard frame around his head, viewing his surroundings as TV shows. Peter is otherwise very crude and lowbrow: He enjoys [[Pauly Shore]] movies and the ''[[Ricki Lake]] Show'', and enjoys other activities such as going to up-market tailors and farting inside the suits. |
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Peter also has a knack for having trouble communicating, and for saying the wrong thing. In [[Peter Peter Caviar Eater]], Peter and his family get kicked out of a club because Peter tells a story about an extremely large and smelly rat. In "[[I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar]]", he sexually harasses a female worker at ''The Happy Go Lucky Toy Factory'' by continually making a joke about [[cleavage]] in front of her, despite her shocked expression. In another cutaway in that episode, Peter is caught by the inhabitants of ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' and makes an insulting [[feces]] joke in front of them, prompting them to cock rifles they have pointed at him. In a cutaway in [[Road to Rhode Island]], Lois says to Peter, "I love you". Peter responds by looking at his watch and saying, "Yeah, about a quarter past five." Also, in [[Jungle Love]], when Chris talks about how Peter chose to live in the village to escape problems at home, Peter responds by saying, "What do you mean? Meg's right there!" while Meg is standing next to him. |
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Peter is insanely jealous of Lois' ex-boyfriends, and he will attack any man who expresses the slightest interest in her; he even punched an [[orca]] at [[Sea World]] after it "kissed" Lois, and his own reflection after Lois said, "Well, look at that handsome man!" He was also heartbroken after Lois had sex with former president [[Bill Clinton]], until he had sex with him himself. Two notable exceptions to this include: upon learning that Lois had been sexually involved with [[Gene Simmons]], a member of his favorite band, [[Kiss (band)|KISS]], he was proud of her, even boasting, "my wife did KISS!" and that he "feels like I [he] did KISS too". Also, when the Griffin's neighbor Quagmire was caught peeping at Lois, Peter sided with Quagmire and told Lois she should take peeping as a compliment and to forgive him. Another possible exception is his dog Brian, who is deeply in love with Lois. In the episode [[Sibling Rivalry]] Brian mentions to Peter that Lois has gotten fat since they stopped having sex and tells him that he should start again, Peter then says that it was first about his [[vasectomy]], but says now it was about how fat she is, and then questions Brian if he would have sex with her. He is surprised to hear that Brian would have sex with Lois and when Brian says that he "would do everything to her" and he "would wreck that chick" Peter doesn't attack him and even compliments him saying that he was a trooper. In [[Deep Throats]] he laughed with Lois about how much Brian wants to have sex with her and how she'll never let him while they are both high on [[weed]], so he may just not care because he knows it doesn't matter. |
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Peter is often transformed by [[Psychological trauma|traumatic]] experiences, and then restored to "normal" by a simple, almost trivial experience. For example, after [[shock therapy]] administered by Brian, Peter became like a wealthy, snobbish socialite and bid too much money at an auction. To snap Peter back to reality and his "normal" self, Brian broke one of Peter's ''Star Wars'' collectibles. Another example of Peter's malleable persona is in the episode [[I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar]]. After experiencing a pain as great as that of [[childbirth]] ("stretching your bottom lip to the back of your neck," a reference to a [[Bill Cosby]] joke) at a women's retreat, Peter became extremely sensitive and effeminate, and tries to breastfeed Stewie. To bring him back, Lois accidentally got in a [[Homoeroticism|homoerotic]] fight with another woman, the same one who sent Peter on the women's retreat. Peter also reverted to childlike behavior in the episode [[Mother Tucker]]; learning to ride a kiddy bike, using a training toilet, and being carried around by surrogate father figure Tom Tucker. |
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[[Image:Giant Chicken.JPG|thumb|left|Peter's nemesis: The Giant Chicken]] |
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Peter's arch-nemesis is a man-sized chicken who gave him an expired coupon. He fought him throughout Rhode Island in the episode "[[Da Boom]]"(although this conflict took place in [[flashback]]), in "[[Blind Ambition (Family Guy)|Blind Ambition]]", and again in "[[No Chris Left Behind]]". He also bumped into him in ''[[Meet the Quagmires|1984]]'', which could have been the reason for the expired coupon although no fighting took place because the chicken's friend held him back. |
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The most minuscule of achievements can inflate his ego. For instance, in [[Petarded]], he barely wins a game of "[[Trivial Pursuit]]" (in which he was unknowingly given questions from the Preschool Edition) and it makes him think that he is a genius, so he begins to talk down to everyone. He views a news program about the Middle East and observes one man commenting: "I find the President's plan for peace in the Middle East to be shallow and pedantic." He later tells Lois he finds her meatloaf shallow and pedantic. After taking an I.Q. test, he finds out that he is mentally retarded. |
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His mental shortcomings and clumsiness have resulted in several human and animal deaths, such as in the episode [[Blind Ambition (Family Guy)|Blind Ambition]], where Peter falls off the roof of the Drunken Clam and lands on [[Joan Cusack]], inevitably killing her. (Incidentally, Cleveland had told Peter he would be famous if he landed on Joan Cusack earlier in the episode.) He was also known to have run over the [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Road Runner]] in [[I Never Met the Dead Man]] while being given driving lessons by [[Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]]. His latest accomplishment was becoming [[drunkenness|inebriated]], riding a unicycle down the stairs at Meg's birthday, falling off the stairs, and landing on his step-father [[Francis Griffin]], puncturing his lung, breaking most of his ribs, and inevitably killing him. |
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Peter is apparently a very capable musician in several different areas. In the episode "[[Fast Times at Buddy Cianci, Jr. High]]," he plays a trombone and Lois remarks that he took lessons in junior college. Also, in the episode [[Wasted Talent]], he was revealed to be a concert-level pianist, but only when [[drunkenness|inebriated]] and only when playing the theme music to television shows (e.g. The "Lonely Man" theme from ''[[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', the main theme from ''[[The X-Files]]'', and "Love is All Around" from ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]''). It is also shown that Peter and Lois played in a Hippy Love Band, Hand Full of Peter. In the episode [[Deep Throats]], they enter a talent show as the band, but fail to perform because they did [[marijuana]] before the performance. Peter was also part of a [[barbershop quartet]] which sang at hospitals, delivering bad news to terminally ill patients. He also sings solo in numerous other Family Guy episodes, and plays other instruments like the guitar. Music in general is a major part of the series. While Stewie was watching [[Mr. Belvedere]], Peter demonstrated that he has perfect pitch by tuning his guitar to B with no external reference. It is shown in one episode that he was incapable of conducting a [[Tusken Raiders]] choir, though he was delighted when [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan]] informed him they would soon return in greater numbers. He also performed as part of The Four Peters in one episode singing [[William Tell]]. |
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Peter occasionally displays [[homosexuality|homosexual]] and [[bisexuality|bisexual]] tendencies. In "[[One If by Clam, Two If by Sea]]", Peter dreams of [[Richard Jeni]] giving [[situation comedy|sitcoms]], even remarking that he has "a sweet ass". During the episode "[[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]]", it is implied that Peter engaged in sexual activity with another male at his 16th birthday party, though it was against Peter's will (a parody of the ending of the John Hughes film ''[[Sixteen Candles]]''). In the episode "[[The Story on Page One]]", Peter expresses a willingness to have sex with [[Luke Perry]] in an attempt to prove that Perry is gay. Also, in the episode [[Peterotica]], Peter attempts to have sex, and later tries to forcefully do so with his father-in-law, Carter Pewterschmidt, while trying to re-enact "[[Dawson's Creek]]". Peter has also engaged in homosexual activity against his will. In "[[The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]]", it is revealed that he lost his virginity after being tackled by an opposing player during a football game. The other player, while lying on Peter's back, asks Peter, "Want to get some breakfast?", implying that sexual intercourse took place. He also had willing sex with Bill Clinton in [[Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey]]. During the same episode, it's revealed that Peter's sexual fantasies also extend to his mother in law, as he openly discusses his sexual attraction to Lois' mother, Babs. Peter nearly has sex with Babs to get revenge on Lois for sleeping with President Clinton, but eventually opts against it. Peter has also initiated an all-male orgy in [[The Perfect Castaway]] (though they all were disappointed and didn't actually do anything), and in [[Airport '07]] announces that he was raped in a federal prison after serving jail time for hijacking a flight. In Airport '07 he also makes sexual advances towards Meg, while acting the role of a stereotypical redneck. |
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Peter sometimes seems to show that he hates Meg, similar to the rest of the family. As with the other family members, Peter's abuse has become more common in later season, as the running gag has become more popular. |
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*In [[Chitty Chitty Death Bang]], Meg returns home saying that she failed at cheerleading. Upon hearing this, Peter says, "Yay!" |
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*In ''[[Model Misbehavior]]'', Peter assertively kicks Meg out of the house when she said she would pleasure herself to Lois' modeling photos with Peter and Chris. Then, later, she says, "How could you be okay with Mom parading herself around like this? I mean, she's half naked! It makes all women look bad!" Peter's only response to that is, "Meg ... who let you back in the house?" |
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*In ''[[Breaking out Is Hard to Do]]'', while escaping in a van, Meg calmly says "I wonder where we are going?" which results in Peter hitting her and yelling "Calm down!" |
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*In ''[[Peter's Got Woods]]'', Peter spits milk at Meg twice: when Brian tells Peter that he has a date and can't go to the Clam to play darts, and when Lois finds out that Brian's crush is Meg's teacher. Also, later on in the episode he treats Meg like a dog when Brian's out on a date, and Meg replies, "I'm not a dog, you fat bastard!" |
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*In ''[[Jungle Love (Family Guy)|Jungle Love]]'', when Chris says that Peter has just chosen to live in the village to escape his problems at home, to which Peter replies: "What do you mean? Meg's right there!" |
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*In ''[[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]]'', when Lois tells Peter that he must see Meg's play instead of seeing the Emmys, he says, "But Lois, Meg sucks! Everything she does is so freakin' terrible and depressing!" and a cutaway shows Meg in a 1st grade play portraying [[Robin Hood]], and Peter saying, "Uh, just so you know, you guys are ''not'' sucking me into the story at all. I, I'm very aware that I'm watching a play right now." |
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*In ''[[The Fat Guy Strangler]]'', after Peter tells his family that he's fat, he continues: "Of course this is nobody's fault—’’Meg’’...” |
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*In ''[[Petergeist]]'', when the family is in the car ready to escape their haunted house, Lois realizes they forgot Meg. Peter says, "Oh yeah, like I'm going back for ''Meg''!" They argue until she comes into the car and screams, "YOU BASTARD! HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME IN THERE?!" followed by Peter saying, "Okay, see? It resolved itself." And at the very end of the episode, a parody of "[[Poltergeist (1982 film)|Poltergeist]]"'s ending sees Lois rolling the TV outside but Peter puts it back in and replaces it with Meg. In the real movie, the family rents a room at a motel and rolls the TV out of the room. |
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*In [[Stewie Loves Lois]], Peter sees the [[Evil monkey]] and says, "Stop it, Meg!" |
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*In ''[[Untitled Griffin Family History]]'', while investigating the noise downstairs, Peter hits Meg with a baseball bat after she comes out and over an extended period of time asks many questions. Peter then says "Oh, Meg, you startled me, I'm sorry" Later, after getting everyone to spit on Meg, Peter sends Meg downstairs to go get them food. Peter then tells Meg to use the other mustard on his sandwich over the PA system, alerting the burglars. After Lois tells the burglars that Meg is their daughter, not their son, Peter turns the screen of Meg in the kitchen off, saying it is distracting. At the end of the episode where she is to be arrested, he just waves and says "Have fun at the dance, honey." |
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*In ''[[Saving Private Brian]]'', a cutaway showing Peter in therapy has him telling Dr. Katz, "Every time my daughter opens her mouth, I just wanna punch her in the face; she's really annoying." |
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*In ''[[Hell Comes to Quahog]]'', Peter says "I can't believe this is coming out of my mouth..." and says "I love..." but before he can finish, Stewie and Brian use the tank to destroy the Superstore USA. Back at home; Meg says that he was going to say something in the store. Peter doesn't think so until she tells him that he was going to tell her that he loves her, and Peter tells her to not get cocky. He also threw eggs at Meg "for stealing jobs from hard working people", giving her a message: "We're here, we're queer, get used to it!" |
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*In ''[[The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]]'', a cutaway scene shows Peter having once taken steroids. At dinnertime, when Lois asks him to pass the potatoes, he accidentally flips over his dinner plate. In responsive anger, he shouts: "Dammit, Meg!" and punches Meg despite her having done nothing. |
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*In ''[[Brian Sings and Swings]]'', Brian is run over by Peter, who says he can't help but feel it's Meg's fault. |
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*In a cutaway in ''[[It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]]'', where Peter imagines that with Lois as a mayor, he can do [[cocaine]], he breaks into a nervous fit, breaks a picture, and yells at Meg to clean it up. |
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However, in [[Road to Rupert]], Peter loses his drivers license and must resort to hitching a ride with Meg. During one trip, Meg has to chauffeur Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe after a night at the bar. Peter and the gang begin to taunt Meg until Peter deliberately sets Meg's hat on fire. Quagmire extinguishes the flame with his beer leaving Meg drenched. Meg immediately puts on the brakes and is rear-ended by a man who confronts her by calling her various obscenities. To Peter and the gang's astonishment, Meg explodes by punching the man in the face and pummeling him to the ground. Peter is so impressed by this that he begins to enjoy Meg's company and he tells her that he realizes that she is a really wonderful daughter. Eventually, however, Peter has his license given back to him. Meg expresses her worry that Peter will go back to treating her with disrespect, Peter tells Meg that he will pretend to treat her badly in front of the family because of "peer pressure" but from now on he will secretly consider Meg as his best friend. |
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Peter's need for television can be extreme to the point of near physical dependency. When the broadcasting dish supplying TV to Quahog was accidentally destroyed, resulting in a town-wide television blackout, Peter constructed a cardboard cutout of the front of a TV screen, held up at eye-level with a brace around his waist, to simulate looking at a TV screen (mistaking James Woods High School for [[Beverly Hills, 90210]]). Despite his obsession with TV, he doesn't seem to grasp several concepts. Whilst the family were the subject a reality TV show, he complained that the replacement Meg was taking all the screen time so he wouldn't be able to get his spin-off where he's a retired baseball umpire running a bar... at the center of the Earth. Not only is the idea utterly ridiculous and something Peter would no doubt complain about being on air, but he doesn't seem to grasp what the concept of a "[[spin-off]]" is. |
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Peter can be sentimental at times, and also worried. For example, he cries when hearing the song "Up Where We Belong". After he reluctantly agrees to take Lois to a chick flick, he cries and becomes obsessed with chick flicks to the point of trying to make one himself, appropriately named Steel Vaginas. He also believes that only women are capable of becoming fat; a quote from "Sibling Rivalry": "Men aren't fat; only fat women are fat." |
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Peter is also noted to be a big fan of New England sports teams. As shown in [[Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington]], Peter sneaks his family off to the Red Sox opening game at Fenway Park. Also, when Peter tries to bond with Stewie, Peter and Brian go to see a Red Sox game, but accidentally leave Stewie in the car. Peter claimed that when the New England Patriots drafted him that he always dreamed of playing for the Patriots. |
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In the episode [[Boys Do Cry]] Peter has an "imagination land" where he [[burping|burp]]s where he [[fart]]s and farts where he burps. |
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It also appears that Peter doesn't know how to haggle, which can be seen in the episode [[Road to Rupert]] when he tries to haggle with himself for a pair of [[Evel Knievel]] driving gloves. |
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Peter occasionally displays stereotypical [[misogyny|misonerdgynistic]] behavior, like referring to Lois’ strong will as "adorable", continuing "but this is grown up time, and I'm the man". |
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== Health == |
== Health == |
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[[Image:2ACX10.png|200px|thumb|right|Peter after having had extensive cosmetic surgery in the episode [[He's Too Sexy for His Fat]]]] |
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Physically, Peter is in ''very'' good health, despite being [[overweight]], [[alcoholism|alcoholic]], and accident-prone. He successfully played pro football for the New England Patriots, can run down and beat up a mugger, and can sustain a lengthy and destructive fistfight with his nemesis, the giant chicken. He also ran surprisingly well in one episode while trying to catch Max Weinstein. Also, when Death was about to take him away, he told Death he ran two weeks of track when he was younger, and he ran away, though only escaped after Death slipped and twisted his ankle on an ice patch. |
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Physically, Peter is in ''very'' good health, despite being [[overweight]], [[alcoholism|alcoholic]], and accident-prone. Peter's [[fertility]] was lowered (temporarily) when Stewie went in a microscopic ship into Peter's body and destroyed many of Peter's [[spermatozoon|sperm]] in the episode "[[Emission Impossible]]." In [[Sibling Rivalry (Family Guy episode)|Sibling Rivalry]] he had a [[vasectomy]]. In the episode [[Petarded]], he was officially declared to be [[mental retardation|mentally retarded]]. It is apparent that Peter is also able to heal rather quickly. This is shown in the several episodes in which Peter has long (and very strange) fight sequences with a man dressed in a chicken costume. Peter always emerges victorious in these fights having sustained dozens of cuts, bruises, and broken bones along the way, but at the end of every battle, the chicken man remains alive. |
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In the episode [[Death Is a Bitch]] Lois detects a lump on Peter's breast, leading them to believe that Peter had breast cancer. It was later revealed to be a fatty [[corpuscle]] (which he at first confused with the late [[Roscoe Arbuckle|Fatty Arbuckle]]). |
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He occasionally suffers from [[incontinence]] and flatulence at socially awkward moments and [[premature ejaculation]] with his wife. Peter's [[fertility]] was lowered (temporarily) when Stewie went in a microscopic ship into Peter's body and destroyed many of Peter's [[spermatozoon|sperm]] in the episode "[[Emission Impossible]]." In [[Sibling Rivalry (Family Guy episode)|Sibling Rivalry]] he had a [[vasectomy]]. Excessive consumption of alcohol has damaged most of his [[brain cell]]s. (He has one left, whose glasses break in a reference to an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone]]''.) In the episode [[Petarded]] he was officially declared to be [[mental retardation|mentally retarded]], although this does not seem to affect his social behavior as much as retardation does. However, intelligence-wise it is very possible he is on a retardation level. |
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In contrast to his normal behavior, Peter occasionally shows signs of deep inner thought, always while inebriated. In the episode [[Peter's Two Dads]], Peter is questioned by his real father as to why he doesn't look as good as the worldwide perception of Americans. In response, Peter eloquently states that the average American is not the same as foreign perceptions, and that the American public is actually going through an obesity epidemic (claiming himself as part of it). In another episode, Peter is kicked out of a library for "reading while drunk," during which he simultaneously analyzes a portion of the novel [[Johnny Tremain]] while running from security (and into a bookcase). |
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Despite earning the 1965 trophy for Most Ticks, Peter does not appear to have suffered [[Lyme disease]] or related ailments. He claims to have been unable to use the toilet until sometime before the episode [[Brian in Love]], not to have [[flatulence|passed gas]] until he was thirty years old, and in the episode [[The King Is Dead]], he ripped the longest fart ever recorded on television. (He later tops himself in [[PTV (Family Guy)|PTV]]). In the episode [[Death Lives]], Peter got struck by lightning and was told by Death that when he was struck by the lightning, he soiled himself. This also occurred in an episode called "[[When You Wish Upon a Weinstein]]", where Brian mentions that Peter soiled himself at the dinner party and it shows a flashback when the incident occurred. Later at the temple he does it again, and then later on he doesn't seem to notice it happening because he acts normal. |
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Peter lacks some very basic general knowledge. For a long time he thought dogs laid eggs, the plural of goose was sheep, and (perhaps only said as a joke) for four years he thought that Meg was a housecat. In [[Wasted Talent]], it took him an entire scientific analysis for him to realize that with Joe having found one of Pawtucket Pat's four silver scrolls, there were only three left. In [[There's Something About Paulie]], he believed his own [[penis]] to be a growth. In [[One If by Clam, Two If by Sea]], he didn't realize that the most dangerous crook Joe ever put away was going to kill him, believing that the crook thought they were [[zombie]]s (due to his threats, "You're all dead!"). However, his knowledge of some topics, including TV shows and [[Kiss (band)|KISS]], is nearly encyclopedic. |
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Although he is capable of deductive reasoning, it sometimes takes Peter a long time to draw simple conclusions. For example, after watching an advertisement for the KISS-Stock tour passing through [[New England]], as seen in the episode [[Road to Europe]], it wasn't until later at the dentist that he figured out that he could go to KISS-Stock. He also, inexplicably, believes that he lives in French Polynesia during this segment. In the episode [[Brian in Love]], Peter suddenly realized that Brian could talk as he was telling Peter that he was in love with a girl (who was in fact Lois). On [[Screwed the Pooch|another occasion]], it took him three days to figure out a single-panel cartoon in ''[[The New Yorker]].'' On another occasion, Peter was taking a long time to decide between two [[Ernest P. Worrell|Ernest]] movies where Ernest goes to the beach and one in which he doesn't go to the beach and panicked when it was announced that the video store was closing soon. |
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Peter seems to have a hard time making reasonable decisions as well as simple ones. In [[I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar]], when given the choice to choose receiving a free boat or prize from the mystery box, he picks the mystery box (which turns out to be free tickets to a night club), thinking he could get a free boat from it, instead of taking the actual boat itself. In [[Petarded]], he finds simple trivia questions (i.e. "What color is a fire truck?") to be extremely difficult. |
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In the episode [[Blind Ambition (Family Guy)|Blind Ambition]], Peter went blind after eating nickels and suffering nickel poisoning; he said he was aiming for the [[world record]] of the most nickels swallowed. After unwittingly saving Horace from a fire, a dead hobo's eyes were transplanted into him (ironically, Peter himself had accidentally killed the hobo). |
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He denied several times that his prostate was tested in [[Stewie Loves Lois]], believing Dr. Hartman to have raped him when he tried to reach into his [[rectum]]. His stupidity may have been contagious, because later at the Drunken Clam, [[Glenn Quagmire|Quagmire]], [[Cleveland Brown|Cleveland]], and [[Joe Swanson|Joe]] cried as they believed Dr.Hartman raped them too. Also, at court, the judge got a flashback and ruled Dr. Hartman guilty after Peter asked about his experience. |
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After handling several M80s strung together, Peter lost all the fingers of his right hand (in the episode [[Whistle While Your Wife Works]]). He was able to retrieve all his fingers and get them all re-attached, and appeared through the rest of the episode with his right hand bandaged. |
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In [[Peter's Two Dads]], he was able to hold his own in a drinking contest with his father Mickey McFinnegan, actually winning the contest, though becoming extremely incomprehensible and fainting seconds after his father. |
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In [[Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey]], Peter broke his back and got a [[hernia]] trying to lift former President [[Bill Clinton]]'s car to repair a flat tire. From there he spent a small amount of time in the hospital healing and sulking over the fact that he was apparently aging. Clinton later decides to take him out for an adventure to ameliorate these feelings. |
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In [[No Meals on Wheels]], Peter broke his foot trying to keep Joe and his crippled friends from eating at the restaurant he had created in that episode. He was [[wheelchair]]-bound for the rest of the episode and endured all the hardships that a paraplegic would face. Although he angered Joe prior to breaking his foot because of his dislike of paraplegics, the two eventually patched things up when they realized what they had both been through. |
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Peter is 5‘10“ according to his ID in [[Meet the Quagmires]] (Seen when he shows the picture of Meg, Chris, and Stewie when saying who he can party with). |
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== Ancestry == |
== Ancestry == |
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In the episode [[Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?]], Peter discovered that he had a pre-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era black ancestor named Nate Griffin, making him at least 1/64th black. Furthermore, Nate was a [[slavery|slave]] owned by a [[Pewterschmidt family|Pewterschmidt]] (Lois' family) ancestor. After learning this, Peter very briefly went by the name '''Kichwa-Tembo''' until his [[father-in-law]], Carter Pewterschmidt, wrote him a $20,000 [[Reparations for slavery|reparations]] check. |
In the episode [[Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?]], Peter discovered that he had a pre-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] era black ancestor named Nate Griffin, making him at least 1/64th black. Furthermore, Nate invented the DMV later in life to get back at whites and was a [[slavery|slave]] owned by a [[Pewterschmidt family|Pewterschmidt]] (Lois' family) ancestor. After learning this, Peter very briefly went by the name '''Kichwa-Tembo''' until his [[father-in-law]], Carter Pewterschmidt, wrote him a $20,000 [[Reparations for slavery|reparations]] check. But in the episode [[Peter's Two Dads]], Peter discovers that his real father is a guy in Ireland named [[Mickey McFinnigan]]. He resembles his son in every aspect save his red hair and facial hair and his aged face. This, of course, means that all of Peter's Griffin ancestors are not actually blood relations despite family resemblance. |
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Peter has an evil twin brother named Thaddeus, who is basically a pantomime-villain version of Peter who dresses, acts, and talks like [[Snidely Whiplash]]. However, after a preview of Thaddeus' death, it reveals that the Peter in the present is Thaddeus. |
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In the episode [[The Son Also Draws]], Peter falsely claimed to be [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], with an ancestor named [[Jeep Grand Cherokee|Chief Grand Cherokee]], in order to regain Lois' gambling losses at a casino. The casino managers told Peter to go on a [[vision quest]] to prove his claim. He did, and his spirit guide turned out to be [[Fonzie]]. |
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In [[Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story]], he seems to be the descendant of an African American singer, [[Ella Fitzgerald|Ella Fitzgriffin]], who performed with young [[Ray Charles]]. Her high notes caused glass to shatter and become embedded in Charles' eyes, resulting in his blindness. |
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[[Image:FGLetsGototheHop.jpg|220px|thumb|right|Things get "too real" for Peter. From the episode [[Let's Go to the Hop]]]]Peter has many strange ancestors, some of whom were involved in important historical events and who usually show up in throwaway gags. Osias Griffin, one of Peter's ancestors, owned one of the first dozen telephones (the third telephone, to be specific). Also, in one episode Peter says most of his family is husky because they are descended from Jabba the Griffin, who resembles Jabba the Hutt from ''Star Wars'', but with Peter's likeness. Peter also mentioned once, that he has two indirect ancestors who were [[Conjoined twins|Siamese twins]], and both fought on opposite sides of the [[American Civil War]]. In [[E. Peterbus Unum]], he claimed that "Ulysses S. Griffin" was an ancestor of his, implying that if he was telling the truth, he was somehow related to [[Ulysses S. Grant]], because a cutaway shows that Ulysses Griffin won the Civil War (in a drinking contest). He also mentions he's related to [[Adolf Hitler]]'s brother, Peter Hitler (which would make him also related to Adolf Hitler as well). In one episode Peter says he had a relative who was one of the inventors of golf, going to a flashback of a Scottish man of Peter's likeness, saying "So we're all clear on the rules, no Jews and no blacks". Peter is also related to Moses, or "Moses Griffin". |
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In [[Running Mates]], Peter describes himself as a "self described [[Huguenot]]". A Huguenot was a member of the [[Protestant Reformed Churches in America|Protestant Reformed Church]] of [[France]] during the 16th and 17th centuries. However Peter is a Catholic so this is likely to be a very obscure in-joke. Many Hollywood stars claim to have [[Huguenot]] ancestry. However it is implied that Peter simply doesn't know what the word means. |
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In one episode, Peter's cousin is actress/comedian [[Kathy Griffin]]. |
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Peter also seems to be related to his wife’s family in many ways. In the episode [[Untitled Griffin Family History]], many of his ancestor's girlfriend/wives have a great resemblance to Lois. Even his African/American ancestor, Nate Griffin, had a wife with the last name Pewterschmidt, the same last name as his wife’s family. They had children together as well, who looked awfully like African/American versions of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. |
Peter also seems to be related to his wife’s family in many ways. In the episode [[Untitled Griffin Family History]], many of his ancestor's girlfriend/wives have a great resemblance to Lois. Even his African/American ancestor, Nate Griffin, had a wife with the last name Pewterschmidt, the same last name as his wife’s family. They had children together as well, who looked awfully like African/American versions of Meg, Chris, and Stewie, which leads to the conclusion that Meg is his daughter, and Lois and Peter are related. In the same episode, we find out that one of his uncles is Peter Hitler, brother of [[Adolf Hitler]]. Another+ ancestor is Moses Griffin, who led the Jews out of Egypt. His ancestors also include a caveman that invented the wheel. His great-grandfather was Willy "Black Eye" Griffin, a silent movie star that always got hit in the eye in the movies. He was rich, but his voice just wasn't right for the talking pictures. In the episode [[Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?]], we find that his other great-grandfather was Osias Griffin, who was also rich and owned one of the first dozen telephones. Peter's great-great-great-great-grandfather was a great philospher named Thomas Griffin. |
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==Appearance outside Family Guy== |
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Peter had some appearance outside Family Guy, these include: |
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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 middle name, established in the episode "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater," could be a reference to the Löwenbräu brewery or a fancy way of saying "low-brow." 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, paraplegic police officer Joe, and nerdy pharmacist Mort Goldman.
History
Peter worked at a country club/resort in Newport, RI, as a towel boy, where he met Lois Pewterschmidt. Lois's father, Carter, objected to Peter because he considered him to be of a lower social class, while Peter's step-father objected to Lois because of her religion. Carter tried to keep Lois and Peter apart by having his servants toss Peter into the ocean. Unfortunately for Carter, Peter was rescued by a nearby Navy ship, aboard which Peter met his future neighbor, Ensign Glenn Quagmire. Quagmire helped Peter pull into a port in Florida, where he met Cleveland Brown, another future neighbor, who gave him a ride back to Newport. Ultimately, Carter offers Peter one million dollars to forever stay away from Lois, which Peter rejects. Lois and Peter eventually get married and have three children, settling down in the community of Quahog, Rhode Island.
Peter currently works at the Pawtucket Patriot brewery. On his first day there, he drank himself into a stupor in his first five minutes of work and was relegated to the shipping department, away from the free beer. Upon Francis Griffin's death, it is revealed he was not his biological father. His father is actually an Irish man named Mickey McFinnigan, who only believes Peter is his son when the latter beats his father in a drinking contest.
Personality
Peter's favorite pastime is watching TV. Peter is otherwise very crude and lowbrow: He enjoys Pauly Shore movies and the Ricki Lake Show, and enjoys other activities such as going to up-market tailors and farting inside the suits. Peter also has a knack for having trouble communicating, and for saying the wrong thing. After taking an I.Q. test, he finds out that he is mentally retarded. Peter sometimes seems to show that he hates Meg, similar to the rest of the family. As with the other family members, Peter's abuse has become more common in later seasons.
Health
Physically, Peter is in very good health, despite being overweight, alcoholic, and accident-prone. Peter's fertility was lowered (temporarily) when Stewie went in a microscopic ship into Peter's body and destroyed many of Peter's sperm in the episode "Emission Impossible." In Sibling Rivalry he had a vasectomy. In the episode Petarded, he was officially declared to be mentally retarded. It is apparent that Peter is also able to heal rather quickly. This is shown in the several episodes in which Peter has long (and very strange) fight sequences with a man dressed in a chicken costume. Peter always emerges victorious in these fights having sustained dozens of cuts, bruises, and broken bones along the way, but at the end of every battle, the chicken man remains alive.
Ancestry
In the episode Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?, Peter discovered that he had a pre-Civil War era black ancestor named Nate Griffin, making him at least 1/64th black. Furthermore, Nate invented the DMV later in life to get back at whites and was a slave owned by a Pewterschmidt (Lois' family) ancestor. After learning this, Peter very briefly went by the name Kichwa-Tembo until his father-in-law, Carter Pewterschmidt, wrote him a $20,000 reparations check. But in the episode Peter's Two Dads, Peter discovers that his real father is a guy in Ireland named Mickey McFinnigan. He resembles his son in every aspect save his red hair and facial hair and his aged face. This, of course, means that all of Peter's Griffin ancestors are not actually blood relations despite family resemblance.
Peter also seems to be related to his wife’s family in many ways. In the episode Untitled Griffin Family History, many of his ancestor's girlfriend/wives have a great resemblance to Lois. Even his African/American ancestor, Nate Griffin, had a wife with the last name Pewterschmidt, the same last name as his wife’s family. They had children together as well, who looked awfully like African/American versions of Meg, Chris, and Stewie, which leads to the conclusion that Meg is his daughter, and Lois and Peter are related. In the same episode, we find out that one of his uncles is Peter Hitler, brother of Adolf Hitler. Another+ ancestor is Moses Griffin, who led the Jews out of Egypt. His ancestors also include a caveman that invented the wheel. His great-grandfather was Willy "Black Eye" Griffin, a silent movie star that always got hit in the eye in the movies. He was rich, but his voice just wasn't right for the talking pictures. In the episode Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?, we find that his other great-grandfather was Osias Griffin, who was also rich and owned one of the first dozen telephones. Peter's great-great-great-great-grandfather was a great philospher named Thomas Griffin.
Appearance outside Family Guy
Peter had some appearance outside Family Guy, these include:
- Treehouse of Horror XIII One of Homer's clones was Peter Griffin. (a The Simpsons Episode)
- In the South Park episodes Cartoon Wars I and II, Peter Griffin was parodied.
- In another episode of The Simpsons (The Italian Bob) Peter is in a book of suspect owned by Italian guards, described as "plagiarismo". (Followed by Stan Smith with the title "plagiarismo di plagiarismo.").
- In the first episode of the second season of Robot Chicken, "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 is "Guilty!", and was voiced by Seth MacFarlane as usual.
Footnotes
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