Glenn Quagmire
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| Glenn Quagmire | |
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| Family Guy character | |
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| Character information | |
| Full name | Glenn Quagmire |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Black |
| Occupation | Airline Pilot |
| Show information | |
| First appearance | "Death Has a Shadow"[1] |
| Voice actor | Seth MacFarlane |
Glenn Quagmire is a character on the animated series Family Guy, best known for his satyriasis.[2] A commercial airline pilot, Quagmire is a neighbor of the Griffins. He is a sex-crazed pervert.[3] He is voiced by the show's creator and lead writer, Seth MacFarlane.
MacFarlane describes Quagmire as "An appalling human being who is still caught in the rat-pack era" based on anachronistic 1950s party animal clichés[citation needed]. His neighbor and friend Peter Griffin describes him as a "heartless sex hound."[4]
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[edit] Catchphrases
Quagmire has several oft-used catchphrases, including giggity giggity giggity (and variations thereof, excitedly), alll riight, both usually indicating perceived sexual situations or opportunities; these exclamations are often accompanied by a trademark head bob. His earliest catchphrase, Oh! (in arrogant triumph, cf. Andrew Dice Clay), is usually delivered with a pelvic thrust.
[edit] Ethics and sexual deviancy
Many of the storylines and most of the jokes about Quagmire feature his wanton and deviant sexual behavior.[5] A few gags even suggest that he is a registered sex offender.[6] Quagmire's foot fetish is referenced in several episodes.[7][8] In at least one episode he is shown on the verge of engaging in sexual activity with his mother.[9] He also isn't above sex with a dead woman, as evidenced after his temporary wife Joan Quagmire's death.[10] On one occasion, while out at sea with Peter and his friends, Quagmire confessed to a seemingly endless chain of bizarre sexual acts, ranging from picking up illegal aliens at Home Depot and Joann Fabrics to suffocate him while he masturbated to giving a reach-around to a spider monkey while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.[11] Aside from these excesses, Quagmire finds sexual arousal in seemingly banal situations, and sexual innuendo in much of the show's dialogue. He once told a story to the guys at the bar about "two hot homeless twins" where Peter shielded Stewie's ears so his son couldn't hear it, but his pantomine of his activities is apparently so revolting that Stewie screams in terror when Quagmire tries to play the "got your nose" game.
Despite this, Quagmire espouses traditional, even conservative male sex roles. He opposes homosexuality, refusing for example to sign a petition for gay marriage.[12] This sets up several homophobia gags and confusing run-ins with transsexuals, such as when he is horrified to learn that Taylor Hanson, whom Quagmire had found lust-worthy, is in fact a man; he then stammers that he has hundreds of pictures at home and then suddenly leaves the scene.
When one of his partners, waking up in bed beside him, asks Quagmire his occupation, he cheerfully responds "Hey, I've got a question for you too: why are you still here?" On a Family Guy DVD commentary,[13] MacFarlane says that he believes this to be Quagmire's "defining moment".
In "I Take Thee Quagmire", Quagmire actually falls in love and marries; the marriage does not outlast the episode.[10] In an alternative timeline in "Meet the Quagmires", Quagmire is also shown married to Lois Griffin, toward whom he has in several episodes demonstrated an attraction.
He has his own theme song, as seen in "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do" and "Airport '07", although the theme song is only shown on the DVD version of the latter episode. It usually starts off with an announcer saying "Who else but Quagmire?", and then it goes into an opening sequence featuring his face against a background of changing colors, while studio singers sing the theme song, with Quagmire singing the last line;
- He's Quagmire, Quagmire
- You never really know what he's gonna do next
- He's Quagmire, Quagmire
- Giggity giggity giggity giggity, let's have sex!
The sequence then cuts to a setting that is supposed to be entirely unfunny. So far, a fancy dinner party and a funeral for a young woman who died a virgin have been shown. Quagmire will then perform an outrageous act, much to the surprise of the bystanders. During the dinner party sequence, where he was dressed as a waiter, he stripped down to his underwear and danced upon the table. During the funeral, he popped out of the coffin in his underwear and danced offscreen, implying that he had sex with the corpse.
The presumed "closing credits" sequence is almost identical to the opening sequence, except the theme song is performed thusly;
- He's Quagmire, Quagmire
- Giggity giggity goo!
In one instance, he is shown to be bad at golf. Due to this, he has an anger problem whenever playing golf.
Lastly in the episode Long John Peter Quagmire accidentally says that he would have sex with a twelve year old girl, this is the second instance of Glenn saying that he would consciously choose to have sex with a minor, the first instance was in the episode And the Wiener Is... when Lois sent Quagmire to frighten a school girl that was mistreating Meg.
[edit] Appearance
Quagmire has short black hair, parted in the middle with lightly tanned skin; he is of average height and somewhat slight build. His facial characteristics include an enormous jaw and chin, and a long nose. It has been said that Seth MacFarlane modelled his face after Bob Hope's.[citation needed]
He is usually seen wearing a red Hawaiian shirt with yellow flowers, a pair of blue jeans, brown boots and, when undressed, leopard-print briefs. He has also appeared in a light blue flamboyant tuxedo and red bow tie. His swimsuit trunks match his red Hawaiian shirt.
Quagmire's home follows the same retro theme, decked out in a style reminiscent of the swinging party set of the fifties and sixties. It has been shown in the episode "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" that nearly every part of the house has a discreetly hidden bed and that he has his telephone number tattooed on his bottom.
[edit] Name
The word quagmire refers to both a soft soil that yields easily (such as quicksand) and a situation that is difficult to get out of. The title of a Family Guy episode from Season Four, dealing with infidelity, plays on the second meaning ("The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire").
[edit] Job
In the episodes "Love Thy Trophy" and "I Never Met the Dead Man", Quagmire is referred to as a pilot in dialogue, while "The Thin White Line" shows him in a pilot's uniform at the airport. He also uses his position to get Lois a job as a flight attendant in "Dammit Janet". It wasn't until "Airport '07" that viewers for the first time see him doing his job as a 767 Captain for the fictional TransNational Airlines. In "Death Lives" when Peter has flash backs, it was also revealed that Quagmire was an enlisted Sailor in the United States Navy. Contrary to popular belief, he was not an Officer, as he is seen wearing the "crackerjack" uniform of an enlisted Sailor. This is in contrast to the fact that he introduces himself as "Ensign Glenn Quagmire" to Peter.
[edit] References
- ^ "Death Has a Shadow". Family Guy. Fox. 2005-05-15. No. 1, season 1. “Hey Peter, wanna play drink the beer?” First appearance. Quagmire can also be seen in episode 1 sitting on a bench behind Peter (along with Cleveland) in the courtroom. He looks somewhat different, Quagmire's facial features more crudely portrayed, but still with his Hawaiian shirt.
- ^ Wisnewski, editor, J. Jeremy; Miller, Shaun (2007). Family Guy and Philosophy: a cure for the petarded. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 27-35. ISBN 1405163163.
- ^ Clark Collis. "The Family Guy" Blender September 2003
- ^ "Love Thy Trophy". Family Guy. Fox.
- ^ Elfman, Doug (2007-03-09). Is 'Family Guy' stupid?. Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times News Group. Retrieved on 2007-05-15. MacFarlane: "You get the sense he might have roofied some girls."
- ^ "Emission Impossible". Family Guy. Fox. 2001-11-08. No. 11, season 3. 1:56 minutes in. “Well, in accordance with Megan's Law, I'm obligated to inform you, uh...”
- ^ "Fore Father". Family Guy. Fox. 2000-08-01. No. 14, season 2. 17:35 minutes in. Quagmire steals a female bowler's shoe and sniffs it, repeatedly. Chris Griffin: "I don't think I like feet as much as you do."
- ^ "I Take Thee Quagmire". Family Guy. Fox. 2006-03-12. No. 21, season 4. Peter gives Quagmire the Statue of Liberty's foot. But he does not want it!
- ^ "Brian the Bachelor". Family Guy. Fox. 2005-06-26. No. 7, season 4. “Mom, if you want this three-way to happen, you better change your tone.”
- ^ a b "I Take Thee Quagmire". Tom Maxwell, Don Woodard and Steve Callaghan (writers). Family Guy. Fox. 2006-03-12. No. 21, season 4. “Hey Death, could you leave that body here for five minutes?”
- ^ "Perfect Castaway". Family Guy. Fox. 2005-09-18. No. 12, season 4.
- ^ "You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives". Family Guy. Fox. 2006-04-30. No. 25, season 4. “Two halves can't make a whole without a hole”
- ^ Love Thy Trophy Family Guy season 2 DVD commentary
[edit] External links
- S. Callaghan, Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide Seasons 1–3. New York: HarperCollins (2005): 153.
- A. Delarte, "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 4" Bob's Poetry Magazine January 2006: 16 - 18, 23, 25
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