Glenn Quagmire
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| First appearance | "Death Has a Shadow"[1] |
| Voiced by | Seth MacFarlane |
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| Full name | Glenn Quagmire |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Commercial airline pilot |
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| Spouse(s) | Joan Quagmire (deceased) |
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Glenn Quagmire, often referred to as just Quagmire, is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. Quagmire is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his hypersexuality.[3] Creator and voice actor Seth MacFarlane describes Quagmire as "an appalling human being who is still caught in the rat-pack era" based on anachronistic 1950s party-animal clichés.[4] His neighbor and friend Peter Griffin describes him as a "heartless sex hound" and refers to him as "a rapist" in The Cleveland Show.[5] By profession, Quagmire is an airline pilot.
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[edit] Origins and appearance
The name Quagmire was chosen by a college acquaintance of MacFarlane's;[4] 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 the infidelity-themed episode "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire" plays on the second meaning. MacFarlane came up with Quagmire's voice after listening to fast-talking radio jockeys from the 1950s era, describing the character as a "50s radio guy on coke."[4] The "giggidy" phrase was inspired by Steve Marmel's Jerry Lewis impression.[6] Quagmire's home follows the same retro theme, decked out in a style reminiscent of the swinging party set of the 1950s and '60s; nearly every part of the house has a discreetly hidden bed. It has been revealed in some episodes that Quagmire has a foot fetish.[7] Quagmire drives a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, which Peter Griffin later destroys in "Airport '07" after he accidentally reverses his pickup truck into it.
In a DVD bonus feature, MacFarlane singled out a line in "Love Thy Trophy", in which Quagmire answers a one-night stand's question about his job with the words, "I have a question for you, too. Why are you still here?" as the moment where the character's over-sexed personality was crystallized.
In "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire", Quagmire has sex with Cleveland Brown's wife, Loretta, which ends their marriage; and in "Jerome Is the New Black", he says he despises the Griffin family dog, Brian, igniting a mutual animosity.
In "Tiegs for Two", the reason for Quagmire's sex addiction towards women was due to a certain mishap of a relationship with actress Cheryl Tiegs during the 1980s, and that he has been taking it out on other women to 'fill in the hole' Tiegs has left for him, considering the fact that Tiegs was one of the few women that Quagmire genuinely cared for besides his sister Brenda. Brian would later date Tiegs to spite Quagmire after his antics caused one of Brian's new girlfriends to leave him, prompting Quagmire to date Brian's former girlfriend Jillian Russell, which then leads to a fight between both men and causing both Tiegs and Jillian to dump them in anger, much to both Brian and Quagmire's discomfort.
[edit] Sexual appetites
Quagmire is characterized as indulging in several sexual fetishes, from frotteurism and erotic asphyxiation to zoophilia and incest and necrophilia. He is also an implied rapist; several episodes feature gags in which he has sex with women who are unconscious. His sexual exploits are a running gag throughout the show. His famous phrase is "Giggity Giggity Giggity".
[edit] References
- ^ "Death Has a Shadow". Family Guy. Fox. 2005-05-15. No. 1, season 1. First appearance. A more crudely-drawn Quagmire can also be seen in episode 1 sitting on a bench behind Peter (with Cleveland) in the courtroom, wearing his Hawaiian shirt.
- ^ "Jerome Is the New Black". Family Guy. Fox. 2009-11-22. No. 7, season 8.
- ^ Miller, Shaun (2007). "Quagmire: Virtue and Perversity". In Wisnewski, J. Jeremy. Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded. The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 27–35. ISBN 1405163163.
- ^ a b c Seth MacFarlane Interview. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKURWCicyQU. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ "Love Thy Trophy". Family Guy. Fox. 2000-03-14. No. 5, season 2.
- ^ "Seth MacFarlane on Family Guy #100". http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/tv/article/seth-macfarlane-on-family-guy-100-64669.
- ^ "The Cleveland–Loretta Quagmire"
[edit] External links
- Glenn Quagmire at Fox.com
- Glenn Quagmire at the Internet Movie Database
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