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These are characters from the animated TV series Family Guy.

Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character they are associated with.

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Griffin Family

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The Griffin Family. From left to right: Chris, Peter, Brian, Stewie, Lois, Meg.
  • Peter Lowenbrau Griffin – Peter is 42 years old, born in the month of July. He is of mainly Irish heritage, with some black ancestors. Peter is a large, extremely idiotic man, who often gets into bad situations, which are only made worse as he tries to get out of them. Husband to Lois, father to Meg, Chris, Stewie and Bertram, and technically the owner of Brian.
  • Lois Pewterschmidt Griffin – Lois is 40 years old. Born into the wealthy Pewterschmidt family, Lois gave up her inheritance in order to marry Peter, but she is still careful about keeping up appearances in front of others and often gets miffed at Peter's lack of cultural sophistication, as well as his idiotic but well-meaning schemes. Lois teaches piano in order to supplement the family's income, although she spends most of her time caring for her family.
  • Megan "Meg" Griffin – A sixteen (seventeen by the fourth season) -year-old daughter of Peter and Lois (although, according to Brian, Meg's real father is a man named Stan Thompson). Meg spends her time worrying about fitting in with others her age at her school (James Woods Regional High School), where she is a junior until the 4th season, in which she is a senior, and tries hard to find acceptance. Meg has become a scapegoat for many cruel jokes about her looks, mannerisms, and general existence. In the 4th season episode "Don't Make Me Over" she lost her virginity to Jimmy Fallon while co-hosting a live broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
  • Christopher Cross "Chris" Griffin – thirteen (fourteen by the fourth season) -year-old idiot savant son of Peter and Lois. He is not very intelligent, and is overweight like his father, although he has a tremendous talent for drawing. He may have inherited his father's stupidity. He seems to be the only character dumber than his father. He is the only child whose paternity has never been questioned (though he was born due to a broken condom, according to his baby book). Some viewers mistakenly think that Chris is older than Meg because he is slightly taller.
  • Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin - One-year-old son of Peter and Lois, who inexplicably has an English accent. Stewie is an incredibly intelligent person, and harbors ambitions to take over the world, but more importantly to kill Lois. Thus far his plans have been foiled by those around him who don't take him seriously. Brian (the dog) is the only one in the show who can hear him 100% of the time and actually takes him seriously, so they often end up pairing off comedically.
  • Brian Griffin - Brian may be described as the Griffin family's talking dog, but he is more accurately described as a dog who chooses to live with them. He is called Brian Griffin only because he lives with and was adopted by the Griffin family. His real name is simply "Brian". While he exhibits some "typical" dog behaviors, he can speak intelligently, drive a car, walk bipedally, and has a sharp wit. Peter is his best friend, despite Brian being much more intelligent than him. For the first 2 seasons, he was apparently the only member of the family who understood Stewie when he spoke.

Relatives

Peter's family

  • Francis Griffin – Peter's hardline Irish Catholic father. He was formerly an employee of the Pawtucket Mill, and never had time for his son, because he believed that not working was a sin. He was finally forced to retire after 60 years of hard-working service, but refused to accept retirement, and ended up as a bodyguard for the Pope. He hates Lois (and possibly other non-Catholic people) because she isn't Catholic. Although he seems gruff and strict on the exterior, Francis cares for Peter deep down. Voiced by Charles Durning.
  • Bertram Griffin – Stewie's half-brother and archnemesis, he was originally the unconceived son of Peter and Lois referred to as "Stewie's sperm-brother." In the episode "Emission Impossible" he fought a miniaturized Stewie to a standstill inside Peter's body, and shared Stewie's hatred of Lois and Jason Patric. In the episode "Sibling Rivalry", he was born to a lesbian couple after Peter donated his sperm. After meeting Bertram, Stewie at first looked forward to having a new partner in his matricidal efforts but later changed his mind, fearing that Bertram would someday become a threat. (He believes Bertram to be "too clever.") Voiced by Wallace Shawn.
  • Thaddeus Griffin – Peter's Evil Twin Brother. Has a long twisty moustache and top hat, likes to wear black and laugh maniacally. Thaddeus is an homage to classic pantomime villains such as Snidely Whiplash and Crumden.
  • Nathaniel "Nate" Griffin – Black ancestor to Peter, who lived during the American Civil War. His master was an ancestor of Lois' father, Carter Pewterschimdt. The book entitled “Griffin Genealogy” featured in the episode “Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?” says that in 1840, Nate used to groom horses. He fell in love with his owner's daughter, and they had three children. After he escaped to the North, he started the Department of Motor Vehicles to spite the white man. (deceased)
  • Osais Griffin – Peter's great grandfather, who owned one of the first dozen telephones; his phone number was 3. In the episode “Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?” Peter and Chris went to the Quahog Public Library to learn about the Griffin family history. Chris found a book entitled “Griffin Genealogy”, and Peter read the excerpts for Osais, Thomas, and Nate. (deceased)
  • Thomas Griffin – Osais' great great grandfather, who was a great philosopher. In the episode "Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?" his wife asked him, “Thomas, would you please go look for a job!” After a comically long pause he responded, "Why?" (deceased)

Lois' family

  • Carter Pewterschmidt – Billionaire industrialist, and owner of U.S. Steel. Husband to Barbara, father to Lois, Carol, Patrick, and apparently a mulatto shoe-shine boy. He loathes Peter intensely, insulting and demeaning him every chance he gets, calling him names such as "fat bastard" or "fathead". He pushed Peter into a fire on one occasion, and offered Peter one million dollars to "never see my daughter again". He and his wife Barbara once got a divorce, but they were quickly remarried. Though he reviles Peter, Carter does love his grandchildren Meg, Chris, and Stewie. He is voiced by Edward Fox.
  • Barbara Pewterschmidt – Wife to Carter, mother to Lois, Carol, and Patrick. Once had an affair with Jackie Gleason, and possibly several other men, but her husband doesn't seem to know or care since they only married for business reasons, and they don't love each other. She once divorced Carter and married Ted Turner, but quickly divorced him, taking half of CNN's and TNT's ownership and remarrying Carter. Shares her husband's dislike of Peter and love of their grandchildren. She is voiced by Alex Borstein.
  • Carol Pewterschmidt – Sister to Lois Griffin and Patrick Pewtershmidt, daughter of Carter and Barbara. Carol has eight ex-husbands, with a son by the most recent one. Unlike her parents, she doesn't dislike Peter.
  • Patrick Pewterschmidt - Lois's brother, who was locked away in a mental institution by their parents Carter and Barbara after he walked in on his mother having sex with Jackie Gleason. He had a nervous breakdown as a result and harbors an intense hatred for fat men to this day. During his temporary release from the mental institution, he became "The Quahog Fat Guy Strangler" and nearly killed Peter. He has an invisible/imaginary wife named Marian.
  • Marguerite Pewterschmidt– Great-aunt to Lois Griffin. She owned the palatial Cherrywood Manor in Newport (now known to be "America's first presidential whorehouse"), which Lois inherited after her death while paying the Griffins a visit. She shared Barbara and Carter's dislike of Peter. (deceased)

Brian's family

  • Biscuit (deceased) – Brian's mother. When she died, her owners had her stuffed and turned into an end table. Biscuit has since been given a proper burial by Brian and Stewie.
  • Coco – Brian's father. In the episode where Brian substitute teaches for Chris's class, Brian made the joke, "Call me Brian. Mr. Griffin was my father." Chris replied, "I thought your dad was named Coco and he got run over by a milk truck." (presumed deceased)
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Jasper
  • Jasper – Brian's flamboyant homosexual cousin, known for constantly telling dirty jokes. Self-described "rice queen". Brian roomed with Jasper when he moved to Hollywood to direct porn movies. He teaches a dance class at Club Med. He's the only other living anthropomorphic dog that has been seen on the show besides Brian and Todd.

Others

  • Todd (deceased) - The dog that the Griffin family had before he died and they got Brian. Like Brian, he was anthropomorphic. He lived to the age of fifteen.
  • Fluffy - Fluffy is the cat Peter bought to replace Brian after he moved out of the Griffin household. Fluffy later turned out to be a mean and violent cat who threw firecrackers at the Griffins, and about whom Peter said, "God, I hate this freakin' cat."
  • Stan Thompson - Meg's real father, according to Brian in "Screwed the Pooch".
  • Cousin Janeen – The cousin who is mocked by the Griffins, Peter and Chris specifically, behind her back because of her diabetes.
  • Seabreeze - The Pewterschmidt family dog, a prize-winning greyhound. Had an affair with Brian in "Screwed the Pooch", but was already pregnant by Ted Turner.

Fictional relatives

Peter's active imagination has led to cutaway and flashback references to a varied list of alleged ancestors and relatives, mostly parodies of historical figures.

  • Kathy Griffin - Peter's cousin, a real-life comedian who is considered by many to be as annoying in the show as she is in real life.
  • Huck Griffin – Peter's great-great uncle, who sailed down the Mississippi River with a slave. A parody of Huckleberry Finn. Huck's use of the word "Nigger" is implied, as the cutaway begins with Jim being angry at him for using "our word" to which he responds by asking, "Could you pass me the oar, N-word Jim?" (deceased)
  • Peter's Grandfather – Grandfather to Peter and father to Francis Griffin. He was among the men at Warner Brothers who created Bugs Bunny, but he wanted the character to be named "Ephraim the Retarded Rabbit." (deceased)
  • Angus Griffin – A Scottish ancestor of Peter Griffin. He was among the men who first invented golf, with a "no Jews and no Blacks" rule.
  • Juarez Griffin – A Spanish ancestor of Peter Griffin who took part in several cockfights. He was roughly the size of a chicken.
  • Jabba the Griffin – A distant relative of Peter's with an uncanny resemblance to Jabba the Hutt who speaks with a pseudo-Huttese accent. Jabba The Griffin's only recognizable words are "wookiee nipple pinchie".
  • Ulysses S. Griffin – Peter's great-great grandfather who fought for the Union in the American Civil War. A parody of Ulysses S. Grant. In the cutaway, he is shown beating Robert E. Lee in a beer drinking contest.
  • Peter's other Civil War participant ancestors were conjoined twins who chose opposing sides in the war. The one who fought for the Union killed the other, who continued decomposing until he was a skeleton. "Nope ... did not think that one through," he said.
  • King Arthur Griffin – An ancient medieval ancestor of Peter. An obvious parody of King Arthur. When Guinevere offered to make love to him if he could pull Excalibur from the stone, he asked her, "What if I can just move it an inch? Will you touch me?" (deceased)
  • Ella Fitzgerald Griffin – Great-aunt of Peter Griffin, who was a jazz singer. An obvious parody of Ella Fitzgerald and her commercials for Memorex. The cutaway shows her performing in a jazz club accompanied on piano by a young Ray Charles. When she sustains a high note during a scat solo, the champagne glass on the piano shatters, sending shards of glass into his eyes and (by implication) causing his blindness.
  • Ponce de Leon Griffin - Peter's explorer ancestor, who searched for the Fountain of Youth. Once he found it, he waded in it, and emerged from the water with the body of a baby, but his head (the only part of his body that didn't touch the water) stayed fully mature and grown. "That was worth the eight and a half year boat ride," he said. (deceased)
  • Rufus Griffin - Peter's black cousin, who starred in many blaxploitation films, namely "Black to the Future", a parody of Back to the Future, "Caddyblack", a parody of Caddyshack, and "Black Kramer Vs. Kramer", a parody of Kramer Vs. Kramer.
  • Quark Griffin - Referred to by Stewie as his cousin, Quark is an alien famous for being the bartender on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
  • Stewie Cruise - Stewie's hyperactive cousin, a parody of Tom Cruise who appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, yelling "I'm in love with Katie Holmes! I'm not gay! Go see my new movie!"
  • Ur-Peter - Peter's caveman ancestor. Invented the wheel, as well as the practice of putting Promotional models next to cars in order to attract customers.
  • Moses Griffin - Led the Jews out of Egypt. An obvious parody of Moses.
  • Peter Hitler - Adolf Hitler's favorite brother. Interrupted one of Hitler's speeches several times, and got more applause from the crowd.
  • Willy "Black-Eye" Griffin - Peters great grandfather who was the greatest silent movie star of the 1920s. His jokes involved eye injuries. However, due to his Bobcat Goldthwait-esque voice, he did not transition well into talkies.
  • Chief Grand Cherokee – Indian ancestor of Peter, a rain maker who fought at Wounded Knee and liked the Neutron Dance. Peter told an Indian casino owner about this (fictional) ancestor in his attempt to reclaim the family car after Lois lost it while gambling. (deceased)
  • Puss - According to Peter, Puss was a cat owned by the family "when we were shorts on the Tracey Ullman Show". This utterance is followed by a poorly drawn, poorly animated, and poorly voiced cut-away parody of The Tracey Ullman Show shorts in which the family is shown burying Puss and commenting on his life. Despite this appearance, there is no real proof of Puss's actual existence. (deceased)

Other Families

Browns

  • Cleveland Brown - One of Peter Griffin's neighbors and best friends as well as one of the few recurring African American characters on the show. Cleveland owns his own deli. His name is an obvious parody of the Cleveland Browns professional football team. Cleveland and Peter met one night, presumably in the early/mid 70's, when Peter was attempting to hitchhike a ride back to Rhode Island.
  • Loretta Brown - Ex-wife of Cleveland Brown and mother of Cleveland Brown, Jr.. Loretta is strong-willed and somewhat controlling. Loretta dominated her ex-husband, and in several episodes Cleveland alludes to the fact that she placed high demands on him in the bedroom. She is keen on promoting black culture and doesn't allow white literature in her house. Is divorced from Cleveland after he finds out she is having an affair with Glen Quagmire in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire". (removed from show)

Campbells

From "From Method to Madness"

  • Dave Campbell – Nudist. Dave was saved from drowning by Peter and his fishing crew. He is the husband of Dotty, and is father of Jeff. Member of the KISS Army. Voiced by Fred Willard.
  • Dotty Campbell – Nudist. Wife of Dave, and mother of Jeff.
  • Jeff Campbell – 16-year-old son of Dave and Dotty. Jeff is also a nudist, and once dated Meg Griffin. It is implied that he is well-endowed.
  • (Un-named toddler) Campbell - Seen when the Griffins arrive for dinner. "Look at you, you little jaybird." Not seen again.

Goldmans

  • Mort Goldman - A Jewish pharmacist, and one of Peter's friends. He is not very confident in himself, and often sings soppy songs. Peter once sold Meg to Mort in order to pay an outstanding tab at his pharmacy.
  • Muriel Goldman - Mort's wife. She met him on a video dating service. Strangely enough, she finds him attractive and charming.
  • Neil Goldman - Mort and Muriel's son. Unlike his father, he is very confident in himself. He is always asking Meg out ("like once a day") and she always rejects him. He may be even too confident for his own good, as he doesn't seem to realise that Meg dislikes him. Although, he once had (and possibly still has) a true girlfriend named Cicelia. They were both somewhat 'nerds', and she thought his psoriasis was sexy. He has a speech impediment due to the retainer he wears, although when he removes the retainer, he suddenly speaks with a smooth, mature, and dignified voice. He is named after one of the shows staff.[citation needed]
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt - According to the show, is the niece of Mort and Muriel, and cousin of Neil. She once went on a date with Peter. She apparently was also a former Eskimo boy.

Jack's Family (surname unknown)

From "Love Thy Trophy"

  • Jack – Loving man who has adopted many children from various races in order to create the beginnings of racial harmony. He briefly adopted Stewie after Child Protective Services thought the baby was addicted to crack.
  • Sarah – Married to Jack, she refused to return Stewie to the Griffins until they bribed her with a Prada bag.
  • Li – One of the adopted babies, of Han Chinese heritage.
  • Pablo – One of the adopted babies, of Hispanic heritage.
  • Ura – One of the adopted babies, of African heritage, possibly a Khoisan.
  • Unnamed babies - The other three babies, who appear to be Indian, Incan and Inuit.

Nelsons

From "Wasted Talent"

  • Jerry Nelson – Local ninja, husband of Janey. One of the finders of the Pawtucket Patriot's Silver Scrolls.
  • Janey Nelson – Wife of Jerry.

Pinchleys

From "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea"

  • Nigel Pinchley – Father to Eliza. Briefly owner of the Drunken Clam before attempting to claim insurance by burning it down and framing Peter. Lois discovered his fraud. He was eventually deported back to England, where he was hanged. Voiced by Michael Caine.
  • Eliza Pinchley – Daughter of Nigel Pinchley. Before arriving in Quahog, she speaks in a thick Cockney accent, but Stewie trains her to speak "Queen's English", in a parody of the musical My Fair Lady. (Rex Harrison, the lead actor in the Broadway and movie versions of My Fair Lady, provided the inspiration for Stewie's voice.) Since her father's hanging, she has lived in an orphanage, but plots revenge against Lois, whom she blames for her father's death, much to the delight of Stewie and the Arsonist Bug. She is voiced by Michelle Horn.

Quagmires

  • Glenn Quagmire - The Griffin's next-door neighbor and Peter's oldest friend; they met sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s when Quagmire, then a Naval officer, fished a drowning Peter from the ocean. He is a total hedonist with a raging libido who uses his job as an airline pilot to help satisfy his perverse desires. It has been implied various times that he is a convicted sex offender, date rapist, and ephebophile with a foot fetish. His manner of dress and the interior design of his home are modeled after 1960s swingers, such as those found in Rock Hudson/Doris Day movies and Beach Blanket Bingo. He has a love for many women, particularly Lois, and even got married (to Joan deceased) in the episode "I Take Thee Quagmire". Almost everything in his house folds out into a bed, as revealed in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" when Cleveland hits a significant amount of the house's furniture and walls with a baseball bat, causing it all to shift to bed mode. Quagmire's catch phrase is "giggidy giggidy goo"
  • Joan Quagmire- Formerly Peter's maid for a week, but became Quagmire's love interest on her last day as a maid. She is suicidal, and said she would kill Quagmire, and herself, if he left her. She died after touching Death. (deceased.)
  • Quagmire's Mother - Quagmire once mentioned that he did not know his father, and that his mother was single. Whether or not she is widowed, divorced or a lifelong spinster, is unknown. She also triggered his perverse ways, if he didn't have them already (as suggested by a deleted scene of him in the womb), by breastfeeding him. Their relationship becomes even more questionable in the episode "Brian the Bachelor". When Quagmire takes The Bachelorette home to meet his family, he tells his mother to stop screaming at him, adding 'If you want this three-way to happen you'd better change your tone!' In her older years, she is cranky and seems to love the cat Mittens more than her son, maybe because Quagmire hasn't fathered any (legitimate) children.

Stevensons

From "A Fish out of Water"

  • Jim Stevenson – Bought the Griffins' house briefly when Peter was unable to pay a loan back to the bank. He is a very cultured man, and is married to Abby. Stewie was angered by his inability to play Pictionary well, as evidenced by his repeated shouts of "Jackal! It's a jackal! Is it a jackal? A jackal!" during a round in which they were paired as partners.
  • Abby Stevenson – Wife of Jim who treats Peter like her child and apparently has some appreciation of art.

Swansons

  • Joe Swanson-The Griffins' paraplegic neighbor, who, despite his injury, is extremely enthusiastic (except around Christmas) and has even made his family stand still. He got his injury after the Grinch pushed him off the roof of a house with a roller skate on Christmas Eve, and to this day, Joe has held a grudge against Christmas.
  • Bonnie Swanson - Joe's timid wife, who has been pregnant since her first appearance. She has not yet managed to deliver her baby, which is hardly surprising, as none of the characters age (except maybe Meg and Chris)have changed. Peter has even commented on it ("First of all, Bonnie, you've been pregnant for, like, six years. Either have the baby or don't.")
  • Kevin Swanson - Joe and Bonnie's teenage son of whom Meg has a crush on. Like his dad, Kevin has an intense nature and love of challenges.

The Evil Monkey

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The Evil Monkey that lives in Chris's closet
  • The Evil Monkey – Lives in Chris' closet and frequently gestures toward him in a threatening manner (see picture). Despite this, the monkey seems fond of Chris, as he was saddened when Chris joined the Peace Corps. When Doug the Pimple was giving him trouble, Chris snarled "I'm in no mood!!" when The Evil Monkey came to do his gesture, and this seemed to disappoint the monkey. No one in Chris' family except Stewie believes him when he tries to tell them of the existence of the Evil Monkey. The Evil Monkey turned evil after coming home early to tell his wife he had gotten a promotion only to find her in bed with another monkey. When not menacing Chris, the Evil Monkey likes to relax, listen to Foghat, and smoke marijuana (a parody of the closing scene of the movie Dazed and Confused). The Evil Monkey appears in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as a guest coming into the theatre in the opening sequence. He is also in the newer episode on fox shown on September 10th,Stewie Loves Lois, in which Peter is sad and Evil Monkey does his look and point at him, to which he responds "Stop it Meg!".
  • The Evil Monkey's wife – Cheated on her husband with another monkey, maybe because he had a mediocre job at first.
  • The Cheating Monkey – Not actually part of the same monkey family as the previous two, only listed here because he had sex with the Evil Monkey's wife, causing him to become evil.
  • The Evil Asian Monkey – may just be the "normal" Evil Monkey with a wig on. If not, the Evil Asian Monkey lives in Asiantown and has black hair. This monkey is seen only once (in Breaking out Is Hard to Do from Season 4) when the Griffins are running from the police.

Tuckers

  • Tom Tucker - The local newscaster, who works at Channel 5. (In the pilot episode, his name was Mike.) He is extremely sarcastic, and apparently has nothing better to do than wind everybody up, particularly his co-anchor Diane Simmons. He dislikes his co-anchor and frequently trades insults with her on-air. Typical quote: "Some breaking news: we now go live to Diane being a bitch. Diane?"
    • He has had several extramarital affairs with prostitutes, as referenced to in the episodes "Petarded" and "Screwed the Pooch".
    • In "The Kiss Seen Around the World", Neil Goldman was angry at Tom Tucker for "stealing his woman"(Meg), and brought him a cup of coffee with Sweet'N Low, to which Tom spat it out and demanded a cup with cat urine, like he asked.
    • In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, it is revealed that his moustache is fake and it is station property, so he turns it in after being fired, although he gets it back after regainining his job.
  • Stacy Tucker - Tom's second wife, and Jake's stepmother. She appears to strongly dislike Tom, which may have contributed to his extramarital affairs. Tom called her a "frigid old cow" in the episode "I Never Met the Dead Man." It was revealed in "Mother Tucker" the two had gotten divorced.
  • Jake Tucker - Tom Tucker's son. He has an upside-down face. He is told that he doesn't have a bottom, and it is implied that his penis is in the wrong place. In one episode, Tom took Jake to the psychiatrist, and told him, "I know Stacy isn't your mother, but upside-down face or not, you'll have to learn to respect her!"

Peter's work colleagues

Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Company

  • Jonathan Weed – Owner of the toy factory where Peter worked for a living during the first few seasons. He has a Spanish accent and is also homosexual; often appoints male employees based on their physical appearance. His family's name was "Bermuda Grass," but it was changed to "Weed" when they immigrated through Ellis Island. In the episode "Mr. Saturday Knight", he choked on a dinner roll and died. In his video will, he stated that the factory would be destroyed, and so it was before the tape had finished playing. (deceased)
  • Guillermo – Handsome Hispanic employee hired as a ringer for the company softball team. Came with Weed to the opening night of Peter's play. (removed from show)
  • Johnson – Employee who developed the "G.I. Jew" dolls and exclaimed, "Whoa! Glad he's on our side!" Johnson also finished second to Peter during Mr. Weed's hunting contest to see who would win a week's paid vacation. (removed from show)
  • Leonard Hayle – Mr. Weed's lawyer; handled the affairs of Mr. Weed's death. Also Mr. Weed's lover. (removed from show)
  • Harrison – Replaced Mr. Weed during the brief time the toy company was owned by El Dorado Cigarettes. Enjoys shooting dogs. (removed from show)
  • Jerry – Executive of El Dorado Cigarettes. Appears in subliminal messages in old TV programs such as Lassie, encouraging people to smoke by randomly popping in and saying "Smoke". (removed from show)

Fishermen

  • Pasqual and Santos – Portuguese immigrants who work as fishermen with Peter. One was a cardiologist in Portugal. Eventually, Peter couldn't afford them, so he decides to shoot them. Thankfully, they swam away in time. In another episode, the fishermen offered to babysit Stewie, until Stewie informed them that no Portuguese were allowed. They also saved Joe Swanson's life in the episode "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire".
  • Henessy – Rival fisherman who dislikes Peter. Despite the fact that he is known to insult Peter's obesity, he is about the same physical build. Voiced by Michael Chiklis.
  • Salty – Fisherman who faked his own death at the hands of Daggermouth in order to gain money from the subsequent merchandising. Voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray.
  • Seamus – Fisherman with wooden limbs. When asked whether he has the limbs because of an accident, he responds, "No, me father was a tree." Based on the nature of Family Guy, it is debatable whether or not he was sarcastic. Claims to have gotten a splinter when he was at the sperm bank.
  • name unknown – Fisherman eaten alive by a shark at a fair. Ironically, the proceeds of the fair were going to the families of shark attack victims.[episode needed]
  • Daggermouth – Talking fish robot created by Salty.
  • Boom Boom – effeminate cartoon cat, friend of Daggermouth. Created as a parody of Nickelodeon's programming.

Renaissance Fair

From "Mr. Saturday Knight"

  • Black Knight – Once saved Peter's life, then later became his nemesis. Voiced by Will Ferrell.
  • Maid Madeleine – The Black Knight's trophy wench. Every man who sees her gets an erection that makes a "ding" sound against their armor, except for Mort Goldman, who tries to cover his lack of arousal (or small genitals) by saying the word "ding!"
  • Drill sergeant (unnamed) – Trainer of the jousters. Voiced by R. Lee Ermey.

Pawtucket Brewery

  • Peter's boss (unnamed) - Tells Peter that employees are welcome to free Pawtucket ale, but since Peter can't control his drinking, he demotes Peter to the shipping department.
  • Angela - Peter's supervisor, in charge of the shipping department. Thinks Opie is more competent than Peter. Voiced by Carrie Fisher.
  • Opie - Peter's former co-worker, who has been promoted ahead of Peter. Like Peter, he is mentally retarded, but more severely. Opie has a bad haircut, speaks unintelligibly, and enjoys biting people's fingers.
  • Soundwave - The Decepticon Transformer, who is also Peter's co-worker. Soundwave was promoted to Opie's job ahead of Peter his first day on the job.

Schools

James Woods Regional High School

  • Connie D'Amico – Most popular girl in school.Often appears conceited. Does not like Meg.
  • Doug – Friend of Connie.
  • Ted – Friend of Connie.
  • Marsha – Friend of Connie.
  • Toad Girl – Classmate of Meg's, who resembles a toad.
  • Jennifer – Briefly Meg's friend before committing suicide (accidentally) as part of the Heaven's Helpers Cult mass suicide party. (deceased)
  • Rob Berler – Meg's teacher. He thinks that Meg shouldn't hang out with the "popular clique", and when he catches her with them, he tells her to play alone somewhere. He also says that having Meg as a lab partner is irresponsible, because he says Meg is awful at Science. He has also accidentally taped over an episode of NOVA with a sex tape he made with his wife, portraying him as a transvestite.
  • Mr. Lazenby – Teacher once arrested for teaching crackpot theories involving Gil Gerard traveling back in time and ejaculating into the primordial ooze.
  • Mrs. Canner – A teacher of Meg's who fell into the "cool crowd" at school because she owned a Prada bag, much to Meg's chagrin.
  • Principal Shepherd – School Principal. Has been seen wearing a shirt with the word "Principal" on it. He is also Jewish.
  • Craig Hoffman – A rebel who Meg tries to go out with at first. He lives by his own rules and nobody else's, not even his own.
  • Sarah - Lesbian classmate of Meg and member (or president) of Lesbian Alliance Club. Briefly attracted to Meg.
  • unknown gym teacher - Thought to be a ephebophile, as she once told a group of girls to "Take it off, get in the shower and bounce around for me". In another episode, it is confirmed that she is a lesbian, as she appeared at a sperm bank with her partner. She is now one of the parents (as her partner gave birth) of Stewie's half-brother Bertram.
  • Cecilia - A girl who dated Neil Goldman for a time before he dated Meg. After he broke up with Meg he called her back asking to hook up again. It is unknown whether or not she accepted.
  • Alyssa - A right-wing girl Chris has a crush on; offered to let him touch her "boobies" in exchange his help sabotaging Brian's petition to allow gay marriage.
  • Shauna Parks - 11th grade History teacher. Dated Brian in Peter's Got Woods and prompted to have the school's name changed to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Buddy Cianci Junior High

Note: Chris and most of his classmates have recently become freshmen at James Woods Regional High School

  • Principal Sloane - Principal, who reassigns Brian to remedial English, but doesn't want to negotiate because he is on holiday in the Bahamas, and instructing his masseur to massage his testicles.
  • Randall Fargus ("Running Mates") – Long-time teacher. Taught Peter when he attended school. Considered a hippie, he was made to take medication to control his hyperactive tendencies. Briefly convinced by Peter to go off his medication, Mr. Fargus was fired after destroying several California condor eggs. Peter rehired him after becoming school board president. Presumably killed by a Hall Monitor Robot resembling ED-209 from Robocop.
  • Ms. Clifton ("Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High") – Teacher. She quits after winning the lottery. Ms. Clifton could possibly be a reference to Lucille Clifton, a renowned African-American author of "The Lucky Stone."
  • Mr. McCloud – Teacher. Believes Steinberg's Jewish holidays are simply excuses, but he believes "tumorsyphilisitisosis" is a real (and fatal) disease.
  • Jake Tucker – Classmate of Chris Griffin. (See Other Families: Tuckers for details.)
  • Jeremy – Terminally ill boy. Presumably has cancer, as he always appears gravely ill.
  • Paul Lewis ("Ready, Willing, and Disabled") – Classmate of Chris Griffin. Chris helped raise money for an organ transplant for Paul.
  • Mrs. Lana Lockhart ("Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High") – A sexy substitute English teacher that Chris fell in love with at school. She has a Hammerspace ability to pull and store things (such as an entire classroom's worth of test papers) in the always-displayed cleavage of her large breasts. In a reference to To Die For, attempted to seduce Chris into killing her husband, and left him when he wouldn't help. Is portrayed as an ephebophile and a zoophile. Later killed her husband herself by putting a bear in his oatmeal... and ran off with the bear. Voiced by Drew Barrymore.
  • Barbara – Chris's first crush.
  • Cindi – Lead cheerleader with the long pigtails. Yells at her cheerleading team.
  • Steinberg – Jewish, classmate of Chris, frequently told to take off his yarmulke (or "damn hat") by Mr. McCloud, after which he always puts it back on right away.[episode needed]

Brian's Remedial English Students

In the episode "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High" Brian takes a job teaching Remedial English. Near the end of the episode, Brian's students get up on their desks and recite Walt Whitman's O Captain! My Captain!, as the students do in Dead Poets Society.

  • Carlos - Beneath his tough exterior is a boy aching to learn. And beneath that is a rapist. Aspires to be a ditch-digger.
  • Tim - A 28 year young student. Addicted to weed. Like Carlos, aspires to be a ditch-digger
  • Amanda - Frequently pregnant. Brian recommends her to get her cash up front when she becomes an aspiring hooker.
  • unknown black girl - Wants a child because her mother keeps giving hers away. Like Amanda, she aspires to be a hooker.
  • unknown white boy - Cannot speak and lives in a cage, wearing only a diaper.

School of Performing Arts

From "From Method to Madness"

  • Simon – Drama Teacher. A homosexual. It is implied (via an improv that he guided Stewie through) that his sexual orientation was a flashpoint in his relationship with his father, who had introduced Simon at Simon's sister's wedding as his "other daughter."
  • Olivia – Child star and briefly part of a successful duet with Stewie. Was last seen on her way to Hollywood to act in a movie. Voiced by Rachael MacFarlane.

Hugs and Kisses (The Good Kind) Playschool

From "Dammit Janet!"

  • Janet – Stewie's first love, who used him for his "cookies", the most prominent word in her vocabulary, and the real reason why she liked him.
  • Leonard – Stewie's friend from playschool.
  • Melinda – Stewie's friend from playschool.
  • Brad – Stewie's friend from playschool. Not to be confused with a student named Brad in Stewie's swim lessons in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.[citation needed]

(Other children in the show are often voiced by Haley Joel Osment)

Lois's Piano Lessons

Lois teaches piano in order to supplement the family's income. In "Wasted Talent", she desperately searches for one piano student who can beat Alexis's student in competition. Lois chained Meg to the piano while trying to teach her, then she discovered Peter's hidden talent, but he can only play while intoxicated.

  • Jimmy – One of Lois's most talented students, beaten up by Stewie because Stewie was trying to watch The History Channel while Jimmy practiced.
  • Jonas – One of Lois's piano students; not very skillful.
  • Reuben – One of Lois's piano student; plays lullaby to Stewie when he has his teething.
  • Alexis Radcliffe – Rival piano teacher.

Peter's School Friends

  • Angie – An old school friend of Peter's. She is obsessed with him, à la Wuthering Heights Voiced by comedienne Kathy Griffin.
  • Bob Funland – Went to school with Peter. Owner of "Bob's Funland", a successful theme park. Peter made fun of him when, as a child, he was mourning the death of his mother ("Bob misses his mommy!").
  • Brenda – An old school friend of Peter's. Extraordinarily overweight, she did not realize that she was pregnant until she suddenly gave birth on her front porch. She is a chain smoker, and smokes through her tracheotomy incision. She appears to have only gotten this way since graduating high school.
  • Phoebe Diamond – Peter's first crush. Fate unknown after Peter punched her accidentally into a locker because of a "nervous twitch" he developed trying to ask her to the prom, though likely survived. Peter mentions when he is trying to speed things up in bed, he thinks of Phoebe.
  • Patty - An obvious parody of The Peanuts character. She is a lesbian with Marcie.
  • Mr. Fargus - Peter's favorite teacher. He taught Peter how to dance. He lost his job because he had students breaking eggs of the California Condor. He was given his job back at the end of the same episode Running Mates.

Lois's School Friends

  • Ross Fishman – Former boyfriend from college.
  • Coco – Lois's childhood friend. Jonathan thinks she's "a little bit of terrific".
  • Jonathan – Coco's husband.
  • Chaim Witz (Gene Simmons) - slept with Lois in high school

Channel 5

The local television station in Quahog. In the episode "The Kiss Seen Around the World", both Meg Griffin and Neil Goldman both worked there as interns.

  • Diane Simmons – News Anchor and talk show hostess. (Birth name: Diane Seidelman). Has been quoted (on-air) to say, "I just plain don't like black people." She and fellow anchor Tom Tucker have a hate-hate relationship with each other, often trading insults live on the air, although it maybe to hide their love for one another. On one occasion, Tom said "didn't your first husband blow his brains out?", causing her to break down and cry on the air, possibly revealing that she has finally stopped tolerating his insults, or because it actually happened. Typical quote: "Tom, you're so deep in the closet, you're finding Christmas presents." She has been known to have male prostitutes delivered to her dressing room. She also has her own talk show, and was going to star in Peter's version of "The King and I" before resigning in disgust.
  • Tom Tucker – News Anchor. (See Other Families: Tuckers for details.)
  • Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa – Asian News Reporter. She is always described as "Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa," even in conversation. A parody of Connie Chung (other characters occasionally call her Connie). Interestingly and unlike her fellow newspeople, Tricia often displays an especially stoic attitude, even during sex, perhaps to contrast the fact that she's most often live in the field.
    • She may also be based on Fox News Reporter Jane Yamamoto, whom Tricia Takanawa is closer in appearance to. Other evidence is that Jane and Tricia are both Japanese (unlike the Chinese Chung) and both Field Reporters while Connie Chung was an Anchor a the time of the show's inception.[citation needed]
    • In "Da Boom", Tricia was eaten by Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons, and Peter remarked that they would be "hungry in another hour" (a reference to the joke about eating Asian food).
    • In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, Diane confirmed that she is Japanese — Takanawa is a Japanese name — after Tom was confused about what heritage she is (Chinese or Japanese).
    • In "Brian in Love" Quagmire sleeps with her and he thinks she's Spanish (although Quagmire is not known to be overly intelligent or culturally sensitive).
    • In "[episode needed]", she really has a thing for David Bowie and has dry humped his leg at least once.
  • Steven C. Callaghan – Station Manager. Named after one of the Family Guy crew members.[citation needed]
  • Hispanic Reporter Maria Jimenez – Hispanic News Reporter; rarely featured, usually only if Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa is already somewhere else. Tom Tucker cannot pronounce her name. Unlike Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa, she doesn't have an accent.
  • Ollie Williams – An African American with the BlaccuWeather forecast (name taken from AccuWeather). Like Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa, Ollie Williams is a parody of racial tokenism within television news. Ollie speaks only in short, booming phrases, such as, "ISS GON' RAIN!" He is possibly a spoof of Al Roker. Voiced by Phil LaMarr.
    • In "[episode needed]", Ollie reported on Jake Tucker's punishment (in a special "punishment forecast"), to which he yelled "HE GON' GIT IT!"
    • In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, after Ollie asks "WHO WANTS THIS DOG???" for the 'Adopt-a-Pet of the Week' feature, Tom Tucker complains on-air about not being able to check his email from home. Ollie gives him assorted computer advice such as "DID YOU CHECK THE TCP/IP SETTINGS?", "ENABLE COOKIES?" He concludes by asking, "YOU WANT THIS DOG?".
    • In "The Perfect Castaway", reporting on a hurricane, Ollie carries out an extensive dialogue with Tom Tucker, appraising the storm with the simple lines, "IT'S RAININ' SIDEWAYS!" and "BRING ME SOME SOUP! CHUNKY!".
    • In "The Courtship of Stewie's Father", Ollie has apparently received a slight promotion, having performed at least one traffic report; "EVERYBODY LOOK LIKE ANTS!"
    • In "[episode needed]" (that tells of Peter's family tree), on a slaveboat he reports, "I SAW A FISH!"
    • In "Hell Comes to Quahog", when he is asked how he is dealing with the heat, he has a pool and says, "SWIMMIN' HOLE!"
  • Jay Mohr-lookalike – Producer who creates the Griffin TV show. Voiced by Jay Mohr.
  • Greg the Weather Mime – A mime, who Tom Tucker presents to do the weather[episode needed]. He uses body language and hand gestures to convey the weather, while Tom Tucker interprets it as "people's angry parents throwing feces at them". He has only appeared once as a weather forecaster, presumably because he was fired for being unintelligible, or he quit because of Tom Tucker's interpretations of his body language. Either way, it is likely Ollie Williams has replaced him as a weather forecaster. According to the Official Family Guy Episode Guide for Seasons 1-3, Seth MacFarlane claims to have a script entitled "Greg the Weather Mime Has a Baby," which he plans to use as an actual episode to burn off if Family Guy reaches a 17th season.
  • Peter Griffin - In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, he had a segment on the Channel 5 News titled, "Grinds My Gears." His trademark line was, "You know what really grinds my gears...?" followed by rambling, such as "When I can't find the droids I'm looking for!" This segment parodies John Stossel's "Give Me a Break" feature on 20/20. After being fired from the station while on the air, Peter stated, "You know what really grinds my gears? You, America. Fuck you!"
  • Dirk Bandit - Sports Anchor. He only appeared in one episode, "If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'." He did a feature on Johnny Gobraun, a terminally ill 8-yr old, who dreamed of playing quarterback. This eventually lead Peter to lie about Chris's sickness to get "Gumbel to Gumbel" back on the air.

Criminals

  • The Don ("There's Something About Paulie") – Mafia Boss of Rhode Island.
  • Big Fat Paulie – Nephew of the Don (voiced by Michael Chiklis), he was an incredibly annoying and obnoxious man. He was eventually riddled with bullets in a drive-by shooting. (deceased)
  • Larry – Mafia Hitman, hired by Big Fat Paulie to kill Lois. Larry is son-in-law to The Don.
  • The Don's Daughter – She is married to Larry.
  • Steve Bellows ("One If by Clam, Two If by Sea") – Murderer, arrested by Joe Swanson. Once shot a man for snoring. Threatened to kill Peter and his friends when they are jailed. Turned over a new leaf (maybe) when he stabbed himself and discovered that it hurts. "Is this what I've been doing to people? God ... I belong in here!" he said.
  • Car Wash Thief ("Ready, Willing, and Disabled") – A thief shown wearing a Jimmy Carter mask. After stealing collected car wash money to help a boy at Chris's school who has an iron lung, Joe chased after him. While he managed to retrieve the money, he didn't catch the crook, which soon lead him into a state of depression. When someone finally arrived to claim the money clip that Chris, Meg and Stewie found, Joe recognized him as the car wash thief. Joe chased him again, this time leading to the thief's spprehension and his death, due to Joe accidentally rupturing his spine. This entire segment was a parody of a scene from the 1991 Keanu Reeves police-and-surfing movie Point Break, in which the gang of bank robbers, "The Ex-Presidents," wear similar rubber masks. (deceased)
  • Unknown male ("To Love and Die in Dixie") – Chris picked him out of a police lineup after witnessing him hold up a convenience store and steal his bike. He later escaped from jail and sought revenge on Chris (whose name he got from Peter, along with a photo of Chris, his school schedule, and a list of his fears). The Griffin family was then forced into the Witness Protection Program and temporarily relocated to the town of Bumblescum, in the Deep South. Thanks to incompetent FBI agents, he found Chris by telling them that he had a package for Chris's sister. He was shot dead by Sam's father before he ccould get his revenge. (deceased)

Geronimo's Palace Casino Indian Casino

From "The Son Also Draws" (wherein Lois loses the family car while gambling, and Peter sees Fonzie in a vision quest after claiming to be part Indian.)

  • Leonard Cornfeathers – A Native American businessman who runs the Geronimo's Palace Casino. He is voiced by Seth Green.
  • Frank – A Elder from the Tribal Council who works at the casino.
  • Carrot Scalp – A parody of the comedian Carrot Top. An awful prop comedian who works at the casino.
  • Change For A Buck – Employee at the casino.
  • Deals With His Wrist – Card Dealer at the casino.
  • Watches You Pee – Bathroom attendant at the casino.

Hospital

  • Dr. Elmer Hartman – First seen as Stewie's Pediatrician. Has been sued by every patient he ever had due to the fact he's not very good with his job. Dr. Hartman is, however, the most commonly seen physician on the show. He is known for stalling by means of various schtick. He is played by Seth MacFarlane. In "Stewie Loves Lois", Peter got his license revoked as revenge for him reaching into Peter's butt during a prostate examination, but by the end of the episode they work things out and get it restored. Also known for messing with Peter and Lois' minds in episodes like "Blind Ambition" and "The Fat Guy Strangler".
  • Dr. Kaplan – Brian's psychiatrist. Voiced by Sam Waterston and later by Wally Wingert.
  • Dr. Greg Ryan[episode needed] – Brian's veterinarian.
  • Dr. Ling[episode needed] – A specialist in acupuncture. He is Chinese, but speaks with an Irish brogue. Rejected by Brian as a quack. Stores his "acupuncture needles" box next to his "poison tipped needles". Is apparently either illiterate, cannot read English, or farsighted.
  • Dr. Gary Miller ("Wasted Talent") – Lois' Gynecologist. He shares his medical practice with Dr. Fred Rubin.
  • Dr. Fred Rubin – Gynecologist who shares his medical practice with Dr. Gary Miller. One of his patients is Alexis Radcliffe.
  • Meg's Gynecologist[episode needed] – Meg's unnamed gynecologist. Meg was upset when she found out that he did not finish medical school, in fact pronouncing vagina as "bergina".
  • Peter's Barber Shop Quintet ("The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire") – Appear in order to break the bad news to terminally ill patients, who have full-blown AIDS, with a catchy song and dance routine.

Supernatural characters

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  • Jesus – Performs miracles around Quahog. His portrayal in Family Guy seems to be intentionally comically sacrilegious. In the movie, Stu once went back in time to visit Him, but he finds out all He really did do was dance, sing, and perform phony magic finger tricks, all at the same time. In modern times, however, He is able to turn water into funk. Stewie also said that when he was on the other side, he learned that Jesus was Chinese, that His last name is really "Hong", and that He has no idea where people are getting Christ. (This may be a reference to Hong Xiuquan, a Chinese revolutionary who claimed to be the brother of Jesus.)
  • Satan - Appears when Peter said he would sell his soul to be famous. Satan was about to make his claim, when his secretary told him that Peter had already sold his soul for Bee Gees tickets, and again for half of a Mallomar. Satan asks for a lawyer, and everyone in Hell raises their hand.
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  • Death – Harvests the souls of the dead. Portrayed as a "loser" who still lives with his mom and has never had a successful date. He doesn't seem to be very good at his job, as he is easily fooled by faked deaths. Peter Griffin once stood in for him, tasked with killing the kids from Dawson's Creek. Peter failed in this endeavor, accidentally killing the pilot and co-pilot of the plane, which was safely landed by Karen Black. Voiced by Norm MacDonald in "Death is a Bitch", then Adam Carolla in all subsequent episodes, including (but not limited to) "Death Lives", "Mr. Saturday Knight", and "The Perfect Castaway." Is not above necrophilia, although his romantic interests focus mainly on the living. He has also lost his gag reflex, due to films he is not proud of.
  • Krishna – Hindu deity, appeared briefly when Peter erroneously thanked Jesus on one occasion, but deferred credit for the miracle, telling Jesus, "No, it's all right. I'm used to it."
  • Neptune – Greco-Roman god of the sea. Peter attempted to pass himself off as Neptune, only to be confronted seconds later by the real Neptune, telling Peter, "No you're not, I am! And you know nothing of my work." (A possible reference to a sketch in the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall, in which a man in a movie theater line makes a reference to the work of Marshall McLuhan to which Woody Allen's frustrated character responds by introducing him to Marshall McLuhan, whom he brings out from behind a sign, who replies "You know nothing of my work.")

Other characters

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  • Adam West – Mayor of Quahog, voiced by the actor Adam West. This character is extremely incompetent and eccentric, with more than a few traits of delusional mental illness.
    • In "You May Now Kiss The...Uh...Guy Who Receives" he almost signed a bill preventing gay marriage to distract the town from the gold statue of "Dig 'em" he built using the tax payers' money.
    • In "The Story on Page One" he used $150,000 of taxpayers' money to find the person who was stealing his water, when naturally it was only being absorbed by a plant and going down drains. Ended up sleeping with Luke Perry because he thought it would make the water-stealing stop.
    • In "Wasted Talent" he offered a Pawtucket Patriot beer a job as the Head of Sanitation Services in exchange for a Silver Scroll when a promotion was taking place.
    • In "I Take Thee Quagmire" he had every grave in Quahog covered in cement in case of zombie attacks.
  • Al Harrington - A salesman who sells Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Men. He states that they can "Attract customers to your business, make a splash at your next presentation, keep grandma company, protect your crops, confuse your neighbors, African-American? hail a cab, testify in church, or just raise the roof." It is stated that his store, "Al Harrington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Emporium and Warehouse", is located on Route 2 in Weekapaug.[episode needed]
  • Amy – Works in a pet shop. Death had a crush on her, but killed her when she turned out to be irritating. (deceased)
  • Antonio Monatti – An Art Dealer, he becomes Chris Griffin's mentor.
  • Arsonist Bug- A giant fire-breathing cockroach that was a suspect in the burning of the Clam's Head Pub. He is now conspiring with Stewie and Eliza to kill Lois. His only spoken word is "Gooooood..."
  • Barnaby – Turn of the Century-style Strongman, partner of Phineas. Possesses near-inhuman strength, and likes to ride on a gigantic penny-farthing bicycle. Their names are a reference to Phineas T. Barnum founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
  • Bernie – Manager of Quahog Shady Oaks Retirement Home.
  • Brad - A toddler who upstaged Stewie at swimming lessons.
  • Candy Tree - A talking tree that resides in the Griffin's back yard. As the name implies, candy hangs from the tree's branches like fruit. Peter warned Chris and Meg not to go near it, and it responded with "He's right to caution you. I feed on children." just before eating a passing girl on a long sticky tongue.
  • Charlie the Bully – Once stole Stewie's tricycle.
  • Chief Uleke - The chief of the village in "Jungle Love".
  • Dora – Prostitute. Once hired by Peter to pose as an old girlfriend to make Lois jealous.
  • Doug the Pimple – A zit on Chris' face. His voice and dialogue with Chris are a parody of the 1980s musical film Little Shop of Horrors. Eventually was killed by a cortisone injection. Also had many short-lived pimple friends. (deceased)
  • Dr. Diddy - His name is a cross between Dr. Dre and P. Diddy. In the episode Don't Make Me Over, he was a manager for the Griffins, but Brian used ferocious barking around him to freak him out. After he left the first time, Brian said, "You guys know I have no problem with black people, right?" Has a degree in optometry.
  • Erica – Appeared on Diane's talk show. Her boyfriend is Mario. She also witnessed Quagmire save a woman's life.
  • Felicia – Works at dog pound. Helped Brian study law and prepare his case before the City Council when he was wrongfully imprisoned at the pound. She had a penchant for calling him "sugar" and "sweetness".
  • Flappy Jack – Runs a pancake house. Once hired Meg, as he thought she was the single, teenage mother of Stewie.
  • Fran – Woman who works at the Quahog Circuit Shack with Stu (the adult Stewie) in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. Stu loses his virginity to her, but he ends up crying for 40 minutes after only eight seconds of sex and loses his job as a result.
  • Gary the No-Trash Cougar – A character Peter dressed up as to teach kids not to litter in an attempt to be remembered. Uses a gun to scare them and force them to pick up their trash. His meaningless catchphrase is "Give a larbage, throw out your garbage."
  • Gerald the happy and abstinent police clown – A happy and abstinent police clown. Why is he happy? Because he is free of S...T... D's!
  • The Ghost that Never Lies – Peter's surprise witness during a court case. Only Peter can see and hear the ghost, but when he asks the ghost to point out the culprit, he shouts "Don't point at me, you jackass!," which implies the Ghost may actually be real, or it may be yet another reference to Peter's stupidity.
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The Giant Chicken
  • The Giant Chicken - A Chicken who holds a grudge against Peter.
    • He first appears in a flashback during the episode "Da Boom", where he sold expired coupons, infuriating Peter. This led to a very long fight between them. Eventually, Peter knocks him out by repeatedly slamming his head into a photocopier, but the chicken recovers and fights back. Peter and the chicken end up falling out of a window from the top floor of a skyscraper, with the chicken hitting the ground first and Peter landing on top of him. Peter walks away thinking he's dead, but a close up shows the chicken's eye opening.
    • The chicken makes his second appearance in the episode "Blind Ambition", unexpectedly attacking Peter. Once again, they have a protracted fight that ends when the chicken is struck by the propeller of an airplane, a parody of a scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Once again, Peter thinks he's dead, but the chicken's foot moves, implying he may still be alive.
  • Gloria Ironbachs – Renowned feminist lawyer and campaigner, represented Sarah Bennett in sexual harassment lawsuit against Peter. Presumed a lesbian by many, the character is voiced by Candice Bergen. A parody of Gloria Allred. According to a line in I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar, she has a penis.
  • Harelip Steve – Works for a cleaning company. Has a harelip.
  • Henry – Security guard at Quahog Airport. Was frozen in carbonite by Stewie.
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  • Herbert the Old Pedophile – An old gay ephebophile, (as opposed to a pedophile; see articles for distinction), who resides just down the street from the Griffins and impotently lusts after Chris. He uses a walker for support and speaks with a lisp in a high-pitched, comedically drawn out tone. Has a dog named Jessie that moves by dragging itself on the ground. He is voiced by Mike Henry, who also voices Cleveland Brown.
  • Hidalgo - Chief Uleke's son. ("Jungle Love")
  • Horace – Runs the Drunken Clam pub. Frequently has very interesting stories, but always refuses to tell for fear of boring his patrons.
  • Jack – Runs local National Gun Association branch. Has an extremely tiny penis. Voiced by Patrick Duffy.)
  • Jeremy – Liddane's boyfriend.[episode needed] Locked in Brian's car trunk for two weeks. Stewie believes he likes playing hackey sack, has Teva sandals, Skoal Bandits, an Abercrombie and Fitch long sleeved, open stitched, crew neck Henley, smokes Sticky Buds out of a soda can, watches downloaded episodes of the Simpsons every night, his favorite episode being Mr. Plow, and he likes to listen to the Strokes. (deceased)
  • Jillian - A woman Brian dated in "Whistle While Your Wife Works" who is not very intelligent, but physically quite attractive. Believes the sun and the moon are the same person, and has female friends who are equally unintelligent and love gloss.
  • Jim Kaplan – Con man, goes under many other names. Many of his cons are directed at Peter, as he is so easy to fool. Has sold Peter a car with a steering wheel made out of cardboard and no engine, but allegedly owned by James Bond; volcano insurance; a loan in exchange for Peter's house; and a TiVo. He also works as a tattoo artist and once drew a picture of Kermit the Frog on a biker's thigh, despite the fact that the biker wanted a skull. [episode needed]
  • Jolene – Works at Airport check-in.
  • Kimmy - The check-out girl from the Korean market. Was one of Peter's wives when he became a Mormon.
  • Liddane – Pronounced "La Dawn". Babysitter that Stewie had a crush on.[episode needed] Presumably named for production controller Liddane Sanders.[citation needed]
  • Lance - Works at the Drunken Clam, has one leg shorter than the other.
  • Loca - Seen in "Jungle Love". Chief Uleke's daughter and Chris's wife. She is the daughter of a tribal chieftain in South America. When Chris joins the Peace Corps, he is sent to live at their village. During his stay, he moves the entire tribe to dance, which, according to a tribal custom, said Chris and Loca were married. Chris actually seemed very happy with Loca. According to Lois, God doesn't care about Loca. She stays in South America with her father after the tribe attempted to kill Chris for being a freshman.
  • Logan – Works for Quahog Pest Control. His family was carried away by red ants.
  • Mario – Appeared on Diane's talk show. Boyfriend of Erica. Admitted to actually being a woman, then a horse, then a broom.
  • Mark Hentemann – Local Comedian. All his impressions sound the same, but only because everybody in his life did.
  • Max Weinstein – Jewish Accountant. Helps Peter with his taxes. He was the Jewish character in the episode "When You Wish upon a Weinstein", a controversial episode often linked with the show's initial cancellation. [verification needed]
  • Miles "Chatterbox" Musket – Nicknamed Chatterbox because he never stopped talking. Miles and his magic clam founded Quahog. Said by Adam West to have died of a combination of tuberculosis and a tomahawk to the head. (deceased) [episode needed]
  • Miss Stratford – IRS worker.
  • Miss Watson – Director of Quahog women's retreat.
  • Misty – Appears at many parties on Spooner Street. Once lent Stewie a Barney pen.
  • Mr. Hanson – Business man who attended a sensitivity training course with Peter.
  • Mr. Giraffe – One of Stewie's favorite toys.
  • Mr. Oinkbaum - Stewie's piggybank, smashed during "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story" for money for a plane ticket to San Francisco. (deceased)
  • Nancy – The Griffins' mail carrier. Was one of Peter's wives when he became a Mormon.
  • Officer Reeses- A Police officer in one of Peters Flash backs that finds a car wreck with two cars smashed into each other and one person was in each car and one person had been eating chocolate and the other had been eating peanut butter and both their foods got mixed. When the officer came he saw the horrible wreck and also saw the mixture. He takes a bite and tastes it. His eyes widen and then he pulls out his gun and shoots both of them. [episode needed]
  • Opie – A ward of the state who is severely retarded (much more so than Peter), but for some reason he is much more respected, and is even promoted ahead of Peter.
  • Paddy Tanninger (the Caddy Manager) – Manager of Quahog golf course. Hired Chris as a 'ball shagger', which immediately doubled his business because everyone wanted to "nail the fat kid". Wants to fight over practically everything. His catch phrase is "Big whoop, wanna fight about it?" He gets ran over in "Hell Comes to Quahog" and is assumed to be dead. ((deceased)).
  • Pawtucket Pat – Ran the Pawtucket Patriot Brewery until he sold it sometime before the episode "Jungle Love". He is rarely seen in public. An obvious parody of Willy Wonka.
  • Pearl Burton – A jingle singer from the early 40's and 50's; also an accomplished mezzo-soprano. She sang jingles for Dan's Dippity Do and Gold Bond Powder, among many others. Became a recluse out of shame when she tried to attempted to cross over into opera by singing Carmen at Carnegie Hall but the audience only wanted to hear her sing her jingles. Brian was ordered to bring her meals as part of Community Service for a DUI. They ended up falling in love, but she was run over by a truck after stepping out of her house for the first time in 30 years to have dinner with Brian ((deceased)).
  • Phineas – Strong man, partner of Barnaby. Their names are a reference to Phineas T. Barnum founder of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
  • Rabbi Goldberg – Quahog's Rabbi, voiced by Ben Stein.
  • Reginald B. Stifworth – A young upstart chap who's been touting the merits of a united European commonwealth. He is the victim of a drive-by argument.
  • Rupert – Stewie's favorite teddy bear. Stewie treats Rupert as if he were real, and Stewie thinks he is gay. He was once left in charge of watching the bags when waiting to board a plane, which got stolen because, according to Stewie, he was "looking at the boys again", including one who looked like Tab Hunter. Apparently, Stewie sees him as an athletic man with a teddy bear's head.
  • Sam – Bumblescum inhabitant. Chris' first girlfriend. Chris originally believed Sam was a boy.
  • Sandy - One of Death's first girlfriends, and who he most likely lost his virginity with. Died in sexual intercourse with Death, and later had necrophilia committed on her by Death. (deceased).
  • Tiffany - Filthy homeless woman who screams at traffic. Was one of Peter's wives when he became a Mormon.
  • Vanessa – Chris's wife in the future in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Very foul-mouthed. Before Stewie returns from the future to the present time, he is asked by Lois to prevent Vanessa from marrying Chris. He does so by blowing her up on the altar with a shoulder-launched missile weapon. (deceased)
  • Vinny - Chief Uleke's cousin, a caricature of Joe Pesci in the movie My Cousin Vinny. (Jungle Love)
  • Warren Fredericks – Runs Quahog Beautiful People's Club. Believes the doors in supermarkets would open for him because he's beautiful, even if they weren't designed to open automatically

New Yorker employees

Brian, in the episode "Brian Goes Back to College", briefly had a job working at The New Yorker. These were his co-workers identified in that episode (whose names are all amusingly pompous and upper crust.)

  • Amelia Bedford-Furthington-Chesterhill - Apparently the only female employee.
  • Fielding Wellingtonsworth - Offered Brian tea.
  • James-William Bottomtooth - Has a severe underbite, and therefore, speaks unintelligibly. In the episode "You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who Receives", we learn that he lives in Quahog, is a fundamentalist Christian, and can play the piano while he sings; he refused to sign a same-sex marriage petition being circulated by Brian.
  • Livingstone Winsterford - Unremarkable employee; had no dialog.
  • Welsley Shephardson - The editor at The New Yorker who hired Brian, but then fired him when Brian revealed that he was a college dropout. He has an extremely strange laugh, and no anus. ("Oh, nobody at The New Yorker has an anus!")

Nameless characters

  • Cheesie Charlie's Manager - He is the manager of Cheesie Charlie's. He is played by Seth Green.
  • Clouds - Sentient clouds (one of whom is named "Bill") who plan to attack Quahog. They frequently procrastinate, and never get around to actually attacking. Luckily, Peter Griffin has cloud insurance.
  • Cow – Talks about how she goes to Baskin Robbins every night and buys herself a little treat. Has a mincing male voice, but since she has udders, she is obviously a female. Also known to eat steaks. She also enjoys being milked, as it sexually gratifies her.
  • The Man In White – A cult leader who tries to get teens to commit suicide. (An obvious reference to Heaven's Gate cult leader Marshall Applewhite.) Killed by Stewie, who thought that he was trying to put him back in Lois' womb. (deceased) Voiced by John O'Hurley.
  • Dead guy – Chris was shown the Dead guy by Sam, his friend from Bumblescum. They poked him with a stick, with Chris remarking, "the best things in life really are free!" (obviously deceased)
  • The other dead guy - Meg found him in the woods, and believing him to still be alive (or at least pretending), brings him food every day. He is seen lying face down in the grass, surrounded by the food Meg has brought him. She talks to him, and believes he doesn't reply because he is "such a good listener". He then has his arm ripped off by a wolf, and Meg then says how good he is with animals. (Deceased)
  • The Deer – A sentient deer who can drive cars and snowmobiles. First appeared when he and Peter were involved in an auto accident, and again when Peter and Chris went hunting, following his snowmobile tracks. Who appears again when Peter was trying to find someone to take Chris, to teach him to be a better person, the deer volunteers but is gunned down before he can take Chris. (deceased)
  • Electrician - The electrician who Peter draws naked thinking he is "art" so to speak.
  • German Tour Guide – Suspiciously in denial of German history between 1939 and 1945 stating, "Nothing happened; everyone was on vacation." Then yelled in German, "You will sit down, you will be quiet you will not insult Germany!" all while doing the nazi salute.
  • Greased Up Deaf Guy – Has been featured in several cameos since his first appearance in the 3rd season episode, "The Thin White Line". He can speak well, but somewhat out of tone, accentuating his parody of the hearing-impaired. He asks only that people "Don't judge me, I'm just doing my thing!"
  • Irish Constable – His vocabulary seems to consist only of "Awww, look at the little baby. Aren't you cute? Where's your Mommy?".
  • Judge - Presides over most, if not, all of the trials in Quahog, including those with the Griffins.
  • The Performance Artist – First appeared in "Chitty Chitty Death Bang."
    • In "Mr. Saturday Knight" atop his obese donkey ("fat ass"), since it was his only means of conveyance.
    • In [episode needed] he teaches a CPR course, and appears on the school board committee of James Woods Regional High School. He brings coffee and Oreos to his CPR classes, but nobody eats any, so he brings them home for his cats.
    • In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story it was strongly implied that he is a homosexual ("If I wanted to hear eighty-one minutes of gay-bashing, I would have gone to my father's house.").
    • In [episode needed] he appears in a grocery store express lane, with one too many items. He did not want to cheat the system, even though he would be allowed to buy an extra item, and go in the express lane.
    • In [episode needed] he is a spiritual medium who assisted the Griffins when they angered Native American spirits by desecrating their sacred burial ground.
    • In "Untitled Griffin Family History", his African-American ancestor who is whipped is named "Tobi."
  • The Quahog Pest Control Quahog's exterminator patrol. They once cleared out the Griffins' flea infestation, but did so with laser-guided semi-automatic guns and grenades, a totally unnecessary treatment for such small creatures. They act like a SWAT team and seem to be scared of fleas, since they backed away from a single flea with no ideas whatsoever. One member, Logan, had his family taken away by fire ants. [episode needed]
  • Man with long arms - Appears in the episode "Stuck Together, Torn Apart". Has very long arms. Tickled a midget in a tree (seemingly because an old woman told him to: "he's just helping that old woman tickle a midget in a tree"). He then tickles the midget and his wife when they jumped down a well.
  • Woman Peter hits at soccer game – Obese woman who makes herself up and sounds very much like a man. Because of this, Peter believed she was one and punched her for insulting Chris. She was pregnant at the time and went into labor immediately after, giving birth to a girl. Peter gave her a black eye, but while under house arrest he sent her a jack-in-the-box as a peace offering which just ended up giving her a second black eye after it popped out. Strangely enough, Peter has been the only person to mistake her for a man. [episode needed]
  • Son of woman Peter hits at soccer game – Plays on the opposing team of Chris Griffin.
  • The Giant Squid – A giant squid which the Griffins pretend does not exist. In one scene, the Giant Squid clears everything on the dinner table with a swipe from a tentacle, to which Lois and Peter reply "Uh... earthquake", "Yeah, a truck goin' by".
  • Trees - Around Quahog are many trees with the ability to talk, usually through a knot in their trunk. The Candy Tree, a deadly variant native to Quahog, lures children in by growing what look to be large lollipops on its branches. When the children get close enough, they are eaten. This is a reference to the Kite-Eating Tree from Peanuts, which does the same thing to kites flown too close to it.
  • Vern and Johnny– A vaudeville duo who usually shows up in random places for no apparent reason. In one episode [episode needed], it is given that the performer/singer's name is Vern, who (when something they say or do usually fails) always says to the pianist, "Play me off, Johnny!", which means that the pianist's name is Johnny. They appeared in the Quahog Talent Show with a dog performing tricks. Were killed off by Stewie in "Saving Private Brian". (deceased)
  • Guy on the Elevator- A guy in The Untold Story movie who was being annoying on the elevator because he was losing his call on the phone and kept saying "Do you want to pick me up?". The scene stops, the elevator opens, and Stewie walks out whistling with the guy bleeding and twitching, then stops twitching. (McFarlane notes in the commentary that while it was the writers' intention for Stewie to kill the man, censors told him that the man must not die.)

Real and fictional guest characters

Many famous names have made a guest appearance in Family Guy, often voiced by the actual person in the case of living celebrities.

Living, historical (deceased), and fictional character guest appearances include:

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