25 Twisted Family Guy Facts That Will Surprise Even Longtime Fans

Family Guy has been on the air for 17 seasons and is undoubtedly one of the most beloved cartoon comedies out there, but

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though it's been around for so long, there are still some

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about the show that might blow your mind. Even if you're a super fan, you might think that Chris Griffin is just another teenager trying to make his way through high school, but there's actually something pretty confusing about him that might

surprise

you. Seth Green, who has voiced Chris since The Beginning, actually based the character's voice on none other than Buffalo Bill, the super disturbing serial killer from The Silence of the Lambs.

The problem is that he had been playing with printing with some friends of his and they actually challenged him to do it. at the audition, if that doesn't make you think differently about Chris, the fact that he later recreated a famous scene from the movie in an episode of Family Guy, it sure isn't because the show has been on for so many years and is a such an important part. In the history of television, it's virtually impossible to imagine anyone else voicing the iconic characters we know so well, but Brian Griffin might have sounded very different because none other than William H Macy auditioned for the role of the damn character most closely associated with with Seth MacFarlane himself.

He was almost someone else, apparently Macy heard about the show and was really interested in the role, but the show wasn't given much money to make its pilot and they couldn't afford the already famous actor. The role went to Seth again, we wonder how different. Brian's character would have evolved over the years with someone like Macy behind him. We see the Griffin

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sit around the table and eat a lot. You'd think after 17 seasons they'd mix things up a bit, but really. the

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literally eats the same thing every time they sit down at the table, if they are not at a restaurant, every dinner in the Griffin house consists of mashed potatoes, peas and three nameless pieces of meat, this is probably because It looks better in the animation style which makes things a little easier, but seriously, you'd think they'd be tired by now.

We've all tried to jump on the meal prep bandwagon, but on the third day we're eating the same chicken and broccoli. We can't

even

stand to look at it anymore. Imagine the same meal every night for almost two decades, of course, being cartoon characters and it probably helps a little. We all know that the writers behind Family Guy aren't afraid to push every button out there believe it or not there are actually a lot of things they aren't allowed to say at least on television that's why there are actually two versions of almost all the episodes, the one that is broadcast on television and then the one that comes out on the DVDs. and streaming services, a particularly risque joke involving a Simpsons promo that is interrupted by a quagmire who appears on screen and gets his way with Marge before killing the entire family, never made it to television, we We ask why we know there is a legendary Simpson family.

The fight between the boys continues, but come on man, what did Marge do to someone like we mentioned before? Family Guy has been airing for 17 years, which is a pretty amazing gig for all the actors and crew who have been along for the ride as As an actor, it's rare to get a job that lasts two months let alone two decades, especially considering the fact that in 2013 it was revealed that each cast member rakes in between $175,000 and $250,000 per episode and that was six years ago, so there's no doubt about it. which has increased since then, although they definitely work hard, it's still a pretty surprising salary for a job you can go to in your pajamas, no less similar to the food they eat, the characters and Family Guy have been sporting their signature looks since the In the first moment we saw them, who would be Lois without her green shirt with khaki pants or Quagmire without his Hawaiian shirt or Meg without her famous pink hat?

But what you may not realize is that Peter has actually been wearing a woman's blouse the entire time. It may seem like a minor detail, you'll notice that his shirt actually buttons on the right side, something only women's styles are known to do, maybe it was an animation mistake they had to stick with or maybe Peter just prefers a cooler fabric in a more flattering cut, we'll never know why Peter seems to have found his signature style and it's still working for him after all these years. Meg has been the butt of the joke for as long as we can remember and even though she may not be.

The best character ever, we never understood why she was treated so badly. I'm sure she's no Connie D'Amico, but she's kind enough and she hasn't done anything so terrible that she wasn't motivated by her family's antagonism. Well, Seth MacFarlane, responded. the question and the answer are not good, he said that the writers of the show had no idea how to write for a teenage girl and that's why their solution was to just make fun of her all the time, huh, another solution could have been, you know? Hire someone who can write for her. All of Seth MacFarlane's vocals have become iconic at this point, not only because of the uniqueness and distinctiveness of him, but also because of how much he seems to be able to do and with what ease.

Where do all these voices come from? Does he just do it? Well, Peter's origin might

surprise

you. His exaggerated Rhode Island accent was actually inspired by a security guard who worked at the college where MacFarlane went to the Rhode Island School of Design. He used to imitate the man's voice for the friends he got. It was so funny that it became a regular part of his repertoire and would eventually become one of the most well-known voices in cartoon history. If you're a true Family Guy fan, you'll have seen every episode, including the very rough first season.

It's notable for its less sophisticated animation style and slightly different voices for all the characters. The most notable differences, of course, are Meg, who wasn't voiced by Mila Kunis until Season 2, but what you may not know is that her original voice is actually Lacey. Chabert, that doesn't ring a bell, how about Gretchen Wieners? That's right, Lacey went on to play the heiress to the strudel toaster fortune and the iconic movie Mean Girls after her exit from Family Guy, most TV shows strive to reach out to everyone. is the best of the lists out there, but there's a very different kind of list that Family Guy has been on a record number of times and that they're probably pretty proud of.

It's true, an organization called the Parents Television Council has named Family Guy the worst show in the world. week a record 44 times for all types of content they deem inappropriate, while some might be upset about being included on a list like that, we'd bet money that Seth MacFarlane and his team are trying hard to stay on it amid all the jokes. and cuts to 10-minute-long chicken fights. Family Guy isn't actually afraid to make a statement from time to time and usually these statements come from Brian, who is known to share the same views as his creator Seth MacFarlane, one statement in particular had quite an impact. back in 2009, in the aptly titled episode 420, marijuana legalization advocates pray with a very catchy song, bag of weed, a remix of the original chitty-chitty-bang-bang song, me old bamboo, the song earned Brian the title of High Times Magazine's Stoner of the Year and with legalization happening more rapidly around the world these days, it seems like Brian was really onto something, just like we can't hear any other voices associated with it.

With beloved Family Guy characters, changing their appearance is just downright obnoxious, which makes it really strange that Lois was originally blonde in the pilot episode before it aired. Lois has blonde hair and a red shirt, which is wrong if you ask us the color, apparently. Her hair color was hotly debated in the writers' room after Fox greenlit the series and her iconic red locks won out in the end, while the fact that Lois was blonde would definitely have explained Chris's hair color a bit. We simply cannot imagine it any other way. much more than red, while the city of Quahog may be fictional.

Rhode Island is definitely real, it's located in New England and is very famous for its seafood, to the point that the show references clams any chance it gets, especially when it can be used as a not-so. Subtle double entenders that are almost always dirty jokes aside, it may seem strange that the show is so obsessed with clams, but it actually all makes a lot of sense. We know that Peter and his friends drink at a bar called The Drunken Clam, but what could you? What I don't know is that Quahog itself is actually a type of clam and is the official seafood of Rhode Island. 2009 was a big year for Family Guy and not only for Brian's aforementioned stoner of the year award, but it also marked the year the show was nominated.

Best Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards. They've been nominated for many awards before and won a few, but usually in voice-over animation and music categories because let's face it, no one does musical numbers as flashy as Family Guy, this was actually the first time. that an animated show had been nominated in that particular category, which is usually reserved for live-action television series, he's a bit of a mysterious character and he's definitely polarizing, sometimes he's downright hilarious and sometimes he really should go to jail , but there was a moment. In the show that

fans

have practically forgotten about in season seven, they casually reveal a little information about Quagmire, but it makes very little sense, but that haunts us to this day in the episode, the clever lady Peter and the boys asked see Quagmire's driver. license revealing that he was born in 1948, making him 61 years old at the time it was issued and 71 years old today.

Apparently his simple secret carrots, although they don't ask him to show you what he does with them, trust us, it's no secret. Seth and the rest of the team behind Family Guy are big Star Wars

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, but the reason they've been able to pay so much homage to the iconic film series is due to permission from George Lucas himself a few years ago. In the series, they had already referenced the movies many times before getting nervous that there would be copyright issues, so they reached out to George and his company Lucasfilm, as it turned out he was a big fan of the show and He gave them his blessing. they pretty much did whatever they wanted and boy did they do it, it's pretty common for sitcoms to have all kinds of catchphrases and Family Guy is no different but instead of ones like what the hell it was removed after a couple of seasons as the characters became more grounded and human, there's one phrase that has really stuck and no, it's not what you're thinking in every episode of the show, one character or another says a version of the words, what the hell, seriously, in every episode, we suppose.

It's because the show surprises everyone, including its characters, at every turn. It might seem like Seth MacFarlane was destined to become king of the cartoon world, but it actually came as a surprise even to him just as he was graduating from Rhode Island. School of Design, one of his professors secretly submitted his final animation project to a competition at Hanna-Barbera before he realized it. MacFarlane had won the contest, he didn't even know he had participated, and the famous animation company asked him to move to Los Angeles. Come and write for them if you've ever wondered why the show sounds familiar.

Backed up, MacFarlane got his start on shows like Johnny Bravo Dexter's Laboratory and Cowan Chicken. We hope he at least sent that anonymous professor a basket of mini muffins once he landed on the Los Angeles cartoon he got for Seth Macfarlane. His place at Hanna-Barbera was called The Life of Larry, which featured a character named Larry, surprisingly not, who was definitely an early prototype for our now beloved Peter. While working at Hanna-Barbera, he continued to develop his own characters and his writing skills led him to his next project. McFarlane created another short called Larry and Steve in which Larry adopts a dog named Steve who, you guessed it, looks a lot like Bryan.

Larry and Steve aired in 1997 on Cartoon Network as part of a series of shorts. Called what's a cartoon and the rest seems to be History, Family Guy seems perfect in its 30-minute episodic format because of the way it pays homage to the classic family comedies that came before it and a show featuring a certain yellow family from a town. called Springfield that

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remain nameless, but Family Guy was almost a totally different show after Larry andSteve was well received, pitching an idea to the people behind the MADtv late-night comedy show Family Guy almost aired for the first time. time as a series of animated sketches on the show, just like the Simpsons started on the Tracey Ullman show, apparently MADtv didn't have the budget for that type of animation, but we think it all worked out in the end. has always been a divisive show not only because of its content, but also among the animated show community, while the problem with The Simpsons has been public and famous, as these similarities between the two shows are undeniable, they are actually Matt Stone and Trey Parker, who has been one of the most vocal critics, South Park's creators have criticized the show's cut gags as lazy and have been open about how they don't respect that style of writing.

They're not alone, though, apparently they even received flowers from the producers of King of the Hill and The Simpsons and out of solidarity, although they may not all get along, Parker and Stones said their shared hatred for Family Guy really united these three cartoon families, while Meg's voice has changed since the pilot was the brilliant Alex Borstein. always Lois from the beginning and it would be too weird to hear someone else deliver her lines, but apparently we almost lost her to the Fox Network after the pilot aired and the series was greenlit for its first season, the network had apparently decided to change the direction they wanted to go with the character of Lois. and Borstein actually had to go to Riyadh with all the other voice actresses in Hollywood, luckily they came to their senses and recast her for the role and Lois' iconic nasal voice has become legendary since then, although creating any show from scratch is a lot of work.

The weekly animated show is truly an amazing feat. In reality, it takes an entire year for an episode to air from the story development phase, through the writing of each episode to the recording of all the voices and finally the animation stage. The entire process is enormous and spans continents. We have to work on multiple episodes at the same time to make all of this possible, so the combined amount of effort is almost unimaginable. We all know that fans are passionate about what they love and fans love Family Guy, that's why when the show took a big risk and actually killed off one of its most beloved characters, Bryan, it almost killed the program.

The death of Bryan and the introduction of a new dog, Vinnie, caused such an outcry among fans of the show that they demanded he be brought back to the light seat they had. He hadn't really planned on writing Bryan off the show, but when they took him out of the opening titles for a couple of episodes it seemed like he really was gone for good. MacFarlane says they were actually moved by the overwhelming response and that I didn't realize fans had cared so much about Bryan, given that the show is one of the most successful in history and now reportedly , the entire franchise is worth around two billion dollars, it seems crazy that it almost didn't make it. on the air, but Family Guy actually has the king of the hill to thank for appearing on television.

See MacFarlane was launching Family Guy just as Mike Judge had signed a deal for King of the Hill, but the network was nervous about how the judges' show would work. so they turned down Family Guy a year later, King of the Hill was so successful that Fox changed its mind and gave Farland $50,000 to make its pilot and the rest is history, even when you think about it, and now a show this good after Of all these years we can still find ways to surprise you. What did you think of this data? Are we missing some juicy Family Guy detail that we just have to know?

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