This is part of our Family Guy Series highlighting the head of
the Griffin Family, Peter.
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is a fictional character of the animated
television series Family Guy. His middle name, Löwenbräu, is
revealed in the episode "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater". Peter is the
patriarch of the Griffin household and one of the central
characters on the show. He is married to Lois, and is the father of
Meg, Chris, Stewie and Bertram. His voice, which has a slight Rhode
Island accent, is performed by the show's creator and lead writer,
Seth MacFarlane.
“ The character is Archie Bunker without the knowledge of what
he's doing. He has the mind of a child, basically, and a source of
big laughs is when he doesn't realize he's doing something
inappropriate.
Peter has primarily worked as a safety inspector at the
Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory until his boss Jonathon Weed died from
choking on a dinner roll. He then became a fisherman using his own
boat with the help of two Portuguese immigrants, Santos and
Pasquale, until his boat is destroyed. His current job is working
in the shipping department of the Pawtucket Patriot brewery.
Peter enjoys stereotypical blue-collar activities such as
causing mischief while drinking with his friends. His favorite
pastime is watching television. An I.Q. test confirms that his low
intellect places him in a category slightly below mentally
retarded, but has shown impressive intelligence and creativity from
time to time. Peter's brash impulsiveness leads to several odd
scenarios, such as attempting to molest Meg in order to adopt a
redneck lifestyle. He is incredibly jealous of other attractions
Lois has in her life, an attitude that tends to get out of hand in
most cases, even assaulting a whale that kissed Lois at Seaworld.
He mostly loves his wife and children, although he emotionally
abuses, and sometimes physically abuses Meg, and neglects Chris and
Stewie a great deal. Peter is also very competitive, as shown when
he starts a campaign for school board president against Lois, only
because he wants an old, crazy teacher back.
Whereas Lois' old money lineage is well-defined, Peter's
ancestry is obscured by dozens of ancestors. The most prominent of
these relatives is Nate Griffin, an African American slave, who was
owned by Lois' ancestors, and fell in love with their daughter,
which means Lois and Peter would be related if Peter's father was
Francis Griffin, the stern Roman Catholic Irish American patriarch
of the first five seasons, that was revealed not to be his father
but was in fact an Irishman named Mickey McFinnigan, a town drunk
who resembles his son in every aspect, save red hair and an aged
face.[36] In another episode, "Padre de Familia", Peter discovers
that he was actually born in Mexico, where his mother went for an
abortion. Thelma went into labor during the procedure, and smuggled
him home. She never filed his citizenship papers out of shame,
which made Peter an illegal immigrant until he received citizenship
at the end of the episode. (Even though in real life he would be a
citizen since his mother was.)
Peter (narrating his life): "I walked into the kitchen and sat
down at the table. I looked with a grimace at the questionable meal
Lois had placed in front of me. Of course I'd never tell her how
disgusted I was with her cooking, but somehow I think she knew.
Lois had always been full of energy and life, but lately I had
begun to grow more aware of her aging. The bright, exuberant eyes
that I had fallen in love with were now beginning to grow dull and
listless with the long fatigue of a weary life. (Lois knocks Peter
out.)
I woke several hours later in a daze."
Lois: Peter,why are we stopped?
Peter: Yeah, I'll have three cheeseburgers...
Lois: Peter for God's sakes she's havin' a baby!
Peter: Oh that's right...and a kid's meal... and uh,I, I guess I'll
have fries...if I have fries is anyone else gonna have any? Cuz,uh
I don't wanna be the only one eatin' them... I'll feel like a
fatty.
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