Family Guy uses a floating timeline in which the characters do
not age, and as such the show is always assumed to be set in the
current year. In several episodes, events have been linked to
specific times, though sometimes this timeline has been
contradicted in subsequent episodes. Lois Griffin is the wife of
Peter and is the mother of Meg, Chris and Stewie. Lois was born
into the wealthy Pewterschmidt family from Newport, Rhode Island.
Peter Griffin, her husband, was a towel boy at the family country
club; Lois eventually fell in love with him, due to his low-class,
easy-going manner, which she found more appealing than the stuffy,
uptight suitors in her social circle. Lois was crowned Miss Teen
Rhode Island, and wished to pursue a career in modeling. However
her father thought that was beneath the dignity of the family.
She teaches piano to supplement the family income, though she
spends most of her time caring for her family, and has rarely been
seen teaching piano in recent seasons. Chris, her middle child, was
always overweight, even at birth, while her youngest son Stewie is
intent on killing her, although she seems not to notice; on one
occasion, when Lois noticed Stewie acting up, she assumed it to be
a result of Stewie lacking fatherly attention from Peter. In a
dream sequence, she finds Stewie's 'secret lab' while putting away
clothes. She mentions that she actually smoked weed when she was
pregnant with him, which could explain his obsession to kill Lois
and his uncanny intelligence. Lois doesn't really mind her eldest
child and only daughter, Meg, though she makes attempts in keeping
with the apparent popular perception of Meg.
Lois has a younger sister, Carol, who has had nine husbands, at
least eight of whom have left her, and had a boy by her eighth
husband. Lois also has an older brother, Patrick, whom she
discovers for the first time in "The Fat Guy Strangler". Lois took
Patrick out of the asylum in which he was interned, refusing to
believe that he was a serial killer until Brian confronted her with
evidence.
Lois's morals can seem questionable at times. She went through a
brief period of kleptomania in the episode "Breaking Out Is Hard to
Do", for which she went to prison. She also showed a gambling
addiction when the family went to an Indian casino in "The Son Also
Draws" during the first season. Various episodes have hinted that
Lois is a drug user, but this is shown most clearly in "Deep
Throats". She revealed that she smoked marijuana when she was
pregnant with Stewie, a claim backed-up by series creator Seth
MacFarlane on a DVD commentary. Also, when asked by Peter where she
got a tattoo on her lower back, she replied, 'I don't know Peter,
meth is a hell of a drug' (Prick Up Your Ears). She also hints that
she engaged in similar activities when a younger Meg was around.
When Meg is thought to have become pregnant, Lois tells her to
"smoke and drink a lot" (when Meg doesn't want to have an abortion,
which Lois hinted at beforehand) She also mentions, "but don't
start then chicken out half way or you end up with Chris," which
implies she smoked and consumed alcohol while pregnant with
Chris.
In many episodes throughout the series, Lois is seen smoking
cigarettes. In the episode "Stewie Kills Lois", Meg and Chris got
her smokers toothpaste for her birthday. Lois also had an
extramarital affair with former President Bill Clinton, which
resulted in the temporary separation between her and Peter,
although the relationship was later rekindled after Peter himself
engaged in a sexual liaison with Clinton.
In "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas", she has a
nervous breakdown when just about everything goes wrong, throws a
destructive tantrum, and is subdued with a tranquilizer shot by a
police sniper. Lois explains her role as a mother and homemaker by
saying that feminism is about choice, that she chose not to have a
job, and that she should not be stereotyped as a housewife. In the
episode "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", she gets
into an argument with Mayor Adam West, threatens to run against him
for mayor of Quahog, and wins the election. However, she eventually
quits after discovering the difficulty of ignoring special
interests and maintaining her integrity while in politics.
Lois has at times demonstrated a sado-masochistic personality.
Once, when Peter accidentally grazed her with a bullet from a
handgun, she wanted him to put his finger in the wound and twist
it. Lois can be kinky, too, and aggressive as well. She is playful
and willing to take. In another episode when her and Meg go on
Spring Break, during the awkward car-ride she tells Meg that she
took birth control but taking antibiotics made it not work, (and
that's how she got Meg). In the episode Peter's Daughter she tells
Meg she could "Just drink and smoke a LOT to have a miscarriage,
but don't stop half way through or you'll end up with Chris." Her
one-year-old baby, Stewie is very much intent on killing her.
Incidentally, this could be a direct result of smoking pot whilst
pregnant with him. Her relationship with Meg is a complicated one.
She has a way of being supportive and destructive at the same time.
When being hurtful, she is extremely caustic. It's been said that
Meg is not really Peter's daughter, but her biological father is
named Stan Thompson--despite the fact she has Peter's build.
-Lois had relationships with other men, especially those
associated with 1980s rock bands, such as J. Geils, Daryl Hall, the
"pyro guy" from the band Whitesnake, and Chaim Witz—now legally
known as Gene Simmons of Kiss. Lois also had sex with Bill Clinton
and shortly after Peter had sex with Bill Clinton as well.
-Lois has twice went on a date with Glenn Quagmire, in Stuck
Together, Torn Apart and Meet the Quagmires.
-She is reportedly 2 years younger than Peter (Let's Go to the Hop)
However, this is slightly skewed by the fact that both Lois and
Peter are 18 in Meet the Quagmires.
-She used to be a circus freak, apparently a dwarf like creature,
who used a trampoline and shouted "Me likey bouncy!"
-In the episode The Perfect Castaway she married Brian, thinking
that Peter was dead (it was later annulled upon Peter's
return).
-She was selected for an Olympic diving team, but ended up being
pregnant with Meg instead.
-She is very ticklish. Peter tackled her in one episode and tickled
her until she was screaming for mercy.
-She hates the sound of scraping cling film
-She is 5'7" (67 inches) and weighs approximately 130 pounds.
-She is a Protestant, something that her father-in-law, Francis
Griffin (a devout Roman Catholic) bitterly resents.
-Lois is a black belt in tae jitsu in Lethal Weapons.
Lois is almost always acting heterosexual, and there have been
only four signs in the entire series showing that she maybe a
bisexual.
-In the episode Brian Sings and Swings, Lois shared a kiss with
one of Meg's lesbian friends. In Stewie B. Goode when Peter is
doing his 'Grind my Gears' bit, Lois says "Women are such teasers
and that's why I went back to men" possibly meaning she was once a
lesbian. Although this may not be true as the Griffin family
actually acted out and watches this film.
-In Fifteen Minutes of Shame she told Meg and her friends at Meg's
slumber party that she used to practice French kissing with her
friends.
-In a deleted scene from You May Now Kiss the...Uh...Guy Who
Receives , she admitted to a priest that she used to have sex with
women, although since the scene was removed, its unknown if it
still applies.
-In Stew-Roids she is rubbing sunscreen on Bonnie's ass for about 4
seconds.
Peter: I know something about stupid phone calls (phone rings in
house)
Lois: Hello?
Peter: I can’t take the trash out today im working late at the
office.
Peter: The caller ID says your calling from the kitchen. In fact I
can see you.
Peter: Can you see me now?
Lois: No.
Peter: Now I am at the office.
Lois: I'm gonna go get some oranges Stewie. Here, hold the rest
of these bags for mommy."
Stewie: Oh, what brilliant parenting Lois. Leave a tiny infant with
a plastic bag. You know I might asphyxiate myself just to teach you
a lesson. Here I go. Just like that boy from INXS..(Stewie tries to
put bag over top of his head.)
Stewie: I'm going to do it! (Tries to put bag over left side of his
head then climbs into it and tries pulling it over his head.)
Stewie: BLAST! Good Lord Lois, either I was a c-section, or you're
Wonder Woman! Cache container is a magnetic match holder.
