Summary[]
Spy vs. Spy in Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated comedy show created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX. The series focuses on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their talking pet dog Brian. The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island, and exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon U.S. culture.
The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated shorts, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve. MacFarlane redesigned the shorts' protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively. MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox on May 15, 1998. The show was given the greenlight and began production. Shortly after the third season of Family Guy aired in 2001, Fox canceled the series. However, favorable DVD sales and high ratings for syndicated reruns on Adult Swim convinced the network to renew the show in 2005.
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Appearances in Show[]
Season 1[]
- Episode 17 Two and a Half Man: Morbidly obese Peter Griffin appears in his living room watching Jonah Hill eat an airplane on the television.
Season 2[]
- Episode 11 (37) Demise of the Planet of the Apes: Chris Griffin is seen saying good-bye to the Evil Monkey who makes a cameo.
- Episode 22 (48) Garfield of Dreams: Seth MacFarlane has a photo of Peter Griffin in his room. He also comes up with the idea for the show at the end as seen saying, "Let's see, an annoying dad, a screwed up family and a talking anima-- no, alie-- no, animal. Yep! Original!".
Trivia[]
- The TV show spoofed Spy vs. Spy in a season 8 episode called "Spies Reminiscent of Us".
- A Don Martin character appeared in a season 8 episode called "Three Kings".
- Jeff Bergman (Fred Flintstone), Chris Cocks (George W. Bush), Chris Edgerly, Keith Ferguson, Ralph Garman (Jeff, Ted Turner, Sheriff Nichols), Gilbert Gottfried (Peter's horse), Seth Green (Chris Griffin), Arif S. Kinchen, Kevin Michael Richardson (Jerome, Bill Cosby, Cleveland, Jr.), Stephen Stanton, Tara Strong (Janet, Eliza), Fred Tatasciore (John Madden, Arnold Palmer), Audrey Wasilewski, and Frank Welker (Kermit the Frog, Fred Jones, Megatron) do voices in this show.
- Chris Griffin, Peter Griffin, and the Evil Monkey made cameos throughout the show.