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List of characters in the Family Guy franchise

The Griffin and Brown/Tubbs families, the principal characters of Family Guy (1999–present) and The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). From left to right: Chris, Peter, Stewie (in baby carrier), Lois, Brian (dog), and Meg Griffin, Cleveland Brown, Cleveland Jr., Donna Tubbs-Brown, and Rallo and Roberta Tubbs.

Family Guy is an American animated comedy multimedia franchise originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company, primarily based on the animated series Family Guy (1999–present), its spin-off series The Cleveland Show (2009–2013), and the film Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005), based on his 1995–1997 thesis films The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve.

Set in the fictional towns of Quahog, Rhode Island, and Stoolbend, Virginia, the show exhibits much of its humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags often lampooning American culture. The following is an abridged list of characters consisting of the starring families (Griffin; Brown/Tubbs) and supporting characters from all three. Characters are only listed once, normally under the first applicable subsection in the list; very minor characters are listed with a more regular character with whom they are associated.

Appearances

The Griffin Family

Peter Griffin

Peter Löwenbräu Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the patriarch of the Griffin household, a 46-year-old Irish-American blue-collar worker and the "family guy" of the show's title. For most of the series, Peter is shown as an obese, unintelligent, lazy, outspoken, childish, and eccentric alcoholic.

Lois Griffin

Lois Patrice Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) (voiced by Alex Borstein) is the matriarch of the Griffin household, Peter's wife, and the mother of Meg, Chris, and Stewie. She is 45-years-old, and is of German and Jewish descent.

Meg Griffin

Megan "Meg" Griffin (voiced by Lacey Chabert in seasons 1 & 2, Mila Kunis from season 2 onwards) is the Griffins' 18-year-old daughter. She is a self-conscious, insecure, and sensitive teenager who is more often than not ridiculed and ignored by the people around her.

Chris Griffin

Christopher Cross "Chris" Griffin (voiced by Seth Green) is the Griffins' 15-year-old son. He is a friendly, laid-back, and slow-witted adult who is a younger version of Peter physically, but intellectually, he often shows more potential, as demonstrated from moments of coherence and articulation within his speech.

Stewie Griffin

Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the Griffins' 1-year-old child, but often behaves in adult ways such as speaking in an exaggerated upper-class British accent dialect.

Brian Griffin

Brian Griffin (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the family's 10-year-old (70 in dog years) anthropomorphic talking white Labrador Retriever and the best friend of both Stewie and his father, Peter.

Extended Griffin family members

The characters listed below are the extended family of the Griffin family that come from either Peter's side of the family, Lois' side of the family, and the occasional members of Brian's family:

Throughout the series, mainly during the first seasons, Peter often mentions various ancestors of the Griffin family, which are shown in cutaway gags.

The Brown/Tubbs family

Cleveland Brown

Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. (voiced by Mike Henry from 1999-2021, Arif Zahir from 2021–present[1]) is a portly 42-year-old African-American man who is very polite to everyone and has a unique laugh. He was one of Peter Griffin's best friends in Family Guy and also owned and ran a deli. In the "Pilot" of The Cleveland Show, he moves to the town of Stoolbend, Virginia to show his son where he grew up, unintentionally meeting up with his old friend Donna, whom he was in love with despite her being unaware. Eventually re-sparking his relationship with her, they get married and he and his son move in with her and her two children. Cleveland is usually depicted as exceedingly gentle and patient, and it is only on rare occasions that he has been known to lose his temper and resort to violence. However, Cleveland gets visibly annoyed with racist behavior. He often acts as the voice of caution when other characters hatch harebrained schemes. Cleveland's speech is slow and almost elongated in Family Guy, but in The Cleveland Show his voice has a wide variety. Various flashbacks give conflicting histories of his speech patterns. He is shown as a more sexual, obnoxious, unintelligent, selfish, and violent character in his new form than he was originally. After the show wasn't renewed for a fifth season, Cleveland would move back to Quahog (and Family Guy) in the twelfth season, now working as a mailman.

Loretta Brown

Loretta Brown (voiced by Alex Borstein) is Cleveland's late ex-wife and the mother of Cleveland Brown Jr. in Family Guy. In early episodes, Loretta had a minimal quantity of lines, the bulk of which were "Mm-hmm!". She treated Cleveland harshly, and eventually cheated on him with Glenn Quagmire, leading them to divorce. She had a liking for cricket and the television program Friends. In The Cleveland Show episode "Gone With the Wind", she dies in a freak accident back in Quahog when in her 40s because Peter accidentally swings a Brontosaurus skeleton found by Brian from a mobile crane into her house, destroying it and causing her to fall from the second floor in her bathtub (in a similar manner to Cleveland in a running gag on Family Guy), only for her neck to snap. She was buried in Stoolbend, and left her fortune to Cleveland Jr. in her will.

Donna Tubbs-Brown

Donna Lou Retten Tubbs-Brown (née Tubbs) (voiced by Sanaa Lathan), is the second and current wife of Cleveland Brown. She is 42 years old and works as the principal's secretary at Stoolbend High School. She has two biological children from her previous marriage with Robert Unknown (His last name is literally "Unknown", which is a joke later in the series), Roberta and Rallo, and she has kept her maiden name (seen in "Pilot", Cleveland says, "Back in high school, I would have given anything to spend the night at Donna Tubbs' house."). While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", she has now taken on the former role of the late Loretta as a recurring character of Family Guy.

Cleveland Brown Jr.

Cleveland Orenthal Brown Jr., (also referred to as Cleveland Raj Rerun Dwayne Brown)[2] better known simply as Junior, (voiced by Mike Henry in early appearances in Family Guy, and Kevin Michael Richardson in The Cleveland Show and later appearances in Family Guy), is the obese 14-year-old biological son of Cleveland Brown and his late ex-wife Loretta. He debuted in the second-season episode "Love Thy Trophy" on the animated TV show Family Guy. During his time in Family Guy before The Cleveland Show he was shown to be skinny, hyperactive, and athletic. He was presumably taken into Loretta's custody after she and Cleveland divorced in "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" and has since become severely obese. He suffers from mild seizure-like episodes which he refers to as "brainstorms" and takes medication to control them. It was revealed in the episode "The Hurricane!" that he "doesn't believe in God", although he claims he is not an atheist either, which he calls "another religion". Junior is one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show and returns to the Family Guy cast as of "He's Bla-ack!" as a recurring minor character.

Roberta Tubbs

Roberta Coretta Tubbs (sometimes Roberta Benigni Tubbs) (voiced by Nia Long and later Reagan Gomez-Preston) is the 15-year-old biological daughter of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Rallo's sister, Cleveland's stepdaughter and Cleveland Jr.'s stepsister. She looks up to Tyra Banks, hoping to one day become her co-hostess. A relatively popular girl in school, Roberta is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones/social networking websites. She has been dating a less-than-respectable boy named Gabriel "Federline Jones" Friedman. Donna doesn’t approve of Federline, though Cleveland has since managed to bully him into submission. As with many popular students, Roberta often acts as a bully and a self-centered character, even towards her own family members. She is also revealed to be a genius in The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "B.M.O.C.", when she went on a college tour to Cleveland's alma mater, State.

Neither Roberta nor her brother Rallo are initially pleased with the arrival of Cleveland and Cleveland Brown Jr., though both appear to accept their mother marrying Cleveland without much issue. In fact, Roberta and Cleveland seem to fall into a rather stereotypical stepfather/stepdaughter relationship, with Roberta being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when he attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Cleveland as her father. While one of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", she is now occasionally referred to and less frequently seen on Family Guy. She's also the only member of the Tubbs family that has yet to speak in Family Guy (the video game Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is not considered a speaking role).[3]

Rallo Tubbs

Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs (voiced by Mike Henry) is the 5-year-old biological son of Donna and her ex-husband, Robert, Roberta's brother, Cleveland's stepson and Cleveland Jr.'s stepbrother. Despite his age, and the fact his father has been mostly absent most of his life, Rallo acts much like Robert, behaving at times very articulate, yet hormonally charged. He seems to get along fairly well with his mother, Donna and has a normal love/hate relationship with Roberta, who at times seems to neglect him, yet at other times speaks to him as an intellectual equal.

In The Cleveland Show Season 3 episode "American Prankster", Cleveland asks Donna why his name is Rallo. Donna replies to that question by stating it was from "that guy from Sanford and Son." (referring to Rollo Lawson). One of the main characters of The Cleveland Show, as of "He's Bla-ack!", he is now an infrequently-appearing cast member of Family Guy.

Extended Brown family members

Neighbors and their relatives

Spooner Street

Quagmire family

Swanson family

Goldman family

Grace Street

The principal supporting characters of The Cleveland Show (2009–2013). Left to right: Ernie Krinklesac, Tim the Bear, Cleveland Jr., Arianna the Bear, Terry Kimple, Rallo Tubbs, Donna Tubbs-Brown, Cleveland Brown, Roberta Tubbs, Federline Jones, Lester Krinklesac, and Holt Richter.

In The Cleveland Show, a number of characters live on the same street as the Brown family. All were seen attending the wedding of Cleveland and Donna Brown.

Bear family

Krinklesac family

Richter family

Choni's family

Co-workers

The following characters have worked with Peter and Cleveland at different jobs:

Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory

Peter's ship

Pawtucket Brewery

Waterman Cable

Students and teachers

Adam West High School

The following characters make up the school body of Adam West High School (previously named James Woods Regional High School):

Stoolbend High School

Harper Elementary School

Other recurring characters

Quahog Channel 5 News

West family

Quahog residents

Stoolbend residents

Gag characters

Evil Monkey hanging in a closet

Deaths

Seven actors who voiced semi-regular Family Guy characters have died:

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Death was voiced by Norm MacDonald in his first appearance, "Death is a Bitch".

References

  1. ^ Swift, Andy (September 25, 2020). "Family Guy Reveals New Actor Voicing Cleveland Brown in Season 19". TVLine. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Dave Jeser, Matt Silverstein (writers) & Jack Perkins (director) (November 20, 2011). "Skip Day". The Cleveland Show. Season 3. Episode 4. Fox.
  3. ^ Lydia Loves Timelines (April 1, 2023). "Family Guy's Most Wasted Character: Roberta". Retrieved August 7, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  4. ^ Kraus, Leah; Venkateswaren, Nandini (September 11, 2008). "Mike Henry of "Family Guy" talks voices, gags and instinct". Campus Times. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  5. ^ Meg and Quagmire
  6. ^ No Giggity, No Doubt
  7. ^ Steve Callaghan (writer) (September 5, 2001). "Mr. Saturday Knight". Family Guy. Season 3. Episode 9. Fox Broadcasting Company.
  8. ^ Nolfi, Joey (December 28, 2016). "Carrie Fisher to appear on two new Family Guy episodes". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Scammed Yankees". Family Guy. Season 14. Episode 12. January 17, 2016. Fox.
  10. ^ "Friends of Peter G.". Family Guy. Season 9. Episode 10. February 13, 2011. 12:13 minutes in. Fox. This poor gentleman used to speak in long, eloquent sentences. But after years of drinking, he can only speak in short, choppy utterances.
  11. ^ Valentine's Day in Quahog
  12. ^ Cannon, William (November 25, 2013). "Brian Griffin Dies: 4 Things To Know About 'Family Guy' Newcomer Vinny". Latin Times. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  13. ^ "Seth MacFarlane Interview". TVShowsOnDVD.com. April 21, 2003. Archived from the original on August 24, 2007. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  14. ^ Diller's last episode was in season 6, episode 6, "Padre de Familia"
  15. ^ Francis Griffin died in season 5, episode 10, "Peter's Two Dads", but then came back as a vision of Peter's in season 8, episode 2, "Family Goy"
  16. ^ Sinatra's last appearance was in season 15, episode 2, "Bookie of the Year"
  17. ^ Fisher's last appearance was in season 15, episode 17, "Peter's Lost Youth"
  18. ^ West's last appearance was in the season 17, episode 5, "Three Directors", which aired on November 5, 2017

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