Family Guy
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Family Guy is a mediocre animated sitcom renowned for its lack of originality and blatant plagiarism, which is ironic considering Chris rips it off so much in his comics.
The series is also the inspiration for Chris' infamous Ghostbusters "skitch" that appeared in Sonichu 7 and introduced the one-off appearance of his character Sammy, a creation that was a mix between Chris and Peter Griffin (srsly, and you thought his mix of him and Sonichu was bad!).
Chris had hoped that the creator of Family Guy, Seth McFarlane, could possibly use his sketch in a future episode, but he unfortunately didn't realize Mr. McFarlane is quite capable of making unfunny, plagiarizing, boring shit on his own.
Chris has a crush on Meg, and has drawn her in the nude[citation needed] despite the fact she is underage.
Influence on Chris
Chris has variously expressed fanaticism for the series and watches it regularly. It can be inferred from this that the show's frequent use of non-sequitur, referential humor has bolstered Chris' belief that reproducing (or at least deriving) themes, motifs and characters from other works makes for legitimate, original art and has influenced his muddled understanding of parody.
Also significant is his citing of Family Guy as material that endorses homophobia, having completely misinterpreted what was a not-so-subtle jab at the prejudice in a recent episode. As the series often deals with issues of bigotry and other social taboos in a manner which to most would constitute ham-fisted irony, the question is raised as to what other messages from the show Chris takes at face value.
It is notable that Seth McFarlane holds almost the complete opposite beliefs to Chris - he is liberal, an atheist, supports gay marriage, believes in gay rights, and has hinted at drug use. Iróniquè, nô?
Chris's Influence on Family Guy
While probably unintentional, there are a few instances of eerie similarity from Chris's work on Family Guy.
The first few minutes of Road to Germany where Mort Goldman looks desperately for a bathroom only to accidentally go into Stewie's new time machine is strikingly similar to the Ghostbusters skitch.
Likewise, many CWC trolls noticed how uncanny that Peter Griffin in the episode Three Kings was wearing a shirt very similar to one of Chris's trademark shirts.
Controversy
A majority of the show is based off of its shock appeal, and has sparked several debates with parental groups over TV. It is very unknown if Chris objects to Family Guy for many of its controversial topics and lewd jokes, but it is certainly something to question as he is usually very awkward feeling about anything offensive.
Chris's message to Seth McFarlane
On 05 June 2009, The Miscreants special ops agent Bryan Bash hacked into Chris's YouTube account and found a message Chris sent to Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, via his YouTube account.
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Hello Seth, I am a long-time Family Guy Fan. I have purchased the Blu-Ray of your Calvacade; I enjoyed all but the homosexual and dick jokes (I detest the homos very strongly). For your next bunch of 50 or so videos, please do more breast and vagina jokes.
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What Chris doesn't seem to understand is that a good portion of the show's "humor" is intended to come at the expense of Meg Griffin.
See Also
- Sammy - Chris's bastard love child creation of him combined with Peter Griffin.