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Frequently asked about Family Guy

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• Why does Stewie Griffin want to kill Lois?▾

  Stewie's murderous obsession with Lois stems from a combination of his megalomaniacal personality and a deep resentment of her as the dominant authority figure in his life. In his view, Lois represents the ultimate obstacle to his plans for world domination and his desire for independence. The show treats this as a running gag that gradually fades in later seasons, shifting Stewie's character toward a more flamboyant, emotionally needy dynamic rather than a genuinely villainous one.

• Is Stewie's intelligence and time-travel technology known to the rest of the Griffin family?▾

  In the show's internal logic, most adults — including Peter and Lois — cannot understand Stewie's speech, perceiving it as baby babble, which is why his elaborate plans and inventions go largely unnoticed. Brian, however, can understand Stewie fully, and the two share a close friendship built on this mutual comprehension. The show is inconsistent about this rule across seasons, occasionally allowing other characters to respond to Stewie's dialogue directly.

• What is the nature of Brian and Stewie's relationship?▾

  Brian and Stewie form the emotional core of the show despite their surface-level differences — a cynical, aspiring-writer dog and a genius infant. Their bond is explored most deeply in bottle episodes like 'Road to the Multiverse' and 'Brian and Stewie,' where they are shown to genuinely care for each other beneath layers of sarcasm and dysfunction. The 'Road to...' episodes function as their own mini-franchise within the series, portraying the two as inseparable companions on surreal adventures.

• How did Brian die and come back to life in Season 12?▾

  In the Season 12 episode 'Life of Brian,' Brian is struck by a car and dies, which was presented as a permanent change — the Griffins quickly adopt a new dog named Vinny. However, just two episodes later in 'Christmas Guy,' Stewie uses a time device obtained from his past self to travel back and push Brian out of the path of the car, undoing his death. The arc was widely interpreted as a marketing stunt, and the show itself later acknowledged fan outrage through meta-humor.

• What is the significance of the recurring chicken fights between Peter and Ernie the Giant Chicken?▾

  The feud began when Ernie gave Peter an expired coupon, which Peter took as a profound personal offense, leading to their first brutal brawl in the Season 2 episode 'Da Boom.' Each subsequent chicken fight erupts spontaneously, destroys massive amounts of property, and ends ambiguously — with Ernie apparently dead but always returning. The fights are a recurring absurdist set piece that parodies action movie choreography, and their disproportionate escalation over a trivial slight is core to the joke.