note This is a Just for Fun bit. It is all about the tropes surrounding on the original Family Guy's pre-revival seasons. If you're feeling free to add more information or edit some stuff in here by giving it a more detailed description and/or more tropes, please forget the fact that it was Un-Cancelled and that the show is still running. In short, this is an AU!work page about Family Guy where it was Too Good to Last. Let's face it, some of us well remember Family Guy's golden years and we're not letting no Nostalgia Filter get in our way.Or simply titled as
Family Guy, is an American
animated series created by
Seth MacFarlane for
FOX. The series centers on the Griffins, a
dysfunctional family who gets into, well
a bunch of crazy stuff. Most episode plots consist of everyday hijinks with the occasional
Hilarity Ensues moment and they mostly center around, Peter—the father and apparently, main protagonist (it's called
Family Guy for a reason).
The show first aired in 1999 and has pretty much the quirks of a
90s animated sitcom. For a while, it was a success during its three season run and DVD sales were impressive. It had great ratings, a huge fanbase, and of course, like any animated sitcom that sometimes delves into
Crosses the Line Twice, controversy was not avoidable. The other unavoidable controversy is the opinions of some critics that it the show itself ripped-off
The Simpsons. After its third season, the show was unfortunately cancelled, at least completely, in late 2003. Despite this, the show retains a huge fanbase.
This show provides examples of:
- Acquired Situational Narcissism: Peter when he got plastic surgery.
- Adaptation Decay: Played for Laughs in Peter's version of The King and I, featuring Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja.
- Adjective Animal Alehouse: The Drunken Clam
- Affably Evil: Stewie often talks about wanting to Take Over the World, but he's easily a nicer person than at least Peter and Lois.
- All of the Other Reindeer: Meg. At least, around in school.
- Alpha Bitch: Connie D'Amico to Meg.
- Art Evolution: The pilot
◊ compared to what you've seen in the running show. - Butt Monkey: Brian.
- Brainy Brunette: Meg.
- Bratty Teenage Daughter: Meg. Especially in her earlier appearances.
- Bumbling Dad: Peter
- Catch Phrase:
- Stewie has a few of these:
- "Victory is/shall be mine!"
- "Damn you all!"
- Lois too though she seldom says it but could've developed as her Stock Phrase.
- "Chris, that's a terrible word—[insert aforementioned terrible word]."
- Drinking the Kool-Aid: Parodied, of course. Meg unknowingly joins a cult trying to be popular, wherein the leader of said cult tries to initiate a mass suicide through... You guessed it. Stewie kills him.
- Fat Idiot: Peter and Chris.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Peter.
- Meganekko: Meg.
- Nice Guys and Girls: Chris, Meg, Lois, Cleveland, and Brian.
- Only Sane Man: Brian and Lois.
- Reference Overdosed
- Shoot the Dog: Literally done in one episode
- Spiritual Successor: After it got cancelled, Seth MacFarlane created American Dad
- Unintentional Period Piece: In its 4 year run the show made various references to the popular culture of 1999-2003
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