History Characters / FamilyGuyStewieGriffin

* DeadpanSnarker: Becomes this full-time in the later seasons, giving quick snide remarks in episodes where he's not the main focus, not that most people listen to him. Even in the earlier seasons, he was no stranger to this trope; for example, in ''Petarded,'' he gets obnoxiously sarcastic towards Meg when she is afraid to go to school after her father is publicly labeled as mentally retarded.

** [[spoiler:In "Lois Kills Stewie", Stewie took over the world and let everyone know who he was. His evil reign was stopped, however, when Lois came in and nearly killed him (she chose not too once she had him dead to rights then Peter killed him when he tried to take advantage of Lois' hesitation. Then and there, it turned out that all the events that transpired was just a simulation, he had set up for himself.]]

** [[spoiler:In "Lois Kills Stewie", Stewie took over the world and let everyone know who he was. His evil reign was stopped, however, when Lois came in and killed him. Then and there, it turned out that all the events that transpired was just a simulation, he had set up for himself.]]

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:After years of trying to kill Lois, Stewie was killed by Lois in the episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Lois Kills Stewie]]".]]

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* ChainedHeat: In "Stuck Together, Torn Apart", Stewie and Brian's hands were superglued together.

* EnfantTerrible: The page image. In Seasons 1-6, he was a sarcastic, ranting evil genius with a homicidal grudge against his mother. He still is against those he genuinely hates (or in some cases, [[HeKnowsTooMuch those that know something they shouldn't]]), though it's rather rare.

* {{Flanderization}}: Stewie's curiosity for homosexuality slowly growing to make him flat-out gay. This trait has taken him over so badly that he has lost a lot of his EvilGenius traits as a result. Granted, Stewie has apparently lampshaded his own Flanderization on at least two occasions where he realized he was losing his villainous touch and attempted to de-flanderize himself by (the first attempt) attempting to kill Lois again, and (the second attempt) getting back to inventing for the sake of evil.

* {{Jerkass}}: Less and less after each season, however... [[DependingOnTheWriter with occasional exceptions]].

* KarmaHoudini: To a much greater extent than anybody else on his family. He might have gotten nicer, but at the end of the day Stewie still the most murderous member of the Griffin family, if not the entire cast. His victims include men, women and children- including infant children- and his on-screen body count is easily in the double digits (and when he teams up with his EvilerThanThou soulmate Penelope, well into the hundreds of millions). He has committed theft, assault, arson, abduction, bombings, torture, murder, and acts of terrorism and mass murder, and he has plotted to TakeOverTheWorld literally since he was in his mother's womb (he claims to have left a bomb in there as well). It's all PlayedForLaughs, of course, but he's still ''way'' more evil than the rest of his family whose comparatively trivial behavior is occasionally treated [[PlayedForDrama much more seriously]].

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: At the very least, far more intelligent than normal babies tend to be.

-->'''Stewie''': At least it didn't end like [[Series/TheSopranos The Sopranos]], where it just cut to black in mid-sen...

* AmbiguouslyGay/[[AmbiguouslyBi Bi]]: Despite the many, many gags pointing toward an attraction to males, any genuine romance relevant to the plot has always been with females. That being said, many times it's been implied he loves Brian...and his Teddy bear Rupert, whom Stewie has apparently done a lot of scandalous things as a love interest. Seth has also called him gay in interviews, and the "romances" with women can be attributed to the fact he is a baby.

-->'''Meg''': I can't believe this is happening to me. I can never go back to school again.
-->'''Stewie''': Oh, yes, Meg, yes. Yes, everything was going swimmingly for you until this. Yes, this is the thing that will ruin your reputation. Not your years of [[InformedDeformity grotesque appearance]] or awkward social graces... or that Felix Unger-ish way you clear your sinuses. No, no, no, it's this. Do you hear yourself talk? I might kill you tonight.

--> '''Stewie''': "You know, my hooligan friend, I've been racking my brain in a thus far fruitless attempt to resolve our recent unpleasantness. Then it dawned on me. Your cruelty merely stems from some deep-seated inner pain. So, the obvious remedy is a healthy dose of [[SuddenlyShouting OUTER PAIN]]!" (Pulls out a net launcher)
--> '''Stewie''': I like to talk about world domination. Some people don't think I talk about it enough anymore.

* GagPenis: Surprisingly, in "You Can't Do That On Television, Peter", Peter compared his and Stewie's penis sizes, before it cuts away to Peter looking grumpy and complaining that it's a "Stupid game, anyway". Now, while this is {{Downplayed}} because Peter has a TeenyWeenie, "Trans-Fat" implies that Peter's original penis size was 4 inches, maybe even less. So a One-year-old baby having a penis bigger than that is... well, abnormal.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He routinely murders people on and off-screen. In one of the later episodes it's implied he killed babies without remorse.
--> '''Brian''': How would you feel if you killed another baby?
--> '''Stewie''' (offhandedly): I've killed seven...

* InnocentProdigy: The EvilCounterpart to this trope. He's a WickedCultured EvilGenius, despite being barely a toddler and [[PingPongNaivete often almost as naive as you'd expect a child his age to be.]]
--> "Huh, this toy contains small parts. But why would they include small parts in a toy for someone my age...? Unless I'm supposed to eat them! Of course, it all adds up!"

* {{Irony}}: The sole AxeCrazy member of the family in the early seasons is currently its OnlySaneMan among them.

* KnightOfCerebus: The lighthearted, albeit offensive comedy that Family Guy usually lives in, is shifted greatly, when things focus on Stewie. At that point, things are all about murder, crimes, and taking over the world.

'''Stewie''': [[NoObjectPermanence Where the Devil did he go!?]]\\
'''Peter''': ''[removes his hands from his face]'' Peekaboo!\\
'''Stewie''': AAAH!

-->'''Pritchfield''': [[ArmorPiercingResponse You seem like a very lonely, little boy.]]
-->'''Stewie''': [[HeroicBSOD OH MY GOD, I AM! I'M SO LONELY! YOU CAN SEE INSIDE MY SOUL!]]

'''Peter:'''[Suprised]That was an owl?\\

'''Stewie:''' Thank you for the compliment! [Walks away with the drawing, leaving Peter to curl up and cry on the floor.]

-->'''Japanese Stewie''': I no like you, but I like you!\\
'''Japanese Brian''': I no like you, but I like you, too!

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Big time! At the very least, far more intelligent than normal babies tend to be.
-->'''See-n-say:''' The cow goes, SHAZOO!
-->'''Stewie:''' ...It most certainly does not.

%%* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In the first five and a half seasons, but becomes much nicer after that.

* {{Flanderization}}: Stewie's curiosity for homosexuality slowly growing to make him flat-out gay. This trait has taken him over so badly that he has lost a lot of his EvilGenius traits as a result. Granted, Stewie has apparently lampshaded his own Flanderization on at least two occasions where he realized he was losing his villainous touch and attempted to de-flanderize himself by (the first attempt) attempting to kill Lois again, and (the second attempt) getting back to inventing for the sake of evil.

* {{Jerkass}}: Less and less after each season, however...[[DependingOnTheWriter With occasional exceptions]].

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: At the very least, far more intelligent than normal babies tend to be.

** In "Life of Brian" he mourns Brian the most out of everyone and is desperate to bring him back. He gets his wish in "Christmas Guy".
** To a lesser extent, he is close with Chris and to a much lesser extent, Meg. In recent seasons, he begins treating them like actual siblings and when Meg saves his life in "Stand By Meg", he tries to improve her dating life as gratitude.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Currently. He even handled [[spoiler:Brian's death the worst of the family, to the extent that he pulled a HeroicSacrifice to stop it]].

* OnlySaneMan: Ironically, he took a reverse {{Flanderization}} in this regard: Peter evolved from an alcoholic, working class guy to a dangerously PsychopathicManchild; Lois went from being a sane voice of reason to a nasty BitchInSheepsClothing; Chris went from an airheaded artist to a miniature Peter (with the added bonus of [[ThisIndexTouchesItself masturbating far too much]]); Meg turned from an unpopular teenager to an unstable CosmicPlaything; and Brian went from being the smartest member of the house to an insufferable KnowNothingKnowItAll. Stewie, meanwhile, went from a murderous sociopath to the most grounded member of the cast, whose only quirks are his CampGay tendencies.

* OnlySaneMan: Ironically, he took a reverse {{Flanderization}} in this regard: Peter evolved from an alcoholic, working class guy to a dangerously PsychopathicManchild; Lois went from being a sane voice of reason to a nasty BitchInSheepsClothing; Chris went from an airheaded artist to a miniature Peter (with the added bonus of [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbating far too much]]); Meg turned from an unpopular teenager to an unstable CosmicPlaything; and Brian went from being the smartest member of the house to an insufferable KnowNothingKnowItAll. Stewie, meanwhile, went from a murderous sociopath to the most grounded member of the cast, whose only quirks are his CampGay tendencies.

* OedipusComplex: Inverted. He wants to kill Lois, and has had some friendlier moments with Peter, including the whole of ''The Courtship of Stewie's Father''. This is made more obvious when it's revealed he thinks Brian is more of a father figure than Peter in "A Lot Going On Upstairs", and most episodes show him lusting for Brian.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: He and Meg are the Responsible to Chris' Foolish.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not that many listen to him. For example, in ''Petarded'' he gets obnoxiously sarcastic towards Meg when she is afraid to go to school after her father is publicly labeled as mentally retarded.

** Played straight again [[spoiler:when he saves Chris from being strangled to death by Charles Yamamoto]]. With the Music/{{Queen}} album ''Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen'', no Less!
* PingPongNaivete: He has always varied between someone that apparently had an adult's knowledge of the world, frequently showing knowledge of popular culture and sex (he once knew how his parent were going to make another child and understood exactly how the biological function was), and being fairly erudite but possessing little knowledge that a baby wouldn't (he didn't understand his birth even after his first birthday).

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Currently. He even handled [[spoiler:Brian's death the worst of the family]].

* FakeBrit: In-universe example. "Send in Stewie, Please" reveals that he is faking his British accent.

* BabyLanguage: Implied. Subject to a large amount of NegativeContinuity, but some ground rules have been made: WordOfGod states that Peter and Lois can understand what Stewie says just fine, but they never take him seriously. (This gets lampshaded by Stewie himself in the episode "Dial Meg for Murder", where the whole family pins Stewie as the one who'd talked smack about Meg, causing him to say, "Oh, so ''now'' everyone understands me?") Chris sometimes takes him seriously, while Brian and supporting characters always understand him.

* AmbiguouslyGay/Bi: Despite the many, many gags pointing toward an attraction to males, any genuine romance relevant to the plot has always been with females. That being said, many times it's been implied he loves Brian...and his Teddy bear Rupert, whom Stewie has apparently done a lot of scandalous things as a love interest. Seth has also called him gay in interviews, and the "romances" with women can be attributed to the fact he is a baby.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the youngest of all the Griffins.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch:He's the youngest of all the Griffins.

A [[NotAllowedToGrowUp perpetual one-year-old]] with a lust for [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior world domination]], and the matricide of Lois. He used to be a vicious criminal and EnfantTerrible VillainProtagonist in Season 1-6, but [[TookALevelInKindness has become a much nicer character]] in the later seasons, with the exception of still being a trash-talking, unfiltered wisecracker.

* CallingParentsByTheirName: Stewie refers to his mother as "Lois". In earlier seasons this was a sign of his EnfantTerrible nature and disdain for his mother. When his adult self does call them "mom and dad" he immediately and violently 'corrects' himself with "It's Lois and the fat man!" He's phased out of this by later seasons.