History Characters / FamilyGuyStewieGriffin

** Played straight again [[spoiler:when he saves Chris from being strangled to death by Charles Yamamoto]]. With the Music/{{Queen}} album ''Music/NewsOfTheWorld'', no Less!

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* AffablyEvil: Especially in the later seasons. He is very homicidal in his moments, but this is one of the reasons why he is the least obnoxious family member in the show. Always maintains a jovial and polite attitude when interacting with others, as long as he is in good mood.

** [[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.]]

-->'''Stewie''': From the dog-eared pages of that volume of Shakespeare, I imagine you wooed Michael with a sonnet or monologue each day. And no one had ever done anything so romantic as reciting Shakespeare for Michael before. And he was smitten. While not as physically attracted to you as you are to him, that's okay You each bring something important to the relationship. Isn't that what you believe, Dr. Pritchfield? I see a prescription for heart medication on that table. My guess is you keep that at the office. You don't want to worry Michael, you say to yourself, even though the truth is it embarrasses you. Your age, your mortality. Best to keep appearing as vital as possible. And no need to have reminders at home of what's just around the corner, is there? And your office is your haven, since Michael doesn't work and is often at home, perhaps as a result of a low-level depression that you don't really want to get into with him. Oh, he always planned to have a career, but he could never settle on exactly what it was he wanted to do. And at first you liked having him at home to take care of the house and plan trips. So that's just what happened. "And that's a job, too," he reminds you over the years. Michael likes to travel, and he prefers the finer things. And you'd like to give them to him, wouldn't you? But it's a bit difficult on a child psychologist's salary at a Rhode Island preschool, I'd imagine. Fortunately, you don't have children, so you do have some disposable income. Oh, you have talked about it with other couples, just for show, probably at dinner with younger friends of Michael's who are starting a family, you know, to be part of the conversation, to feel included. But you said you preferred your trips and your rescue dog named after a character most likely from Dickens. Ah, how accomplished and affluent you both look in this photo. Just the image Michael is so desperate to project. Let's look a little closer, shall we? Now, I see you're both wearing Ralph Lauren Purple Label dress shirts that retail starting at $495. But from the disfigured button holes on one and the small discoloration on the other, I can see you bought them at the outlet in Providence. Probably third markdown, in which case, $49, give or take. Since you also have light jackets on, I can see that you went there during summer vacation, which is, in fact, winter in Rio, outside of the high tourist season. And I see that you're on the rooftop pool deck at the Fasano Hotel in Ipanema, the most exclusive hotel in all of Brazil. Michael would've been dying to stay there. Had a friend that went with his older boyfriend, who makes a lot of money in, most likely, banking, much to your chagrin. But even in August, it's almost $1,000 a night. You tell him people are starving in the streets in Brazil. How do you justify paying those prices? When the truth is, you simply can't afford it. It's for another class of gay people. The window that Michael is always desperately peering through and sadly on the other side of. But you do your best. You don't go on Airbnb, because you don't trust it, even though Michael has stories of friends who have found the most fabulous places. You like a hotel. Besides, it's more romantic, you tell him. But when you take him to the place you're actually staying, the one you found on [=TripAdvisor=] that was rated number 27 of all the hotels in Rio and was having a special rate of 295 U. S. dollars a night Which is still not cheap, you remind him, most people never get to visit half the places he's seen, you tell him you can't help but feel like a bit of a failure as you see the look of disappointment on his face as he enters the room. So you decide to go to the Fasano Hotel for dinner and drinks. No, just drinks, once you've seen the restaurant prices online. And once there, you can see how Michael begins looking at all the older men who can afford to take their boyfriends I'm sorry, husbands To such luxurious hotels. And you worry a little, that you're diminishing in his eyes with each passing year. But you tell yourself you're being ridiculous, as you see Michael glancing about the rooftop deck, looking at all the young men, men that would be 20 years younger than even Michael, men that you're invisible to. But he isn't yet, not completely, and you're jealous and you loathe yourself for it. But Michael wants a photo, and he says, "Let's take a selfie. " But you say, "Let's ask someone to take one of us" and make some tired joke about selfies that only you laugh at, wishing that you could take it out of the air as soon as you've said it, as it's just one more indicator that you're older than everybody here. So Michael calls over a young man wearing a tiny swimsuit to take the photo and makes a crude joke that embarrasses you. But the young man laughs, and he and Michael share a moment that you're not part of. And you feel humiliated and unseen. Which explains Michael's joyful grin and your slightly disconnected half-smile. And you've posted the photo on Facebook, and Michael's posted it to his 86 followers on Instagram You don't know how that one works To at least give the impression, in your Ralph Lauren shirts, holding your $20 cocktails, that you're both way more successful than you are. But it makes you feel a little dirty, the lengths you have to go to in order to keep Michael happy. And every time you glance at this picture, you wonder, "How long before he leaves me?" See? I guess we both know each other a bit.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: After the sixth season, Stewie became less of a villainous killer, and more of an effeminate nice guy. He stopped using his inventions to kill people, and instead used them for good. For example, his time machine was probably his healthiest creation. Not to mention, he formed a stronger friendship with Brian.

'''Stewie:''' ''[holding the family at gunpoint]'' Oh, so ''now'' you're interested in Stewie. Last week when I made that macaroni picture of an owl, you didn't give a damn! And now we're going to look at it again. ''[holds macaroni picture in front of Peter]'' Look! Do you like it?!\\
'''Peter:''' ''[shaken]'' Yes...\\

'''Stewie:''' Thank you for the compliment!

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

* BrattyHalfPint: UpToEleven in the earlier seasons. However, this trope is very balanced for him in the later seasons.

** [[spoiler:In "Send in Stewie, Please", Stewie had an emotional breakthrough with his psychologist, but didn't want him to share the information with the world, so he allowed him to die. Turns out, this was all just a dream as well.]]

* OnlyChildSyndrome: It seems that Stewie might actually be Peter's only biological child. In "Screwed the Pooch" Brian reveals that Meg's real father is called Stan Thompson and later seasons have sugested that Chris is either adopted or otherwise unrelated to Peter. "Regarding Carter" has Peter blurt out that he found Lois' gun under Chris' adoption papers, in "You Can't Handle the Booth!" a heartbroken Lois screams that Chris might actually be the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, as she had an affair with him 9 months prior to Chris' birth.

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

* BadassGay: In later seasons, there are plenty of gay jokes involving Stewie.

--> '''Stewie''': I like to talk about world domination. Some people think I don't talk about it enough anymore.

* MrSeahorse: In the post-cancellation episode, "Stewie Is Enceinte", he uses his MadScientist skills to impregnate himself with a litter of Brian-fathered human/dog hybrid babies.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: He pronounces words starting with "wh" by emphasizing the "h", like "Cool Hwhip". Oddly, he'll say "whip" normally without the "cool" preceding it. "Love, Blactually" has him complaining that Brian "rueened" (again, he says "ruins" just fine) his plans as dressing up as Snoopy for Halloween by doing the same, and in "The Hand that Rocks the Wheelchair", he decides to get some tools from the "gay-rage" (garage).

* RandomlyGifted: Stewie's supernatural level of intellect is confirmed to simply be random chance, as show in ''Baby Stewie'', where he removes the "Griffin" influences of his DNA and reverts to a normal baby.

* CatchPhrase: "Victory is mine!" was his for at least the first few seasons.

* DarkerAndEdgier: 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.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not that many listen to him.

* WellDoneSonGuy: "A Lot Going On Upstairs" reveals that he cares about Brian's opinion about him and is afraid of disappointing him.