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* CanadaEh: [[spoiler:Zack's birthplace.]]
* CatsAreMean: Stripes again.

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* CanadaEh: [[spoiler:Zack's birthplace.]]
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* {{Crossover}}: Chapter 31, with ''FanFic/TheSpellbook''.
* CurseCutShort: By Connie in "Mighty Murdocks":
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* OverprotectiveDad: Zack of Maddie in chapter 8 of "Meg's Family". It's mostly PlayedForLaughs.

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The Meg's family series are three fanfics written by Malcolm Fox.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3620835/1/Megs_Boyfriend Meg's Boyfriend]] is a story of how Meg meet a boy named Zack after Peter abandoned her at a 7-11. Soon the two of them fall in love, Zack moves in with the Griffins, and later Meg becomes pregnant and gives birth to her daughter, Maddie. While at first it had a continuous plot, after Maddie's birth the story format changed to episodic adventures, though unlike the show, there is a strong continuity. The fic ran for 47 chapters.


The series continued with the sequel, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4098184/1/Megs_Family Meg's Family]], which continues in the same episodic format, while introducing new elements, such as Meg befriending a goth girl named Raven, Zack learning about his true origins and the addition of Cody, Zack's son from a previous relationship, to the family. Like its predecessor, it ran for 47 chapters until the author cancelled it due lack of ideas and motivation.

Four years later, the author resurrected the series with its third installement, [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11017350/1/Meg-s-Family-Returns Meg's Family Returns]].

These fics are actually one of the most acclaimed stories in the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy fanfiction community.

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The Meg's family ''Meg's Family'' series are is a trilogy of three ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fanfics written by Malcolm Fox.

[[http://www.The first story in the series, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3620835/1/Megs_Boyfriend Meg's Boyfriend]] Boyfriend]]'' is a story of how Meg meet meets a boy named Zack after Peter abandoned her at a 7-11. gas station convenience store. Soon the two of them fall in love, Zack moves in with the Griffins, and later Meg Meg, becomes pregnant and gives birth to her daughter, Maddie. While at first first, it had a continuous plot, after Maddie's birth birth, the story format changed to episodic adventures, though but unlike the show, there is a strong continuity. The fic ran for 47 chapters.


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The series continued with the sequel, [[http://www.''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4098184/1/Megs_Family Meg's Family]], Family]]'', which continues in the same episodic format, while introducing new elements, such as Meg befriending a goth girl named Raven, Zack learning about his true origins origins, and the addition of Cody, Zack's son from a previous relationship, to the family. Like its predecessor, it ran for 47 chapters until the author cancelled canceled it due lack of ideas and motivation.

Four years later, the author resurrected the series with its third installement, [[https://www.installment, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11017350/1/Meg-s-Family-Returns Meg's Family Returns]].

These fics are actually one of the most acclaimed stories in the WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy fanfiction community.
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* AbusiveParents: Zack's dad Frank can give flanderized Peter and Lois a run for their money.
** Also, Cody's mom Nikki, who barely takes care of him, culminating in finally abandoning him after she elopes with her boyfriend to Las Vegas.

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* AbusiveParents: Zack's dad Frank can give flanderized post-Flanderization Peter and Lois a run for their money.
** Also, Cody's mom Nikki, who Nikki. She barely takes care of him, culminating in her finally abandoning him after she elopes with her boyfriend to in Las Vegas.



* AccidentalProposal: In the b-plot to the chapter "Family Goth", after Maddie and Stewie get freed from a finger trap, Cody lies and tells them that in Chinese custom that since their fingers touched they're engaged. They get "married", and when Stewie actually wants to make the relationship work, Cody has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he realizes that an uncle and niece are acting like they're really married.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: When designing the cover for Meg's Family Returns (pictured), [=LaceyHawk=] made Meg look taller and slimmer than usual.

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* AccidentalProposal: In the b-plot to the chapter "Family Goth", after Maddie and Stewie get freed from a finger trap, Cody lies and tells them that in Chinese custom that custom, since their fingers touched touched, they're engaged. They get "married", and when Stewie actually wants to make the relationship work, Cody has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment when he realizes that an uncle and niece are acting like they're really married.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: When designing the cover for Meg's ''Meg's Family Returns Returns'' (pictured), [=LaceyHawk=] made Meg look taller and slimmer than usual.



* AffectionateParody: In a similer vein of Blue Harvest, Zack retells Film/TheWizardOfOz

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* AffectionateParody: In a similer similar vein of Blue Harvest, ''Blue Harvest'', Zack retells Film/TheWizardOfOz''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* AgeGapRomance: Chris and Jillian. Chris is 13 and Jillian is in her twenties.



** The prologue to ''Returns'', where quite a lot has changed: Zack and Meg's found business success and had another son, Jillian and Chris are married, Lois is in charge of her late father's business, Tilly graduated college at four years old ''and'' cured cancer, and Brian is an acclaimed author and met his dream girl. And then Meg wakes up.
--> '''Meg''': I just had the weirdest dream. I dreamt that we were in a fanfic that got cancelled and was then uncancelled 4 years later.

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** The prologue to ''Returns'', where quite a lot has changed: Zack and Meg's found new business is a success and they've had another son, son' Jillian and Chris are married, married; Lois is in charge of her late father's business, business; Tilly graduated college at four years old ''and'' cured cancer, and cancer; Brian is an acclaimed author and met his dream girl. And then Meg wakes up.
--> '''Meg''': I just had the weirdest dream. I dreamt that we were in a fanfic that got cancelled canceled and was then uncancelled 4 years later.



* AscendedExtra: Many, most notabily Jillian, Mrs. Lockhart, Olivia Fuller...

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* AscendedExtra: Many, most notabily notably Jillian, Mrs. Lockhart, Olivia Fuller...



* ButtMonkey: For a nice-to-Meg fanfic, Meg still gets a lot of crap. Also, you can tell that the author greatly dislikes Peter.

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* ButtMonkey: For Even while being a nice-to-Meg "throw Meg a bone" fanfic, Meg still gets a lot of crap. Also, you can tell that But even then, that's nothing compared to the crap dumped on Peter. It's very clear the author greatly dislikes Peter.



* DeadFic: "Meg's Family Returns", the third installment in the series, hasn't updated since January 2019.

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* DeadFic: "Meg's ''Meg's Family Returns", Returns'', the third installment in the series, hasn't been updated since January 2019.



** Zack is the most prominent example. At first, he was a smart, if a bit dim witted DeadpanSnarker who was at odds with Peter. However, somehwere in the sequel, his character revolved around his feud with Peter (and his IQ also dropped severeal points)

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** Zack is the most prominent example. At first, he was a smart, if a bit dim witted dim-witted DeadpanSnarker who was at odds with Peter. However, somehwere somewhere in the sequel, his character revolved around his feud with Peter (and his IQ also dropped severeal points)several points).



* HateSink: Malcolm Fox went out of his way to make Frank, Zack's {{Jerkass}} [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], as unlikable as possible. Same goes for Peter, who Malcolm has admitted that he doesn't like. Connie D'Amico gets this treatment too, though to be fair, the show this story was based on also gave her HateSink.

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* HateSink: Malcolm Fox went out of his way to make Frank, Zack's {{Jerkass}} [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], as unlikable unlikeable as possible. Same The same goes for Peter, who Malcolm has admitted that he ''really'' doesn't like. Connie D'Amico gets this treatment too, though to be fair, the show this story was based on also gave source material itself depicts her HateSink.along the same lines.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Cody at the end of "Roberta's Boyfriend", who appears from a flaming pantagram and wearing hellish armor. This is done to point how OutOfFocus he's been, and when he's just about to explain what happened the chapter ends.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Cody at the end of "Roberta's Boyfriend", who appears from a flaming pantagram pentagram and wearing hellish armor. This is done to point out how OutOfFocus he's been, and when he's just about to explain what happened the chapter ends.



* InsaneTrollLogic: In ''Swiss Family Griffins'', a sleazy salesmen convinces Peter to buy a flamethrower so if the house ever catches fire, he can 'fight fire with fire'.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: In ''Swiss "Swiss Family Griffins'', Griffins", a sleazy salesmen salesman convinces Peter to buy a flamethrower so if the house ever catches fire, he can 'fight fire with fire'.



* LikeFatherLikeSon: Chris and CJ are throroughly similar in personality down to their looks.
* LikesOlderWomen: Chris, though not that Jillian is ''that'' old.

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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Chris and CJ are throroughly thoroughly similar in personality down to their looks.
* LikesOlderWomen: Chris, though not that Jillian is not ''that'' old.



* MayDecemberRomance: Chris and Jillian. Chris is 13 and Jillian 20+.



** If you remember from the show, Jillian says her mom died of cancer. This hasn't stopped Malcolm Fox from keeping Valerie, mother of Zack and Jillian, as a regular character in the series, not even in ''Meg's Family Returns''.
* SuddenVideoGameMoment: When Brian, Maddie and Bertram inflitrate the Griffin Household, Stripes sends the rest of the mind-controlled Griffins to fight them. The fight happens like a turn based RPG.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Tilly, constantly, given that her parents are two of the dumbest characters of Family Guy (Chris and Jillian), and her twin brother is pretty much as dimwitted as them.

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** If you remember from the show, Jillian says her mom died of cancer. This hasn't stopped Malcolm Fox from keeping Valerie, the mother of Zack and Jillian, as a regular character in the series, not even in ''Meg's Family Returns''.
* SuddenVideoGameMoment: When Brian, Maddie Maddie, and Bertram inflitrate infiltrate the Griffin Household, Stripes sends the rest of the mind-controlled Griffins to fight them. The fight happens like a turn based turn-based RPG.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Tilly, constantly, given that her parents (Chris and Jillian) are two of the dumbest characters of Family Guy (Chris and Jillian), ''Family Guy'', and her twin brother is pretty much just as dimwitted as them.



* WackyParentSeriousChild: Jillian and Chris' wacky parents to Tilly's serious child.
* ZombieApocalypse: "The Mandatory Zombie Chapter"

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* WackyParentSeriousChild: Jillian and Chris' Chris are the wacky parents to Tilly's serious child.
* ZombieApocalypse: In the aptly titled "The Mandatory Zombie Chapter"Chapter".
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* FiveManBand: Some of the family's enemies, powered by Lucifer:
** The BigBad: Lucifer
** TheDragon: Connie D'Amico
** The EvilGenius: Neil Goldman and Corvette
** TheBrute: Lobster, and later also Ernie the Chicken
** The DarkChick: Eliza Pinchley
** TheLoad: James Woods
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The author uses almost every Family Guy character who ever appeared, as well as a good bunch of Original Characters.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Ernie and Lobster.

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* AllJustADream: "Forgotten", "Time Stew", and "The Mandatory Zombie Chapter".

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* AllJustADream: AllJustADream:
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"Forgotten", "Time Stew", and "The Mandatory Zombie Chapter".



* ArchEnemy: Maddie and Olvia. After the latter pulled a HeelFaceTurn, Eliza replaced her. Also, Zack has Lobster, the giant fighting lobster.

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* ArchEnemy: ArchEnemy:
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Maddie and Olvia. After the latter pulled a HeelFaceTurn, Eliza replaced her. Also, Zack has Lobster, the giant fighting lobster.



* AuthorAvatar: Zack is sometimes used to voice the author's opinion on something, usually about Family Guy.

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* AuthorAvatar: Zack is sometimes used to voice the author's opinion on something, usually about Family Guy.the series proper.



* {{Crossover}}: Chapter 31, with FanFic/TheSpellbook.

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* {{Crossover}}: Chapter 31, with FanFic/TheSpellbook.''FanFic/TheSpellbook''.



* ADayInTheLimelight: Brian in "She's a Mad Dog", Jillian in "Jillian the Genius", Mrs. Lockhart in "Meg's Breast Friend" and Quagmire in "The Man Who Lost his Giggity".

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* ADayInTheLimelight: ADayInTheLimelight:
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Brian in "She's a Mad Dog", Jillian in "Jillian the Genius", Mrs. Lockhart in "Meg's Breast Friend" and Quagmire in "The Man Who Lost his Giggity".



* Dead Fic: "Meg's Family Returns", the third installment in the series, hasn't updated since January 2019.

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* Dead Fic: DeadFic: "Meg's Family Returns", the third installment in the series, hasn't updated since January 2019.



* DemotedToExtra: Of all the six main characters, Brian has the less CharacterFocus. Oddly, the author stated that he likes Brian, even better than other characters that he dislikes, but have much more screentime, like Peter, who bordered on SpotlightStealingSquad in some chapters of ''Family''.
* TheDitz: CJ.

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* DemotedToExtra: Of all the six main characters, Brian has the less least CharacterFocus. Oddly, the author stated that he likes Brian, even better than other characters that he dislikes, but have much more screentime, like Peter, who bordered on SpotlightStealingSquad in some chapters of ''Family''.
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* TheDitz: CJ.CJ, though not quite as dim as Peter or even Chris.
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* BehindTheBlack: Parodied in chapter 7 of ''Meg's Family Returns'':
-->'''Meg''': You'd think [Cody] and Stewie would be friends.
-->'''Zack''': Are you kidding? If Maddie didn't have to share a room with [Stewie], his only friend would be a grown dog. You'd have to be pretty lame to hang out with just a baby all day.
-->'''Brian''': ''(offscreen)'' You know, just because you can't see me doesn't mean I'm out of earshot.



* OriginalCharacter: Lots of them, the most prominet being Zack, the titular Meg's boyfriend; Maddie, Meg and Zack's daughter; Tilly and CJ, Chris and Jillian's twin children; Valarie, Zack and Jillian hippie mother, and lastly Raven, Meg's goth friend.

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* OriginalCharacter: Lots of them, the most prominet being Zack, the titular Meg's boyfriend; Maddie, Meg and Zack's daughter; Tilly and CJ, Chris and Jillian's twin children; Valarie, Zack and Jillian hippie mother, and lastly mother; Raven, Meg's goth friend.friend, and lastly Ezekiel "Zeke" Williams, Roberta's boyfriend.
* OrphanedPunchline: Naturally, lampooned:
-->'''Zeke''': ...and then I said "no thanks, but that's a nice tie!"
-->''(Everybody laughs)''
-->'''Roberta''': See? I told you he could get you all to laugh by just saying the punchline without the setup like they do on TV!
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* FiveBadBand: Some of the family's enemies, powered by Lucifer:

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* FiveBadBand: FiveManBand: Some of the family's enemies, powered by Lucifer:



* VillainTeamUp: During the second part of "Mighty Murdocks". See FiveBadBand above.

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* VillainTeamUp: During the second part of "Mighty Murdocks". See FiveBadBand FiveManBand above.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Teaching at Maddie's preschool is a much nicer Mrs. Lockheart.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: AdaptationalNiceGuy: Teaching at Maddie's preschool is a much nicer Mrs. Lockheart.



* {{Retcon}}: Mrs. Lockheart denies killing her husband in her debut in the story, claiming that the bear killed him. However, she remains just as guilty for ''instructing'' the bear to kill him in the first place, making her AdaptationalHeroism in this story confusing.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: If you remember from the show, Jillian says her mom died of cancer. This hasn't stopped Malcolm Fox from keeping Valerie, mother of Zack and Jillian, as a regular character in the series, not even in ''Returns''.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: SparedByTheAdaptation:
** Similar to ''Fanfic/TheSpellbook'', [[spoiler:Diane Simmons]] dying in the show didn't stop Malcolm Fox from having her appear in ''Returns''.
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If you remember from the show, Jillian says her mom died of cancer. This hasn't stopped Malcolm Fox from keeping Valerie, mother of Zack and Jillian, as a regular character in the series, not even in ''Returns''.''Meg's Family Returns''.
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* ButtMonkey: for a nice-to-Meg fanfic, Meg still gets a lot of crap. Also, you can tell that the author greatly dislikes Peter.

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* ButtMonkey: for For a nice-to-Meg fanfic, Meg still gets a lot of crap. Also, you can tell that the author greatly dislikes Peter.



** Cody sometimes ends up as this when he became a recurring character. In addition to being neglected by Nikki, he had what was thought to be the short end of the stick in "Mighty Murdocks", was a sock puppet in the puppet universe ("Multiverse Mayhem"), and everyone forgot his birthday in "Cody's Ticket".

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** Cody sometimes ends up as this when he became a recurring character. In addition to being neglected by Nikki, he had what was thought to be the short end of the stick in "Mighty Murdocks", was a sock puppet in the puppet Muppet universe ("Multiverse Mayhem"), and everyone forgot his birthday in "Cody's Ticket".
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* HateSink: [=MalcolmFox=] went out of his way to make Frank, Zack's {{Jerkass}} [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], as unlikable as possible. Same goes for Peter, who Malcolm has admitted that he doesn't like. Connie D'Amico gets this treatment too, though to be fair, the show this story was based on also gave her HateSink.

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* HateSink: [=MalcolmFox=] Malcolm Fox went out of his way to make Frank, Zack's {{Jerkass}} [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], as unlikable as possible. Same goes for Peter, who Malcolm has admitted that he doesn't like. Connie D'Amico gets this treatment too, though to be fair, the show this story was based on also gave her HateSink.
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* HateSink: [=MalcolmFox=] went out of his way to make Frank, Zack's {{Jerkass}} [[AbusiveParents abusive father]], as unlikable as possible. Same goes for Peter, who Malcolm has admitted that he doesn't like. Connie D'Amico gets this treatment too, though to be fair, the show this story was based on also gave her HateSink.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: When designing the cover for Meg's Family Returns, [=LaceyHawk=] made Meg look taller and slimmer than usual.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: When designing the cover for Meg's Family Returns, Returns (pictured), [=LaceyHawk=] made Meg look taller and slimmer than usual.
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* {{Retcon}}: Mrs. Lockheart denies killing her husband in her debut in the story, claiming that the bear killed him. However, she remains just as guilty for ''instructing'' the bear to kill him in the first place, making her AdaptationalHeroism in this story confusing.

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