History Flanderization / FamilyGuy

* Lois's father, Carter, used to be an intelligent and rich businessman, even if his views were stuck in the 1950s. As the seasons went on, Carter's behavior is almost comparable to Peter's Flanderization where he will say the stupidest things or perform the most ridiculous acts (mostly to Peter) and allows ongoing misery just because he is rich and powerful and [[ItAmusedMe needs a quick giggle.]] The point is driven further home whenever Carter loses his assets and it's shown that he cannot function in life without his fortune. He gets Flanderized even further into a straight-up CorruptCorporateExecutive in "The Old Man And The Big C" as it's revealed that his company developed a cure for cancer several years ago but he refuses to release it to the public all so he can increase corporate profit by making money off of sick people who have to rely on medication. Even after Lois lectures him about it, Carter still refuses to release the cure.

* Lois's father, Carter, used to be an intelligent and rich businessman, even if his views were stuck in the 1950s. As the seasons went on, Carter's behavior is almost comparable to Peter's Flanderization where he will say the stupidest things or perform the most ridiculous acts (mostly to Peter) and allows ongoing misery just because he is rich and powerful and [[ItAmusedMe needs a quick giggle.]] The point is driven further home whenever Carter loses his assets and it's shown that he cannot function in life without his fortune. He gets Flanderized even further into a downright monster in "The Old Man And The Big C" as it's revealed that his company developed a cure for cancer several years ago but he refuses to release it to the public all so he can increase corporate profit by making money off of sick people who have to rely on medication. Even after Lois lectures him about it Carter still refuses to release the cure, throwing him straight into CorruptCorporateExecutive.
* Jesus Christ, of all characters. When he first appears in "I Dream of Jesus", he is a benevolent, albeit socially awkward, person that is kind to everyone. The entire arc of that particular episode has him falling into a drug addled Hollywood lifestyle, and becoming a self-obsessed {{Jerkass}} because of it. Later appearances have him being an all out monster, such as manipulating Peter into letting him sleep with Lois by pretending to be a virgin.

** Joe Swanson got even worse as time has gone on-his rage issues are more or less gone and now he's just a sad sack whose completely inferior at everything because he's handicapped. He can't even use the toilet for god's sake!

** Mort went through a somewhat reverse-Flanderization similar to that of Joe and Cleveland. He was always a [[JokeCharacter one-joke character]], but initially the joke surrounding him was that his wife looked identical to him. In later seasons, he mainly exists nowadays for the show to make jokes about Judaism. This is more evident in the "Road to..." episodes such as "Road to Germany", "Road to the Multiverse" (where he gets beaten to death by the characters in the Disneyverse as a reference to the rumor of Walt Disney being an anti-Semite), and "Road to the North Pole" (where during the episode's musical number, he says he'll sue if he sees a Christmas tree at the airport).

* In earlier episodes, Brian was cast as the intelligent, witty one in the family. When the show was uncancelled, he started to voice his left wing views and contempt for religion, and later Brian's character was swallowed by his political views, much to the fans' frustration.

** Everybody noticed how Quagmire went from a generic hedonist to a pervert to a potential rapist, but he suffered a second flanderization much more prominent and fast: in Season 8, it was revealed that he hated Brian. Before Cleveland's departure, Quagmire seemingly had no beef with Brian and even allowed him to stay at his house at one time, and even in the episode that revealed his contempt presented it as passive aggressive, more exacerbated by Brian's unctuous attempts to make him like him. Within less than half a season, Quagmire gained a tall order HairTriggerTemper towards Brian, having brutally assaulted him for unknowingly dating his transgender father, furiously ranted at him for things Brian didn't know, and ran him over with his car. This was evened somewhat as Brian started openly [[ThenLetMeBeEvil loathing Quagmire back and getting rises out of him intentionally]], making his vitriol towards him far more justified in most later cases, but also causing another Flanderization of turning them into priggish SitcomArchNemesis for each other.

** More than his politics became Flanderized. Originally he was a very smart and cultured character, even if he did drink from time to time and had trouble getting women to go out with him because most of the women he dated were airheads with hot bodies. Now, he's a full-blown alcoholic, he's not very sophisticated (he even thinks ''Literature/PortnoysComplaint'' is about a man filing a noise complaint about a port), and a lot of his plotlines now revolve around him trying to get a date, always one with a human woman.

** Everybody noticed how Quagmire went from a generic hedonist to a pervert to a potential rapist, but he suffered a second flanderization much more prominent and fast: in Season 8, it was revealed that he hated Brian. Before Cleveland's departure, Quagmire seemingly had no beef with Brian and even allowed him to stay at his house at one time. In recent episodes, Quagmire has brutally assaulted Brian for unknowingly dating his transgender father, furiously ranted at him for things Brian didn't know, and ran him over with his car.

*** Quagmire's overall {{wack|yGuy}}iness and perverted tendencies have been toned down in a favor of making him a SelfDeprecation avatar in the Steve Callaghan seasons, and effectively displaced Brian as the shoe's [[Main/VoiceOfReason voice of reason]]. Even when Brian isn't around, he seems a lot more down to earth and rather prudish and cynical on occasion. Whether this counts as Flanderization or subversion is hard to say.

*** Quagmire's overall {{wack|yGuy}}iness and perverted tendencies have been toned down in a favor of making him a SelfDeprecation avatar in the Steve Callaghan seasons, as well as effectively assuming Brian's former role as a [[Main/VoiceOfReason voice of reason]] among the characters. Even when Brian isn't around, he seems a lot more down to earth and rather prudish and cynical on occasion. Whether this counts as Flanderization or subversion is hard to say.

* Lois's father, Carter, used to be an intelligent and rich businessman, even if his views are stuck in the 1950s. As the seasons went on, Carter's behavior is almost comparable to Peter's flanderization where he will say the most stupidest things or do the most ridiculous acts (mostly to Peter) and allows ongoing misery just because he is rich and powerful and [[ItAmusedMe needed a quick giggle.]] The point is driven further home where Carter loses his assets a few times and it's shown that he cannot function in life without his fortune. He gets flanderized even further into a downright monster in "The Old Man And The Big C" as it's revealed that his company developed a cure for cancer several years ago but he refuses to release it to the public all so he can increase corporate profit by making money off of sick people who have to rely on medication. Even after Lois lectures him about it Carter still refuses to release the cure, throwing him straight into CorruptCorporateExecutive.

* Chris has also gotten a small, but noticeable flanderization, abruptly insulting others for no reason and gaining a cynical edge to him. His relationship with Meg has taken a strange turn also. It has been revealed that Chris and Meg practice kissing on one another, unknowingly made out with each other at a Halloween party and is implied to take baths together. Even Peter himself was shocked!

* Peter himself has always been a {{Jerkass}}, but in the earlier seasons he was shown with a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold genuine good side]] and actually cared about his kids, even Meg. Peter's intelligence also drops from 'idiot' to 'legally mentally disabled'. His original flanderization came after "Petarded" where he started to rip on Meg and often make jokes about her, but at the same time, was actually well intentioned and a little intelligent deep down.

* Adam West in the first three seasons was a kooky and somewhat incompetent mayor. After the revival he's insane and extremely corrupt.

** Aside from her sexuality, Lois also started off as being a legitimately caring mother who even attacked a group of girls for making fun of Meg. Unlike the other characters, her flanderization came much later. Since Season 7, she's been consistently shown to be extremely abusive to Meg, even going so far as to suggest Meg commit suicide because she doesn't want to put up with her daughter's depression anymore. Her callousness seems to be exaggerated outside Meg. By the eight season what were merely a few out of character moments to remind she was NotSoAboveItAll slowly eclipsed her original more logical persona to the point she was a DistaffCounterpart for post Flanderization Peter, a [[PsychopathicManchild childish]], [[LackOfEmpathy self centered]] [[ComedicSociopath heckler]] constantly bullying her family and friends [[ItAmusedMe for kicks]]. Half the time she is shown giggling or joining in on Peter's antics, something she showed nothing but disdain for early on. In later episodes it is revealed that she has often tormented the kids over the years.
** Her voice has gotten higher in pitch and more nasally as the seasons go on.

** Everybody noticed how Quagmire went from a generic hedonist to a pervert to a potential rapist, but he suffered a second flanderization much more prominent and fast: in Season 8, it was revealed that he hated Brian. Before Cleveland's departure, Quagmire seemingly had no beef with Brian and even allowed him to stay at his house at one time. In recent episodes, Quagmire has brutally assaulted Brian for unknowingly dating his transgendered father, furiously ranted at him for things Brian didn't know, and ran him over with his car.

* During season 3, Stewie started to become ''a bit effeminated'' and show ''some glimpses'' of homosexuality, and became more fond of Brian as time went by. From season 4 onwards, he lost much of his former EnfantTerrible traits, and started to crossdress on a daily basis, dates other guys dressed as a girl, openly wants to have sex with Brian and blatantly hints that he's gay every five seconds.

** On top of this, Brian's flanderization when it comes to meeting women was turned up a few notches when he goes to date Stewie's preschool teacher, a woman who is clearly unqualified for the job, ignoring their injuries and a ''dead child''! This is driven further when Stewie comes home with his arm out of the socket and tries to tell Lois when Brian shuts Stewie up just so Brian can keep dating the teacher. Brian eventually turns the teacher in to the police but only because the woman had a boyfriend already (naturally with an ever-hypocritical "there's a special level in Hell for people like you" comment as she's dragged off by the police).

* Adam West in the first three seasons was a kooky and somewhat incompetent mayor. After the revival he's insane and extremely corrupt.
* The entire character cast has been flanderized to the point where they just roll with it because that's who they are. For example, Meg knows she is the ButtMonkey of the group and is getting used to it, but still strives for something better.
* It has got to the point where some characters have started to come back a few steps.
* All of the characters' flanderized traits were amped up to 11 in season 8, to the point of where the characters were coming a few steps back a bit after that season.
* Tom Cruise has appeared in several gags over the years as a normal sized guy, but in the episode about Stewie's height, Tom's height was flanderized from the slightly-below average 5'7 (170cm) to having to buy his clothes in the toddler section.

*** Quagmire's overall {{wack|yGuy}}iness and perverted tendencies have been toned down in a favor of making him a SelfDeprecation avatar in the Steve Callaghan seasons, as well as effectively assuming Brian's former role as a voice of reason among the characters. Even when Brian isn't around, he seems a lot more down to earth and rather prudish and cynical on occasion. Whether this counts as Flanderization or subversion is hard to say.

*** Quagmire's overall {{wack|yGuy}}iness and perverted tendencies have been toned down in a favor of making him a SelfDeprecation avatar in the Steve Callaghan seasons. Even when Brian isn't around he seems a lot more down to earth and rather prudish and cynical on occasion. Whether this counts as Flanderization or subversion is hard to say.

** Cleveland originally was the calm, soft guy. However when he got his [[WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow own show]], his personality morphed into the abrasive, crude and cynical sitcom father character (to [[{{Expy}} fit in the role of leading male]] having a personality more similar to that of Peter and American Dad's [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Stan Smith]].

* Lois' sexuality has become greatly Flanderized overtime. Originally she enjoyed a healthy sex life with her husband, yes, but it's gotten to the point where in at least ''four'' different episodes (when Peter became abstinent, when Peter became gay, when Peter got a vasectomy, and when "real life was censored"), she's been shown to be ''unable to properly live her life'' unless she can have sex with Peter.

* During season 3, Stewie started to become ''a bit effeminated'' and show ''some glimpses'' of homosexuality, and became more fond of Brian as time went by. From season 4 onwards, he lost much of his former EnfantTerrible traits, and started to crosdress on a daily basis, dates other guys dressed as a girl, openly wants to have sex with Brian and blatantly hints that he's gay every five seconds.

* Aside from her sexuality, Lois also started off as being a legitimately caring mother who even attacked a group of girls for making fun of Meg. Unlike the other characters, her flanderization came much later. Since Season 7, she's been consistently shown to be extremely abusive to Meg, even going so far as to suggest Meg commit suicide because she doesn't want to put up with her daughter's depression anymore. Her callousness seems to be exaggerated outside Meg. By the eight season what were merely a few out of character moments to remind she was NotSoAboveItAll slowly eclipsed her original more logical persona to the point she was a DistaffCounterpart for post Flanderization Peter, a [[PsychopathicManchild childish]], [[LackOfEmpathy self centered]] [[ComedicSociopath heckler]] constantly bullying her family and friends [[ItAmusedMe for kicks]]. Half the time she is shown giggling or joining in on Peter's antics, something she showed nothing but disdain for early on. In later episodes it is revealed that she has often tormented the kids over the years.

** Bonnie slowly shifted into a long suffering woman who was bitchy and unhappy with her marriage around the time Joe started turning into a one-dimensional cripple joke. Some recent episodes have even gone as far as implying that she wants Joe dead by this point.

* Aside from her sexuality, Lois also started off as being a legitimately caring mother who even attacked a group of girls for making fun of Meg. Unlike the other characters, her flanderization came much later. Since Season 7, she's been consistently shown to be extremely abusive to Meg, even going so far as to suggest Meg commit suicide because she doesn't want to put up with her daughter's depression anymore. Her callousness seems to be exaggerated outside Meg (which could have at least [[RuleOfFunny been excused by EVERYONE hating her]]). By the eight season what were merely a few out of character moments to remind she was NotSoAboveItAll slowly eclipsed her original more logical persona to the point she was a DistaffCounterpart for post Flanderization Peter, a [[PsychopathicManchild childish]], [[LackOfEmpathy self centered]] [[ComedicSociopath heckler]] constantly bullying her family and friends [[ItAmusedMe for kicks]]. Half the time she is shown giggling or joining in on Peter's antics, something she showed nothing but disdain for early on. In later episodes it is revealed that she has often tormented the kids over the years.

* Aside from her sexuality, Lois also started off as being a legitimately caring mother who even attacked a group of girls for making fun of Meg. Unlike the other characters, her flanderization came much later. Since Season 7, she's been consistently shown to be extremely abusive to Meg, even going so far as to suggest Meg commit suicide because she doesn't want to put up with her daughter's depression anymore. Her callousness seems to be exaggerated outside Meg (which could have at least [[RuleOfFunny been excused by EVERYONE hating her]]). By the eight season what were merely a few out of character moments to remind she was NotSoAboveItAll slowly eclipsed her original more logical persona to the point she was a DistaffCounterpart for post Flanderization Peter, a [[PsychopathicManchild childish]], [[LackOfEmpathy self centered]] [[ComedicSociopath heckler]] constantly bullying her family and friends [[ItAmusedMe for kicks]]. Half the time she is shown giggling or joining in on Peter's antics, something she showed nothing but disdain for early on.
** Her voice has gotten higher in pitch and more nasally as the seasons go on.