The Griffin Family (Peter Griffin | Stewie Griffin | Brian Griffin) | The Neighbors (Glenn Quagmire) | Recurring Characters (Pawtucket Brewery | Adam West High School | Quahog 5 News) | Antagonists
open/close all folders
Pawtucket Brewery
Pawtucket Pat
Pawtucket Pat
Voiced by: Michael McKean
Debut: "Wasted Talent"
Original founder of Pawtucket Patriot Ale and parody on Willy Wonka.
- Alliterative Name: Pawtucket Pat.
- Benevolent Boss: Much like Willy Wonka was to the Oompa Loompas, he is a kind and caring boss to his Chumba Wumbas.
- Big Entrance: Introduced himself, by pretending to be assassinated, so he could shake up the audience, before revealing it was all staged.
- Cool Old Guy: For such an old man, he sure is pretty cool, inventing Quahog's finest beer, and doing tons of crazy new things with it in his factory.
- Living Legend: Famous for being the inventor of Pawtucket Patriot Ale.
- Mad Scientist: Pat has come up with tons of crazy ideas on things to do with his beer. He even made a wind tunnel, meant to emulate the effervescent fizz that comes off of people's beers.
- Magical Flutist: Summons his Chumba Wumbas, by playing the flute.
- Musical Exposition: "Pure Inebriation" gives some good insight to the kind of person he is, and the legacy he's led.
- Narrow Parody: Of Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- Put on a Bus: In "Jungle Love", it was briefly mentioned that he sold the brewery to Angela, and was never seen or mentioned again.
- Quirky Curls: His hair comes in quirky red curls.
- The Wonka: Clearly. He is a parody on the trope namer, after all.
Angela
Angela
Voiced by: Carrie Fisher
Debut: "Jungle Love"
Peter's boss at the Pawtucket Brewery who sexually harasses him.
- Actor Allusion: Angela played Mon Mothma in the third Family Guy Star Wars parody episode, "It's a Trap!" Angela's voice actor, Carrie Fisher, played Princess Leia in the actual Star Wars movies. Interestingly, Lois, who was playing Carrie Fisher, in the parody, said that she didn't like Mon Mothma.
- Control Freak: She's a rather uptight boss.
- Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Her sexual harassment of Peter in "Peter-assment" is Played for Laughs, and Lois brushes Peter off when he tells her of it.Peter: I was sexually harassed at work today.
Lois: What?
Peter: That's right. Angela grabbed my ass.
Lois: So? A woman can't harass a man.
Peter: Why not?
Lois: Well, men are supposed to like being touched by women. It's not harassment if you like it.
Peter: But I didn't like it. - Gonk: In "Baby, You Knock Me Out", Angela was a ring girl in a bikini, which showed off every nook and cranny of her wrinkled, droopy, repulsive body, much to the absolute disgust of everybody in the audience.Angela: Shut up! This took a lot of courage.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: In "Peter-Assment", she said that as an ugly, unmarried, old woman, she was very sad and lonely, and desperately wanted an attractive young man to have sex with.
- Informed Deformity: While she looks rather plain, in-universe, she's apparently so hideous that even Quagmire wouldn't have sex with her. "Baby, You Knock Me Out" sheds some light on this when she wears a bikini with her fat spilling out of it, but this isn't something one would see in her usual outfit.
- Killed Offscreen: She gets killed off-screen in "Pawtucket Pete", where Peter mentions that her cause of death was swimming less than 20 minutes after eating.Peter: That's a real thing, kids. Listen to your mothers.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Angela sexually harassed and pressured Peter to have sex with her. So he made her think he was granting her wish, by dry humping her, with Mort, hidden under his clothes, who was doing all the real work.
- Meet the New Boss: She isn't really all that different than Mr. Weed, other than the fact that she's harder on Peter, and isn't subject to a bunch of gay jokes.
- Prim and Proper Bun: To highlight her strictness.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Strict though she may be, Angela isn't an outright Bad Boss (aside from her "Peter-assment" debacle, that is), and is far more willing to put up with Peter's extreme antics than most white collar bosses would be. She's also quite happy to give her employees cigarette breaks at will, and isn't unreasonable in what she tasks them to do.
- Redeeming Replacement: After the death of Peter's relatively easy-going boss, Mr. Weed, Angela became his eventual new boss, She was put in the show to be someone, who would not put up with Peter's shenanigans. Angela is everything a boss of someone like Peter should be. Stern, strict, and equipped with zero tolerance for BS.
- And when Angela died, Bert and Shelia became redeeming replacements for her. These bosses were a pair of ridiculous clowns, who also didn't tolerate Peter's nonsense, but they went about stopping him in a more comical, "Bugs Bunny" sort of way. They fought fire with fire, by forcing Peter to do embarrassing, ridiculous, nonsensical jobs. For once, Peter got a taste of his own medicine, and he realized how annoying it was, when he acted that way in front of others.
- Take This Job and Shove It: Zig zagged, when Peter quit his job in "Lottery Fever". He started off by politely telling Angela that he will be leaving his job, in the nicest way possible, but then ending it off, by telling her that he just shat on her desk.Peter: Angela, I just want to thank you for several extremely pleasurable years working here. Certain events have created a situation, where I am no longer in need of employment. But I would be remiss, not to thank you, and there is a giant poo on your desk.
Opie
Opie
Voiced by: Mark Hentemann
Debut: "Jungle Love"
Peter's mentally challenged co-worker at the brewery.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: "Underage Peter" reveals that his behavior is a result of constantly being drunk, not mental disability.
- The Bus Came Back: Opie was fired from his job in "The Blind Side", and he left the show for quite a while, save for a few cameos outside of work. However, in "Pawtucket Pete", he was causally shown as an employee again, with no reason given. It can be speculated that because Angela (the one who originally fired him), passed away, the new bosses allowed him to have his job again.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Even Angela doesn't understand his ridiculous methods, yet he somehow manages to get things done.
- Crazy Homeless People: Implied to have become this; he can be briefly seen sleeping on the sidewalk in "Point of Stew" segment of "Family Guy Viewer Mail No. 2".
- The Ditz: Subverted. As revealed in Underage Peter, he is not mentally disabled, he is just constantly drunk.
- Fish Eyes: His eyes are shown as this in his first appearance, however, his eyes are shown as normal in "Underage Peter", when his true nature is revealed.
- Intelligible Unintelligible: He speaks in incoherent noises that only Angela and, in later seasons, Peter can understand.
- Noodle Incident: At first, it wasn't known why he was fired, besides Peter saying, "Oh well, it's no wonder they finally caught you doing that in here. I mean the underside of your desk looks like Carlsbad Caverns."
- But let's dissect this joke. Calsbad Caverns is a cavern, known for it's big white stalactites, coming down from the ceiling. So, what could Opie have been doing at work, to get the underside of his desk, (where his crotch usually is), to look like that?
- Only One Name: He's one of the characters who hasn't had their full name said.
- Put on a Bus:
- After being fired from the brewery in "The Blind Side" and making two blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos in "Family Guy Viewer Mail No 2" and "The Simpsons Guy", Opie suffered a long absence from the series, before finally returning in season 14's "Underage Peter."
- As of "Pawtucket Pete", Opie has returned as an employee again. Since the boss who originally fired him died, and now the brewery is under new management.
- Retcon: In Opie's first appearance, Angela refers to him as a "burden of the State" and explicitly states that drinking alcohol in their working place is strictly forbidden. Years later, this is changed so Opie is in fact an alcoholic with no cognitive disability.
- The Stool Pigeon: Opie is a total snitch in the workplace. Peter warned Lois about this in "Whistle While Your Wife Works", but Lois didn't care and proceeded to have sex with him, while Opie watched.
- The Unintelligible: Opie only makes rambunctious, slurred, gibberish noises, instead of actually talking. As revealed in "Underage Peter", this was on account of him being stone cold drunk at all given times.
Stella
Stella
Voiced by: Marlee Matlin
Debut: "The Blind Side"
Peter's deaf co-worker.
- Convenient Replacement Character: For Opie, after he got fired.
- Reading Lips: She can do this, making for easier conversations with hearing people.
- Satellite Character: She doesn't have too much characterization outside of being a Peter's coworker at the brewery.
- Token Minority: She is deaf and, so far, seems to be only deaf worker at the Brewery.
Fouad
Fouad
Voiced by: Mike Henry
Debut: "Chick Cancer"
A foreign guy at work, who laughs at everything.
- Annoying Laugh: He can be very annoying to other characters, because he's always laughing at everything.
- Character Catchphrase: O-ho-ho, yes!
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Fouad was one of the benched characters, who appeared in "A Lot Going on Upstairs". Since then, he's returned to the show as a regular character again.Peter: [sidelines Stewie] Don't worry, you'll be back soon.
- Don't Explain the Joke: Every time someone tells a joke around him, he laughs and then explains why it's funny.
- Flat Character: Really does nothing outside of laughing at everything, and his appearances are always brief.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Peter regretted inviting him to his movie premiere of Steel Vaginas in "Chick Cancer".
- The Hyena: He laughs at everything.
- The Illegal: Peter suspected that Fouad was in illegal immigrant in "Padre de Familia".
- Profiling: Fouad was a suspect of illegal immigration, simply because of his race.
- Running Gag: It's a running gag for him to show up and laugh at random things.
- Signature Laugh: O-ho-ho!
- Token Minority: He appears to be a person of Arab ethnicity.
Bert & Shelia
Bert & Shelia
Voiced by: Bryan Cranston (Bert), Niecy Nash (Sheila)
Debut: "Pawtucket Pete"
An interracial couple, working as the new co-owners of the Pawtucket Brewery.
- Bad Job, Worse Uniform: One job they gave to Peter was making him the "recyclable". Not only was he basically a walking trash can, but he also had to wear a giant flag on his butt, so people in cubicles could see him walking by.Chris: Is that a promotion? Because it doesn't look like a promotion.
- Benevolent Boss: They temporarily became this in "Trans-Fat", when they thought Peter was transgender. They have him/her a "benefit package", allowing him fewer work hours, higher pay, and his own personal masseuse.
- Black Gal on White Guy Drama: These two are the very embodiment of this trope. It's even been brought up that Sheila's parents are not happy with her marrying a white man.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: In "The Birthday Bootlegger", Preston Lloyd was introduced to the show as the new boss. Nowhere was it explained why Bert and Sheila left. In fact, they didn't mention them or even acknowledge their existence. They're just ... gone.
- The Dividual: They are in seldom seen apart and they often consider themselves to be the same person. They sometimes even finish each other's sentences, use each other's names, and accept people addressing them as "Beila" and "Shurt", since there's really no point in addressing them separately.
- Finishing Each Other's Sentences: Bert and Shelia do this to an extreme, by saying one word at a time.Shelia: HiBert: It'sShelia: MeBert: SheliaShelia: AndBert: MeShelia: Bert.
- Happily Married: The two are never arguing about anything.
- Lethally Stupid: Bert and Shelia mean well, but their ignorance causes them to make rash decisions and put their employees through hell, without them trying to do anything bad at all.
- Lust Object: Sheila is this to Peter, as on multiple occasions, he's exhibited a not-so-subtle sexual attraction to her.Sheila: Hello, Peter.
[Peter sweeps all his supplies off his desk and gets on top of it.]
Peter: Alright, Sheila. Let's do it right here on the desk.
Bert: No, Peter. It's not that.
Peter: Sorry, I thought I was picking up on a vibe. - Meet the New Boss: Bert and Shelia replaced Angela, after she died.
- Nice Guy: They are relatively nice bosses to Peter, even if their stupidity, leads to him getting terrible jobs.
- Parental Marriage Veto: Shelia's parents are not happy with her, being married to a white guy.
- Perpetual Smiler: Unlike Peter's previous bosses, Bert and Sheila always wield a casually chipper attitude and carry around nice happy smiles on their faces. If Peter wants to make them angry, he's going to have to do something pretty big, like flood the building, as he did in "Family Guy Lite". And even then, they forgave him quickly.
- Portmanteau: They can be addressed as "Belia" or "Shurt".
- Sickening Sweethearts: Downplayed, they are prone to speaking in unison, i.e Bert says one word then Sheila says another until they both finish what they're saying. They were even paid to stop talking like that.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: They are replaced with Preston Lloyd in "The Birthday Bootlegger" with no given explanation as to what happened to them.
- Where da White Women At?: Sheila is the heterosexual female version of this, apparently.
Preston Lloyd
Preston Lloyd
Voiced by: Peter Macon
Debut: "The Birthday Bootlegger"
The latest no-nonsense owner of the Pawtucket Brewery.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes: He's the CEO of a brewery but he's never drunk in his life.
- The Comically Serious: Takes things way too seriously and ends up looking ironically funny by trying to be so serious.Preston: Attention, employees. This is Mr. Lloyd, your manager. I will now resume the office birthday celebration from earlier. You now have two minutes to consume cake.
- Foil: Bert and Shiela were quirky, forgiving bosses whose ideas while good-intentioned, often ended up having negative outcomes. Preston is stoic, no-nonsense, strict, and does whatever he thinks is necessary to improve productivity, even if his employees object to his changes.
- Fun-Hating Villain: Has absolutely no time for anything fun and is dead-set on increasing productivity.
- Heel–Face Turn: Eventually comes around and decides to loosen up a little and allow his employees to have a little fun at work.Preston: I guess I've learned that employees are willing to endure a crappy job, low pay, meaningless work, no upward mobility, laughable benefits packages, countless OSHA violations, exposure to hazardous waste, and emotional abuse as long as there are balloons and pieces of cake once a month.
- Meet the New Boss: Replaces Bert and Sheila as the new owner with absolutely no warning.
- Old Soldier: Cleveland deduced this just by hearing of him and he was right. We see later that he has a purple heart.
- Perpetual Frowner: A stone-faced businessman, who never smiles.
- Rail Enthusiast: He's very fond of trains. He explains it's part of his being on the autism spectrum.
- Straight Man: To Peter's comic, only his straight man-iness is cranked up to eleven.
- The Teetotaler: He's been sober his entire life.Preston: I've been sober for 46 years.Peter: How old are you?Preston: 46.
