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Family Guy character

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Stewart Gilligan Griffin
Hometown: Quahog, Rhode Island
Species: Human
Gender: Male Baby
Hair Colour: Brown?
Height: 1'6" (45.72cm)
Known Relatives: Peter Griffin Father, Lois Griffin Mother, Megan Griffin Sister, Chris Griffin Brother, Bertram Griffin Half-brother.
Weight: 29 lbs. (13.15 Kg)
Age: 1 ("Chitty Chitty Death Bang")
Religion: Catholic
Political Leaning: Totalitarian
Heritage: Irish, German, African American
First Episode Appearance: "Death Has a Shadow"
Voice Actor: Seth MacFarlane

Stewart Gilligan Griffin is a fictional character in the animated television series Family Guy. He is the youngest and, as hinted by several episodes, only biological child of Peter and Lois Griffin. He is the brother of Meg and Chris Griffin, and the half-brother of Bertram. He is voiced by the creator of the show, Seth MacFarlane.

Template:Spoiler Stewie is extremely intelligent and speaks with an effected English accent. Since he is American, his accent may suggest evil cunning (see British ethnic stereotypes in American media). His appearance is very similar to that of actor Peter Lorre, who was known for his sinister portrayals.

His Machiavellian ambitions not only include world domination, but matricide. In the commentary of one episode, MacFarlane reveals that Stewie's evil personality is a result of Lois smoking marijuana while pregnant with him. Lois also mentions this to Stewie in a dream of hers in "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington."

He has a complicated relationship with his mother. Even as he grudgingly acknowledges his dependence upon her, he reasons that matricide will free him of his present circumstances, which he finds intolerable. He often fantasizes of a world without Lois (in "Emission Impossible", he imagines her as a floor rug.) Because he is a toddler, he knows he would never be suspected should she meet with an untimely end. However, also because he is a toddler, no adults take his plots seriously, and, to his constant vexation, Lois remains blissfully dismissive of his repeated attempts on her life. Stewie fails to realize that, if he did indeed kill Lois, he would remain in Peter's custody, although this is doubtful: in "Petarded", it is revealed that the only reason the children can still live with Peter is because of Lois' presence.

Personality

Stewie has sophisticated style, attitude and mannerisms, juxtaposed with typical childish interests. He enjoys literature such as Marlowe's Faust and cites pop culture references that date much farther back than his age would permit. He also reads Machiavelli and Sun-Tzu for advice on world domination, though Stewie has a low opinion regarding Machiavelli (as Stewie claims that he already knew everything Machiavelli wrote about regarding gaining and keeping power. However, he has also shown an affinity for children's singer Raffi and has a hypnotic attraction to the Teletubbies. Stewie also succumbs to other failings of children his age: in "Emission Impossible", Lois subdues Stewie by blowing on his stomach. In a more recent episode, Peter convinces Stewie that he has vanished into thin air by playing peek-a-boo with him. In "To Live and Die in Dixie", he is easily amazed by a person playing the banjo, describing it as "a magical device" that produces "dulcet tones" that are "the music of angels". He was also very excited after touching Cleveland Brown's hair, describing it as "like a sheep". Stewie has gradually shifted from a general madman persona (in his earliest appearances) to that of a socialite. The two personalities are strikingly different, though both play off Stewie's general discomfort and confusion with day-to-day life.

Stewie also has some knowledge of an infant: On his first birthday, he thought the occasion would mean that "the man in white" who delivered him from his mother would put him back in the womb.

He has a love/hate relationship with the family dog, Brian; while he often jeers at him and seeks to undermine and mock him at every turn, he seems to find a grudging affinity with him, possibly because he is the only other intellectual in the family. The two even sometimes go on Hope-Crosby-like adventures, complete with musical numbers.

Stewie has a strange relationship with his parents. He almost never calls Peter and Lois "Mommy" or "Daddy", preferring to use the terms "Lois" and "The Fat Man". In one early episode Peter offhandedly turns off the Teletubbies (thus freeing Stewie from a hypnotic state), and Stewie thanks Peter by assuring him that "After I take control the world, your death with be quick and painless." In the episode 'The Courtship of Stewie's Father', the boys bond, though Stewie's subsequent behavior towards Peter appears no different then it was earlier in the series.

Stewie has concocted a time machine.

Stewie may suffer from antisocial personality disorder, though it should be noted that this is realistically impossible, as diagnosis of such disorders requires that the subject be an adult. He may also have megalomania and acute paranoia. MacFarlane has stated that Stewie is meant to represent the general helplessness of an infant through the eyes of an adult. Consequently, his longing to conquer the world is based upon his desire for control over his own life.

Many elements of Stewie's personality come from British actor Sir Rex Harrison. MacFarlane has stated that My Fair Lady (starring Harrison) heavily influenced his portrayal of Stewie. During a recent interview on The Late Show with David Letterman, he described Stewie as "Rex Harrison in an infant's body," and has included several tributes to My Fair Lady in Family Guy, most notably in "One If By Clam, Two If By Sea". The episode features a subplot in which Stewie bets Brian that he can train a female Cockney-speaking toddler to act like a proper lady, echoing the plot of My Fair Lady. Another tribute was in the episode "Running Mates", where Stewie sings "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" when he misses his mother. Stewie apparently has recurring dreams in which he is in a restaurant: in one episode, he is seen asleep in his cot ordering coffee cake from an imaginary waiter, and in "Ready, Willing, and Disabled," Stewie mutters in his sleep that he has only ordered soup and does not wish to split the restaurant bill evenly between him and his friends.

Stewie has a slightly neurotic, one-sided relationship with his teddy bear, Rupert. He treats Rupert as a sentient and intelligent creature; he often talks to the bear and carries on the conversation as though the bear were replying. He occasionally asks Rupert to perform odd tasks (telephoning a Lockheed engineer, obtaining Valium, etc.). In "Emission Impossible", Rupert acts as Stewie's psychologist. He even leaves Rupert to guard his and Brian's luggage in an airport departure lounge while he goes to find Brian, who is drinking in the airport lounge/bar. Stewie also thinks Rupert is a homosexual, projecting his own sexual desires onto the teddy bear. In one episode, Stewie imagines a vacation to Hawaii taken with Rupert. In the sequence, Rupert is portrayed as a muscular man in a speedo with the head of a teddy bear, with whom Stewie flirts heavily.

Stewie is a scientific genius, apparently able to master physics and mechanical engineering, as well as construct a bewildering variety of machines including lasers, mind control devices, weather-control devices, time machines, robots, and even advanced fighter-jets. He frequently uses these devices to cope with the stresses of infant life (such as the pain from teething and his hatred of broccoli), to kill Lois, or for other purposes, such as destroying all of the sperm in Peter's body so he will not have to compete with another baby.

In an apparent gaffe, Stewie is shown to have a full set of teeth throughout most of the show, despite being shown to have only two (an incisor and a bicuspid) in the episode "Mind Over Murder."

In the episode "Death is a Bitch" Stewie tells Death his e-mail address loismustdie@yahoo.com, which, incidentially, was a real working e-mail address. It belonged to the staff at Family Guy and was an outlet for fans to communicate with the show, although it has been said that it was changed to loismustdie@damnyouall.net.

Head shape

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Stewie, with a normal head. This contradicts other episodes, where he is shown born with his current head.

An unusual aspect of Stewie's physique is his football-shaped head, which is like that of the titular character of either the Nicktoon Hey Arnold! or the Fox Saturday morning cartoon Bobby's World. An explanation for this is given in "Stuck Together, Torn Apart": during a flashback, Brian is babysitting Stewie, whose head is shaped like that of a normal child, and urges him to stop jumping on the bed. Stewie then jumps especially high, smashing into the ceiling, and flattening his head into the familiar football shape. This contradicts season one's flashback of Stewie's birth, when he was born with a football-shaped head and shown as an evil genius while still in the womb (or as he described it, "imprisoned in that uteran gulag.") It should be noted, however, that many of the Family Guy flashbacks that occur are not always considered canonical to the greater Family Guy universe.

Additionally, in "Emission Impossible", the pilots of Peter's sperm cells also exhibit football-shaped heads, further indicating that Stewie's skull shape is the result of genetic influences (specifically Peter's genes), rather than accidental. Also Stewie's half brother Bertram has what appears to be a football-shaped head, but it is rounder then Stewie's. Either way, Stewie claims that he's "just not a hat person" ("When You Wish Upon a Weinstein").

Lois once left Stewie unsupervised with a plastic bag, and, to "teach her a lesson," he attempted to asphyxiate himself with it: "Here I go, just like that boy from INXS!" His overly large head, of course, prevented him from doing it. "Good Lord, Lois, either I was a C-section or you're Wonder Woman!"

Unlike the other male characters, his nose is drawn as a forward-pointing triangle, similar to that of his mother and sister.

However, it is speculated that the discrepancies between shape of Stewie's head at birth can be explained by perspectives. In instances where a third-party is remembering Stewie's birth, his head is normal. Yet when Stewie hit his head on the ceiling, he never realized that he had deformed his skull. So, as far as he knows, Stewie was born with his familiar skull shape, yet in actuality was born with the normal skull that an outside party might remember.

Communication with adults

MacFarlane has asserted that he and his staff will never take a definite stand on whether Stewie can converse with adults. Whether the other characters understand him or not is left to the writers, who can decide which possibility is most appropriate for a given situation.

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Stewie with Brian, the only family member who takes him seriously.

Brian is the only character whose ability to understand Stewie is unambiguous — the two generally converse "normally." In one instance, they are apparently able to hear each other's thoughts.

Despite this, in the DVD audio commentary for "E. Peterbus Unum" MacFarlane states that adults can understand Stewie, but don't take him seriously, "sort of like... if a 4-year-old who [could] talk told you to fuck off." This concept is supported by the other characters often looking at him as he speaks to them, as if to acknowledge him, although paying no mind his often-ungracious addresses, such as calling Lois by her first name (although a few times over the course of the series he has referred to her as "mother"), referring to Peter as "the fat man", Brian as "dog" or on occasion "Dogbert", and Chris and Meg as simply "you there". The other characters also seem to have blocked out Stewie's odd behavior.

Situations in which he has been clearly understood by others appear in the following episodes:

  • "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire" When Cleveland is staying with the Griffins, Stewie wants to feel Cleveland's hair. Stewie then says "I'm gonna do it". Cleveland complies and turns his head to allow Stewie to touch it.
  • "Chitty Chitty Death Bang": During his birthday party, Stewie declares, "victory is mine!" Lois responds to this with, "yes, and this cake is yours too."
  • "The Son Also Draws": After Peter and Chris have gone off into the wilderness to find a great personal truth; Lois, Meg, and Stewie are looking out a window into the woods. Stewie then states "They're dead you know." Lois and Meg both look at Stewie and their facial expressions change dramatically.
  • "Wasted Talent": When Lois realises Peter can only play the piano while drunk, Stewie asks Peter to play the "sad, walking away theme" from The Incredible Hulk, and Peter complies.
  • "Brian: Portrait of a Dog": After Meg walks in the front door, Stewie mockingly asks what they call "that one." Chris tells him, "That's Meg, dude. You knew that." Later in the episode, Stewie, distraught from the heat, says "Fetch me something linen to throw on, before I call child services." Lois responds "Please don't threaten mommy, she's very hot." In the same episode, when Brian is missing, Stewie says, "Let's get a kitty!" Peter responds by saying, "See, Stewie's got the right idea."
  • "Holy Crap": After Stewie says "I say, you won't find that in Winnie the Pooh," to which Chris says to Stewie "Don't say poo!"
  • "Brian in Love": This episode has several times when adults can understand him, starting with:
Stewie instructing Lois to bend down, after which he hits her with a glove.
At the dinner table, Lois turns her head as Stewie calls her. After being picked up by her and kissed on the cheek, Stewie requests for more kisses to further pique Brian's jealousy and is duly obliged. He then unhooks her bra to really bother Brian.
Also in this episode, during which Stewie undergoes toilet training, Stewie asks Peter to place his hands on the toilet bowl, and Peter does.
Peter also suggests during the toilet scene that the whole process would be easier if Stewie drank a couple of cans of beer, as they'd "go right through him." Stewie sarcastically responds, "wonderful, and while we're at it we could light up a doobie and watch porn," to which Peter responds in all seriousness and confusion, "y...yeah?"
  • "Running Mates": Learning of Lois' campaign for school board election, Stewie exhorts her to get to work and lists some things that a candidate should be doing, such as kissing babies. Lois then kisses Stewie, who complains, "not this baby."
Also in this episode, Stewie asks Peter if Michael Eisner was dead after Peter punched him off a cliff at the Walt Disney World Resort. Peter responds that he would be back on his feet in no time.
  • "Death is a Bitch": When it is announced at the dinner table that Peter will live, Stewie yells "But you promised the fat one would perish!" To which Lois replies, "I know, isn't it great, honey?"
  • "Death Has a Shadow": After another one of Stewie's attempts to kill Lois, this time with three arrows shot from a crossbow, Lois says "Stewie, why don't you play in the other room." Stewie responds "Why don't you burn in hell!" Lois then responds "Well, no dessert for you young man."

Non-recurring adults often clearly understand the content of Stewie's speech:

  • "Peter Peter Caviar Eater": While at Cherrywood, Stewie summons three servants, one of which is to fetch him the Wall Street Journal while the other two fight to the death. They oblige. In the same episode, Stewie chats with the intellectuals of Newport while smoking his bubble pipe. He admonishes one for being "a fiscal hermit crab" in response to the Nikkei undergoing a "self-correction," to which the intellectual responds, "Interesting."
  • "Road to Rhode Island": Left alone at the airport gate while Brian runs a quick errand, Stewie is approached by a man who asks, "Aren't you a little young to fly by yourself?" Stewie retorts, "Aren't you a little too old to be wearing braces?" The man covers his mouth in embarrassment
Also in this episode, Stewie talks to a motel clerk and, while in his room, causes a drug deal taking place in the adjacent room to erupt in gunfire after he yells out that one of the participants is wearing a wire.
  • "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High": When Stewie and Lois have to dispose of a man they mistakenly suspect Chris of killing, they encounter the problem of a passing police officer. Stewie proceeds to slip into the dead body's shirt, hiding the head of the deceased behind his own, and engages in a chat with the cop.
  • "To Live and Die in Dixie": Stewie asks the man playing the banjo what he's playing to which he responds "It's a banjo". Also, later in the episode, while Stewie sings for the audience, everyone seems to understand him.
  • "Fifteen Minutes of Shame": Stewie is left alone with Meg's girlfriends from school. He then has a conversation with one of her friends in which he helps her decide if a boy at school likes her.
  • "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington": Close to the end, when Stewie has become addicted to cigarettes, he yells "Baby needs to suck ash!" In response to this, the man sitting next to him pulls down his pants, thinking that Stewie said "Baby needs to suck ass!" However, when Stewie rebuffs the man, he pulls his pants back up.
  • "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein": When Stewie awakens to find Meg watching him sleep, he says "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Meg responds, "Watching you sleep, cutey-pie."
  • "The Thin White Line": While Brian is displaying his amazing ability to smell, he proclaims "It's time to change Stewie." Initially, Stewie rebuffs the notion. But he then realizes that Brian is correct and confirms it aloud. At this, the entire family laughs and appears to understand Stewie.
  • "Death Lives": While in a convenience store, Stewie describes a Jughead comic: "You see, what Jughead has done here it really quite clever. He has painted eyes upon his eyelids so that he can sleep through class." Chris responds, "Ha! He's sleeping!"
  • "The Kiss Seen Around the World": As the family is exiting the convenience store and Peter is carrying Stewie's new tricycle, Stewie says, "Give it to me! Give it to me!" Peter responds, "Not now, Stewie!"
  • "Petergeist": As a result of Peter's meddling with an ancient Native American skull, Stewie is sucked into the television set, and his only means of communication is orally, which the family uses to first locate him and then help him escape.

Additionally, at the end of the episode "E. Peterbus Unum", there is a self-referential joke relating to this issue. The scene features a class in the distant future watching a "historical" video of events from the episode presented to them and a student asking, "So... can the family understand the baby or what's the deal with that?"

In Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, other characters, including "Stu", can understand him. Once he asked Lois what she was doing to which she replied "Strapping you in so you won't be hurt." He also screamed "Lets have sex!" to Stu's coworker Fran, to which she agreed.

Stewie's ambiguous sexuality

When the writers began to flesh out Stewie beyond being a generic evil genius in season two, MacFarlane and the writers began to explore the infant's sexuality with a series of one-off gags which hinted that Stewie could be gay. On the commentary of Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the writers describe how they were going to make Stewie discover he was gay, but decided to go "another way." His personality, which is often rather theatrical and effeminate, and the fact his voice could be interpreted as a Quivering Lisp, easily lent itself to such speculation.

The shift began in the episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame", when Stewie gives the following video camera confessional, parodying MTV's The Real World show:

There's always been a lot of tension between me and Lois. It's not that I want to kill her, it's just that I want her... not to be alive anymore. I sometimes wonder if all women are like this, and then I think to myself: My God, wouldn't it be marvelous if I turned out to be a homosexual?

In "Screwed the Pooch", Stewie imagines his ideal place for relaxation as a loud nightclub populated only with muscular, dancing shirtless men.

In "The Thin White Line", with the family talking about a cruise, Stewie mentions that he's always wanted to sail the seven seas. A cutaway ensues, featuring Stewie in a sailor outfit surrounded by other sailors. They begin singing and dancing a parody of "My Gallant Crew" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta HMS Pinafore:

Stewie: I'm the greatest captain of the Queen's navy
Crew: And your record will stand as proof
Stewie: Be it galley or a freighter
I'm an expert navigator
Crew: And you're also a world class poof
Stewie: My manner quite effete
Is mistaken on the street
For a sailor who can pirouette on cue
Well, despite your point of view
I can thrill a girl or two
But I'd rather get it on with you
Crew: Ha ha ha

In "Road to Europe", Brian and Stewie sing a song with the following lyrics:

Brian: I'd bet money, you'll marry a honey, who's pretty and funny and her name will be Ted.
Stewie: Oh a gay joke.
Brian: Eh, I just work with what you give me.

and

Stewie: And I like that singer who looks like a whore.
Brian: Ricky Martin?
Stewie: Love him.

In "Emission Impossible", Stewie tries to prevent Peter and Lois from having another baby. He decides he must make Lois think Peter is being unfaithful. Stewie then puts lipstick and perfume on himself and rolls around in one of Peter's shirts. However, he notices himself in the mirror and starts admiring himself, only to be caught by Lois and Brian:

Stewie: "Well! Look at you there! Oh, you're a filthy girl, aren't you? Yees, yees, you're looking for a bad time, that's what you're after! Oh, you're a dirty flirt. You want it bad and you don't care who you get it from because you have no self-respect, and that gets you off, doesn't it? Aruff!"
Lois: "Stewie! Bad boy! That's Mommy's make-up. Oh, and you got it all over your father's favourite shirt. Now go to your room!"
Brian: "Wow. The evidence is really piling up."
Stewie: "Make any joke you want. You know I look good."

In "Lethal Weapons", when the various family members are acting out like the members that anger them, Brian refers to Stewie's future involving "falling in with a rough trick named Jim."

In "Patriot Games", Stewie's parachute, which was packed by Brian, reads "I'M A HOMO". Stewie also expresses pleasure in viewing a nude Tom Brady.

In "Peterotica", when Lois' father Carter starts living with the Griffins, he comes into breakfast wearing only underwear. Lois smells something and asks him if he went to the bathroom, Carter says yes and says he was wondering if one of them could clean him up. Everyone refuses except Stewie, who somewhat enthusiastically volunteers.

It is also worth noting in this episode that Stewie is practicing gymnastics, but he is doing women's events: the balance beam and floor exercise with music and choreography. (He also imitates the commentators, reminding the audience that his routine is "absolutely not gay". Brian insists that it is.)

In the season four episode "Jungle Love", Stewie says that he is not worried about being a freshman and that in the worst-case scenario he would become the popular girls' effeminate friend. In the flash-forward, he is shown with an earring and fashionable clothing, and invites the girls to a party with wine coolers. He says he obtained the wine coolers by doing "something in the parking lot for a guy" and then asks for mouthwash. In the commentary on this episode, Seth MacFarlane makes it clear that Stewie "fellated" someone. Also in this episode Brian films Stewie talking about the tribesmen, where Brian's final line in that scene is "Cut, print, gay." In the episode "The Fat Guy Strangler", Stewie is outright accused by Brian of being a homosexual. And in the episode "Deep Throats", Stewie and Brian go undercover to spy on Mayor Adam West and Meg. Brian dresses in a tuxedo, while Stewie, who has access to a similar disguise, prefers wearing a blonde wig and a dress instead. By itself this might have only been evidence of gender dysphoria instead of homo- or bisexuality, but Stewie initiated a kiss with Brian a few minutes later to keep West and Meg from seeing their faces. After a sufficient time Brian broke off the kiss, but Stewie was still sitting there with his eyes closed and lips puckered, seemingly entranced. After Brian got his attention and asked if everything was all right, Stewie responded with, "Hey listen. Freakin' shot in the dark. You wanna do something sometime?"

Series creator Seth MacFarlane planned for the series' third season to end with Stewie coming out of the closet after a near death experience. However, the show's abrupt cancellation caused MacFarlane to abort these plans. Since that point, MacFarlane has opted to have Stewie portrayed as sexually ambiguous since, in his eyes, the flexibility of Stewie's sexuality allows for much more freedom in terms of writing for the character (however it seems that this carried over to the alien, Roger, from American Dad).

Stewie sometimes tries to imply that Brian is less than heterosexual, but it is more likely that he's trying to divert suspicion away from himself. Perhaps an instance of Stewie's underlying attraction to Brian himself is in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story when Brian accuses Stewie of being drunk and Stewie, sporting a large drunken grin, replies with "You're sexy."

A very blatant reference to a homosexual Stewie occurs in Stewie Loves Lois, the first episode of the 5th Season. Stewie's bear Rupert is ripped apart by "an unfriendly dog" and while he strokes Rupert's remains he fantasizes about their pre-planned Hawaiian getaway, where the two of them would frolic in the ocean and lie together on the sand. During this sequence Rupert's bear head is attached to a very well-built human male body wearing a Speedo.

It should be noted, however, that Stewie has had many liaisons and attractions to women as well. In "Dammit Janet", Stewie falls in love with a day-care moocher named Janet, who only wanted his cookies. After being flung into a female infant's stroller in "Lethal Weapons", Stewie notes, "I smell a dirty diaper!", after which he remarks, "God, why does that turn me on?". In "Mr. Saturday Knight", at Mr. Weed's funeral, Stewie looks at some of the baby girls and points at them and says, "I'd do her, do her, wouldn't do her, oh, who hasn't done her. I'd do her. Lose the pigtails and we'll talk. I'd do her..." In "8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter", Stewie falls for his babysitter, Liddane, and possibly even murders (though unintentionally) a rival suitor for her affections. However, after his love goes unrequited, he exacts a nasty revenge by making her look like a drug addict and alcoholic and getting her fired. A few of his cutaways (that revolve around his future) show him being married.

In other various episodes, he discusses which girls he would "do," cavorts with a bevy of coeds, and apparently achieves his first erection while secretly watching a group of cheerleaders change clothing ("Good heavens, it appears my wee-wee has been stricken with rigor mortis," he exclaims). Stewie is also fond of throwing all-female (besides himself and James Caan) "sexy parties" and daydreams about being Hugh Hefner and making a group of barely legal Playboy Playmates play "Red Light, Green Light" with the first loser having to have sex with Rob Schneider as punishment. He also has shown disgust when the family has to move to Asiantown ("Breaking Out Is Hard to Do") and there are no girl babies, complaining that it is a complete "sausage fest." In the movie Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, he beats up a man and tells him he will check out his wife and introduces himself to two beautiful women.

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

Main article: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story

On September 27, 2005, 20th Century Fox released a direct-to-video movie featuring Stewie as the main character, titled Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. The movie follows Stewie's cross-country adventures as he searches for a man he believes to be his real father after seeing him on a television news segment. The movie was leaked two months prior to the official release date and has been downloaded from many peer to peer networks. This has become an initial consequence of sending some movies directly to DVD, where the ability to copy and send media through the web creates the risk of video piracy.

The plot revolves around Stewie. After a failed attempt to kill a rival nearly cost him his own life, Stewie renounces his plans for world domination and becomes a "good boy." Following an attempt at drinking to curb his evil genius, Stewie goes to California with Brian and Quagmire to find a man he sees on television who he thinks may be his biological father. However, the man Stewie thinks to be his father turns out to be his future self, Stu, who has taken a time traveling vacation to the year 2005.

In the future of the timeline shown, Stewie (now known as "Stu") appears to grow up to be a heterosexual, albeit a virgin who's clueless about sex. Stewie is horrified to find that Stu reads Parade, works in retail, lives alone with Rupert, and has long since abandoned his plans to kill his mother or take over the world. Stu has formed a friendship with a female coworker, a friendship that Stewie, horrified that he'll still be a virgin at age 35, forces his future self to turn into a sexual relationship. He succeeds, albeit utterly disastrously; Stu and his co-worker have sex for about eight seconds, after which he cries for 40 minutes and offers to pay for the sex. His co-worker turns against Stu and has him fired by telling their manager that he asked her out on a date, which was not allowed where they work.

He tells his infant self that the near-death experience apparently traumatized him, making him reluctant to ever take any risks. They both realize that this could be the direct cause for Stu's failure at life, and Stewie goes back to 2005 to stop the accident. Ironically, however, Stewie is vaporized by his past (i.e. present day) self immediately after preventing the accident, negating nearly all of the events of the story as a result; although, at the end, Meg asks a man she was talking to his name. He responds: "Ron", which is the name that Meg took after successfully becoming a transsexual. Her approval of Ron's name hints at the possibility of the future in the movie coming to fruition.

The movie was re-edited into 3 half-hour segments and shown as the season finale on May 21, 2006.

Other appearances

Stewie appeared in a short clip on the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards dissing rapper 50 Cent, which has become a viral video circulating on numerous online services. Stewie, with blocks spelling out "MTV", Rupert and a baby toy in the background, reads some words from the song Wanksta in a comical voice, then commenting: "Well, good luck finding the subject and predicate of that run-on sentence! And what the bloody hell does it mean, "we don't go nowhere without toast"? Now, you listen to me, Mr Cent. If you want to make it in this business, lay off the doobie!". He then pulls out a hitherto concealed sign reading "Stewie for Governor".

On a bonus DVD segment for the Family Guy Soundtrack, Stewie performs a rap/R&B song called "Sexy Party".

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

  • Stewie has appeared on the MSNBC news program Countdown with Keith Olbermann, often introducing (or regressing) news stories regarding Bill O'Reilly. On the May 24 show, he announced O'Reilly as Worst Person in the World (a regular Olbermann segment) on the program, Stewie said, "Oh, wait, Bill, hold still. Allow me to soil myself on you. Victory is mine!" That would be repeated as Stewie announced June 1 "Countdown presents: 'Factor Fiction', whereupon we expose that bastard Bill O'Reilly and his lies." He then repeated what he had said above. Recently, on June 5, he introduced "Breaking News" about TomKat/American Idol by saying "Oh here we go. Probably some story about Britney Spears or, knowing Keith, some baseball card."


Pardon the Interuption

Stewie's face, on a stick, can be seen in the background of the Tony Kornheiser Michael WilbonESPN talk show.

Quotes

  • (speaking to Brian) Give me my money! (Patriot Games)
  • (responding to Lois, who implies his intelligence is low because he's 'just a baby') Oh yes, and you're a regular Rhodes scholar! Where was it you graduated from again, hm? The University of Duuuhhh??? (When You Wish Upon a Weinstein)
  • (speaking to Lois with a chocolate box) You know mother, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. Your life however, is like a box of ACTIVE GRENADES! (Death Has a Shadow)
  • (looking at another baby in the swimming pool) You know, that really is a remarkable resemblance, Brad. You, on your back, in the water - you look like one of my STOOLS! (Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story)
  • (upon learning that Lois is the target of a hitman) Oh dear, there are so many people to thank! God, of course, and umm... who else? Oh, this is so unexpected. (Discreetly checks a list pulled from his pocket) Oh yes, SATAN! (There's Something About Paulie)
  • (Stewie reaching for a cigarette) Baby needs to suck ash. Baby needs to suck ash! (Man smiling looks) I said ash not ass you pervert, save it for the interns!
  • (Stewie looking outside shop at a buttton suit) Oh who am I kidding, with all those buttons I'd look like Steve Harvey.
  • (Stewie sitting on the front steps is trying to eat ice cream, but has become tubby) Damn you ice cream, get in my mouth, how dare do you defy me. ((He's Too Sexy for His Fat))
  • (Stewie is in the front yard, in just a diaper and looking very dirty. Suddenly, Susan Sarandon turns up, and addresses audience.) Susan Sarandon - Hi, I'm Susan Sarandon. A lot of you know me as Tim Robbins' mother. But I'm actually his girlfriend. And this is Stewie. (Picks him up) Stewie - What the deuce? SS - For less than the ticket price of one of my movies about capital punishment or neo-feminism, you can make sure that Stewie never goes hungry again. (Stewie looks at her breasts) S -Yes, and from the look of those sweater cows, so can you! (E. Peterbus Unum)
  • (Lois has decided to buy Meg new glasses after Stewie breaks her old pair) Yes, and in the meantime, here's a little vision test. What is this? (Holds up brown object, blurry to Meg's eyes) A poopy or a Toblerone?
  • There's always been a lot of tension between Lois and me, and it's not so much that I want to kill her, it's just, I want her to not be alive anymore. (Fifteen Minutes of Shame)
  • Oh mother, I come bearing a gift! I'll give you a hint; it's in my diaper, and it's not a toaster. (I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar)
  • How dare you sully my good name with your slanderous filth! (Brian in Love)
  • I want pancakes! God, do you people understand every language except English? Yo quiero pancakes! Donnez-moi pancakes! Click click bloody click PANCAKES!!! (Love Thy Trophy)
  • (Speaks into a tape recorder) With Death in-capacitated, my matricidal efforts are futile...nick nack paddy wack, give the dog a bone. (Death is a Bitch)
  • (to Lois) Easy, easy! You're washing a baby's scalp, not scrubbing the vomit out of a Christmas dress, you stupid holiday drunk! (Brian Does Hollywood)
  • Oh, I know it hurts now Brian, but look at the bright side . . . you have some new material for that novel you’ve been writing. You know, the . . . the novel you’ve been working on. You know, the . . . the one, uh, you been working on for three years. You know, the . . . the novel. Mm, got something new to write about now. You know, maybe . . uh, maybe a main character gets into a relationship, suffers a little heart break. Something like uh, what . . . what you been, you just been through. Draw from the real life experience. Little uh, little heart break. You know . . . work it into the story. Make those characters a little more three dimensional. Little, uh, richer experience for the reader. Make those second hundred pages really keep the reader guessing, what’s going to happen. Some twists and turns. Little epilogue, everybody learns the hero’s journey isn’t always a happy one . . . OH I look forward to reading it! (Note that his voice gets progressively higher as he continues, until it is hilariously high, as though he were gradually breathing in more and more helium. Finally using his normal, mocking tone, for the last sentence. Also it is worthy to note that it is unknown how Stewie would know of Brian starting his "novel", as Stewie is, and has been since Chitty Chitty Death Bang 1 year old.)(From Brian the Bachelor, Season 4A)
  • Victory is mine!
  • What the deuce?
  • Mark my words woman, one day when you least expect it . . . your uppance will come!
  • I will not stand idly by while you abrogate my plans! You shall rue this day! (short pause) Well, go on! Start ruing! (Mind Over Murder)
  • It's good to have land (dreaming about owning a farm while hearing Lois and Peter having sex)
  • (To Lois) Damn you, vile woman, you've impeded my work since the day I escaped from your wretched womb!
  • Actually, my first act of violence was when I left that time bomb in Lois' uterus. (smiles evily) HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY LOIS! (Lethal Weapons)
  • Imbecile! Freeze it then cut it! Dare question me again and I'll put you on diaper detail. And I won't make it easy for you. (ordering man to cut milk) (Peter Peter Cavier Eater)
  • Mother, this hotdog has been sitting on my plate for a full minute and has yet to cut itself!
  • Ugh, look at all you fat bastards....(The Fat Guy Strangler)
  • BLAST!
  • (responding to Chris who asks if he wants ice cream) Yes, but no sprinkles! For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you.
  • As for you, kind sage, I only hope my heartfelt thanks will keep you warm as you spend the next 10 years IN FROZEN CARBONITE!

Trivia

  • As stated in a song he sung with Brian, Stewie likes Ricky Martin
  • Seth McFarlane has said that the character of Stewie is based on Henry Higgins of "My Fair Lady," as portrayed by Rex Harrison, one of McFarlane's favorite actors.
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References

  • S. Callaghan Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide : Seasons 1 - 3 New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2005
  • A. Delarte, "Nitpicking Family Guy: Season 4" in Bob's Poetry Magazine, 3.January 2006: 11, 13, 14, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26 http://bobspoetry.com/Bobs03Ja.pdf
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