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Family Guy has no shortage of disturbing characters, and today we're diving into the most unsettling personalities that have graced the show. From predatory neighbors to sociopathic toddlers, these characters push the boundaries of dark humor and shock value.
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00:00If someone in the outside world could see the way you treat me, you would be in jail.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Family Guy characters who
00:10make our skin crawl. We'll only be looking at those who are involved in the main plot,
00:15not one-off characters who just appear in jokes or cutaways.
00:1910. Brian Griffin
00:34In the early days of the show, Brian often served as the voice of reason. Today,
00:39he's a sleazy womanizer at best, and an actual sociopath at worst.
00:50He overlooks extreme neglect at Stewie's daycare just because the woman in charge is hot,
00:57until he discovers she has a boyfriend. When he witnesses a beautiful woman crash her car
01:02into a lake, he lets her drown after he finds out she has a baby, and he continues investing
01:08in a protein shake company after he learns the shakes are all made from dogs. We're with
01:13Quagmire on this one. Brian is terrible. 9. Penelope
01:31Stewie talks a lot about world domination and killing his mother, but these days,
01:36it's mostly just talk. Penelope, on the other hand, actually does it.
01:4410. Stewie
01:51After she murders a kid on the playground, Stewie is immediately smitten. The two become
01:56friends and Penelope begins pressuring Stewie into progressively more violent and destructive acts,
02:02from drowning Copenhagen to starting a nuclear war in the Middle East.
02:149. Stewie
02:20When Brian tries to intervene, Penelope decides to kill him too. There's not much that's more
02:26disturbing than a cold-blooded toddler who gets her kicks from mercilessly slaughtering
02:31thousands of people. 8. Stewie
02:43Santa Claus
02:55Season 9's musical Christmas episode starts on a jolly note, as the residents of Quahog
03:01sing about the gifts they want. But it takes a turn when a mall Santa is rude to Stewie and Brian,
03:08and Stewie decides to travel to the North Pole to confront the real Santa Claus.
03:12What they find there is horrific. To keep up with humanity's growing demands,
03:27Santa has forced the elves to inbreed until they're so mutated that they're barely sentient.
03:32The reindeer have turned into feral carnivores feasting on elf flesh,
03:37and Santa himself is at the end of his rope. The whole thing is shocking,
03:41but maybe a good metaphor for the destructiveness of consumerism.
03:547. Patrick Pewterschmidt
03:57Lewis's side of the family is full of questionable characters.
04:12Her father Carter withheld the cure for cancer so he could make more money off of treating it,
04:17among other atrocities. What? That's insane!
04:25But at least he's not a serial killer like his son Patrick.
04:29Lewis's brother is the infamous Fat Guy Strangler. When Lewis discovers he's been locked up in an
04:35asylum for years, he takes him into her home. But it's only a matter of time before he kills again.
04:416. Franz Schlucknacht
04:53When Chris gets interested in puppets, he soon becomes friends
05:10with the kindly old puppet store owner. But this guy isn't as nice as he seems.
05:24He's an actual Nazi. Mr. Herbert, who turns out to be a World War II veteran,
05:30recognizes him and it triggers painful memories of his time in a death camp. Franz wasn't just
05:36a prison guard, he was a particularly sadistic one. Herbert tries to warn the Griffin family,
05:55but they don't listen. When Chris discovers Franz's secret, Franz takes him and Peter captive.
06:01Fortunately, Mr. Herbert shows up to save the day and Franz gets the fitting end he deserves.
06:185. Jeff Fiekelman
06:21This episode can be pretty hard to watch, especially if you or someone you care about
06:31has been through something similar. After Quagmire is hospitalized, his sister Brenda
06:36and her boyfriend Jeff show up. Let's just say that Jeff's last name suits him.
06:50He's horribly abusive to Brenda, assaulting her physically and mentally throughout the episode.
06:55He's completely shameless about it, insulting Brenda right in front of everyone. Unfortunately,
07:01Brenda doesn't feel able to leave him. This leads to the guys hatching a plan to kill him,
07:06and even Joe the cop is in on it. Like Franz, Jeff finally gets what's coming to him.
07:194. Kevin Swanson
07:30Family guy is never shied away from offensive humor, but mocking a veteran with severe PTSD
07:36is pretty low even for this show. Kevin went missing in Iraq and was presumed dead, but it
07:42turns out he actually went AWOL. He's traumatized from the horrors he witnessed, which results in
07:48some very disturbing behavior. Kevin even tries to take his own life in front of Brian and Stewie
08:00in a scene that's played for laughs. He clearly has a lot of mental problems,
08:05and if his parents were a little more empathetic, they'd have that kid in therapy.
08:103. Peter Griffin
08:20It's amazing that this show is so successful considering that it's built around such an
08:39unlikable main character. Peter is rude, obnoxious, destructive, and abusive. He's
08:45cheated on Lois multiple times and hits on other women right in front of her. He's blown
08:49up a hospital twice, and there's no telling how many people he's killed. He can't stand his own
09:03children and spends practically all of his free time at the bar with his friends. What's even
09:08more disturbing than Peter himself is how many audience members consider him relatable.
09:192. Glenn Quagmire
09:36If you've seen even one episode of Family Guy, we probably don't need to explain why
09:41Quagmire is on this list. He's literally a predator, and no one is off limits. He shows
09:58up to the Griffin house to hit on Meg the day she turns 18. He has an affair with Cleveland's wife,
10:03and spies on Lois in the bathroom. He's also known for ignoring consent and even using
10:08illicit substances on women to get his way. In the episode, Quagmire's Quagmire, he meets Sonia,
10:16who's even more sadistic than he is. You'd think getting a taste of his own medicine would
10:26inspire Quagmire to change his ways, but soon he's back to his old disgusting behavior.
10:381. John Herbert
10:50There's only one character who can beat out Quagmire for the most disturbing,
10:54and it's the creepy old man who's obsessed with Chris Griffin.
10:58Not to mention every other young boy in the neighborhood. Every time he's on screen,
11:09you know an extremely inappropriate joke is coming. Herbert, like Quagmire, doesn't bother
11:19with getting consent. It seems like the only thing stopping him from committing heinous acts
11:24is the fact that he's old and frail. That makes us wonder what he got up to as a young man.
11:29They don't call him Herbert the pervert for nothing. Which Family Guy character creeps you
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