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Like The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers and South Park, FOX's animated series Family
Guy lends itself to be enjoyed out of order for its simple and tasteless
humor, ridiculous premises and utter disregard for political correctness.
Family Guy centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and
Lois, their children, Meg, Chris and outspoken baby Stewie, as well as their
also talking, adult pot-smoking, Brown University-educated dog, Brian.
In 2013, Brian was killed in the episode "Life of Brian," when he was hit by
a car. But is he gone for good? Or did creator Seth MacFarlane bring him back
thanks to the bendable rules of cartoon universes?
Let's figure out what happened to Brian on Family Guy.
What happened to Brian on Family Guy?
The year of 2013 was a sad Thanksgiving season for Family Guy fans as Brian
was killed right in front of his best friend Stewie after being run over and
mangled in a car accident.
Viewers clamored for Seth MacFarlane to bring their beloved animated dog
character back, starting petitions for his reincarnation and tweeting by the
ton, much to the shock of the creator himself. "We were all very surprised,"
Seth said, according to The Independent, "that people still cared enough
about that character to be that angry."
He continued, "We thought it would create a little bit of a stir, but the
rage wasn't something we counted on." Brian was briefly replaced by a new
family dog, Vinnie, voiced by The Sopranos' Tony Sirico.
But a few weeks later, perhaps in response to the viewer backlash, Brian was
brought back to life in a Christmas episode that left us all with some
residual holiday cheer. Following the dog's death, Stewie encounters his past
self in a shopping mall and remembers that past-Stewie has a time machine
hidden in his backpack.
Current-day Stewie gets Vinnie to distract past-Stewie long enough to steal
the time machine which was broken beyond repair in the episode where Brian
dies and is able to travel back to the exact moment of Brian's accident to
stop it.
"You're alive, my friend!" Stewie says in his signature accent to his canine
BFF. "I couldn't live without you so I came back from the future to save your
life." Brian responds, "Thank you for saving my life. A lot of other families
would have just gotten a new dog and moved on."
Oh and hey... thanks for caring so much about the canine Griffin.
He is overcome with gratitude.
Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) December 16, 2013
Here's what creator Seth MacFarlane said about it all.
Concurrently with Brian's death, showrunner Seth MacFarlane was on a press
tour for another project, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and revealed that most
of the questions he fielded were about the dead cartoon dog, rather than his
new documentary.
Whether the outrage was the reason he brought Brian back, or whether that had
been the plan all along, Seth took to Twitter to explain that the plot line
was the show's way of reminding viewers to "Never take those you love for
granted, for they can be gone in a flash."
"Oh and hey," he continued. "Thanks for caring so much about the canine
Griffin. He is overcome with gratitude."
New episodes of Family Guy, which is now in its 18th season, air Sundays at
9:30 on FOX.
--
Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.
Guy lends itself to be enjoyed out of order for its simple and tasteless
humor, ridiculous premises and utter disregard for political correctness.
Family Guy centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and
Lois, their children, Meg, Chris and outspoken baby Stewie, as well as their
also talking, adult pot-smoking, Brown University-educated dog, Brian.
In 2013, Brian was killed in the episode "Life of Brian," when he was hit by
a car. But is he gone for good? Or did creator Seth MacFarlane bring him back
thanks to the bendable rules of cartoon universes?
Let's figure out what happened to Brian on Family Guy.
What happened to Brian on Family Guy?
The year of 2013 was a sad Thanksgiving season for Family Guy fans as Brian
was killed right in front of his best friend Stewie after being run over and
mangled in a car accident.
Viewers clamored for Seth MacFarlane to bring their beloved animated dog
character back, starting petitions for his reincarnation and tweeting by the
ton, much to the shock of the creator himself. "We were all very surprised,"
Seth said, according to The Independent, "that people still cared enough
about that character to be that angry."
He continued, "We thought it would create a little bit of a stir, but the
rage wasn't something we counted on." Brian was briefly replaced by a new
family dog, Vinnie, voiced by The Sopranos' Tony Sirico.
But a few weeks later, perhaps in response to the viewer backlash, Brian was
brought back to life in a Christmas episode that left us all with some
residual holiday cheer. Following the dog's death, Stewie encounters his past
self in a shopping mall and remembers that past-Stewie has a time machine
hidden in his backpack.
Current-day Stewie gets Vinnie to distract past-Stewie long enough to steal
the time machine which was broken beyond repair in the episode where Brian
dies and is able to travel back to the exact moment of Brian's accident to
stop it.
"You're alive, my friend!" Stewie says in his signature accent to his canine
BFF. "I couldn't live without you so I came back from the future to save your
life." Brian responds, "Thank you for saving my life. A lot of other families
would have just gotten a new dog and moved on."
Oh and hey... thanks for caring so much about the canine Griffin.
He is overcome with gratitude.
Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) December 16, 2013
Here's what creator Seth MacFarlane said about it all.
Concurrently with Brian's death, showrunner Seth MacFarlane was on a press
tour for another project, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and revealed that most
of the questions he fielded were about the dead cartoon dog, rather than his
new documentary.
Whether the outrage was the reason he brought Brian back, or whether that had
been the plan all along, Seth took to Twitter to explain that the plot line
was the show's way of reminding viewers to "Never take those you love for
granted, for they can be gone in a flash."
"Oh and hey," he continued. "Thanks for caring so much about the canine
Griffin. He is overcome with gratitude."
New episodes of Family Guy, which is now in its 18th season, air Sundays at
9:30 on FOX.
--
Watching Democrats come up with schemes to "catch Trump" is like
watching Wile E. Coyote trying to catch Road Runner.