TV Series: Family Guy

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In the TV series “Family Guy” created by Seth Macfarlane, Peter Griffin is a funny, dumb and brave and determined character because of his daily shenanigans, and adventures in the show. In the episode “Fighting Irish” Peter shows that he can be funny because of his many remarks throughout the whole episode. Such as when he says “Hey, you know this old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children, she didn't know what to do? I got something she could do. Get your tubes tied, you kook! Hey, how you doing on that chocolate milk? You need a little freshen-up? There's my little sweetie.” Even though the episode is based around the whole idea of Peter being able to beat up Liam Neeson he says many funny remarks that have nothing to do with …show more content…
He's a fake tough guy. I could totally kick his a**.,” in this specific episode Peter Griffin shows that he is brave because of the fact that he travels from rhode island to Connecticut to confront Liam Neeson but of course whimpering out, he only whimpers out when he is face to face with Niam. Before that, throughout the whole episode he sticks with the fact that he wants to beat up Liam. This is can be seen later in the episode when Peter Griffin actually tries to fight Liam Neeson and tries to stand up for himself but ends up losing no matter the circumstance.

To summarize Peter Griffin is a not only a funny character he is also a brave, determined, and gullible character, this is shown in the specific episode “Fighting Irish” but it is also portrayed in other episodes of the show.

In conclusion, in the episode “Fighting Irish,” it is shown that Peter Griffin is very funny, brave, determined, and gullible. Even though this is one of the many examples from the TV series “Family Guy” by Seth Macfarlane in this episode it is clearly shown that while he is one of the main protagonists of the show his qualities he possesses such as funny, brave, determined and gullible make him a very lovable great character in the

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