Meg Griffin: From Punching Bag to Pointless

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    Meg Griffin: From Punching Bag to Pointless;
    0:00 What is Family Guy About?
    2:52 Meg Griffin Sucks
    6:48 The Increase in Meg Abuse
    11:45 The Removal of Meg Abuse
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  • @LSMark
    @LSMark  Před 2 měsíci +883

    What was your favourite Meg Griffin Moment 🤣🤣😂😂

  • @HatKidTime
    @HatKidTime Před 2 měsíci +5728

    Really hated that episode where Meg finally stood up to her family but just apologized at the end

    • @willpower8289
      @willpower8289 Před 2 měsíci +505

      And it was Brian’s fault she apologized too!

    • @Syisbraindead
      @Syisbraindead Před 2 měsíci +74

      a hat in time :D

    • @prageruwu69
      @prageruwu69 Před 2 měsíci +148

      yeah, that infuriated me as a kid.

    • @Kowproductions1
      @Kowproductions1 Před 2 měsíci +57

      This might be the most original opinion I have ever heard

    • @Rons-Fansubs
      @Rons-Fansubs Před 2 měsíci +178

      And after that episode, there was an episode revolving around domestic violence and trying to play for "realism"/. How. Freaking. Ironic.

  • @mechajay3358
    @mechajay3358 Před 2 měsíci +2887

    Early Seasons: _"Shut Up Meg"_
    Modern Seasons: _"Who's Meg?"_

    • @thatoneguy3503
      @thatoneguy3503 Před 2 měsíci

      Also modern seasons: F*ck off Meg

    • @XxHipxX
      @XxHipxX Před 2 měsíci +47

      I mean, is it better to get negative attention or no attention at all?

    • @MistyDrop26
      @MistyDrop26 Před 2 měsíci +150

      ​@@XxHipxX no attention is better then straight up abuse, but it's just as bad

    • @dabatman5187
      @dabatman5187 Před 2 měsíci +27

      They’re going through the fazes of abuse

    • @XxHipxX
      @XxHipxX Před 2 měsíci +10

      @@dabatman5187 faze clan

  • @featherguardian6023
    @featherguardian6023 Před 2 měsíci +1111

    I still don’t understand why the Writers think making Meg Likable is so Hard when it’s so Easy.

    • @ArunaUtd
      @ArunaUtd Před 2 měsíci +141

      The thing is as well, they already succeeded in that during the bully years.
      Meg got bullied but still did a ton of honorable things which showed how selfless she was. That poem she wrote about hope was honestly beautiful.
      But then the writers felt a need to justify their bullying of Meg by making her a bad person and giving her lines like "I'm part of a group that trashes Anne Frank's house every year"... like cmon how are we gonna root for a person who does that?
      They should've just taken bully-years Meg and removed the bullying.

    • @sarahweekes4829
      @sarahweekes4829 Před 2 měsíci +30

      they dont know how to write her, which sounds like an excuse at this point after so many years. they can just hire someone or practice making teen girl characters in the show in the background if they wanted to start even learning so they can put more effort into her. I know some have daughters, they could literally take from their own experiences.

    • @diddymoe6816
      @diddymoe6816 Před 2 měsíci

      It's almost like Mila Kunis is the awful person they are making fun of huh? ​@@sarahweekes4829

    • @diddymoe6816
      @diddymoe6816 Před 2 měsíci

      Probably because Mila Kunis is insufferable

    • @PhoenixRising87
      @PhoenixRising87 Před měsícem

      @@ArunaUtd Hell, I just read that kind of characterization as her being psychological fucked over by being raised by a self-destructive man child and a selfish rich bitch.

  • @SpyderByte2099
    @SpyderByte2099 Před 2 měsíci +715

    I think American Dad portrayed the daughter character better than family guy ever did. Haley was a sort of punching bag for Stan to throw jabs at, but she was her own character that was interesting and will be shown in a good light once in awhile when the focus isn't on Stan. Episodes show her good traits when they're about her. She has emotional moments with Stan too. Idk if this really made any sense, but Haley is a better Meg.

    • @phabiorules
      @phabiorules Před 2 měsíci +140

      Not to mention a lot of the tension between the two comes from their differing political opinions. Peter just hates Meg because he finds her annoying.

    • @SpyderByte2099
      @SpyderByte2099 Před 2 měsíci +75

      @@phabiorules I agree. I love the episode from, i believe season 1, where they explain where this political tension comes from. Like their early moments and how much they loved each other, until she grew up and realized she didn't support this same side. I think it's a great dynamic between the two. I also personally love that episode Lol

    • @skybryant1910
      @skybryant1910 Před 2 měsíci +76

      She also dose not just take the abuse all the time. She stands up for her self. We also we Stan dose love Haley and care about her.

    • @equidistanthoneyjoy7600
      @equidistanthoneyjoy7600 Před 2 měsíci +31

      @@phabiorules Also, because there's a sort of justification, it always comes off more like Stan sees her as a dumb kid that doesn't know what she's talking about; and not like he just hates her.
      Definitely helps that she's proven right sometimes, and not just a punching bag.

    • @BertoxolusThePuzzled
      @BertoxolusThePuzzled Před měsícem +3

      She's the result of an affair by Lois, if I remember correctly. It doesn't really excuse it but it does explain it.

  • @JadoDog
    @JadoDog Před 2 měsíci +2291

    Meg's arc is so fascinating to me. She was a badly written annoying teen girl stereotype in the beginning of the series, but instead of writing her as a better character, the show turned her into a punching bag to cater to the audience. "See guys? We think shes annoying too!"

    • @nickrustyson8124
      @nickrustyson8124 Před 2 měsíci +121

      I personally blame South Park for that, and for the edge wave that came to Adult Cartoons at the time

    • @allenkeettikkal3149
      @allenkeettikkal3149 Před 2 měsíci +110

      I think the issue comes with fans not liking her character so they changed it so that the writers made fun of her before the fans did. Then they dialed it up to the point where even the fans felt uncomfortable and then finally gave up when they realized that Meg was a lost cause.

    • @daniellopezoyola7561
      @daniellopezoyola7561 Před 2 měsíci +7

      @@nickrustyson8124 why South Park? What you mean by that? Can you be more specific?

    • @TVindustries5000
      @TVindustries5000 Před 2 měsíci +77

      ​@@nickrustyson8124i disagree. south park started before family guy. the 2000s were filled with edgey content, its not all south parks fault.
      the treatment of meg as a character is unique and got to a point of nearly uncomfortable cruelty.
      beating a dead horse. oe meg in this case.

    • @justaneditygangstar
      @justaneditygangstar Před 2 měsíci +15

      @@nickrustyson8124South Park is still in the edge wave they just do a wayyyyy better job utilizing it

  • @Adog00
    @Adog00 Před 2 měsíci +1745

    When I’m at my lois, I’m still a family guy.

    • @IvanTube0
      @IvanTube0 Před 2 měsíci +33

      keep cooking 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @jjjabbers
      @jjjabbers Před 2 měsíci +90

      You were supposed to say "Even at my Lois, I Meg it happen."

    • @apimpnamedstreetmeat
      @apimpnamedstreetmeat Před 2 měsíci +54

      Even at my Lois, I’m still griffin it my all

    • @jackeroni216
      @jackeroni216 Před 2 měsíci +25

      even at my lois im still brian my best

    • @BrokeBoyInFilm
      @BrokeBoyInFilm Před 2 měsíci +14

      "That's me at my Lois, no Peter Griffin" - Denzel Curry

  • @huvarda
    @huvarda Před 2 měsíci +400

    (first 4-5 seasons) Family guy is a show about a dysfunctional family who get into wacky shenanigans
    (rest of the show) Family guy is a show about a family of awful people doing awful things to each other and strangers while reminiscing over pop culture references.

    • @longestvideoever
      @longestvideoever Před měsícem +7

      Honestly i still like family guy. Its just my trashy show I like to watch. Probably the same reason why people watch real housewives

    • @bobmclovinelectricboogaloo
      @bobmclovinelectricboogaloo Před měsícem +2

      My thoughts exactly this is what family guy is, not hard to come up with this fact.

    • @Bolbi145
      @Bolbi145 Před měsícem

      First 6-7

  • @ideenlos9242
    @ideenlos9242 Před 2 měsíci +489

    "That thing that plays under all the TikTok videos with the talking dog"
    What did I win ?

  • @Veggiemold
    @Veggiemold Před 2 měsíci +1365

    I never understood all the hate towards Meg, she isn’t ugly or rude to anyone. She just kinda exists.

    • @SarcasticAriel
      @SarcasticAriel Před 2 měsíci +326

      she looks just like Lois who is considered attractive by the show's standards. It never made any sense.

    • @Peter_Lankton
      @Peter_Lankton Před 2 měsíci +17

      That’s kind of the point

    • @Phosphor_Sco
      @Phosphor_Sco Před 2 měsíci +96

      ​@@SarcasticArielMeg fat. Lois no fat. Fam guy

    • @Ego-Fiend
      @Ego-Fiend Před 2 měsíci +15

      ​@@SarcasticArielmaybe she has a better body and no glasses? 🤔

    • @SarcasticAriel
      @SarcasticAriel Před 2 měsíci +86

      @@Phosphor_Sco I call her chubby at best

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 Před 2 měsíci +1032

    "Meg is pointless"
    Meanwhile, Cleveland's kids are cardboard cutouts in the background never allowed to talk. Or Joe's kids except like once every 10 years, but don't worry, Quagmire gets all the time he needs to drag down an episode.

    • @backbonepictures78
      @backbonepictures78 Před 2 měsíci +24

      Meg is a main character

    • @dustinvance243
      @dustinvance243 Před 2 měsíci +128

      And now Quagmire's more boring because he's not allowed to be a walking sex joke anymore. So like Meg, they're just throwing things at the wall trying to figure out what sticks. Giggity.

    • @Tadicuslegion78
      @Tadicuslegion78 Před 2 měsíci +95

      @@dustinvance243 More than boring, he's an obnoxious Karen who wants to bully and lecture everyone around him

    • @SpookyTheMimikyu
      @SpookyTheMimikyu Před 2 měsíci +81

      @@Tadicuslegion78And the writer made that whole speech for him to Brian because they wanted to show the audience “oh, he’s so based! See, we hate Brian too!” When all of Quagmire’s points are hypocritical. At this point Quagmire is just the “based and red-pilled” character

    • @MylingCyrus
      @MylingCyrus Před 2 měsíci +5

      Meg is supposed to be a main character. She's in the main family

  • @ng_canadian
    @ng_canadian Před 2 měsíci +214

    “Describe Family Guy to me.”
    “Shut up, Mark.”

  • @thema1998
    @thema1998 Před 2 měsíci +110

    To be honest, Meg's abuse got very old and tired before she became boring again. It's actually nice to see her get better treatment! 😅

  • @morganfishman5897
    @morganfishman5897 Před 2 měsíci +1799

    I'm gonna take a crack at that challenge:
    Family Guy is an adult animated Television show which showcases the adventures the citizens of Quahog get into. Its humor is usually derived from pop culture references, references to the 80s, or the shows unique "Cut-a-way" gags. It shows almost no continuity.
    Edit: Sad that I have to even SPECIFY this, but no, this was not written by AI. I simply thought for a solid minute or two on how to describe the show without name dropping the Griffins.

    • @lennahcmarblesmonstersandm6070
      @lennahcmarblesmonstersandm6070 Před 2 měsíci +212

      I applaud how you were able to do this without directly referencing the family itself

    • @LSMark
      @LSMark  Před 2 měsíci +556

      pretty solid

    • @Ranolog
      @Ranolog Před 2 měsíci +67

      ​@@LSMark family guy is about a dysfunctional family

    • @keatonrozema5787
      @keatonrozema5787 Před 2 měsíci +12

      Pretty good, only one problem: made using AI

    • @morganfishman5897
      @morganfishman5897 Před 2 měsíci +174

      @@keatonrozema5787 ..... And what, pray tell, led you to THAT conclusion?

  • @SBGamer30
    @SBGamer30 Před 2 měsíci +506

    I can’t stand what they did with Meg. When she FINALLY stood up to her family and called them out, I thought her character arc was going to skyrocket. Nope. The writers make her apologize and go back to be the punching bag. 😒 I got tired of the abuse for nothing. Not only does her family hate her, the whole town does and I never understood it for her character.

    • @YodaOnABender
      @YodaOnABender Před 2 měsíci +35

      “Remember, if your family constantly abuses you, that’s a good thing because it makes everyone else feel better”
      - family guy

    • @truanalain4266
      @truanalain4266 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ​@@YodaOnABenderare you actually trying to treat family guy like it has moral messages? 🤣

    • @YodaOnABender
      @YodaOnABender Před 2 měsíci +24

      @@truanalain4266 I will when the show presents it like a moral message going on about that stupid “it’s important for someone to be the lightning rod and absorb everybody else’s anger” bullshit

    • @truanalain4266
      @truanalain4266 Před 2 měsíci

      @@YodaOnABenderI mean, it's family guy. they can do an episode about quagmire's sister being abused and how domestic abuse is wrong, but it's still family guy and you're still a moron for thinking that family guy has good moral messaging

    • @SBGamer30
      @SBGamer30 Před 2 měsíci +11

      @@YodaOnABender Its insane they really try to make it sound like she was doing the right thing. 😂

  • @N12015
    @N12015 Před 2 měsíci +82

    Family guy used to be about how a family guy tried to use TV tropes/Pop culture to raise his family, which ended up failing miserably and forcing said father to learn about it. It's famous for their cut-a-way gags to add comedy, which were usually an entertaining flashback who actually contributed to the plot.

    • @jddi1527
      @jddi1527 Před 2 měsíci

      Really?

    • @1366Erik
      @1366Erik Před měsícem

      ​@@jddi1527Nope, not really.

  • @rapidlyvids
    @rapidlyvids Před 2 měsíci +113

    8:13 The site you saw wasn't an actual Family Guy wiki. It is a fanon wiki. Fanon wikis are wikis where people make their own series, episodes, movies, and games out of their favorite IPs.

    • @billbill6094
      @billbill6094 Před 17 dny +6

      Plus even assuming it was the actual Wiki his criteria for what's a real episode is if he can find it on hulu, when streaming services remove episodes of cartoons all the time. By that criteria, the panty raid episode of Spongebob never existed, because the iconic episode that played all the time on Nick has a Wiki page but no Hulu listing.

  • @kingbash6466
    @kingbash6466 Před 2 měsíci +486

    It was always strange whenever the show tried to make her seem ugly or unattractive. It feels like that trope where a female character has glasses, but the moment she takes them off, she's suddenly drop-dead gorgeous. Like her high school friends fit the "unappealing buttmonkey" way more than Meg ever could.

    • @Sunneh2013
      @Sunneh2013 Před 2 měsíci +10

      Fr

    • @penguinspenguins2376
      @penguinspenguins2376 Před 2 měsíci +5

      When she worked as a TSA agent, she was the most attractive one working there.

    • @stijn3085
      @stijn3085 Před 2 měsíci

      How do you people miss the point so badly?

    • @kingbash6466
      @kingbash6466 Před 2 měsíci +23

      @@stijn3085 I'm all ears on trying to find out the point I'm missing apparently.

    • @lateformyownbirth
      @lateformyownbirth Před 2 měsíci +36

      It’s more confusing to me because she looks almost exactly like Lois, who is apparently super hot?

  • @cryspbytes1037
    @cryspbytes1037 Před 2 měsíci +502

    Remember when the characters had actual depth and personality rather than just being one constant stereotype in place for a joke? Neither do I

    • @KirbyIsCute
      @KirbyIsCute Před 2 měsíci +33

      "Hey Lois, remember the time we had depth and weren't just stereotypes?"

    • @BB-te8tc
      @BB-te8tc Před 2 měsíci +13

      Imagine if this was a cutaway gag

    • @ReduckYT_
      @ReduckYT_ Před 2 měsíci +11

      Pepperidge farm remembers

    • @Juicebox993
      @Juicebox993 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Like Chris wanted to be an artist

    • @user-dk3lg9np6p
      @user-dk3lg9np6p Před 2 měsíci

      ​@BB-te8tc If it was, then the screen would've just faded into an empty black void.

  • @aannoyingcaat
    @aannoyingcaat Před 2 měsíci +20

    Honestly, this is something I’ve noticed with a lot of media tbh. A lot of writers don’t take criticism seriously.
    If you say “I don’t like how Meg is treated.” A lot don’t go “ok let’s take a look at what we’re doing and what people are saying”. They seem to just go on an extreme. Either they do a complete 180 and make whatever was complained about worse in the opposite direction, or they just start stripping away bits and pieces without actually improving what’s left
    It’s like if you said “I don’t like the sauce on this meat loaf, I wish it were sweeter” and the chef either removes meatloaf entirely from the menu or starts coating it in pounds and pounds of sugar. It doesn’t fix the problem, it just makes the problem different. It feels kinda, narcissistic in a way. Like they think their idea is good so to show you why yours is shit, they go on the most extreme they can with it and make it shit so they can then go “well, we tried it your way and you still hate it so???”
    Honestly makes me kinda hate a lot of writing teams in that regard. It feels like I’m just being talked down to in a way

  • @kylesugarman
    @kylesugarman Před 2 měsíci +101

    Genuinely a little depressing seeing those clips from "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" in the intro where Peter was genuinely excited about Meg's cheerleading tryouts and encouraging of her ambitions. That was actually the first Family Guy ep I ever caught on Adult Swim as a little kid 😭 It's so strange seeing that scene back to back with the lightning rod monologue from "Seahorse Seashell Party". Family Guy was never a show about consistency or anything, but it's weird to see it go from sugar to cyanide to just flavorless chalk dust today.

  • @kingdomcomesuperman3669
    @kingdomcomesuperman3669 Před 2 měsíci +298

    I'd say Family Guy (intially at least) is about a dad (the titular "family guy") trying to raise his family from what he learned watching family sitcoms, "good old-fashion values" but applying them so literally/exaggerated that the hypocrisy of it being better than modern day television is shown.
    Or its just takes the premise of the Simpsons household, makes every member able to talk, and add cut-away gags.

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Před 2 měsíci +29

      This is surprisingly deep. It's probably a more thoughtful take on the show than Seth MacFarlane himself has ever given.

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple Před 2 měsíci +621

    Megs only trait was punching bag for half the shows run and once the writers even got sick of that, she feels pointless now!

    • @medusasea791
      @medusasea791 Před 2 měsíci +51

      To be fair, I prefer her current situation more. Yes, it's boring, but I prefer innocent boring characters compared to innocent punching bags (I am talking generally, it can work if the character stands up for themself, or learns to, or if the pain is more cartoonish than mean spirited and they recover quick).

    • @justaneditygangstar
      @justaneditygangstar Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@medusasea791the other way is more funny though and she’s a fake character anyways 😂

    • @plantain.1739
      @plantain.1739 Před 2 měsíci +7

      ​@@justaneditygangstar I mean ofcourse, there's only so many times you can beat up the same character before it's just kinda sad. Like it's not morally wrong or anything, but at best, it's a dead joke, and at worst, it's just kinda... weird feeling.
      It's like squidward. Like at a certain point, I just don't care to see him in pain. He's just a pretentious bitter asshole. I get making fun of doing "Avant Garde Clarinet" but I don't wanna see him get a toenail violently ripped out. It's just kinda disgusting.

  • @bdeamon1
    @bdeamon1 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Speaking of useless things, it's crazy how the clone high reboot basically went from a charming parody of teen dramas to basically just a teen drama with a few jokes.

  •  Před 2 měsíci +35

    I never understood all the hate towards Meg, she isn’t ugly or rude to anyone. She's just there💀

  • @theferydra8753
    @theferydra8753 Před 2 měsíci +221

    Ah, the good old "I mistook a Fanon wiki with a FanDOM wiki". The former are effectively collective fanfics in wiki form (They're the ones responsible of things like Lucina from Fire Emblem being Peppa Pig's nemesis, for example)

    • @LSMark
      @LSMark  Před 2 měsíci +94

      I did not realize there was a difference...

    • @morganorwhatever
      @morganorwhatever Před 2 měsíci +33

      I was so confused when I made that mistake with the kids next door fanon wiki. Like, when did all these characters get married and have kids?

    • @DawgBarkz
      @DawgBarkz Před 2 měsíci

      @@LSMark yeah fanDOM wiki is the legit one, for better or worse LOL

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Před 2 měsíci +11

      I kind of want to know the context behind the Lucina/Peppa Pig rivalry, but also I think any actual explanation couldn't be as funny as there being no explanation at all and just letting the idea bathe in all its surreal glory.

    • @landonstrong9686
      @landonstrong9686 Před 2 měsíci +9

      Fanon = Fan canon. so as OP said, fanfics basically. Or commonly-accepted elements amongst a subgroup of fans that aren’t truly canon, but said group is willing to treat as true.

  • @Kittenfox_55
    @Kittenfox_55 Před 2 měsíci +129

    The Smiths from American Dad feels more like a family than FAMILY Guy The Griffins for a long time.

    • @Koopalingfan
      @Koopalingfan Před 2 měsíci +5

      Big time. Though the Griffin’s did also feel like a real family in the earlier seasons.

    • @PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury
      @PowerRangersFanAntiDinoFury Před 2 dny

      Let's be real, even though American Dad is better the smiths are still bad people, just like the griffins. They're both made by Seth MacFarlane and probably have a lot of the same work staff.

  • @cupidreindeer5601
    @cupidreindeer5601 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Easy challenge.
    Family Guy is about a group of actors playing the roles of a nuclear family whilst getting into misadventures that lead to either perilous, emotional or severe situations with inconvenient cutaways.

  • @popplio7891
    @popplio7891 Před měsícem +3

    Family Guy: A Simpsons-style animated comedy starring an eccentric family that places its cast into a variety of situations, differentiating itself from its contemporaries with edgier humor, musical numbers, a reliance on unrelated “cutaway gags”, and references and parodies to beloved films and TV.

  • @cedricfowler3465
    @cedricfowler3465 Před 2 měsíci +159

    I remember Mark saying in his every Family Guy episode review that everyone hating Meg is like Homer strangling Bart & it struck me that unlike Homer & Bart' s dynamic, Meg's only comedic angle was her misery. I even remember episodes where Meg would dissappear for the episode's remainder after one joke where something bad happens to her.

    • @gamemaker1802
      @gamemaker1802 Před 2 měsíci +14

      I imagine a lot of that was just down to Mila Kunis being very busy and not having much time to record for the show other than a handful of lines for episodes. She doesn't really tend to do much work now, but she was still a huge leading actress when in the 2000's and 2010's, and having a main or big supporting role in movies is far more time consuming than a lot of people really tend to think. Now though, she tends to focus more on her family, and isn't acting in two or three movies/shows a year, so her schedule is far more accommodating to record Family Guy episodes than it was 10, 15 years ago.

  • @cheezbunni3530
    @cheezbunni3530 Před 2 měsíci +134

    Family guy is a show about a family living through what is considered a normal day in rhode island while seth macfarlane occasionally changes the channel to a different animated comedy show every couple of gags

  • @caitlinabbott7895
    @caitlinabbott7895 Před 2 měsíci +11

    11:06
    "You guys always act like you're better than me!"

  • @jangorook4257
    @jangorook4257 Před 2 měsíci +90

    Family Guy is a series about 5 people and Chris who try to survive another day of their miserable lives, but if they die, they live again next week.

    • @wajowski
      @wajowski Před 2 měsíci +7

      Singling out the REAL pointless character, I see.

  • @skloiber101
    @skloiber101 Před 2 měsíci +81

    I can’t stand how there are a few episodes where Meg can shake up the status quo like with her bond with peter on the college tour or when she stands up for herself and it just never amounts to anything and makes you question what the point of that was

  • @TheCursedCake
    @TheCursedCake Před 2 měsíci +6

    Does it count if i say family guy is about terrible people doing terrible things

  • @aaronkelly1762
    @aaronkelly1762 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family Guy is an animated sitcom about a disfunction family and their crazy antics, with some cutaway gags.
    That's the best I can do.

  • @lacriaturadekentucky
    @lacriaturadekentucky Před 2 měsíci +56

    **cracks knuckles**
    Family Guy is a TV series about the humorous day-to-day adventures of the citizens of Quahog, said humor usually manifesting in pop-culture references and cutaway gags.
    I didn't use AI, I swear. This is me writing.

  • @ChicoStopMotion
    @ChicoStopMotion Před 2 měsíci +45

    “When I was a young kid, at around 10…”
    Your parents let you watch Family Guy at 10? My parents only let me when I was 13 and still only certain episodes 💀

    • @LSMark
      @LSMark  Před 2 měsíci +38

      My mum got really upset and banned me from watching after seeing a segment where Peter dreams about killing Lois but that ban only lasted about a week

    • @dusttalesans932
      @dusttalesans932 Před 2 měsíci +4

      @@LSMarkYou watched a LOT of Family Guy when you were 10, didn’t you lmao

    • @HorrorMonster4406
      @HorrorMonster4406 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I remember when I was 4-5, I would just watch adult swim or nick at nite. The only scene I remember was Stewie killing Lois in the episode when she and Peter went on a cruise.

    • @Xx3nxX
      @Xx3nxX Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@LSMarkhow did you survive during such family guy deprivation

    • @Therealburntmilk
      @Therealburntmilk Před 2 měsíci +1

      I can't watch it until I'm older (born in 2010)

  • @karsonpalmer7916
    @karsonpalmer7916 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Family guy is a slapstick adult comedy cartoon about a dysfunctional family and their larger then life antics.
    Boom did it. I deserve a cookie.

  • @PK_SNESS
    @PK_SNESS Před 2 měsíci +3

    6:48 "It's like they knew they could get away with anything".
    Did you think you'd get away with that visual glitch? lol

  • @roberthall8503
    @roberthall8503 Před 2 měsíci +87

    I like it how when meg actually stands up for herself, she becomes unlikeable

  • @swiftlyaswiftie
    @swiftlyaswiftie Před 2 měsíci +72

    The episode where family Guy had her go "wow I guess I NEED to be abused" only for them to write a 'serious' episode about Quagmire's sister being abused (which btw they heavily imply that she's in the wrong or weak for) made it so I could never take any serious moments from quagmire as genuine

  • @guypguy
    @guypguy Před 2 měsíci +5

    0:35 oh yeah?
    Family Guy is a show about a family who have many misadventures together or seperetly, with a bunch of fisical comedy and gags (their most popular format being the cutaway gags)

  • @ResidentTarantino
    @ResidentTarantino Před 2 měsíci +3

    Some dumb detail I notice about later season Family Guy episodes is when they do that thing when 2 characters are talking and you see the back of one character's head and it has a shadow regardless of the environment they're in. The sun can be shining directly on the back of their heads and there will still somehow be a shadow where the light is shining

  • @PieceOfJayVA
    @PieceOfJayVA Před 2 měsíci +98

    i love how toonrifictariq put it
    it's about a man who tries to bring fortune to his family through the morals he learned through tv. shit just makes sense

  • @Snake_Man7136
    @Snake_Man7136 Před 2 měsíci +84

    In the past:
    Everyone:"Shut Up Meg !"
    Nowadays:
    Everyone:"Please Meg do something...Something Meg !"

  • @Medlair
    @Medlair Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family Guy is about TV, it's about tropes, you can see this in the opening where the characters sing about how TV is always the same, you can see in the second section that all the characters act as if they know it's a show and the title itself has a TV symbol. Notice how almost every joke subverts common tropes, even when it's about politics you see them heavly criticizing the ideology presented in the joke, I can remember Chris showing up in a Trump joke and he said "Look! I wrote this joke(gets angry expression) THAT'S WHAT YOU DESERVE (type of people name I can't remember)" or something like that, it showed how Family Guy is even parodyzing jokes that take a clear political position, I remember those people who comment "haha family guy is wild, no one is safe!" Yeah, neither you.
    Now let's take my favourite episodes, the ones where Stewie kills Lois, if we analyze it, it's played very meta and parody-like, Stewie feels like another Stewie, the plot gets bizzarre even for Family Guy standards, it was played as if it was the defenitive ending of Family Guy, and how does it end? It was all a simulation, Brian asks Stewie if people are gonna be mad about this and he says that yes they do but they should enjoy the ride. If that doesn't prove that Family Guy is about common TV tropes... I don't know what it is. Family Guy is the OG meta-narrative, that's why it works with it and with shows such as Velma it doesn't, because with Family Guy it's the whole point

  • @FarelForever
    @FarelForever Před 2 měsíci +1

    I was never that much into Family Guy, but I did still notice the shift between the early seasons and the later ones in terms of how Meg was treated. And as some have pointed out: It's shocking that Peter being an abusive prick to her, but making a speech in private to Meg that he still loves her, and just has to keep acting the way he does to seem cool is considered to "have heart", whereas if this was at any point said by Homer Simpson to Lisa, it'd be considered the most insulting modern Simpsons episode ever.

  • @loglad5394
    @loglad5394 Před 2 měsíci +41

    3:09 Springtrap is my favorite family guy character.

    • @GlitchyHypnoFlower72
      @GlitchyHypnoFlower72 Před 2 měsíci +10

      “Boy this is worse than the time I worked at Fazbear’s Fright!”

  • @mightbeolives
    @mightbeolives Před 2 měsíci +44

    My attempt at a family guy description:
    The show follows a family of five in quahog, Rhode Island. The family gets into shenanigans everyday, and the humor that comes along with it is equally as random.
    You proved your point that was ridiculously hard for no reason any description comes off as bland.

    • @bombiss_9124
      @bombiss_9124 Před 2 měsíci +2

      It’s a sitcom, it’s not a show you’re supposed to binge.
      Try describing what the Simpsons or Full House are about

    • @floobix1
      @floobix1 Před 2 měsíci

      @@bombiss_9124dohnut

  • @GorillaMon541
    @GorillaMon541 Před 2 měsíci +2

    0:25 I guess I'd say Family Guy is just simply about the random adventures and mischief of the Griffins and how each situation affects the family and/or their dynamic (until its returns to the status quo at the end of every episode)

  • @christopherfeatherley
    @christopherfeatherley Před 2 měsíci +3

    I don't know if it's just me because I don't watch Family Guy as much anymore, but I noticed the moral of the end of the episodes are... bad? 😅 Don't get me wrong, Family Guy will always have a special place in my heart, but I noticed lately the message are just *toxic* .
    For example, when Meg finally stands up for herself, she had to apologise in the end just to avoid upsetting the unstable family. I didn't like that message, as it implies you just have to put up with negativity from your loved ones.
    Another instance was when Brian published a book and Stewie donated it because it was badly written. In the end of the episode, Stewie has to essentially lie that he was jealous of Brian, just to make Brian feel better about himself. I found that message to irk me because instead of accepting jealousy as a human emotion, and to promote support for when our close ones succeed pass us, it portrays a toxic mentality that we ought to lie and put ourselves down.
    There are a few other episodes similar to this. I don't know. I watched American Dad and Bob's Burgers, as well, and the endings are more sensible in my opinion (besides that Klaus episode where he becomes a nun). Any thoughts on why Family Guy insists on these weird messages? I'd love some examples and thought on this subject!

  • @Porygon2ube
    @Porygon2ube Před 2 měsíci +21

    Family Guy is a show about cartoon characters trying to preform a family sitcom as they gradually get more and more unhinged until getting tired and then burning out entirely as the seasons moved on. I still love the line where someone points out a contradiction or something and Peter goes "I don't know its all just jokes."

    • @Porygon2ube
      @Porygon2ube Před 2 měsíci +2

      The "Live in Vegas" album really helps make my point clear

  • @Iwidelyoutliveeverything
    @Iwidelyoutliveeverything Před 2 měsíci +24

    my man went to a fanon wiki and was shocked to find things that were fanon.

    • @LSMark
      @LSMark  Před 2 měsíci +15

      I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE

  • @BriaBri
    @BriaBri Před 2 měsíci +2

    The sonic unleashed music in the background just sent me back to the past

  • @DarkTwilightToby
    @DarkTwilightToby Před měsícem

    Love the videos man! Keep it up!

  • @Randomdude112
    @Randomdude112 Před 2 měsíci +42

    Hey Lois, remember the time LS Mark made a 15 minute video about our daughter?

  • @stephenvogt6689
    @stephenvogt6689 Před 2 měsíci +40

    I always felt bad for Meg

    • @chrishill9197
      @chrishill9197 Před 2 měsíci

      Cool! That's the female Gundam from G Gundam! I've been wanting to watch that show! 😁

  • @rikorobinson
    @rikorobinson Před 8 dny

    I don't know why, but the episode where Peter kicks Meg out of the house for saying something sexual about Lois, even though he didn't mind Chris doing the same, cracks me up. In particular, when she's back in the house and you just think that, in typical animated sitcom fashion, they'll just move past the bit and not bring it up again, but Meg says something to which Peter responds, "Meg......Who let you back in the house?" I have no idea why that's so funny to me, but I lose my sh*t over it every single time. Hilarious!

  • @SwinubPlush
    @SwinubPlush Před měsícem +1

    I think I would summarise the plot of Family Guy as "Average Dad doing not-so-average things."

  • @Real_Furious
    @Real_Furious Před 2 měsíci +79

    Family Guy is about Peter Griffin and his family’s antics
    …………

  • @JamariusQuangledangle5
    @JamariusQuangledangle5 Před 2 měsíci +88

    Family guy is a show about Walter Hartwell White

  • @SoniMarSponge
    @SoniMarSponge Před 2 měsíci +1

    My description:
    "Family Guy is like if The Simpsons sort of got a spin off".
    How's that? 😅

  • @jonathanrolle2046
    @jonathanrolle2046 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family guy is about a man in his 40s using lessons from TV shows he grew up with to raise his family.

  • @Gloves-T-Catzero
    @Gloves-T-Catzero Před 2 měsíci +25

    Crack at the challenge:
    Family guy is a comedy show made by Seth Macfarlene.

  • @downysgarbagebin5105
    @downysgarbagebin5105 Před 2 měsíci +29

    i think toonrifictariq perfectly described family guy.
    a middle aged father who tries to apply television logic into different scenerios, some of the time tries to apply it to parenting. while doing that, also paroding pop culture, and current events.

    • @Xavlee
      @Xavlee Před 2 měsíci +6

      I was also gonna say toonrifictariq's head cannon always felt like the best family guy premise to me

    • @mrfox9090
      @mrfox9090 Před 2 měsíci

      Basically that description also fits perfectly with The Simpsons

  • @isaagamerplays
    @isaagamerplays Před 6 dny +1

    Family guy is about random stuff that happens to a family with either really bad or really hood cutaway gags. Boom.

  • @snausages43
    @snausages43 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Family Guy is about that time something happened and those who remember it.

  • @handsoffmymacaroni102
    @handsoffmymacaroni102 Před 2 měsíci +30

    This is the biggest flaw for a long-running show to me when long running shows who create their characters under a certain cultural era and then are forced to change them later. They ultimately forget what made the character special and just choose the more wacky traits and ignore the more nuanced and complex ones leaving the character feeling soulless.

  • @LightBloxVidsYT
    @LightBloxVidsYT Před 2 měsíci +25

    “Megatron”
    *ROBOTS IN DISGUISE.*

  • @chrishill9197
    @chrishill9197 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family Guy is basically just Seth McFarlane's version of The Simpsons but with cutaway gags and more violence and ruder jokes and more swearing.

  • @Dolliv5
    @Dolliv5 Před měsícem +1

    I think modern meg is a badass. She’s athletic, talented, and has basically stopped caring about how other see her, instead focusing on her own goals. I love modern Meg

  • @br_ButteredToaster
    @br_ButteredToaster Před 2 měsíci +25

    Would be interesting to see how Haley Smith, another daughter in a sitcom life, has turned out. Probably more, since American Dad has a lil more depth to the family.

    • @twigwigsoso
      @twigwigsoso Před 2 měsíci +13

      I've started watching American dad again since i was a kid and man these later seasons do treat her with equal respect as the rest of the family with is little but equal. Everyone in the smith family is always equally in the wrong at times, it reminds me kinda more of it's always sunny now then family guy. Haley doesn't feel like a punching bag, she feels like a character who can be wrong and do terrible things but so is everyone else

    • @Koopalingfan
      @Koopalingfan Před 2 měsíci +1

      ⁠@@twigwigsosoI quite agree and it’s also nice that they learn from each other and call out each other, so it’s more fair. Also Francine and Hayley are much better feminists than Lois and Meg.

    • @owenleal
      @owenleal Před 2 měsíci +1

      The last I saw, Hayley was kinda going on an arc of turning slowly into Stan.

    • @Koopalingfan
      @Koopalingfan Před 2 měsíci

      @@owenleal Okay

    • @oilking-bo3gt
      @oilking-bo3gt Před 2 měsíci +2

      And Hayley IS Not the puncging bag ITS Klause

  • @firegoatdx6869
    @firegoatdx6869 Před 2 měsíci +20

    3:08 Ah yes my favorite Family Guy Character, Spiringtrap

  • @DluffyDAgoat_ultra
    @DluffyDAgoat_ultra Před 2 měsíci

    People don’t know what gras sis so here’s a lesson:
    Grass is a type of plant with narrow leaves growing from the base. Their appearance as a common plant was in the mid-Cretaceous period. There are 12,000 species now.[3]
    A common kind of grass is used to cover the ground in places such as lawns and parks. Grass is usually the color green. That is because they are wind-pollinated rather than insect-pollinated, so they do not have to attract insects. Green is the best colour for photosynthesis.
    Grasslands such as savannah and prairie where grasses are dominant cover 40.5% of the land area of the Earth, except Greenland and Antarctica.[4]
    Grasses are monocotyledon herbaceous plants. They include the "grass" of the family Poaceae, which are called grass by ordinary people. This family is also called the Gramineae, and includes some of the sedges (Cyperaceae) and the rushes (Juncaceae).[5] These three families are not very closely related, though all of them belong to clades in the order Poales. They are similar adaptations to a similar life-style.
    With about 780 genera and about 12,000 species,[3] the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family. Only the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae have more species.[6]
    The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns (turf) and grassland. Uses for graminoids include food (as grain, shoots or rhizomes), drink (beer, whisky), pasture for livestock, thatch, paper, fuel, clothing, insulation, construction, sports turf, basket weaving and many others.
    Many grasses are short, but some grasses can grow tall, such as bamboo. Plants from the grass family can grow in many places and make grasslands, including areas which are very arid or cold. There are several other plants that look similar to grass and are referred to as such, but are not members of the grass family. These plants include rushes, reeds, papyrus and water chestnut. Seagrass is a monocot in the order Alismatales.
    Grasses are an important food for many animals, such as deer, buffalo, cattle, mice, grasshoppers, caterpillars and many other

  • @Creampuf1977
    @Creampuf1977 Před měsícem

    My favourite Meg episode is probably when she participates in the Olympics. The joke that she's been training all this time and no one has noticed was pretty great, and it was nice seeing the whole family cheer her on.

  • @aaunyea4799
    @aaunyea4799 Před 2 měsíci +11

    I enjoy the times they make Meg unhinged, but it's obvious the crew have no idea what to do with her character

  • @SonicGlitchy4
    @SonicGlitchy4 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Family guy is about a dad who is obsessed with tv from the past, trying to find a decade to live in. and needs to learn to move forward. that's why in the theme song it has "It seems today that all you see
    Is violence in movies and sex on TV But where are those good old-fashioned values... On which we used to rely?!"

  • @SnuggieMaple
    @SnuggieMaple Před 14 dny +1

    Family guy is a show where a bunch of people just throw random shit at a board

  • @thesmg201show
    @thesmg201show Před 2 měsíci +3

    0:23 It’s about Peter Griffin

  • @MrBooblo
    @MrBooblo Před 2 měsíci +10

    That "take a bullet for Meg" edit was next level, thank you

  • @Xen8008
    @Xen8008 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Megs only trait was the punching bag because the writers genuinely didn’t know what to do with her, when said abuse was removed she became pointless. She’s fundamentally broken as a character since she was never fleshed out in the first place.

  • @davidshitposter665
    @davidshitposter665 Před 2 měsíci +2

    "shut up LSMark!"
    -Peter Griffin ('cause he still want to punch Meg)

  • @claypot
    @claypot Před 2 měsíci +8

    fanon wikis are a bane to people trying to research any basic information about any series

  • @DJBarbaricErik
    @DJBarbaricErik Před 17 dny

    Around a decade ago I saw a cracked article putting it perfect, something like “family guy is in a weird meta state, just a commentary of itself nowadays”

  • @vincehanes8472
    @vincehanes8472 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Family guy is an animated sitcom con style show about the griffins and their wacky high jinx

  • @ThecoolDecent
    @ThecoolDecent Před 2 měsíci +10

    Family guy is an adult animated comedy about a family and their friends and neighbors getting into various silly antics.

  • @GayLuigi
    @GayLuigi Před 2 měsíci +18

    Boo. Luigi jumpscare.
    Hello there, Mark, lmao.

  • @monorayjak4377
    @monorayjak4377 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Just want to mention Mark, you were looking at the wrong wiki, that's why they had fake episodes. The fanon wiki is specifically dedicated to fans of the show trying to rework it, as the wiki itself mentions "A collaborative wiki dedicated to two things: the creations and ideas of all fans of the Family Guy, and rewriting the hit 1999 classic! Please help yourself by looking at what we changed about certain episodes and maybe pitch in yourself! We love more members and need all the extra crew mates we can get."
    The actual one you wanted is the "Family Guy Wiki," not the Fanon Wiki

  • @VampireA1056
    @VampireA1056 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family Guy is about the Griffins and they're daily life

  • @sickboy_yuh
    @sickboy_yuh Před 2 měsíci +22

    The Griffin Family slowly crumbles as every season passes by going on wacky yet horrible adventures.

  • @misterzygarde6431
    @misterzygarde6431 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I feel like the moments where Meg’s a punching bag would be more funny if she just took it in stride to a ridiculous degree.
    Imagine if the scenes where Peter hits her, she just doesn’t react and/or is upset by something else like for example that episode where the Griffins hide in the attic from burglars, when Peter hits her with a bat, she’s upset that it isn’t a dream.
    Maybe Seahorse Seashell Party has Meg act smugly about her insane durability rather than standing up for herself.

  • @Kaizo_Kanami
    @Kaizo_Kanami Před 2 měsíci +1

    The griffin family and their shenanigans is how I would describe family guy

  • @Zedd.y
    @Zedd.y Před 2 měsíci +2

    Family Guy is a show about the misadventures of a disfunctional family

  • @froylangarcia1303
    @froylangarcia1303 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Family is an animated show about the family and their friends and neighbors as they get into ridiculous and over the top antics

  • @Kittenfox_55
    @Kittenfox_55 Před 2 měsíci +9

    1:45 THAT! Yes I want to see the pitch bible for Family Guy so badly!!!

  • @metamaster5469
    @metamaster5469 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Early family guy: Animated sitcom of your average family getting into crazy shenanigans
    Modern Family Guy: Horrible people doing horrible things

  • @mariocollisionmaker
    @mariocollisionmaker Před 11 dny

    The interactions between an imperfect family heightened to a 11 while delving into dark humor.

  • @redwaytoo
    @redwaytoo Před 2 měsíci +8

    10:35 yo that thumbnail goes super hard

  • @M0d_O
    @M0d_O Před 2 měsíci +12

    There’s a Simpsons episode where they joke about a “Family Guy Land” and one of the attractions is “Dump on Meg”, that pretty much sums up her whole character now