Thrown In At The Deep End

The above video features Peter Shin, the supervising director of Family Guy, who explains how to draw Stewie Griffin

Stewie Griffin is arguably one of the most popular Family Guy characters. Voiced by Seth MacFarlene, his character is that of an evil baby genius, who has a main goal of world domination.

There are many discussions on whether or not Stewie can actually be heard by others and because of this, Seth MacFarlene established some basic rules on the situation. He decided that Brian would always be able to understand Stewie. There may be a chance that Brian can also see into Stewie’s thoughts, but this has not yet been explored fully. Other adults, such as his parents, understand Stewie but disregard whatever he says because he is a baby.

Stewie’s character became so popular that even the Family Guy movie focused on him. There were talks of Stewie realising he was gay in the movie, but the producers never followed this idea through, as the writers decided that the ambiguity gave them more creative freedom.

Stewie’s character has also been embraced by other shows, and he has made many other television appearances. The more well known ones include performing a musical number at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, insulting 50 Cent on the 20th Annual MTV Music Video Awards (click here for video clip), and he has often appeared on the MSNBC News programme, Countdown With Keith Olbermann.