Family Guy Question

[Farmer Reil]

World War 3 is threatening to break out in our living room, so help is required.

Simply put: Does Stewie, at any time, actually have a conversation with any of the Griffins except Brian.

A conversation being; Stewie says something, and one of the Griffins replies to him, knowing that he's talking to them.

He talks to Brian, that's half the point of Family Guy ¬_¬. And he talks to random non-Griffin people. But does he ever actually have a two-way conversation with Peter, Lois, Chris or Meg?

[King Ellis]

There have been times where he is understood. The one that springs to mind immidiately is Untitled Griffin Family History. At the end of the episode the family is discussing The Godfather, more specifically Peter's disliking of it. During the conversation Stewie makes a comment and Lois agrees with him.

There are other occasions where he will say stuff and will get a relevant response, mostly with Lois. Don't know if you'd class it as actual conversation though.

I've only watched up to Season 5 though so someone else will have to pass comment on 6.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Ellis Misses Benji

[Docpepper]

I've had the same argument with my friends and we've never been able to come to a conclusion so I'd like to know as well

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I'm sure Chris understood what he was saying in the episode where Lois and Peter go off on their second honeymoon (and run into Mel Gibson) and Brian and Stewie take on the "parenting" role. Stewie says something in the car which I'm sure Chris responds to.

[Farmer Reil]

Ellis's response makes me wrong, so I choose to ignore it

Edit: Damnit. Yeah, there's a scene where Stewie is smacking Chris's ass for being a bad boy ¬_¬. Stewie says something like "And what do we say if anyone asks about the bruising", to which Chris replies "I got hit by a baseball!".

Fuck.

Reil loses

Edited March 10, 2008 by Farmer Reil

[St. Dubb]

The answer is...sometimes. In the "Untold Story" commentary, Seth says that its just however its convenient to the story, and sometimes they understand him and sometimes they don't.

EDIT - And since there's an episode on right now (McStroke) that illustrates others understanding him...when Stewie goes to high school the kids all understand what he's saying the entire time, since he's trying to fit in.

But I just saw it was about the Griffin family...so disregard that.

Edited March 10, 2008 by Dubb: Sex Architect

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Seth MacFarlane has said that inside the Griffin house, they try to limit his conversations to Brian and sometimes Chris. They try to have him not converse with Peter, Lois & Meg, unless they need it for the joke/plot device. He said that outside of the Griffin house, he can converse with pretty much anybody. Short answer, they Family Guy staff is just lazy.

[Draevyn]

There's also the Wheels On The Bus line when Lois is putting Stewie in the car, and the episode where they find the money and allow Brian to hold onto it before splitting it.

[RazorsEdge]

The two-parter where Stewie kills Lois and becomes president in a "simulation" is a good example of him talking to everyone.

[tenaciousg]

I remember reading somewhere that McFarlane has said that the entire family knows that he's talking, but just disregards it for the most part.

EDIT: It's Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt, but this is McFarlane's take: They notice him, but they ignore him.

Edited March 10, 2008 by TenaciousG

[Godfatha]

He spoke to Peter when Peter was trying to toilet train Stewie and he suggests that Stewie drink some beer. Stewie responds by asking why not roll up a doobie and watch some porn. Peter goes "seriously?"

Just another example.

[The Quasi Juice]

I remember when they were talking about how Peter didn't care about The Godfather while they were in their secret chamber and they responded to Stewie.

[Ash J. Williams]

Stewie: Maybe we could light up a doobie and watch porn.

Peter: ...Y-Yeah?