Family Guy was transparently conceived as a Simpsons copycat, and it ripped off a lot of specific characters, both major and minor. Both shows have joked about Family Guy borrowing from The Simpsons . In Family Guy , Peter Griffin drunkenly confesses that they stole “ a lot ” from The Simpsons , and The Simpsons openly accused Family Guy of “ plagiarismo. ”

There are some wholly original characters in Family Guy . The Simpsons doesn’t have a talking dog like Brian or a diabolical baby like Stewie or a lovable pervert like Herbert. But a lot of Family Guy ’s characters emulate familiar archetypes that originated in The Simpsons , from the hard-drinking blue-collar dad to the comically incompetent doctor to the grizzled sea captain.

Peter Griffin - Homer

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