Family Guy Character Death (spoilers)

[irishfan]

yes i still watch the show, and spoilers for those who didn't see last night's episode

but wtf they killed Brian off?

 

[Rack Em]

yes i still watch the show, and spoilers for those who didn't see last night's episode

but wtf they killed Brian off?

Maybe he wanted off the show? Kinda like when Matt Stone and Trey Parker made Isaac Hayes look like a douche on South Park when he bitched about them making fun of Scientology.

 

[notredomer23]

I was so confused by that when I heard about it today. I thought you didn't do that type of thing in cartoons, especially Family Guy. I wonder if we will ever hear more.

 

[IrishInFl]

Maybe he wanted off the show? Kinda like when Matt Stone and Trey Parker made Isaac Hayes look like a douche on South Park when he bitched about them making fun of Scientology.

Considering that Brian's voice is Seth McFarlane, I doubt that.

 

[NDPhilly]

Viewers were going down, had do something new.

 

[Rack Em]

Considering that Brian's voice is Seth McFarlane, I doubt that.

Well maybe he thinks he's a douche?

Clearly I don't follow closely haha.

 

[Buster Bluth]

Maybe he wanted off the show? Kinda like when Matt Stone and Trey Parker made Isaac Hayes look like a douche on South Park when he bitched about them making fun of Scientology.

Isn't the voice Seth MacFarlane though?

 

[Woneone]

Isn't the voice Seth MacFarlane though?

Yea, it is.

I'm guessing that was part of the reason they chose Brian (not having to let go of the voices of anyone else).

I haven't watched the episode, but saw the articles today.

I can't imagine he stays gone.

 

[irishfan]

Yeah, as others pointed out, its the creators voice, and he does many other characters, so he's not leaving the show. It doesn't really make sense. I think their viewership numbers were down, but the show's best 3 ppl are Peter, Stewie, and Brian. I didn't watch the episode (Pats game) but saw the youtube of the scene where he dies and its almost sad lol.

 

[Ultimate Penn St. Hater]

Stewie will end up making another time machine to bring Brian back. No way they will go on forever without Brian.

 

[ThePiombino]

Stewie will end up making another time machine to bring Brian back. No way they will go on forever without Brian.

Yeah. Didn't the Simpsons bring back Santa's Little Helper a few times?

 

[dublinirish]

they shoudda killed off meg

 

[Corry]

Jumped the shark

 

[Irish#1]

Stewie will end up making another time machine to bring Brian back. No way they will go on forever without Brian.

I agree. The nice things about cartoons is that they get a lot more leeway and can write in scenarios to resurrect characters.

 

[Who'saWildManNow]

They pretended to kill Lois one time.. Stevie shoots her off a boat but she eventually gets rescued by a merman that hits on her lol. He'll probably be back .

 

[rikkitikki08]

That new dog is pretty unfunny, watched the episode last night which is something i haven't done with family guy in a few years. So it looks like their ratings bump idea worked

 

[NDFan4Life]

'Family Guy' Alert: Brian the Dog Is Coming Back!

'Family Guy' Alert: Brian the Dog Is Coming Back!

"Family Guy" fans can rest a bit easier. It looks like Brian the dog will be coming back, one way or the other.

The Fox comedy plans to bring back the beloved talking dog on Dec. 15, but how he will come back after dying on Nov. 24 is unknown, reports Entertainment Weekly.

The episode titled, "Christmas Guy," states that "Stewie devises a master plan to get the one and only thing he wants for Christmas." Wonder what that one and only thing could be?

Fans were up in arms after the show killed off Brian, and about two weeks later a change.org petition to bring back the beloved furry friend has more than 128,000 supporters. There's no reported connection between the outrage and the decision to bring Brian back.

But EW adds that the dog will continue to play a role in the show, citing a Maya Rudolph episode set to air next fall, where Brian takes up jogging to impress Rudolph's character.

After Brian's death, E! News spoke with "Family Guy" executive producer Steve Callaghan to find out why kill off this show staple.

"This was an idea that got pitched in the writers' room and it sort of caught fire, and we thought it could be a fun way to shake things up," he told E!.

'Family Guy' Alert: Brian the Dog Is Coming Back! | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo

 

[KPENN]

Came back tonight and I can rest easy now..

 

[KPENN]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>And thus endeth our warm, fuzzy holiday lesson: Never take those you love for granted, for they can be gone in a flash.</p>— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/statuses/412407375232917504">December 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I mean, you didn't really think we'd kill off Brian, did you? Jesus, we'd have to be fucking high.</p>— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/statuses/412407556942753792">December 16, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

No shit he was going to come back. Now the idiots like the tattoo guy or the people who signed the petition look stupid.