How Family Guy FAILED Brian Griffin
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- Опубликовано: 4 мар 2023
- Big thanks to @LSMark for joining me!
In this video we look at the entire evolution of Brian Griffin from Family Guy. Voiced by Seth MacFarlane, we look at Brian's entire life history, his past and future. Taking a look at the Family Guy cutaways, as well as the Family Guy full episodes, I've put Brian's life in chronological order. From season 1 to newest Family Guy season. In this video I talk about how Family Guy ruined Brian Griffin, and see how he has changed throughout Family Guy. I also talk about the episode The Life of Brian and why Brian was killed off.
We also look at the funniest Family Guy moments from Peter, Lois, Chris, Meg and Brian. As well as other Family Guy characters from Quahog Rhode Island. 
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I think the character who suffered the biggest decline was Bonnie. Loving housewife to just waiting to murder husband.
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there is a episode where brian and bonnie share a kiss, realize her life sucks, and runs away with brian
At least she gots more screen time then Ten ten lol
@@smorphous8928 Lmaoo 😂😭💀
Bonnie's change in personality feels like a meta comment about how the show being 20 plus years old and running slowly saps the life out of anyone. She is pretty much Lois but taken to the extreme...
The fact that characters keep pointing out how awful Brian is just shows this was an intentional decision by the writers and not simply incompetent writing
makes you wonder...
WHY though?
Or they just heard what people think and try to makes jokes to seem self aware or it makes it okay they did it if they to make fun of it. I can watch an older episode and actually laugh and the new ones I get second hand embarrassment from some of the stuff they say or do cause it’s just that bad.
@@mrthanos8140 Not quite sometimes characters change over the years it's part of the artistic process. Basically he acted like a jerk once, they thought it was funny and kept doing it.
I'll admit despite him being a "mostly" good father figure to Stewie, the way he treated Dylan was awful. I wish in a future episode he'd apologise and reconcile with his son.
@@icecreamhero2375 Not really. They've all been Flanderized.
Brian used to be a fantastic character, until season 8 really devolved his character and that episode they literally “killed him”
It was never Seths intention to kill Brian he even admitted it. It was all done for ratings and to teach viewers that you can't take people for granted. That being said you've got to feel sorry for these idiots who got RIP Brian tatoos after the episode aired 🤣🤣
@@D4rkKn1ght311 it had nothing to do with ratings.
After seeing what Brian has become, I honestly wish they had given Vinnie, the new Italian dog, more of a chance after Brian's death. Their reestablishing of the status quo by bringing back this new d-bag Brian was so insulting to Tony Sirico from The Sopranos, and was as bad as Principal and the Pauper.
"I hereby decree that everything shall be exactly the way it was before this all happened. And no one shall ever mention it again... *under penalty of torture.* "
True, I was devastated when Brian was killed, but if we can accept a new Mayor *West* played by Sam Elliott after losing the OG Adam West, we can handle Seth Macfarlane cutting down his vocal roles by one. All the choices the current writers have been making, like giving Stewie herpes, using his own son to boost his own writing career, or attempting to date Meg's friend, Patty, for her body even though she's in high school, have just make me want to Ol' Yeller his a-s more and more.
@Sebastian Emond seeing what he's become?
A better character in the last few seasons. Lol
@@Brand-New-Adventures Better?? Ha! To that, I say,
"👋😒You aught to go home and rethink your life."
When even Seth has distanced himself creatively from the show, now run and written by a bunch of hacks, you know *you done f-ed up.*
Not to mention, he's a straight-up predator now. Remember the episode where he tried to hook up with Patty and was SUPER excited that she was in high school. Then there was another episode where Brian and Stewie dressed up as high schoolers, and Brian tried to hit on these two teens before he was thrown out by security guards. I definitely preferred older Brian. Great video!
Indeed. He used to be one of my favourite characters but the fact that he’s in his FOURTIES.. (bc of dog years lol) makes it just way to creepy. it’s not even funny, I really hope they bring back the old brian, bc the new one sucks
or the episode where Brian and Stewie went to JWHS and he tried to follow those girls in the locker room
@trispenis that's the exact episode I was talking about. I'm glad you also thought of it too
well he is a lib and libs are pedophiles lol
It's a weird one because, although fourty in dog years, he's still 7. Idk
Filling out Stewie's character is what changed Brian. Once they ended the killing Lois bit, you realize Stew is the smartest on the show and Brian was brought down a peg or two. It freed him up to have some goofy fun like others on the show.
I actually hate modern Stewie. The killing Lois thing was what made him a unique character.
@Cult Reader He still hates Lois
@@cultreader9751tbh that bit was getting old
@@KvngLeroy1t was literally apart of his personality and not just Stewie but every genius baby hated their mom, that’s the running gag, and this is why we have the more political flamboyant out of pocket Stewie because people thought his personality got old, but established characters don’t need development, now people are demanding everything that made Stewie popular and everything that made Brian a popular character
@rojotrueshinobi6322 stewie 100% did need to change a bit, they screentested before changing him to the flamboyant personality and his Louis must die thing wasn't really hitting like it used to. It's not a personality trait or something it's literally all he talks and thinks about for most of the earlier episodes of course now that we're on season 21 imagine if all stewie talked about was killing, They need to take some notes from American dad and learn how to actually develop their characters while keeping the core parts intact
Despite many others making videos related to Brian, something you mentioned that nobody else has up to this point is that Seth McFarlane LEFT the writers room. I legit never knew that and that explains SO much about Brian’s character writing after season 9. Great video as always and excited for the next one as always 🖤
Ever since Brian died and came back to life again, he's become pretty unbearable. He was a great character in the first 4-5 seasons, but they keep having him chase after women every other episode it seems. Honestly, the best 'modern' Brian moments are when they have him do dog things, or when he acts/reacts like a dog would to something. Those are genuinely hilarious moments, and the last few seasons have really leaned into that more with him. For example, the episode when he thinks he's part cat is so funny, and a very recent episode had Lois throwing a ball to Brian in the park, but he kept getting more and more tired each time he came back with it. If they focus on the 'dog' aspects of Brian more, and less on the woman-of-the-week for him, then Brian can become a great character again.
Also, I loved Vinny and would have loved it if they kept him instead of Brian. Would have opened up so many new stories, especially between him and Stewie. They shared a really sweet moment before Brian came back, and it would have been fun to see that play out.
Unbearable? Please be real it’s a cartoon Lmaooo
@@sheldoncooper4321 Lol, looks like 135 people disagreed with you
It’s because fans are fickle they don’t know what they want. They felt a certain type of way when Brian died and they used vinnie and complained about Brian being dead but hated him so much
Vinny was super underrated
@@tristantyree2191 it can be argued that they really weren't real fans then
It really speaks volumes that the ONLY character to get any sort of depth over the years, especially recently, was Meg. While I'm proud of them for that, every character has been devolved into either a sociopath or punching bag that talks like someone's granny. With Brian, I get it. They did a massive overcorrection when viewers were getting sick of Brian's political views and the writers complied by taking him down a peg. Problem is, there's a difference between giving a character necessary flaws and making them a complete dick. I like the concept of Brian being slightly hypocritical and no longer being just a mouth piece, but I feel that did that MUCH better with Haley in American Dad, basically being as stubborn as her father on the other side of the spectrum (back when the show was political and not it's superior wacky final form). You want to root for him as the "no one gets me" type character, but they just went overboard with the whole thing.
Anyway, has there ever been a "How Family Guy failed Joe Swanson" video yet? If anything, the WORST level of character derailment happened to him. The whole point of the character was that he was crippled, but still gung ho enough that it balanced out with one or two little "he's in a wheelchair" jokes thrown in. Now he's just this sad sack who's character is basically all about being crippled, a burden, and the friend they hang out with even though they don't like him.
One of the things I really appreciate about American Dad as opposed to Family Guy is that AD is willing to let every character, even the ones that are supposed to be stupid, be the voice of reason at times if it works for the plot. The AD cast feels like distinct characters while Family Guy's cast has been more or less interchangeable for the past decade.
@@da_homunculus I feel the problem with Family Guy is that every few years the audience changes. It's no longer the hip, Gen-Xer pop culture show it started as (Brian even stating he's Gen X in last night's episode), first trying to get the Adult Swim audience when it first came back, and losing them as well when they grew up. So it went from Pop Culture bits with mild detached irony to comedic sociopathy with an emphasis on shock humor. Gradually just being a cast of either douchebags or punching bags. American Dad essentially happened because Seth was pissed Bush won re-election and it started out with a political bend, but over time the characters got more depth and they focused on character moments and wacky adventures. Steve especially went from insufferable nerd stereotype to someone you root for. Roger went from ALF parody to this weird, bizarrely sexual guy that loves to pretend to be other people. And somehow, even at way more seasons than I thought it would last, they manage to have made the show so weird and crazy, it's always fresh. FG is doing Naked Gun type schtick now for their best episodes.
I don’t think any of the friends like each other lol. In different ways they act unfriendly. But no one likes Joes Twitter
I also feel Qaugmire is one of the better characters. Think about that i like Quagmire as a character (not the jokes) more then the main characters
Or they just make Joe dumber than a sack of potatoes, or even PETER for that matter.
I think Stewie fills the roll in the newer episodes Brian did in the early seasons Stewie always seems to be pointing out some sort of satire something about society
Honestly, I think that was kind of a mistake in making Stewie fill Brian's old niche. With Brian, at least before he had the life experience to know about all this stuff, and a kind of "outsider looking in" feel due to being a dog who is literally treated like a second-class citizen outside of his friend group and whatever women are willing to give him a chance. Meanwhile, Stewie is a literal baby. He might be a super-intelligent baby, but it's like the writers can't make up their mind if they want him to be so much smarter than the rest of the cast to highlight his intelligence, or focus on him being a baby who still doesn't know his state capitals and translates the news into "adult stuff" in his own mind and can be fooled by someone covering their face. It feels jarring at times because I just feel like saying "okay, how are YOU an expert or reliable source on any of this?"
I just watched the episode, where he let the kids at Stewie’s daycare suffer because he was trying to smash the teacher. Soon as he found out she had a bf, he called the authorities. 😂
One of my favourite Brian scenes is with Pearl and him singing “you’ve got a lot to see” (which is also one of Seth MacFarlane’s best vocals on the show, too, imo). That episode shows how much heart he had. He’s sunk to new lows with women and it’s a shame
A "new" low? He tried forcing himself onto Lois 2 seasons before he met the old woman. There is nothing new about his lows. He has always been a scumbag
@@dominikblack8943 No he stated to be a scumbag since season 6 and i think you mistaken the seasons. The one you qouted is probably the season 5 or 6
I always liked the couple-episode arc of Brian living in his own crappy apartment. Always felt like there was more there than what they did with it.
Season 16 was the last good family guy Season
@@zomebody5529 Sorry but no
@@daniapfel2825 you're right idk what I was cooking. Season 11 was the last good
The fact that they made Brian so much worse after he was brought back from the dead is a really bad move. He was awful for quite a few seasons before this but his awfulness was made UNBEARABLE as soon as he came back
Brian used to be the most realitabal but now is the opposite. It doesn't bug me because old family guy and new family guy are to completely different shows
A theory of mine (which obviously never came true) was that Brian was the one who ran himself over, since the car that hit him looked like his light-gray Prius.
I had the same theory as well. A Brian from the future or an alternate universe taking fate into his own hands.
@garuelx8627 if modern Family guy had any good writers then this idea would've made perfect sense
@@garuelx8627 so in other words a “im going to cut my ear off to prevent ww2” moment.
@Prophet of the 8th Legion more like he's pulling a Butterfly Effect. Using time travel to improve his life or prevent a tragedy has already proven futile, so he decides to remove himself at a time people actually cared about him and he hasn't burned all his bridges.
I think it was quagmire who killed him
Honestly if they wanted to make Brian more of a jerk as a way to round him out in his voice of reason role, I felt it would've been fine had they actually treated him as a flawed individual and his intellect was treated as more insightful rather than pretentious. Say his flaws (big as they are) become a center piece for him, this would not only make Brian SO much better, but also more interesting. My issue outside of how far they took his unlikability, is the fact they tend to repeat the same beats with his character. Especially when it comes to his pursual of women, it's the same storylines over again. Or plots that emphasize how much of a terrible person he is, again, make him flawed and a tad preachy, but not to this pretentious degree. And even so, they could've done it far better. I still find Lois to be the worst character on the show, as she comes off as just a worst version of the Stewie evil baby gag from the first 3 seasons with how much she hates her family and wants them gone (which could've been interesting if she show explored that better than just making it a recurring joke with her), but done worse, but Lois is also much more spiteful and smug about her bad behavior. Brian is easily runner up as the worst followed by Peter. I know people always say Peter is the worst, but Lois and Brian are EASILY the worst characters! Which is a shame as the reasons you described for early Brian is why he was the most indearing character in earlier seasons. I like how his relationship with Pearl for instance in Brian Wallows, Peter Swallows he isn't taking advantage of Pearl as a chance to bang her, treat her like she's lower than him or isn't abusing some aspect of her for his own gain (like how he would take advantage of Jillian's stupidity or a blind woman's lack of sight etc) it was a genuine bond between two people! It's funny to me how that one off relationship had more character to it than any other Brian relationship, which would repeat the same joke or Brian being awful to basically every one of them. Which is especially notable in Stewie's case where the writers tend to make Stewie a mouthpiece for all of Brian's issue, which does nothing but serve how much better Stewie is by comparison. In fact I noticed in many Brian and Stewie focused episodes later, Stewie tends to be just like how Brian was in early seasons.
While I don't watch Family Guy anymore your content makes perspectives on the show and characters interesting. Also American Dad is just better and it says something that a worst episode of American Dad is just standard quality for Family Guy. Francine for instance is much more likable than Lois, despite the characters not being good people either. Which by contrast older FG I found was better than older AD.
@@the1magageneral323 in the early seasons.
@@the1magageneral323 well there was in season 2 when some of the others were fighting over a stolen trophy they thought one of the others took and Brian made them see it was dumb to fight over it.
Great video Lydia! Also something that I found both interesting and sad is during Brian’s funeral. If you look in the background, Dylan is not present but they took the time to show us Jasper and Riccardo. I think this actually lines up well in the continuity showing their was a build up to the episode “Brians A Bad Father” 🙂
The moment Brian tricked two high school girl into taking him into the girls bathroom and then complained about the security guards throwing him out was the moment I realised that the Brian who had tried to teach the under privilege students in an early episode was dead.
Even thought Family guy is a mess now, Brian is still my favorite character. His season 1-3 character is the best, he was helpful,chill,supportive, and very intelligent. We need to keep remembering the good moments of Brian Griffin and his best one liners 😂
This is very interesting because too many people don’t realize that Seth truly has little to no role on family guy anymore beyond voices and is not responsible for its downfall beyond giving up on it.
I’m not gonna pretend like Seth is a genius as most of his other projects are mid, but I think he gets unfairly bashed just for creating family guy when all the crappy parts of family guy hated by others aren’t even his fault. The show got worse once he left.
Also he seems like a mostly good and chill guy and people shouldn’t go after him for his show.
Just saying seth hadn't given up, plus he's had the same role for years since he's only wrote a handful of episodes.
lol, downfall? the show is way more popular now than when he stopped writing for it and most people who watch the show berely know who he is. Maybe in your fan inner circle people hate new family guy and want the old one back, because fans always say things were better before for some reason but he has been out for most of the show duration, he didn't write most episodes even when he was a writer and the original family guy got cancelled for low ratings.
Very few people bash at him at all because most do not even know who he is and people who do probably know he's not writing family guy anymore and the show getting worse once he left is purely your opinion and in fact it's popularity increased.
@@Yo-tt9mtYh but ur saying this Yh the show’s ratings have declined ever since season 9
@@ibxjackcat2565 If that were true since we are at season 21 it should have negative score lol
Also, where are you getting this info from?
I have watched the whole series a couple of times and unlike most people I barely did watch anything from family guy until like 3-4 years ago when I decided to finally give it a try, so I do not have any nostalgia factor and to me the only way the first seasons were superior to the newer ones was evil stewie. I guess there was more social commentary but it was stupidly shallow/basic and got in the way of the jokes which were generally speaking less fun than modern ones.
@@daniapfel2825 wtf no, what you say is what is stupid. Of course it is more popular now, well not now now, it has been more popular for a loong while. In those season you love so much, the show had such low ratings it got cancelled. If you like more the first season ok for you I guess but that does not mean anything, you are not everybody your mere will does not change how many people watch a show nor how popular it is. And I do not care that the characters now are messed up because they are way funnier, original characters were shallow and the show was not cleverly written, in fact when the writers get into it now they make much more competent story telling and even social critique than the original ever did, they rarely do so though which is fine by me because this show just tries to make you laugh for the most part.
Honestly, I don't get you people acting like original characters and story were good written or deep or anything, you really have a low bar. That chapter were Brian drinks of a fountain referencing black rights or whatever was good writing to you? it just made me roll my eyes at how shallow and dumb it all was, there wasn't even a joke in there but it wasn't deep or even dramatic either I don't even know what that was, maybe the writer feeling good about himself stating how antiracist he was or something.
I've always wondered how Brian was able to get with Human women.
I know I'm gonna get a lot of "Uhm it's a cartoon don't overthink it 🤓" replies but some aspects and commentaries Family Guy makes are based in reality and many characters are laughed at for being immoral. So how Quagmire and Trump are ridiculed and made fun of for sexual harassment, but Brian isn't for bestiality is completely beyond me.
because he's the male main character acting it out instead of a human main character going for animals instead. Something tells me if it was switched, he would have gotten a helluva lot more shite for it
Bro you shouldn't be surprised about human women banging dogs that shit happens wayyy too much
I mean, Brian is still a dog lore-wise. Unless there is an actual IRL dog that walks on two legs, has the intelligence of humans and talks or humanity decides to bring back the old judicial custom of trying animals in court Brian being a predator will never cause as much ruckus as Quagmire...
Happens to me with stewie's intelligence
How could you know so many overcomplicated stuff and yet not knowing the most basic things in life at the same time?
Yeah logic tells me it's a baby, and that's the answer and the question at the same time
The thing is the woman can technically consent so it isn’t bestiality
I found his pursuit of trying to be liked by everyone (I.e. relentlessly trying to win over Quagmire who he knew despised him, instead of confronting or accepting it) personally relatable.
I’m ashamed to say but I subconsciously had this mentality for a lot of my life and I’m still a *bit* like that now, but have much better self awareness.
I guess in any show that’s been around for so long, characters are going to change. Him being a jerk can be funny too.
This is a great comment. Wow.
It’s funny how stewie used to be evil, plotting world domination and trying to kill Lois, while Brian was intelligent and more of a good person (well, in his case dog but you get the point) but now stewie is more of a good boy and Brian is turning more into a bad guy
I am still hoping hard for them to do right by Brian, it's so upsetting what they did to him in the latest seasons... I think it's about time they replace the writers, or at least give Seth a call to aid a bit more in this, can we get a petition?
Multiple moments, I've had hope, but now I've OD'd on the black pill...
Will see what happens when Seth is finished with the ted series.
“I was only 4 when the show started in 1999”
Now I REALLY feel like I’m in my mid 30s 😒
Me too. I was 15 when the show started
Yet I didn't start watching for a few years
Considering I was born in 1993 and I didn't really start watching the show until adult swim arrived, I was probably like... 8 or 9 when I started watching it and didn't truely get invested in it until I was a preteen.
I do miss the old Brian when he was the voice of reason and a moral compass. But alas, this is the way some shows go. After all, Jerkass Homer didn't become a thing until around Seasons 10/11 etc.
Great video as always!
I still think that Brian is Seth's self in the show. He used to be more level headed but with fame has changed him so he shows his transformation I'd say it is influential
It had nothing to do with Seth Seth stabbed away from the show to write Ted it’s the writers fault
Brian went from the voice of reason and caring person like Hayley to a self centered narcissist douchebag like everyone else in the world of Family Guy, American Dad, and The Cleveland Show at some point. But as bad as Brian has become I feel like he still on some level cares about people. He tried getting close to Dylan and thought his ideas would make his son's show better, he got marijuana legal which did a lot of good for Quahog, and only did an anti marijuana ban because Stewie told him to and that led to Carter Pewterschmidt making money off of tobacco again. That's why Brian is still a better character/person than Peter or Quagmire, the latter who decided to run over Brian immediately after agree to a truce in one episode and the former who ignored Joe trying to tell him Meg was being arrested after s/a a burglar in one episode then said they were secret best friends before dumping lemonade on her less than 10 seconds later.
Brian was and always will be my one of my favourite characters besides Stewie I loved the relationship those two have
I have a few different views.
First, if you watch Family Guy later in season 18, you can clearly see that Brian is not as much of a jerk as he was from seasons 12-17.
Second, Brian has still done significantly more positive things than negative things. Even in the worst of seasons 12-17, he still does. For example, the episode where he cheats Quagmire out of money, one episode before is about him helping Stewie, and the next is about him accompanying Peter to buy a turkey. So this is actually a rich and multi-faceted character. Not a "jerk" can be summed up.
Third, as far as his negative deeds are concerned, they all end with him getting his comeuppance and apologizing. So this is more or less a "redeeming quality".
Fourth, his story with Stewie is still interesting. Even though he was a jerk, his story with Stewie still appealed to me and made a strong impression on me.
Also the episode where he posts that tweet that comes out as racist. He defends himself and his family for being too sensitive and harassing him.
Brian went from my favourite character to my least favourite character. Stewie is the only part of the show that hasn’t gotten worse over the years.
Modern Stewie is such a pushover though. He does everything he can to make his classmates and other people like him, it feels so out of character. The Stewie from the earlier seasons would have sent his classmates on a freighter to a third-world country or something.
I miss the old Brian 😥
I swear Brian was once a voice of reason in the show, but somehow the show runners went out of their way to make everyone scummy and terrible. Brian quickly became another Quagmire( as far as chasing tail goes) except with a poser philosophy no better than a 6th graders book report. Such a shame really as he's only truly genuine around Stewie!
When I first started watching Family Guy I watched it for Brian. But him along with the show took a nose dive⬇️
No it didn’t
@@Jags4Life Season 12 says otherwise..
The show is still good they still get millions of views
@@websdontmatter5631 just because you get millions of views does not mean the quality of the show has improved.
@@grapeshot ok but still a lot of people still enjoy it and so do I
I remember a lot of people criticizing Seth McFarland in the first couple of seasons, saying he used Brian was a cheap way for Seth to shoe in his own self-righteousness and beliefs on the show, so I think he took that to heart and made him douchier and douchier to counter the criticism.
I feel like since every other family guy character has changed a lot since the earlier seasons I can't really imagine how old Brian would work in the newer episodes of the show. I think a lot of the changes made to Brian kind of happened with Peter too, I don't think I'd want a family guy with current Peter and old Brian.
Great video Lydia and thanks for bringing Mark onboard! Been a great look back how Brian changed after Seth's focus shifted onto other projects. Man, those writers have had a field day with his character. Still, I prefer him over Quagmire any day!
When Seth was involved with the writing process of Family Guy, Brian was a solid character, and when he left, the writers amped up his worst qualities. And since Brian is basically Seth's mouthpiece, it really makes you wonder.
Left the writing staff? In 20+ years he's wrote around 4 to 5 episodes. Lol
@@Brand-New-Adventuresit doesn’t matter how many episodes he wrote he was always in the writing room. he has not been creatively involved since 2010, he only does voicing now.
@gh0stsnaps he literally still got final say on the epiaidas.
@@Brand-New-Adventures Have you seen all FG episodes since season 1 ? And don’t lie about that there is Wikipedia who telling the truth
@daniapfel2825 Oh, Wow, Wiki, a site literally anyone can edit.
Plus, after the Strike Seth "Returned" To FG, And has stated that HE doesn't want it to end any time soon.
I think that a few points about Brian's death and comeback are overlooked.
Brian was around in "Life Of Brian", until his tragic end
Brian was gone in the next episode, "Into Harmony's Way"
Brian came back in the next episode, "Christmas Guy"
Life, death and resurrection. It's also an arc of three like how Jesus was dead for three days before coming back, according to the Bible. Furthermore, "Life Of Brian" has its episode name shared with a Monty Python movie where the story is that Brian is a guy who is mistaken for Jesus, hence the famous "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!" line.
I'm pointing out that the whole Brian's death fiasco is a pretentious Jesus metaphor because of this, if you wanted more evidence it was planned and basically meant to give the middle finger to the fans who actually cared about Brian.
I think that giving the straightman faults over time isn't a bad idea inherently, and can lead into more interesting character dynamics for your show. Arrested Development is a fantastic example of that with how they first present Mike Bluth as the only sane member of the family, but over time see how his need to be seen by others as such only creates his own breed of arrogance, neuroticism, and egocentric behavior. It can add a great deal of depth to what would otherwise be a one-note punchline machine like Brian started off as. but the way they go about it is not only clunky as hell, but exacerbates Brian's worst qualities far too much for the sake of a quick gag. The faults they gave him in later seasons would work so much more if they balanced it with his older more admirable traits. By all means don't just make him an everyman but balance out his worse traits more instead of that being the sole thing that defines him.
Brian has definitely became a much worse character. Although he may have been turned into a pretentious and hypocritical character, I think there is still some good in him. I appreciate how he is like a father figure to Stewie. Even though he may not always be a good influence, I can see in some more recent seasons that he really cares about Stewie (compared to some of his worst seasons related to his moral decline). Plus, he is there for him more than any other character in the show. I still like Brian, but I really hope the writers will reflect on what they’re doing to his character and bring some more of the old Brian back now in season 21.
The real Brian is the one from the universe where season 1-2-3 took place, the one we see now is a darker Brian from a darker universe.
The first 5 seasons are my favorite and part of the reason is the way ALL of the characters have devolved gradually through the later seasons. Brian's was probably most noticeable though
i still like Brian Griffin but i can’t deny he was at his best in seasons 1-5
When Brian gives Lois advice i felt like he really cared for Lois and he seemed like a character Lois can always count on
Always liked the scenes with Peter sat on the step in font of the house talking to Brian. Back when he was just the voice of reason, not a dick, not annoying just peters dog and best friend.
Lydia loves timelines AND LS Mark in one Video ?! This must be my lucky day ❤❤❤
Brian is the only character we see affected by his heavy drinking over the span of the series. Brian’s personality drastically is affected by his vices. He then dies see’s the devil and still can’t cope with the after life. So he enjoys life to the fullest understanding he is ultimately going to hell for chasing his best friends wife.
Older Brian was so much better, and I don't understand why they changed him
They've nit changed him especially these days.
I wasn't expecting Mark in this video. That's a nice touch!
Great video! Thanks for sending me here, Lydia!
Brian was my favorite in the old seasons and he’s still my favorite. All the characters have gotten worse since Seth only became a VA. But I still find Brian and Stewie to be entertaining still.
I was actually happy they committed to Brian’s death cause I thought it would force the show to change. Was very disappointed 😂
I love your intake on Family Guy. I have watched every season since the beginning. I am watching your episodes for the first time.
i love how tarik is now referenced on multiple family guy analysis videos. hes officially a family guy youtuber
Do NOT forget about Peter, Lidia!
I think she did with Peter
I loved early Brian. I can't stand him now.
Actually, I can say that about the entire Griffin family.
Funny enough, ls mark is where one of your videos popped up for me
7:57 well damn, I just found your channel and I'm a huge fan of mark lol.
There's a theory that the reason that Seth MacFarlane wrote Peter, Brian, Stewie, and Quagmire, all as having unusual relationships with Lois, is because Seth is in love with Alex Borstein, and was using them to work out his feelings because she is married. The reason why these characters turned into insufferable pricks is because Seth gave up hope that he could ever be with Alex, so he turned his characters into assholes like he thinks he is.
Favourite upload Sunday!
I find it ironic that Family Guy has become the best example of Flandersization despite sharing a programming block with the trope namer.
Love the video can you make a Craig tucker timeline
Do Peter griffin and lois next
Good video. Very interesting. Brian really has changed.
I see it as when Seth left the writers room the remaining writers depict Brian as what they themselves think of Seth.
collabs with LS Mark AND CZSWorld?? Lydia, you do spoil us
How did the generic evil villian become the most decent character?
So Brian is enough Seth MacFarlane but like he has been aggraved that represent the fact that Seth is not involved anymore on the show like he remarqued that Family Guy is not the same anymore. I ain't right ?
Brian used to be my favorite character. I especially loved that not only was he the family's voice of reason, Seth uses his regular voice for him.
One more thing, since Seth said he got burned out and isn't part of the creative team anymore, I fell it's high time Family Guy ended. That's why I don't watch it anymore and prefer The Orville now.
9:20 - It takes much less to do a single ep, but the thing is... the ep in which Brian returns was listed on Wikipedia among the then upcoming eps.
Do Louis next because she literally went from loving mother and supportive wife to unfaithful spouse that has a deep seeded hatred for her family
Brian became the Lenard to Stewie's Sheldon
I don’t like throwing around the term “character assassination” but I don’t see modern Brian and seasons 1-8 Brian as the same character
Despite Brian being my favorite character, I really would have preferred them keeping him dead and staying with Vinny. At the very least, I won't have to see how far he's sunk.
Brian wallows and Peter’s swallows is the best episode. I often wonder if it had ended there nothing more would everyone be happier and remember the show a bit more fondly?
8:58 I can't stop thinking what happened to the guy who got that tattoo LMAO
Great work as always...family guy has been on since I was 15 !!!
While i definitely preferred Bryan in the classic episodes, seeing Stewie knock Bryan down a few peg’s is always funny.
One of the best examples is that episode where Bryan thinks Lois wants to have an affair so he tries to act like the person she’s supposedly into. Then after discovering all this and Lois calling him out on being a POS, when Bryan tries to BS his way out, Stewie makes a horse kick Bryan in the face cause he knows Bryan hasn’t changed 😂😂
In my country when we still had Fox as a channel they primarily aired the older seasons(1,2,3 & 4) so I do have a relatively good understanding of Brian as a character which is why I do miss that version of him, the current version of Brian is a douche but I feel there are times he has his own moments, not like before but still he has his good moments, especially with Stewie.
Can we get a timeline on Rupert… Stevie and Brian have added so much depth to an inanimate objects over the years lol
Brian was definitely the best in the earlier seasons. Nice video.
I don't care if someone like Quagmire hates Brian, Brian will always be my favorite character.
And I always find him a little shit!
I don't mind the current Brian.
The other family members are far worst in character like going psycho and killing ppl.
It just goes to show Brian has a lot to work on...
Wtf? Brian murders women as a bystander or send them to jail if she's unwilling.
He's a hypocrite douche.
And a disappointment.
And other family members I guess Stewie kills people yes. But that's what he does from the 1st season. And I never liked that either.
10:17 I imagine he never wanted to do this in the first place but the writers talked him into it.
And I thought it was gonna be a Stewie and Brian video. You should do that someday
Don’t you hate flanderzation? Most of the Family Guy characters are now just mostly narcissistic sociopaths now. It’s character regression instead of progression at this point.
You know Brian has actually regained his place as the voice of reason and since season 17 had started to become like his season 3 self.
Brian Griffin is basically Lumpy from Happy Tree Friends, they also look very simular with the head shape
There was a theory I heard years ago about Brian's character shift. The theory is that he is falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and that his personality shifted because of his addiction. I can see this happening since Brian is rarely seen without some sort of booze in his hand. I have known people like Brian that did undergo this shift due to addiction in general, so it is probably not far off.
That or the writers seriously hate the character.
You know Brian actually drank more in the early seasons then he does today.
@@Brand-New-Adventures True. But that was a theory from a long time ago.
@witecatj6007 it's really not, in the past 4 to 5 seasons, he's been drunk around 4 or 5 times,
He always used to be at the clam, and I'm pretty sure the last time he was there was 3 years ago.
I like Brian in the earlier seasons❤❤❤❤ keep up the good work girl
He was the straight man in the early years
HAHA WHAT'S WITH YOUR PARTNERS ACCENT!!!🤣
I just found out what they did. I last watched the show around 2002. I saw only the Star Wars Blue Harvest episode since then. I was kinda confused that it was a little darker than I remembered (I must have missed the second episode of season 2, as I was particularly confused by the grandfather character), but it wasn't a regular episode, so I forgot about it. Then I tried discussing the show with my dad, and he seemed confused by my opinions. Then a couple days ago I saw a review of the episode where Brian's son got Brian a job.
My confusion mounted when I heard the review start out talking about how despicable Brian is, calling him the most evil character.
I felt baffled, I thought he was the sweetest character. I remembered liking him a lot and even feeling strong emotions towards Brian episodes.
Thankfully the reviewer made an offhand comment about how season 3 Brian was much nicer. So I found your review, confirming that I'm not crazy, Brian actually was genuinely kind and loveable.
Why they thought character assassination was a good idea confounds me.
Hi Lydia I have idea a joe swanson family tree and kermit timeline
That episode was a reference to the book to kill a mockingbird
nah man this has made me pissed, your telling me cause seth mcfarline left the writing room they have intentionally made him a worse character it is a difference if he had arcs or made him learn new lessons that stuck. but he repeats the same shit different week it is unfortunate to see a personal favourite character go to shit
I still like how he still cares for Stewie no matter what.