Chris Griffin
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| Family Guy character | |
| Christopher Cross Griffin | |
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| Hometown: | Quahog, Rhode Island |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 5'6" |
| Weight: | 230 lbs. |
| Age: | 13 |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Heritage: | Irish, plus partially African-American |
| First Episode Appearance: | "Death Has a Shadow" |
| Voice Actor: | Seth Green |
Christopher Cross Griffin, known almost exclusively as Chris, is the 13-year-old fictional son of Peter and Lois Griffin in the popular television cartoon series Family Guy. He is voiced by actor Seth Green. He lacks intelligence and common sense (possibly inherited from his father) but is shown to have enormous hidden gifts, particularly as an artist, and occasionally makes a single very insightful comment from out of nowhere, as in the episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame". Chris can also be unusually knowledgeable, like in the episode "Deep Throats", he explains in great depth the effects of marijuana. He is often tormented by an evil monkey who lives in his closet.
From birth Chris was overweight (a newspaper clipping on the Griffins' fridge shows an exhausted Lois holding a baby Chris with the headline "Local Woman Gives Birth to Elephant Baby"). In the episode "He's Too Sexy For His Fat", Chris started an exercise regimen with Peter's help with no results. Peter took him to a cosmetic surgeon, but Chris eventually rejected the idea of liposuction, though Peter did not. Chris has an extremely large penis, a fact of which Peter was envious ("And the Wiener is..."). Chris goes to James Woods High School as a freshman.
When the Griffin home seceded from the United States in the episode "E. Peterbus Unum", Chris was head of their "space program", albeit an unsuccessful one. At some point in his life Stewie controlled Chris to do his bidding, until a microwave short-circuted the mind control devise and he tried to kill Stewie. In the fourth season episode "Brian the Bachelor", Chris developed a pimple, which he named Doug the Pimple, that could speak and even, at one point, hold a gun. It compelled him to commit various acts of mischief around Quahog. The plotline is a loose allusion to the plot of Little Shop of Horrors, yet another Family Guy reference to musical theater. In the episode "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do", Chris was pulled into a-Ha's "Take On Me" video. In the episode Jungle Love, Chris gets married in South America.
Like his sister, Meg, Chris is a loner. His best friend was a tree until Peter "killed" the tree by shotgun in "Da Boom" when Chris insisted on bringing it along on their trip, to Peter's disapproval.
Chris was originally given a "punk" image, according to creator Seth McFarlane's various DVD Commentary tracks. He wore earrings, and his painful awkwardness was not as emphasized as it was later in the series. Lois and Stewie were other characters to undergo major yet gradual character changes in this manner.
Chris' talent for painting was discovered when Peter used a painting Chris gave him as a birthday gift to patch up a broken window in his car. When Antonio Monatti, a snobby New York City gallery owner, sees this painting, he takes Chris to New York, dresses him in different clothes and renames him Cristobel. The gallery owner also distances Chris from his father. The unveiling of Christobel's latest piece, an Andy Warhol-esque portrait of his father, dashes Chris' career as a painter, and the family returns to Quahog.
In the direct-to-video Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, the future Chris Griffin is a traffic cop married to a smoking, foul-mouthed hustler named Vanessa. Like his father, Chris is overweight in adulthood and stupid.
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Evil Monkey
Image:Evilmonkey.jpg An evil monkey lives in Chris's closet and frequently threatens to kill him. However, whenever Chris tries to explain the evil monkey to his family, they dismiss him.
The Evil Monkey also seems to enjoy smoking pot when Chris isn't around, a nod to Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused. Chris seems to inexplicably know that the Evil Monkey wasn't always evil; in one episode, he relates how he had come home from work one day to find his wife with another monkey, and it seems he's been bitter and angry ever since. It is still unknown how he came to live in Chris's closet.
The Evil Monkey seems to have a lookalike relative in Asiantown.
However, it is possible that the Evil Monkey merely harasses Chris for amusement and can be intimidated by Chris due to Chris remarking "I am in no mood!" when the Evil Monkey begins to threaten him.
In the episode Jungle Love, when the family finds out that Chris is staying permanently in South America, there is a quick scene of The Evil Monkey in tears, which could show his affectionate side for Chris. Likewise, this demonstrates his love of tormenting Chris and how big a part the boy is in his life.
Herbert
An elderly man named Herbert is seen with Chris from time to time. His dialogue implies that he is a pedophile, but Chris doesn't seem to realize it. He has lusted after many teenagers, but Chris seems to be right for him, although he may have stopped chasing after Chris sometime in Season 4. Note: Herbert rhymes with "pervert" and he has a dog named Jesse that is like a mirror image of him in a way.
Herbert's appearances include:
- To Live and Die in Dixie: In his first appearance, Chris is delivering newspapers to his house, and he tries to get Chris to come inside his house. His views on women are, "Who needs 'em?", revealing he may also be a misogynist. At the end, he leaves 113 messages on the phone, and they're all about Chris.
- From Method to Madness: He sees Jeff Campbell, a teenage nudist, and says "Holy moly, it must be my birthday!"
- North by North Quahog: He disguises himself (unconvincingly) as an eighth-grader and is asking two boys to dance. Brian points out that he is "one ugly eighth-grader". "You don't wanna hurt yourself dancing. Make sure you stretch out those creamy hamstrings."
- Petarded: When they are singing the song after Peter is tested and found to be retarded, you can see him dancing near the end of the song.
- Brian the Bachelor: When Chris takes his shirt off in the bathroom, he climbs up a ladder and spies on him, mimicking a scene in Animal House.
- The Perfect Castaway: He asks Brian for a car disguised as an ice-cream truck to lure children in.
- The Courtship of Stewie's Father This whole episode has a plot involving him. It is revealed that his name is Herbert, and he also has a crippled dog named Jesse, who mirrors him. Chris breaks his window with a baseball, and Lois decides to pay for the broken window out of Chris' allowance. At Herbert's suggestion, Peter makes Chris do chores for Herbert. He later takes Chris out to dinner. At that point, he fantasizes life with Chris, as his husband, for he sees himself as the wife, dressed as Donna Reed. He also does a musical number, which happens to be a parody of Little Shop Of Horrors, which involves things that are extremely outdated, such as "watching Lucy on a big enormous 12-inch screen", and seeing the kids play Howdy Doody. In his family, he and Chris have two children, a boy who resembles Chris, and a girl who resembles Herbert. He doesn't seem to realize a same-sex marriage cannot result in biological children. At the last scene of the episode, he turns on the TV to an announcement of the Little League World Series. He responds and perks up: "Jackpot!"
- Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story: He is heard during the intermission asking, "Chris do you have a shower scene? Or do I have to keep dreamin'?"
Name
There has been some speculation as to where Chris Griffin's middle name of "Cross" was given. Some theorize that it is a tribute to youth 90s group Kris Kross, while others think it is a tribute to adult contemporary artist Christopher Cross.
Quotes
- Chris: Hey Meg, I'm thinking of a word right now, but it's not "kitty".
Meg: Is it "kitty?"
Chris: GET OUT OF MY HEAD! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
- Peter: Whoever invents the best toy this winter gets a big raise!
Chris: Hey dad, why don't you invent the frisbee? That's an awesome toy!
Meg: That's already been invented, doofus.
Chris: Then how come I never heard of it? - Chris: Mom, I'm afraid if I fall sleep the hurricane's gonna sneak up and give me a vasectomy!
- Lois: Where have you been?
Chris: (After falling out of the a-ha spoof video to the "normal" Family Guy world) I DON'T KNOW! - Chris: At least I get some time away from the evil monkey in my closet.
- Chris: My dad's smarter than your dad!
Meg: We have the same dad!
Chris: Yeah, but mine's smarter! - Chris: Hi, my name's Chris. I've been told to be on my best behavior and not mention poo. Oh God, what have I done?!
- Lois Griffin: Peter, where's Chris?
Chris: I love you She-Hulk.
Security Guard: All right son, I'm going to need those two hams back.
Chris: I... I don't have any hams.
Security Guard: Lift up your shirt son.
Chris: I need an adult! I need an adult!
Security Guard: You're not a shoplifter, you're just a fat kid. Sorry about that fatty, fat, fatty. Hey Tom, he's just a fat kid. Aren't ya fatty? He's a big ol' fat kid. Here's some chocolate fatso.
Chris: Thanks. - (in Asiantown, Chris towing man in a rickshaw) Chris Griffin: Where ya from?
Asian: Tokyo.
Chris: Oh, Tokyo. Nice place, Tokyo. Lotta people though.
Asian: Yep.
Chris: I knew one guy who ran a business in To-(Asian rolls up rearview veil)... this used to be a people business, but now, I don't know... - Peter: I know what you mean. Chris has finally figured out how to get at the Twinkie.
Chris (is laying on the floor to get at the Twinkie, connected to a stick and string on his head.) Haha! I'm going to make you into poo!
Trivia
- Chris is apparently the only member of his immediate family who has never killed (directly or indirectly) anyone (or anything). Peter has killed the dragon Cybill Shepherd, (as mentioned above) a tree which Chris regarded as his best friend, and has been involved in an accident with Lois which resulted in the death of a truck driver. Meg has killed Dick Clark and (though only implied) an unnamed younger sister, Stewie has killed the cult leader of the fictional "Heaven's Helpers" cult, and Brian has run over Dean Koontz.