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'''Lois Griffin''' is a [[cartoon character]] on the TV show ''[[Family Guy]]'', by [[Seth MacFarlane]]. Lois is voiced by [[Alex Borstein]].

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Born into the wealthy [[Pewterschmidt]] family, Lois gave up her inheritance in order to marry [[Peter Griffin]], whom she met while he was a towel boy at her family's country club. Lois fell in love with Peter because she found his lower-class, easy-going silliness more appealing than the stuffy, uptight suitors in her wealthy social circle. As a teenager, Lois was crowned Miss Teen Rhode Island and wanted to pursue a modelling career, but didn't because her father thought that was beneath the dignity of the family.

| name = Lois Griffin

| series = [[Family Guy]]

| image = Lois Griffin.png

| alt = A cartoon drawing of a lady with red hair or ginger hair, with her hand on her hip, red hair, and a blue-green blouse with tan pants.

| first = "[[Death Has a Shadow]]" (1999)

| creator = [[Seth MacFarlane]]

| designer = Seth MacFarlane

| voice = [[Alex Borstein]]

| full_name = Lois Patrice Griffin

| occupation = [[Housewife]]<br /> [[Piano pedagogy|Piano Instructor]]<br /> [[Flight attendant|Flight Attendant]]<br />[[Model (person)|Model]]<br /> Former [[Mayor]]<br /> [[Journalist]]<br /> [[Women's boxing|Boxer]]<br /> [[Retail clerk|Retail Worker]]

| family = [[Carter Pewterschmidt]] (father)<br />[[Barbara Pewterschmidt]] (mother)<br />[[Patrick Pewterschmidt]] (brother)<br />[[Carol Pewterschmidt]] (sister)<br />Tatum Pewterschmidt (adoptive sister)

| spouse = [[Peter Griffin]]

| children = [[Meg Griffin]] (daughter)<br />[[Chris Griffin]] (son)<br />[[Stewie Griffin]] (son)

| relatives = Marguerite Pewterschmidt (aunt; deceased)

| nationality = [[United States|American]]

| gender = Female

| lbl22 = Age

| data22 = 43

| data23 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes

| office = Mayor of [[Quahog, Rhode Island|Quahog]] <br> (Temporarily)

| term_start = May 13, 2007

| term_end = May 27, 2007

| predecessor = [[Adam West (Family Guy)|Adam West]]

| successor = Adam West

}}

| home = [[Quahog, Rhode Island]]

}}

'''Lois Patrice Griffin''' ({{née}} '''Pewterschmidt''')<!-- She goes by her married name, not "Pewterschmidt" --> is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''[[Family Guy]]''. She is voiced by [[Alex Borstein]] and first appeared in the show's pilot episode, "[[Death Has a Shadow]]", on January 31, 1999. Writer [[Seth MacFarlane]] created and designed Lois after his 1995 student film, ''[[The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve|The Life of Larry]]'', was picked up by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] for a series order. Lois is the [[matriarch]] of the [[Griffin family]]. She and her husband [[Peter Griffin|Peter]] have three children: [[Meg Griffin|Meg]], [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], and [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]].

Before meeting Peter, Lois had several relationships with other men. The following were her stated relationships, revealed over the course of the series: [[J. Geils Band|J. Geils]], the "pyro guy" from the band [[Whitesnake]] and Chaim Witz (aka [[Gene Simmons]] of [[KISS (band)|KISS]]), a fact of which Peter was very proud when he learned of it in the episode ''The Road to Europe''. Lois was also known to the members of KISS as "Loose Lois". She also had an apparent relationship with an unseen man named Stan Thompson, who is allegedly [[Megan Griffin|Meg's]] real father. There is also an indication that Peter may not be Stewie's father either; in the direct-to-[[DVD]] ''Family Guy'' movie (''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story''), the plot revolves around Stewie's search for his "real" father.

==Role in ''Family Guy''==

Lois teaches [[piano]] in order to supplement the family's income, though spends most of her time caring for her family. Her first son, [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], was unusually heavy at birth (there is a newspaper clipping on the refrigerator with a picture of Lois in a hospital bed looking extremely haggard and holding Chris; the caption reads "Elephant Child Born to Local Woman"), while her youngest son [[Stewie Griffin|Stewie]] is intent on killing her, though she seems oblivious to this.

Lois Griffin was born to affluent [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|WASP]] parents, [[Carter Pewterschmidt|Carter]] and [[Barbara Pewterschmidt]]. It is revealed in the episode "[[Family Goy]]" that her mother is actually a [[Jewish American]] [[Holocaust survivor]] who [[Crypto-Judaism|concealed her Judaism]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/celebrities/jt/celebrities/lois_griffin/|title=Lois Griffin - Something To Stewie About?|work=Baltimore Jewish Times|date=October 7, 2009 |access-date=June 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924034312/http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/celebrities/jt/celebrities/lois_griffin/|archive-date=September 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_seth_macfarlane_outs_baby_stewie_in_family_guy_hes_gay_macfarlane_says_in_playbo.html|___location=New York|work=Daily News|title=Elliptical vs. treadmill: Which will give you the better workout?|date=August 13, 2009|access-date=June 15, 2011|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918100958/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_seth_macfarlane_outs_baby_stewie_in_family_guy_hes_gay_macfarlane_says_in_playbo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> though Lois was raised a [[Protestant]]. Lois and the rest of the Griffins live in the fictional city of [[Quahog, Rhode Island]], which is modeled after [[Cranston, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Family Guy writer at Bryant |journal=The Providence Journal |date=September 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hines |first=Michael |title=''Family'' funny business |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E1DD1E39F93AA15752C0A96F958260 |title=TV Weekend; Where Matricide Is a Family Value |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 29, 1999 |access-date=November 23, 2008 |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218205930/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E1DD1E39F93AA15752C0A96F958260 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lois speaks with a distinctive nasal [[New England accent]]. In the episode "[[A Lot Going on Upstairs]]", Lois’s drivers license reveals that her height is {{height|ft=5|in=8|abbr=mos}}. Lois primarily works as a [[housewife]] throughout the series, though she did give piano lessons in early episodes. She has also had various jobs in single episodes such as in "[[FOX-y Lady]]", where she becomes the new reporter for [[Fox News Channel]], in "[[It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]]", Lois is elected the mayor of Quahog, and in "[[Call Girl (Family Guy)|Call Girl]]" Lois gets a job doing [[phone sex]]. In the episode "[[Take a Letter (Family Guy)|Take a Letter]]", Lois works at post office. In the episode "[[Dammit Janet!]]" Lois gets a job as a [[flight attendant]]. Lois is a championship [[Boxing|boxer]]<ref>{{Citation |title="Family Guy" Baby, You Knock Me Out (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758140/ |language=en-US |access-date=2023-02-24 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224121620/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758140/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who retires with an undefeated record of 18–0 in the episode "[[Baby, You Knock Me Out]]". Lois is also a [[Black belt (martial arts)|Black belt]] in [[Taijutsu|Tae-Jitsu]],<ref>{{Citation |title="Family Guy" Lethal Weapons (TV Episode 2001) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576946/ |language=en-US |access-date=2023-02-24 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224115007/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576946/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which she quickly achieved in the episode "[[Lethal Weapons]]". In "[[The Fat Guy Strangler]]", Lois is revealed to have a murderous brother.

==Character==

As such, she engages in the lengthiest actual conversations with her daughter [[Meg Griffin|Meg]], giving advice and so forth.

===Creation===

While still in college, ''Family Guy'' creator [[Seth MacFarlane]] created a cartoon short called ''[[The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve#The Life of Larry (1995)|The Life of Larry]]''.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 5, 2006|url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html|title=''Family Guy'' Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day|work=Harvard Gazette|access-date=October 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418134025/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/05.11/03-classday.html|archive-date=April 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The short centered around a middle-aged man named Larry and his anthropomorphic dog Steve; other characters are his patient wife Lois and his overweight teenage son Milt.<ref name="GreatReporter">{{cite news|url=http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/11/|title=Seth MacFarlane&nbsp;– he's the "Family Guy"|access-date=October 18, 2009|last=Bartlett|first=James|date=March 12, 2007|work=The Great Reporter|publisher=Presswire Limited|archive-date=August 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807160047/http://greatreporter.com/content/seth-macfarlane-he-s-family-guy|url-status=live}}</ref> He made a sequel called ''[[The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve#Larry & Steve (1997)|Larry & Steve]]'', which [[Cartoon Network]] broadcast in 1997.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cartoonist MacFarlane funny guy of Fox's 'Family' Subversive voice of series is his|date=January 29, 1999|work=[[USA Today]]|author=Graham, Jefferson|page=7E}}</ref> In 1999, MacFarlane was working for [[Hanna-Barbera Studios]], writing for shows such as ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', and ''[[Cow and Chicken]]''.<ref name="Yahoovid">{{cite news|author=MacFarlane, Seth|year=2006|url=http://au.video.yahoo.com/watch/1929627/2891929 |title=Inside Media at MTR (2006): ''Family Guy'' 2|work=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Video]]|publisher=[[The Paley Center for Media]]|access-date=October 18, 2009}}</ref> The short caught the eye of [[20th Century Fox]] representatives, who asked him to create a TV series revolving around the characters.<ref name="GreatReporter"/> MacFarlane was given a [[US $]]50,000 budget to develop a pilot for the show, which was about one twentieth of what most pilots cost.<ref name="Yahoovid"/> MacFarlane claims to have drawn inspiration from several sitcoms, including ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[All in the Family]]''.<ref name="Road to">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p10.html|title=Interview with Seth MacFarlane|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=December 9, 2009|archive-date=December 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203212259/http://movies.ign.com/articles/429/429628p10.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Several premises were also carried over from several 1980s [[Saturday morning cartoons]] he watched as a child, namely ''[[The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang]]'', and ''[[Rubik, the Amazing Cube]]''.<ref name="MacFarlaneTIME">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844711,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926152756/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1844711,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 26, 2008|title=Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane|last=Cruz|first=Gilbert|date=September 26, 2008|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 28, 2009}}</ref>

In three months, MacFarlane created the Griffin family and developed a pilot for the show he called ''Family Guy''.<ref name="FastCompany">{{cite news |work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]] |author=Dean, Josh |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/family-values.html?page=0%2C3 |title=Seth MacFarlane's $2 Billion Family Guy Empire |date=October 13, 2008 |access-date=October 18, 2009 |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101074242/http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/family-values.html?page=0%2C3 |url-status=live }}</ref> Brian's character was largely based on Steve from the ''Larry and Steve'' cartoon, with Larry serving as the primary basis of the Peter character. While Larry and Peter's wives share the same name, they do not resemble one another. Peter's son Chris, by contrast, harbors a design similarity to Larry's son Milt. Stewie and Meg were new characters that were completely new at the time, and were not based on old Seth MacFarlane characters.<ref name="AWN">{{cite news |url=http://www.awn.com/news/events/cartoon-network-pilots-screened-asifa-east-nycs-school-visual-arts |title=Cartoon Network Pilots Screened by ASIFA East at NYC's School of Visual Arts |author=Strike, Joe |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=October 18, 2009 |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013181729/http://www.awn.com/news/events/cartoon-network-pilots-screened-asifa-east-nycs-school-visual-arts |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter's personality was also inspired by a friend of his father who fell asleep while watching the 1993 film ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]''.<ref name="Weinraub">{{cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |title=The Young Guy of 'Family Guy' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/arts/television/07SETH.html?th=&pagewanted=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207134913/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/07/arts/television/07SETH.html?th=&pagewanted=all |url-status=dead |work=The New York Times |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |date=July 7, 2004|access-date=October 18, 2009}}</ref> The network executives were impressed with the pilot and ordered thirteen episodes, giving MacFarlane a $2 million per-season contract.<ref name="FastCompany"/>

There is a curious [[duality]] to Lois' personality. She can be vacuous at times, and seems to come across as what many [[modern]] [[United States|Americans]] would (perhaps erroneously) term a "typical [[mother]]". However, this is in strong contrast to her other role in the series as a firebrand, and a strong woman who is exceedingly capable. This duality is best expressed in the character's own words:

"I'm like one of those bald eagles you see at the zoo. Beautiful to look at, but mess with one of my chicks and I'll use my razor sharp talons to claw your fuckin' eyes out! Cookies are ready!" (The actual swear word in that sentence was obscured by the oven buzzing to indicate the cookies were done). In "[[A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas]]", she has a nervous breakdown when just everything goes wrong, throws a destructive tantrum, and has to be subdued with a [[tranquilizer|tranq]].

===Voice===

Lois has some unexpected talents. She can calculate the street value of confiscated drugs with ease ("[[The Thin White Line]]"), and is a skilled [[lounge music|lounge]] singer.

[[File:Alex Borstein by Gage Skidmore 4 (retouched).jpg|alt=A caucasian woman with black hair tied back, smiling into a microphone, with a vague symbol behind her.|thumb|180px|[[Alex Borstein]] is the voice of Lois Griffin.]]

Lois Griffin is voiced by [[Television producer|producer]] and staff writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.film.com/celebrities/alex-borstein/14744926|title=Alex Borstein from Family Guy|work=[[Film.com]]|access-date=August 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428042209/http://www.film.com/celebrities/alex-borstein/14744926|archive-date=April 28, 2009}}</ref> [[Alex Borstein]] who also voices recurring characters such as [[Asia]]n reporter [[Tricia Takanawa]], [[Loretta Brown]] and Lois' mother [[Barbara Pewterschmidt]].<ref name="MetromixLois">{{cite news|url=http://newyork.metromix.com/events/article/q-and-a-alex/782347/content|title=Q&A: Alex Borstein |last=Miller|first=Kirk|date=November 19, 2008|work=[[Metromix]]|access-date=August 28, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218150554/http://newyork.metromix.com/events/article/q-and-a-alex/782347/content|archive-date=February 18, 2012}}</ref> Borstein has been part of the main voice cast from the beginning of the series including the pilot, and has voiced Lois from the start.<ref name=inter/>{{quote box|align=left|width=30em|quote="I was doing this character in a stage show, so I brought that over, which was very slow... that was based on my cousin in Long Island and Seth said that 'It would be a four hour show if you talked at that pace so could you make it quicker and raise it?'.

"Over the years you can notice that it started lower and slower and it's gotten higher and higher and quicker and quicker."|source=Alex Borstein, on Lois Griffin's Origins, Interview with ''[[IGN]]''.<ref name=inter>{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/824085/familyguy/videos/fg_alex_int_tagged_1200.html|title=Family Guy TV Behind the Scenes - Alex Borstein As Lois Griffin|work=[[IGN]]|last=Haque|first=Ahsan|date=2007-10-31|access-date=2010-08-18|df=mdy-all|archive-date=March 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311045358/http://tv.ign.com/dor/objects/824085/familyguy/videos/fg_alex_int_tagged_1200.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

Lois' [[morals]] can seem questionable at times. In addition to being a long-time counterfeiter (making 10-dollar bills), she also went through a brief addiction to shoplifting ("[[Breaking Out is Hard to Do]]"). More on her questionable morality can be seen in some quotes of hers, on wikiquote. [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Family_Guy#Lois_Griffin].

At the time when ''Family Guy'' was being developed, Borstein was working in the [[sketch comedy]], ''[[MADtv]]''.<ref name=inter/> She was asked to audition by a member of the ''MADtv'' staff who was helping MacFarlane develop the show. She had not met MacFarlane or seen any artwork and said it was "really sight unseen".<ref name=inter/><ref name="TVGLois">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/alex-borstein-lois-36289/|title=Alex Borstein (Lois) Laughs at the Once-Dead ''Family Guy''{{'}}s Longevity|date=November 13, 2006|work=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=December 27, 2022|archive-date=January 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119031921/https://www.tvguide.com/news/alex-borstein-lois-36289/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, she was doing a stage show in [[Los Angeles]], in which she played a redhead mother, whose voice she had based on one of her cousins from Long Island, New York.<ref name="MetromixLois"/><ref name="TVGLois"/> She took the voice of the character to the set and used it for Lois. The voice was originally slower; when MacFarlane heard it, he asked her to make it faster and higher. Borstein has noted that the voice of Lois has been changing from the slower original voice to the quicker up tempo voice of the present episodes.<ref name=inter/>

Lois was raised [[Protestant]], for which Peter's staunch [[Catholic]] father, Francis, despises her; on their [[wedding]] day, Francis spray-painted "To a Protestant Whore" underneath the "Just Married" sign on the back of their car. She and Peter presumably raise their children in the [[Catholic Church|Church]], but Francis still hates her.

There have been rare occasions where Borstein does not voice Lois, such as in the episode "[[Road to the Multiverse]]", where Lois is instead voiced by Japanese actress Kei Ogawa, who was required for a scene where everything in the world was Japanese (she also did the voice of Meg for the scene).<ref name="cast">{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/episode/217820/castcrew|title=Family Guy&nbsp;– Road to the Multiverse&nbsp;– Cast and Crew|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=April 4, 2010|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615055718/http://tv.yahoo.com/episode/217820/castcrew|url-status=live}}</ref>

A strange backstory (probably intended as a joke) for Lois is shown in the episode "[[Lethal Weapons]]". A flashback shows her as a circus show freak chanting "Me likey bouncey!" pictured as a "cavegirl" in a purple leopard-skin toga-style garment on a trampoline. There was no attempt to mesh that backstory with the wealthy Pewterschmidt backstory, nor was it ever mentioned in any subsequent episode.

===Personality===

When Lois appeared on Diane Simmons's talk show, an onscreen title described her as "Probably more of a bitch than she lets on." (To which Lois responds, "Oh, go f**k yourself, Diane.")

Lois's personality has evolved throughout the episodes. She is commonly the voice of reason to Peter's tomfoolery and shenanigans, but in some episodes she can act darker than normal and sometimes shows a taste for [[sadomasochism]]. In the episode "[[The Son Also Draws]]", Lois had a [[gambling]] addiction when the family went to a [[Native American gaming|Native American casino]] and lost the family car. In the episode "[[Model Misbehavior]]", Lois becomes a [[bulimic]] model. However, in "[[Sibling Rivalry (Family Guy)|Sibling Rivalry]]", just the opposite happens where Lois gains a ton of weight after Peter has a [[vasectomy]] and loses his sex drive. After outgrowing Peter's size, she discovers she enjoys being fat, leading to a new sex life where she lets Peter force feed her junk food so she can continue to grow bigger and fatter. "[[Stuck Together, Torn Apart]]" shows Peter and Lois splitting up because of Peter's jealousy, only to discover that Lois has the same jealousy. The two then decide to live together again despite their mutually jealous nature.<ref name="glue">{{cite episode|title=Stuck Together, Torn Apart|episode-link=Stuck Together, Torn Apart|series=Family Guy|credits=Writ.: Hentemann, Mark; Dir.: DiMartino, Michael Dante|network=[[Fox Broadcasting Company]]|airdate=January 31, 2002|season=3|number=19}}</ref>

===Sexuality===

In Season 4, it was revealed that what Lois didn't realize was that she had acquired a [[tumor]] in her brain while [[repression|repressing]] the feelings and thoughts of what kind of man she married, especially one with [[mental retardation]]. She puts up with his childish stupidity and hides how she TRULY feels about him, but at a hidden price.

Several episodes have suggested that Lois is [[bisexuality|bisexual]] or, at least, [[bi-curious]]. In an interview, Borstein stated that Lois became "a little more snarky and sassy and sexual" since the first season, to challenge "those sitcom rules that a woman is supposed to be a total wet blanket and not like sex and is no fun".<ref name="TVGLois"/> In the first straight-to-DVD feature, ''Stewie Griffin, The Untold Story'', Lois also states, "women are such teases. That's why I went back to men." She reveals in "[[Partial Terms of Endearment]]" that she had a lesbian affair with Naomi while they were students at [[Salve Regina University]], and she passionately kisses Meg's lesbian classmate Sarah in "[[Brian Sings and Swings]]". Lois fantasizes about running away with Target cashier Esparanza in "[[Prescription Heroine]]". In the pilot episode for ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', she and Bonnie make out to fulfill Cleveland, Peter, Quagmire, and Brian's wishes.

==TriviaReception==

===Commendations===

*In the original pilot pitch for FOX, Lois was blonde rather than redheaded.

Lois Griffin ranked number 12 spot on "IGN's Top 25 Family Guy Characters".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=IGN|date=May 27, 2009|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/28/igns-top-25-family-guy-characters|title=IGN's Top 25 Family Guy Characters|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135316/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/28/igns-top-25-family-guy-characters|url-status=live}}</ref> In "IGN's top 10 musical moments in Family Guy" ranked number three spot with the song, "This House Is Freakin' Sweet" from the episode, "[[Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater]]", (season 2, 1999).<ref name="Musical Moments">{{cite web|publisher=IGN|last=Haque|first=Ahsan|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/04/family-guy-top-10-musical-moments|title=Family Guy: Top 10 Musical Moments|date=March 4, 2009|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135315/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/04/family-guy-top-10-musical-moments|url-status=live}}</ref> In "IGN's Family Guy: Top 10 Fights", Lois ranked on two places, in number seven and number six for Lois's fight with Stewie in "[[Stewie Kills Lois/Lois Kills Stewie|Lois Kills Stewie]]" and in the Griffin Family Fight from "[[Family Guy (season 3)#ep35|Lethal Weapons]]", respectively.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=IGN|last=Haque|first=Ahsan|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/28/family-guy-top-10-fights|title=Family Guy: Top 10 Fights|date=July 28, 2009|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220135317/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/07/28/family-guy-top-10-fights|url-status=live}}</ref>

*The second season episode ''Lethal Weapons'' suggests that Lois is going to randomly explode when she turns 50 because when Stewie was in her [[uterus]] he planted a bomb. Stewie said "my first act of violence was that ticking time-bomb I left in your uterus. Happy 50th birthday Lois!" (Dialogue from other episodes seems to indicate Lois is 40 years old as of Season 3).

*Lois wanted to go to her school dance as a teenager, but couldn't because she and her date were kidnapped for ransom. Her father refused to pay when talking to her on the phone and oblivious to her pleas, hangs up and go's back to his newspaper telling his wife "She'll be fine" (and she was, because she lived to marry Peter)

==Legacy==

[[Category:Family Guy characters|Griffin, Lois]]

[[Category:Fictional Catholics|Griffin, Lois]]

===Appearances in other media===

Lois has had several television appearances outside of ''Family Guy''. She and Peter both had a cameo on ''[[Drawn Together]]'' in the episode "The Lemon-AIDS Walk" where she was voiced by Borstein. She, along with the rest of her family, appeared on ''[[South Park]]'' in the episodes "[[Cartoon Wars Part I]]" and "[[Cartoon Wars Part II|Part II]]". In the ''Family Guy'' [[parodies]] of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[original trilogy]] titled "[[Blue Harvest (Family Guy)|Blue Harvest]]", "[[Something, Something, Something, Dark Side]]" and "[[It's a Trap!|It's A Trap]]" which are parodies of ''[[Star Wars (film)|A New Hope]]'', ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' respectively,<ref>{{cite web|title=Family Guy Presents :Blue Harvest|work=Family guyblueharvest.com|url=http://www.familyguyblueharvestdvd.com|access-date=November 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922041416/http://www.familyguyblueharvestdvd.com/|archive-date=September 22, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/tv/article/family-guy-something-something-something-dark-side-92835|title=Family Guy: Something Something Something Dark Side |publisher=Crave Online|last=Firecloud|first=Johnny|access-date=December 25, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221064114/http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/tv/article/family-guy-something-something-something-dark-side-92835|archive-date=December 21, 2009}}</ref> Lois appears as [[Princess Leia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/24/sundays-with-seth-cleveland-strikes-back/|title=Sundays With Seth: Cleveland Strikes Back|last=Hughes|first=Jason|publisher=TV Squad|date=May 24, 2010|access-date=May 25, 2010|archive-date=June 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605121747/http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/24/sundays-with-seth-cleveland-strikes-back/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lois, and most of the central characters on ''Family Guy'', also appeared in the [[Pilot (The Cleveland Show)|pilot episode]] of the show's spin-off ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reviews_21/Cleveland_Show_acquired_lack_of_taste.asp|title=Cleveland Show, acquired lack of taste|author=Conroy, Tom|work=Media Life Magazine|date=October 8, 2009|access-date=October 19, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014223117/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reviews_21/Cleveland_Show_acquired_lack_of_taste.asp|archive-date=October 14, 2009}}</ref> She came in at No. 85 out of 100 on ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'''s 2012 Hot 100.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/amanda-knox-joins-bar-refaeli-lois-griffin-maxim-hot-100-list-article-1.1082508|___location=New York|work=Daily News|first=Nina|last=Mandell|title=Amanda Knox makes Maxim Hot 100 list|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=May 25, 2012|archive-date=May 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526005516/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/amanda-knox-joins-bar-refaeli-lois-griffin-maxim-hot-100-list-article-1.1082508?|url-status=live}}</ref> She also appears in HBO's ''[[Animals (American TV series)|Animals]]'' Season 2 episode, "Pigeon". She, along with the family, appeared in a ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode, "[[Homerland]]", and the short film ''[[May the 12th Be with You]]'', along with her daughter Meg, and sons Chris and Stewie.

===Merchandise===

Lois is also featured on the ''[[Family Guy: Live in Vegas]]'' CD,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Fea_Ent_D_familyguy.stuff.581fa.html|title='Family Guy' goes beyond TV with CD, movie|work=[[Press-Enterprise]]|author=Owen, Rob|author-link=Rob Owen (journalist)|date=May 1, 2005|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=July 20, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720234011/http://www.pe.com/entertainment/stories/PE_Fea_Ent_D_familyguy.stuff.581fa.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and plays a significant part in ''[[Family Guy Video Game!]]'', the first ''Family Guy'' video game, which was released by [[2K Games]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title='Family Guy' makes for simple-but-funny gaming|date=November 24, 2006|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]}}</ref> Borstein recorded exclusive material of Lois for a 2007 [[Family Guy (pinball)|pinball machine of the show]] by [[Stern Pinball]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Family Guy pinball is freakin' sweet|author=Finley, Adam|publisher=[[TV Squad]]|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/03/family-guy-pinball-is-freakin-sweet/|date=February 3, 2007|access-date=October 19, 2009|archive-date=September 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912203742/http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/03/family-guy-pinball-is-freakin-sweet/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, the first series of ''Family Guy'' toy figurines was released by [[Mezco Toyz]], each member of the Griffin family had their own, except for Stewie, of whom two different figures were made.<ref>{{cite news|title=Here's the Offbeat Stuff that true geeks are made of|work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|author=Clodfelter, Tim|date=November 11, 2004|page=33}}</ref> Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures have been released, with various forms of Peter.<ref>{{cite news|last=Szadkowski|first=Joseph|work=[[The Washington Times]]|date=June 3, 2006|title=Undead monster doomed to wander the high seas}}</ref>

As of 2009, six books have been released about the ''Family Guy'' universe, all published by [[HarperCollins]] since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/search/index.aspx?kw=family+guy|title=Search results: Family Guy|work=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=August 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102055402/http://www.harpercollins.com/search/index.aspx?kw=family%2Bguy|archive-date=January 2, 2011}}</ref> These include ''[[Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]]'' ({{ISBN|978-0-7528-7593-4}}), which covers the entire events of the episode "[[It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One]]",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061143328/Family_Guy_It_takes_a_Village_Idiot_and_I_Married_One/index.aspx|title=Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One|work=HarperCollins|access-date=December 26, 2008|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208074710/http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780061143328/Family_Guy_It_takes_a_Village_Idiot_and_I_Married_One/index.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded'' ({{ISBN|978-1-4051-6316-3}}), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers which include Lois as a character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartwick.edu/x21175.xml|title=Philosophy Professor Jeremy Wisnewski Publishes Book on ''Family Guy''|work=[[Hartwick College]]|access-date=August 23, 2009|date=September 18, 2007|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527204648/http://www.hartwick.edu/x21175.xml|archive-date=May 27, 2010}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110902023802/http://www.fox.com/familyguy/bios/lois-griffin Lois Griffin] at Fox.com

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