Editing Family Guy

{{Title|''Family Guy''}}
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'''''Family Guy''''' is an American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. It was created by [[Seth MacFarlane]] for Fox Broadcasting Company in 1999. The show uses frequent "cutaway gags", jokes in the form of tangential vignettes that do not advance the story. The show is criticized for using story premises and humor similar to those used in episodes of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', another animated series on the Fox network.<ref>{{cite web
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| quote = You know, it's funny. Matt Groening and I actually have a great relationship. We've talked several times in the past few weeks and joked about this. One day out of nowhere this rumor pops up in papers and magazines. Actually, it was probably one comment that was taken out of context in ''Blender''. Matt's just a cool guy, and fortunately neither of us was ruffled by any of that stuff. We just laughed it off.
}}</ref> Numerous writers associated with ''[[The Simpsons]]'', such as [[Matt Groening]], [[Al Jean]], [[David X. Cohen]], [[Matt Selman]], [[Tim Long]], and [[Joel H. Cohen]] have made fun of ''Family Guy'' during public appearances, in interviews and on DVD commentaries.

{{quote|You know, it's funny. Matt Groening and I actually have a great relationship. We've talked several times in the past few weeks and joked about this. One day out of nowhere this rumor pops up in papers and magazines. Actually, it was probably one comment that was taken out of context in ''Blender''. Matt's just a cool guy, and fortunately neither of us was ruffled by any of that stuff. We just laughed it off.|Seth MacFarlane}}

{{quote|The rivalry is very affectionate. Seth MacFarlane, the creator of ''Family Guy'', is a good guy and he does great work, and I certainly have no problem with the perceived competition. If anything, we have the same kind of competition that Pugsley Addams and Eddie Munster had in the old days. They duked it out a few times, and so did Seth and I, but that's probably before your time. I think ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that ''The Simpsons'' is taking jokes from ''Family Guy''. And I can tell you, that ain't the case.|Matt Groening}}

According to the DVD commentary in the Family Guy episode ''Movin' Out (Brian's Song)'' Fox cut the scene which makes a extended reference to The Simpsons. FOX refused to air it on the basis that they wanted "the feud" between him and [[Matt Groening]]. Seth goes onto say that there is no feud, and claims its only when Family Guy does a joke about The Simpsons, not when the Simpsons make a joke about Family Guy, it gets cut and that Fox are afraid of [[James L. Brooks]]. According to him, both [[Al Jean]] and [[James L. Brooks]] were upset over the scene, but [[Matt Groening]] apparently liked it, and Fox cut it from the final version, ruining the end of the first act of that episode. The full version of the scene was shown on Adult Swim and on DVD's.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtlCR0V4cM&feature=re Commentary for Movin' Out (Brians Song)]</ref>

There was once a [[Super Simpsons/Family Guy Marathon Night]] on the channel [[FOX]].<ref>http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2006/02/this-week-super-simpsons-marathon/</ref>

The Simpsons are set to meet the Griffin family in a crossover episode of Family Guy, under the name "[[The Simpsons Guy]]", in 2014.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23373451</ref>

== References to ''Family Guy'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
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{{TBT|[[File:Betty White - Family Guy on TV.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|241}}
{{TB|"[[Missionary: Impossible]]"}}
{{TB|[[Betty White]] entreats viewers to help keep "this crude, low-brow programming" on the air, while the television next to her says "Family Guy".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer's clones - Peter Griffin.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 14|14]]}}
{{TB|292}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]"}}
{{TB|[[Homer Simpson|Homer]] creates clones of himself that mostly look and act exactly like him (except for being dumber). When the clones create an army of themselves, variations begin to appear, and one of the "variant" clones is [[Peter Griffin]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:Peter Griffin.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 17|17]]}}
{{TB|364}}
{{TB|"[[The Italian Bob]]"}}
{{TB|Swipes are taken at both ''Family Guy'' and Seth MacFarlane's other creation, ''American Dad!''. In trying to identify [[Sideshow Bob]], the Italian police look through a book of criminals, in which there are pictures of [[Peter Griffin]] (accused of "Plagiarismo," implying that ''Family Guy'' is a ripoff of ''The Simpsons'') and [[Stan Smith]] (accused of "Plagiarismo de plagiarismo," implying that ''American Dad!'' is a ripoff of ''Family Guy'', which, in turn, is a ripoff of ''The Simpsons'').}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homerland couch gag 16.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 25|25]]}}
{{TB|531}}
{{TB|"[[Homerland]]"}}
{{TB|The characters of ''Family Guy'', along with the other animated Fox shows,''American Dad'', ''Bob's Burgers'' and ''The Cleveland Show'' appear in the couch gag at the 25th Anniversary Special event in the Simpsons' living room.}}
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{{TCs|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''|3}}
{{TB|When you're Bart in Matt Groening's level, you hear him say "I wish I invented Family Guy" and Homer mistakes Matt Groening for Seth MacFarlane.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Meg.png|250px]]}}
{{TCs|''[[Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture]]''|3}}
{{TB| In the section "Bart's Guide to Lisa's Crappy Girl Comics" one of the comics shown is called "[[Meg (comic)|Meg, the girl from <nowiki>'</nowiki>''Family Guy''<nowiki>'</nowiki>]]." Meg appears on the cover, colored yellow.}}
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{{TCs|''[[Chief Wiggum's Book of Crime and Punishment]]''|3}}
{{TB|In "The Springfield Police Department's Evidence Locker!" section, one of the items seen is a TV playing cheap knock-off DVDs. The DVD playing is called "''Future Guy''" and shows Brian as {{IS|Nibbler}} and [[Peter Griffin]] as [[Zoidberg]].}}
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== References to ''The Simpsons'' in ''Family Guy'' ==
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{{TRs|{{W|Family Guy (season 4)|4}}|3}}
{{TB|58}}
{{TB|"{{W|8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter}}"}}
{{TB|Stewie mocks his babysitter's boyfriend, saying, "Yes, we all love "[[Mr. Plow]]"! Oh, you've got the song memorized, do you? So does everyone else!".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Family Guy - Stewie on a trike.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|64}}
{{TB|"{{W|PTV (Family Guy)|PTV}}"}}
{{TB|The opening is a parody of the ''Naked Gun'' movies, with Stewie on a tricycle, at the end Homer Simpson is being chased into his garage as in the opening sequence to ''The Simpsons'', with Homer being flattened by the bike. Peter then opens the door to the garage and remarks, ''"Hey, Stewie!...Who the hell is that?"'' (originally, Peter was supposed to imitate Homer Simpson running à la the opening sequence to ''The Simpsons'', but the crew thought it was funnier if they used Homer instead, as Seth MacFarlane is a ''Simpsons'' fan, despite the supposed rivalry between Seth MacFarlane and Matt Groening).}}
{{TBT|[[File:Family Guy - Tracey Ullman shorts.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|74}}
{{TB|"{{W|Peterotica}}"}}
{{TB|''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]'' cut-away is a reference to ''The Simpsons'', who had their own filler on that show before having their own TV series. Noteworthy is the family’s poorly drawn appearance and unrefined voices, which are similar to the way ''The Simpsons'' characters were portrayed on Ullman’s show.}}
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{{TRs|{{W|Family Guy (season 6)|6}}|2}}
{{TB|100}}
{{TB|"{{W|Movin' Out (Brian's Song)}}"}}
{{TB|A gag, which was cut from the Fox broadcast, shows a banner saying ''The Simpson'''s Sundays on Fox come up during a scene with Marge. ''Family Guy'' character Glenn Quagmire comes in and tries to have sex with Marge. Marge runs off, with Quagmire following. Then Marge and Quagmire come back, and talk about how good it was, and decide to go back to the Simpsons' house, with the main characters looking at them. While at the Simpsons' house, Homer walks in on Marge and Quagmire. Quagmire panics and shoots Homer. Marge is about to call the police when she gets shot as well. Then Bart, Lisa and Maggie all also get shot.}}
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{{TB|103}}
{{TB|"{{W|Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie|Lois Kills Stewie}}"}}
{{TB|Stewie sings a song about all the people he wants to kill. He also mentions: ''"The guy who watched ''The Simpsons'' back in 1994, and won't admit the damn thing isn't funny any more."''}}
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{{TRs|{{W|Family Guy (season 7)|7}}|2}}
{{TB|119}}
{{TB|"{{W|The Juice Is Loose}}"}}
{{TB|Mayor Adam West is seen talking to someone off the screen and leads the viewer to think he is talking to OJ Simpsons, who is in the town, when he says: "We don't want you in our town Simpson. We don't love you like we did back in 1993... The screen cuts to [[Homer Simpson]] who says his trademark "[[D'oh]]". Then finishes with "And we don't want you here either OJ!" This references 1993 as ''The Simpsons"'' heyday and what is widely considered the peak of the show as well the year before the trial for the alleged crime happened.}}
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{{TB|120}}
{{TB|"{{W|FOX-y Lady}}"}}
{{TB|When trying to sell his cartoon the ''Handi-Quacks'' to Fox, Peter says it will be like ''The Simpsons''.}}
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{{TRs|{{W|Family Guy (season 8)|8}}|2}}
{{TB|136}}
{{TB|"{{W|Big Man on Hippocampus}}"}}
{{TB|When Peter learns that Meg is his daughter he utters "D'oh!". Lois responds to this by telling him that it isn't his catchphrase.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Family Guy executive producers.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|137}}
{{TB|"{{W|Dial Meg for Murder}}"}}
{{TB|The font used for the executive producers credits is the Simpsons font.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Simpsons in Family Guy.png|250px]]}}
{{TRs|{{W|Family Guy (season 10)|10}}|2}}
{{TB|173}}
{{TB|"{{W|Cool Hand Peter}}"}}
{{TB|The jury in a trial to Peter consists by [[Krusty]], [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Willie]], [[Edna]], [[Ned]], [[Otto]], [[Moe]], [[Mr. Burns]], [[Lisa]], [[Homer]], [[Maggie]], [[Marge]] and [[Bart]].}}
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{{TB|187}}
{{TB|"{{w|Family Guy Viewer Mail 2}}"}}
{{TB|Stewie jokingly says that ''Family Guy'' is based of ''The Simpsons''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Homer on Family Guy S11E02.jpeg|250px]]}}
{{TB|{{W|Family Guy (season 11)|11}}}}
{{TB|190}}
{{TB|"{{W|Ratings Guy}}"}}
{{TB|After Peter destroyed TV through misusing their status as a Nielsen family, he goes to the Television Producers Guild to seek help fixing TV. [[Homer Simpson]] arrives to also claim he broke television, prompting Peter to say " a-ha! Looks like this is one we beat you to!".}}
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== External links ==
*[http://www.fox.com/familyguy/ Official website]
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