STEWIE GRIFFIN

Stewie Griffin is a 1-year-old baby who is driven by his goal to become the sole ruler of the entire world. In fact, if it were not for his lack of muscle strength, toilet training and his need for parentally sustenance, Stewie would have become leader over most of the third world, including Canada.

He has the voice and manner of an evil Rex Harrison, but he's only recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of his escape from his mother's "cursed ovarian Bastille," in which he was incarcerated for nine gruelling months. Another goal for Stewie is to murder his mother, Lois . Just because Lois has narrowly escaped several attempts on her life thus far, it doesn't mean that she is off the hook.
 
Stewie Griffin has a sophisticated style of both attitude and mannerism, but they sometimes interfere with childish interests. He enjoys literature and is also a brilliant genius level intellect who can design sophisticated technology. He is well-spoken, with an advanced vocabulary and an English accent, and of an ambiguous sexual orientation. He has a love/hate relationship with the family dog Brian, and of course tells him almost all his secrets. Stewie is constantly plotting ways to kill his mother, Lois, apparently holding a grudge against her because of his nine-month stay in her "ovarian Bastille." He shares his secrets with his teddy bear, Rupert. An unusual aspect of Stewie's physique is his American football-shaped head.

SETH MACFARLANE

Not sure of what he wanted to do for a living, the New England-born animator landed a job with Hanna-Barbera straight out of art school, drawing story boards and writing scripts for a number of series (Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo). Fox approached him about creating his own show, and in 1999 the cult favourite Family Guy was born.
 
With offbeat characters (many of whom were voiced by MacFarlane, who won a 2000 Emmy for his portrayals), obscure pop-culture references and outrageous, un-PC humour that sparked all kinds of complaints, the cartoon sitcom had a rocky road and was cancelled in 2002. But its surprisingly robust DVD sales prompted the network to give it another go — as well as green-light a second MacFarlane series, American Dad — in 2005.