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Megan ‘Meg’ Harvey Oswald Griffin (born March 23rd, 1995) is one of the protagonists in the FOX animated TV series, Family Guy. She’s the daughter of Peter and Lois, and older sister to Chris and Stewie. She was a great character during the first 5 seasons, as well as right now after season 14. Unfortunately, during seasons 6-14, she was flanderized to being a punching bag.

She is voiced by Mila Kunis, who is well-known for her portrayal of Jackie Burkhart on the hit period sitcom show “That '70s Show”.

Why She Sucked (during Seasons 6-14 only)

 * 1) Her role of being a butt-monkey became overused in these seasons, to the point where the name of the trope "MegWard the Wizard" was inspired by her.
 * 2) She is too weak, being an easy victim for the comedic torture.
 * 3) She became crazy, selfish and unbearable, to the point where she is downright unlikable.
 * 4) Her gross body became more clear in these seasons, but not in a good way. For example, in Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q, there was the infamous cutaway where Meg pops a zit, which can make anyone who sees it sick.
 * 5) In Seahorse Seashell Party, her being a punching bag is what apparently keeps the family together, which is a very stupid reason, and despite that, she accepts that, which is not only very stupid, but very sad.
 * 6) She straight up does not care if anything bad happens to her family sometimes.
 * 7) *In the episode that started the downfall of Family Guy, Not All Dogs Go to Heaven, she had Channel 5 News tell Quahog that Brain is an atheist in order to help him believe in God, not caring about Brian’s feelings and causing disaster for him during the rest of the episode.
 * 8) *In Brian’s a Bad Father, she actually gave Peter tips on how to kill himself. While its understandable that she hates her family after all the abuse they gave her, the fact she actually wants her father DEAD is a pretty terrifying thought.
 * 9) *In Brian the Closer, she once again doesn’t care about Brian’s feelings and she (along with the rest of the family) refuse to help him fix his teeth after Peter hurts him and causes him to loose his teeth.

Redeeming Qualites

 * 1) Her personality is not very different from the previous seasons. It's just that her role was flanderized.
 * 2) In some parts, she stood up towards her bullies/abusers/enemies
 * 3) *Like in Dial Meg for Murder, she beat up Connie D’Amico and her friends with a bag full of sodas.
 * 4) *In Seahorse Seashell Party, she scolds her family for the years of abuse she took from them (even if this was ruined, as stated in WSS#5).
 * 5) *In A Fistful of Meg, she kills her bully via her gross body.
 * 6) *In The Simpsons Guy (crossover episode with The Simpsons), she makes good friends with Lisa Simpson, who encourages her that she matters, and helps her find her talent, playing the Saxophone really well. They still remain good friends after Meg leaves Springfield, and her playing the Saxophone was awesome, and it doesn’t really rip-off Lisa’s talent, as shown in the past, Meg’s mother, Lois, was a good music person who plays an instrument greatly (in Lois’ case, the piano).
 * 7) She is willing to help her father, Peter, in the episode, Peter’s Sister, where she learns why she got abused so much.
 * 8) She has thankfully redeemed herself since the 15th season.