Brian Griffin (seasons 8-present)

Brian Griffin is one of the main characters of the American adult animated TV series Family Guy. He is the Griffins' dog, and is the voice of reason of the show. He is voiced by the creator Seth MacFarlane.

Why He Sucks Now

 * 1) He was flanderized in Season 8, he went from being a sarcastic and snarky talking dog to a pretentious, arrogant and narcissistic jerk who isn't above manipulating and tricking his friends and family into getting what he wants.
 * 2) He is occasionally acts like a complete jerk to his family for no apparent reason, such as the time he gave Stewie herpes and treated it like it was no big deal and when he once chewed Stewie's teddy bear Rupert to pieces.
 * 3) He calls himself an Atheist, despite the fact that he met Jesus Christ and God before.
 * 4) He has become nothing more than just the soapbox for Seth MacFarlane, as most of his lines nowadays are just him preaching Seth's beliefs.
 * 5) * Not helping is the fact that Brian's voice is basically Seth MacFarlane's own normal voice.
 * 6) He once conned Quagmire, even though Quagmire helped Brian at the beginning of the episode, and the fact he had sex with his robot duplicate.
 * 7) In one episode, Brian invested in a company that sold protein shakes, even after Stewie showed Brian that the shakes were made of dog meat, Brian still willingly invested, making him a cannibal.
 * 8) He was infamously killed off in Life of Brian, only to be brought back in Christmas Guy, yet little was done to make Brian a better character after his resurrection.
 * 9) He has shown to be a hypocrite from time to time:
 * 10) In Brian & Stewie, in which despite being liberal, he keeps a pistol because of protective reasons and pretends to be against using a gun itself over the "national tragedy at Combine".
 * 11) He deliberately ran over a squirrel, which, unbeknownst to him, traumatizes Stewie. He also hires a hitman to kill Quagmire's cat. Also during a date in Love, Blactually, he mauls a rabbit at a pet store. These actions make him a hypocrite because in several episodes he supported animals rights and was against violence towards animals.
 * 12) His views on LGBT rights, which he violated in Family Gay when Lois is depressed that Peter is leaving her for another man. Brian then takes Stewie's idea for ending Lois' depression by kidnapping Peter and taking him to an ex-gay center to "turn back to his old self".
 * 13) To make all of this worse, he's aware of the fact he's, in his own words, a "self-righteous Liberal douchebag", showing that he doesn't care.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Like Peter Griffin, he used to be a more likable character in Family Guy's earlier seasons.
 * 2) He sometimes acts like the likable voice of reason in some episodes.
 * 3) *In "The D in Apartment 23", he stood up to everyone who was calling him a racist for a tweet that was supposed to be nothing more than a joke and called them out for bullying and harassing him 24/7.
 * 4) He has an awesome and believable chemistry with Stewie.
 * 5) He does have some funny moments, such as these.
 * 6) He cares a lot about his friends and family.
 * 7) Much like Peter and Quagmire, he eventually started to become more likeable in the later seasons.

Reception

 * While not as bad as Peter, Brian has received mixed-to-negative reception since Season 8, some fans still like him even after his flanderization, and others claim him as one of the worst characters in Family Guy.

Trivia

 * Brian's dog breed is a Labrador.

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