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Brian Griffin
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Brian Griffin is a fictional character from the American animated sitcom Family Guy that is one of the main characters of the series as a member of the Griffin family. Created, designed and voiced by Seth MacFarlane, he is an anthropomorphic white labrador retriever who primarily works in the series as a slightly smug and less-than-adept writer struggling to find himself, attempting essays, novels, screenplays, and newspaper articles.
He first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. MacFarlane was asked to pitch a pilot to the Fox Broadcasting Company, based on The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve, two shorts made by MacFarlane featuring a middle-aged character named Larry and an intellectual dog, Steve. These two are now considered as Peter and Brian. After the pilot was given the green light, the Griffin family appeared in the episode "Death Has a Shadow".
Brian has been featured in many items of merchandise for Family Guy, and he is considered to be one of the series' biggest merchandising characters. He has also made crossover appearances in the other MacFarlane-produced series, such as American Dad! and The Cleveland Show.
As a character, Brian was initially very well received by critics although reception in later years has been mixed. When Brian was killed off in the season 12 episode "Life of Brian", the events of the episode received substantial attention from the media and elicited strongly negative reactions from fans of the series. Brian subsequently returned two episodes later, in "Christmas Guy", after Stewie, his best friend, traveled back in time to save him.
Brian is a white-furred anthropomorphic dog. He can talk, generally walks on his hind legs (using his front legs as arms), has opposable thumbs, drives a second-generation Toyota Prius (with the license plate "BRI-DOG"), and is often portrayed as the only sane person in his family.
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