Editing Brian Griffin (section)

==Griffin Family==
<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">In [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_in_Love an earlier episode], Brian suffers from incontinence due the stress of repressing his romantic feelings toward Lois. He initially tries to hide this condition by blaming it on Stewie, but is discovered when he has a public accident in the grocery store.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Another example of Brian's "humanity" is his attraction to human women; Brian has dated several since the show began, and is deeply in love with Peter's wife.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">His age is usually treated differently depending on the joke. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_in_Love Brian in Love]", he states: "I'm seven years old and if I play my cards right, I got seven more years ahead of me." Brian spent some time as a homeless stray washing car windshields for change before he met Peter, who offered him a home with his family in Quahog, Rhode Island.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Prior to Brian, the Griffins had another talking dog named Todd, who was put down at the age of 15 due to illness.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Despite his anthropomorphic intelligence, Brian shares certain traits and shortcomings with real dogs. For example, he cleans himself with his tongue and scratches at fleas with his hind leg. On the commentary of "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Road_to_Rhode_Island Road to Rhode Island]" he confirmed that he sees in black and white. He has a fear of the toilet flushing and of the vacuum despite vacuuming in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Fore_Father Fore Father]". He also couldn't control his animal urges for the prized Pewterschmidt dog, Seabreeze. Furthermore, although his maturity and broad range of experiences seem to imply that he is as old as a middle aged human, as a dog he is only eight years old. Peter has been known to tease him about his shorter lifespan. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian:_Portrait_of_a_Dog Brian: Portrait of a Dog]", he seems to have a 'midlife crisis'. He is also shown to have a liking for dog food at times. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Death_Bang Chitty Chitty Death Bang]", he chases the chuck wagon from the commercials for Purina Chuck Wagon and in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Barely_Legal Barely Legal]", he comes running with joy when Peter's daughter Meg shakes a bag of Dog Chow. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thin_White_Line The Thin White Line]", Peter points out that Brian will die some 50 years before him. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Harvest Blue Harvest]", Brian, in character as Chewbacca, uncontrollably chases a pig's ear in a fit of barking. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Breaking_Out_is_Hard_to_Do Breaking Out is Hard to Do]", Brian is shown to have difficulty keeping his balance while riding in the back of a van; when questioned by Peter, Brian responds by pointing out he can't stand up straight due to his nature.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_and_Peter%27s_Bogus_Journey Bill and Peter's Bogus Journey]", it is revealed that Brian is not potty trained but rather defecates outside like other dogs. Tired of stepping in his feces, Lois forces him to wear diapers, which he finds extremely humiliating. Amused, Stewie says that he looks "silly" in his diapers but tells him that it won't be so bad once he gets used to them. Brian eventually gets out of diapers by simply defecating in Mayor West's garden instead, leading Lois to think he is potty-trained.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian seems somewhat ashamed of his dog instincts and insecure about his canine status in general. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian:_Portrait_of_a_Dog Brian: Portrait of a Dog]", he refused to perform degrading pet tricks for Peter during a dog show, despite it being necessary to win the money needed to buy the family a new air conditioner. He also chastised [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_and_the_Tramp Lady and the Tramp] for acting in typical dog-like behavior, saying that "that's just what they want you to do." He suffers mistreatment as a dog, and is humiliated when the Griffins catch him with canine pornography.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_%26_Stewie Brian & Stewie]", he admits to Stewie that he can't find a purpose in his life, and keeps a gun in his safety deposit box in case he ever decides to commit suicide. "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Dog_Gone Dog Gone]" however, cements how important Brian is to the Griffin family, and makes him realize that his existence has meaning to them.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian occasionally displays racist tendencies, which he claims he gets from his father. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Chick_Cancer Chick Cancer]", Stewie asks Brian a rhetorical question along the lines of "What kind of man would I be if I ran off now?" to which Brian replies "You'd be a black man," which shocked Stewie. However, in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Peter%27s_Two_Dads Peter's Two Dads]", Brian is taken aback after Peter says that he acquired crack cocaine "from Black's," referring to a "white guy selling crack behind Black's Hardware Store." Brian seems normally comfortable around [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Cleveland Cleveland] and the Brown family. However, when working as a cab driver, Brian gets in trouble anyway for not picking up Cleveland, stating his hurry to run an errand for Lois as an obvious excuse. Brian tells Lois he'll pick up the milk at the end of his shift because he's "gotta go... first fare of the night." When he pulls over and looks at Cleveland, he changes his mind and remarks "I should really pick up that milk now before I forget." Cleveland calls Brian, throws a rock at the cab, and smashes it later in the episode. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Peter%27s_Got_Woods Peter's Got Woods]", Brian dates a black woman named [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Shauna_Parks Shauna Parks], to whom he often nervously rambles about how much he likes African-Americans. He even requests to change "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/James_Woods James Woods] High School" to "Martin Luther King High School" in order to impress her. Also, in ''[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Something,_Something,_Something,_Dark_Side Something, Something, Something, Dark Side]'', when it was noted that [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Lando_Calrissian Lando Calrissian], portrayed by [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Mort_Goldman Mort Goldman] was a black person, Brian, portraying Chewbacca said, "Let's hope the only one, right?"</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian is notably intelligent, enjoying renowned works of art such as the opera Carmen and the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. He has also heavily invested in the stock market, and collects first editions of literary classics. In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Meet_the_Quagmires Meet the Quagmires]" he is shown to be able to play the guitar and keytar. Also, he is shown playing drums in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/McStroke McStroke]". His intellectual bent makes it very difficult for him to form romantic relationships with people, leading to his constant failures with women, highlighted in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day_in_Quahog Valentine's Day in Quahog]".</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian held several jobs while living in Los Angeles including being a waiter, car wash attendant, screenwriter and pornographic film director. He does not hold steady employment in Quahog, although did once become a substitute teacher at [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Buddy_Cianci_Junior_High_School Buddy Cianci Junior High School] as well as short stints as a taxi driver in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Deep_Throats Deep Throats]" and police officer for the Quahog Police Department as a drug sniffing dog in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thin_White_Line The Thin White Line]". He left the police force after becoming addicted to cocaine. Nevertheless, he is able to afford a car, pay bills to which some are payed to supposedly another family, and maintain a credit card.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">As the most sensible member of the Griffin family, Brian often serves as the voice of reason or as a mediator during family arguments. He is also usually the first one to realize that there is impending danger.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Because of his intelligence and dry, deadpan manner, Brian sometimes acts as the "straight man" of the show.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian is a rationalist and is often critical of organized religion; when [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Francis_Griffin Francis Griffin] physically threatens him in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Father,_the_Son,_and_the_Holy_Fonz The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz]", Brian sarcastically replies, "That's very Christian; believe what I say or I'll hurt you." It is revealed in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Love,_Blactually Love, Blactually]" that he is an atheist like one [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane Seth MacFarlane] himself, who claims that this character represents him most.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">This was revealed where he is seen at the library and he is looking for ''The God Delusion'' by avowed humanist Richard Dawkins. His atheism comes under attack in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Not_All_Dogs_Go_To_Heaven Not All Dogs Go To Heaven]" when he comes out to the Griffins about his belief or lack of, and Meg, in a drastic effort to convert Brian to Christianity, makes his atheism public knowledge, making him a social outcast until near the end of the episode.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">In earlier episodes, Brian showed some belief in God: In "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/If_I%27m_Dyin%27,_I%27m_Lyin%27 If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin']", when Peter was in denial about God's plagues and insisted that there was a logical explanation for them, Brian slapped him repeatedly and stated, "You want an explanation? God is pissed!"; in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Griffin_Goes_to_Washington Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington]", he is shown reading a Bible; in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/The_Thin_White_Line The Thin White Line]", he thanks God for giving him his sense of smell; in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Boys_Do_Cry Boys Do Cry]," he attends church with the other Griffins; in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Lethal_Weapons Lethal Weapons]", he calls Stewie an antichrist. Additionally, in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/April_in_Quahog April in Quahog]", he is seen praying, but is quick to deny it when questioned by Stewie. After the doomsday threat is revealed to be an April Fools joke, he leaves to go to perform charity at a local soup kitchen as he had apparently promised God.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">A running joke on the show is Brian's inability to maintain a human girlfriend. Most of time this is usually due to bad advice given to him from Stewie, who constantly insists on nosing around in his relationships, though other times it is due to his own insecurity. The longest girlfriend he has had so far was [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Jillian Jillian], but the relationship ended after an attempt to move in together ended badly partially due to Stewie. When Jillian was announced to be married, Brian took one last shot to try and get her back but in the end she let him down gently and the marriage goes on as planned much to Brian's dismay.</p>

<p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Brian, for the most part, is very well liked by a majority of the characters. It appears the only exception is [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Quagmire Quagmire] who, it is revealed in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Jerome_Is_the_New_Black Jerome Is the New Black]", dislikes him completely. When Brian asks why, Glenn proceeds to points out every single mistake, hypocritical and selfish action Brian has ever committed, from being a hypocritical hyper-liberal to mocking anyone for believing in religion and neglecting his teenaged son [http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Dylan Dylan]. When Brian decides to take Quagmire as a sucker to buy a dump of a condo in "[http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Brian_the_Closer Brian the Closer]", Quagmire points out that even though he was a jerk when he was poor, he was at least honest about it instead of resulting to tricks such as hiding out for length of the escape clause in the contract. Brian expresses that Quagmire being the only one to point out his faults may make him his only true friend, but it turns out to be only a ruse to wait out the last few moments of the clause.</p>