Brian is the family's dog on FOX's hit cartoon, Family Guy. Brian talks, walks on two feet, enjoys martinis, and goes to college, but is, well, still a dog and not just by appearance. He has many dog habbits such as eating garbage, licking himself and being afraid of the vacuum cleaner. Brian is often the voice of reason in the family, frequently reminding Peter how stupid his ideas are. Despite the fact that he is a dog, Brian dates human women regularly. His past love interests have included bulimic, stereotypical "dumb blonde" Jillian Russell,
Lauren Conrad, real-life star of the
reality show The Hills, Tracy Flannigan, the mother of his illegitimate son, Dylan, and Rita a
middle-aged woman whom he proposed to. Other than humans, Brian also dated Carter Pewterschmidt's greyhound Sea Breeze, who is assumed to be pregnant with Brian's puppies, but that the real father turns out to be Ted Turner, as stated in Screwed the Pooch.
Lois: Brian, your home early, what happened to your date?
Brian Griffin: The same thing that always happens. She was an idiot.
Brian: You are really pretty
Girl at Bar: Thanks
Brian: You know, uh, I wrote a book
Girl at Bar:
What's that?
Brian: It's like a long magazine
Girl at Bar: Huh?
Brian: It's like the
Internet made out of a tree
Girl at Bar: Oh, weird. You want to have sex in the bathroom?
Brian: Oh gosh, what a treat, yes I would like that
Lois: Okay, one more minute, and then if there are two pink lines...
Peter: Oh god, I hope
you're not pregnant, we can't afford another kid. We already got Chris, Stewey, Richie, Joanie, Greg, Marsha, Bobby, Jan, Mike Seaver, Carol Seaver, Boner,
Urkel, Mr. Furley...
Brian: Peter those aren't your kids. That's the Nick-At-Night lineup.
Peter: Blanka, Zangief, Chun-Li, Guile, E. Honda...
Brian: That's Street Fighters.
Peter: Red, blue, green...
Brian: Those are colors.
