Bad Liar: Usually in Cutaway Gags in one, he denies having eaten some of the candy in Willy Wonka's factory despite having swelled up into a giant blue ball (like Violet in every adaptation), and in another he farts and tells the guy next to him "Uh, it was you.".Terrorizing elementary school students in a cougar costume and going on a homicidal rampage at a bank in front of Meg, among other things. He also has suspiciously similar pop culture interests to Seth MacFarlane.
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Author Avatar: In later seasons, he'll often break the fourth wall to discuss the writing or address various points about the show in a way that is quite obviously the writers directly talking to audience.Peter: Hey look! I fell in the pool with my clothes on! How hilarious is that? That is so Peter Griffin! Guys? Guys? Attention Whore: Particularly in early seasons.Brian lampshades this when he asks Peter if he is asking for his help or if he is going to ask another pointless question again. Peter also has a nasty habit going completely off topic when he speaks to someone without missing a beat at all. If something is not amusing him, he will quickly find something else that will, which makes his focus waver all over. Most of Peter's antics is due to his " It Amused Me" attitude. Ooh, Shiny!: Chris even lampshaded one episode after Peter's stint as a pirate in which he quickly loses interest after losing his parrot and found a piano. Asshole Victim: Unlike Meg, he clearly deserves his Butt-Monkey status for his Jerkass nature.
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Anti-Role Model: Pretty much ever since day one, where the family's debut episode is memorable for him being passed out on the kitchen table after a night of drinking at a stag party.Annoying Laugh: His nasal "Heheheheheheheh!" is a memorable part of his character.There was even one cutaway gag where Peter was one of The Three Little Pigs! Animal Motifs: Pigs, for fairly obvious reasons.Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Before evolving into a deliberately abusive one."I Dream of Jesus" reveals that his favorite song is the Trashmen's "Surfin' Bird", and he loves the song to the point of repeatedly singing it, playing the record of it, and trying to convince others that "the bird is the word".He also once sold his soul (again) for The Bee Gees tickets. He's also an ardent fan of Barry Manilow, though this is a fact he has been known to deny in public. He's a huge KISS fan and followed them during the KISS Stock shows and even got a copy of Kiss Saves Santa for Christmas.All right? Because we all know that no woman anywhere wants to have sex with anyone, and to titillate us with any thoughts otherwise is - is just bogus. Well, I'll tell you what you want, you want nothing. So, what am I supposed to do? What you want? You know, are we gonna go out? Is that what you're trying to - why why are you leaping around there, throwing those things all up in my, over there in my face? What do you want, Lindsay? Tell me what you want. you're out there jumping around and I'm just sitting here with my beer. Lindsay Lohan with all those little outfits, jumping around there on stage, half-naked with your little outfits. Peter: You know what really grinds my gears? This Lindsay Lohan. The Alcoholic: He's actually less of a drunk than Homer is, although that isn't saying much as he still establishes himself as an outright nuisance when intoxicated both at home and in public.Despite this, he goes back to abusing her by the next episode. It goes well during the course of the episode, to the point he becomes the Overprotective Dad. Aesop Amnesia: In "Peter's Daughter", after Meg endured an accident in which she nearly dies, Peter decides that he should become a better father and never treat her badly ever again.
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His battles with Ernie The Chicken certainly prove this as he's able to put up fights that go through the whole town and last about five minutes. It ends when he gets in an accident and goes back to normal. For example, he becomes increasingly narcissistic after getting extensive plastic surgery to make himself fit and beautiful.
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He wasn't always like this in early seasons, although now he's a lot worse than the Jerkass version of Homer Simpson.