Family Guy has changed things up many times over the years.
Here are the biggest changes that stuck.
It seems today that all you see is cartoon shows with little continuity.
Here are some of the most significant canon changes inFamily Guyhistory.
But in its death, the great bird-is-the-word got around via DVD sales and rerun airings on Adult Swim.
Well, you wont believe this, but … thats because its mother-fetching Lacey Chabert!
Ms. Gretchen Weiners was once the shows punching bag, Meg.
Never forget where your voice came from.
After Loretta cheats on Cleveland with Quagmire, Cleveland ends up leaving Loretta and starting anew.
This went on for several seasons, long before he reunited with Donna inThe Cleveland Show.
If only they didnt kill the character as maliciously as they did.
It was just one of those cartoon things we had to deal with, like lack of aging.
But hey, Bonnie doesnt have to deal with that eternal fetus within her.
Cleveland Returns
The Cleveland Show.
And then it didnt.
His arrival during the weird 2010s era of the series made way for many outdated race jokes.
But when Cleveland got canceled, he returned to Family Guywith his whole family.
And theFamily Guyteam loves to poke fun at its failure whenever it has a chance.
In fact, Donna is the only returningCleveland Showcharacter who often has any voice lines in these new episodes.
By doing an hour-long Agatha Christie-styled murder mystery special, of course!
Even MacFarlane tweeted, saying, Tonights episode is canon.
So you know it was real.
Except for James Woods, who was revived by paramedics in the following season.
Since animation is a long process, West recorded his lines for season 16.
But once season 17 rolled along, he also canonically passed.
And in his honor, during the season finale Adam West High they … well, its self-explanatory.
The best part about it is that hes optimistic about it.
Stewies sexuality is always going to be ambiguous, but queer defines all things under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.
They succeeded to the point that theyre the series central buddy comedy duo and emotional soul.