Lois is amused that the plot is exaclty the same as that in the Iron Eagle series of films. Brian appears to be unaware of the similarities or even of the existence of the films. It is unclear whether these similarities are a coincidence or a case of Cryptomnesia. Family Guy: Seth MacFarlane Reveals He Killed Brian Griffin To Teach Fans A Lesson". ComicBook. December 16, 2013 . Retrieved December 17, 2013. Trechak, Brad (March 3, 2008). "Family Guy: Play it Again, Brian – VIDEO". TV Squad . Retrieved February 26, 2010.

He first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in the episode " Death Has a Shadow" on January 31, 1999. 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 characters were redesigned and renamed Peter and Brian, but they retained the same voices and personalities. As of 2009, six books have been released about a Family Guy universe, all published by HarperCollins since 2005. [42] This include Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One ( ISBN 978-0-7528-7593-4), which covers the entire events of the episode " It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One", [43] and Family Guy and Philosophy: A Cure for the Petarded ( ISBN 978-1-4051-6316-3), a collection of seventeen essays exploring the connections between the series and historical philosophers. [44] which include Brian as a character.Cornet, Roth (November 25, 2013). "Family Guy Petition to Save Fan-Favorite Character". IGN Entertainment . Retrieved November 25, 2013. Natalie, from Oasis, wants you to drive your Sand Skiff in circles -- because it's sexually attractive. Who are you to argue? This is a timed mission. All you have to do is hit all the markers on the map before the time runs out.

Another suggestion is that tachyons aren’t like any other particle we know of, in that they don't interact and can never be detected or observed. Meaning that the tachyon communication system used by Stella and Terra in the above example can’t exist. At the end of " 420", the book is mentioned in a news report. The book is reported to have set the record for worst selling novel of all time, not selling a single copy, noted as "thanks to universal panning by literary critics". a b Leone, Dominique (27 February 2005). "Giorgio Moroder: From Here to Eternity". Pitchfork . Retrieved 13 March 2019.Family Guy: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015 . Retrieved December 26, 2008. Family Guy – Road to the Multiverse – Cast and Crew". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011 . Retrieved April 4, 2010. Owen, Rob (May 1, 2005). " 'Family Guy' goes beyond TV with CD, movie". Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on July 20, 2006 . Retrieved October 19, 2009. The second to the last one is located at the Refinery. You have to use the ramp and boost up to jump to it. But that's it -- a very simple mission.

Ahsan Haque of IGN has given Brian a positive review, calling him the best talking man-dog. [20] He also praised Brian's adventures with Stewie calling them, "center of many of the show's best bits". [20] Haque later made a list titled "Family Guy: Stewie and Brian's Greatest Adventures", where he stated that "Brian and Stewie paired together has always been a winning formula for Family Guy". They also praised the selection of Brian to play Chewbacca as they stated in the " Blue Harvest" review. In their list of "What Else Should Family Guy Make Fun Of?", IGN commented that Brian would be perfect to play Q, if Family Guy ever decides to make a James Bond parody. [21] Callaghan, Steve (2005). "A Hero Sits Next Door". Family Guy: The Official Episode Guide, Seasons 1–3. New York City: HarperCollins. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-06-083305-3.

Cruz, Gilbert (September 26, 2008). "Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane". Time. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008 . Retrieved August 28, 2009. Family Guy Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day". Harvard Gazette. November 5, 2006. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012 . Retrieved October 18, 2009. What if this response signal from Terra says "do not send any signals"? Then Stella does not send the original signal, and Terra then has nothing to respond to and never sends the tachyon signal that says "don’t send any signals."

Brian's latest literary attempt came in the episode " Brian's Play", where he writes a play titled A Passing Fancy. The play becomes very popular in Quahog; however, Brian is upset when he realizes that Stewie had since written a play which was better than his. Stewie's play was eventually shown on Broadway. Brian became depressed, as he only wanted to be a good writer for the few years which remain of his life, and not have to be overshadowed by Stewie, who has his whole life ahead of him.However, in a review of the seventh season, Haque wrote that Brian "unfortunately was terribly misused this season. He's degenerated into nothing more than a soapbox for the political views of the writers". [22] In a review of the eighth season, following his transition into a heel character, Ramsey Isler stated that Brian "left his lofty position as the voice of reason and switched to pretentious loser". [23]