For the most part, Family Guy has moved away from any subplots that revolve around Chris showing hidden talents or progressive ideas in favor of him simply being an awkward and bizarrely stupid teenage kid in a perennial state of puberty. What He Is Now: Like Peter Griffin, Chris Griffin's IQ has plummeted considerably over the course of the last two decades.

Chris also used to have a bit of a counterculture streak, barking support for anything appearing to be rebellious in nature.

Usually, Peter failed to understand his son's lack of interest in traditionally masculine and or teenager-centered activities, as well as Chris' genuine interests in things like art. What He Was: Chris' father-son relationship with Peter was vital at the beginning of the Family Guy run, and most of his storylines centered on the often gross differences between him and his father. Now vastly different from '70s TV moms, Lois is perhaps one of the more unchanged Family Guy characters, but she currently has far more comedic freedom than she previously did. That allows her to gloriously wade into some of the show's darkest moments by offering up honest commentary about how terrible the family's collective existence is, and how much she and Peter probably aren't great fits for one another as a married couple. What She Is Now: 2018 Lois Griffin is definitely as insane as the rest of the Griffin family, though she's still one of the most intelligent of the bunch. More often than not, she played the straight woman to Peter's comic relief, voicing frustrations at his schemes and occasionally getting unintentionally sucked into the madness before snapping out of it with her good sense intact. What She Was: In the early days of Family Guy, Lois Griffin's role within the show's core ensemble was not terribly different from the typical TV sitcom's interpretation of a wife or mom, with Peg Bundy's libido thrown in for good measure.

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