The famous cartoon Family Guy was heavily influenced by The Simpsons. The Simpsons is a show about a family of people living in the fictional town of Springfield who go on all kinds of wacky misadventures. Family Guy is a somewhat similar show about a family living in Quahog, Rhode Island with an evil genius baby and talking dog. Parody artists have frequently referred to Family Guy as a Simpsons ripoff. The show's creator, Seth MacFarlane even adressed this in an interview by saying,
"The Simpsons made me want to go from working with Disney to wanting to make edgy cartoons. So without The Simpsons there would be no Family Guy,".
Seth has also referred to Peter Griffin (the dad on Family Guy) to be greatly inspired by Homer Simpson referring to how they are both dumb, overweight, lazy dad characters who drink beer a lot and don't pay attention to their kids. When Seth won an Emmy he adressed The Simpsons in his speech and jokingly compared it to Family Guy. Another thing that came from The Simpsons that Family Guy is well known for is the catchphrases. Similar to Homer's world famous "d'oh" many of the main characters have catchphrases. For example, Peter has "Freaking sweet!", Quagmire has "Giggity giggity goo," and Joe has "Bring it on!". The Simpsons also influenced Family Guy's frequent cutaway vignettes that parody American culture. Back in the early days of The Simpsons they had that cutaway formula down and would use it in practically every episode. Seth thought it was hilarious and decided to include those type of jokes in his show.
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