Lois Patrice Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy.
18 Facts About Lois Griffin
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Lois Griffin is voiced by Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the Griffin family, in a 15-minute short on December 20,1998.
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Lois Griffin is often portrayed as a stereotypical television mother and housewife, despite her admitting to being a recovering methamphetamine addict and a kleptomaniac.
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Lois Griffin was born to affluent WASP parents, Carter and Barbara Pewterschmidt.
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Lois Griffin is a Black belt in Tae-Jitsu, which she quickly achieved in the episode "Lethal Weapons".
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In one episode, Lois Griffin is revealed to have a mentally-insane and murderous brother.
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Lois Griffin is voiced by producer and staff writer Alex Borstein who voices recurring characters such as Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa, Loretta Brown and Lois' mother Barbara Pewterschmidt.
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Lois Griffin was asked to audition by a member of the MADtv staff who was helping MacFarlane develop the show.
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Lois Griffin had not met MacFarlane or seen any artwork and said it was "really sight unseen".
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Lois Griffin took the voice of the character to the set and use it for Lois.
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Borstein has noted that the voice of Lois Griffin has been changing from the slower original voice to the quicker up tempo voice of the present episodes.
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Lois Griffin is commonly the voice of reason to Peter's shenanigans, but in some episodes she can act darker than normal and sometimes shows a taste for sadomasochism.
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Several episodes have suggested that Lois Griffin is bisexual or, at least, bi-curious.
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Lois Griffin ranked number 12 spot on "IGN's Top 25 Family Guy Characters".
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Lois Griffin has had several television appearances outside of Family Guy.
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Lois Griffin came in at No 85 out of 100 on Maxim's 2012 Hot 100.
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Lois Griffin appears in HBO's Animals Season 2 episode, "Pigeon".
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In 2004, the first series of Family Guy toy figurines was released by Mezco Toyz, each member of the Lois Griffin family had their own, except for Stewie, of whom two different figures were made.