Lois Griffin

Lois Griffin is a cartoon character on the TV show Family Guy, by Seth MacFarlane.

Born into the wealthy Pewterschmidt family, Lois gave up her inheritance in order to marry Peter Griffin, whom she met while he was a towel boy at her family's country club. Lois fell in love with Peter because she found his lower-class, easy-going silliness more appealing than the stuffy, uptight suitors in her wealthy social circle.

Before meeting Peter, Lois had sex with Chaim Witz (later Gene Simmons of KISS), a fact of which Peter was very proud when he learned of it in the episode "The Road to Europe".

Lois teaches piano in order to supplement the family's income, though spends most her time caring for her family. Her first son, Chris was unusually heavy at birth, while her youngest son Stewie is intent on killing her, though she seems oblivious to this.

A strange backstory for Lois is shown in the episode "Lethal Weapons". A flashback shows her as a circus show freak chanting "Me likey bouncey!" There was no attempt to mesh that backstory with the wealthy Pewterschmidt backstory, nor was it ever mentioned in any subsequent episode.

In the original pilot pitch for FOX, Lois was blond rather than redheaded.