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PERSONALITY Stewie is extremely intelligent and speaks with an English Pronunciation which is exaggerated for comic effect. His Machiavellian ambitions include World Domination and Matricide . Seth MacFarlane has compared his personality and mannerisms to those of a Bond villain. In the commentary of one episode, MacFarlane reveals that Stewie's evil personality is a result of Lois smoking Marijuana while Pregnant with him, as is mentioned in a dream sequence in the episode " Mr. Griffin Goes To Washington " (although the episode " Chitty Chitty Death Bang " shows his personality as sinister even while existing as Peter's Sperm ). His sociopathic edge is occasionally tempered by a warm side, particularly for members of his family. He is a flawless musician, with skills at the piano, banjo, guitar, bassoon and tuba; a noteworthy singer/dancer; and can provide answers to complex, university level examinations in seconds. Stewie has also been shown to have certain athletic prowess that is normally unattainable at his age, such as being able to lift or move objects of greater weight than himself though this is never really mentioned by anyone on the show. Stewie's sophisticated attitude/nature and mannerisms are Juxtaposed with typical childish interests and actions. He reads Literature such as Christopher Marlowe 's '' The Tragical History Of Doctor Faustus '' and Sun-Tzu , and cites Pop Culture references that date much further back than his age would permit; however, he is also fascinated by Raffi and the Teletubbies . Stewie's mastery of Physics and Mechanical Engineering are at a Science-fictional level. He has constructed a Laser , advanced Fighter-jets , a Mind Control device, a Weather Control device, Robot s, a Time Machine , and even a robotic model of Peter that spoke in Peter's voice. Stewie employs these to cope with the stresses of infant life (such as Teething pain, and eating hated Broccoli ) and to kill Lois with no success. Stewie seems to be constantly carrying a concealed firearm, which he whips out whenever he wants to, he also carries around a bazooka and he keeps an M3 machinegun under his bed's pillow. ]] Stewie's personality has changed significantly over the course of the series; he has gradually grown away from the matricidal tendencies and diabolical genius that so dominated his character during the show's first few seasons. Much of the lessening of this early Evil Genius in his personality has been replaced by criminal violence, where Stewie has committed such acts as viciously beating, cutting and burning Brian when the dog did not pay him on time, and Carjacking . This coincides with a possible love interest in Brian , another of Stewie's developments in the later seasons. INFLUENCES Some elements of Stewie's personality come from English actor Sir Rex Harrison . MacFarlane has stated that '' My Fair Lady '' (starring Harrison) heavily influenced his portrayal of Stewie, and on '' The Late Show With David Letterman '', described Stewie as "Rex Harrison in an infant's body". ''Family Guy'' has included several tributes to ''My Fair Lady'', most notably in " One If By Clam, Two If By Sea " and " Running Mates ". COMMUNICATION WITH ADULTS Having asserted he will never take a definite stand on whether Stewie can converse with adults, MacFarlane has given a few general hints. ;Brian always understands Brian is the only main character whose ability to understand Stewie is unambiguous; the two always converse normally. This is furthered in " Running Mates ", where it is shown that Brian can read Stewie's mind; this phenomenon has not been explored in subsequent episodes. ;Adults understand, but disregard Stewie In the DVD audio commentary for " E. Peterbus Unum ", MacFarlane explains adults ''can'' understand Stewie, but don't take him seriously, "sort of like... if a four-year-old who {Link without Title} talk told you to 'fuck off'." In this manner, characters acknowledge Stewie, but pay no mind to his often-insulting addresses, such as calling Lois by her first name, or Peter as "the fat man". However, in the episode " Untitled Griffin Family History ", Lois directly acknowledges Stewie. While arguing with Peter, Stewie says "How can you say you don't like it if you haven't even given it a chance" to which Lois replies "I agree with Stewie, its not really fair" showing that she heard and understood his point. AMBIGUOUS SEXUALITY When the writers began to flesh out Stewie beyond being a generic evil genius in season two, MacFarlane and the writers began to explore the infant's sexuality with a series of one-off gags, which hinted that Stewie could be gay. On the commentary of '''', the writers describe how they were going to make Stewie discover he was gay, but decided to go "another way." His personality, which is often rather theatrical and effeminate, easily lent itself to such speculation. Stewie is shown reacting with spontaneous enthusiasm to brief homosexual encounters in several episodes (including " Patriot Games "), and in " Chick Cancer " he wishes men could "get together with their buddies, and just have it be the same thing as being with a woman". Hints that Stewie may have a love interest in Brian have been included in " Deep Throats " and " Saving Private Brian ", where they have kissed, and Stewie confesses love to Brian in " The Tan Aquatic With Steve Zissou ", however, he covers up what he said by claiming he said 'Olive Juice'. MacFarlane planned for the series' third season to end with Stewie Coming Out Of The Closet after a near-death experience. However, the show's abrupt cancellation caused MacFarlane to abort these plans, and the episode " Queer Is Stewie? " was never produced. Since that point, MacFarlane has opted to have Stewie portrayed as sexually ambiguous, as, in his eyes, the flexibility of Stewie's sexuality allows for much more freedom in terms of writing for the character. Stewie has had liaisons and attractions to girls as well, notably in "", Stewie becomes sexually aroused watching female Cheerleaders . In "Chick Cancer", Stewie falls in love and eventually "marries" a child actress named Olivia Fuller. In " Peter's Two Dads ", Stewie discovers that he " Gets A Jolly Out Of Being Hit ". As with several other of Stewie's eccentric Turn-ons , this may be a single episode situation. Stewie has also Cross-dressed in several episodes. While most of the time it was done to disguise himself as Brian's date when spying on people or to evade a search, he has expressed he is comfortable in female attire, even going so far as to enter a girls beauty contest in Boys Do Cry . ''STEWIE GRIFFIN: THE UNTOLD STORY'' See Also: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story On ''. The movie follows Stewie's cross-country adventures as he searches for a man he believes to be his real father after seeing him on a television news segment. The movie was re-edited into 3 half-hour segments and shown as the season finale on May 21 , 2006 . BERTRAM See Also: Bertram (Family Guy) While technically a half-brother also to Chris and Meg, Bertram appears only to Stewie in these episodes — it is not made clear whether Bertram occupies the same reality as the rest of Griffin family in the logic of the show. OTHER APPEARANCES
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