Characters Never Aging

There also some Franco-Belgian comic book/cartoons characters who didn't age it all. Tintin for example, from The Black Island an adventure set originally in the late 1930s who got an update in 1966 to the Calculus Affair in the mid-1950s.

Lucky Luke was also another character who didn't aged. One adventure showed Lucky Luke at the construction of the railroad in the 1860s and another one showed him in the Klondike in the late 19th century.
 
Originally Posted by Yours Truly
And it would be better if Lois actually heard Stewie calling his mother a "Vile woman" or worse?:p




Seriously? You're going to use 1 hiccup as an example of why you feel that Stewie should age on Family Guy? If you research it, you'll discover that there have been plenty of other similar incidents in which the FG writers have forgotten or ignored their own rules for the show. Meg being friendless in some episodes but having a group of friends in others, to name just 1 example.

Sometimes adults can understand Stewie and sometimes they can't. Whatever that particular joke happens to call for. Stewie is heard when he needs to be heard. That's basically it. If Stewie must age, then the rest of the FG cast would have age every year also, and as it's been established, in screwball comedies that typically ignore the rules of real world, it simply wouldn't work. Family Guy has never been big on continuity to begin with, and the shows' writers have grown even less concerned with it in recent years.
 
Stewie wouldn't be Stewie if he aged. That would defeat the entire purpose of the character. And other characters - including Peter and Chris - have also conversed with Stewie. It's not that rare.

I don't get the "cartoon character should age" argument. For many shows, including most comedy shows, I can't see it working.
 
No, because The Simpsons is a comedy which isn't rooted in reality, and Bart is another character who would all his appeal as an adult. Bart would be Bart anymore if he aged.
 
I've seen it happen as early as Season 1. In "Brian: Portrait of a Dog", Stewie says that now that Brian is gone, they should buy a cat, to which Peter replies "Stewie, that's a great idea!" (or something along those lines). Lois, Chris and Meg were in the scene and didn't think it was awkward or anything.
 
Nah, they're babies. It doesn't matter how contrary to their real-life counterparts they act, they are what they are.

Bugs Bunny doesn't act much like a real rabbit either, but he's drawn as a rabbit and cast as a rabbit, so he's a rabbit. Same deal with Mickey Mouse. Does Mickey act like a real mouse? Hardly. But as long as he has big round ears and a long tail, that's what he is.

It's silly to try to apply real-world logic to comedy cartoon characters.
 
I think most of the time most of the Family Guy cast just tends to ignore Stewie. If I remember correctly, that had been brought up in Lois Kills Stewie.

Other than Brian, Stewie has interacted with the main cast plenty of times in the show since season 1 and even supporting characters (Stewie killing/tranquilizing a hooker or some woman for Quagmire).
 
I remember MacFarlane saying that the reason Stewie normally doesn't get reactions from the adults is because he's a baby, you can't take him seriously. Sure, it's sound weird coming from a baby, but after all the TV...
 
One of the most extreme examples of this that i've seen so far were in Weekenders.

I haven't seen the whole series, but i've seen a few episodes from each of three seasons and there were a pregnant lady working in some community center. Each time you see her you look at the size of her belly and think that she's gonna give birth any minute now, but she stayed that way throughout the whole series.

I don't mind this though. It's okay.
 
Reminds me of a scene in Family Guy... can't remember when, but Peter once said to (forgot her name) "You've been pregnant for five years already! Are you going have the baby or what?"
 
It was to Bonnie, Joe's wife. "First of all, Look Bonnie. You've been pregnate for five years already. Either have the baby or don't."

It was the episode when Quagmire looked at Lois in the woman's bathroom.
 
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