# Family Guy Q: Why does Stewie hate Lois? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407 "2005-12-28T04:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/1 "2005-12-28T04:46:40Z")
Has there ever been an explanation for that? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/2 "2005-12-28T04:50:18Z")
It’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/3 "2005-12-28T04:56:15Z")
She has impeded his progress ever since he emerged from her wretched womb. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/4 "2005-12-28T04:59:58Z")
He’s gay and is working his way through his Electra complex Stewie-style. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/5 "2005-12-28T06:15:26Z")
He’s a megalomaniacal psycho. And yes, it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/6 "2005-12-28T06:19:51Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > She has impeded his progress ever since he emerged from her wretched womb. Very good answer. ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/7 "2005-12-28T07:47:21Z")
He is a budding Super-villian. Unfortunately he is also somewhat of a prodigy. Whereas most Super-villians find an Arch-enemy in their teens at the earliest, Stewie is already instinctively seeking his. Most Super-villians find their Arch-enemies from amongst their peers, but Stewie has had only one brief, aborted foster-care incident in which to develop his age-appropriate, antisocial skills. He has naturally selected the one human who has most tended to (inadvertantly) thwart his plans and has presumptively designated her as his Nemesis. Hope this clears things up. Or, maybe (as previously posted), it’s just funny. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/8 "2005-12-28T07:57:21Z")
It is funny, but it also makes sense: Stewie wants to rule the world (or maybe fall for a rough trick named Steve) and Lois, being a parent, makes him eat his brussels sprouts, confines him to his crib, and takes away his death rays when he’s at the table. It’s enough to drive any ambiguously gay villianous monster to matricidal fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/9 "2005-12-28T08:02:22Z")
Well, as he explained it once, Lois imprisoned him in her womb. He escaped from the womb, but before he could get true freedom the “man in white” grabbed him and gave him to Lois. He considers her his jailer to a large degree. On top of that, since that day he has made considerable efforts to further his goal of world domination (building weapons, mind control devices and etc) and she often confiscates them and throws them away, thus thwarting his schemes and raising his ire. In one episode Lois is out of the house a lot because she is running for political office. Stewie ends up feeling alone and lost without her, and curses himself for needing her around. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/10 "2005-12-28T09:10:24Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > Well, as he explained it once, Lois imprisoned him in her womb. That cursed ovarian Bastille! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/11 "2005-12-28T14:28:24Z")
It’s not that Stewie wants Lois dead, it’s just that he doesn’t want her alive…_anymore_. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/12 "2005-12-28T14:46:07Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > Well, as he explained it once, Lois imprisoned him in her womb. He escaped from the womb, but before he could get true freedom the “man in white” grabbed him and gave him to Lois. He considers her his jailer to a large degree. On top of that, since that day he has made considerable efforts to further his goal of world domination (building weapons, mind control devices and etc) and she often confiscates them and throws them away, thus thwarting his schemes and raising his ire. > > In one episode Lois is out of the house a lot because she is running for political office. Stewie ends up feeling alone and lost without her, and curses himself for needing her around. This makes a lot of sense, thank you. I also agree that it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/13 "2005-12-28T14:57:45Z")
Seems like, in this season, Stewie doesn’t seem to want to kill his mom. Heck, the Family Guy movie shows an adult Stewie who is fond of his mom. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/14 "2005-12-28T15:34:09Z")
> [@BluePitbull](#): > > Heck, the Family Guy movie shows an adult Stewie who is fond of his mom. Right, but that was Stu Griffin, not Stewie. Different timeline and all. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/15 "2005-12-28T15:42:56Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > It’s funny. Best i can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/16 "2005-12-28T15:45:16Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > In one episode Lois is out of the house a lot because she is running for political office. Stewie ends up feeling alone and lost without her, and curses himself for needing her around. He’s grown accustom to her face. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/17 "2005-12-28T19:55:00Z")
Given all the great answers so far in this thread, let me ask this - why is there the love/hate relationship between Stewie and Brian? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/18 "2005-12-28T19:55:44Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > It is funny, but it also makes sense: Stewie wants to rule the world (or maybe fall for a rough trick named Steve) and Lois, being a parent, makes him eat his brussels sprouts, confines him to his crib, and takes away his death rays when he’s at the table. It’s enough to drive any ambiguously gay villianous monster to matricidal fantasies. I’m a pompous little antichrist who’ll give up my plans for world domination when I grow up and marry a rough trick named Jim. or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/19 "2005-12-28T20:07:42Z")
> [@Martin Hyde](#): > > In one episode Lois is out of the house a lot because she is running for political office. Stewie ends up feeling alone and lost without her, and curses himself for needing her around. Prompting him to sing “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” in the funniest _Family Guy_ gag ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407/20 "2005-12-28T20:40:41Z")
> [@Fabulous Creature](#): > > Prompting him to sing “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” in the funniest _Family Guy_ gag ever. I thought that happened in the Simpsons, during one of the many Sideshow Bob episodes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-guy-q-why-does-stewie-hate-lois/337407.md?page=2)