Beloved TV characters are killed off all the time. When 24 was on, about five were offed each week. But, you don't see many treasured animated characters meeting their untimely demise.
That's exactly what happened Sunday when Brian, the wisecracking talking dog on Family Guy died after he was run over (violently!) by a car as he was about to play in the street with Stewie. Fans of the show took the death hard, not sure why creator Seth MacFarlane, who also voiced Brian, decided to off the martini-swigging pooch.
By Monday, a petition on change.org demanded that Brian be brought back to life. If Brian were on American Horror Story: Coven, that would've been a done deal. The petition collected more than 1,500 signatures within hours of popping up on the internet.
It's not clear why MacFarlane killed off Brian, one of the show's most popular characters. I'm guessing November sweeps, that critical ratings period, had a little something to do with it. Hey, whenever a show gets desperate for viewers, that's when characters start dying. Or having lesbian makeout sessions. Do you think it was a coincidence that Taraji P. Henson's badass cop Joss Carter on CBS' Persons of Interest was also killed during sweeps?
Knowing MacFarlane, I wouldn't be surprised if he plays the Bobby Ewing card, meaning Brian's death was just a bad dream and he'll be back in no time mocking Peter and trading barbs again with Stewie.
If I were MacFarlane, that's what I'd do.
Cats have nine lives. Why can't Brian have two?
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