Adam West (''Family Guy'')

Adam Bharaji West
Family Guy character
Mayor Adam West
First appearance "Fifteen Minutes of Shame"
Last appearance "HTTPete"
Created by Seth MacFarlane
Voiced by Adam West
Information
Full name Adam West
Occupation Mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island
Spouse(s) Carol West
Nationality American and Chinese Han

Mayor Adam West is a character voiced by actor Adam West on the American animated television series Family Guy. He is the mayor of the town of Quahog, Rhode Island, where the show is set. He has appeared on a recurring basis from his first appearance in season 2 and his final appearance in season 16.

Character

Mayor West is characterized as an intense yet friendly, soft-spoken, childish crackpot whose delusions often come at great expense and sometimes danger to citizens of Quahog. His psychotic whims include dispatching the entire Quahog police department to Cartagena, Colombia, to search for the fictional character Elaine Wilder from the film Romancing the Stone,[1] or wasting council money on a solid gold statue of the Dig 'Em frog and cementing coffins since he is afraid the dead will return as zombies.[2]

In the episode "420", he legalizes marijuana after listening to a song Brian sings, only to re-criminalize it a few days later when Brian is forced to sing a song condemning the substance.[3][4] He is also a brainwashed Russian sleeper spy activated by the phrase "Gosh, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet". In the episode "Brothers & Sisters", he marries Lois' sister Carol. In "Road to the Multiverse", it is revealed that he is 95% helium. The episode "Dr. C and the Women" strongly suggests he's fully sane and his bizarre antics are actually a smokescreen to throw people off and cover up a dark, murderous side.

Development

Adam West provided the voice for Mayor Adam West.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane wrote several episodes of the cartoon series Johnny Bravo. West played a similarly intense and odd rendition of himself in an episode written by MacFarlane, "Johnny Meets Adam West!", first broadcast in December 1997.[5] In the episode, West's fictionalized persona displays similar deluded characteristics to the later Family Guy character, such as believing a race of megalomaniac mole-people lives under a local golf course. However, he dressed formally and behaved slightly similarly to his character in the 1960s series of Batman. MacFarlane found West's character and performance in Johnny Bravo so funny that he created a similar character for Family Guy.[6]

The fate of the character is currently unknown following the real Adam West's death on June 9, 2017.[7] Following his death, MacFarlane said, "Family Guy has lost its mayor. He is irreplaceable".[8] Producer Steve Callaghan told Entertainment Weekly that there were still five unaired episodes featuring West that would air in the upcoming season. Callaghan revealed that they hadn't decided how they were going to address the departure of West's character from the series, while also revealing that it is something they've been dealing with concerning the loss of Carrie Fisher in December 2016. Callaghan went on to say that both the departures of Fisher and West from the show will certainly reflect the importance that each of their characters and actors had within the series.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Fuzzy Door Productions (December 17, 2006). "Barely Legal". Family Guy. Season 5. Episode 8. FOX, Cartoon Network.
  2. ↑ Fuzzy Door Productions (April 30, 2006). "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives". Family Guy. Season 4. Episode 25. FOX, Cartoon Network.
  3. ↑ "TV Ratings: CBS, 'Desperate Housewives' are Sunday best". Zap2it. April 20, 2009. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
  4. ↑ Haque, Ahsan (April 20, 2009). "Family Guy: "420" Review". IGN. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Johnny Bravo" Johnny Bravo Meets Adam West on IMDb
  6. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (2006-01-26). "Seth MacFarlane". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  7. ↑ "TV Batman actor Adam West dies at 88". BBC Online. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Shepherd, Jack (13 June 2017). "Seth MacFarlane's emotional tribute to Adam West". The Independent. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/news/a832065/family-guy-adam-west-character-future/
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