Both The Simpsons and Family Guy satirize the current problems of the contemporary family. Those animated television sitcoms are also aimed at revealing the major shortcomings and merits of the American lifestyle. Hence, the first show is more concerned with revealing humor imposed on cultural biases and a wide range of social beliefs. Therefore, The Simpsons are rather popular among different layers of society. As for Family Guy, it is mostly focused on social problems that occurred in dysfunctional families and therefore it implicitly disguises the odds of American culture. Anyway, both animated situational comedies make use of a humorous approach to entertain people and to divert them from problems.
It should be admitted that Family Guy creators use riskier approaches in humor than The Simpsons do. Hence, The Simpson mostly refers to a very restricted scope of comedy, which is more oriented on vulgar issues whereas Family Guy’s characters are more obsessed with patriarchal dysfunction. A politically incorrect father, Peter Griffin, still being a “family guy” embodies a subversive vision of family relations; he is still perceived as the mainstay of the family. However, both Peter Griffin and Homer Simpson are bigoted characters having outstanding levels of stupidity and absolute confidence in their extraordinary intellectual abilities. Other family characters in both sitcoms are balancing the images of crazy daddies that still care about their families. This is because The Simpson and The Griffins are often compared with each other.
The outrageous humor of Family Guy engages the political issues rather than those of popular culture where the character stuff includes all the social disturbances that the heroic father is trying to prevent. Unlike Family Guy, The Simpsons creators are more oriented at mocking cultural differences thus covering all national and cultural layers of society. Hence, The Simpsons are exactly the movie that can be enjoyed by all people irrespective of age and social status. This sitcom is also more focused on revealing a storm of national references embodied in different movie characters and jokes. The impacts of cultures are discovered in animated movies differently. In particular, Family Guy considerably influences other related shows like The Cleveland Show, American Dad, and others so that this film has managed to perpetuate jokes and famous idioms in other television programs.
The main similarity of these two most popular animated sitcoms lies in the fact that both are aimed at satirizing the existed problems in American families, both on a cultural and social ground. The fictional families reflect all the vices that an average family can possess so that people have an opportunity to recognize themselves in a different comical situation in the movies. At the same time, the Simpsons and the Griffins divers people from daily routines and accept the existed problems with humor.
The analyzed shows manage to presents different humor styles, which are still accepted by American society. The overt comic scenes, the famous Homer’s “D’oh!” and Peter’s crazy actions and phrases will surely be perpetuated in the lifestyles of many American families. The shows also have many differences despite being continuously compared with each other. Hence, The Simpsons are more culturally oriented characters whereas Family Guy discloses many political issues and tricky jokes.