Family Guy’s Seth Green Is Quick To Name His Favorite Chris Moment

In a moment that could be considered an example of a character going too far, Seth Green told TV Line that his favorite moment is when Chris sets a classmate on fire for making fun of his name in the fourth grade in the Season 3 “Viewer Mail” episode. In the episode, the Griffins get superpowers, and Chris is gifted with the ability to start fires at will. When he runs into the classmate in the halls, Chris confronts him. Recalling the moment, Green says, “Chris goes, ‘Remember in the fourth grade, you called me Chris Gristle?’ And the kid’s like, ‘I guess so?’ And without hesitation, Chris goes, ‘Well, burn for it!’ and lights the kid on fire. I just love the idea that Chris is so petty to have held a grudge since fourth grade and to literally murder a person for an infraction as small as messing up his last name.”

However, Chris’ murderous tendencies may not be so surprising when you consider that Seth Green channeled serial killer Buffalo Bill from “The Silence of the Lambs” when he auditioned for the character. In 2020, Green told Comic Con at Home that he figured it was, “just so weird, I guess everybody liked it.” Seth MacFarlane added, “Everyone was coming in, doing surfer dude voices based on the look of the design. Seth was the only one who came in and did something way off the rails.”