Homer Griffin

Homer J. Griffin is one of the protagonists of the Griffins. He's a man of Irish descent currently residing in Springfield, Rhode Island with his wife Marge Griffin. He was, however, born in Mexico, where his mother had tried unsuccessfully to abort him. Together, Homer and Marge have three children, Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie. Out of pity he also adopted an intellectual talking dog named Brian who formerly lived on the street as a stray, an accepted fact in Brian's two adoption stories. He is an overweight, lazy, and ignorant individual, but is strongly devoted to his wife and children. His behavior is often stupid, absurd, selfish, dangerous, clumsy, idiotic, and insensitive. Despite this and his below average intelligence, he has shown moments of great intellect, and can be a caring parent and husband sometimes. Homer works as a low level safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, in Sector 7G, although he is often incompetent and mostly sleeps on duty and eats donuts provided. He spends a great deal of his time at Moe's Tavern with his lifelong friends Quagmire, Cleveland, Joe and bartender Moe. At home he can often be found sitting on the sofa mindlessly watching television while snacking on food and drinking Duff.