Seth MacFarlane Throwing Peter Griffin Toy In The Air

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Seth MacFarlane Throwing Peter Griffin Toy In The Air refers to a photograph of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane with his hands outspread, surrounding a Peter Griffin toy that he presumably threw in the air, making it appear as if it's suspended in the air between his palms. The photo originally appeared in a 2010 Details interview with MacFarlane and became the subject of memes as an exploitable format, including redraws, in September 2024 when X / Twitter user @sillyfarters posted it and encouraged users to draw their OC and comfort characters in the same pose.

Origin

The August 2010 issue of Details^[1] features an interview with Seth MacFarlane. In the article is a photograph of Seth MacFarlane, taken by Jennifer Livingston, in which it appears as if he is making a Peter Griffin figurine levitate in the air.

On September 13th, 2024, X^[2] user @sillyfarters posted the photograph, writing, "draw you and your oc/comfort character like this," garnering over 65,000 likes and 5,900 reposts in five days.

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The photo of MacFarlane gained viral spread over the following days, also inspiring numerous redraws.

On September 14th, 2024, the photo was reposted by X^[3] user @OldInternetFeel, garnering over 1,000 likes in four days. Later that day, X^[4] artist @turnaboutWOT posted an edit of the photo replacing MacFarlane's face with Redd White's from the Ace Attorney series and Peter with a statue, garnering over 4,700 likes in four days.

On the same day, X^[5] user @sillyfarters posted an edit inspired by the image in which a Peter Griffin doll levitates between Fred Durst's hands, garnering over 2,000 likes in four days.

On September 15th, 2024, the original photo was reposted to /r/fakehistoryporn,^[6] titled, "God creates Adam (1,000,000 BC)," garnering around 150 upvotes in three days. Later that day, a redraw of the image was posted to /r/azudaioh,^[7] garnering a similar number of upvotes in the same span of time. On September 16th, it was reposted to iFunny,^[8] garnering over 1,000 smiles in two days.