Peter Griffin from 'Family Guy' is one of America's most-liked dads on TV, rivaling Homer Simpson himself. It crushes fans to know that the man who's willing to chug ipecac to claim the last slice of pie and trip Meg down a flight of stairs is not a real guy. Well, they're wrong.

real life Peter Griffin
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This evidence suggests that a man actually named Peter Griffin is somewhere out there in the world, hopefully looking for golden tickets at the bottom of beer bottles (if he's anything like the TV character).

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