Similar to his older sister
Meg, Chris is portrayed as a typical
adolescent, albeit one who comes off as being good-natured and easy-going. As such, the character tends to take things in his stride, not worrying about much, seemingly enjoying his position in life. On the Volume 1 DVD box set
Family Guy edition, it is stated that Chris "wouldn't hurt a fly, unless it landed on his hot dog". Chris is seemingly willing to take drastic measures to meet his academic needs, especially to address his below-average grades. In one episode, he thinks he got a bad grade on his geometry test when he tickled his brain with a plastic army man's rifle inserted into his nose, accidentally puncturing a lobe. Despite frequently displaying Peter's characteristic stupidity, Chris is usually portrayed as a faster learner than Peter, and has a variety of talents, such as
filmmaking,
video editing, etc. In "
Patriot Games", when the family moves to
London, Chris is the only member of the family who learns how to speak
cockney English in a matter of seconds. Conversely, however, when his brother Stewie tries to help him prepare for a history exam in "
Stewie, Chris, & Brian's Excellent Adventure", he seems to show great difficulty in grasping new ideas. Chris and Stewie are often shown to share a strong bond: with Stewie claiming the two are a team who look out for one another like "
Owl and Costello". On Season: 23, Episode: 14, Chris was confirmed to have
Autism. Chris stated in this episode that he was "on the spectrum." He also shares his father's cartoonish lack of common sense, tends to be absent-minded, gets confused easily, and appears to be extremely naïve; in "
Lethal Weapons", when Peter and Lois are having a fist fight, Chris cheers for the former, telling him to "kick her ass!". Earlier in the episode, after Chris breaks a vase with his basketball and Lois tells Peter to punish him with a spanking, Peter tells him to "punish [himself]" and subsequently
spanks himself. In
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, when the children watch Lois and Peter trying to make love, Chris mistakes it for a fight and says, "Meg, why do you think they're fighting?", but Meg angrily whispers to him "They're not." In the episode "
Trading Places", after Chris accidentally damages Peter's
dirt bike, Peter "punishes" him by making him
start smoking. Although Meg is often humiliated or embarrassed by his actions like she is with Peter's actions, Chris usually loves and cares for her deeply, and the two are frequently shown to get along very well. Up until sometime during the
sixth season, Chris is more socially active at school than Meg, having various friends, including several girls, while attending Buddy Cianci Junior High School, and later at James Woods Regional High School (now called Adam West High School). As the series progresses and Meg is seen more often with her group of friends, Chris's social status is greatly reduced to the point of being unpopular and virtually friendless at James Woods Regional High School. While just as socially looked down upon as Meg (though to a lesser extent of being bullied), he is outwardly confident and spirited, mostly when dealing with the ups and downs of being a teenager, such as running for Homecoming King, standing up to bullies, lashing out against his date, and frequently acting out against Peter's hurtful ways. In "
Stew-Roids", Chris's popularity increases drastically when the school's queen bee, Connie D'Amico, dates him. At first, she does this to be more popular since "dating a loser" improves her self confidence, however she begins to develop feelings towards Chris when he confesses his feelings towards her. Later in the episode, however, Chris's popularity turns him mean and shallow, and he dumps Connie after making out with two other girls at a house party. Connie and Meg then briefly team up to humiliate Chris by having
Neil Goldman show the school a video of him re-enacting a scene from
The Silence of the Lambs in which Buffalo Bill dances nude in front of a mirror, which results in Connie regaining her popularity, while Chris is socially demoted back to being an outcast. In "
Once Bitten", Chris befriends Neil Goldman, the Jewish resident "nerd/geek" and Meg's self-proclaimed love interest. Although their friendship was initially a ploy for Neil to get closer to Meg, Neil feels bad for using Chris and returns to him to resume their friendship. ==Evil Monkey==