Quagmire is a bachelor who works as a commercial airline pilot. He lives on Spooner Street where he is a neighbor and best friend of
Peter Griffin,
Cleveland Brown, and
Joe Swanson. He has had two spouses: Joan, a maid for the Griffins who died; and Charmise, a prostitute whom he divorced. The former episode, "
I Take Thee Quagmire", was acknowledged by MacFarlane as the first to have a plot revolving around Quagmire. During his time in Korea in service in
Busan, he had a brief career as a soap opera star by the name of "American Johnny" and was lovers with his co-star, Sujin. Although presumably the
breakout character of the series, Quagmire is incapable of speaking Korean: claiming he was instructed to "sound out the words phonetically" and was unaware of what he was saying whilst filming. Quagmire and Sujin would reconnect during
his brief travel there with Peter, Joe, and Cleveland. but she dumped him because of his constant jealousy In "The Stewaway", Quagmire reveals he lost his virginity at 6 years old when a female
pedophile plumber raped him while working at the Quagmires' house at the time. He is characterized as indulging in numerous
sexual fetishes such as
BDSM,
frotteurism,
biastophilia,
somnophilia,
erotic asphyxiation,
voyeurism,
exhibitionism,
zoophilia, and
necrophilia. He also has a predilection for teenage girls, including Peter's daughter
Meg, whenever they turn 18. Following the episode "
Family Goy", he develops a
pornography addiction after discovering the existence of
internet pornography. When in sexual situations, he often shouts variations of his catchphrase "giggity", which has been used on
Family Guy merchandise such as keyrings. Scenes involving Quagmire's sexual behavior have sometimes been censored by
Fox, such as a cut-away in the episode "
Airport '07" which implied that he engaged in sex with a dead
virgin at her funeral. The
Parents Television Council, a long-term critic of
Family Guy, says that Quagmire provides "some of the
tawdriest moments" in the show. ==References==