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{{Infobox Settlement |
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| name= Quahog |
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| subdivision_type= Country |
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| subdivision_name= {{flag|United States of America}} |
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| subdivision_type1= [[US State|State]] |
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| subdivision_name1= [[Rhode Island]] |
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| subdivision_type2= County |
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| subdivision_name2= [[Providence County, Rhode Island|Providence]] |
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| leader_title= Mayor |
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| leader_name= [[Adam West (Family Guy)|Adam West]] |
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| timezone= [[North American Eastern Time Zone|EST]] |
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| utc_offset= -5 |
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| timezone_DST= [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] |
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| utc_offset_DST= -4 |
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| area_code=[[Area code 401|401]] |
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[[Image:Providence skyline close.jpg|thumb|200px|The skyline of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], as viewed from the northwest looking southeast.]] |
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[[Image:Familyguyskyline.gif|thumb|200px|Its animated counterpart.]] |
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'''Quahog''' ({{pronounced|ˈkoʊhɒɡ}} "koh-hawg") is a [[fictional]] city located in [[Providence County, Rhode Island]], where the animated television comedy ''[[Family Guy]]'' is set. [[Peter Griffin|The Griffin Family]], [[Cleveland Brown|the Brown Family]], [[Joe Swanson|the Swanson Family]], [[Mort Goldman|the Goldman Family]], and [[Glenn Quagmire]] live on '''Spooner Street''', with the Griffin Family residing at '''31 Spooner Street'''. |
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==History== |
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According to [[Adam West (Family Guy)|Mayor Adam West]] in "[[Fifteen Minutes of Shame]]", the town was founded by Myles "Chatterbox" Musket. He was a sailor on the colony of New York boat and was thrown overboard for "speaking his mind" (non-stop). According to legend, a magical clam rescued him and brought him ashore, sharing the same vision as Musket: founding a new town named Quahog. The clam later left Musket, because Musket contemplated killing him. Musket never spoke again, and later died of a combination of [[tuberculosis]] and a [[Tomahawk (axe)| tomahawk]] to the head and at last the clam came back to find Musket shoved in a pickle barrel. These events are celebrated every year as "Quahog clam festival". |
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==People and places in Quahog== |
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[[Adam West (Family Guy)|Adam West]], who shares a name with and is voiced by the actor who portrayed [[Batman]] on the [[Batman (TV series)|1960s TV series]], is the mayor of Quahog. Quahog's local celebrities are the anchors of its Channel 5 news show, [[Tom Tucker (Family Guy)|Tom Tucker]], [[Diane Simmons]], [[Trisha Takanawa]], and [[Ollie Williams]]. The [[Drunken Clam]] is a bar that protagonist [[Peter Griffin]] and his friends frequently visit. Lois's Aunt Margarite left her estate in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] to the Griffins, which they made an extended visit to in ''Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater'', and eventually sold. In the episode "E. Peterbus Unum" it is found out that Peter's house is not part of Quahog, and not even part of the United States of America, in which he calls the new territory [[Petoria]]. |
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==Possible real-world locations== |
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[[Seth MacFarlane]], the show's creator, had been a resident of [[Rhode Island]], and leaves unequivocal Rhode Island landmarks from which one may infer intended locations for events.<ref name=interview>http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmTv/features/familyguy/sethmacfarlane.asp</ref><ref>http://www.quahog.org/factsfolklore/index.php?id=124</ref><ref>http://greatreporter.com/mambo/content/view/1383/11/</ref> |
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Several times every episode, the actual [[Providence, RI|Providence]] skyline can be seen in the distance.<ref name=interview/> The three buildings that are depicted are, from left to right and furthest to closest, [[Sovereign Bank Tower (Providence)|One Financial Center]], [[50 Kennedy Plaza]], and the [[Bank of America Tower (Providence)|Bank of America Tower]]. This ordering of buildings and the angle at which they are viewed (see figure at right) indicates that Quahog is primarily west of downtown Providence. If Quahog is to have a counterpart in Rhode Island geography and be consistent with this, fans guessed that the location would have to be either [[Johnston, Rhode Island|Johnston]], [[Cranston, Rhode Island|Cranston]], [[North Providence, Rhode Island|North Providence]], [[Scituate, Rhode Island|Scituate]], or a western portion of [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] itself. However, in a few episodes Quahog is shown to have a coastline (see "[[Fifteen Minutes of Shame]]", "[[Fore Father]]", and "[[The Perfect Castaway]]"), which only Cranston and Providence possess. This is supported by the fact that the real-world "31 Spooner Street" is located in Providence <ref>{{cite map | publisher = Arrow Map, Inc. | title = Arrow Street Atlas of Rhode Island with Southeastern Massachusetts and Southeastern Connecticut | year = 1999 | page = 13 | section = L5 | isbn = 1-55751-405-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://local.google.com/maps?q=31+Spooner+St,+Providence,+RI+02907 | accessdate = 2007-12-29 | title = Google Maps: 31 Spooner St, Providence, RI 02907}}</ref>, immediately west of [[Roger Williams Park]]. This could be a coincidence, as MacFarlane has said in a DVD commentary that the street was named after Spooner Hill Road, along which is his boyhood home. Also, a map seen in "Fifteen Minutes of Shame" does not resemble a map of the neighborhood of the actual Spooner Street. |
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In "[[E Peterbus Unum]]", a map of Rhode Island is shown with Quahog shown in red with Quahog appearing to be in the vicinity of [[Tiverton, Rhode Island|Tiverton]]. |
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McFarlane, in an interview with local [[WNAC]] Fox 64 News, has stated that the town is modeled after [[Cranston, Rhode Island]]. |
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==The name Quahog== |
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A [[quahog]] is an edible clam. The word "quahog" has been absorbed into the American English language as a [[loanword]] from the original [[Narragansett (tribe)|Narragansett]] language, which is of the [[Algonquian languages]] family. |
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This, along with the fact that the town Quahog was co-founded by a clam, might suggest a different scenario for the reason of the name. |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of places on Family Guy]] |
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[[Category:Fictional cities and towns in Rhode Island]] |
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