Family Guy Creator Explains Peter Griffin’s Buff Fortnite Skin

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Epic Games did not have the budget to create an authentic version of the Peter Griffin Fortnite skin, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has revealed. His insight into this curious crossover arrives weeks after Peter Griffin debuted in Fortnite as part of the Chapter 5: Season 1 Battle Pass.

While the original version of the iconic character is the epitome of obesity, his Fortnite rendition is anything but. Specifically, the Peter Griffin that made its way to the hit battle royale game is extremely muscular, with his overall frame being much closer to that of a typical Fortnite skin than the character's original design, which was authored by MacFarlane himself.

Reflecting on this state of affairs, the Family Guy creator recently explained that the Fortnite version of Peter Griffin was a design born largely out of necessity. «I was told that they didn't have the budget to create his actual body,» the famous Hollywood generalist told IGN. Instead, Epic ended up sticking Peter Griffin's head onto a muscular body as part of a move that MacFarlane likened to the 1989 TV Guide cover that edited Oprah Winfrey's head onto the body of '60s Hollywood star Ann-Margret Olsson. MacFarlane also admitted he had no idea what Fortnite was when the Family Guy crossover was pitched to him.

Assuming MacFarlane's comments weren't made in jest, the remark about Epic's lack of budget was plausibly referring to the fact that creating an authentic version of Peter Griffin in Fortnite would have required the developer to go beyond designing a mere skin. Namely, Epic would have had to completely rebalance the character if it went with his original design, as it would otherwise be asking players to spend money on a skin that comes with larger hitboxes, essentially making them lose way more easily.

I was told that they didn't have the budget to create [Peter Griffin's] actual body, so they had to like stick his head on a… it was like that TV Guide cover from the '90s where they put Oprah's head on