Babs Pewterschmidt | |
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Barbara Pewterschmidt | |
Age | 69 (as of "Welcome Back, Carter") |
Job(s) | N/A |
Relatives | unnamed father unnamed mother Carter Pewterschmidt (husband) Lois Griffin (oldest daughter) Carol Pewterschmidt (youngest daughter) Patrick Pewterschmidt (son) Tatum Pewterschmidt (adoptive younger daughter) Mayor Adam West (son-in-law) Peter Griffin (son-in-law) Meg Griffin (granddaughter) Chris Griffin (oldest grandson) Stewie Griffin (youngest grandson) Brian Griffin (dog-in-law) Robin West (granddaughter) |
Voice | Alex Borstein |
Barbara "Babs" Pewterschmidt (née Hebrewberg) (born 1924) is the wife of Carter and the mother of Carol, Lois, Patrick and Tatum. She is also very rich, and although she's not as cruel and hateful as her husband, she is very insensitive to those who are of a lower social class than she is and also has some archaic, racist and bigoted beliefs about certain minority groups.
Biography[]
Although she and Carter are both very wealthy, Babs reveals to Peter that she grew up in more humble beginnings in Weekapaug, Rhode Island in "Absolutely Babulous" and only maintains a facade of class to please Carter.
She once had an affair with Jackie Gleason, which traumatized their son, Patrick to the extent that he had to be institutionalized, as revealed in "The Fat Guy Strangler". Also, in "Peterotica", she left Carter during the period he was broke and went to Ted Turner. However, this was a ploy to after take half of his assets when she later divorced Turner, making them rich again and she got back with Carter right after.
In episodes such as "Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey" and "You May Now Kiss the Uh ... Guy Who Receives", it is made clear that Barbara and Carter married because Carter was rich. However, in "Welcome Back, Carter", it is revealed that Barbara and Carter had fallen in love before they married. It is also revealed that Carter is a war veteran, and he and Barbara exchanged letters, and when that ceased, Carter was presumed dead. At a party Barbara and her new fiancé Roginald attended, he crashed it, and the two reaffirmed their love, sealed by a marriage proposal. However, in the latter episode, Carter was caught in an affair, and though Barbara demanded a divorce, she later forgave Carter. However, she deemed herself too old to remarry, so the two are still living in the same household.
Appearance[]
Personality[]
Babs doesn't have much of a defined personality, but from what we see in the show, she is usually more tolerant of her son-in-law, Peter, than her husband Carter is, but at times, she can be as cold as Carter to him. Babs also likes to withhold crucial information from her daughter Lois.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Carter Pewterschmidt - Babs is the wife of Carter and she loves him. In "Regarding Carter", Babs revealed that she pretended to be rich in order to get Carter to love her and upon marrying him, that lie became a truth as she inherited all of his money, turning her into the rich woman she claimed to be. This isn't the only thing that Babs lied about to get into Carter's pants. In "Family Goy", it turned out that her family was actually Jewish and that her maiden name was "Hebrewberg". Carter was strictly antisemitic, so this would have been a huge problem for him. Ever since marrying Carter, Babs has been infinitely grateful for his love as him being a wealthy aristocrat means that she gets to live in his wonderful mansion and be served hand and foot by all of the maids and butlers. She also doesn't have to do any housework either because of said maids and butlers. No job and no housework, equals a happy lifestyle for Babs. Babs doesn't just care about the money, however as she loves Carter for who he is. Babs was truly hurt when Carter cheated on her in "Welcome Back, Carter" and almost remarried someone else. Babs said that if they took things very slowly, they could get back together again, which is exactly what they did. In "Carter and Tricia", however, Carter cheated on Babs again with Tricia Takanawa, which drove her to madness and got her locked up in an insane asylum. Babs is too forgiving of her husband as she was perfectly okay with him cheating on her twice and is still with him today.
- Lois Griffin - Babs is the mother of Lois and she loves her very much. She is not as unhappy with her marrying Peter as Carter is and really doesn't mind too much her son-in-law's tomfuckery. She does, however, enjoy pulling an occasional prank on him. Babs is not 100% honest with her daughter though as she keeps many secrets from her, such as her family actually being Jewish, as seen in "Family Goy", and more notably, her having a long-lost brother who was locked up in an insane asylum, as seen in "The Fat Guy Strangler". Later in the same episode, it was revealed that she was still hiding more secrets from her as Lois has a feral twin sister, who's been locked up in a cage in the basement.
Episode Appearances[]
- Peter's in Charge
- Road to Rhode Island
- Running Mates (Mentioned)
- Screwed the Pooch
- If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'
- Peter Griffin: Husband, Father, ... Brother?
- Neighbor Pains
- Missionary Impossible
- Power Over Peter
- When You Wish Upon a Weinstein (Mentioned)
- Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater
- Model Misbehavior
- The Fat Guy Strangler
- Death Lives
- Family Guy Viewer Mail
- Stuck Together, Torn Apart
- 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter (Cameo)
- The Perfect Castaway
- Hell Comes to Quahog
- Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey
- You May Now Kiss the Uh ... Guy Who Receives
- No Chris Left Behind
- Mad Mex
- Ocean's Three and a Half
- Breadlosers
- Play it Again, Brian (Mentioned)
- Peterotica
- Peter's Progress (Great Ancestor)
- 420
- Padre de Familia
- Lois Kills Stewie
- Extra Large Medium
- Family Goy
- Brian Griffin's House of Payne (Mentioned)
- Go, Stewie, Go!
- Ratings Guy
- Quagmire's Quagmire (Mentioned)
- Baby, You Knock Me Out (Non-Speaking)
- New Kidney in Town (Mentioned)
- Trading Places
- Thanks But No Thanksgiving
- Grumpy Old Man
- Holly Jolly Folly
- 200 Episodes Later
- Welcome Back, Carter
- Cool Hand Peter
- Quagmire and Meg
- Thanksgiving With The Griffins
- Business Guy
- Internal Affairs (Mentioned)
- Brothers & Sisters
- Tea Peter
- Welcome Back, Carter
- The Old Man and The Big C
- Road to the North Pole (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Lois Comes Out of Her Shell
- Valentine's Day in Quahog
- No Country Club for Old Men
- Yug Ylimaf
- Life of Brian (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Scammed Yankees
- The Simpsons Guy (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Game Guy Advance (Video Game Version)
- Carter and Tricia (Mentioned)
- Roasted Guy
- Chris Has Got a Date, Date, Date, Date, Date
- Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (Biblical Version)
- #JOLO
- Fresh Heir
- Gronkowsbees (Mentioned)
- V is for Mystery (Mystery Version)
- Nanny Goats
- Don't Be a Dickens at Christmas
- Petey IV
- Married ... With Cancer (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- The Five Day Marriage (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Regarding Carter
- Absolutely Babulous
- Shanksgiving
- Christmas is Coming
- No Giggity, No Doubt (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Meg's Wedding
- The Munchurian Candidate
- A Wife-Changing Experience
- Bird Reich
- Adoptation
- Fattest in the West
Trivia[]
- Both she and Carter apparently have an addiction to sleeping pills and alcohol as noted in "The Fat Guy Strangler".