Mayor Adam West is a fictional character voiced by actor Adam West on the American animated television series Family Guy. He was depicted as the mayor of the town of Quahog, Rhode Island, where the show is set. He appeared on a recurring basis from his first appearance in season 2 until his final appearance in season 17.

Adam West
Family Guy character
Mayor Adam West
First appearance	"Fifteen Minutes of Shame" (2000)
Last appearance	"Coma Guy" (2020)
Created by	Seth MacFarlane Steve Callaghan
Designed by	Seth MacFarlane
Voiced by	Adam West
In-universe information
Full name	Adam West
Occupation	Former Mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island
Family	Wild West (cousin) Peter Griffin (brother-in-law) Lois Griffin (sister-in-law) Chris Griffin (nephew-by-marriage) Meg Griffin (niece-by-marriage) Stewie Griffin (nephew-by-marriage)
Spouse	Carol West
Nationality	American
1st Mayor of Quahog
In office January 31, 1999 – June 9, 2017
Succeeded by	Wild West

Character

Mayor West is characterized as an intense yet friendly, soft-spoken, childish crackpot whose delusions often came at great expense and sometimes danger to citizens of Quahog. His psychotic whims include dispatching the entire Quahog police department to Cartagena, Colombia, to search for the fictional character Elaine Wilder from the 1984 film Romancing the Stone,[1] or wasting council money on a solid gold statue of the Dig 'Em frog, and cementing coffins since he is afraid the dead will return as zombies.[2]

In the episode "420", he legalizes marijuana after listening to a song Brian sings ("A Bag o' Weed"), only to re-criminalize it a few days later when Brian is bribed to sing a song condemning the substance.[3][4] He was also a brainwashed Russian sleeper spy activated by the phrase "Gosh, that Italian family at the next table sure is quiet". In the episode "Brothers & Sisters", he marries Lois' sister Carol. In "Road to the Multiverse", it is revealed that he is 95% helium. The episode "Dr. C and the Women" strongly suggests he is fully sane and his bizarre antics are actually a smokescreen to throw people off and cover up a dark, murderous side.

Development

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane wrote several episodes of the cartoon series Johnny Bravo. West played a similarly intense and odd rendition of himself in an episode written by MacFarlane, "Johnny Meets Adam West!", first broadcast in December 1997.[5] In the episode, West's fictionalized persona displays similar deluded characteristics to the later Family Guy character, such as believing a race of megalomaniac mole-people lives under a local golf course. However, he dressed formally and behaved slightly similarly to his character in the 1960s series of Batman. MacFarlane found West's character and performance in Johnny Bravo so funny that he created a similar character for Family Guy.[6]

The character we've created is kind of this alternate-universe Adam West where he's mayor of this town, and we deliberately have not made any references to Batman, because we like keeping that separate. It's the obvious place to go. We tried it; we thought it would be funny to do something different with the mayor of this town. People like Clint Eastwood and Martin Sheen who have taken whacks at this sort of thing — there's a precedent for it, actors getting into politics. He's the mayor, but he's this guy who clearly does not have it all together.

Following the real Adam West's death on June 9, 2017, Mayor West died offscreen in Family Guy as revealed in the episode "Adam West High".[7] Following his death, MacFarlane said, "Family Guy has lost its mayor. He is irreplaceable".[8] Producer Steve Callaghan told Entertainment Weekly that there were still five unaired episodes featuring West that would air in the upcoming season. Callaghan revealed that they had not decided how they were going to address the departure of West's character from the series, while also revealing that it is something they have been dealing with concerning the loss of Carrie Fisher in December 2016. Callaghan went on to say that both the departures of Fisher and West from the show will certainly reflect the importance that each of their characters and actors had within the series.[9]

Starting in the episode "Wild Wild West", West's position as Mayor of Quahog was later assumed by the character's rural cousin, Wild West, who is portrayed by Sam Elliott.[10]

References

External links

• Adam West on IMDb

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[es] Alcalde Adam West

[it] Adam West (I Griffin)

[ru] Мэр Адам Вест