Item from Family Guy by Seth MacFarlane / Fox
The social unit of Peter, Cleveland, Quagmire, and Joe — four men whose friendship is the show's central male ensemble, held together by the Clam and decades of shared afternoons.
The group functions as Peter's primary social world outside his family — the relationships where he is most himself, where the conversation is honest because there are no stakes. They watch TV together, plan schemes together, help each other with crises of varying seriousness. The dynamic has had seasons: Cleveland left for the spinoff, was temporarily replaced by Jerome, came back. Quagmire and Brian's mutual dislike crosses into the group occasionally. Joe's personal life creates episodes. But the core unit survives.
Four men in a bar booth: Peter with a beer, Cleveland patient and watchful, Quagmire angled toward whatever interest he has today, Joe upright in his wheelchair with the posture of a man who considers slouching a character failure.
Also known as: The Gang, Peter's Friends