From starring inThat '70s Showas a teenager to her successful film career, Mila Kunis is one of Hollywood'due south most recognizable lead actresses. Yet, arguably the nigh famous character of her career is Family unit Guy's 1000000 Griffin.For over two decades, Kunis voiced the teenage girl turned punching purse of the usually chaotic Griffin family while simultaneously going from TV to picture distinction. However, what many might not know is that Kunis wasn't the original voice of Meg. While Rachael MacFarlane, creator Seth MacFarlane's sis, voiced her in the serial pilot pitch, Lacey Chabert who voiced Meg for the first flavour and some  Season 2 episodes earlier beingness replaced by Kunis.

By the time Chabert voiced Meg, she was already a child star on the FOX teen show Party of Five. She also had voice interim experience equally Eliza Thornberry on The Wild Thornberrys. All the same, her most famous movie role was as 1 of the Plastics in Mean Girls, ane of the nearly beloved teen comedies of the 2000s.

Although she couldn't be credited for voicing Meg due to contractual restrictions at the time, Chabert was indeed her voice for Season 1 and for parts of Flavor ii due to some episodes being aired out of club. At the time, Family Guy'due southpremiere season wasn't the phenomenon it somewhen became. While voicing Meg, Chabert was decorated doingParty of Vand attention school, so she dropped out ofFamily Guypost-obit its first season. Both she and MacFarlane have maintained that her difference occurred on amicable terms.

While Chabert left Family Guy on adept terms, it didn't stop the show from making the occasional joke about her being 1000000's original voice. In the Season eight episode "Business Guy," Peter takes over Pewterschmidt Industries where he threatens to replace Lois as his wife. Lois calls his bluff, and he responds with, "Does the proper noun Lacey Chabert mean annihilation to you?" She'south immediately terrified and promises to bear.

Whenever Stewie and/or Brian ever become back in time, they tend to utilize Chabert's vocalism for Meg as a meta-joke. In the fourth dimension travel episode titled "Back to the Airplane pilot," Brian and Stewie go back to the show'southward showtime scene with 1000000 voiced past Chabert from archived recordings. Stewie notices the departure in her vocalisation and that "she sounds like someone who'south well-nigh to give up a huge opportunity."

Then in the Season 11 episode "Yug Ylimaf," Stewie goes backward in time due to a malfunction in his time automobile. When held by One thousand thousand, he notices the divergence in her voice again and even knows whose voice information technology is, saying, "Oh my god! We're getting closer to the beginning. You're Lacey Chabert!" This indicates that he's getting nearer to the time of his birth. It'due south also with this cameo that Chabert finally gets credited as Meg in aFamily Guyepisode.

Chabert later on voices herself onFamily Guyin the Season 17 episode "Griffin Winter Games." When Million competes in a ski race for the Winter Olympics, she inexplicably runs into Chabert also competing in the race. Chabert tells Meg, "This should be my Olympics!" Later, they yell at each other with "Shut-up Million!" earlier Peter does his own "Shut-up 1000000!" It's the only time Chabert and Kunis share a scene together inFamily Guy.While Chabert'southward career could take turned out differently had her scheduling allowed her to take onFamily Guy ,her acting legacy is already solid thanks toThe Wild Thornberrys, Mean Girlsand laying claim every bit the original One thousand thousand Griffin.

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