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A Family Guy producer recently confirmed that a character’s death last year will be permanent, shocking fans in the process.

What Family Guy character was confirmed dead by a producer?

In a recent interview with TVLine, producer Alec Sulkin confirmed that Ernie, the iconic yellow chicken that often fights with Peter Griffin, is canonically dead in Family Guy. Ernie’s death came during episode 5 of Season 23 of the show, “The Chicken or the Meg.” In it, Meg begins a romantic relationship with Ernie’s son, Nugget. In one scene, Ernie gives Meg an ultimatum: to cut ties with Peter, or stop seeing his son.

Meg refuses, leading to what seems to be a fight. Ernie says he can’t hit Meg, though, and the scene then cuts to Meg walking out with Ernie’s decapitated head, as his body runs around behind her. While Ernie has “died” in scenes with Peter before, Sulkin confirms this was the actual end for the beloved character.

“I think that the chicken has gone the way of all flesh,” Sulkin said. “Honestly, I feel like we got so many great set pieces out of the giant chicken fighting with Peter that they became hard to top. It’s a lot to ask of our production crew, and we may have just gotten the best out of that character.”

Ernie is best known for his several fight scenes with Peter throughout the history of Family Guy. Their first encounter came in Season 2’s third episode, “Da Boom.”

(Source: Tvline)