Ernie the Giant Chicken is a giant talking chicken, a recurring antagonist from Family Guy and the archenemy to Peter Griffin. Every time Peter sees Ernie he completely stops what he is doing and engages a long fight scene with Ernie ultimately taking them through the town of Quahog, often causing chaos and destruction throughout the segment. Peter always seems to have killed Ernie, but then he's revealed to have survived. He is one of the main two antagonists of Family Guy, the other being Carter Pewterschmidt.