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Hipster Peter Griffin refers to an image macro that shows the character Peter Griffin from the animated show Family Guy dressed like a stereotypical millennial hipster, wearing thick-rimmed glasses and his hair in a man-bun while riding a hoverboard as he looks at his phone. The image comes from the Family Guy episode "HTTPete," which originally aired in May 2018. After 2023, the image came to be used to joke about people having millennial or Gen Z tendencies or tastes, like being chronically online or having niche and "different" tastes in media and culture.

Origin

The Family Guy episode "HTTPete" originally aired on May 6th, 2018, following Peter Griffin as he adopts a millennial lifestyle to attract more millennials to the brewery. He takes the help of an expert millennial to learn more about the generation's habits, and in one scene, he is shown hoverboarding down a sidewalk wearing a man-bun, a button-up shirt and thick-rimmed glasses while texting.

The scene was reposted to YouTube^[1] on May 16th, 2018, by user AniDom, where it gathered over 5 million views in seven years.

The earliest known meme featuring the image of "hipster" Peter Griffin is a November 15th, 2023, post with a You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different meme on X^[2] / Twitter by user @erallover that read, "Me: Peter you have to stop. You smoke too tough. Your swag too different. Your girl is too bad. they'll kill you / Hipster Peter Griffin." The post gathered over 140,000 views before it was deleted.

Spread

Sometime in November 2023, X user @3ag posted the Hispter Peter Griffin meme, writing, "Me in 5 years if I still exist," gathering a number of Instagram^[3][4] reposts.

On December 28th, 2025, X^[5] user @jilroberts tweeted, "Can’t explain it but this is how life is currently going," alongside an image of Hipster Peter Griffin.

On June 23rd, 2025, X^[6] user @street_Hater tweeted, "just asked the little girl at the lemonade stand if she takes apple pay" alongside a photo of Hipster Peter Griffin, gathering over 198,000 likes in four months.

On October 16th, 2025, X^[7] user @eviltweets725 tweeted, "Asked the staples employee if he could open the bathroom for me and he unlocked the gender neutral one," alongside a photo of Hipster Peter Griffin, gathering over 32,000 likes in a day.

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