Furthering this connection, a commercial aired during Super Bowl XLV that showed many TV characters wearing NFL jerseys, with everyone in Quahog wearing New England Patriots jerseys except Cleveland, who is wearing a Cleveland Browns jersey in reference to his name.
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Writers named the character Cleveland Brown in reference to the similarly named football team, although his last name wasn't revealed until after Family Guy returned from cancellation in 2005.
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Peter, Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire win a costume contest as characters from The A-Team (because they had an actual black guy as B. A. Baracus and the other team had a Jewish man for the same role).
Ghost riding was performed by fictional character Cleveland Brown on The Cleveland Show in the episode "Da Daggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance".
After a visit to Cleveland's brother Broderick to discuss liposuction, Chris decides against it, but Peter surprises his family by taking advantage of the option himself, and comes home thin.