The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery

Seth MacFarlane

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AGE: 35
OCCUPATION: Animation maven
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The creator of Family Guy and American Dad signed a $100 million deal with Fox last year, guaranteeing a few more seasons' worth of singing dogs and arcane Star Wars jokes. Partnered with Google for a series of Web-only cartoons.

CON: Critics of the show claim that Family Guy is nothing but a plotless loop of pop-culture references, though MacFarlane defends the show by noting that Mr. T is a Furby hamburglar on the Good Ship Lollipop.

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