At the end of the episode, Herbert leaves 113 messages on the Griffins' answering machine in which he wonders where Chris has been. He tries to get Chris to go into his house by offering him 'Popsicles,' but Chris refuses. He first appears in the episode 'To Love and Die in Dixie.' He meets Chris for the first time when Chris takes up a paper route. He was captured by the Germans and sent to a concentration camp run by Franz Schlechtnacht, because the soldiers thought he was gay due to pictures of young boys he had in his wallet. In 'German Guy,' Herbert discloses that he is a retired military veteran from World War II who served in the Army Air Corps. Not much is ever revealed about Herbert's life before the start of events in the Family Guy series.