American Dad! (2005)
American Dad! is a 2005 animation series created by Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman. It stars Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal and Rachael MacFarlane.
Stan Smith works for the CIA and runs his household like a field operation, certain that guns, God, and country can solve any domestic crisis. His family barely cooperates: sharp liberal daughter Hayley, awkward son Steve, unflappable wife Francine, a lecherous alien named Roger who lives in the attic and cycles through hundreds of disguises, and Klaus, a German man trapped in a goldfish. The comedy runs on character and surreal escalation rather than cutaway gags, letting Roger's schemes and Stan's certainties spiral into genuinely strange, occasionally touching places.
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What is American Dad! about?
Stan Smith works for the CIA and runs his household like a field operation, certain that guns, God, and country can solve any domestic crisis. His family barely cooperates: sharp liberal daughter Hayley, awkward son Steve, unflappable wife Francine, a lecherous alien named Roger who lives in the attic and cycles through hundreds of disguises, and Klaus, a German man trapped in a goldfish. The comedy runs on character and surreal escalation rather than cutaway gags, letting Roger's schemes and Stan's certainties spiral into genuinely strange, occasionally touching places.
When was American Dad! released?
American Dad! was released on 6 February 2005.
How many episodes does American Dad! have?
American Dad! has 401 episodes across 22 seasons.
Who made American Dad!?
American Dad! was created by Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman and Seth MacFarlane.
Where can I watch American Dad!?
American Dad! is available on Adult Swim, DirecTV On Demand, FOX One Amazon Channel, Hulu, TBS and YouTube TV.
Where to watch American Dad!
Stream: Adult Swim, DirecTV On Demand, FOX One Amazon Channel, Hulu, TBS, YouTube TV, fuboTV
Watch free: Adult Swim, Spectrum On Demand
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Seth MacFarlane as Stan Smith / Roger (voice)
- Wendy Schaal as Francine Smith (voice)
- Rachael MacFarlane as Hayley Smith (voice)
- Scott Grimes as Steve Smith (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Klaus (voice)
- Jeff Fischer as Jeff Fischer (voice)
- Curtis Armstrong as Snot Lonstein (voice)
- Patrick Stewart as Avery Bullock (voice)
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Principal Lewis (voice)
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Barry Robinson (voice)
- Mike Barker as Terry Bates (voice)
- Mike Henry as Jackson (voice)
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A few thoughts on American Dad!
For more crude, character-driven animated comedy you can actually play, try South Park: The Stick of Truth, which shares the show's taste for absurd escalation and bad behavior. And Tenacious D delivers the same committed comic bravado, mock-epic and completely straight-faced about how ridiculous it is.
Animated comedies willing to go completely off the rails
American Dad! lets Roger's endless disguises and Stan's certainties spiral into strange, character-driven places rather than leaning on cutaway gags. Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Solar Opposites, Duncanville, Ugly Americans, Big Mouth and Xavier: Renegade Angel all favor that same anything-goes escalation, letting one character's bad decision drag an episode somewhere completely unplanned.
Video games that turn American swagger and authority into the joke
American Dad! runs its comedy through Stan's blind faith in guns, God and country curdling into farce. South Park: The Stick of Truth skewers that same exaggerated Americana, Grand Theft Auto V and Vice City turn crime, consumerism and machismo into satire, Borderlands 2 plays corporate greed and gun-worship for laughs, and Portal and Portal 2 aim similar mockery at blind institutional authority.
Sharp political satire that never lets anyone win the argument
Stan's hardline politics collide with Hayley's every week, and the show never lets either side simply win. The Boondocks stages a similar household culture clash from a sharply different angle, Bossypants and Born a Crime turn lived political and social absurdity into memoir, and The School for Scandal proves biting satire of hypocrisy is centuries old.