History Awesome / AMericanDad

* In "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" Stan finds out Haley has been taken hostage by a warlord and due to the terms of the strike all the CIA's agents are on vacation, [[PapaWolf without hesitation he goes down there and rescues her single-handedly.]]

* In "Son of Stan", Stan clones Steve to prove his strict parenting methods are better than Francine's lenient methodology; Francine's Steve (the real Steve) becomes a disrespectful, lazy brat (while Stan's Steve aka Stevarino becomes a sadistic and cruel lunatic). When Steve mouths off to his parents ''even after they save him''(though in his defense, it was his parents' fault he was in this mess due to them making the bet and Stevarino attempting a KillAndReplace), Francine decides she's had enough; she slaps Steve twice, then tells him...

* In "Cops & Roger", the way that Roger kills the dirty cop. ''He climbs up a metal chain to escape said cop, and tries to elbow drop him, but WINDS UP MAKING HIS HEAD EXPLODE BY ACCIDENT!''
---> '''Roger''': ''That'' was unexpected.

* Stan -- who is a ''fountain'' of these, despite the fact that he borders on being a VillainProtagonist in some episodes -- spends the early parts of an episode digging through the foundations of the house searching for Oliver North's hidden gold cache while everyone is calling him insane. Stan's moment comes when Francine is doing an interview with reporters/neighbors Greg and Terry in the kitchen; while she's saying how insane Stan is and Greg and Terry are calling Stan an idiot, Stan walks in carrying a chest. Stan drops it on the table, opens it up to reveal [[spoiler:Ollie North's gold]] -- which instantly shuts everyone up -- then puts the cherry on top by ''flipping off everyone as he walks out of the room''.

* Though "Less Money, Mo Problems" is meant to demonstrate Stan's complete inability to live on minimum wage, there is something admittedly awesome about him managing to single handedly treat his wounds after being ran down by a car [[spoiler: driven by Roger]].

* In ''The Scarlett Getter'', Stan realizes his former fantasy girl is actually [[spoiler: an alien hunter who's been using Stan to get to Roger. As she's tying Stan up and calling him a loser, Stan tells her that she's trash and not worth the trouble he went through to get her, reminding himself that Francine is more of a woman then Scarlett will ever be.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Stan''': Lady, my wife blows you away!]]
-->[[spoiler: ([[BigDamnHeroes Cue Scarlett being shot in the chest by Francine with a shotgun]])]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Francine''': Damn right I do.]]

* In "White Rice" Stan tries to sabotage Francine's return to her former career as a stand-up comic who specialized in telling Asian jokes by making her nervous before performing in front of some TV executives. Sure enough, Francine barely says a complete sentence before she vomits on stage. Stan waits for her to come home with a banner saying the dishes are in the sink. [[spoiler: Francine says that the Fox network ordered six episodes for her own sitcom and she's leaving for Hollywood. If Stan had stayed he would've known that Francine turned the incident around to make a bunch of jokes about Mongolian barbecue.]]

* Steve gets two in ''Toy Whorey''. The first when he successfully sets up an ambush in his room to stop Stan from taking away his toys, ''a la'' ''Film/HomeAlone'', complete with a firecracker assault. Stan actually crawls out of Steve's room on his knees in fear. The second when he [[spoiler: tricks the two guards holding them prisoner into playing make believe with them, at which point Steve locks them in the cell so he and Stan can escape.]]

* When he thinks his girlfriend's campaign for student body president was sabotaged by AlphaBitch Lisa Silver and her two friends, he goes off on a glorious DisproportionateRetribution spree to avenge Debbie by ''destroying'' Lisa and her friends. [[spoiler: But it turns out it wasn't them.]]

* In "Cops & Roger", the way that Roger [[spoiler: kills the dirty cop.]] ''[[spoiler: He climbs up a metal chain to escape said cop, and tries to elbow drop him, but WINDS UP MAKING HIS HEAD EXPLODE BY ACCIDENT!]]''

* In "The Two Hundred," we find out the Two Hundred are [[spoiler: ''every single persona Roger ever created turned into separate entities after Roger was caught in a hadron collider. What follows is a siege made up entirely of different versions of Roger, featuring the return of Jeannie Gold, Martin Sugar, Ruby Zeldastein, Roland Chang, Sidney Houffman, and Ricky Spanish to name a few. It's much more amazing than it sounds.]]

* In "Lost In Space" [[spoiler: Jeff proves to Roger's people that true love does exist and Emperor Zing has been lying to his people. The result starts a rebellion.]]
** Not to mention [[spoiler: Jeff's reaction when finds out that there are 47000 planets known as earth in the escape pod's database]]
--->'''[[spoiler: Jeff]]''': Well let's start with Earth 1.

** When Roger and Stan try to hasten Hayley through the stages of acceptance because [[spoiler: Jeff was abducted by Roger's race]] so she could referee their badminton game, Hayley points out at the end [[spoiler: she had to accept it because they were the ones who got Jeff abducted in the first place]], so she steals their shuttlecock and ruins their game. Understated, but still satisfying.

* When Hayley goes back to working in Roger's bar, she starts learning from Bullock a lot of confidential information about what the C.I.A. does including a nuclear war in Chicago. Bullock's not concerned because he views Hayley as a drinking buddy, and by that point she's become too much of an alcoholic to be a problem. After finding out Hayley's in A.A., Bullock sends a squad to kill her to make sure she doesn't leak any secrets. Stan tries to save Hayley, but Hayley does a good job of saving herself when she reveals [[spoiler: she wrote down everything Bullock told her and left strict instructions to have it all publicized if anything happens to her.]]

** Francine has been stealing fifty dollars from Stan's wallet every week to go to her "emergency fund", [[spoiler: for drugs.]]

* In the episode when [[spoiler:Stan kidnaps Greg and Terry's infant daughter because he thinks same-sex couples don't make good parents. After kidnapping the children of a lesbian couple who tried to change and make him see the error of his ways, the kids make him realize he's wrong about same-sex couples being unable to raise kids. When he stops and hands the kids back over to their rightful parents and apologizes, [[CampGay Terry]] punches him in the face and puts out a restraining order against him]].

* On the episode 200, Greg after losing both legs [[spoiler:managed to get on the train and later on fought off Lewis.]]

* In the fight in "Lost In Space", Sinbad holds his ground against the alien guards ([[spoiler:at first]]) with nothing but a butcher knife. [[spoiler: Sort of becomes a HeroicSacrifice.]]

* Director Bullock calling Stan out for his actions when Stan is ordered to have Bullock mindwiped because he is showing signs of dementia and he is now a risk to national security, with Stan refusing and going on the run with Bullock due to their mentor/student relationship. [[spoiler: It was actually a brain scrambling chip Bullock's rival put on his neck as part of an extended rivalry between the two]]. Bullock points out that Stan refusing to terminate him, heartwarming though it was, was incredibly stupid and borderline treasonous, especially since Bullock's erratic behavior caused multiple serious security breaches (among others he stole a nuclear submarine).

-->'''Steve''': ''Quit ruining it!'' (*cue nut punch*)

* In ''Raptures Delight'', Stan makes [[ItMakesSenseInContext some statues from an upside-down "birth of Jesus" display]] fall and crush two mooks.\\

* The sheer fact that ''finally'' brought back the Golden Turd saga on the episode "300".

** How better the continuity, they brought back EVIL BARRY IN SEASON 16!

* The sheer fact that finally, FINALLY handled and took care of, the golden turd in its 300 episode (technically 299 in broadcast order).

* The sheer fact that finally, FINALLY handled and took care of, The Golden turd in its 300 episode (technically 299 in broadcast order).

* In the Episode The Future is Borax, after the ordeal mentioned above and surviving in the Outback, Stan and flee into a mine and Stan gets a massive gut wound right before they are attacked by 8-10 humanoid cave monsters. They flee, but come across a dead end. Stan proceeds to reveal that he's STILL been conserving his energy from earlier in the episode and proceeds to completely [[CurbstompBattle evsiscerate the cave monsters while laughing uproariously]]

* Even though it was a hallucination Stan flying in air and turning back time a la Superman the movie was awesome to behold.
* In "(You Gotta) Strike for Your Right" Sta finds out Haley has been taken hostage by a warlord and due to the terms of the strike all the CIA's agents are on vacation, [[PapaWolf without hesitation he goes down there and rescues her single-handedly.]]

* The episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" features Stan ''God'' (THE God) at gunpoint, demanding a chance to save his family. And God doesn't even blink, even though Stan has a gun that ''can'' kill him, and gives Stan a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech brutal speech about his controlling attitude]]:

* The episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" features Stan ''God'' (THE God) at gunpoint, demanding a chance to save his family. And God doesn't even blink and gives Stan a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech brutal speech about his controlling attitude]]:

* The episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" features Stan ''God'' (THE God) at gunpoint, demanding a chance to save his family. And God doesn't even blink and give Stan a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech brutal speech about his controlling attitude]]:

'''God:''' '''Exactly!''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Don't. Know.]] You ''can't'' know! So stop trying to control everything!\\

'''God:''' '''Exactly!''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Don't. Know.]] You ''can't'' know! So stop trying to control everything!\\
'''Stan:''' [[BlatentLies I don't do that!]]

* The episode "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever" features Stan [[spoiler:threatening ''God'' (THE God) at gunpoint]], demanding a chance to save his family.
--> '''God''': Stan, you're literally holding a gun to the head of God. I mean, I don't even have a metaphor for that!

* In the episode "The Future is Borax", Stan and Francine are stuck aboard a hot air balloon struggling to survive while giant condors wait for them in a thunderstorm. They agree the best course of action is to have Francine provide food and water while Stan "conserves his strength" (IE, sleeping and eating) to defeat the GiantFlyer. She DOES, using the scant materials to rig survival gear from the remains of their clothes and picnic gear. Is this stting up for a selfish Stan joke? No. Turns out, he was 100% serious and proceeds to DESTROY the Condor in the ensuing battle.

* In one episode, Roger falls face-first into some cocaine and then takes out an ENTIRE DRUG GANG.

* During the Paintball Vietnam War Re-enactment in ''In Country Club'', Steve manages to rescue Stan who was captured by the Viet Kong team, and tortured by Roger over a Pay-Per-View code. Steve assaults the Golf Cart storage area used as a prison with his [[SleevesAreForWimps Army Uniform's sleeves ripped off]], slitting (or drawing scar lines) throats with a red Sharpie marker, and spraying the enemy team with a paint sprayer like a flamethrower, with the phrase "Die Bitches!" written on the sprayers tank.