History Characters / AmericanDad

-> Homosexual life partners and co-anchors at W-ANG-TV, and neighbors to the Smiths. Francine was a surrogate mother for their daughter Liberty Belle, or "Libby." They're voiced by {{Seth MacFarlane}} and Mike Barker respectibvely.

-> The man of the house, a CIA agent later promoted to Deputy-Deputy Director. Although an extreme right-winger to the point of parody with a tendency to [[AesopAmnesia forget the lessons he's just learned]], he still loves his family.

-> The matriarch, wife of Stan and mother of Hayley and Steve. A fairly happy housewife, if not a little loopy at times, although she does wish she could do stuff outside the house other than grocery shopping. During her years growing up, she was the adopted daughter of the Chinese Lings after her birth parents, the Dawsons, abandoned her as a baby at an airport since bringing babies to first class wasn't allowed. Prior to hooking up with Stan, she was very promiscuous.

-> Daughter and the oldest of the two Smith siblings. As a kid, she and her father were close due to sharing the same beliefs, but as she became a young adult, her views became the complete opposite of her dad's, causing the two to butt heads often; for instance, she's in favor of gun control, while he isn't. That's not to say that she doesn't get AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments with Stan, and shares more than a few personality traits from her father, both negative and positive.

-> The younger of the Smith siblings. A nerdy teenager who has his own circle of nerd buddies and quests for tail. While otherwise unsuccessful at the game of love, he does have an on-again/off-again relationship with heavyset goth Debbie Hyman, which seems to have resumed as of 'Escape From Pearl Bailey'.

-> A lazy, gluttonous, alcoholic alien who was taken in by the Smiths after he saved Stan from death by grenade during a lockdown at Area 51. Also a master of disguise out of necessity, to avoid suspicion from the rest of the planet.

-> An East German athlete trapped in the body of a goldfish thanks to a scheme by the CIA to prevent him from winning the gold at the 1986 Winter Olympics because he was from the "communist East." Stan was assigned to looking over Klaus, and as such the talking fish has become an honorary member of the Smith family.

-> Deputy Director of the CIA and Stan's superior (he's only Deputy-Deputy Director). Also a right-winger, but not to the same level of absurdity as Stan. Notably, despite being married, he has had sex with [[spoiler:Hayley]]. Also has a thing for "plump Asian" chicks.

* ActorAllusion: Since he is [[HeyItsThatVoice played by]] PatrickStewart, the writers will occasionally have him say something that sounds like a quote by one [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Jean-Luc Picard]].

-> Homosexual life partners and co-anchors at W-ANG-TV, and neighbors to the Smiths. Francine was a surrogate mother for their daughter Liberty Belle, or "Libby."

-> Hayley's on again off again stoner boyfriend. [[spoiler: They get married in the premiere of season 6]].

-> Hayley's on again off again stoner boyfriend.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Stan [[spoiler: enrolled her in a program to become a CIA sleeper agent when she was 5.]] If you say the right combination of words, [[LetsGetDangerous she becomes a trained killer]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Can shift into a [[EvillyAffable comedic]] CompleteMonster on occasion. DependingOnTheWriter, he's shown to be perfectly willing to exploit or even murder his closest friends for minor offenses or indulgences.

** Drifts into CompleteMonster sometimes, for example when he teaches the kids ranching and forces the kid who loves a calf the most to kill it with an axe. Or when people annoy him he often wants to pull out his gun and shoot them, he is only stopped by Francine saying either "No, Stan." or "Don't think you can get out of this by shooting me.".

** Drifts into CompleteMonster sometimes, for example when he teaches the kids ranching and forces the kid who loves a calf the most to kill it with an axe.

** Drifts into {{CompleteMonster}} sometimes, for example when he teaches the kids ranching and forces the kid who loves a calf the most to kill it with an axe.

** Drifts into [[CompleteMonster]] sometimes, for example when he teaches the kids ranching and forces the kid who loves a calf the most to kill it with an axe.

* MysteriousPast

* CloudCuckoolander

* TheWoobie: Frequently ignored or abused by the rest of the family and often shown to have a somewhat manic depressive personality (this is actually toned down from some of the deleted scenes). Oh, and he's a guy stuck in a goldfish body, SoYeah...

* DatingWhatDadHates

* ParentalAbandonment
* TheWoobie

** Averted in the episode American Dream Factory, where illegal Mexican immigrant Paco breaks off a relationship with her, with no adverse effects. Of course, this is likely due to the fact that this episode is almost two years older than Pulling Double Booty, the episode where this trait made its debut.

** FreudianExcuse: It would ''literally'' kill Roger to be nice. His species have to let their 'bitchiness' out frequently otherwise it vents out in bile and vomit.

* ExtremeDoormat: Often for Stan and Roger, though they know to stay clear when she is PushedTooFar.

* Hypocrite: A lot of humor tends to revolve around this. In some cases she is incredibly shallow about her own ethics and views, albeit DependingOnTheWriter.