History Characters / AmericanDadStanSmith

* WouldHitAGirl: An early episode had him beat the crap out of a bunch of strippers after they tell him that he can't take Hayley home while she's working.

* StandardFiftiesFather: ''Tries'' to invoke the trope, but fails.

** In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS20E21ALittleExtraScratch A Little Extra Scratch]]", he invested everything into pornographic pogs, which his financial advisor warned him ''not'' to do. He ends up at risk of losing the house.

** In "[[Recap/AmericanDadS7E6ThereWillBeBadBlood There Will Be Bad Blood]]", he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather. He ended up losing it -- not in stocks or bonds, [[EpicFail but by leaving it on the bus]].

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. In "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $938 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result. In "A Little Extra Scratch", he invested everything into pornographic pogs, which his financial advisor warned him ''not'' to do; he ends up at risk of losing the house.

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. In "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $938 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result. In "A Little Extra Scratch", he invested everything into pornographic pogs, which his financial advisor warned him ''not'' to do, and he ends up at risk of losing the house.

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. In "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $938 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result. In "A Little Extra Scratch," he invested everything into pornographic pogs, which his financial advisor warned him ''not'' to do, and he ends up at risk of losing the house.

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. In "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $938 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result.

* BigEater: He is often shown to have a rather poor diet. The episode "Anchorfran" had him binge-eating at Loco Larry's for several weeks (i.e, ''16 burritos per day'') to the point of developing intestinal blockage.

* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "Oh my God!" He'll often say this whenever he learns a lesson in an episode.
** Whenever he is caught off-guard when doing something bad as seen by others or when he narrowly avoids problems, he often says fast, "OOH!"
** "[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone What have I done]]?!"

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. In "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $967 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result.

* MoneyDumb: He is oftentimes shown to be horribly irresponsible with managing money. in "There Will Be Bad Blood", when he received $20,000 by his dying grandfather, he ended up losing it... [[EpicFail on the bus, that is]]. In "Less Money, Mo' Problems", when he was in charge of handling $967 to live on minimum wage for a month, he loses almost all of it overnight by spending it on frivolous things, becoming homeless as a result.

{{Jerkass}}: When he's not being a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of Gold]], he is this most of the time.

%%* {{Jerkass}}: When he's not being a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of Gold]], he is this most of the time.

%%* TookALevelInDumbass: Starting in Season 8.

* {{Irony}}: Despite his aim at protecting his family, there are times where he is completely willing to put them in danger, lie to them and abuse them for his own benefit or sense of justice. This was lampshaded in "Hurricane!" (part three of the Creator/SethMacFarlane "Night of the Hurricane" crossover). It didn't help he shot Francine a couple times during the whole ordeal.

* JerkassBall: Several times. Taken to an absurd degree in "Wiener of Our Discontent" where he reminds and demeans Roger that he is a useless alien who was sent to Earth as a crash test dummy to test out said ship (and not to be "The Decider" as Roger thought he was and flaunted said title to avoid comeuppance for his actions). The kicker is Stan goes out of his way to make Roger feel like crap even after Roger gets a job at a wiener factory to the point Francine wonders how many sick days Stan is going to take ''just to make Roger's life miserable''.

* IdiotHero: Stan is able to hide it by use of an eloquent and authoritative tone, but only just barely.

* {{Jerkass}}: When he's not being a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerk With A Heart Of Gold]], he is this most of the time.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Starting in Season 8.

%%* TookALevelInDumbass: Starting in Season 8.

** He tries to stop Francine from thinking he's too boring and leaving him by poisoning Roger, so Francine will be too busy taking care of him ("Brains, Brains, and Automobiles").