History DisproportionateRetribution / AmericanDad

->'''Klaus:''' You're going to kill five people over $20?!\\

* Roger is the ''epitome'' of this trope, committing extremely intricate plots for {{Revenge}} that traumatize or outright destroy the life of a fellow that commits some minor offense towards him. He managed to convince Steve he was adopted after eating a cookie he claimed was his, he labelled Francine a former mental patient to houseguests for compromising one of his dress-up acts (he did ''not'' study Economics), and once tried to destroy the entire planet over an insult issued from Stan (though admittedly didn't get far with that one). And this is just for petty offenses; for the more criminal act of buying an expensive ring using his credit account, Roger actively proceeds to destroy the perpetrator's life in every manner possible, performing acts that cost him his job, his girlfriend, and later attempting to destroy all his possessions. This leads to complications when said perpetrator turns out to be a SplitPersonality formed from Roger's few redeeming aspects -- and when said split personality hires an assassin to kill Roger for ruining his life.

* Roger was also the victim of this in "Frannie 911". He spent the first half of the episode acting like one hell of a SpoiledBrat, but spent the second half acting very well-behaved in order to redeem himself, only to reveal that he has a biological need to be a {{Jerkass}} that slowly poisons him if not acted upon. (A few much-needed scathing insults to Steve restores his health in the nick of time.) Despite what he just went through to redeem himself, the Smith family ''still'' felt his earlier behavior warranted a beating from Stan. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation One wonders if this could be a]] FreudianExcuse for his later [[TheSociopath sociopathy]]. The episodes after "Frannie 911" even had members of the Smith family continue to chew Roger out for his behavior even though he has to behave that way in order to live, implying that when he said that any form of empathy or altruism is toxic to his species, they either forgot or didn't believe him but the latter is suggested. Such examples include when Hayley tested Roger to see if Roger had altruism in him by buying his home star and pretending to be its queen, which results in Roger slaughtering a goat Hayley donated to an African family and then feeding it to her for dinner to get back at her for forcing him into that test. Another example also had Steve chew Roger out and call him selfish with that episode involving Roger attempting to prove Steve wrong by teaching underprivileged kids with Steve falsely doubting Roger and getting Roger fired from his job by framing him for drinking on the job.

* It is heavily implied in "Lost In Space" that Emperor Zing had Roger banished from his homeworld because Roger cheated on Zing with another man. What's makes this disproportionate was that Roger initially thought that he was sent to Earth on a mission to decide that planet's fate but later found out that he was sent there as a crash test dummy through a cruel letter that was written and taped to his ship. Of course, Roger was devastated because of this, not knowing why his own people would do such a thing to him, which implies that Zing never told Roger that he was banished and instead disguised the whole punishment as a mission for the sake of revenge. It would also explain Zing's further behavior in the episode he appeared in and why Roger pushed Jeff into the spaceship as Roger probably figured out why he was sent to Earth as a test dummy by this time.

* In "Great Space Roaster", the Smiths trick Roger into coming to a roast. Heartbroken, he pretends to turn over a new leaf before repeatedly attempting to murder them, escaping when they send him to a maximum security prison in Thailand and going so far as to follow them when they get onboard a space station. It's heavily implied in that episode that Roger wanted to be roasted literally for his birthday and didn't have any idea on what a comedy roast actually was, meaning that the events of that episode were caused by a huge misunderstanding.

** Steve ends up a victim of this in the end, when Principal Lewis (a father of one of the girls) organizes the ''entire school'' to give Steve a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. His friends are also granted the same punishment for actually framing the girls for the slander (being jealous of Steve's girlfriend) and thus angering Steve to commit the acts in the first place.
* One episode shows Stan took Francine to a hypnotist for 20 years to make her forget everything she wanted to do just so he can avoid having a meaningful discussion with her. The hypnotist snaps and decides to make Francine remember everything he had made her repress all because Stan never offered him a sandwich in the 20 years he had been seeing him.

* In one episode, Stan finds a new best friend who is an Atheist. Stan, refusing to be friends with someone who denies God, starts ruining his entire life behind his back in the hopes he'll turn to God, doing things such as forcing him to have a near-death experience, brainwashing his wife to become a lesbian who then leaves him and takes the kids, and destroying his business, all of which drives him to suicide. He pulls through, but reveals he temporarily died and went to Hell for the sin of suicide, vowed allegiance to the devil and became a Satanist, causing Stan's whole plan to backfire.
* Another episode "Season's Beatings" features Stan acting out this kind of retribution again after he tries to audition in the mall's Christmas play for the role of Jesus but instead gets rejected from that role because he's too fat and is forced to become a mall Santa. He soon finds out that Roger got the role of Jesus and taking into account the fact that Roger is technically an atheist and not Christian combined with his hedonism, makes Stan consider the role Roger has taken to be an act of sacrilege. As a result, Stan beats up Roger again (and he does this ''[[RevengeBeforeReason in public]]'' while he and Roger were still in their costumes). Stan gets excommunicated from his church as a result due to the fact that he created a scene that looked blasphemous due to the costumes... along with the fact that Stan shouted at Roger, "You don't deserve to be on that cross, you lazy, wine-loving bisexual!" Even after all of this, [[NeverMyFault Stan fully blames Roger for the entire ordeal and forces him to help Stan get back in the church that has happened despite the fact that the whole incident was partly Stan's fault too since Stan let his anger get the best of him in public and he fails to acknowledge that it was his anger that got him in trouble with the church in the first place]].
** Pretty much most of the things Stan does is this, but the worst example is his actions in "Four Little Words" where he went through great extremes to the point of framing Francine for murder and covering up Bullock accidentally killing Francine's friend for the entire purpose of Stan not wanting to hear Francine tell him "I told you so".
* In "The Unincludeds", after Roger and Hayley get food at a restaurant, he goes on to hatch a plan that culminates in him ''scalping the waitress'' all because she complimented Hayley's order and not his.

* On at least one occasion, Roger did this to help someone else. In "A Ward Show", Steve got beat up by three teachers, so Roger, currently his legal guardian while Stan and Francine were out of town, [[ExternalCombustion planted bombs in their cars]] instead of just reporting them to the school board.

* Roger is the ''epitome'' of this trope, committing extremely intricate plots for {{Revenge}} that traumatize or outright destroy the life of a fellow that commits some minor offense towards him. He managed to convince Steve he was adopted after eating a cookie he claimed was his, he labelled Francine a former mental patient to houseguests for compromising one of his dress-up acts (he did ''not'' study Economics), and once tried to destroy the entire planet over an insult issued from Stan (though admittedly didn't get far with that one). And this is just for petty offenses; for the more criminal act of buying an expensive ring using his credit account, Roger actively proceeds to destroy the perpetrator's life in every manner possible, performing acts that cost him his job, his girlfriend, and later attempting to destroy all his possessions. This leads to complications when said perpetrator turns out to be a SplitPersonality formed from Roger's few redeeming aspects -- and when said split personality hires a bounty hunter to kill Roger for ruining his life.

* Roger proceeded to {{exaggerate|dTrope}} this trope in a season 7 episode where he kills five people (and, as collateral damage, ''everyone on a flight'') over $20. During the episode, he mentions that the week before, he killed six people over $19.

* Roger is the ''epitome'' of this trope, committing extremely intricate plots for {{Revenge}} that traumatize or outright destroy the life of a fellow that commits some minor offense towards him. He managed to convince Steve he was adopted after eating a cookie he claimed was his, he labelled Francine a former mental patient to houseguests for compromising one of his dress-up acts (he did ''not'' study Economics), and once tried to destroy the entire planet over an insult issued from Stan (though admittedly didn't get far with that one). And this is just for petty offenses; for the more criminal act of buying an expensive ring using his credit account, Roger actively proceeds to destroy the perpetrator's life in every manner possible, performing acts that cost him his job, his girlfriend, and later attempting to destroy all his possessions. This leads to complications when said perpetrator turns out to be a split personality formed from Roger's few redeeming aspects -- and when said split personality hires a bounty hunter to kill Roger for ruining his life.

* It is heavily implied in "Lost In Space" that Emperor Zing had Roger banished from his homeworld because Roger cheated on Zing with another man. What's makes this disproportionate was that Roger initially though that he was sent to Earth on a mission to decide that planet's fate but later found out that he was sent there as a crash test dummy through a cruel letter that was written and taped to his ship. Of course Roger was devastated because of this, not knowing why his own people would do such a thing to him, which implies that Zing never told Roger that he was banished and instead disguised the whole punishment as a mission for the sake of revenge. It would also explain Zing's further behavior in the episode he appeared in and why Roger pushed Jeff into the spaceship as Roger probably figured out why he was sent to Earth as a test dummy by this time.

* In "Great Space Roaster", the Smiths trick Roger into coming to a roast. Heartbroken, he pretends to turn over a new leaf before repeatedly attempting to murder them, escaping when they send him to a maximum security prison in Thailand and going so far as to follow them when they get onboard a space station. It's heavily implied in that episode that Roger wanted to be roasted literally for his birthday and didn't have any idea on what a comedy roast actually was, meaning that the events of that episode was caused by a huge misunderstanding.
* Steve also extracted revenge on three of the most popular girls in his high school when they slandered his girlfriend's reputation and had the lead cheerleader win the student body president because of it. Steve goes out of his way to do the following:

* In one episode, Stan finds a new best friend who is an Atheist. Stan, refusing to be friends with someone who denies God, starts ruining his entire life behind his back in the hopes he'll turn to God, doing things such as forcing him to have a near death experience, brainwashing his wife to become a lesbian who then leaves him and takes the kids, and destroying his business, all of which drives him to suicide. He pulls through, but reveals he temporarily died and went to Hell for the sin of suicide, vowed allegiance to the devil and became a Satanist, causing Stan's whole plan to backfire.

* Roger proceeded to {{exaggerated|Trope}} this trope in a season 7 episode where he kills five people (and, as collateral damage, ''everyone on a flight'') over $20. During the episode, he mentions that the week before, he killed six people over $19.

* Roger proceeded to {{exaggerate|Trope}} this trope in a season 7 episode where he kills five people (and, as collateral damage, ''everyone on a flight'') over $20. During the episode, he mentions that the week before, he killed six people over $19.

* Roger proceeded to take this trope UpToEleven in a season 7 episode where he kills five people (and, as collateral damage, ''everyone on a flight'') over $20. During the episode, he mentions that the week before, he killed six people over $19.

* Another episode "Season's Beatings" features Stan acting out this kind of retribution again after he tries to audition in the mall's Christmas play for the role of Jesus but instead gets rejected from that role because he's too fat and is forced to become a mall Santa. He soon finds out that Roger got the role of Jesus and taking into account the fact that Roger is technically an atheist and not Christian combined with his hedonism, makes Stan consider the role Roger has taken to be an act of sacrilege. As a result, Stan beats up Roger again (and he does this IN PUBLIC while he and Roger were still in their costumes). Stan gets excommunicated from his church as a result due to the fact that he created a scene that looked blasphemous due to the costumes...along with the fact that Stan shouted at Roger, "You don't deserve to be on that cross, you lazy, wine-loving bisexual!" Even after all of this, [[NeverMyFault Stan fully blames Roger for the entire ordeal and forces him to help Stan get back in the church that has happened despite the fact that the whole incident was partly Stan's fault too since Stan let his anger get the best of him in public and he fails to acknowledge that it was his anger that got him in trouble with the church in the first place]].

* Another episode "Season's Beatings" features Stan acting out this kind of retribution again after he tries to audition in the mall's Christmas play for the role of Jesus but instead gets rejected from that role because he's too fat and is forced to become a mall Santa. He soon finds out that Roger got the role of Jesus and taking into account the fact that Roger is technically an atheist and not Christian combined with his hedonism, makes Stan consider the role Roger has taken to be an act of sacrilege. As a result, Stan beats up Roger again (and he does this IN PUBLIC while he and Roger were still in their costumes). Stan gets excommunicated from his church as a result due to the fact that he created a scene that looked blasphemous due to the costumes...along with the fact that Stan shouted at Roger, "You don't deserve to be on that cross, you lazy, wine-loving bisexual!" Even after all of this, Stan fully blames Roger for the entire ordeal and forces him to help Stan get back in the church that has happened despite the fact that the whole incident was partly Stan's fault too since Stan let his anger get the best of him in public and he fails to acknowledge that it was his anger that got him in trouble with the church in the first place.

* In "The Unincludeds", Roger and Hayley get food at a restaurant, and Roger goes on the scalp the waitress all because she complimented Hayley's order and not his.

* Roger proceeded to take this trope UpToEleven in a season 7 episode where he kills five people over $20. During the episode, he mentions that the week before, he killed six people over $19.

* One episode Stan finds a new best friend, who is an Atheist. Stan refusing to be friends with someone who denies God, started ruining his entire life behind his back in hopes he'd turn to God. Doing things such as, forcing him to have a near death experience, brainwashes his wife into a lesbian who then leaves him and takes the kids, destroys his business, unintentionally driving him to suicide, which he temporarily died and had gone to hell for committing suicide which in turn he vowed allegiance to the devil and became a Satanist, causing Stan's whole plan to backfire.

** Pretty much most of the things Stan does is this, but the worst example is his actions in "Four Little Words" where he went through great extremes to the point of framing Francine for murder and covering up Bullock accidentally killing Francine's friend for the entire purpose of Stan not wanting to hear Francine tell him "I told you so".

* Another episode "Season's Beatings" features Stan acting out this kind of retribution again after he tries to audition in the mall's Christmas play for the role of Jesus but instead gets rejected from that role and is forced to become a mall santa. He soon finds out that Roger got the role of Jesus and taking into account the fact that Roger is technically an atheist and not Christian combined with his hedonism, makes Stan consider the role Roger has taken to be an act of sacrilege. As a result, Stan beats up Roger again (and he does this IN PUBLIC while he and Roger were still in their costumes). Stan gets excommunicated from his church as a result due to the fact that he created a scene that looked blasphemous due to the costumes. Even after all of this, Stan fully blames Roger for the entire ordeal and forces him to help Stan get back in the church that has happened despite the fact that the whole incident was partly Stan's fault too since Stan let his anger get the best of him in public and he fails to acknowledge that it was his anger that got him in trouble with the church in the first place.

* Another episode "Season's Beating's" features Stan acting out this kind of retribution again after he tries to audition in the mall's Christmas play for the role of Jesus but instead gets rejected from that role and is forced to become a mall santa. He soon finds out that Roger got the role of Jesus and taking into account the fact that Roger is technically an atheist and not Christian combined with his hedonism, makes Stan consider the role Roger has taken to be an act of sacrilege. As a result, Stan beats up Roger again (and he does this IN PUBLIC while he and Roger were still in their costumes). Stan gets excommunicated from his church as a result due to the fact that he created a scene that looked blasphemous due to the costumes. Even after all of this, Stan fully blames Roger for the entire ordeal and forces him to help Stan get back in the church that has happened despite the fact that the whole incident was partly Stan's fault too since Stan let his anger get the best of him in public and he fails to acknowledge that it was his anger that got him in trouble with the church in the first place.