History Recap / AmericanDadS4E9Frannie911

-->"You... are terrible. You've got no rhythm, no coordination, I've seen two epileptics share a bowl of noodles with more grace. If your goal was to inspire a sense of despair the likes of which hasn't been seen felt since Whoopie hosted the Oscars, then bravo. I can envision millions of Americans rising up as one and demanding legislation that would require your legs to be amputated, burned, and buried next to Hitler. In short, you suck! Oh, yeah, that's the stuff!"

* TakeThat: Roger calls Steve's dancing as the worst performance since Whoopi Goldberg hosted the Oscars.

-->'''Stan:''' I hope I'm not too late! Please don't hurt him!
-->'''Box Office Cashier:''' One for ''Please Don't Hurt Him''. $8.50.
-->'''Stan:''' $8.50? But the newspaper said $5.50!
-->'''Box Office Cashier:''' That's what time the movie starts, sir. That's why you showed up here at 5:50.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Roger starts off worse than usual during his FakedKidnapping, becoming demanding and ungrateful for Francine helping him out. It's likely that without Stan around to take the brunt of his selfish acts, Francise is now seeing for herself just how unpleasant he is.

* TakeThat: Roger calls Steve's dancing as the worst performance since Whoopi Goldberg hosted the Oscars.

-->'''Box Office Cashier:''' One for ''Please Don't Hurt Him''. 8.50.
-->'''Stan:''' 8.50? But the newspaper said 5.50!

* TookALevelInJerkass: Roger starts off worse than usual during his FakedKidnapping, becoming demanding and ungrateful for Francine helping him out. It's likely that without Stan around to take the brunt of his selfish acts, Francise is now seeing for herself just how unpleasant he is for herself.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Roger starts off worse than usual during his FakedKidnapping, becoming demanding and ungrateful for Francine helping him out.

* AmbiguousDisorder: After watching Steve's backup dancing routine, Stan dryly says they really should have spaced out his vaccinations, a reference to the (completely debunked) theory that childhood vaccines cause autism.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Roger stars off worse than usual during his FakedKidnapping, becoming demanding and ungrateful for Francine helping him out.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Roger delivers one about Steve's dancing in order to fully recover.
-->"You are terrible. You've got no rhythm, no coordination, I've seen two epileptics share a bowl of noodles with more grace. If your goal was to inspire a sense of despair the likes of which hasn't been seen felt since Whoopie hosted the Oscars, then bravo. I can envision millions of Americans rising up as one and demanding legislation that would require your legs to be amputated, burned, and buried next to Hitler. In short, you suck! Oh, yeah, that's the stuff!"

-->'''Francine:''' Oh, Stan, it's been awful. I just wanted to show him you cared, but it turned into nightmare! Roger's a selfish, inconsiderate beast! ''(she starts crying and points to the big stain on her dress)'' Look at this! It's taco! ''He'' did this to me! He was screaming, spitting grapes, he even made me buy him a Yorkie, and then take it back when it wouldn't dance for him!

* TookALevelInKindness: Roger becomes nicer and more helpful in the household, until it's revealed that being nice is literally killing him.

* BreakTheCutie: After Stan reveals that he knew the kidnapping was fake, Francine completely breaks down and admits he was right about Roger being a complete jerk.

** During their dare game, Klaus dares Haley to dress up like Captain Stubing from ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' for 14 months.

-->"You are terrible. You've got no rhythm, no coordination, I've seen two epileptics share a bowl of noodles with more grace. If your goal was to inspire a sense of despair the likes of which hasn't been seen felt since Whoopie hosted the Oscars, then bravo. I can envision millions of Americans rising up as one and demanding legislation that would require your legs to be amputated, burned, and buried next to Hitler. in short, you suck! Oh, yeah, that's the stuff!"

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Subverted. Francine tries to think of a way to call out Stan's blatant lie about Roger's whereabouts without revealing her involvement, only to realize that Stan is just looking at her while she hasn't talked for several seconds.

--->'''Stan:''' Now I'll never know how that ghost made footprints.

** After Roger destroys Stan's study by turning it into a Turkish bath, Stan complains that his collection of ''Literature/NancyDrew books is ruined.
--->'''Stan:''' Now I'll never know how the ghost made footprints.