History Fridge / AmericanDad

* In Deacon Stan, Jesus Man, Francine refuses to use sweatshop workers. The sweatshop workers are Chinese. Francine was raised by Chinese parents so the reason she refused to have the sweatshop workers working for her was because she didn't want to exploit the very kind that raised her.

* During the scene in which [[ItMakesSenseInContext Klaus pictures what he'll wear to Steve's funeral]] (episode "Gift Me Liberty"), Roger (dressed as a woman) and Francine are both wearing veils over their faces, whereas Hayley isn't. A veil at a funeral is a traditional part of female attire, and is also religious in origin. Hayley dislikes gender roles and isn't a Christian, which is why she didn't wear one.
* In "Great Space Roaster", Stan rattles off a list of various street drugs, asking Roger to stop him when Stan names one that Roger doesn't use. Stan fails to mention marijuana, one of the most well-known illegal drugs. It was mentioned in "Joint Custody" that being high on marijuana makes Roger immune to gravity, so of course he'd never use it.
** Alternatively, Stan was there when Roger (accidentally) used marijuana in "Joint Custody", so of course he wouldn't need to check if Roger had used that one.

* In the episode "Stanny Boy and Frantastic", Stan and Francine come home at 3AM, absolutely hammered. After a series of drunken comments towards Roger and Steve, they attempt to make macaroni and cheese, but fall asleep with the water boiling. Hours later, they wake up, and Roger calmly informs them that they left the stove on (and it's ''still'' on, damaging an already-destroyed pot). It initially seems weird that Roger and Steve are so unconcerned about a potential fire hazard, but it's likely that Steve fell asleep (he started the scene slumped in his chair, dozed off), and Roger knows, from the episode "Big Trouble in Little Langley", that fire can't hurt him.
* In "The Magnificent Steven", when Toshi delivers his testimony regarding Stan and says that he should be put away, there is a man behind him that appears to be Japanese, like Toshi himself. When everyone begins clapping, guess which background character isn't? The one who could most likely understand him!
* "Meter Made" sees Roger create a nude painting of Hayley for art class, and she reacts furiously, having not known that she was posing nude for a class which he attends. Roger attempts to stymie one of her rants by reminding her that she told Stan, in the beginning of the episode, that "nudity empowers her," but Roger was not present in that scene. He has, however, been known to eavesdrop on the Smiths by hiding under tables, in closets, etc.

* When Jeff names Nemo, he says it's because of a character from his favorite book--namely, the novelization of Pixar's ''Finding Nemo''. Novelizations of childrens' movies are typically easy readers meant for kids who are just starting to learn how to read...which makes Jeff's choice appropriate. You see, in "Lost in Space," one of Jeff's memories of Hayley is her teaching him how to read--his favorite book isn't a more complex or "mature" read simply because he isn't that advanced a reader yet.

* This could count as fridge horror but involving clones. When Stan raised Stevarino he became a cat murdering psychopath. But when Steve and Snot raised Glitter and Honey they turn out to be perfectly ok loving clones. This seems to imply that Steve and Snot are much better "parents" than Stan is and that's why Glitter and Honey didn't turn out to be cat murdering psychopaths... and questions Stan's parenting!

* The reason why Gwen was given everything in the will was because she was an idiot who kept getting in trouble. She seems to not be able to do math according to Baba Ling, but maybe he was covering for her by not revealing that the real reason. When we see her, she seems to be a bit of an idiot, but the trouble part was because she is a [[spoiler:criminal who scams people and is already a convicted felon.]]
* In "Rapture's Delight", Jesus asks Stan for help against the Anti-Christ, because he had "fought against his kind before." We're led to believe that this was an off-screen incident that took place during the seven years between the Rapture and that conversation. The answer isn't filled in until a few seasons later in "Season's Beatings" when [[spoiler: Stan attempts to kill the Anti-Christ baby in an effort to be reinstated by the church.]]
* Probably unintentional FridgeBrilliance, but in an early episode, Stan said one way to recognize a gay guy was if he checked his fingernails for dirt by holding his hand out and looking at the back. He said that straight guys check with the palm facing them and their fingers bent down. In another episode, Roger (in his AT&T operator guise) looked at his nails in both ways...
* In "White Rice" Stan is listing reasons why he loves Emilio Estevez one of his reasons is that he "Chooses" to be Latino, this seems like just another example of Stan's ignorance but consider how [[Creator/MartinSheen his father]] and [[Creator/CharlieSheen his brother]] both decided to change their names to hide their ethnicity, really he did have a choice but chose to stay latino.
* In "Virtual In-Stanity" while posing as a teenage girl named Phyllis (who is really an avatar from the CIA) in order to bond with Steve, Stan is brought to his school dance as his date for a dance, and while they're dancing Stan gives a rather...(cough) impressive and very provocative dance for Steve, then you remember back in Season 6 Stan was a male stripper in G-String Circus, and then it all makes sense where he got those moves.
* We never see Steve interacting with "Happy Hayley" in "Hayley Smith, SEAL Team Six". Sure, he was off doing his own thing, but there's a meta reason behind it. Hayley doesn't know who Jeff is anymore, since Hayley didn't know Jeff when she was six. Steve would have only been a year or two old when Hayley was six, so Hayley wouldn't have recognized a 14-year-old Steve. Hell, Stan and Francine might have been deliberately keeping Steve away from her for fear that it might have ruined the illusion (Stan, Francine, Roger and Klaus all look relatively the same as they did when Hayley was six)

* Roger's body produces many items that people use for their own ends (the Golden Turds, the body fluid thing in "Deacon Stan, Jesus Man"). He also can't live without being a bastard to everyone. In theory, he may actually be filled to the brim with doucheyness that causes everyone to be murderers or douches themselves. And the fact he [[spoiler: killed his good persona]] means he may not have much good in him anymore.
** Add to that his BizarreAlienBiology requires him to let out his "bitchiness" (before it takes the form of a poisonous bile that kills his species), in other words his entire race is essentially as big a ComedicSociopath as himself, willing or not (this is hinted at when his backstory is revealed, he was duped into being a crash test dummy for an aircraft traveling to Earth with the claims he was chosen to evaluate the human race, even placing an apathetic note to ignore the supposed crater and corpse the test would leave). Now imagine it, ''an entire planet's worth of Rogers''! Even worse, imagine more of them venturing onto Earth!

** Unnervingly, Roger's people may be worse than him. Roger was clearly shocked that they'd use him as a test dummy, and there's nothing hinting that either Roger was the problem or he's actually a nice guy by the standards of his people. And if [[ComedicSociopathy Roger]] is nice, then how bad is the average member of his species. And do we even want to know about those they'd consider "evil"?

*** Of course, the emperor only went crazy due to [[spoiler:Roger]] cheating on him, and most of his subjects were disgusted by him when Jeff revealed his underhandedness.

*** That can be surmised with the aforementioned episode. At the same time, it can be seen as a case of EvenEvilHasStandards, as they were just as disgusted the emperor for being underhanded.
* ''American Dad'' is more or less ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' with continuity. This brings ''a lot'' of the side jokes into fridge horror territory, as usually in ''Family Guy'' these jokes are intended to be one-off and have no inherent consequences. On this show, they do.

** Not necessarily, people can respond differently to the same acts. Adding to that, Stevarino may also have Steve's memories, and is breaking over such a shift in his lifestyle.
*** Animals know when you dislike them. It's quite possible that Steve (by this point) grew to really dislike animals, but was more scared of them, and being raised by Stan made his clone feel strong enough to stand up to them when they attacked him. It's quite possible that he fought back against animals who attacked him. On the other hand, he might have done it out of frustration with Stan.

* In the episode 'Virtual In-Stanity' Bullock enters his avatar of a baby to experience being breast fed by the baby's very large breasted mother. Fridge horror - what happened to the real baby?!

** Now that when you think of it, it is possible it is a side-effect of Project Daycare, considering that happened when she was still a young child, when said effects would have to be reigned in unless triggered somehow, something the occurs throughout and was outright implied in the Project Daycare episode when she had broken Jeff's arm. Likewise, Steve has been shown to have some issues and, going by one episode, it's likely the same if not similar thing occurred, only to a lesser degree.
* As seen in "Hurricane", Despite Stan's constant job of protecting his family, his mindset and personality is filled with AesopAmnesia, InsaneTrollLogic, and TooDumbToLive, he will ALWAYS be a danger to his family and the worst part of it is he may not realize this.

* Gwen was said to be an idiot, but in Now and Gwen, she seems more intelligent and the idiot part was [[spoiler:smoking in a gas-soaked area where she was trying to frame Francine for burning down the school.]] She could have been pretending to be an idiot to get everything in the will, and she takes advantage of her sister due to [[spoiler:Francine burning down the school on accident.]] While its been years since the incident, it changed Gwen to be a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] criminal who can hurt Francine later on at any time, and swore revenge on the Smiths at the end. Worse, there was no word about the illegal sweatshop that she has in the Smiths' garage being removed, and in the sweatshop, a few people died already. If Gwen wants to get revenge, then she might be able to, or even frame the Smiths for anything.
* Just what happened to the statues of Roy Family and Mikey Muskrat in "Familyland" when the park closed? With it being dismantled, they would have been melted down with the metal used on the memorial wall. Think about this. Roy froze himself. He WAS the statue. And [[AndIMustScream he was ''conscious'' the entire time he was frozen]]. If he didn't feel the pain of his kidneys exploding,he definitely would have felt the searing hot pain of molten metal, and the people responsible would have committed accidental murder.

** You're close. According to Brian Boyle, [[WriteWhatYouKnow an executive producer, the episode was inspired by his father's near death escape, which was similar to Stan's.]] But creators can use multiple sources of inspiration, so Seth's own experience could've played a role.

* I could have rocks for brains but has anyone understood how beyond the doubt that Stan has Alpha-level access to dangerous CIA technology?! The man constantly suffers from AesopAmnesia and goes back to his bigotry routine of "protecting" his country? The AesopAmnesia can strongly be held with the CIA techs already completing a LaserGuidedAmnesia device and blasting Stan and the other Agents with it to keep them from revealing US secrets or stealing info from other nations?!

* After Roger excitedly uses the "finger pyramid of evil contemplation" for the first time in Season 1 (episode entitled "Rough Trade"), he uses it again numerous times throughout the series, such as in the Season 6 episode "Son of Stan". He really does enjoy doing it.

* In "Stan of Arabia", Francine is arrested and threatened to be stoned, mainly for singing and dancing in public. When Stan declares that he'd rather be stoned with Francine than live without her, he asks a judge what he'd have to do to get stoned. Why he didn't start singing and dancing too? The last time Stan had seen a man singing, the latter had been shot and killed immediately.

* In "Bully For Steve", Steve gets fed up with his father's attempt to toughen him up and hires Stelio Kontos, Stan's former bully, to get back at him, [[CurbstompBattle who proceeds to wipe the floor with Stan]]. It seems ridiculous that Stan, a [=CIA=] agent, should be so powerless against his own bully. However, Stan admitted he never actually stood up to Stelio, and so despite being nominally stronger, Stan's own [[BulliedIntoDepression trauma and helplessness never really went away]], with is (sadly) TruthInTelevision for a lot of bullying victims.

* While Stelio Kontos may seem badass, it is important to note he's an unrepentant bully who not only never grew out of it but has the strength and willingness to hurt people very badly. Even Steve, one of his customers, wasn't safe from his wrath. As Stan is implied to carry a lot of trauma from Stelio, how many other people has he hurt without facing any kind of consequences or offering an apology.

* In "News Glance with Genevieve Vavance", Roger rather obviously tapes Steve's face onto photos of other people for his report, including on a live-action baby. RuleofFunny? Maybe. But remember, he destroyed all of Steve's baby pictures in "Stannie Get Your Gun".

* In Virtual In-Stanity while posing as a teenage girl named Phyllis (who is really an avatar from the CIA) in order to bond with Steve, Stan is brought to his school dance as his date for a dance, and while they're dancing Stan gives a rather...(cough) impressive and very provocative dance for Steve, then you remember back in Season 6 Stan was a male stripper in G-String Circus, and then it all makes sense where he got those moves.

* In "Stan of Arabia", Francine is arrested and threatened to be stoned, mainly for singing and dancing in public. When Stan declares that he'd rather be stoned with Francine than live without her, he asks a judge what he'd have to do to get stoned. I wondered why he didn't start singing and dancing too, until I realized the last time Stan had seen a man singing, the latter had been shot and killed immediately.

** Add to that it's InTheBlood for him to let out his "bitchiness" (before it takes the form of a poisonous bile that kills his species), in other words his entire race is essentially as big a ComedicSociopath as himself, willing or not (this is hinted at when his backstory is revealed, he was duped into being a crash test dummy for an aircraft traveling to Earth with the claims he was chosen to evaluate the human race, even placing an apathetic note to ignore the supposed crater and corpse the test would leave). Now imagine it, ''an entire planet's worth of Rogers''! Even worse, imagine more of them venturing onto Earth!

* This could be a meta example.
The episode The Shrink has Stan giving up his taxi to a young couple and them dying in a car accident, and Stan becoming scared of disasters he can't control. I ended up realizing that this scenario is very similar to the fact that Seth MacFarlane originally was scheduled to go on a plane, but due to a hangover and incorrect info from his assistant he ended up missing that flight, and the flight he missed was the plane that ended up getting hijacked on 911, meaning if he made that flight, he would have died.

* Just what happened to the statues of Roy Family and Mikey Muskrat in "Familyland" when the park closed? With it being dismantled, they would have been melted down with the metal used on the memorial wall. Think about this. Roy froze himself. He WAS the statue. And [[AndIMustScream he was ''conscious'' the entire time he was frozen]]. If he didn't feel the pain of his kidneys exploding,he definitely would have felt the searing hot pain of molten metal, and the people responsible would have committed accidental murder.

* In Deacon Stan, Jesus Man, Francine refuses to use Sweatshop workers. Now think about that for a second, the sweatshop workers are Chinese. Francine was raised by Chinese parents so the reason she refused to have the sweatshop workers working for her was because she didn't want to exploit the very kind that raised her.

* Since Stevearino (Steve's EvilKnockoff) is cat killing psychopath it would explain why [[AnimalsHateHim Animals Hate Steve]] and vice versa.

*** As we will find out in the new episode "Lost in Space", Roger's people ARE worse than him! His planet is even ruled by a evil emperor... sweet dreams tropers!

* Stevearino was a clone of Steve which Stan raised exclusively. [[spoiler: He become a cat-murdering psychopath.]] The troubling part is, Stan was raising Stevearino to be exactly like him, meaning...

*** It is also important to note that Steve was always a spoiled brat who has a habit of going off the deep end [[DisproportionateRetribution when he doesn’t get his way]]. Going from that to all take and no give could have just made him snap. What stan should have done was use the cloning machine we saw in the later episode and started with a baby.

* In one episode when Steve is locked in Hayley's closet, Steve threatens to rip up all of Hayley's clothes but then Hayley mentions she only wears that one outfit she always wears. If that is true then those clothes have got to smell really really really really unbearable. This was put under fridgehorror because the smell might be horrifying.
** Odds are she probably has more of that particular outfit or just washes the same one.
* Am I the only one who thinks "personal heaven" is more like personal ''hell?'' You'd basically be spending all eternity alone in a simulation.
** Considering that the CIA has a holodeck, Stan's probably used to it.
** Dear Troper: Welcome to the EsotericHappyEnding.

* Just what happened to the statues of Roy Family and Mikey Muskrat in "Familyland" when the park closed?I imagine that,with it being dismantled,they would have been melted down with the metal used on the memorial wall. Think about this. Roy froze himself. He WAS the statue. And he was CONSCIOUS the entire time he was frozen.If he didn't feel the pain of his kidneys exploding,he definitely would have felt the searing hot pain of molton metal.And the guys doing it would have commeitted accidental murder.

* After seeing Roger's people in the episode "Lost in Space" it appears his species are hermaphrodites and androgynous, hence why he's pansexual.
* Well since Stevearino is cat killing psycopath I guess we now know why [[AnimalsHateHim Animals Hate Steve]] or maybe its the other way around.

*** That or given how the [[ItsAWonderfulTrope Wonderful life spoof Christmas episode]] revealed that the [[spoiler: current Smiths were not Stan's real family]], that could eb part of it.

* Gwen was said to be an idiot, but in Now and Gwen, she seems more intelligent and the idiot part was [[spoiler:smoking in a gas-soaked area where she was trying to frame Francine for burning down the school.]] She could have been pretending to be an idiot to get everything in the will, and she takes advantage of her sister due to [[spoiler:Francine burning down the school on accident.]] While its been years since the incident, it changed Gwen to be a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] criminal who can hurt Francine later on at any time, and swore revenge on the Smiths at the end. Worse, there was no word about the illegal sweatshop that she has in the Smiths' garage being removed, and in the sweatshop, a few people died already. If Gwen wants to get revenge, then she might be able to, or even frame the Smiths for anything.