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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You may think that the no singing rule is an exaggeration of the rules in Saudi Arabia, but it's a real rule they have in the country.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You may think that the no singing rule is an exaggeration of the rules in Saudi Arabia, but it's a real rule they have in the country.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Stan has a fantasy about President Bush coming to rescue him and his family , the Smiths are no longer wearing their Arabian outfits when they're pulled out of the ground just to show that this is a fantasy that Stan is having, when the Smiths are freed for real by Roger, they are back to wearing their Arabian outfits.

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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Stan has a fantasy about President Bush coming to rescue him and his family , family, the Smiths are no longer wearing their Arabian outfits when they're pulled out of the ground just to show that this is a fantasy that Stan is having, when the Smiths are freed for real by Roger, they are back to wearing their Arabian outfits.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Stan has a fantasy about President Bush coming to rescue him and his family , the Smiths are no longer wearing their Arabian outfits when they're pulled out of the ground just to show that this is a fantasy that Stan is having, when the Smiths are freed for real by Roger, they are back to wearing their Arabian outfits.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist and tries to convince him not to go through with his mission. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that American girls will sleep with him.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist and tries to convince him not to go through with his mission. In reality, he Kazim works at a food shawarma cart and claims to be a terrorist so that American girls will sleep with him.



* ShoutOut: Roger tries to avoid having sex with the sheikh by recounting various American soap operas, a reference to ''Literature/ArabianNights''.

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Roger tries to avoid having sex with the sheikh by recounting various American soap operas, a reference to ''Literature/ArabianNights''.''Literature/ArabianNights''.
** During his dream, Stan says to President Bush that "[[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife every time a bell rings, an oppressive autocracy gets freedom]]," to which Bush says "Attaboy, Clarence."
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Steve got so swept up in God taking the form of Angelina Jolie that he forgets what they told him; namely, they took the form most pleasing to Steve, not their true one. Thus Steven offends and confuses Arabians by saying God's a woman.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: DistractedByTheSexy: Steve got so swept up in God taking the form of Angelina Jolie that he forgets what they told him; namely, they took the form most pleasing to Steve, not their true one. Thus Steven offends and confuses Arabians by saying God's a woman.

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* BigDamnHeroes: The Smiths are about to be executed when President Bush suddenly arrives to "bring democracy to Saudi Arabia." But it's actually a dream Stan is having.

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* BigDamnHeroes: The Smiths are about to be executed when President Bush suddenly arrives to "bring democracy to Saudi Arabia." But it's actually a dream Stan is having. They soon after get a real one from Roger, who uses his new royal connections to have them absolved.


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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Steve got so swept up in God taking the form of Angelina Jolie that he forgets what they told him; namely, they took the form most pleasing to Steve, not their true one. Thus Steven offends and confuses Arabians by saying God's a woman.


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* SanitySlippage: Stranded in the desert, Steve temporarily believes he's a strong independent black woman. He realizes his mistake a second later, and consequently realizes he's not going to last long.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Part one ends with Stan burning the family's' passports after renouncing his American citizenship, while everyone else is experiencing turmoil one way or another.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Part one ends with Stan burning the family's' passports after renouncing his American citizenship, while everyone else is experiencing turmoil one way or another.another (Steve crashes in the middle of the desert, Francine is getting beaten by Thundercat, and Hayley is being chased by the morality police).
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* CatFight: Francine and Thundercat get into one at the end of part one, with Klaus getting aroused by it. We don't see who one though.

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* CatFight: Francine and Thundercat get into one at the end of part one, with Klaus getting aroused by it. We don't see who one won though.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist and tries to convince him not to go through with his mission. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist and tries to convince him not to go through with his mission. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western American girls will sleep with him.



* LastSecondWordSwap: Kazi starts to tell Hayley that he's part of "Al-Qaeda," but pauses halfway through, causing her to ask if he meant "Alcoholics Anonymous."

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* KissingTheGround: Stan does this the moment he gets off the plane in America.
* LastSecondWordSwap: Kazi Kazim starts to tell Hayley that he's part of "Al-Qaeda," but pauses halfway through, causing her to ask if he meant "Alcoholics Anonymous."



* SelfServingMemory: Stan claims that Francine never told him that she was in ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'', even though she mentioned it several times and he even helped run her lines with her.

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* SelfServingMemory: Stan claims that Francine never told him that she was in ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'', even though she mentioned it several times and he even helped run her lines with her.her.
* ShoutOut: Roger tries to avoid having sex with the sheikh by recounting various American soap operas, a reference to ''Literature/ArabianNights''.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist.terrorist and tries to convince him not to go through with his mission. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.


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* LastSecondWordSwap: Kazi starts to tell Hayley that he's part of "Al-Qaeda," but pauses halfway through, causing her to ask if he meant "Alcoholics Anonymous."
* TheMaidenNameDebate: After finding that Steve is also going to get stoned for being a false prophet, Stan says that Hayley might hyphenate so that the Smith name will live on with her. Except she was also sentenced to death for attacking Kazi.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.



* BlatantLies: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.
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* BlatantLies: Hayley meets a boy who claims to be a hesitant terrorist. In reality, he works at a food cart and claims to be a terrorist so that Western girls will sleep with him.



* ImagineSpot: Stan sings about how he wishes Francine was a subservient 1950s housewife who catered to his every whim, imagining himself in that decade with his ideal family. The song ends showing that he had sung his way into someone's house and ruined their dinner, leaving them terrified that he might kill them.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: You may think that the no singing rule is an exaggeration of the rules in Saudi Arabia, but it's a real rule they have in the country.

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* RealityIsUnrealistic: You may think that the no singing rule is an exaggeration of the rules in Saudi Arabia, but it's a real rule they have in the country.country.
* SelfServingMemory: Stan claims that Francine never told him that she was in ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'', even though she mentioned it several times and he even helped run her lines with her.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The Smiths are about to be executed when President Bush suddenly arrives to "bring democracy to Saudi Arabia." But it's actually a dream Stan is having.
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In the series' first two parter, the Smiths relocate to Saudi Arabia after Stan bombs Deputy Director Bullock's Roast. However, Stan finds himself enjoying the culture after finding out how the men are treated.

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* CatFight: Francine and Thundercat get into one at the end of part one, with Klaus getting aroused by it. We don't see who one though.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Part one ends with Stan burning the family's' passports after renouncing his American citizenship, while everyone else is experiencing turmoil one way or another.
* GoingNative: Once Stan learns about the male centric rules in Saudi Arabia, he begins to grow accustomed to their culture, trading his suit for a robe and getting a second wife he calls Thundercat, much to Francine's dismay.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Remember when Stan burned the passports at the end of part one? Well it turns out he shouldn't have because without them, the U.S. Embassy cannot legally get Francine out of prison.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: You may think that the no singing rule is an exaggeration of the rules in Saudi Arabia, but it's a real rule they have in the country.

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