It still surprises me how this is one of the few shows that got better during its run instead of worse

It still surprises me how this is one of the few shows that got better during its run instead of worse

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    because MacFarlane spent less attention on it over time

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This. McFarlane's original vision for the show was conservative manly American father clashes with nerdy son and hippy daughter but then he went to focus on Family Guy and it just became about a bunch of weird buttholes and it's so much better for it.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I think it helps that the series shifted networks just as it was running out of steam. The last Fox episode is the Kim Kardashian guest appearance, which is one of the worst episodes in the whole run. The TBS seasons have their duds, but they're mostly great thanks to how absurd and experimental they get. Rabbit Ears is pure kino.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        yeah

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I thought it was the opposite

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    last couple of seasons have been pretty bad, even by macfarlane standarts

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yeah, they have been a bit random with their humor lately. We only get maybe a couple decent episodes a season now. Its a bummer American Dad used to get a good laugh out of me every other episode or so. Its still watchable sure but somethings changed

      Haven't watched the show in ages, are they still doing that thing where Steve is gay and doesn't realize it?

      American Dad lives in the universe where everyone is openly bi out of convenience and humor or for the current plot with writing as they should be. It is the best way to to openly have humor with no constraints to avoid some whiny homosexuals views when you just want to have fun without caring about some political or personal views that never mattered to begin with.

      Steve is just prone to funny obsessions due to puberty and awkwardness because its fun/funny.

      It started with a lot of Bush era political humor and then chose to be an absurdist comedy instead. It's easy to see how it got better

      McFarlane was a /misc/ gay , he left and it went away, simple.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        mcfarlane is not a /misc/gay what are you talking about. he's very liberal

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      This, we've reached a real slump honestly.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      How so?

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Jeff has become a prominant part of the main cast for years now
    >One of the best episodes of the whole series was a Jeff episode
    >Still not enough to be part of the promotional material
    Why?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Because he's a israelite and israelites can go frick themselves.

      https://i.imgur.com/xPX4RU4.jpg

      It still surprises me how this is one of the few shows that got better during its run instead of worse

      Roger really needs to get his shit pushed in more often.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Jeff succeeded in American Dad where Lucky failed in King of the Hill.

      How did this happen?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Jeff is a nuance to most of the character especially Stan but he still tries to do right by them which I think makes him more likeable than Lucky who's kind of just there. Also he hasn't knocked up Hayley yet

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Also he hasn’t knocked up Hayley yet.
          Make it happen Seth before this turns into the Cinemaphile version of the Chrisposting memes from the Resident Evil threads.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Pregnant Hayley when?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Jeff is irresponsible and obnoxious, but is - at his core - a decent guy.
        Lucky is a piece of shit.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >Lucky
          >piece of shit
          He repays shaving cream Anon.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Technically Jeff has been in since episode 1. It's not like they brought him in later.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Either that, or your standards just got lower and lower during its run.

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It started with a lot of Bush era political humor and then chose to be an absurdist comedy instead. It's easy to see how it got better

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I stopped watching when I realized they had essentially written Akiko out of the show. The Halloween and the Spelling Bee episodes were some of their best.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I want them to be end game but that should be saved for the final season if they plan one. If he gets with her before the end they will no doubt break up for the sake of keeping Steve a single nerd.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        ...it's been about 10 seasons since they last referenced their romance.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah but at least they were last seen together on a good note at the spelling be finals.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      "Steve likes a girl" episodes are an immediate skip for me, I know they're never gonna have any kind of continuity so I just don't bother wasting my time on it

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        when they do we wind up with utter garbage like

        debby is superior in every way

        I don't want steve happy. it's funnier when he's not.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        "steve and friends in school" is typically a skip for me unless the B plot is good, I hate how the dynamics of the other characters are so much better for gags and stories but they keep falling back on shit highschool tropes

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >"Steve likes a girl" episodes are an immediate skip for me, I know they're never gonna have any kind of continuity so I just don't bother wasting my time on it
        agreed, they've done that type of plot probably the better part of 100 times by now and have beaten the horse into a dried up stain, at this point they just need to give him a permanent girlfriend and be done with it(kind of like how Hayley's plots massively improved after she married Jeff for the most part)

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      debby is superior in every way

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        even you dont even believe that lie

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I had forgotten about Debby. Now that I remember her I always thought she looked too much like Hayley. Maybe that's why we haven't seen her in over a decade.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Brosnan would be proud

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Somewhat

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Because the character 14 fell/crushing for an 8 year old character at the end of the episode

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        She was only 8 in her first appearance, after that they aged her up to Steve’s age

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          no, anon means that at the end of the halloween episode she ended up with Doug. He can dance.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I disagree, for some reason around the time it started airing on whatever new station it was, tbs, fox? It got worse for me.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    eh, I don't know. this last season.... eh.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >Average Klaus Enjoyer

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      klaus is the best. episodes where they're mean to him for no good reason are some of the worst.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      klaus is the best. episodes where they're mean to him for no good reason are some of the worst.

      >Danuta

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >do you eat

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Hands down one of my favorite episodes is the Arizona State one. It's infinitely more entertaining to see Klaus having a thriving social life and friends (even if most of them are degenerates) despite being a fish instead of the constant "oh woe is me" shit.
      They keep trying to make Klaus into the Meg of that show and it just doesn't work.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Does anyone else notice how Toshi never had an episode about him? Barry and Snot have episodes where they're the main character along with Steve but Toshi is ignored. Closest thing to a Toshi episode is Akiko episodes.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      hotdog episode was basically about him.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >I speak fluent english, and have the whole time.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >why do you always speak Japanese!?! I don't even speak japanese!

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Haven't watched the show in ages, are they still doing that thing where Steve is gay and doesn't realize it?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Steve is Bi or a horny teen. He loves women and gets boner all the time around hot ones. But he also loves Snot and makes occasional comments about men. However the malexmale is for humor only and for all ents and porpoises he is straight.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It definitely did get worse though

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Hayley's feet are my drug.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      t.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        y'know I just noticed that his photos are taken from different seasons of the show.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It still surprises me that when there's "America" in the title Americans will love something regardless of how shit it is.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Are you saying American Dad is bad? I am not American and I love the frick out of this show. I am however interested by your premise. Can you give a few examples of shows/other media that are bad but people only like them because the word "America" is in the title? Preferably the list is at least three to five examples long. Ten would be god tear.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    it got better for a while, then it went downhill

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Name your top ten episodes
    And why

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What did Stan mean by the "American Race"?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I think Stan is racist but in a weirdly wholesome and nationalist sort of way. So no Stan isn't literally racist. But just like how a white supremacist would think white people are just superior to all races. Stan thinks Americans are just superior to other countries. It plays into his super Americanistic personality. The whole "American exceptionalism" attitude. Like yeah, it's kind of toxic but also kind of sweet in a twisted sort of way. I think that's one of the reasons I like Stan as a character so much. He is an butthole but he is also a good guy.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Stan thinks Americans are just superior to other countries.
        In terms of the US's living and social conditions compared to most countries, he'd be right on that part.

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What did Stan mean by the American Race?

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Seth loves nostalgia. He loves the 80s.

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Many anons are going to become like Seth just because of nostalgia from a period of time. In Cinemaphile we love family guy. But we don't realice we are like Seth the creator of the show.

  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    somewhat

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's past its prime. Though the current AD I've seen is still better than the earliest ones. I still like watching it though.

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Perhaps

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Top of the Steve because of the all girls school
    Top of the Steve because of Spitz
    Top of the Steve because of The Babe
    Top of the Steve because of Carla/Beth
    Top of the Steve because of Spunky Rooster
    Top of the Steve because of the gaggle of girls outside their dorm room
    Top of the Steve because of the foreign student who will later be deemed offensive
    Top of the Steve of Roger's girl outfit too dammit
    A Starboy is Born because I like The Weeknd
    Top of the Steve because of the girls going "ruff ruff"

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      meant for

      Name your top ten episodes
      And why

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >A Starboy is Born because I like The Weeknd

      Gross

  25. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    And yet Yin Yang Yo is still superior

  26. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Love this show so much that i started playing the mobile game American Dad Apocalypse soon..spent so much fricking money on that crap..

  27. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >still no Steve fricking Francine lookalike
    needs more incest episodes

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