Stan has driven Francine actually crazy and she gets taken away from him by force. To plan the perfect anniversary."Īgain, the creative team temporarily sacrificed the integrity of the show in order to placate network executives. You put me in here" STAN: "It was all for a bigger cause. ![]() The writers are aware that American Dad is in jeopardy of losing what made it a unique show in the first place under the burden of so many different creative inputs and has to try to sort through all the junk.īack in the "A" plot, Stan goes to pick up Francine from the mental hospital.įRANCINE: "It was you. The "B" plot starts with Roger's closet bursting from having too many clothes. However, Stan quickly gets distracted by trivial junk and cheap thrills (shock humor and cheap laughs) and ultimately spends countless dollars on things that in the end do nothing to improve the situation. His first idea is to purchase diamonds (improve the writing). So, he goes to try and find a way to fix the problem of the stagnating show. However, he's not going to give up without a fight. American Dad has hit its peak and if the situation is not handled carefully, the only way to go is down. Stan enters the mall confident he can solve the problem and rides the escalator to the stores. The demon is the problems that plagued Family Guy, and the baby is American Dad. They get diluted beyond all recognition until cancellation, until a new, unique show is created and the process starts all over again. So what is Bullock's purpose for saying this? It is a metaphor for the sad, inevitable fate of all television shows once people start to lose interest. Stan ultimately takes the advice and compromises his marriage (the integrity of the show) because it will only be for a few days and it will allow him to buy some time to fix the core problems and avoid losing Francine completely.Īnother line that stands out in Stan and Bullock's conversation which cements this interpretation for me:īULLOCK: "Those demons took over my every thought, but luckily this story has a happy ending! The demon moved on into a baby." Francine is supposed to represent the show and Stan is supposed to represent the creative team behind the show, attempting to placate network executives by using their ideas in order to keep them from taking away creative control altogether. This is a dig at network executives hounding the creators of the show about failing ratings. The episode starts with Stan getting a call with his boss, to remind him that he forgot his anniversary. "The stupid husband forgets his anniversary." The fact that this is the episode's A plot should immediately raise some flags as American Dad almost always subverts over-used tropes like this in some way or other. The plot was about as rote and overused as a cartoon sitcom plot can get - on purpose. Unfortunately it seemed like this episode might have gone over a lot of people's heads, which is a shame because I thought it was genius and showed that the creators have a lot of respect for their audience. I present, in its entirety, u/vindictive_rarity's "The Purpose of American Fung" I'd really like to hear your thoughts, whether you're a fan of the episode or not. I was able to extract the original post and wanted to repost that breakdown for anyone new to the subreddit, as well as anyone who was a fan of that former Dadder's write up on the episode. I noticed the episode popping up more and more in recent discussions and since it's one of my favorite episodes, I wanted to link to the original post, but both the user profile and their post/comment history have since been deleted. ![]() Want to act like you live in Langley Falls, along with the Smiths? Check out /r/LangleyFalls] AnimationĪround five years ago, now deleted user u/vindictive_rarity posted an insightful breakdown of S10E17, *American Fung*, which is the episode where Seth MacFarlane sells *American Dad!* to Chinese billionaire, Fung Wah. Result in an automatic ban - no exceptions or second chances Same with "This kid looks like Billy." Just don't be mean like that. No posting a thread at 5AM so you can be the one to have it.ĭon't act like Ricky Spanish. However, do not create them until Monday night. We used to have mods be the ones to do this, but due to scheduling, it's open to all now. ![]() Do not make the "Episode Discussions" threads until close to when the episode airs Let's support American Dad, and not share ways to bootleg anything.Ģ. No sharing links to streaming sites, or asking for them. Season 11 & 12 Episode Guide and Discussion This subreddit is a place to discuss and share all things American Dad!
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