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This article lists characters from the animated series American Dad!.

The main characters of the show. From left to right: Roger, Francine, Stan, Klaus, Hayley and Steve.

Voice cast

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Cast members
           
Seth MacFarlane Wendy Schaal Scott Grimes Rachael MacFarlane Dee Bradley Baker Jeff Fischer Patrick Stewart
Stan Smith, Roger Francine Smith Steve Smith Hayley Smith Klaus Heisler, Rogu Jeff Fischer Deputy Director Avery Bullock

The voice actors are not assembled as a group when performing the lines of their characters; rather, each of the voice actors perform their lines privately. The voice actors have stated that because of their personalities and tendency to goof off when together as a group, they would never get anything completed if they performed their lines collectively.[1]

Appearances

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Character Voice actor Appearances
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Main characters
Stan Smith Seth MacFarlane Main
Roger Smith Main
Francine Smith Wendy Schaal Main
Steve Smith Scott Grimes Main
Hayley Smith Rachael MacFarlane Main
Ace "Klaus Heisler" McNasty Dee Bradley Baker Main
Rogu Smith Does not appear Guest Main
Jeff Fischer Jeff Fischer Recurring Main Guest Does not appear Recurring Main
Deputy Director Avery Bullock Patrick Stewart Guest Recurring Guest Recurring Main

Main characters

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Stan Smith

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Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is the title characteronAmerican Dad! who has an exaggeratedly masculine voice and manner about him. Stan is Francine's husband and Hayley and Steve's father. Hayley may or may not be Stan's biological daughter since Francine revealed to have cheated on Stan at a bachelorette party in the episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture",[2] but Stan regards Hayley as his daughter.[2] As the Smith family breadwinner, Stan is a CIA agent. Early on in the series, Stan was exaggeratedly patriotic and Conservative.[3] His character, however, has progressed over the course of the series from the ultra right-wing it had been. All the same however, Stan has proven to be drastic and extreme in numerous other ways beyond politics.[4] He is often shown rashly taking extreme measures in ways that are conspicuously destructive, disastrous, and life-threatening to others.[3] Making his extreme-measure taking worse, Stan is utterly inconsiderate and insensitive, thus he does not stop to think of how others are negatively impacted, nor does he care. As examples of this: in the episode "Dope & Faith" when Stan found out one of his friends was an atheist, he tried getting him to pray by blowing up his home, spreading the bird flu at his restaurant, brainwashing his wife into thinking she was a lesbian, and taking his kids away; in the episode "I Can't Stan You," Stan evicted his entire neighborhood and his own family just for overhearing some of his neighbors gossiping about him behind his back; in the episode "Four Little Words," Stan framed his wife as a murderer all so as not to hear her say the words "I told you so"; etc. Not a stranger to going to any and all lengths to achieve his desired ends—even to the point of shamelessly harming others—Stan is characterized as very dog-eat-dog. Aside from his thoughtlessly drastic and endangering behaviors, he has an endearing, kinder, and sensitive side as well. It has been revealed that he very much desires fatherly love and attention but has always lacked this. Stan's parents separated when he was very young (later learned because of Stan himself in the episode "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven"); thus he has a father (Jack Smith) who was not around much and mistreated him.

Francine Smith

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Francine Lee Smith (née Ling, voiced by Wendy Schaal) is Stan's wife and the mother of Steve and Hayley. Indignant, Francine can usually be seen nagging and scolding her family (particularly Stan) over their wrongdoings. Francine often nags at her family to uphold certain virtues and over any unwholesome or reprehensible behaviors they engage in.[5] Ironically, it is mostly in the midst of all her moralizing and urging others to do the right thing that she demonstrates blatant inappropriateness, indecorum, and inelegance. Sporadically while engaged in moralizing others, Francine will randomly throw in remarks and behaviors that are in bad taste and lack all propriety. Adding to her paradoxical nature, Francine's behaviors have been known to become downright immoral and sometimes even fiendish, all the while trying to get others to live more wholesomely and do what is right. For example, in the episode "The Boring Identity," Francine made efforts to get Stan to be a more civilized and respectable husband. In the process, she deceived him into thinking he was an entirely different person after he got struck with amnesia. Another example, in the episode "Can I Be Frank With You," Francine was disgruntled by the fact that she and Stan were not a closer couple. To achieve this, she encroached in on Stan's guys' night using a male disguise that could fart for extended periods of time.[6] Francine has also been shown to have a randomly wacky and peculiar side. For example, in the episode "The Scarlett Getter," while Francine was engaged in an angry rant about Stan, she stated "Those two are stuck on each other like gum on a hot summer sidewalk on a summer afternoon. I'm sorry, I'm taking a creative writing class."

Hayley Smith

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Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith–Fischer (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane) is Stan and Francine's new-age hippie daughter and college-aged oldest and the sister of Steve. As revealed in the episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture," she may or may not be Stan's biological daughter, Francine revealed to have cheated on Stan at a bachelorette party;[2] nonetheless, Stan regards her as his daughter.[2] One to stand up for her beliefs, Hayley is passionate, insistent and vocal in her convictions. In mentality, she is portrayed as Liberal, what was originally intended to be the antithesis to her father's ultra-conservative mentality. These character traits were particularly emphasized in the show's beginnings back when Hayley was a focal character in the program; however, they were heavily toned down after early seasons. Intuitive and insightful, Hayley is able to instinctively grasp the hidden, inner, and obscure nature of situations. As examples, in the episode "Stan Knows Best", she is able to see through Stan's disguise as a Russian communist, and instantly upon entering the room in the episode "Finger Lenting Good," Hayley realizes what Stan and Steve are up to in trying to get Jeff to hug them so as to lose his finger for engaging in a vice.[5] As another example, in the episode "Da Flippity Flop" when the essence of Klaus has entered Stan's body and taken control over it, he attempts to deceive Hayley and Francine into thinking he is truly Stan; however, Hayley instantaneously and lackadaisically acknowledges that it is Klaus.[7] Hayley can also be casually rude and insulting, particularly towards her brother, Steve. Several story arcs have been used with regards to Hayley's romantic relationship to Jeff. Back when the two were dating, they had several breakups. In one of their breakups, Hayley dated an urban black man in a koala body (Reginald the Koala) across a string of episodes. Since then, Hayley has married Jeff but continues to live under her parents' roof.

Steve Smith

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Steven Anita "Steve" Smith (voiced by Scott Grimes) is the baby of the family and sometimes middle child who is Stan and Francine's high-school aged son and the brother of Hayley. He attends Pearl Bailey High School. There have been three versions of the "Steve" character over the course of American Dad! The first version was a one-off execution limited to the unaired precursory pilot (not to be confused with the season premiere episode entitled "Pilot"). This original version of Steve stood out as most contrasting and atypical, particularly in appearance and voice. In this precursor pilot, he was voiced by Ricky Blitt. Here, he was much nerdier, gawkier, and scrawnier than his later versions. By the series premiere, Scott Grimes began voicing the character. Also by the series premiere, Steve became taller, thicker, manlier and more mature than before, though still nerdy. By Steve's third design, he was made softer, more emotional, cuter, and more endearing than before. Despite his wimpy and nerdy characteristics, Steve is particularly conceited and obnoxious. Along with this, he often proves to be a showman, always ready to put on a performance and show off his abilities, often singing-wise. Steve shows great ambition and enthusiasm for his various interests and pursuits. He possesses a keen interest in the opposite sex and has had an obese girlfriend, Debbie, who Stan disapproved of. Steve's relationship with his father is strained with Stan often behaving judgmentally and intolerantly over Steve's nerdiness, immaturity, and sensitivity. Steve has been known to cop attitude, sometimes rightfully so at Stan over his offensive acts. Steve has three best friends: Snot (with whom he shares a bromance), Toshi, and Barry.

Roger Smith

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Roger Smith (voiced by Seth MacFarlane impersonating Paul Lynde[citation needed]) is the very zany pansexual alien who lives in the Smith family's attic. Blithely so, Roger is depraved, devious, and cruel. He typically exhibits a lighthearted, carefree temperament while also engaged in his freakish grossness, outrageous malice, and rascally shenanigans. Having no limits on his shocking and brazen ways, Roger typically says and does anything and everything that comes to his mind.

Initially being banned by the family from going into the public and often being depressive because of that in early episodes, Roger later begins to be shown to assume different aliases and has a carousel of seemingly endless costumes, which allows him to do almost everything he wants. Everyone outside the Smith family is fooled by his disguises, and each family member has a persona that they do not see through.

Klaus Heissler

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Klaus Heissler (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker in a German accent) is the Smith family's hapless and saturnine goldfish. He is consultative and full of sage advice, sometimes even wearing glasses and taking on a scholarly appearance. Klaus was once an East German Olympic ski-jumper until his mind was transferred into the body of a goldfish during the 1986 Winter Olympics by the CIA to prevent him from winning the gold medal, leaving him permanently trapped in the goldfish's body. Klaus has yet to come to terms with what happened, at times malcontent and gloomy. Not confined to his fishbowl, Klaus is often seen uniquely scooting himself about the Smith residence, reclined in a glass of water. In these moments, it is only his very lower back that is actually in the water. In the early going, Klaus had an obsessive crush on Francine and often made sexual advances at her.[3] For much of the series discounting its beginnings, the Smith family and particularly Roger have been shown to treat Klaus with disdain, take him for granted, and even mistreat him. Ironically, Klaus started out on the series as a bully, known for his ridicule and cruel teasing of all the show's main characters, particularly Roger.

Jeff Fischer

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Jeff Fischer (voiced by Jeff Fischer) is Hayley's slacker, mellow, hippie, henpecked, often stoned boyfriend and later husband. An unemployed high school dropout with no apparent skills, or employment motivation, he is emasculated, weak-willed, pathetic and frequently behaves naively. Jeff is often shown to be infatuated with Hayley's mother, Francine, having made subtle passes at her on many occasions. Jeff's own mother abandoned him early on, giving birth to him in a van, within which he lives until moving in with the Smiths. His relationship with his father, Henry, is abysmal, with Henry viewing and treating Jeff as a failure. Before moving in with the Smiths, Jeff lived from his van, which he had parked in front of the Smiths' residence when he started dating Hayley. In the episode "Joint Custody" however, Jeff moves in with the Smiths as a result of Stan having a demolition crew crush his van into smithereens with a wrecking ball. Stan effected this in an effort to get Jeff away from his [Stan] property. Throughout the series, Hayley repeatedly dumps Jeff for being a needy, clingy pushover, leaving Jeff crushed until their inevitable reconciliations. This ultimately leads to Jeff dumping Hayley in "Pulling Double Booty" (which is followed by Hayley going on a rampage through the mall), though they reconcile in "Bully for Steve". In the one-hundredth episode, the two marry.

In season 9's "Naked to the Limit, One More Time", Jeff learns that Roger is an alien. As a result, Stan informs that he must kill either Roger or Jeff to protect his family. Roger, however, informs that he will call his fellow aliens to take him back to his birth planet; however, Roger switches Jeff into the spaceship while he stays behind on Earth. In "Lost in Space", Jeff escapes from an alien spaceship and starts to make his way back to Earth.

In a Season 10 episode "Longest Distance Relationship", Jeff is able to communicate with Hayley through a CB radio and discovers a way to return to earth through a wormhole. Jeff, accompanied by Sinbad's Ghost, arrives 60 years in the future and learns that he cost her a chance to have a great life with millionaire Matt Davis. Unhappy with having upset the family and giving the elderly Hayley a heart attack, he and Sinbad's Ghost return through the wormhole. Jeff tells the again-young Hayley to move on with her life.

In "Holy Shit, Jeff's Back!" (season 12), it is revealed that Jeff was killed by aliens and his body dissected, before an alien disguised as Jeff is sent to Earth to capture Stan. The alien later has Jeff's brain planted into his body so he can remain on Earth with Hayley as Jeff. In "Portrait of Francine's Genitals" (season 14), Jeff reveals he took Hayley's last name, making him Jeff Smith, though is contradicted two seasons later in "Downtown", Later in the season, in "Roger's Baby", Jeff is reborn as a human, via Roger eating his brain and rebirthing him.

In the season 19 episode "Book of Fischer", Jeff writes in a sketchbook to remember his thoughts but later leaves the book in the freezer and forgets it. In The Future, his sketchbook is discovered and a religion becomes formed out of it.

Rogu Smith

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Rogu (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker) – A homunculus that formed from Roger's tumor in "Persona Assistant" and since then lives in the Smith house. Roger treats him like a son, and he often acts as his alien father's sidekick and assistant. Rogu has an omnivore diet, strange bodily functions and abilities like Roger, and speaks in slow, simplistic English--despite being able to speak at a normal pace--as women find it attractive.

Steve's best friends

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Steve's friend group. From left to right: Toshi, Snot, Barry and Steve.

Other main characters

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Secondary characters

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Smith family relatives

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Stan's relatives

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Jack makes his fourth appearance in which Steve decides to visit him in his jail. When it is discovered that Stan never learned to ride a bicycle because his father was not there for him at the moments of need, Steve decides to reconcile them both by making Stan visit the jail where Jack is passing his sentence. After the latter one is released on Stan's parole, Klaus suggests the three of them should go camping as an act of reuniting Stan with his own father. It turns out to be a bad idea as Stan soon finds out that Jack is using his grandson to appeal to Stan so that he could defend his own father in court during the next trial verdict. Jack then turns Steve to his side and both run away, all while Steve begins viewing Jack as a father figure. When things get out of hand, however, Jack confesses that he is a crook who was up to no good all this time and wishes Stan would not lose Steve in times of need as much he himself once did. When Stan finds out about this, he forces himself to ride his bike to the courthouse to give his own word of reference about his father's verdict, but arrives too late, much to both Jack's and Steve's contempt. Jack is sentenced to five more years of prison, but is not bothered by the idea now that he has formed a genuine relationship with his grandson, and Stan promises to visit him this time.
In "Blood Crieth Unto Heaven" (which was depicted in the style of a stage play), it turned out that Jack had left the family after Stan found his mother making out with Jack (who was disguised as a clown at the time) and that he was eventually arrested after the police commissioner that Stan idolized and invited to his birthday called for police backup while investigating the thefts of the fruits from a fruit truck. In "Minstrel Krampus" (which was depicted in the style of a Christmas story), Jack is revealed to have trapped Krampus while as a child. When Stan frees Krampus to teach Steve a lesson and it does not go well, Stan had to use his CIA connections to get Jack out of prison. After being shot by Santa Claus while protecting Stan Smith, the blood of Jack and Krampus combine which revives Jack as Krampus. In this form, Jack plans to continue his predecessor's job in tormenting naughty children. In the episode "Ninety North, Zero West," Jack Smith is still in his Krampus form as Stan persuades him to help save Steve from Santa Claus at the time when he plans to awaken the Sumerian giant Humbaba. In the episode "Klaustastrophe.tv", Jack reappears, now a human again. No explanation for this is given. In the episode "Ghost Dad", he gets killed in a police car chase and ends up as a ghost haunting a sports museum.

Francine's relatives

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Other

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Corbin-Bates family

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CIA personnel

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Pearl Bailey High School

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Around the neighborhood

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Recurring characters

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Appearing in The Golden Turd

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As seen in "Homeland Insecurity", it is revealed that Roger's excrement is solid gold and jewel-encrusted. The Golden Turd enters the life of different characters which often end with someone dying or suffering some other terrible fate. The following characters appear in "The Golden Turd" sketches:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "American Dad! – Seth on Paul Lynde and Sir Patrick Stewart". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  • ^ a b c d "Watch American Dad – Season 7 Episode 16: The Kidney Stays In The Picture". Tvmuse.eu. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  • ^ a b c "'American Dad' Touchdown". Animation World Network.
  • ^ McFarland, Kevin (April 15, 2013). ""The Missing Kink" | American Dad | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  • ^ a b McFarland, Kevin (January 7, 2013). ""Finger Lenting Good" | American Dad | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  • ^ McFarland, Kevin (November 5, 2012). ""Can I Be Frank With You?" | American Dad | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  • ^ McFarland, Kevin (May 13, 2013). ""Da Flippity Flop" | American Dad | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  • ^ McFarland, Kevin (December 3, 2012). ""Why Can't We Be Friends?" | American Dad | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  • ^ Wickline, Dan (July 27, 2014). "American Dad Finishes Out Fox Run And Moves To TBS With Uma Thurman". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors.
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