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Stan Smith
Biographical Information
Name	Stanley/ Stanford/Staniel Smith
Nickname(s)	The Boob, The Suit, Stan the Man, Stan Frank, Stanny-Boy
Last Recorded Age	42
Family	*Jack Smith (father) Betty Smith (mother) ; Hercules (step-father) ; "Grandpa Smith" (surrogate father; deceased) ; (half-brother in Wisconsin) ; Rusty (half-brother) ; Francine Smith (wife) ; Thundercat (ex-wife) ; Joanna Smith (ex-wife) ; Hayley Smith (daughter) ; Steve Smith (son) ; Jeff Fischer (son-in-law) ; Great-Grandpa Smith ; Great-Great-Grandpa Smith ;
Occupation	Central Intelligence Agency agent
Voice actor	Seth MacFarlane

Stan Smith is the main character of American Dad! and is voiced by Seth MacFarlane. Out of all the voices he's done in both Family Guy and American Dad!, MacFarlane says that Stan's voice is the most exhausting. It has been noted on DVD special features that Stan's voice is based on the announcers of 1950s American anti-communist propaganda films. He is similar to the title character from the cult 80s show Sledge Hammer, who also had a weird habit of talking to his gun, as Stan does.

Stan Smith has worked for the Central Intelligence Agency since the 80s, as a field agent and weapons expert, and later on in the series, the Deputy-Deputy Director, placing him on the third tier of importance in the C.I.A. under Deputy-Director Bullock. As of the start of season 2, his official job title is apparently "Deputy Deputy Director", although the official announcement of his promotion wasn't actually seen in any episode. In this role his work has included the interrogation of possible terrorists. Stan is always on alert for terrorist activity, at work, and in his home life.

Stan is in mostly top physical shape, though he has a bit of a gut.

At some point in Stan's childhood, someone gave him bad advice about sex, leading to Stan's belief that masturbation would lead to hair growing on his palms and his eyes melting, a belief which Stan almost passed on to his son. This belief led to a life-long love of hobbies, including gun cleaning and wood burning. Stan also collects commemorative plates from the Franklin Mint.

In "Stan's Food Restaurant" it's revealed that he lived in or near Philadelphia at the time his father left him and that he was molested by Father Roy, his priest. Although on further reflection he thinks he may have seduced Father Roy. In "The Best Christmas Story Never", Stan is taken back in time to his boyhood home by Michelle, the Spirit of Christmas Past, after which he travels to the New York of 1970.

Stan attended John DeLorean High School in the late 1970s and early 1980s. A very unpopular student, Stan was scrawny and had horrible acne, which caused him to be nicknamed "The Penis". He got pranked by the popular students while at the prom by being crushed by falling pigs which was a parody of Carrie, where she got showered by pig's blood--even a student mentioned that one of the other pranksters was too stupid to read the story through.

It is revealed in "Chimdale" that in an effort to get rid of his acne, he took part in testing of an experimental acne treatment. The treatment caused all his hair to fall out, and he has worn a toupee ever since. Up until this episode, he didn't think anyone knew. The family told him that it was obvious (other than Steve who had no idea). His co-workers still have no idea though.

In 1985, Stan, then a college student, met his future wife Francine. She was hitch-hiking and Stan gave her a ride. As he was driving, he accidentally ran over a raccoon, which he shot to put it out of its misery, and Francine thought was that it was the most compassionate act she ever saw. They got married later that same year. Stan's father (Jack) wasn't able to attend the wedding so he had a fake father ("Grandpa" Smith) come to the wedding and pose as his real father for 20 years.

He constantly carries two Glock 17s. He also owns an AR-15, Mac10, a "pen gun", MK 5, and what he calls a "sword gun"; a mix of a Glock 17 and a kitchen knife, all of which are stored in his wife's spice pantry, who does not seem to notice them. He stores weapons in random places around the house. During a mock robbery in "Stannie Get Your Gun, Stan screams for Hayley to get a gun from the kitchen.

In "Black Mystery Month" it is revealed Stan is a part of the Illuminuti, an organization trying to keep a peanut butter conspiracy secret.

It is believed that Stan has been in the military. In "In Country...Club" Stan talks to Steve to him while wearing a US Army cold weather coat and a beret. This is never mentioned in any other episodes and it is most likely he was a reservist, having been a career CIA man since joining at an early adulthood in "Francine's Flashback".

Family

Stan is 42 years old, as revealed by the title of the episode "42-Year-Old Virgin". This does contradict a previous statement that he is ten months older than Francine, who is 40, however, it is possible that they have both aged over the duration of the series'. Stan and Francine have two teenage children, Hayley and Steve. Stan allows Roger to live in the Smith household because the alien saved his life at Area 51. Roger has come to think of the Smiths as family. His goldfish, Klaus, was actually an East German skier which explains how he is able to talk. To prevent Klaus from winning the gold medal in the 1986 Winter Olympics, Stan switched his brain with a goldfish's brain and has lived as a goldfish with the Smith family since then. The Smith Family currently lives at 1024 Cherry Street in Langley Falls, Virginia, near the C.I.A.

Stan's reflexive super-patriotism possibly stems from his father, Jack Smith. Jack, a Nick Fury-look alike, was an absent father and was believed to be a part of a group of spies known as the Scarlet Alliance. Stan clearly worshiped his father until discovering that Jack was, in fact, a jewel thief. Stan's mother's name is Betty and she always comes to Stan when her newest boyfriend dumps her but unknown to her Stan kidnaps her boyfriends so they can never hurt her like his father did. She later falls in love and marries the local deli owner Hercules.

He has a half-brother on his father's side named Rusty who lives In Arizona. A second half-brother is reported to live by a lake in Wisconsin in "Meter Made".

Personality

Although Stan is, for the most part, a loving husband and father, he often causes problems within the home with his attitudes, possibly showing him having right-wing authoritarianism. Stan also seems to prize popularity; he encouraged Steve to date cheerleaders, and lied about his own popularity in school, not to mention forcing Steve to have a better life than his own adolescence. He is horrified when he discovers his son, Steve, is a geek and is reluctant to let the other C.I.A. agents see him, lest Stan become one of the uncool agents, as in "All About Steve". Though he appears to dislike nerds, Stan is shown owning a bat'leth, a type of Klingon sword. Stan is not particularly intelligent. He is oblivious to the obvious, and occasionally mistakes sarcastic comments for suggestions. He was even indirectly called a dumbass by one of Steve's teachers when he helped Steve's report on fossils in "Irregarding Steve". In "An Apocalypse to Remember", his family called him "the boob" because of his tendency to do unintelligent things and not think things all the way through.

Stan could also be rather selfish and often didn't care about other family members hopes and dreams, instead focusing on what he wanted. He also had a tendency to be hypocritical. However at times Stan would realize his selfishness and hypocrisy such as in the episode "Chimdale" when he showed Francine, Hayley and Roger that he was bald although all three of them knew already. Unfortunately during "One Little Word". he attempted to be selfless but in doing so he left his boss crippled and bleeding on the floor of a cabin because he had been neglecting Francine due to the fact that he wanted to remain Bullock's "Number 1".

Stan has no qualms about kidnapping, drugging, or tasering anybody, even family members, if he sees it as a means to an end. In the pilot episode, he kidnaps American actress and singer Hilary Duff to date his geeky son Steve.

Stan dislikes overweight people, as depicted in several episodes where he made remarks about his son's friend Barry. In "The American Dad After School Special", he meets his son Steve's overweight gothic girlfriend, Debbie, who he doesn't take very kindly to. However, when he is told he's put on a few pounds, his attempts to slim himself down to prevent becoming what he hates leads him to anorexia.

Stan is very xenophobic and vigilant. In "Homeland Insecurity", he profiled the new neighbors, Bob and Linda Memari as terrorists because of their Iranian heritage, though he later seems to warm up to them. He is so proud of the United States that he hates anything foreign, even food i.e. French toast and falafel. He also hates being pegged as feminine. In "Roger Codger", he began to shed tears before he almost shot Roger. Steve pointed that out, and Stan immediately said, "I'm not a lady!". Stan is very traditional, as he believes his wife should be at home, doing housework, unable to leave the house without being escorted, cooking meals and do whatever he says without question. Seth MacFarlane says these qualities of Stan are based on Archie Bunker from All in the Family. He has been regarded by Hayley in "Homeland Insecurity" and Klaus in "I Can't Stan You" to be insane. During both occasions, Stan has done very irrational things; the first of which was due to his xenophobia while the other was due to him evicting all his neighbors just because they did not like him.

Stan seems to think he knows everything but in "The Most Adequate Christmas Ever " God had to tell him that he does not know everything. Another instance of this is in "Irregarding Steve" where he claims to know everything about fossils. Unfortunately, Steve received a failing grade on his report as a result of Stan's help.

Political views

Stan worships Ronald Reagan, quoting his speeches and even going as far as choosing a dog because it was alive during Reagan's administration. He also sees George Bush as a hero as shown in "Bush Comes to Dinner" where he wrote a letter to Bush which has resemblance to a love letter and would send Hayley into a pit via trap door and drugged her so that she could not tell Bush her true feeling and loathing of his decisions. As a proud Republican, he strenuously opposes abortion and gun control. At the beginning of the series, he had a strong prejudice against homosexuality. His views on the subject soften somewhat in "Lincoln Lover", in which he finds out that his neighbor, Greg Corbin, is not only gay, but a Republican; he gradually learns that he and other gay Republicans are not gay by choice, but nevertheless are Republicans by choice. Stan hates Democrats, especially Susan Sarandon, Jane Fonda and Michael Moore. He frequently argues with Hayley over her liberal political views and appears to somewhat distrust her. He occasionally uses his CIA status and near-totalitarian views to attempt to control every aspect of her life, such as in "Stan Knows Best" when he shaved her hair just because she dyed it green while participating in a Green Party rally. However when his boss insulted her in "Bullocks To Stan", he defended her honor by nearly beating his boss to death.

Hobbies and talents

Stan's childhood hobbies include gun cleaning, wood burning and decoupage. In "A Smith In The Hand", he revisits these hobbies with Steve in order to help him with self-denial. Stan's current hobbies include collecting commemorative plates from the Franklin Mint, and he has an incredible talent in ice skating. Stan can also play the guitar, as evidenced in "Stannie Get Your Gun", "A Smith In The Hand" and "Stan Time". He has passed this talent on to Hayley, and Steve who performs with his band in "American Dream Factory". He also seems to have an interest in musical theater. In "Homeland Insecurity", Stan performed with his cellmate in jail in the play, South Pacific, and he has long been dying to see the musical Mamma Mia!. Stan is also a fan of the TV series Lost and 24, and has written an extensive unpublished children's book series called Patriot Pigeon.

Stan was in competition figure skating, when he was younger. |Francine inspires Stan to get back into skating and they compete in a local figure skating contest.

In "Delorean Story-an", Stan reveals that for years he has been secretly building his dream car, the Delorean. He has spent thousands of dollars of his and Francine's life savings on building this dream car. Stan builds this car not knowing the iconicity of the car from Back To The Future.

Stan is the CIA's weapons expert and is shown to be a skilled fighter with various weapons most notably a pistol which he kept with him at all times. He was also skilled in unarmed combat and his large muscles gave him an advantage over most opponents.

Stan is also an avid Georgetown Hoyas fan as shown in "The Vacation Goo".

Deaths

According to the DVD commentary, Stan is officially dead as of the end of "Rapture's Delight" and in his personal heaven. Since then, each episode may be considered to be part of his personal heaven. In "May the Best Stan Win", Stan had originally planned to be frozen upon his death and later returns as a cyborg from the future, only to be defeated by present-day Stan. In the epilogue, Stan and Francine are depicted as having both died sometime in 2067. Later in "Hot Water", Stan buys a hot tub that has a mind of its own; it ends up being evil and eventually kills Stan and Francine.

The events of American Dad! should be viewed as many episodes of Family Guy where everything seems to return to normal and continuity is usually disregarded, given that all three of Seth MacFarlane's major shows to date are set up so the characters are actors filming the respective television shows.

Name

As a running joke in the series, Stan's full first name is left ambiguous and is often even deliberately changed to confuse the audience. Up to season 4 he is called Stanley, for example by Roger in "Roger 'n' Me". However, in "One Little Word" and other episodes he is called Staniel mainly by Roger, and in "Choosy Wives Choose Smith" he is called Stanford. He has been called both Staniel and Stanford by his wife, Francine.

Cameo appearances

In the seventeenth season episode of The Simpsons called "The Italian Bob", Stan, along with Peter Griffin, from Family Guy is seen in the Italian police book. Stan is guilty of Plagiarismo Di Plagiarismo (plagiarism of plagiarism, which is the Simpsons writers' way of saying that American Dad! is a rip-off of Family Guy which is already considered by Simpson writers--and detractors of Family Guy--as a rip-off of The Simpsons).

In the Family Guy episode, "Lois Kills Stewie", Stewie and Brian go to the CIA HQ, while hacking the world's power supply Stan and Bullock kick open the door. Stewie, then cuts off the world's power, as Stan points a gun at him. Stewie then says "I would put down the gun Joe" to which Stan says "What? It's Stan" around that time Stan and Bullock surrender to Stewie. In "Excellence in Broadcasting", Stan appears congratulating Brian Griffin for embracing the Republican Party.

Quotes

"Damn It Francine!"
"Shut up Ira!"
"Pen gun, mightier than the sword. Sword gun, mightier than the pen gun."

"Ar-15,Mk-5,Mac-10, Paprika."

"Guns kill, is that right?. Well, let's see about that. Ok gun, kill. Go ahead, kill someone. Don't be shy. See, guns don't kill people. People kill people. Guns defend people against people with smaller guns."

"Son (Steve), feelings are what women have. They come from their ovaries."

"You're in our hearts!" (To Roger while packing up the family into the SUV during the "nuclear threat")

(While watching a Disney Channel sitcom, "That's So Raven") "Haha! That IS so Raven!"

"Don't worry, Hayley. You never forget how to fight. It's like beating up a bicycle."

"Hey, Hayley, at least the last time you ran away, you made it all the way to the stop sign! (laughs) Ah, that's funny. I'm funny."

Francine: "You ruined everything!"
Stan: "Everything? (imitates police siren) Oh, that's the Hyperbole Police coming to take you away, and lock you up in Exaggeration-traz. I think I made my point. Eloquent."

Francine: "Honestly, Stan, what does Hayley have to do with you getting a promotion? It should be enough that you're really good at your job."
Stan: "Yeah, it should, but we don't live in Shouldland! Ah, Shouldland, where clean-cut kids cruise Shouldland Boulevard, and the Shouldland High football team gets their optimistic asses kicked by their crosstown rival, Reality Check Tech."

Stan: Can't you just take a page from that bitch Hillary Clinton and let it go?

Hayley: "My mother stole my boyfriend!"
Stan: "Your boyfriend stole my wife! Let's get back at 'em by dating each other. Wait a minute... Daddy didn't think that through."

"What's new about the CIA? Oh nothing... except everything!"
"I like money!"
(To his daughter): "YOU are a lost cause!"
"Good Morning, USA!"
"I'm... I'm not gay. Sure, Francine's bat-cave grosses me out once in a while..."
(Repeating the lines from Ronald Reagan's address on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on a baseball game): It slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God.
(after a gay bartender mentions his time on Fire Island) "An entire island made of fire? How manly!"
"You're next,Osama."
Francine: "Stan, I'm your wife, if something's wrong I want to help you."
Stan: "Oh, so by that logic if something is right you'll want to hinder me."
Stan: "Ah, the Christmas tree. Is there anything more American?"
Steve: "How about an American flag?"
Stan: "Or a cake in the shape of an American flag, with little Christmas trees for stars! (pulls out a personal tape recorder) "Note to self: I like cake!"
(To himself) "How about over your brains? Say, all over the place? (pulls out and aims his gun) Heh heh, delightful."
"I'm a dumbass!"
(After he turns on his lighter) Soon, my pet. Soon I will feed you the world.
Hayley, I'm zombie dancing with your brother, we can talk about this later.
This meal is cancelled!
Son, every day with you is a punch in the nads.

Notes

Stan's favorite beverage is Mr. PiBB, especially medium-sized.
Stan has a poster on his work desk during season 1 that says "Proud to be American" with an American flag underneath.
Stan admitted to being afraid of seagulls in "American Dream Factory", although he claims he has overcome his fear after being stranded on an island in "Choosy Wives Choose Smith".
He is straight, but wanted to have sex with a man to see what it was like, and kissed Terry in "Lincoln Lover", the guy he chose to do it with.
Stan is bald from testing zit cream so he wears a wig as revealed in "Chimdale", however, this was a one episode joke, as his hair is seen to grow in "Choosy Wives Choose Smith".
In "Surro-Gate", Greg and Terry put a restraining order on Stan for kidnapping their child Libby. But in "Daddy Queerest" it appears to have been lifted since Stan is seen around Greg and Terry a lot in the episode.
Stan is a fan of the NFL's Washington Redskins, as shown in "Daddy Queerest" and other episodes.
Stan usually never shows his feminine side, meaning he doesn't cry a lot, which Steve made him do to save Stan from killing himself. However, in "An Incident at Owl Creek", he cries after every human in town laughs at him.
Stan reveals one of his school nicknames was Stan Frank for hiding and writing in a diary in "Stanny-Boy and Frantastic". A reference to The Diary of Anne Frank.
In the theme song when he gets up from the bed he seems to be fat but when he puts on his suit he appears physically fit.
His first kill was a raccoon as told in "Francine's Flashback" .
He is allergic to shellfish, as seen in "Weiner of Our Discontent". However, this conflicts with eating lobster in "Family Affair".
Stan is revealed in "Dr. Klaustus" to hate Francine's cooking and keeps a pit of wolves in the kitchen to give them the food she serves him.

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