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“American Dad! vs Family Guy: which is better?” It's a debate that's frankly&nbsp;not held enough. Many have preconceptions about American Dad! couched in their established bias towards Family Guy, and thus won’t even entertain the question. Well, it’s time to cast off that prejudice.&nbsp;Today, we're going to learn why American Dad! is the best.Most people recognize that each show has its star: Roger and Stewie, respectively.&nbsp;But too often, the rest of the casts are&nbsp;ignored. Peter has grown into a funny character over time, but there really aren’t any other characters on Family Guy who carry much weight. That is most definitely not the case on American Dad!.&nbsp;There are&nbsp;few (if any) lame characters on the show. Roger alone offers more funny personas than the entire cast of Family Guy. That’s but a taste of what’s to come. Let’s take a News Glance with Genevieve Vavance at the reasons American Dad! is better than Family Guy.

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List of the best American Dad! episodes, as voted on by other fans of the series. Seth MacFarlane fans will also enjoy the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-family-guy-episodes/reference">best Family Guy episodes</a> and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-cleveland-show-episodes/reference">best episodes of The Cleveland Show</a>. Stan Smith, his family, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/roger-disguises-on-american-dad/lyra-radford?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Roger the alien</a> refugee are a hilarious funhouse mirror of all-American values in a post-9/11 world. Although Family Guy is considered Seth MacFarlane's greatest achievement, many fans would argue that&nbsp;American Dad! is in fact a consistently funnier show.&nbsp;With so many memorable episodes, it's hard to trust just one person's opinion of what the top American Dad! episodes of all time are. Fans of American Dad! are extremely passionate about the show, and there is often debate over which episodes are better than others. That's why this list exists - so you can vote for your favorites and find out once and for all what everyone thinks the funniest episode of American Dad! is.&nbsp;The list below includes both classic and new American Dad! episodes that are insanely funny. Everything from &quot;Delorean Story-An&quot; where Stan and Steve go on a road trip to &quot;Rapture's Delight&quot; is included below. What is the best American Dad! episode of all time? Vote below and let your voice be heard.&nbsp;

Good morning, USA! For this poll we're ranking the best seasons of&nbsp;American Dad, with the help of your votes. Fans will also enjoy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/roger-disguises-on-american-dad/lyra-radford">Roger's best personas</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/american-dad-newspaper-headlines/greg-hahn">funniest newspaper headlines from the opening sequence</a>.&nbsp;What season of American Dad really had you hooked? The Smith family is a wealth of amazing characters, particularly Roger and Steve. The older seasons of American Dad that aired on Fox had some great moments, including Stan's first time killing a man, but the new American Dad seasons on TBS have been really good too. Many will even say that American Dad is a funnier show than creator Seth MacFarlane's original hit, Family Guy. Vote up your top American Dad seasons and downvote any that you felt were a little dry. Make sure you don't downvote any seasons if you haven't seen all the episodes, or else Stelio Kontos will visit you at work and beat you up.

After the success of&nbsp;Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane&nbsp;decided to create a new show,&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;Unlike its contemporaries,&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;doesn&#39;t rely so much on cutaway gags, instead deriving humor from its cast of wacky characters and their mostly relatable storylines. Fans have tuned in season after season to see what crazy adventures they get into next, but the show&#39;s shenanigans haven&#39;t always struck the right chord. This list counts down the worst&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;episodes of all time.&nbsp;

These episodes are bad for a variety of reasons. Some episodes show beloved characters acting completely different than normal. Others just aren&#39;t that funny with bad&nbsp;American Dad! moments at each corner. Every fan has their own opinion about which episode to skip when doing rewatches. Bad episodes can be found throughout the series&#39; run from earlier seasons to newer ones that are still a little rough around the edges.&nbsp;

Vote for what you think are the worst episodes of&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;ever. These episodes all generally have bad reviews or courted controversy in the worst way. Share your opinion to let other TV fans know which episodes they can skip.

TV Quotes

The best Roger Smith quotes really show why he is one of the most popular characters in&nbsp;American Dad. In the early&nbsp;seasons of the show, Roger didn&#39;t even have any of his signature disguises or personas. The alien crashed into Roswell, New Mexico in the &#39;60s and had a fateful encounter with Stan, the head of the Smith household and CIA agent.

Roger&#39;s known to be the classic agent of chaos, and as his personas developed along with&nbsp;the show. While Roger himself is always hilarious, his characters, like therapist Dr. Penguin or wedding planner extraordinaire Jeannie Gold, have the best quotes.&nbsp;The&nbsp;fey, pansexual, alcoholic alien is constantly getting into trouble, and the results are always comedic gold.&nbsp;

Every Roger Smith quote is a gut busting one, and there are quite a few. Vote up your favorite Roger Smith quotes below.

Christmas

Here are the best&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;Christmas episodes, including new episodes from the latest season. Whether you're looking for the one where Stan and Steve accidentally shoot Santa Claus&nbsp;in &quot;For Whom the Bell Tolls&quot; or when Stan goes back in time in &quot;The Best Christmas Story Never Told,&quot; this list of&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;Christmas episodes also includes popular fan favorites, like &quot;The Most Adequate Christmas Ever,&quot; &quot;Gifted Me Liberty,&quot; and &quot;Minstrel Krampus.&quot; What is your favorite Christmas episode from&nbsp;American Dad?&nbsp;Vote up the best&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;Christmas specials, and see where they rank among the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-american-dad-episodes/reference" target="_blank">funniest&nbsp;American Dad!&nbsp;episodes of all time</a>.

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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_(American_Dad!)">Roger's disguises</a> on American Dad&nbsp;are without a doubt one of the best aspects of the show. He’s been everything from Lord of the Rings’s Gollum to a Bond Villain. The Roger Smith personas are a necessary part of his existence, since he is an alien after all, he can’t very well go out and mingle with the general public. Things have&nbsp;definitely evolved from &quot;Roger&nbsp;the alien in disguise&quot; to the disguises&nbsp;becoming an&nbsp;integral part of Roger’s personality. &nbsp;Very little is known <a href="http://americandad.wikia.com/wiki/Roger">about his past</a>. Viewers know he landed in Roswell years ago and his only mention of his parents was that his mother suffers from arthritis and he wishes she could figure out Skype. Apparently, he ate his father at 14 years old and he still has bits of his leg. Roger’s many fictitious identities have&nbsp;contributed to his journey of discovering what his true identity is now… even if that means exploring what it’s like to be a Jacuzzi salesman that smokes crack out of a Rubix Cube. Keep reading for&nbsp;some of Roger's best disguises on American Dad.&nbsp;

American Dad is fully of funny one-liners and memorable lines but among the funniest are the best Stan Smith quotes. Stan Smith is a family man who hilariously balances his responsibilities as a CIA agent, husband, and father. But which of these Stan Smith quotes from American Dad is the best? You get to help decide with your votes.

Vote up the Stan Smith character&nbsp;lines that made you laugh out loud and vote down any that you don&#39;t want to hear again.

American Dad! is an animated comedy that garnered the love and affection of hordes of fans, but if you&rsquo;ve finished watching the series, there&rsquo;s no need for despair. There are plenty of movies and TV <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-tv-shows-to-binge-watch/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">shows to watch</a> if you like American Dad! / we&rsquo;ve compiled the best ones right here for you right here!

TV shows similar to American Dad! often feature suburban secrets that are out of this world. If you&rsquo;re looking for more dysfunctional family fun Family Guy is sure to fill the void. Both shows are created by the brilliant and hilarious Seth MacFarlane. And if you think there aren&rsquo;t also some good movies like American Dad!, then think again, because we&rsquo;ve found quite a few that are sure to tickle the fancies of even the hardest-to-please fans. Take Zombieland, for instance. This movie is basically American Dad! if it were based on a makeshift family who fight zombies, and is a great choice for any comedy fan.

But you don&rsquo;t have to take our word for it - some of American Dad!&rsquo;s biggest fans have chimed in and cast their votes for the best movies and TV shows like American Dad!, and once you&rsquo;ve watched, you can cast your votes too! 
 
So what are your favorite movies and TV series like American Dad!? Vote your favorite programs up to the top of the list. 
 
With more than 40 million people visiting Ranker every month, we are able to offer you data-driven recommendations based on voting across thousands of film &amp; TV polls.

Much like&nbsp;The Simpsons and Futurama before it, American Dad's opening title sequence also features a running visual gag that changes from <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-american-dad-episodes/reference">episode to episode</a>. In more <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-seasons-of-american-dad/ranker-tv">recent seasons</a>, you'll see Roger popping up from under the dashboard of Stan's car in various disguises, but for the first four seasons of the series, the ever-changing newspaper headline was what keen-eyed fans looked out for. From topical political statements to snarky quips to hysterical one-liners, here's a list of all the&nbsp;American Dad newspaper headlines that have graced your TV screen. Vote up the newspapers on&nbsp;American Dad&nbsp;that made you laugh the most!

TV Trivia

American Dad is often referred to as the redheaded stepchild of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-adult-cartoons/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">adult animated shows</a>. It may not pull in the big numbers that some of its comrades do, but it is still hilarious in its own right. Whether you love the liberal antics of Hayley, the staunch conservatism of Stan, or just want to chill out with smooth R&amp;B and Steve, there's something for everyone on American Dad. The voice actors behind the characters might be familiar to you if you're a fan of animated television series and films. On top of the MacFarlane siblings voicing their respective characters, you also have names like Scott Grimes, Dee Bradley Baker, and Patrick Stewart. Some guest voice actors on American Dad have even been A-list actors, such as Kim Kardashian, Burt Reynolds and Brian Cranston.American Dad might not have the clout that The Simpsons or South Park has, but it's been cancelled one time less than Family Guy, and is enjoying a nice little spot over on TBS. The cast members even say they like it better that way; it gives them more freedom with less pressure. Before you run over and binge watch the first eight seasons of American Dad, check out these fun facts about the characters, the show, and the voices behind it all. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section!

List of the best American Dad! characters, with pictures and character bios when available. With so many funny American Dad&nbsp;characters, it&#39;s tough to say who the greatest really is without everybody weighing in on the discussion. Vote for your favorite American Dad! characters and help make this list the ultimate source for who the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/best-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">best characters</a> of the show are. American Dad! character roles from every season are included, along with the names of the actors who play them.

List includes Roger, Stan Smith and more. You can click each image for a larger picture of the character, and in some cases you can click the character&#39;s name for a more detailed description.

Who is the fan favorite character of American Dad!? Scroll down so you can find out once and for all.

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Roger

Roger Smith is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom American Dad!, voiced by Seth MacFarlane. The character was created and designed by Seth MacFarlane. Roger is a centuries-old grey space alien living with the Smith family, around whom the show revolves. Having lived on Earth since 1947, Roger came to live with the Smiths after rescuing main character Stan Smith at Area 51 four years prior to the beginning of the series.
Roger began the series as a sensitive pushover who is often taken advantage of, cheated, and ridiculed. Over time, the character has become increasingly cruel, callous, self-interested, devious, crafty and depraved. In early episodes of the show, Roger is disallowed from leaving the Smith house in order to conceal his being an alien. This restriction is soon abandoned and Roger begins adopting disguises and fictitious personas in order to have a life outside the house. Roger's personas have become a major plot device, with his myriad alter egos frequently being the subject or facilitator of an episode's main story or subplot. This also helps to amplify his androgynous nature, which varies dependent on the plot situation and persona he has adopted.

Stan Smith

Stan Smith is the title character and protagonist of the adult animated sitcom American Dad! He is voiced by the series' co-creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.
Stan is the father/husband of the Smith family.As the family's breadwinner, he works for the Central Intelligence Agency. Although he once held the position of a case officer at the CIA, he is now a weapons expert for the agency. Stan often makes the mistake of applying the same extreme measures suited and used for his job in his personal life and with his family.
Stan is portrayed as drastic, endangering, rash, insensitive, inconsiderate, dog-eat-dog, and very masculine. Early on in the series, he was heavily emphasized as a conservative Republican; however, these particular characteristics were toned down after the first few seasons. Stan's exaggeratedly large chin has been described satirically as a "Jay Leno jaw." He usually wears a blue suit with a lapel pin that is a simplified version of the U.S. flag, consisting of three red and white stripes and a blue square.
Stan is married to Francine Smith. He is indisputably the biological father of only Steve.

Francine Smith

Francine Smith is a fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!. She is the wife of the title character Stan Smith and the mother of Hayley and Steve. Francine is voiced by Wendy Schaal.

Steve Smith

Steven Anita "Steve" Smith is a fictional character in the animated television series American Dad!, voiced by Scott Grimes. He is Stan and Francine Smith's only son and Hayley's younger brother as well as the youngest of the series' six main characters.
Steve's original design was much geekier and gawky and he was voiced by Ricky Blitt. Halfway through production, Grimes replaced Blitt and Steve's design was made to be more attractive, so he would be less comparable to Neil Goldman from Family Guy.

Avery Bullock

Avery Bullock is a fictional character from the TV series  American Dad!.

Principal Lewis

Principal Lewis is a fictional character from the TV series American Dad!

Klaus Heissler

Klaus Heissler is a fictional character from the TV series 2 American Dad!.

Hayley Smith

Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. She is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, the younger sister of one of the series co-creators, Seth MacFarlane.
Hayley, along with her father Stan, was one of the first two characters that were conceived and created for the series. Across the series, Hayley's storylines typically involve her liberal opinions clashing with her father's staunch conservative beliefs, and her on-again-off-again relationship with boyfriend Jeff Fischer, whom she later marries in the show's sixth season.

Jeff Fischer

Barry

Barry is a fictional character from the TV series American Dad!.

Principal Brian Lewis

Toshi Yoshida

Toshi Yoshida is a fictional character from American adult animated sitcom "American Dad!".

Dick Reynolds

Reginald the Koala

Stelio Kontos

Terry Bates

Terry Bates is a fictional character from the TV series 2 American Dad!.

Greg Corbin

Snot

Snot is a fictional character from the TV series American Dad!.

Buckle

Jackson

Father Donovan

Santa Claus

Ron Turlington

Jack Smith

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List of the best American Dad! characters, with pictures and character bios when available. With so many funny American Dad&nbsp;characters, it's tough to say ...