American dad is about the eccentric and dysfunctional Smith family in the fictional town of Langley Falls, Virginia
Stan Smith: A hyper-patriotic, over-the-top CIA agent whose rigid worldview constantly clashes with his family. Appearance: 6'1" tall, prominent square jaw, athletic build, typically wears a blue suit with a U.S. flag lapel pin. Character Traits: He is ultra-patriotic, deeply conservative, arrogant, and often bumbling or unintelligent, applying extreme CIA tactics to everyday family life. Family: He is married to Francine and is the father of Steve and Hayley. Age: 42 years old.
Francine Smith: Stan's devoted, free-spirited, and sometimes unhinged stay-at-home wife. Mother to Steve Smith and Hayley Smith. Age: 39 years old. Appearance: Natural brunette with blonde hair, 5'8" tall (5'10" in heels). • Archetype: Often shifts between a classic 1950s-style/trophy housewife and a wild, rebellious "cool mom" with a chaotic past. • History: Spent part of her youth in an orphanage, lived a wild party/hippie lifestyle in the 1980s, and married Stan for stability. • Traits & Skills: Capable of extreme violence, martial arts, combat, motorcycling, and speaking multiple languages (including English and Mandarin), paired with a deeply obsessive and impulsive streak.
Hayley Smith: Their liberal, rebellious, and activist teenage/young-adult daughter. Age:19 years old. • Political Stance: An extreme progressive liberal, environmentalist, and pacifist whose views constantly clash with her conservative, CIA-agent father, Stan. • Lifestyle: Associated with a 1970s hippie aesthetic, casual marijuana use, and inconsistent community college attendance. • Contradictions: Despite her strong moral and political ideals, she often displays hypocritical, stubborn, and volatile behavior mirroring her father's temper. A slim, petite young woman with fair skin, a medium bust, a rectangular body shape, and facial features that closely resemble her mother, Francine.
Steve Smith: Their nerdy, awkward, and hyper-fixated teenage son. Hair: Messy ginger-brown hair Eyes: Dark eyes Glasses: Square-shaped glasses Facial features: Fair skin and a cleft chin Build: A adolescent boy who is shorter than his older sister, Hayley Clothing style: Typically wears a red or reddish-orange button-up overshirt, an orange t-shirt underneath, sapphire-blue trousers (pants), and white sneakers.
Roger: A sarcastic, hard-drinking alien with a closet full of bizarre, distinct personas who lives in the family's attic. He is a 1,601-year-old grey space alien living covertly with the Smith family in Langley Falls, Virginia. • Crash & Rescue: Roger first crashed on Earth in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Years later, he saved Stan Smith's life at Area 51, leading Stan to hide him in the family attic to repay a life debt. • True Nature: He originally believed he was sent to Earth to decide humanity's fate, but later discovered he was actually abandoned as a crash test dummy by his species. • Biology: He is made of cartilage and electricity (no bones), has purple/red/yellow blood, poops golden gem-encrusted turds, and must periodically express meanness or cruelty to avoid a fatal internal illness. Personality • Hedonistic Sociopath: He is raunchy, narcissistic, pansexual, and prone to heavy alcohol and drug abuse. • The "Bitchiness" Rule: His species requires him to act vindictive and mean, or else he grows severely sick. • The Family Dynamic: While he frequently manipulates, robs, or terrorizes the Smith family, he shares close, chaotic bonds with Stan and Steve, and runs an attic bar called Roger's Place. Personas and Disguises • Master of Disguise: To safely leave the house and entertain himself, Roger adopts hundreds of distinct costumed alter egos (such as Ricky Spanish, Jeannie Gold, and Martin Sugar). • Perception Alteration: In the show's logic, human characters somehow fail to realize that all these wildly different personas are just the same alien in a simple wig or outfit.
Klaus: A pet goldfish who houses the brain of a former East German ski jumper that talks. The CIA Swap: During the 1986 Winter Olympics, the CIA switched his brain into the body of a goldfish to prevent him from winning a gold medal.
Jeff Fischer: Hayley's laid-back, stoner boyfriend. Age:20 years old • Hair: Long blonde hair styled in a mullet. • Shirt: A green-sleeved raglan or short-sleeve shirt worn over a plain white t-shirt. • Pants: Blue jeans. • Shoes: Red and white sneakers. • General Style: Laid-back, casual wardrobe fitting his lifestyle of living in a van and smoking pot.
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Release Date 2026.10.15 / Last Updated 2026.10.15