# American Dad 6/12/05 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031 "2005-06-13T01:40:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/1 "2005-06-13T01:40:54Z")
Sorry, [Chinbender](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6253315&postcount=47). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/2 "2005-06-13T01:42:44Z")
…and what was with the bizarre golden turd subplot? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/3 "2005-06-13T01:46:58Z")
It’s the alien’s special power, given the Family Guy treatment of Running The Joke So Far Into The Ground It Comes Out In Beijing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/4 "2005-06-13T01:50:25Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > It’s the alien’s special power, given the Family Guy treatment of Running The Joke So Far Into The Ground It Comes Out In Beijing. I knew about the special power, but it looks like the part where the power company guy calls home was a movie parody. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/5 "2005-06-13T02:09:32Z")
I would so watch a cartoon based on that subplot. But what movie is that from? I believe it is from something I’ve seen but I can’t place it. ---
**Author:** ![Yogurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/6 "2005-06-13T02:28:31Z")
_Twilight Zone_ maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/7 "2005-06-13T02:41:30Z")
_A Simple Plan_ perhaps? I haven’t seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/8 "2005-06-13T02:53:34Z")
It seemed so damned familiar, but I don’t know why! ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/9 "2005-06-13T04:15:28Z")
It seemed familiar because it played on many different movie cliche’s, I don’ t think it was a parody of anything particular…But i could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![righto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@righto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/righto)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/10 "2005-06-13T04:50:13Z")
Aside from that bizarre subplot, I’m liking American Dad more than the new Family Guys. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/11 "2005-06-13T13:07:23Z")
I thought the subplot was hilarious. I too think it was just a combination of cliches. It follows the TZ’s general rule of structure: something goes right for a guy, and then everything in the universe conspires against him… As for the episode, it was funny, but not great. Worth watching. And am I the only one who is liking Roger more and more each week? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-dad-6-12-05/308031/12 "2005-06-13T13:45:21Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > I would so watch a cartoon based on that subplot. But what movie is that from? I believe it is from something I’ve seen but I can’t place it. I had exactly those reactions. When it switched back to the “real” episode, it was almost physically jarring.