seth macfarlane is the voice of american dad that stans.
seth macfarlane is the voice of american dad that stans.
who does the voice of american dad stan?
seth macfarlane
stanford leonard smith (voiced by seth macfarlane) is the title character on "american 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", but stan regards hayley as his daughter. as the smith family breadwinner, stan is a cia agent. early on in the series, stan was exaggeratedly patriotic and conservative. 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. he is often shown rashly taking extreme measures in ways that are conspicuously destructive, disastrous, and life-threatening to others. 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 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.
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the episode received mixed reviews. rowan kaiser of "the a.v. club" gave the episode a c+, saying "this episode is remarkably resistant to criticism. in some respects, its reliance on horrific violence and awkward humor make it seem more like "family guy" than "american dad" at its best. a conversation between steve and an apparently-clean roger that seems like a reference to a movie just outside of my memory exemplifies this – it's awkward, but it's a reference, so it's okay? i'm not sure about this episode of "american dad", but i know what i hate, and i didn't hate that." dyanamaria leifsson of "tv equals" gave the episode a positive review, saying "i did love stan’s thunder-butt thunderclap and i thought the ending was pretty cute with francine calling stan "crater butt" and stan calling her "ass face" – thank goodness they’ve got such a great plastic surgeon in town. although "american dad" normally has a twisted sense of humor, this episode was much darker than i normally expect. if you’re the kind of "american dad" fan that loves when the humor gets really depraved, this episode is bound to be among your favorites. i just hope i’ll be able to forget francine’s scabby melted face or it will be hard for me to look at her the same way ever again."
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