Editing American Dad! (section)

==Premise==
[[File:AmericanDadPromo.PNG|thumb|left|The [[List of American Dad! characters|Smith family]]. From left to right: [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]] (alien), [[Francine Smith|Francine]], [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan]], [[Klaus Heisler|Klaus]] (fish in fishbowl), [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley]], [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve]]]]
The series focuses on the eccentric [[upper middle class]] Smith family in a fictionalized version of [[Langley, Virginia]] and their four housemates:<ref name="avclub4">{{Cite web |last=Emily VanDerWerff |date=September 28, 2012 |title=Comedy Showrunners Week: American Dad's co-creators on the show's weird evolution |url=https://www.avclub.com/comedy-showrunners-week-american-dad-s-co-creators-on-1798233675 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623031002/https://www.avclub.com/comedy-showrunners-week-american-dad-s-co-creators-on-1798233675 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=December 9, 2013 |publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref> father, husband, [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent, [[Republican Party (US)|Republican]], and [[breadwinner model|breadwinner]] [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan]]; his wife and homemaker/[[housewife]] [[Francine Smith|Francine]]; their liberal, hippie, college-aged daughter [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley]]; and their dorky high-school-aged son [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve]]. There are four additional main characters, including [[List of American Dad! characters#Jeff Fischer|Jeff Fischer]], Hayley's dimwitted boyfriend and later husband; [[Klaus Heisler|Klaus]], the family's unusual [[goldfish]] who has the brain of an [[East Germany at the Olympics|East German athlete]]; [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]], an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] who is a flamboyant, hedonistic, self-serving master of disguise; and [[List of American Dad! characters#Rogu Smith|Rogu]], Roger's ex-tumor son .<ref name="ovguide1">{{Cite web |title=Roger Video &#124; Movie Clips & Character Interview |url=http://www.ovguide.com/roger-9202a8c04000641f80000000008d8419 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521175723/http://www.ovguide.com/roger-9202a8c04000641f80000000008d8419 |archive-date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |publisher=Ovguide.com}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost1">{{Cite news |last=McEwen |first=Lauren |date=October 8, 2012 |title='American Dad': One of the most sophisticated mainstream shows on African American culture – The Root DC Live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/american-dad-one-of-the-most-sophisticated-mainstream-shows-on-african-american-culture/2012/10/08/e8374cba-051d-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_blog.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018224056/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/american-dad-one-of-the-most-sophisticated-mainstream-shows-on-african-american-culture/2012/10/08/e8374cba-051d-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_blog.html |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |access-date=April 1, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Stan's boss [[Avery Bullock]], the [[Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]], is a recurring character.

===Main characters===
{{main|List of American Dad! characters}}
''American Dad!'' centers on the absurd circumstances, adventures and domestic life of its [[title role|title character]]
[[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]], his [[immediate family]], and their four housemates. Adding to all the ridiculousness and absurdity are the various [[Trait theory#List of personality traits|personality traits]] of all the show's eccentric main characters, listed as follows:
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] voices [[Stan Smith (American Dad!)|Stan Smith]] (husband/father and CIA agent) and [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger Smith]] (Alien which Stan saved at Area 51, who wears costumes to disguise himself from Stan’s boss, Avery Bullock)
* [[Wendy Schaal]] voices [[Francine Smith]] (wife/mother)
* [[Scott Grimes]] voices [[Steve Smith (American Dad!)|Steve Smith]] (Stan and Francine's son who is shown as a nerd with a heart of gold)
* [[Rachael MacFarlane]] voices [[Hayley Smith (American Dad!)|Hayley D. Smith-Fischer]] (Stan and Francine's Rebellious teenage daughter)
* [[Dee Bradley Baker]] voices [[Klaus Heisler]] (the Smiths'pet fish which had the brain of a man implanted after the fictional 1986 Winter Olympics) and [[List of American Dad! characters#Rogu Smith|Rogu]] (Roger's ex-tumor son)
* [[Jeff Fischer (actor)|Jeff Fischer]],   voices the character of [[List of American Dad! characters#Jeff Fischer|Jeff Fischer]] (Hayley's eccentric stoner boyfriend later turned husband)