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Plan Z posted:Haven't thought about that, but that is probably super helpful for Roger to just be a different character so you don't run into the Simpsons/Family Guy thing of just having too many characters around that you have to flesh out. If you just need this type of character to do an episode, you don't need to bring in a character, name them, then either write them into the universe or just awkwardly dump them at the end of an episode. Plus, they've started getting weird with the Roger personas. Like in some episode one of his personas will have a human twin brother, and their mother will also be Roger in a different costume. And of course, because American Dad is meta as hell, everyone else realizes how weird this is as well. It's just such a well written, self-aware and amazingly fresh show that constantly keeps surprising me, and making me laugh harder than any other show.
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One of the more recent episodes was Roger having a crisis about getting older, when one of his teenage girl personas got fired from her modelling job for turning 20 or something. The person who fired her was also a Roger persona.
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Der Shovel posted:Plus, they've started getting weird with the Roger personas. Like in some episode one of his personas will have a human twin brother, and their mother will also be Roger in a different costume. And of course, because American Dad is meta as hell, everyone else realizes how weird this is as well. We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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His “son” Dmitri, when he’s doing a half-assed job pretending to be a Greek mother is a pretty good one, but I think my favorite Roger is the already-referenced one with a human twin with whom he runs a cement company Or his “a list persona” in the episode where he replaces a woman in her life and marriage to a dentist American Dad is fantastically creative, I just remembered I have a new episode or two to watch, also
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Phlegmish posted:Alright enough, you've convinced me to watch American Dad Please refer to a few pages ago where the merits of the first season are discussed so you don’t get the wrong impression - it takes a few years for it to really hit its stride but there are plenty of fantastic episodes in the very early seasons
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As per the recommendation of this thread and SA in general, I've decided to watch the latest full season of American Dad and I made a mistake earlierPlant MONSTER. posted:
It seems like they know how to use the cast to its full extent. I swear there was a reference to Old Simpsons in one of the American Dad episodes I watched yesterday, I just can't remember what.
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pooch516 posted:That's bad. It's one of the most memorable parts of the show.
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You Are A Elf posted:We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. That is an unsatisfying answer.
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Principal Lewis is another brilliant character. I think in the early seasons he's just a standard authority figure. But at one point they decided to make him a sleazy character and he became comedy gold.  He's got red eyes because he was smoking weed.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Principal Lewis is another brilliant character. I think in the early seasons he's just a standard authority figure. But at one point they decided to make him a sleazy character and he became comedy gold. I really can't believe he's an educator
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Watching episodes here and there, and yeah, Dad is good. I wish they would stop doing that post-script of "The punchline to that joke was..." They're often pretty good jokes, you don't need to throw on the meta layer because you're unconfident about the audience reaction.
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Way way more exhausting than Roger episodes are the bevy of “Stan gets really into X and takes it WAY TOO FAR!”
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Detective No. 27 posted:Principal Lewis is another brilliant character. I think in the early seasons he's just a standard authority figure. But at one point they decided to make him a sleazy character and he became comedy gold. Principal Lewis had this mysterious untold backstory used sparingly in the early seasons that made him great. quote:Pure Peruvian marching powder, grown on the Andes, north slope. I'd say it's about 80% baby laxative. Yep, this junk means only one thing. Esteban Mortia is back in business. I am the only Goon apparently that never really liked the overused "[NOUN], BITCHES! *flips off everybody*" rear end in a top hat Lewis that came with the later seasons, but they seem to have dialed him back since.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWVyY53emmo Principal Lewis owns.
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I like how they're poor but always seem to have new technology, barring the TV. Didn't Homer pull out a smartphone back when those weren't as common? He probably did. Unfortunately there's no frinkiac for vaguely describing things that may have happened on the simpsons.
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I like how they're poor but always seem to have new technology, barring the TV. Didn't Homer pull out a smartphone back when those weren't as common? He probably did. Unfortunately there's no frinkiac for vaguely describing things that may have happened on the simpsons. That's always been a thing. They can't produce like $200 for an air conditioner, but Homer will slap down $1100 in cash for Itchy and Scratchy money.
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BryanAdams posted:Homer gets an iPad MyMad by Mapple made by Steve Mobs
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Long gone are the days of buying a brand new Magnet Box TV
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Bust Rodd posted:Way way more exhausting than Roger episodes are the bevy of “Stan gets really into X and takes it WAY TOO FAR!” Not an animated show in the world that doesn't rely on that plotline. Like half of King of the Hill was Bobby getting really into something new.
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Iron Crowned posted:Long gone are the days of buying a brand new Magnet Box TV With a little cart so they can wheel it into the dining room on holidays
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Plant MONSTER. posted:I like how they're poor but always seem to have new technology, barring the TV. Didn't Homer pull out a smartphone back when those weren't as common? He probably did. Unfortunately there's no frinkiac for vaguely describing things that may have happened on the simpsons. I wonder if they try to keep ahead on tech to make the reruns more relevant for longer
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Jel Shaker posted:I wonder if they try to keep ahead on tech to make the reruns more relevant for longer I’ve been rewatching from season 3 and literally the only moment where dated technology comes up is for a how’s my driving call x joke where everyone runs to a public phone otherwise it’s felt fairly timeless
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In season 2 Lisa thinks she's going to Hell for stealing cable but in the current year Al Jean told me I'm going to Hell for downloading
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Plan Z posted:That's always been a thing. They can't produce like $200 for an air conditioner, but Homer will slap down $1100 in cash for Itchy and Scratchy money. If Homer has an extra $1,000 he should buy more Dimoxinil. He knows it works.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Principal Lewis is another brilliant character. I think in the early seasons he's just a standard authority figure. But at one point they decided to make him a sleazy character and he became comedy gold. That poo poo made me literally lol. Frick, I love 'American Dad!'... Not like I love OG 'Simpsons' but drat
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The lollapalooza episode has to be the first episode where they're just kissing poorly aging celebrity butt. Like the main characters' are there as a vehicle for more dialogue by popular mid to late 90's musicians instead of the other way around I’m not counting Homer at the bat because that was a fantastic episode
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You Are A Elf posted:Principal Lewis had this mysterious untold backstory used sparingly in the early seasons that made him great. Lewis is proof that if The Simpsons had played Poochie (or Roy) straight goons would have loved him. Quirky, lol so random, focus-grouped edge is like crack to some people (Lewis likes crack haha... and so does Bullock as they're literally the same character).
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I get the criticism of Principal Lewis but lol he and Bullock are not the same character come the gently caress on. Bullock is distilled debauchery with a upperclass english veneer and Lewis is basically just a psychopathic hedonist. Maybe it's just your reading of the characters that is basic as gently caress? 
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they both exist to provide lots of lolrandom moments. Lewis just yells them and Bullock is "what if lolrandom but said by Patrick Stewart"
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sassassin posted:Quirky, lol so random,
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sassassin posted:Lewis is proof that if The Simpsons had played Poochie (or Roy) straight goons would have loved him. lol
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J-Spot posted:The true Poochie on American Dad was Reginald. He was sent off to his own planet at some point. Even though he's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTEWAd8YIO4&t=3s?
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