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FireWorksWell posted:I figure Stan got to take him home as a work bonus sometime. Some kind of CIA fairground game prize
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muscles like this! posted:It's kind of funny how the show has never really put forth a reason why Klaus lives with them. Like Roger and Jeff, it’s the Smith Home for Waifs and Strays.
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They keep Klaus around because he occupies one of the most important rungs in the family hierarchy, the bottom one. I'm pretty sure they did a future episode where Klaus had disappeared from the family and ev3ryone in the family drifted apart from each other because they didn't have Klaus to poo poo on. It was similar to the Family Guy plot where Meg finally snaps, but done in a better and much less abusive way. Plus, as much as I love Klaus, he really does deserve being poo poo on most of the time, while with Meg it always felt so mean spirited and undeserved.
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When they couldn't find a photo with Klaus in it so they picked one with a tangerine in the background and drew eyes on it. Oh, and claiming they didn't have any photos of Klaus because they didn't own an underwater camera. Brawnfire fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Jan 25, 2024 |
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It's less about "why do they keep him around" so much as "why did the CIA place him at the Smiths in the first place"
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Brawnfire posted:Some kind of CIA fairground game prize I love it.
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With the show's genesis being "What if we do Family Guy again, but with a Dubya-era political bent" thing, it's very easy to see Klaus and Roger as the Stewie and Brian stand-ins - but then (at least initially) they gave Roger all the roles that both of those characters serve. Roger is the unusual, egotistical friend and sounding board that Brian serves as for the Griffins, but he also takes Stewie's job of being the needy member of the family who acts as a kind of catty observer. All Klaus got was Brian's unrequited love for the wife/mother, amplified to the extreme. I wouldn't be surprised if they kept Klaus out of sheer inertia during development and said "Eh, we'll say he's connected to Stan's job, I'm sure we can find his role and figure out why he's there as we go."Neeksy posted:I kinda wish there was an episode where it turns out all the other agents also have similar 'pet' situations. I really like this idea. They've done things in that area once or twice (Reginald), but it seems like a good place to explore. Stan's coworkers are jealous because he got the fish and not one of the more mobile and active animal transplant subjects.
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Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if they went with a cat instead of fish, which would play off the "cat stroking villain" archetype.
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Its really a shame they didn't go forward with their idea of occasionally having Klaus change what kind of animal his brain is in(they initially would have had him put into a parrot at the end of the episode where he gets put into a black guy's body), would have opened up what they could do with Klaus so much earlier
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Neeksy posted:It's less about "why do they keep him around" so much as "why did the CIA place him at the Smiths in the first place" I just imagine they took him home for a vacation break because it was stan's turn and he just never returned him. Like how you take home the classroom pet for the holiday so it doesn't die with no one taking care of it for the holiday.
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I think it is better that Klaus is generally a fish. There are so many gags that just straight up wouldn't have happened if he was changing. "And he doesn't have to be in water, he just has to be touching it? That's not how fish work!"
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Nep-Nep posted:I think it is better that Klaus is generally a fish. There are so many gags that just straight up wouldn't have happened if he was changing. "And he doesn't have to be in water, he just has to be touching it? That's not how fish work!" I wouldn't have it any other way. Can't remember the quote but I liked Steve talking about how irritating Klaus' scraping is
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Oh yeah, his little bowl bothers me. All the scooting and scraping. It's very unpleasant.
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I like how Klaus is now obsessed with Danuta, the Klaus of humans. Her and Nerfer are just weird in a good way.
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I love they kept with the small bowl instead of the hamster ball full of water like they played around with a few times. I also can't believe I forgot one of the greatest B-plots, when Klaus offered to fix Francine's car. "You have to take it apart to put it back together" and his description of the finished car is just too good. "For gears 1 and 2 you'll have to shift but honestly, how often do you use those gears?" is still one of the greatest trolls in media.
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limp_cheese posted:I also can't believe I forgot one of the greatest B-plots, when Klaus offered to fix Francine's car. "You have to take it apart to put it back together" and his description of the finished car is just too good. "For gears 1 and 2 you'll have to shift but honestly, how often do you use those gears?" is still one of the greatest trolls in media. Oh did your goldfish not do a good enough job fixing your car?! Brawnfire posted:Oh yeah, his little bowl bothers me. All the scooting and scraping. It's very unpleasant. There it is, thanks
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Kwyndig posted:I like how Klaus is now obsessed with Danuta, the Klaus of humans. Her and Nerfer are just weird in a good way. She told me she was dead!
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FireWorksWell posted:Oh did your goldfish not do a good enough job fixing your car?! It lives in my head because of the tremor in Steve's voice.
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You got this guy swimmin’ around smilin’... playing with his bubbles like an rear end in a top hat!
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I love the episode where Klaus messes with the thermostat and the rest of the family treat it like it's an unforgivable actBrawnfire posted:It lives in my head because of the tremor in Steve's voice. Yeah I know exactly what you mean
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Nichael posted:When it first came out his name is Grogu, I thought people were bullshitting and just making a reference to this show. Brawnfire posted:Literally thought the same. 
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FireWorksWell posted:I love the episode where Klaus messes with the thermostat and the rest of the family treat it like it's an unforgivable act Ho boy, let me introduce you to my dad.
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Neeksy posted:I was about to ask that same thing, it's been on my mind for a while. There's no -reason- Klaus is with the Smiths at all. Huh, I've never thought about it before but you're right. I'm kind of surprised we've never gotten "and that's how we got Klaus" episode. I'm guessing it was something like Stan was assigned to take him home and feed him over the holidays and then just forgot to bring him back and no one at the CIA cared enough to remind him he needed to return Klaus. limp_cheese posted:They keep Klaus around because he occupies one of the most important rungs in the family hierarchy, the bottom one. That was "No Weddings and a Funeral", one of my favorites. I think the reason Klaus as a punching works better than Meg is because Klaus is A) an adult B) kind of a terrible person so you don't feel too bad for him when he gets poo poo, and most importantly C) also allowed to be something other than the punching bag, it's not just constant abuse sometimes he gets neutral to good treatment (especially when he's being genuinely helpful) or just gets to have his own life and do his own thing (like hang out and play Elden Ring), and he gets a victory once in a while (winning a truck, having a great summer with Jeff and the Wraith, basically anytime his boys from Florida show up). Kwyndig posted:I like how Klaus is now obsessed with Danuta, the Klaus of humans. Her and Nerfer are just weird in a good way. Would love another Nerfer and Danuta episode next season.
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The_Doctor posted:Ho boy, let me introduce you to my dad. I'm gonna guess it's way too hot in the summer
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Do you eat? …..Denuta I have the money. Probably one of the top 10 funniest things on the show.
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"Jeff, I need you to take me to the orphanage where got Nemo. I need to prove he's the Antichrist so I can kill him." *shrug* "...Okay!" Tom Tucker posted:Probably one of the top 10 funniest things on the show. One of my favorite touches is that Hayley smashes the phone instead of simply hanging it up.
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FireWorksWell posted:"Jeff, I need you to take me to the orphanage where got Nemo. I need to prove he's the Antichrist so I can kill him." That episode has one of the best Roger personas. Roland Chang, Super Positive Asian! "Let's kill this baby, together!" *gives double thumbs up and a big smile* "OW YOU SON A BITC no wait, that's not who Roland is. You're doing great!"
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IT'S VOGUE, YOU NEANDERTHAL UUNNNNGGGGHHghgh
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Klaus has my favorite line in the whole show, "You came BACK from Jewish Camp?!"
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"Klaus, you got the train to work." "Yeah, it's in my blood. My grandfather was a conductor at Auschwitz." *gasps* "No, no, he ran the kiddie train at the zoo. You know, it's a big town, there's other stuff there."
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oh, sub hub isn't real? then why do i have all this turkey under my fingernails?
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Go to work, go home Avocado on that?
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Ahh, the March!
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"What are thinking, Roger. Shock therapy? Reverse psychology?" *gasps* "Foreword psychology?"
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doive on in
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First, the show's version of a wedding singer performing Thong Song is stuck in my head. So we have at least one more season of sweet sweet American Dad but I suspect we're in for a long wait. I recall during a break some started a discussion of the top episodes from season 1. I don't know if it carried on or data was collected but I would love to know if so. Some people seem to count what I have as season 2 ("From Bullocks to Stan" through "Tears of a Clooney") as season 1. I know there's been some confusion on how to organize the seasons. Just to get the ball rolling I'm going to start with my "season 3" which begins with Camp Refoogee ending with Joint Custody. Then plan to provide my top 5 episodes for the season. Levin fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jan 31, 2024 |
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