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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 7 |
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| Production no. | 3AJN07 |
| Original airdate | December 2, 2007 |
| Newspaper Headline | Bowler's Union Strike |
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| American Dad - Season 3 September 30, 2007 – May 18, 2008 |
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Plot summary
Greg and Terry, the Smith family's gay neighbors, tell them they are planning to have a baby through in vitro fertilization. In vitro fertilisation ( IVF) is a process by which Francine is happy for them, but Stan, having just recently come to some level of acceptance of their homosexuality, is against the idea of bringing children into a non-traditional family, believing it will make them dysfunctional (among other things, such as an unproven theory that it could lead to horses eating each other). Biography Francine was adopted by Chinese-American parents at an age 7 she was abandoned at an airport by her wealthy Caucasian birth parents because they were not allowed The pair soon come into a problem, however, as they cannot find a surrogate mother they can agree on (Greg doesn't approve of anybody that Terry suggests). Francine volunteers to help them, and secretly becomes pregnant with their child without telling Stan out of fear of his reaction (filled with the thought of Stan attacking her with a jaguar armed with a chainsaw). The jaguar (Panthera onca,, or—especially in British English — is a New World Mammal of the Felidae family and one of A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable mechanical motorized Saw. She doesn't tell Stan, even though she promised the unborn she would eventually. Stan soon thinks that Greg and Terry have returned to normal life and Francine had become fat.
Stan eventually finds out (six months into the pregnancy), and while he is at first furious, Hayley, taking advantage of his pro-life values, reminds him that the baby is there and all he can do is do what is best for the baby instead of thinking of himself. Biography and personality Hayley Smith is the daughter of Stan Smith a CIA agent and Francine Smith a housewife Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-life individuals generally believe that human life should be valued either from conception or Implantation Stan realizes she is right, and soon becomes enthusiastic about preparing for the baby's birth. With Greg and Terry, they take parenting classes, the former being more adept. Soon Francine goes into labor, and she, Stan, Greg and Terry rush to the hospital, where she delivers a baby girl. Stan, however, soon kidnaps the baby, and goes on a cross-country drive to Nebraska, where gay couples do not have parental rights, so that the baby (whom he names "Liberty Belle") can have a normal family (i. In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a bell that has served as one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary e. , at an orphanage). An orphanage is an institution devoted to the care of children whose parents are deceased or otherwise unable to care for them
Greg and Terry call on the "Rainbow Truckers" union for aid, and Stan and Liberty soon find themselves fleeing from gay-rights activists trying to stop them from reaching the state border, only finding support in the local bystanders he comes across. They are rescued by a woman on an ATV named Lily, who takes them to her home. Stan is impressed by Lily's two polite, well-behaved children, until he meets Lily's spouse (played by Jane Lynch) Al--short for "Allison. Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American Writer, Actress, Comedian, and Singer best known for her roles " The pair explain they are a lesbian couple who decided to bring him to their home to show him that a gay family can be stable and hopefully convince him to return Liberty to her parents. Stan, however, simply abducts their two children and steals their truck. As Stan drives all three kids to the state border, the newest abductees argue with Stan that their family is great. The two then start fighting with each other, and Stan instinctively yells at them by calling them "Steve" and "Hayley"--he realizes that the two do not seem any more dysfunctional than his own kids, and so he returns the children to their respective families, just as he stopped the truck he stole an inch from the state border. Greg and Terry put a restraining order on him as punishment for kidnapping the children, while allowing Francine and the others to play with the baby in the park, though they let Stan come (on the condition that he stay far enough away, of course); his methods of cooing her from afar are obviously ineffective. An injunction is an Equitable remedy in the form of a Court order, whereby a party is required to do or interact with in certain ways all right or to refrain from
Meanwhile, Steve and Roger play a joke on Klaus by throwing him in his bowl down a water slide, and Klaus swears horrible, excruciatingly painful revenge on them. Stephen Smith, Steve Smith, or Steven Smith may refer to In sports: Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers, (b Biography Little is known about Roger's past his planet is never seen or described in-depth though according to him it sounds fairly similar to Earth though in a deleted scene Biography Before Becoming a Fish Klaus used to be an East German Olympic ski-jumper until his brainwaves were switched with that of a goldfish in As a result, they grow paranoid and live in the attic for the nine months in which the episode takes place, starving, wearing diapers and not eating any can out of their sight for a second. The two eventually go insane and try to kill each other until they realize that the only way to regain their sanity is to confront Klaus. Klaus, however, says he had forgotten about his threat, though now that they have reminded him, his vengeance is renewed. The two then put a stack of books on top of his bowl, trapping him, and wonder why they did not think of that before.
Notes
- The title is a play on the word "surrogate. " It is also a pun on using the suffix "-gate" to describe a political scandal, based on Watergate. The Suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s which resulted in the resignation of U The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's
- Though Stan is correct in saying that some states, such as Nebraska, do not allow gay couples to adopt, technically either Greg or Terry is "Liberty Belle's" biological father (the episode does not tell which one), so in actuality they would be able to get her back. Nebraska ( is a state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and
- "Liberty Belle's" real name is never given.
- Francine is chosen to be a surrogate mother in this episode, even though Stan said in the episode The Vacation Goo that the goo he kept putting the family in causes a woman's uterus to rot (which is why Hayley looked shocked). " The Vacation Goo " is a third season episode of the Animated series American Dad!.
Cultural References
- The headline is a reference to the 2007 Writers Guild of America Strike which affects the show itself. The 2007&ndash2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a strike by the Writers Guild of America East
- Greg and Terry are seen reading Everybody Poops, which also appeared in the Family Guy episode Brian in Love and also during the FCC musical number. Everyone Poops is the title of the US edition of the English translation of, a Japanese children's book written and illustrated by the prolific children's Brian in Love is an episode from the second season of the FOX, animated series Family Guy. "PTV" is the fourteenth episode of season four of the FOX animated series Family Guy.
- Stan says he'd watch every episode of Star Trek except Deep Space Nine. He has a list of reasons why, though he does not get a chance to explain. (This may be a reference to some themes of Deep Space Nine that could be considered liberal. ) Francine, however, seems to like it. To further add to the irony, the plot of this episode is actually similar to the DS9 three-episode arc where Kira Nerys was the surrogate mother of Kirayoshi O'Brien. Kira Nerys, played by Nana Visitor, is a main character in Star Trek Deep Space Nine. This article lists characters in the various canonical incarnations of Star Trek.
- Stan accidentally kills a bald eagle and tells Steve to ask Donovan McNabb to autograph it. The Bald Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a Bird of prey found in North America that is most recognizable as the national bird and Donovan Jamal McNabb (born November 25 1976 in Chicago Illinois) is an American football Quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the
- "Liberty Belle," the name given for Greg and Terry's baby by Stan during his kidnapping of her, is also the name of a DC Comics superheroine, Liberty Belle and Blossom's hero-self in The Powerpuff Girls. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do For other Liberty Belle, see Liberty Belle (disambiguation. Liberty Belle is the name of three fictional Superheroines This is a list of characters who appear in the Cartoon Network Animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The Powerpuff Girls is an Emmy award-winning The show has come under criticism for its rather excessive violence (including images of characters gushing blood
- Stan refers to "horses eating each other". This is one of the signs of foreshadowing in Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Foreshadowing is a literary device in which an Author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between
- When Stan discovers that Francine is being a surrogate for Greg and Terry, he begins to attack them, but Greg and Terry dodge him by dancing a reference to West Side Story where rival gangs dance/fight in the streets of New York City. West Side Story is a musical by Arthur Laurents (book Leonard Bernstein (music and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics
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