I love how Roger is canonically so lonely he used his personas to make connections and KEEPS UP WITH THEM--but he's also so fickle that he makes a new one when he loses interest.
"tell them how you killed our baby" is the best fucking line of the show. The delivery, the build-up, and the execution of the voice actor(s) was just perfect.
Fun Fact: At Comic-Con 2013, it was announced that Roger would possibly have a spin-off movie set on his home planet, however in 2022 this was revealed to be cancelled
Tbh I never really enjoyed the episode he actually went back to his home planet with Haley's boyfriend(I forgot his name, it's been like 3 years since I saw the show), like the entire appeal of Roger is that he is a crazy Alien on earth trying his best to be a crazy human
OMG that episode with Roger and Francine being the fake couple and trying to one up eachother like a couple of nuts is seriously a favorite of mine - so so good! 😂
@@byronrush9802 My guess she uses Valik because she wants to keep her reputation. Seeing she runs a respected wedding planner and is a mom. Valik is ust her muscle. We saw when p*ssed she will smack a bitch up
I love the Roger rabbit holes, where one persona leads the family [usually Steve] on a wild Roger chase from one persona to another. I wanna say one went so deep it overflowed back to the first persona.
@@raytheperson just watch the episode only that seems like pretty standard stuff. What about the persona with a wife and step kids who he put in an abusive relationship before (to them) blowing off his own head. Actually wait if Roger has a ton of different personas, how many of them are the abusers in abusive relationships and how many are the abused in abusive relationship because from the Caroni brothers we see he can have his persona be a complete doormat when he needs to be
I love that half of the show’s characters are just roger’s personas and that most of the time he’s the driving force ((good example being legs and wheelman,where every single case they’re on it’s revealed Roger was the one who did it))
I love your theory that his boss knows, he probably let the alien live at stan's place because he thinks it's funny. To be honest if he really wants roger, he would have sent teams to find every globe to find this gray skin or send the task force.
The part that I question is Roger is an adolescent by his species' standards, but sometimes it feels like he's mentally older, especially with some of the sex crimes he commits.
Roger is great but Francine is easily my favourite AD character. I like all the character generally but Francine is my hilarious, drug/alcohol consuming, dumb/smart queen
roger is a perfect character for any kind of series- you can really just make him/them do whatever hell he/they feel like doing in any plot whatsoever. (cant wait to see you at ctcon btw)
Speaking of which, how come nobody is respecting Klaus, but they respect Reginald? I mean, it's always "Shut up, Klaus. You're just a fish!" and not "Shut up, Reginald. You're just a koala!"
Roger is my favorite Seth McFarlane character he is by far the epitome of what makes Seth's humor so much better than Matt Stone and Trey Parker want to recognize. Consistent chaos. BTW *whispers* Ricky Spanish *whispers*
matt and trey don't really have a problem with the humour, it's about how it''s delivered. basically, they think having random cut away gags is a cheap way to add humour to a show, they think humour should come naturally from the story of the episode and honestly i agree with them. that's why i like american dad more than family guy, with american dad i remember entire episodes but with family guy i just remember certain gags, but i couldn't tell you what the plot of the episode was
@@666FallenShadow I don't blame you for seeing American Dad as better because it is. But while I agree mostly with the premise of the cutaways being lazy it's only become lazy since Seth stopped writing for the show. It was much better specifically in the first 3 seasons. The first 3 seasons of Family Guy might be some of Seth's best work ever.
@Buddha_Gotama yeah, there is quite a difference between the early seasons and the later ones. In the early seasons the story of the episode actually mattered and the family felt like a family. Later on, they all pretty much hate each other. I especially miss early seasons Brian who was a cynical alcoholic rather than the dumb caricature we have now.
@666FallenShadow Agreed. I never really enjoyed Family Guy because the cutaway gags were brutally unfunny, the characters often annoying, and the humor offensive (unfortunately not the entertaining kind of offensive that challenges you. More like offensive to the audience's intelligence). American Dad sometimes has similar problems but the humor comes more naturally and Roger literally carries the show. To be fair, Seth McFarlane's humor isn't really my taste but Roger and his countless personas are his best creation so far and they have endless potential
@@NoxAtlas to be fair i don't know how much of the humour in family guy comes from seth, he's only credited as a writer for a couple of episodes and i doubt he has time to write for two shows, i think nowadays he mostly just does the voices
I love ur video essays! Also I voted for the crossing guard persona since i love seeing Roger be both sweet and unhinged, so it'd be fun to see him be overprotective to kids while also being absolutely scary to the drivers. A drag queen sounds fun, but that sounds like a persona they'd do eventually because of how popular they are and how roger is known for his drag.
I feel like rogers definitely talked about being doctor penguin to the family? Something in one episode about not remembering what his reason for not being there was supposed to be?
@@igloo3252it's the episode where the family were all lying to each other and Klaus had to intervene. The family definitely knows Dr Penguin is a persona.
Two favorite jokes they did with the Roger Personas I liked was when Roger and Haley kept interchanging role plays until they were each other and Haley snuck some sort of benefeit from it when they role plays as each other. The other was one of the end of the world episodes and ALL of Roger's personas were individuals that was caused from Roger climbing into some advance science tech.
*Roger* is one of my Top 5 favorites characters of all time. 👽💓 😆 I like that at the beginning, his personas were merely disguises to get out of the House, but then later seasons basically retconned it that Roger was always into making Personas. Even the writers realized it was more fun that way to tell stories about Roger before meeting the Smiths (like the episode were Roger met Stan in the past)
Greatly enjoy the videos of yours I have seen, and also on the American Dad is the best of the Seth shows, mostly. By all means chase your own joy, but I will add onto the group who would love more American Dad breakdown. Thanks for being awesome!
American Dad is my #1 out of them all. It still holds up. Much thanks to Roger, but all the other characters as well. And let's not forget the longest running story of them all - the one of the Golden Turd! It spanned like, 15 seasons starting in season 1 (or was it first episode season 2?)
Im praying the cartoons gods that this video passes the Dagmar test. American dad is right after southpark in my long running animated show list. And of course, Roger is just hilarious 80% of the time for me and has such an interesting story so great choice for the first video about the show 😁
Great video! I might be wrong on the timeline, but doesn't Stan first claim to be a killing virgin AFTER he's been rebooted into his personal heaven reality after the apocalypse and rapture? I think the inconsistency also occurred to me, and I reasoned that in his new reality he had purged his killing past, as most of those casual kills happen early on. This is also how I explain the sentient spa death, and the occasional reveal that they're filming a tv show. Stan is just secretly his own mini god now. I love the creativity AD has shown over the years, it needs a lore dive just on the nature of it's reality.
Even though I didn’t see what big deal with Roger dressing up as drag queen as Roger has had meny other female personas over the years but the main reason why people were up set about Roger dressing up as a drag queen is because at the time of the episode being made that it was stated that drag queens are illegal in schools meaning that are not allowed be in schools at all hits when WBD go wind of that the episode itself was pulled from all broadcasts as result of this but that everything that I know about that topic.
@3:39 the reason it makes sense for Stan to have worked at Area 51 is that its actually under the jurisdiction of the CIA. It's also an airforce base that houses all of the people who are working in the base and has a fully functional runway and helipads. So Stan working there woulda just been them sending a jet to get him, landing it there and offloading him. Afterall, Stan is an agent who regularly topples governments.
Yeah I feel you when a show says your name but American Dad mentions my hometown in the episode in the census of the lamb. I went nuts especially since people in my state don’t even know my hometown.
I would say roger is super important because he sets up the plots and other characters phenomenally, but for some reason the one-liners and jokes they give him are not nearly as funny as the rest of the family
"The sky will darken with black fog." "The Dark King prepares in the broken city." "The SLEEPLESS CITY of Darkness In the ABYSS." Once the clock hits twelve, The dark king will fall and be reborn as a TRUE LIGHT till a new Foreteller's Era is in sight." "May all your hearts be your guiding key."🗝
Got here late. Bullock doesn’t care about Roger because Ricky Spanish gives him great drugs. Not sure if you will mention it, but Roger’s costumes have an effect where even the family can’t tell who he is(Hulk Hogan episode)
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Each member has 1 disguise they cannot see through.
There's a theory online that states that Peter griffin is one of Roger smiths persona's, i find it to be quite interesting for how close it comes to being Canon within both shows. Especially since they're made by the same creator
I feel like you should do a deep dive on the Rodger and Stan friendship in the beginning stand really didn't care for Rodger but their relationship has grown in a beautiful way
I love how Roger is canonically so lonely he used his personas to make connections and KEEPS UP WITH THEM--but he's also so fickle that he makes a new one when he loses interest.
"tell them how you killed our baby" is the best fucking line of the show. The delivery, the build-up, and the execution of the voice actor(s) was just perfect.
Fun Fact: At Comic-Con 2013, it was announced that Roger would possibly have a spin-off movie set on his home planet, however in 2022 this was revealed to be cancelled
Tbh I never really enjoyed the episode he actually went back to his home planet with Haley's boyfriend(I forgot his name, it's been like 3 years since I saw the show), like the entire appeal of Roger is that he is a crazy Alien on earth trying his best to be a crazy human
@@govardhanposina17Jeff is Hayley's husband. They became husband and wife in season 6.
@@icecreamhero2375 right I forgot, like I said,been 3 years
Yeah part of Roger's charm is how well he plays off of the Smiths
In the newer seasons one particular episode covers Roger's backstory and sets up a spin-off series
Roger is the drag queen we all need in our lives.
We all know if he was in our life our lives would be ruined XD
Hell noooo😂
We all need genocidal, rapist, abusive and imortality drag queen? K den
@@bricedbeginnerwhy not he looks better
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How Dare You Say That Dont Be So Raven Transphobic 🤬😡😠
Roger is by far one of the best, most iconic characters in television history!
Epic pfp
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Your Welcomes.
I’ve been saying this for years, he transcends the show and is basically the perfect “sitcom” character!
OMG that episode with Roger and Francine being the fake couple and trying to one up eachother like a couple of nuts is seriously a favorite of mine - so so good! 😂
Ricky Spanish is his most dangerous persona.
Lies, clip clop is by far the most dangerous
According to Rodger, Jeanie Gold is the only persona who can rival Ricky Spanish
@@thedarknight307 yeah and that's a two for one if you don't get the right wedding gift she sends her enforcer
@@byronrush9802 My guess she uses Valik because she wants to keep her reputation. Seeing she runs a respected wedding planner and is a mom. Valik is ust her muscle. We saw when p*ssed she will smack a bitch up
My scar burns! He's thinking of me!
I love the Roger rabbit holes, where one persona leads the family [usually Steve] on a wild Roger chase from one persona to another. I wanna say one went so deep it overflowed back to the first persona.
Roger is a villain he pretended to be a woman's son and her long lost husband at the same time just for fun
Lmao yes I remember 😭😭😭😭😭
Wait when did this happen I don’t remember that episode
@@CassiusSharp it was in the episode "garbage stan" think it was season 14
@@raytheperson just watch the episode only that seems like pretty standard stuff. What about the persona with a wife and step kids who he put in an abusive relationship before (to them) blowing off his own head. Actually wait if Roger has a ton of different personas, how many of them are the abusers in abusive relationships and how many are the abused in abusive relationship because from the Caroni brothers we see he can have his persona be a complete doormat when he needs to be
I love that half of the show’s characters are just roger’s personas and that most of the time he’s the driving force ((good example being legs and wheelman,where every single case they’re on it’s revealed Roger was the one who did it))
I love your theory that his boss knows, he probably let the alien live at stan's place because he thinks it's funny. To be honest if he really wants roger, he would have sent teams to find every globe to find this gray skin or send the task force.
The part that I question is Roger is an adolescent by his species' standards, but sometimes it feels like he's mentally older, especially with some of the sex crimes he commits.
Honestly Jeanie Gold being the sister of Ricky Spanish wasn't too out of left field given how hard they went in her debut episode.
I predict that in the series finale, it will be revealed that all the characters except Jeff Fisher have been Roger in disguise.
Everyone but Stan and Jeff, Roger and Stan have been married the whole time completing the shipping arc
As messed up of a character as Roger is, I do gotta admit I find almost all of his antics hillarious, even the ones I shouldn't lol
Roger is great but Francine is easily my favourite AD character. I like all the character generally but Francine is my hilarious, drug/alcohol consuming, dumb/smart queen
smart, but not very
@@enter_eaglei love how she is academically smart but makes dumb life decisions
She's homegirl
@@jessicakakern4571 she's such a fun character. she just wants to get high and slam a 2 liter of fanta
@devioncummings5238
"Stop that you're white"
"... I'm homegirl"
I love his cat costume he wore when they raided Stan’s half brother Rusty’s mansion in Arizona (thanksgiving episode).
and in the battle royal episode
That's definitely what I love about American Dad is that there's always a story someway. And the music is phenomenal. Especially when Steve sings lol
ive been watching this series again recently, it is definitely better then family guy, much more enjoyable honestly
roger is a perfect character for any kind of series- you can really just make him/them do whatever hell he/they feel like doing in any plot whatsoever. (cant wait to see you at ctcon btw)
Speaking of which, how come nobody is respecting Klaus, but they respect Reginald?
I mean, it's always "Shut up, Klaus. You're just a fish!" and not "Shut up, Reginald. You're just a koala!"
Probably because Reginald is an agent and isn't stuck in a bowl on top of seemingly everyone in Langley Falls likes Koalas
Klaus is a sympathizer of HH
Cause Reggie’s 🎶cute as a button🎶
@@laurorrichie7788 and he gets women also there's all the koala puns he can sing
@@DodgeHammercock 😂My dumbass said, "HH Holmes?!"
Roger is my favorite Seth McFarlane character he is by far the epitome of what makes Seth's humor so much better than Matt Stone and Trey Parker want to recognize. Consistent chaos.
BTW *whispers* Ricky Spanish *whispers*
matt and trey don't really have a problem with the humour, it's about how it''s delivered. basically, they think having random cut away gags is a cheap way to add humour to a show, they think humour should come naturally from the story of the episode and honestly i agree with them. that's why i like american dad more than family guy, with american dad i remember entire episodes but with family guy i just remember certain gags, but i couldn't tell you what the plot of the episode was
@@666FallenShadow I don't blame you for seeing American Dad as better because it is. But while I agree mostly with the premise of the cutaways being lazy it's only become lazy since Seth stopped writing for the show. It was much better specifically in the first 3 seasons. The first 3 seasons of Family Guy might be some of Seth's best work ever.
@Buddha_Gotama yeah, there is quite a difference between the early seasons and the later ones. In the early seasons the story of the episode actually mattered and the family felt like a family. Later on, they all pretty much hate each other. I especially miss early seasons Brian who was a cynical alcoholic rather than the dumb caricature we have now.
@666FallenShadow Agreed. I never really enjoyed Family Guy because the cutaway gags were brutally unfunny, the characters often annoying, and the humor offensive (unfortunately not the entertaining kind of offensive that challenges you. More like offensive to the audience's intelligence). American Dad sometimes has similar problems but the humor comes more naturally and Roger literally carries the show.
To be fair, Seth McFarlane's humor isn't really my taste but Roger and his countless personas are his best creation so far and they have endless potential
@@NoxAtlas to be fair i don't know how much of the humour in family guy comes from seth, he's only credited as a writer for a couple of episodes and i doubt he has time to write for two shows, i think nowadays he mostly just does the voices
I love ur video essays! Also I voted for the crossing guard persona since i love seeing Roger be both sweet and unhinged, so it'd be fun to see him be overprotective to kids while also being absolutely scary to the drivers.
A drag queen sounds fun, but that sounds like a persona they'd do eventually because of how popular they are and how roger is known for his drag.
I would love an American Dad movie with every persons living in town like the 400 episode.
I never realized they didn’t know Dr Penguin was Roger. I thought they all knew and just accepted it.
I feel like rogers definitely talked about being doctor penguin to the family? Something in one episode about not remembering what his reason for not being there was supposed to be?
@@maddieclarke258I feel like he's transformed into the doc in front of a few family members.
There is an episode (s20 I think) where Hailey goes to Roger and demands to see Doctor Penguin
@@igloo3252it's the episode where the family were all lying to each other and Klaus had to intervene. The family definitely knows Dr Penguin is a persona.
@@notyourfrind9415It’s sorta of like with Max Jets, they know it’s a persona but it treat Roger as if it’s a different person
Roger is half of the human population in American dad
Two favorite jokes they did with the Roger Personas I liked was when Roger and Haley kept interchanging role plays until they were each other and Haley snuck some sort of benefeit from it when they role plays as each other. The other was one of the end of the world episodes and ALL of Roger's personas were individuals that was caused from Roger climbing into some advance science tech.
I grew up in Wisconsin and there was this tanning place called "Jamaican me tan". Deadass.😵
*Roger* is one of my Top 5 favorites characters of all time. 👽💓
😆 I like that at the beginning, his personas were merely disguises to get out of the House, but then later seasons basically retconned it that Roger was always into making Personas. Even the writers realized it was more fun that way to tell stories about Roger before meeting the Smiths (like the episode were Roger met Stan in the past)
in some ways I'd still find American Dad so much better written then Family Guy in so many ways with there characters
There is a episode where everyone sees Roger as a human where the Smiths have a disguise they can not see through
I'm surprised you didn't mention the recent America dad episode that covers the backstory to Rogers personas that also leave into a spinoff
Roger is truly a man of all seasons
He has been on earth way longer than 60 years. He had a family on the Oregon trail.
Yes! Been hoping for more American Dad content from you
Greatly enjoy the videos of yours I have seen, and also on the American Dad is the best of the Seth shows, mostly. By all means chase your own joy, but I will add onto the group who would love more American Dad breakdown. Thanks for being awesome!
Sidney got someone else to kill Roger because he is a pasivist. He didn't want to get his hands dirty.
_R i c k y S p a n i s h_
*L i c k y A n u s*
This better blow up I need more American dad content in my life 😭
I LOVE your musical references
American Dad is my #1 out of them all. It still holds up. Much thanks to Roger, but all the other characters as well. And let's not forget the longest running story of them all - the one of the Golden Turd! It spanned like, 15 seasons starting in season 1 (or was it first episode season 2?)
Wasn’t expecting an American dad video even though I’ve been checking your channel status updates lol
Talking about the personas with out talking about the post apocalyptic episode where all 200 get released in the world
Im praying the cartoons gods that this video passes the Dagmar test. American dad is right after southpark in my long running animated show list. And of course, Roger is just hilarious 80% of the time for me and has such an interesting story so great choice for the first video about the show 😁
I did love how a seemingly random and pointless task "Logically" lead into the whole city falling into anarchy and all out mob warfare actually.
We ALL wish we had Rogers Tenacity... and his FINE ASSIITY
Ricky Spanish is my favorite of his persona's! 😂
Roger is Roger - that defines his charismatic persona
I love Lucy reference with the grenade
Great video! I might be wrong on the timeline, but doesn't Stan first claim to be a killing virgin AFTER he's been rebooted into his personal heaven reality after the apocalypse and rapture? I think the inconsistency also occurred to me, and I reasoned that in his new reality he had purged his killing past, as most of those casual kills happen early on. This is also how I explain the sentient spa death, and the occasional reveal that they're filming a tv show. Stan is just secretly his own mini god now. I love the creativity AD has shown over the years, it needs a lore dive just on the nature of it's reality.
Roger is the funniest character in American Dad
Alas poor Sidney
Even though I didn’t see what big deal with Roger dressing up as drag queen as Roger has had meny other female personas over the years but the main reason why people were up set about Roger dressing up as a drag queen is because at the time of the episode being made that it was stated that drag queens are illegal in schools meaning that are not allowed be in schools at all hits when WBD go wind of that the episode itself was pulled from all broadcasts as result of this but that everything that I know about that topic.
@3:39 the reason it makes sense for Stan to have worked at Area 51 is that its actually under the jurisdiction of the CIA.
It's also an airforce base that houses all of the people who are working in the base and has a fully functional runway and helipads.
So Stan working there woulda just been them sending a jet to get him, landing it there and offloading him.
Afterall, Stan is an agent who regularly topples governments.
It's okay to pretend you were named after Abigail Marston
Yeah I feel you when a show says your name but American Dad mentions my hometown in the episode in the census of the lamb. I went nuts especially since people in my state don’t even know my hometown.
I would say roger is super important because he sets up the plots and other characters phenomenally, but for some reason the one-liners and jokes they give him are not nearly as funny as the rest of the family
Penny less than a bag of nickels 😂😂😂
Oh thank god! Ive been wondering if you’d get into American Dad.
we need more american dad videos !!! not many ppl talk about it on youtube
"The sky will darken with black fog."
"The Dark King prepares in the broken city." "The SLEEPLESS CITY of Darkness In the ABYSS." Once the clock hits twelve, The dark king will fall and be reborn as a TRUE LIGHT till a new Foreteller's Era is in sight."
"May all your hearts be your guiding key."🗝
Got here late. Bullock doesn’t care about Roger because Ricky Spanish gives him great drugs. Not sure if you will mention it, but Roger’s costumes have an effect where even the family can’t tell who he is(Hulk Hogan episode)
Each member has 1 disguise they cannot see through.
Each family member has been blinded by at least 1 disguise. After that they're always able to tell.
Ginny is by far my favorite, she has all the confidence i want in life
Oh wow american dad!! Yay
no you gotta explain rodgers powers
Yes! More American Dad analysis vids plz!
Roger is my spirit animal
There's a theory online that states that Peter griffin is one of Roger smiths persona's, i find it to be quite interesting for how close it comes to being Canon within both shows. Especially since they're made by the same creator
Love Roger
29:02yeah i agree i talk to myself almost all the time it does help sometimes and to help figure yourself out.🙂
The Jamaican joke is a pun. You don't need to be on eggshells about it.
I ain't like all that South Park stuff but American Dad sign me up for that
the Sidney episode was one of my favourites
I feel like you should do a deep dive on the Rodger and Stan friendship in the beginning stand really didn't care for Rodger but their relationship has grown in a beautiful way
Definitely need more 😄
I don't know why but your cat character is making me wanna meow out loud... 😂
the sydney hiring a a hitman thing sounds like a scene that ended up getting cut, tbh, lol
sux
6:40 Kitty Monk casually fuelling a fire
i pretty much obsessed over roger a few years of my life, which is a lot considering im 20 now
... he just got so much goin for him
My name is abigail lol ive watched your videos for so long and you saying that blew my mind
Love this show and Roger - btw it is Dr. Caligari a reference to The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a 1920s German silent film
I love thé mean girls référence i love world burn
man imagine being creative than family guy
Of course I watch this video after I just finished my local community theatre’s performance of Little Shop of Horrors…
great job on the AMSR effect on pronouncing Ricky Spanish
Well, Stan doesn't love his family that much
Rodger has at least one persona that every one in the Smith family, could not see Rodger, only his persona... at first...
Love the “Ricky Spanish” bit in your cideo
Her Kitty! are you gonna review camp camp?
I *love* Roger, I think he’s so hilarious and I’m glad you’re doing a video on him! I think American dad is so funny and better than family guy 🤷🏽♀️
Ricky Spanish is Roger's Dangerous persona ever
I'm pretty sure the Smith's do know about Dr. Penguin
Agreed.
They do
Fun Fact:Roger can move at Super Speed and he can create a Golden Egg and also if he's too Nice he will Slowly Die.
Thanks for another great and informative video. Also, i didn't know u havw a sister.
I love roger! My favorite character of any show!!! I plan to get a riger tattoo at some point lol
9:12 but I thought Steve went bananas.
If you only knew what Lemonparty really meant. You poor sweet summer child.
YO AMERICAN DAD VID LETS GO DADDERS
I hope one day Kitty Monk does a video over Invader Zim.
Thanks for saying Missouri the right way