Stan Smith

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## Base Breaking Character

### Alias

Stan Smith
Stan
Mr. Smith
Dad

### Powers/Skills

Super Strength
Martial Arts
Hand-to-hand combat
Guns
Brainwashing skills
Parenting

### Family

Jack Smith (father)
Betty Smith (mother)
Francine Dawson (wife)
Hayley Fischer (stepdaughter)
Steve Smith (son)
Jeff Fischer (son-in-law)

### Allies

Roger Smith
Klaus Heisler
Avery Bullock
Peter Griffin
Lois Griffin
Brian Griffin
Stewie Griffin
Chris Griffin
Meg Griffin
Jackson
Dick Reynolds
Buckle
Stiles
Bob Todd

### Enemies

Roger Smith (sometimes)
Santa Klaus

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

He arguably had one of the worst character derailments, as he went from being a brave and decent father and husband to being an abusive husband and father to his own family, as well as being more of a corrupt official by putting everyone in his town in jeopardy, due to his stupidity and paranoia.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

He is a comedic and jolly official with his personality that keeps the show entertaining by television standards.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Egotistical Official

**Stanford Leonard Smith**, also better known as **Stan Smith**, is the main protagonist of the adult cartoon series, *American Dad*. As father of the Smith household, he is Francine's husband, father of Steve and Hayley Smith, and a C.I.A. offical. He is often shown to be a protagonist villain in most episodes, due to him having to commit many crimes because of his stupidity and paranoia.

He is voiced by series creator, Seth MacFarlene, who also voices Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, and Glenn Quagmire in *Family Guy*.

## What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* He is considered to be a type of comedic character, with amount of jokes he made that helps the television standards run smoothly.
* As shown in the early series, he cared and is willing to help members of his family and those around him, especially when he did not abuse Hayley and protecting his country he loves.
* He has a tragic past, as proven when he is left abandoned by his father as a young lad.
* He can still act heroic at times, even in the new series, such as going on dangerous C.I.A missions to protect his country he loves and makes his attempt to help those around him, including members of his family.
* Whenever he makes many mistakes, he does show regret and tries his best to make up for his misdeeds in several occasions.

### What Do People Dislike About Him?

* He infamously suffered very bad character derailment and flanderization in the TBS series, as proven when he went from being a somewhat absent-minded, yet supporting, patriarch and deputy official with a heart of gold to being more of an abusive, idiotic, and corrupt sociopath who does loads of crimes and put everyone in jeopardy, including members of his family, which most fans can view him as a full blown antagonist or villain protagonist.
	+ Not only that, he has become more of a horrible husband to Francine, such as putting her in a mental institution just because he keeps constantly forgetting his anniversary with his wife and had her locked up in an insane asylum, up to the point where she nearly got killed because of his stupidity.
* He is shown to be quite clumsy and incompetent, such as proclaiming that he only married Francine for her looks and screwing up several CIA experiments.
* He killed or assaulted way too many people that gets in his way, didn't even care about what he did, doesn’t get punished for his actions in most occasions, and when he supposedly learns his lessons in several occasions, he always forgets his confession of his misdeeds.
	+ He's also an animal abuser such as the time that he murdered a deer.
* He happens to be a hypocrite, when he told Hayley to stop texting while driving, yet he does the same as well.
* Almost most of his actions in the series are considered unforgivable regarding himself, such as putting his family in poverty, trying to destroy Brett’s life because he doesn’t believe in God, ordering the CIA to create a bad weather that killed many people, kidnapping his mother’s dates because of his obsession of his mother, and much more of his despicable actions.
* He is often prone to having many violent outbursts that doesn't get in his way, such as the time when he blatantly locked up whole whole neighborhood (including Bob and Linda Memari) in a detention camp after blatently berating Bob and Linda Memari as terrorists, threatening to kill anyone he encounters, and when he assaulted a bystander during Steve’s bowling.

## External Links

* Stan Smith on the American Dad Wiki
* Stan Smith on the Villains Wiki
* Stan Smith on the Heroes Wiki
* Stan Smith on the Inconsistently Heinous Wiki
* Stan Smith on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
* Stan Smith on the Entertainingly Detestable Wiki

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