Stan Smith

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## Entertainingly Detestable

### Alias

Stan
Mr. Smith
Dad

### Powers / Skills

Federal connections
Guns
Parenting
High Physical Strength
Martial Arts
Brainwashing Skills

### Most Entertaining Features

He is known for having comedic moments.
He is sometimes known for being a caring father to his family.

### Most Detestable Traits

He is shown to have done many detestable actions that put his family, people and the society in jeopardy.

### Type of ED

Corrupt Official

**Stanford Leonard Smith**, better known as **Stan Smith**, is the main protagonist of the adult sitcom show, *American Dad*. As husband to Francine and father to Hayley and Steve, he is a C.I.A Official. Due to him commiting many crimes, he can be considered as a protagonist villain.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* Since his dimwitted and jolly traits is often shown to be comedic throughout the show's narrative, he is known for having plenty of comedic moments.
* In the early seasons, he is a decent and loving father to his family.
* He is shown to be a great singer, as shown when he sings many different songs, such as the song about Oliver North during the Iran Contra Affair and "Takin' Care of Business".
* He regularly goes out on dangerous adventures for the C.I.A to protect his family, people, and the country he loves.
* He has a tragic past of being abandoned by his father.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* He is abusive towards Hayley, especially with their own political views and when performing plastic surgery on her face.
* He is quite xenophobic and racist, as proven when he berated Bob and Linda Memari as terrorists and is prejudiced against same sex couple raising children.
* He is still prone to having a hostile temper and for having way too many violent outbursts that doesn't get in his way, such as locking up members of his neighborhood in his self-made detention center in his backyard and threatening to assault or kill anyone he encounters.
* He is often a corrupt C.I.A. official, as shown when he commits a whole load of crimes such as attempting or confirming to kill dozens of people that gets in his way and causing misery to other people for his own stupidity, paranoia and amusement without showing remorse for what he did.
* He is often a horrible and abusive husband to Francine by constantly treating her poorly and proclaimed he just married her for her looks.
* There are several moments where he can be abusive to Steve and beats him up as a bully in order to toughen him to be brave.
* He is a bad friend to Roger, as shown when he hid Roger from the C.I.A., even if he’s trying to protect him (regardless, Roger absolutely deserves it for his many despicable actions).
* Stan also tormented and disregarded Klaus on many occasions.

## External Links

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