American Dad's Most TRAGIC Character
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Last time, we talked about how long running animated comedy series American Dad was able to tell a serious story that spanned over multiple seasons.
Wanna see them do it again?
Let's talk about Jeff Fischer's character arc throughout the show in today's video!
What did you think of the Jeff Fischer's saga? Let me know in the comments below!
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Music:
► Case File Select - Layton Brothers: Mystery Room
► You Win - Dr. Mario 64
► Shroom City (Adventure Quest Accepted) - Mario Party Advance
► The Dreamy Stage (Casinopolis) - Sonic Adventure
► Ms. Monomi's Practice Lesson - Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
► Gap of Crag - Super Paper Mario
► I Now Pronounce You Incorrectly (False Wedding on the Sea) (REMIX) - Wild Arms: Armed and Dangerous (h • Wild Arms: Armed and D... )
► Space Trip Steps (Meteor Herd) - Sonic Adventure 2
► Stage 3 (Space) - 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
► Friendly Fire (SocketZero) - 1080 Avalanche
► Dream of Green [1000 A.D.] (REMIX) - Chronology: A Jazz Tribute to Chrono Trigger ( • Wiesty, OC Jazz Collec... )
► Rainbow Road - Mario Kart 7
► Yoshi Star Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy 2
► Battle - Bomberman the Music
► Climactic Re-Enactment V3 - Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony
► Menu - Picross 3D Round 2
► Battlerock Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy
► Begin - Cosmic Psycho (OUTRO)
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00:00 - Intro
02:35 - Who is Jeff Fischer?
10:16 - Jeff Gets Married
12:43 - Jeff's Space Arc
34:25 - The Tragedy of Jeff Fischer
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'Lost in Space' is the episode that took me from a being a very casual fan to realizing just what American Dad was capable of. Something like the ending of 'Gold Top Nuts' continues to prove that.
I'll put out the good nuts for you 🤲🏾
and Rabbit Ears!
I really love Gold Top Nuts! Such a great episode
I can’t think of one Tiffany’s Boyfriend of episodes
american dad> family guy any day of the week
Jeff is such a chill dude that he will give you a thumb’s up after being skinned. When Jeff gets angry, you know you are wrong
@ingloriousbastard1595yes
Jeff betraying Santa for Hayley and the Smiths was a dope moment though
Jeff is so tragic because his mom abandoned him before he was born
"How...How could she do that?"
His dad framed his for a crime and tried to turn him in for the reward
I think but am not certain that that was a Discworld reference. Rincewind's father AND mother ran away before he was born (much to Ridcully's confusion).
*his mom ran away before he was born. "
@@Arri7979shut up
The episode where Jeff was taken to space is a peak example, to me at least, on why American Dad is special.
Family Guy k!lled Brian Griffin, a fan-favourite character, so flippantly and out-of-nowhere. It was expected to be a permanent change purely because the character had become so insufferable that there was nothing left to him. I really thought American Dad would do the same with Roger. We were shown everything in that episode to hint to him leaving the show: sentimental goodbyes, a sombre tone, high stakes and a two minute highlight reel to remember him by.
But the show was just trolling us of course, and threw Jeff into the sky in a hilarious plot twist. That's why this show is better than its predecessor, it knows when to be sincere and when to make a joke. You can't remove a character, that ruins the show, but you can send another onto an adventure outside of the house
To add on to your point about Brian, that didn’t even last for half a season. They brought him back like the next episode or two? After they built up Stewie destroying his time machine, saying it’d be next to impossible to fix should he want to use it again. They even had the new dog Vinnie in the opening of that episode.
@@Hyper_Drud No one expected Roger to truly die. American Dad has had numerous times where it killed off or implied doing so of characters by the end of the episode. As you said people believed it for Family Guy because they made such a big deal of it.
Ironically Brian is one of if not the most hated character in family guy now, probably would be more loved if he was still dead.
I'm not criticizing or anything, just trying to understand, but why did you censor the word "kill"?
@@jordankeller4253 Oh it's a word you can't say in tiktok (and I think instagram?) comments so I censor it. Kinda forgot the rules on UA-cam were lax when I typed this one out 😀
Jeff got more interesting as time went on. The writers use him with stan either as friends or enemies which is funny
To the point where in one episode the family goes "oh God they're friends in this one" 😂
god, the line of "Move on babe, i release you." hurt too too much the first time i saw it. I was in the army at the time, and assigned as permanent party in the middle east. I had had a fairly long standing relationship, but, with me assigned to such a remote location for an unknown period of time, I made the heart wrenching choice to end it, knowing it wasnt good for her to be wasting the best years of her life waiting on someone that very well may not come back. it was only a few days after that, that a buddy in my unit got one of his family members to send over a usb filled with new episodes of American Dad, a personal favorite show of his. While I personally didnt have any strong opinions on the show, ANY sort of new media you havent seen is a godsend when internet connection is spotty at best. when we got to that line, i broke down. it was exactly the emotions i had just gone through. It was the first time in a very long time i had actually felt anything that moving, the action of the break up itself had hurt, yes, but not in the way that scene cut right through me. I felt like an idiot, and ashamed to be sobbing like a child in front of the people i had quite literally been in combat with, and much to my surprise, none of them mocked or blamed me. a moment of vulnerability turned into something that united us even more, and made many of their deaths hurt so much more than they would have otherwise. I've grown to hate that scene with a passion because of the emotions attached to it. I can no longer watch it without memories of a lost love, and lost brothers. this video is possibly the first time ive watched even a part of it in many a year, and it didnt hurt any less. this is an amazing video you put together sir, even if it tore my heart in two for a moment.
Im so sorry for what youve been through and thank you for your service. And while you may hate the episode I couldnt help but be impressed that a "Family Guy Knock Off" could illicit so much emotion. I hope youre doing better now though and wish you the best in your life going foward
Please never stop talking about American Dad
American Dad needs to be more fleshed out, especially with how Family Guy overshadows it.
Amen brother
@MoskHotel Exactly, yes. American Dad is so underrated. Same with Futurama and I'm constantly having to defend both shows.
Exactly, yes.
@@MissDavidsBoth I feel are better than their bigger show brothers.
Roger is the reason why Jeff got sent to space.
Roger forced Hayley into depression.
Roger is the reason why the leader of the aliens is so bitter.
Roger took away Hayley's second chance for happiness.
Sheesh, man.
Sounds about right Roger is the reason to all the problems lol
And this is why we love Roger
ua-cam.com/video/yVZul_oCWTE/v-deo.html
@@majorpeepoit is shown that his death caused world peace.
I’m surprise Hayley never took vengeance on Roger.
@@dragonninjaghostgirl7981 she has beaten him up a lot.
I’m surprised Jeff didn’t rat out Roger to the alien emperor.
Considering what Roger did to him, I imagine he would want to go to Earth to finish the job.
Jeff don't hold grudges c:
Good Ending: he explains his situation fully with the emperor, and he sympathizes with Jeff. Then every smooth alien onboard gets replacement organs, and they all go to earth to kill Roger. Who, in all honesty, is a god tier opponent. We get a better version of Roger’s personality splitting along with his other supernatural abilities in the greatest fighting sepuence in animated sitcom history, that ends with Jeff beating Roger to death with his own golden shit. If only Fox let them have their real finale…
Did Jeff ever even KNOW it was Rodger who screwed over the emperor? He could have told him that he was there because Rodger threw him in the beam, but would the Emperor know it was HIS Rodger (we don't know how common that name is among Rodger's species, or even if that is Rodger's actual name or one he assumed when he came to Earth. And, given the flashback we got in the first episode of the current season, the Emperor might not know it was him who called. How much information did Rodger have to give the pickup ship to arrange the pickup?)
Actually, it's hard to tell just how wanted Rodger is. He was able to return home to work for his uncle without worrying that the Emperor would find him, so information may not all be funneled up to the Emperor.
And there were a LOT of Alien slaves working at the mall, so what Rodger did may be pretty typical for his race. Rodger is a jerk, but he seems to be pretty typical for his species.
jeff could've easily fell into that one-off occasional cameo role that rogu is sorta stuck in and im glad that didn't happen also i'd love to watch a video discussing the lost american dad characters like reginald the koala or the Memaris or tutle who went from annoying one-off neighbor to fat shut-in to stans ned flanders
In 1 episode they mention Linda Memari was killed off screen. So idk if that was intentional or not but she’s gone
Apparently pushing Reginald was a attempt at seeing if he could work with his own show as a sorta back-door pilot? Then tested to see if he would work as a mainstay, noticed he wasn't really recieved as well as the they would have liked they seemingly dropped him, idk where he is in cannon currently tho. His occasional moments are pretty funny though
the jeff in space arc is honestly when i'd say AD peaked, "lost in space" and "longest distance relationship" imo are some of the best episodes the show has to offer.
Any episode with Jeff even before he was sent to space was always a highlight for me. Something about him just made the show more interesting. He was never the funniest character but just something about him brought out some of the best moments in others. Then once he got sent to space he proved he can hold an episode as the main character, and honestly I'm just impressed at how well they've used Jeff.
Most shows would have treated him as what his role was initially. American Dad did something special with Jeff and I think other shows like it can learn from that. While the status quo has to be reset for the main cast, do something with your secondary characters and it'll allow for creative ideas that save you from seasonal rot. Stuff like this is what has kept American Dad from becoming a husk of it's former self.
This arc also did a lot to transform the nature of how the audience viewed him and his relationship with Hailey. Hailey loving Jeff since his inception was always this "get a rise out of Stan" and "make a potential mistake with him" kind of deal. Usually, Stan had to accept Hailey loved Jeff or that it was her mistake to make, or Jeff had to try to prove himself worthy of Hailey. From being married to Hailey and moving into the house, these plot lines were beginning to dry up. It was getting to the point where either they reinvent the character or write him out like they did Jillian on Family Guy. (Jillian does still appear sometimes, but her relevance is long over.) So they decide to instead test the waters and do the one thing they can't go back on with him, tell him Roger's secret. They write Jeff out for a while and send him into space. This opens a lot of new possibilities for Hailey grieving Jeff's loss and focus exclusively on her feelings for Jeff. What this did is strengthen their relationship, and show Hailey truly loves Jeff. He wasn't some jab at Stan or her seeking out a mistake. Hailey was willing to wait her entire life for him. On top of proving he can hold his own in storylines that weren't about Hailey disappointing Stan, it reinvented his image in terms of his relationship with Hailey and the family. While by marriage he had been, by the end of this arc he was officially a Smith. He was a member of the family, not just Hailey's husband.
the real tragedy is they still havent added him to the opening
i really love the jeff in space arc; i do agree that it is quite sad they never did much follow up too it though. i feel like theres definitely potential for more stories with it. heck; itd be nice if sinbads ghost came back assuming they got off the collectors ship too; even if just for a cameo
jeff is my favourite american dad character; partially because of their arc which is an insane thing for a show like american dad to have; but also because i just think theyre nice; and theyre an idiot which is funny
I was pretty disappointed they did a soft reset when he got back. Aside from that the scene made no sense I do not see why it was even needed.
I didn't follow this story but Jeff telling her to move on is heart breaking and the best adult cartoon example of true love. I would've balled my eyes out if I watched that episode normally. I always knew that American Dad was considered the best Seth Rogen show and understood why, but this really takes it home for me.
Seth Rogan?
@@LugiThePainDrinker I may be wrong, but I'm sticking to it ahahahaha
As a Daniel I appreciate that you've embraced the "Dan the man" joke literally everybody makes when meeting you
Everywhere I go 😭
@@TheDanTheManShowIf it ain't Dan the Stan doesn't have the same ring to it
All Daniels Feel The Pain…
I am suprised how Jeff still has this chill attitude despite everything he went through.
🌿😂
@@jaydonjohnston798 im not chill i smoke weed all day everyday im self employed so nothing stops me
his mom ran off before he was born, the most tragic backstory of all time
Considering the fact that you’re the only UA-camr that makes American Dad content on here, I don’t mind how much you talk about it lol
i really like how they write Jeff and managed all of this. I thought the ep when he tries to build an instrument that only exists out in space (and everyone except roger thinks he's weird) was an excellent conclusion of sorts to the space stuff. It's also one of my fave eps in general; i have waaaaaayyy too many fave episodes of this show LOL
Once again another great American Dad video. Jeff is just honestly the best "stoner" tv character because hes more than just a one note joke. Also the actual Jeff Fischer pops into the subreddit from time to time & answers all kinds on questions & theorys. Dude is hilarious & a really chill guy. Its no wonder his tv character is literally just him 😂
I agree with you except for one thing. Shaggy is the best stoner tv character
@@neonwaffle3327 ahh you know what he didn't even come too my mind but your right 😆
This the type content I live for. Random longform character analysis about random characters from random shows that I know. Perfect
When talking about American dad, you always have to remember that different realities exist in the series. We can tell this by Stan’s tattoos. We can tell this by the end of the 200 and this case when we see a giraffe that’s all so much we can always assume that the one that we’re watching currently is a different reality than the one that went to space
Most dudes like Jeff arent that way because its what they wanted out of life.
Its just the best they could do without guidance
He couldnt help it, his mom ran away before he was born
@@TheDanTheManShow how does that make sense
Yes, you absolutely should make an hour long (or longer) video for each character in American Dad. This platform is devoid of good AD content, and your channel is a bright becon in the darkness. Keep up the great work.
I have no specific comment I want to make about the video's content. You covered everything well, I very much enjoy Jeff as a character and I love his arc, and I very much enjoyed this video.
The amount of times I’ve rewatched all the videos on American dad you put out…is absurd
DID SOMEONE JUST DROP A HOUSE ON ME?! 😂
Also love the Danganronpa-esque breakdown at the end
I was cackling about the fact they used Odalia Blight for the first part of the breakdown cause same actress
I was expecting claus as he kost his body and plays the butt of the joke a lot of the time. He has some sad moments here and there and lost loves too.
Also he is meg done right by winning sometimes or helping out instead. Claus is amazing
sometimes i wish they were just nice to klaus with a k its german .... like just one episode
Totally unrelated to the video, but I just gotta say, love your presentation and editing. I know as the channel grows it'll inevitably evolve, but as of now it already hits perfectly for me. Props to the artists involved as well!
As for the video, I've always had a soft spot for Jeff; of all things, I actually connect with him on the "mom abandoned him before he was born", ridiculous as that sounds 😂
I love that someone else appreciates the insanity that results in phenomenal comedy of this show. I’ve considered doing UA-cam before and my only plan was to make American dad lore videos lmfao
Jeff is my favorite character. I’ve been rewatching the series, so I’m glad to see some videos on American Dad. There are so many videos you could make from this show. Like the Turd Saga, I love when the show pauses to unrelated storylines that are great on their own. Like the squirrels living in Steve’s treehouse, the rabbit and the frog, and the bird couple killed by a shoddy birdhouse. A video focusing on those side stories would be interesting.
i love the american dad videos no one on youtube talks about it enough please keep making videos on it!!!! great video :)
That Thumbanail, is nothing short of ART
I grew up loving family guy but matured into American Dad. Total American Dad stan here 😊 heheh he “Stan”
American Dad I can still "Stan" to watch.
That thumbnail is a f**king masterpiece, now I want an American Dad NGE parody.
"STEVEN ANITA SMITH, GET IN THE DAMN LIBERTY PRIME"
With Roger as Rei and Snott as Asuka
Thank you! I knew I recgonized the artwork from somewhere but I couldn't remember where.
Really love American Dad, glad I found this channel on twitter/X. Keep it up brother.
I never knew the longest relationship episode could have been a finally 😱 i just love every American dad video you do, this one was very fun 😁
If you didn't say it, it would have never even occurred to me that Jeff doesn't show up in the opening theme scenes. Incredible observation.
Great video. This Jeff video is what helped Me find this channel
I have never seen or understood American Dad before and only clicked for the evangelion meme, but I'm glad I did because the background music is the most based selection I've ever seen. Quality is great too, you deserve more subs.
I've always enjoyed Jeff but when it got to his space adventure with Sinbad that solidified him as my favorite character. And I think with the slightly major status que shifts his story is fairly important to the overall story of the show
I find it funny how you're basically bound to rank every American Dad episode before LS Mark will
I will forever scream from the mountain tops that the jeff in space storyline would be the perfect movie for american dad to adapt to live action. Majestic is a goated song and its an emotional episode
I'VE BEEN WAITING MONTHS FOR SOMEONE 2 MAKE A VIDEO ABT THIS FINALLY
love your vids man !
you is defiantly THE MAN
I want you to talk more about Klaus and how klaus always get bullied and that is why he acts like a douchbag
And how he changed over time from just a douchebag to a guy obsessed with the frat boy culture
Everytime Klaus got a body he immediately became a total bastard. He belongs in the fish bowl
@@montablanc1 why wouldnt he after being treated like a lesser for years stan couldve easily gave him a better body not even human but even a cat would be a upgrade and show he cares a little bit but he dosent hes basically a slave he cant do nonthing he can tleave hell just die hes basically kept as a medevil joker
Thanks to you, I started watching the show. Thanks man
Haven't even started watching yet and I know this is going to be good.
Im following you just for American Dad! Now. Cant wait for your ranking video
I love when a channel finds “their” thing, hopefully this is yours because every video is extremely well made
Always love seeing American Dad videos
That thumbnail is fucking amazing
Lost in Space is great television. Simple but earnest Jeff outwits petty Emperor with true and faithful love. It made him a truly great character. After they gave him that send off with "Move on, babe." They should have given him one last triumphant return and then sort of made him Stan's unwitting accomplice in everything
exited as hell for this video I’ll tell my thoughts afterwards
Woah woah woah! Left a funny comment but there is one thing you missed about Jeff but i understand why as this video would be at least 15 minutes longer. But that is Jeff being successful and earning Stans respect. Jeff has some big character archs after he fully returns to the show. He is by far in my top 3 American Dad characters. Tied with Steve and Francine.
The dangan music at the end hit me
Lost In Space was such a good episode, that ties into the main series but stands out as its own thing. You could show it to someone who's never seen the show and it'd still work. And even though it's primarily comedic, for a McFarlane project, it's surprisingly heartfelt and the worldbuilding is fun to watch.
Also I love the Wax Fang song.
In the Episode where Roger pushes Jeff into the Alien ship, I always wonder why Stan did not take Jeff to the CIA to have his memory erased, perhaps that would have been boring.
Jeff is like butters from South Park who started out as nearly background characters only to evolve into the most important characters in the show and both are innocent characters with bad dads. I loved the world building and emotion the Jeff in space arc gave. Especially all the cool new alien species in the shopping mall which I still wanna know more about. Funny story my uncle thought I was watching Rick and Morty when watching the lost in space episode
And I enjoy South Park just as much as American Dad. Both these shows and Futurama are often being crapped on most days. I like how their characters have grown over time.
@@MissDavids I love south park and american dad and just got into futurama and am really enjoying it
@@austincha8006 Same here, Austin. Same here. Enjoying all three shows, that is. I was implying that I still follow Futurama.
can we get a kill count for Roger?? How many people has he snuffed out for his amusement lmfao
He needs to be a dick to survive
Great content! 🎉
6:45 Perfect, it's what Peter would've done to Quagmire
Two things, I think Jeff in Space could hace been an excellent spin-off even if it was a mini-series, and second, I have a conspiracy theory that the AD episodes are in "disorder" and one can judge the order by seeing how Francine treats Claus and how Roger treats the family.
The whole plane bit I didn’t understand but it made me subscribe I want to see more videos already
Great video man! Really enjoy watching your videos! Small tip tho: your timing when transitoning from scenes or subjects fells a bit off, sometimes it takes too long for you to start talking again you know, a bit of an akward silence. kinda bottered me sometimes. But other than that, great content, keep it up man!
"Lost in Space" is the only piece of media that got me to laugh at a Sinbad joke. I appreciate that! Lol.
I think Jeff was the best thing to happen to the Smith family. After Hayley married him they became a lot closer as a family, with Jeff serving a punching bag and support for any of them.
Can’t get over that Evangelion thumbnail ❤️
You forgot the biggest thing about all of this. Everything that happens in American Dad is all in Stan’s personal heaven after he died post rapture. The real Jeff is either raptured or dead
The Evangelion reference cover image is incredible.
That plane exploded after you threw the gold turd. Made me laugh so hard, I'm going to die.
Long awaited
This video is probably fueling an American Dad hyperfixation in me.
At the end of the day, Jeff is the closest thing to the average man living with the insanity that is the Smith family.
I feel like just a step in the wrong direction and Jeff would be unbearably annoying, but in American Dad he’s a great presence and really carved out a place in the main cast. He kinda reminds me of a pothead Fry from Futurama.
fry smokes weed its confirmed
"His mother ran away before he was born"
"Ho-, how could she do that"
Took the breath outta my lungs 🤣
Yes! I'm glad someone mentioned it. It just felt like a true WTF moment, especially for the character since the opposite happened to him and he's pretty close with his mom. Maybe too close
I like how the crimp and texture on the blunt wrap tell me when that episode was made.
Jeff being one of the first guests on Joe Rogan Experience thats wild 😂
Sweet vid just subbed
American Dad and Jeff talk? I'm in. Jeff from what I remembered started out as a basic stoner character, but they slowly fleshed him out over the seasons. Now he has much more of an active role in many of the newer episodes, like when he gets fooled into taking part in a pyramid scheme and then gets the whole family involved at first. Hayley is a lot more fun now too IMO compared to how she started out.
what about the fact jeff wasnt here at launch and is a favourite name some other cartoons that added charcters after launch that actually did good
8:20 At first I was like “How could a mother do that to her own child?” then a minute later I was like “Hey! How *could* she do that?” 😂
The Matt McMuscle joke caught me off guard 😂
THATS RIGHT DADDERS! JEFF HAS SUPERPOWERS.
Yay!! You put it in the video!
Thanks for tha video
This show has great music. That wax fang episode was amazing.
That recap part of the video feels like someone explaining their fever dream lol
Nah bruh that ad timed during the phantom of the telethon scene was hilarious
I never knew you had a lisp until i heard it in the intro, now i cant unhear it lol but it doesnt make me like the content any less 🤘
I was always American Dad > Family Guy, with Jeff being one of the main reasons. I was so upset and shocked when they 'killed' him off. His comeback episode was so good though
i hate family guy but like american dad the first couple seasons were ok with family guy i just hate peter .. jeff is werid tho he wasnt on the show at launch but hes one of the favourites name one other show like tHAT ususally characters added after a shows launch are universally hated almost all the time it make sjeff that much better
why is he like the meg of american dad 😭😭
Jeff’s dad ripping on Jeff is so funny!
more Jeff appreciation pls
Jeff is American Dads Buckly from King of the Hill, a boyfriend who's father disapproves of , and comparing the two Buckly who's in the theme song for every episode gets killed off while Jeff while not being in the theme despite being bumped up to a major character.
I’m surprised Hayley isn’t super mad at roger for all that
american dad is the best thing seth mcfarlaine was ever within eight furlongs of, with the possible exception of the cosmos reboot
American Dad is all I can take from Seth MacFarlane in cartoon form. Still.
Jeff being lost in space introduced me to Wax Fang. Wild band, such a crazy sound. World War 2 Pt 2 is awesome.
"How...how could she do that?" Poor man was flabbergasted.
The majestic episode introduced me to that one good album of wax fang
Have you seen Solar Opposites out of curiosity? It also does the grand story alongside sitcom deal pretty well