Season 9
🎬 19 Episodes 📅 2012 ⏱ 22 min
Stan Smith's pride gets in the way when he discovers his CIA colleagues doubt his capabilities, leading him on a reckless mission to reclaim his reputation in American Dad! As chaos erupts both at home and in the field, the family finds themselves caught in Stan's web of desperation, while Roger seizes every comedic opportunity to exploit the situation. What unfolds is a heartfelt reminder that family matters far more than professional validation.
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📊 Season Stats
19
Episodes
2012
Year
22
min / ep
7
Watch Hours
9/22
Season No.
⭐ 8.3
Best Episode
Ep. 2 · Killer Vacation
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🎬 Episodes 19 episodes
1
⭐ 6.3
Love, AD Style
When Roger hires Hayley as a singer in his new bar, he becomes enthralled by her voice; Stan tries to prove his masculinity by negotiating a good deal on a new car.
🎬 Josue Cervantes ✍️ Erik Durbin
2
⭐ 8.3
Killer Vacation
During the Smith family's tropical vacation, Stan is ordered to kill the activities director at their resort; Jeff and Hayley try to rekindle their romance.
🎬 Rodney Clouden ✍️ Kenny Schwartz
3
⭐ 7.7
Can I Be Frank with You?
Francine thinks Stan spends too much time with his friends; a boy band recruits Steve and his friends for a music video.
🎬 Valerie Fletcher ✍️ Judah Miller
4
⭐ 8.0
American Stepdad
When Stan invites his recently widowed mother to move in, she and Roger fall in love and wed; Steve and his friends find a lost movie script.
🎬 Shawn Murray ✍️ Jordan Blum
5
⭐ 6.9
Why Can't We Be Friends?
When Stan decides that Snot isn't cool enough to be Steve's best friend, he tries to separate them by staging a shooting at an ice cream parlor.
🎬 Jansen Yee ✍️ Jonathan Fener
6
⭐ 7.2
Adventures in Hayleysitting
When Steve's baby sitter is unavailable, Stan and Francine decide to leave him with Hayley; Steve sneaks out to a party to prove he's not a goody-goody.
🎬 Tim Parsons ✍️ Matt Fusfeld
7
⭐ 7.0
National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story
A talk show reveals that Francine was the toddler who, famously, was rescued from a well by a firefighter; Francine makes a discovery when she falls down the well on the anniversary of her rescue; Stan and Roger come up with a business idea.
🎬 Chris Bennett ✍️ Murray Miller
8
⭐ 7.4
Finger Lenting Good
The Smiths get drunk at Roger's Mardi Gras party and make a pact with Bullock; Roger tries to find the person who left a pastie in the attic.
🎬 Joe Daniello ✍️ Laura McCreary
9
⭐ 7.6
The Adventures of Twill Ongenbone and His Boy Jabari
Francine regrets deciding to teach Roger the value of hard work; Steve interviews Stan for a school project.
🎬 Josue Cervantes ✍️ Brian Boyle
10
⭐ 7.0
Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
When Francine invites Stan's father to a party, a dark secret about the Smith family's past is revealed.
🎬 Joe Daniello ✍️ Brian Boyle
11
⭐ 7.1
Max Jets
Roger announces that Max Jets, a character who showers the Smith family with money, is making a return; a gold-digging waitress romances Max and threatens the family's inheritance.
🎬 Tim Parsons ✍️ Keith Heisler
12
⭐ 7.6
Naked to the Limit, One More Time
Roger pretends to be Jeff's imaginary friend so he can roam around the house without a disguise; when Jeff realizes Roger is an alien, Stan issues an ultimatum -- either Roger or Jeff must be killed; Steve becomes insecure about his body.
🎬 Chris Bennett ✍️ Keith Heisler
13
⭐ 7.1
For Black Eyes Only
When Black Villain shoots Stan's new wife, Sexpun Tocome, on their honeymoon, Stan teams up with his nemesis to take him down.
🎬 Jansen Yee ✍️ Jonathan Fener
14
⭐ 7.4
Spelling Bee My Baby
Francine tries to rig the school spelling bee so that Steve will win; Stan and Roger try to rush Hayley's grieving process so she will be available to judge their badminton game.
🎬 Rodney Clouden ✍️ Lesley Wake Webster
15
⭐ 6.9
The Missing Kink
Francine tries to get Stan to spice up their sex life; Hayley tries to get back into dating and accepts a date with Snot.
🎬 Valerie Fletcher ✍️ Eric Ziobrowski
16
⭐ 7.1
The Boring Identity
When Stan gets amnesia, Francine tries to turn him into her ideal husband; Steve is drawn into the corrupt side of Roger's paper route business.
🎬 Jansen Yee ✍️ Erik Sommers
17
⭐ 7.3
The Full Cognitive Redaction of Avery Bullock by the Coward Stan Smith
Stan is shocked when he is told that Deputy Director Bullock is showing early signs of dementia and needs his memory erased; Roger hires an old friend to help Steve with a bully at school.
🎬 Shawn Murray ✍️ Erik Durbin
18
⭐ 8.1
Lost in Space
Jeff must prove his love for Hayley to Emperor Zing in order to find his way home from the spaceship that abducted him.
🎬 Chris Bennett ✍️ Mike Barker
19
⭐ 7.7
Da Flippity Flop
When Stan refuses to switch Klaus back into his original body, he steals Stan's body; Roger builds a gym in the attic.
🎬 Rodney Clouden ✍️ Matt Weitzman