Stan Smith (American Dad!; Fox era)

Stanford Leonard Smith is the main protagonist of the adult animated sitcom American Dad! He is voiced by the series' co-creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.

Why He Rocked

 * 1) He’s a very caring father to Hayley, Steve and Roger, Klaus and well-meaning husband to Francine.
 * 2) He is a faithful man to the United States as shown in the series Theme Song.
 * 3) Even though he has his flaws and wrong doings, he‘s shown to learn from his mistakes.
 * 4) He has many, MANY funny moments and has spawned tons of internet memes.
 * 5) Seth McFarlane does a fantastic job at providing his voice much like Peter, Stewie, and Brian Griffin.
 * 6) He is well animated like many of other Seth MacFarlane shows and has a great character design.
 * 7) He will own up to his mistakes and like the show, could even send a moral to adults.
 * 8) He has excellent action scenes in this show. During his CIA Missions, he proves how skilled he is and how he will sacrifise himself for the good.
 * 9) Even when he was flanderized, he has done a lot of good things.
 * 10) There was the time when Hayley was nearly dying because one of her kidneys do not work, he nearly sacrificed his.
 * 11) In the 200th Episode, he protected Francine and the kids from being killed from people of Langley.

The Only Bad Qualities

 * 1) At times, he can be very unlikable such as the time he acted feminist or when he and Hayley butt heads.
 * 2) He became badly flanderized in Season 11 and acted a lot more like Peter Griffin, similar to Cleveland Brown's flanderization, read here for more.