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 as in these seasons, he always wants to protect his family from danger. In Season 1, it is extremely evident that he wants to keep them safe. Hell, he has a lot of normal items in the house as guns so then nothing wrong would happen. In the pilot episode, he said that if terrorists arrive, he will keep them safe.
 * 2) He is a faithful man to the United States as shown in the series Theme Song in which he sings with passion about his love for the country. He loves protecting his family and loves
 * 3) Even though he has his flaws and wrong doings, he‘s shown to learn from his mistakes and he will try to make the right happen.
 * 4) Seth McFarlane does a fantastic job at providing his voice much like Peter, Stewie, and Brian Griffin and brings the character to life.
 * 5) He is well animated like many of other Seth MacFarlane shows and has a great character design, especially his chin (apart from Season 1).
 * 6) Whenever he makes a bad decision, he will get his comeuppance and he will own up to his mistakes and like the show, could even send a moral to adults.
 * 7) 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 thanks to how clever and smart he is.
 * 8) Stan has a wonderful singing voice, most notably, the song, "Ollie North" is arguably his singing voice at his best.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The way he's written and portrayed is all over the place. He's supposed to be a hero to the United States, yet most of the time he's portrayed as a villain on the show with the amount of hanus crimes he has committed.
 * 2) He isn't likable in every episode as he was very unlikable in Surro-Gate as he forbids a Gay Marriage and didn't want Francine to give birth to Greg and Terry's baby.
 * 3) He was badly flanderized in Season 11 and acted a lot more like Peter Griffin, similar to Cleveland Brown's flanderization, read here for more and became a complete jerk to his family, only cares for himself, commits even more crimes such as locking his own wife in an Insane Ayslum and has caused everyone else's life to be like hell.