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Recap / American Dad S 17 E 9 Game Night

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Release date: June 22, 2020

The Smiths are invited to Deputy Director Bullock's labyrinth as part of the family's game night. Meanwhile, Roger adopts geese so he can make his own foie gras (since foie gras is so expensive and most places won't sell it because of the animal abuse that goes with producing it), but ends up stuffing himself on the feed and growing a fatty liver


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  • Epic Fail: Stan spends one month in the Labyrinth due to his own stupidity.
  • Everyone Has Standards: While Jeff isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed himself, even he understands that Stan's ideas of "beating" games are utter nonsense.
  • Jerkass Realization: After spending one month in the labyrinth, Stan apologize to his family and realized they were right about him being bad at games.
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Smiths managing to escape in the end shows all the monsters in the Labyrinth the way out as well. They all leave bearing weapons chanting their desire to kill while the Smiths nervously ignore their part in it to keep cabbage patching.
  • Rage Breaking Point: Jeff was already annoyed with Stan "winning", but he finally snaps during the Riddle-Lord course.
    Jeff: No. Stop Cabbage Patching! I'm sick of letting you win everything!
    Stan: Letting me win?
    Jeff: Yeah, that's what we're doing now and have been doing every game night for years! I've been tricking you... me, Jeff, the guy who's still legally not allowed to use scissors! My dumb ass has been fooling you, all because you're such a bad loser!
  • Only Sane Man: Jeff, of all people. He's the only one to protest letting Stan win every game night just to prevent him from throwing a massive fit.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jeff gives one to Stan, telling him that he is such a bad loser that everyone has to bend the rules for him every game night.
  • "Shaggy Dog" Story: As it turns out, all the Smiths had to do was climb up the pile of trash to escape the Labyrinth.
  • Sore Loser: Stan is frequently singled out by the Smiths for being a bad loser. In a flashback, he goes ballistic after Steve beats him at Connect Four.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Stan tries to chew the concrete wall during one of the obstacles, resulting in one of his teeth getting ripped out. He tries to pull another wall open, not realizing it is actually a dead end, in which he gets crushed by the concrete.
  • Whole-Plot Reference: This episode is a parody of Labyrinth. Bullock even dresses up like David Bowie's character (The Goblin King) from the film.

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