YMMV / American Dad S 6 E 16 Bully For Steve

• Catharsis Factor: Throughout the episode, Stan relentlessly bullies his own son, ostensibly because he wants to "toughen him up", but it's mainly because he never stood up to a bully when he was Steve's age. Stan shrugs off any attempt at reasonable conflict resolution and insists that the only way to get him to stop bullying Steve is to fight back (which is a bad message to send someone who's dealing with a bully). So when Stan gets his ass kicked by Stelio Kontos until Stan agrees to leave Steve alone, it's very satisfying as the idiotically cruel man is reduced to a bloodied sobbing mess.