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Terry punches him in the face.

Stan:That wasn't campy at all!

  • "Not So Different" Remark: Stan realizes this when Jason and Mary fight in the car, and he instinctively calls them "Steve and Hayley."

    Stan: Wait, you fight just like my kids. Roger then puts a stack of books on top of Klaus's bowl, trapping him, and wonders why they didn't just do that nine months earlier.

  • My Fist Forgives You: After returning the children, Stan apologizes for his actions.

    Tank retorts that thousands of drunk football fans will literally cheer for anything, ruining Stan's point.

    • Tank: You think I care what these drunken slobs think?! Meanwhile, after Klaus swears horrible revenge on Steve and Roger for pushing him down a water slide, the two become reclusive and hide in the attic.

    This episode includes examples of:

    • Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: In a visual example, Francine imagines Stan's response to telling him that she's pregnant.

      So when he visits, Terry says he's living with Francine and that Stan is gay.Terry's father, a former star fullback for the Redskins, doesn't know that Terry is gay. Tank makes it clear he understands how homosexuality works, is not a closeted queer man, and doesn't care at all that his son has no choice in how he identifies, he still hates it.

    • If people in your family can't accept you for your orientation, then sometimes it's better to just cut them out as soon as possible.

      I don't know why I said that.

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    DS9 actually did have a surrogacy plot line in Season 5.
  • Suddenly Shouting: Stan realizes what's happening when he answers a call from Francine's doctor about her pregnancy, and then relays this info to her.

    "Your doctor called. They'll cheer for anything!

    Although when Terry starts to berate Stan after Tank makes it clear beyond a doubt he won't accept his son being gay, Francine steps forward and defends Stan. Legal surrogacy contracts were not approved until 2019.

  • Hope Spot: Hayley plays to Stan's pro-life beliefs by pointing out that being mad at Francine and stressing her out is bad for the baby.

    Meanwhile, Roger buys alcohol for Steve and his friends.

    Tropes:

    • Anti-Alcohol Aesop: Steve's subplot has him realize that underage drinking is wrong when he finds out that he kissed a very ugly girl while hammered.
    • Brutal Honesty: Tank bluntly admits he had no inkling of Terry's sexuality, doesn't care if it makes him happy, and knows it's not his choice, but still finds it utterly disgusting.
    • The Casanova: Tank Bates is described as a notorious womanizer who slept with all the cheerleaders, the coach's daughter, and the announcer's wife, shattering their family.
    • Dirty Coward: Terry completely balks when he tries to tell Tank that he's gay, instead claiming Francine is his girlfriend with Libby as their illegitimate child and Greg and Stan are the gay couple across the street.

      Greg and Terry's response is to put on some "rumble" music from West Side Story and engage in a dance-based battle, nimbly avoiding Stan's attacks, and pulling off over-the-top pretend attacks rather than actually attacking him, to his annoyance. So when he visits, Terry says he's living with Francine and that Stan is gay.

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    • Following

    Terry's father is coming for a visit, but doesn't know that his son is gay.

    Terry delayed the inevitable by lying about Francine being his girlfriend, and Stan's actions were ultimately just him ripping off the band-aid when Terry wouldn't.

  • Hate Sink: Tank makes it very clear that he knows about homosexuality and has never had any upsetting experience to explain his homophobia.

    He also doesn't consider how keeping up this lie effects Stan, Francine and Greg.

  • Faint in Shock: Stan telling Tank that Terry is gay causes the latter to dramatically faint in his father's arms. Also, no one seems to notice that Steve and Roger have disappeared. He responds by smashing a bottle, only to then come back with a chainsaw, then coming back with a leopard, finally satisfied with a leopard holding the chainsaw.
  • Understatement: After Klaus promises excruciating revenge on Steve and Roger, the two are stunned silent and Steve can only reply "He didn't think it was funny."
  • Verbal Backspace: When Francine and Hayley watch the news report about Stan kidnapping the baby.

    Francine: I can't believe your father would do something like this!
    Hayley: I can.
    Francine: Yeah, I guess I can too.

    As she puts it, even if Stan messed up, he was still trying to help and ultimately, it's better for Terry to let go of Tank after seeing his father absolutely won't let go of his prejudice.

    • Following

    Airdate: December 2, 2007

    Francine decides to be a surrogate mother for her gay neighbors Terry and Greg, but Stan kidnaps the baby in order to give it a better life, away from gay people (even though Virginia is one of a lot of states that doesn't allow gay people to have parental rights).

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    Then he gets a chainsaw, then a leopard, and finally a leopard armed with a chainsaw.

  • Brick Joke: Greg mentions reading online that many babies are born with anuses every year, causing Terry to comment he needs to stop reading Web MD. Later as they get ready for Francine's delivery, Terry's visibly annoyed as Greg reads "Everybody Poops Except A Baby Without An Anus."
  • Campy Combat: Outraged that Francine agreed to be the surrogate for Greg and Terry's baby behind his back, Stan threatens to beat them up.

    So when he visits, Terry says he's living with Francine and that Stan is gay.Terry's father, a former star fullback for the Redskins, doesn't know that Terry is gay. [keels over face forward]

  • Shout-Out: Stan and Greg start singing "Maria" from West Side Story when they get an invitation to one of Bullock's cocktail parties, something Stan had been wanting to attend for years.
  • Snap Back: Despite Greg and Terry putting on a restraining order against Stan for kidnapping their baby in "Surro-Gate," they are within close proximity with no indication that the order was lifted.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Francine and Greg were livid when Stan drunkenly outed Terry to his father.

    Stan even says this is further proof of Terry being gay, and he then demonstrates how a straight guy faints by passing out from the booze he's been drinking.

  • Five-Second Foreshadowing: While having drinks with Greg and Bullock, Stan has no idea what Greg's anecdotes are about, showing that he's the unsophisticated partner that he accused Francine of being.
  • Hard Truth Aesop:
    • Some people don't have a reason to be prejudiced or homophobic, they just choose to be.

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      American Dad!

      • Episode aired May 10, 2009
      • TV-14
      • 22m

      Terry's father, a former star fullback for the Redskins, doesn't know that Terry is gay. Francine manages to stop Terry, pointing out Stan was the one who tried to help Terry this whole time even if it didn't work.

    • My God, What Have I Done?: Roger sees the error of his ways in regards to buying kids booze when he sees Steve making out with a girl who is...

      But the fact remains that they lost nine months hiding in the attic in complete fear and paranoia, so in the end, Klaus did get a measure of vengeance.

    • Screaming Birth: Francine giving birth to Liberty Belle.
    • Shout-Out: After Terry describes how surrogate pregnancy works, Stan thinks it's like something out of Star Trek, before asking if it's from Deep Space Nine as he refuses to watch that for multiple unspecified reasons.