Description[]
Family Guy vs. American Dad. Seth McFarlane offers up two different takes on the American father, featured on Fox.
Introduction[]
Wiz: Peter Griffin, the Family Guy.
Boomstick: Stan Smith, the American Dad.
Wiz: Sitcoms are known for several things, least of all a wacky and enjoyable patriarch.
Boomstick: But thanks to the mind, not to mention voice talents, of one Seth MacFarlane, these two go a bit beyond those archetypes. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armour and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!
Peter Griffin[]
Wiz: In the state of Rhode Island, in the city of Quahog, in the house of 31 Spooner Street, lives the Griffins.
Boomstick: First thing you might think of them is, "Wow, they're last name is pretty cool". And the next thing you'll probably think of is, "Wow, they're all complete agents of chaos!"
Wiz: Hardly an exaggeration, with any one member of the family usually at the forefront of any of Quahog's conflicts or social upheavals. And that's especially true of their patriarch, Homer Simpson-I mean Peter Griffin!...Peter Griffin.
- Background
- Age: 45
- Born in July
- Married to Lois. father of Chris, Meg, Stewie
- Jobs: Toy factory worker, fisherman, brewery shipping department
- Favourite Song: Surfing Bird
- Had an affair with a cardboard cutout
- Thought his daughter was a housecat
- Instead of a brother or sister, he had a broster
Boomstick: Peter was the son of Thelma Griffin, and a rogue named Mickey McFinnigan, with this secret Irish ancestry explaining Peter's number one hobby. You see, he likes Jack Daniels. Ah, old Jack Daniels, he was a good man but he should never have been playing with that weed thresher. Always playing with that weed thresher!
Wiz: I think you meant his basically chemical compulsion to drink, day after day.
Boomstick: Oh yeah. Real sad. Now pass me that gin.
Wiz: In the first established How-I-Met-Your-Mother moment, Peter met his wife Lois whilst working as a towel boy, whilst she was taking a vacation with her Aunt Marguerite.
Boomstick: She used to be Lois Piece-Of-Schmit, and that family name came with a big deal of old money. Hope she thinks giving it up to shack up with Peter was the right choice. Together, they had three kids. Stewie, who was a infant evil genius with aspirations of world domination. Chris, the surprisingly strong, surprisingly creative slow kid who really took after his dad. And Megatron, although she's called Meg for short.
Wiz: Along with his best friend, the talking dog Brian, Peter and his family are either the conductors or sources of the nonsense that plagues their city, although Peter is perfectly capable of being either one by himself, and then some. For starters, in spite of, or perhaps because of, his massive girth, he can a whole lot of damage and he can certainly give a punch.
- Abilities
- Firearm usage
- High pain tolerance
- Peter-themed vehicle usage
- Cutaways
- 4th Wall Awareness
- Regeneration
- Skin colour change
- Molting
Boomstick: He's fought against Ernie the Giant Chicken for long periods of time, during which it's a constant back and forth to strikes, so yeah, I'd say he's strong and tough enough.
Wiz: When he's not throwing punches or kicks, he's using a handgun, which he seems to have sporadic ownership of. Just like his various vehicles.
Boomstick: He's got the Peter-Copter, the Hinden-Peter, the Peter-Dactyle and even the Peter-Rang...which isn't very useful. Except for perhaps in Australia.
Wiz: Surprisingly enough, Peter also has some degree of immortality. His head has been ripped off twice and he's just continued talking, his head was crushed between two logs and he was still alive, and he was able to regrow his hand in a second, the severed one which then regrew into a new Peter, Retep, who was pure evil.
Boomstick: He can even molt himself into a brand new Peter in order to refresh himself, although he will be vulnerable for the next couple of hours.
Wiz: But there is one skill that Peter demonstrates so much, they take up at least half the runtime of an average Family Guy episode. This is the power of Cutaways.
Boomstick: By setting up a scenario, we the audience are treated to a clip of the event happening. And it's not just us who get to witness it.
Wiz: There is numerous evidence to suggest these scenarios are seen by other characters. For example, when Peter incorrectly presumed what MacBeth did to Duncan, he had to explain himself to Lois afterwards that he didn't know Shakespeare's work, without him verbally telling her his mistake.
Boomstick: Also, when one cutaway Peter set up dragged on for way too long, which most seem to do nowadays, both him and the recipient ended up aging quite a bit. And so long as you believe, Peter can teleport himself and you to another location.
Wiz: Apparently, Peter is also able to set up cutaways where there are numerous versions of himself in the same room. For example, a truck filled with armed, grim-faced Peters ready for their mission. This capability of cutaways appears to be a sub-version of the age-old power of toon force, where an individual can do anything as long as they find it funny.
Popup: Peter even replicated a Looney Tunes-like event where he prevented a chunk of stone crushing him with a small umbrella.
Boomstick: Wait, toon force? Does that mean he can-?
Peter: Oh yeah, I hear you pervs.
Chris Griffin: Fourth wall, you're breaking the fourth wall!
Peter: Go to your room.
- Feats
- Survived being crushed under a bus
- Powered through numerous tranquilizer darts
- Survived getting his head crushed
- Restored television's variety after destroying it
- Punched away an orca
- Pushed a car off a cliff
- Defeated Ernie the Giant Chicken, Mickey Finnigan, James Woods
Wiz: In spite of following in the footsteps of Homer Simpson-
Peter: Oh screw you!
Wiz:-He's had quite the long and distinguished career of craziness. He's worked for Donald Trump, helped disband the government in Quahog, destroyed and restored the quality of television, and even filled in for Death himself.
Boomstick: Who was surely there to witness the tie between Norm MacDonald and Cancer. Rest in peace you old maverick! And of course, he's battled against the Giant Chicken in long and complex bouts. Including one where they withstood an explosion from a plane. That was worth 669 million joules (CuteAnimeNekoGirl), and he's also survived getting crushed over a thrown push and being kicked into the wrong Korea. You all know the one.
Wiz: His friend Cleveland Brown is fast enough to dodge a handgun's shot and the two of them have fought several times. His maid Consuela was strong enough to lift their house. And his alcohol tolerance is through the roof. In fact, the only think to have really destroyed his insides was when he foolishly made a drink with kerosene. Which brings us to easily his biggest weakness. You see, he's, well, the R-word.
Popup: Peter's son Stewie dodged a close-range shotgun blast at practically similar speeds. (CuteAnimeNekoGirl).
Boomstick: Woah!
Wiz: No, I mean he is official diagnosed as possessing the mental deficit, which easily explains his poor impulse control, his insane logic and his childishness that often borders on the sociopathic.
Boomstick: Not to mention that, for the sake of shock value and Family Guy's continued existence, he wanes on doing the right thing a lot. But there are times when he will pull his head out of his ass and get to doing the correct thing.
Wiz: So when you think there's violence in movies or sex on TV, if you want those good old values, you're lucky you'll have a family guy. The current irony of that statement notwithstanding.
Stan Smith[]
Wiz: The Central Intelligence Agency, better known by its acronym of CIA, is responsible for maintaining the security of the great country of America. So to work for this organisation day after day, you'd better be 100% American Patriot.
Boomstick; You'd pretty much have to be America: The Guy. And you could certainly give that title to one Stan Smith, along with his most notable one of "American Dad".
- Background
- Age: 42
- Married to Francine, father of Stan and Haley
- Occupation: CIA Agent
- Party: Republican
- Hides an alien in his attic and has a German man in a goldfish's body
- Member of the Illuminuti
- Is secretly bald
- Once molested a priest at Christian Camp
Wiz: Stan's childhood was not a happy one, which may explain his odd mental state, which we will get onto in time. His father was pretty much non-corporeal in order to live out an immoral lifestyle whilst his own mother forced him to shoot his own dog so they could move into a cheap apartment.
Boomstick: Christ! It was John Wick's backstory flipped.
Wiz: Given his ownership of military garb, it's likely Stan served in the military at some point, which would make sense. Afterall, joining the CIA isn't something you can do with the right temperament.
Boomstick: You sure about that? Afterall, it is America.
Wiz: Oooh, easy now. Stan eventually met one Francine Ling, and the two of them got married. For service reasons, perhaps, but there clearly was something built on those initial purposes. Why else would they eventually be buried together, holding hands for all time.
Boomstick: How sweet. Rather morbid, but sweet. Stan and Francine ended up having two kids; Haley, who was pretty much Stan's opposite in...nearly every way, and Steve, who was...yeah, also Stan's near opposite. Due to political and masculinity views respectively.
Wiz: Stan is also responsible for keeping an alien hidden in his attic, on account of a life debt, and a goldfish who houses the brain of a German skier. Yeah, pretty weird. But so is Stan to a rather large degree. But that doesn't mean he isn't capable when the situation requires it.
- Abilities
- Gun ownership and usage
- Fighting skills
- High pain tolerance
- CIA training
- Identity theft
- Heart-Exploding Technique
- His Gut
- 4th-Wall Awareness
Boomstick: Thanks to America's number one commodity, guns.
Wiz: You're playing a dangerous game Boomstick!
Boomstick: Stan not only carries around a pistol at all times, but he even has weapons stashed around his house. A shotgun beneath his pillow, several assault rifles in his wife's spice cupboard, and even a miniature gun on a pole hidden up his sleeve. He's also fairly proficient at using random items as weapons, like a pencil or even a bottle of hot sauce.
Wiz: Stan's also taken quite a bit of punishment, with only a shot to the head ever really being enough. In fact, he once stabbed himself half a dozen times over his whole body and didn't even flinch.
Boomstick: And he can throw down with his bare fists when he needs to. In fact, he knows a technique where he can make a person's heart explode, a-la Fist of the North Star. And performing a quick neck-snap is no issue.
Wiz: His CIA training has enabled him to perform some impressive maneuvers and take another person's identity with a quick constume change. He saves a few seconds by not dressing his victims in his clothes.
Boomstick: But when all else fails, he has one last technique, honed into him by the CIA itself. The art, of nut-shots! One after another on each individual target. Cheap, perhaps, but it works.
Popup: Stan's boss, Bullock, was able to get behind a woman and snap her neck with his CIA-honed reflexes.
Wiz: And, let's tread carefully with this Boomstick, he might have the ability to break the fourth wall.
Boomstick: He once stood on a literal soapbox to shame the world about not thinking on other people's horrendous situations. And one time, the entire show was just that-a TV show, with Stan as an actor. In fact, it's happened before and after. Hell, Stan's "actor" is called Nicholas Vanderbilt.
- Feats
- Intercepted a sniper bullet whilst paralyzed
- Smashed Roger through a wall
- Generated an Earthquake with his gut
- Got perfect marks on numerous CIA tests
- Set a 20-win wrestling record
- Fought the entire Chinese Mafia
- Defeated Roger, Deputy Director Bullock, Cyborg Stan
Wiz: Stan is tough enough to get back up after being kicked through a brick wall by his mind-altered daughter and strong enough to throw his alien Roger through a wall himself. Yep, those were real sentences. And Roger once launched him up high enough with his legs to smash into the ceiling of a school gym.
Boomstick: And Roger's legs are strong enough to push a tree out of the way. Even more impressive, and majestic, Stan's rumbling gut, when combined with three others based off good hunches, was able to make a small earthquake.
Wiz: Based on the fact that a small surrounding area was shaken, such as a car and flagpole, then it would at least be a Magnitude 4, which is equivalent to 15 tons of TNT. Based on all three, ahem, guts working together, then each one should be contributing energy worth 5 tons of TNT.
Boomstick: Even when injured, Stan can usually keep trucking on. In fact, when he was paralyzed from the neck down, he moved his chair to intercept a sniper bullet after it had been fired. And they move at 2.4 times the speed of sound.
Wiz: There is one big glaring flaw about Stan however, and it's not even on the outside. It's pretty clear there is something wrong with his head, often living in his own separate version of reality at times. In fact, after his childhood, he mentally rewrote events where, instead of his friend turning on him, he turned on his friend. That's right; he'd rather believe himself an asshole rather than accept he was lamer than lame. Hell, he did it again at the episode's end.
Boomstick: Sounds familiar on a global scale if you know what I mean...
Wiz: That is strike three Boomstick!
Boomstick: Oh please, everyone thinks it. Although if there's one person who will risk it all for his family and country, and will make it think its swell to say good morning USA, it's this American Dad.
Interlude[]
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set, time to end this debate once and for all.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
The Battle[]
Setting: Griffith house kitchen
The Griffins were in the middle of an argument, particularly between Lois and Peter.
Lois: Peter, it could bring in a lot of attention and show people we're not the boobs they-!
Peter: No! I am not going to participate in Mini-Rumble! It's the poor man's One Minute Melee! It'll be a worse experience than when I had to fight Stan Smith!
Cutaway begins with Peter walking down the street, passing by Stan. He pauses and his mouth drops open in surprise.
Peter: Joe? Joe, I thought you weren't going to get another leg surgery.
Stan, unaware Peter was talking to him, kept walking and Peter frowned.
Peter: Hey Joe, don't ignore me. It's me, Peter.
He put a hand on his shoulder and Stan yelped, bringing the back of his fist into his nose. Stan turned around to watch Peter reeling back, touching his now bleeding nose. Stan's went wide before he grinned.
Stan: Oh, sorry fatty. Is what I would say if you weren't fat. Aren't I right fatty fat fats! Haha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ah-ha!
The Griffin's eyes narrowed and he bared his teeth as Stan laughed out loud with his hands on his hips.
FIGHT!
Peter went at Stan faster than the latter had time to react against, especially in his mirth, and got punched in the face several times for his arrogance; even as he stumbled backwards in surprise, Stan pressed after him with further punches. Stan was eventually able to parry one of these punches, block the other with his forearm before retaliating with an uppercut, and immediately afterwards, both he and Peter delivered a cross-countering punch into the other's cheek. From there, the two of them traded punches in the style of Peter's bouts with the giant chicken, with Peter moving backwards and Stan forwards during. One of Stan's punches eventually spun Peter around and Stan got him in a headlock from behind. Peter drove his elbow into Stan's ribs several times, and although it hurt it took Peter slamming the back of his head into Stan's face to loosen his grip. Stan stumbled backwards and Peter tackled him to the ground, interlocking his fingers to bring both fists down on his face. He did this three times before Stan grabbed his wrists, threw him off balance and pulled himself free with a backwards roll.
Stan pulled out his gun and Peter ducked and dodged two shots before jumping through the windowfront of a store, shattering the glass with his bulk and diving over the counter. Stan appeared in the opened frame with his gun aimed out.
Stan: Okay Fatman, come out here and face me like a man!
Peter: Wow, I kinda feel like I've heard that insult before...and I shall! With this!
He stood back sharply and aimed his own handgun at Stan, firing a shot that Stan dodged behind a knocked-over table.
Stan: Hey! How did you get a gun, which you as an American have every right to use?
He leaned out behind his cover and fired, Peter ducking beneath the counter before coming back up to return fire, this time inexplicably with a shotgun. Stan's cover was blown to splinter as it took the full brunt of the pellets and revealing him with a machine gun, which proceeded to shred away the counter. Peter ran out behind it before it was fully gone, dual-wielding pistols to use both to shoot Stan's rifle from his hands. He recovered from the disarming to pull his pistol back out and shoot at Peter, getting him in the shoulder. Peter stopped running and dropped his guns to hold his injured arm, cringing as he did. When Stan quickly reloaded, Peter closed his eyes in concentration and the hole in his arm closed up, before he charged forwards.
He kept low to avoid Stan's shots and tackled him through the glassless window, right into the path of a car. With the two of them planted on it, they struggled and punched each other the best they could. Stan attempted to bring his gun around and Peter grabbed his wrist, redirecting the shot into the forehead of the man driving the car. Thus, it swerved even further out of control and veered towards an unfinished bridge. The two men let out a yell of alarm as they pitched off the edge and with the ground rushing up to meet them, Peter shouted;
Peter: I'd rather be at a random bar right now!
And in the next instance, both were standing in an empty bar.
Peter pumped both arms in the air...
Peter: Yay!
...whilst Stan looking around himself briefly.
Stan: Huh.
The two then glared back at each other and continued their exchange of punches; Peter was able to grab Stan's head and bring it down into his rising knee, and after Stan lashed out with his leg to knock one of Peter's out from under him so that he could punch Peter in the fact and send him crashing chest first into the bar's counter. On it was several beer bottles, so after downing two, he turned around and threw one of them. It smashed into Stan's face as he was advancing on Peter, blinding him with the fragments, and Peter smashed another emptied bottle across his jaw. Over the course of several seconds, Peter drank and weaponized the beer bottles, leaving Stan's face covered in cuts and glass shards, whilst slowly becoming intoxicated.
Peter: Aurigh...I'm...a...gunna kep...duing this...untul...wher I am?
Stan: About to be (spits out blood) out of here like an illegal alien!
Peter: Gasp! Ruscist!
He stumbled back to the bar and drank a whole bottle of wine in one go before hurling it at Stan. However, the CIA agent grabbed the bottle and threw it straight back at Peter. The bottle shattered and a shard lodged itself in his eye, but the Griffith only yelled sharply.
Peter: Aw, dummit!
Stan grabbed him by the shirt and started punching him in the face.
Stan: One Punch! Two Punch! Three Punch! Four-
His fist suddenly went right through Peter's face like paper.
Stan: Hoo!
He tried to shake off the flimsy outline of Peter as the real Peter watched, fully refreshed and healed having molted his skin.
Peter: Ha-ha! Now, to the Gundam-Peter!
He ran out of the bar as Stan tore off the Peter-husk. Just as he noticed Peter was left, the roof of the bar was torn away by a massive mecha, which looked like a cross between Peter and the classic Gundam. Stan's draw dropped before he dove out of the way of its fist swinging downwards. In the cockpit located behind the face, Peter pressed a button and fired out several missiles, which Stan ran out of the bar to avoid before it was blown to kingdom come. The explosion knocked him forwards and the smoke obscured him from Peter's vision.
Peter: Where are you, you bastard?
He was unaware that Stan was climbing up the Gundam-Peter's back. Soon, Stan arrived at the back of the machine's head and placed a CIA-issue C4 explosive on it; he jumped off, pressing the detonator and landed with a roll on the ground as the Gundam Peter was knocked forwards by the explosion. It smashed onto its front and the face opened to reveal Peter, who jumped out whilst holding his scorch butt.
Peter: Ye-ouch!
He noticed Stan charging towards him, a punch at the ready, and was able to kick him in the gut to force backwards before delivering a punch of his own across Stan's face. As Stan stumbled backwards, he shouted;
Peter: Attack, Strike Team of Peters!
A black van screeched to a stop between Stan and Peter and out of it came several Peters in black combat gear.
Stan: Huh. It's like an inversion of someone I know.
Peters: Get him!
The Peters charged at Stan, him ducking beneath a punch before retaliating with an uppercut and when another Peter tackled him he brought his fists down onto his back to force him onto his stomach. Using the downed Peter as a launching point, he jumped into the air and drove his knee into another Peter's face. Two other Peters ran forwards, grabbed Stan by either arm and pinned him to the ground so that another Peter could aim a shotgun at his face. With a burst of strength, Stan wrenched his arm around and his compact gun slid out his sleeve, nailing the shotgun wielder. The blast from the shotgun went wild and blew off the ear of another Peter, who merely glanced at the wound.
Peter Copy: Thanks dick. Destroyed my ear bud.
Stan: Then get ready for something else to get destroyed!
He wrenched his other arm free and drove his elbow into the Peter that had been holding it's crotch. He bent over his pain and Stan punched the crotch of the other Peter pinning him. From there, he deliver nutshot after nutshot into the other Peters, finishing by sliding beneath one that picked up the shotgun and fired it at his face; he pulled out a bag of nickels and smashed it into the Peter's groin as he slid under, making him fall forwards in pain.
Peter: Thundercats Roar!
Stan dodged back in time to avoid Peter's surprise attack with a Thundercat Sword, having also dressed like Ronald McDonald. Peter yelled and so did Stan, bringing out a knuckle duster. He and Peter lunged towards each other, weapons at the ready, until Stan suddenly slowed and stopped, prompting Peter do to the same.
Stan: Wait, why do you have that.
Peter: Oh, it's from that Three Directors episode.
Stan: Uh, will people even get that reference. It's not that old all things considered.
Peter: Huh, come to think of it you may be right.
Peter fished out a script and Stan did the same.
Stan: Are there any other episodes where you get a different weaponized outfit?
Peter: Well I was a knight for a while. Let's go to the buffet and talk it over.
The scene of their fight became a studio stage and the two men walked off it towards the buffet table.
Peter: You know, I've actually been thinking.
Stan: 'Bout what?
Peter: About the ending. How about instead of a fatality, we completely destroy the fourth wall and mess with the creators? You know, like with Deadpool and Pinkie Pie.
Stan: Well, that sounds mighty fine.
His gut suddenly rumbled and his face changed from a smile to a frown.
Stan: But an Asian man, who me and my alien later shot, told me to always trust my gut.
Peter: Wait, you have an alie-
Stan suddenly jabbed him in the chest with his fingers and inside the Griffin's body, his heart exploded. Peter coughed up blood before Stan grabbed him by the chin and used the hold to wrench his mouth open; he shoved a bottle of vodka from the bar down his throat and pushed him backwards, before finishing the job with a bullet which shattered the bottle and ignited the alcohol. The blast blew apart Peter's head and his body burned to ash thanks to the spread of the enflamed booze.
Stan: He died as he lived. With alcohol.
It goes back to the Griffith kitchen.
Lois: Wait, Peter, I'm confused. How did you walk away from that fight when you say Stan killed you?
Peter: Oh, well that's because...
He takes off his clothes, revealing he was in fact Stan.
Stan: Identity theft baby!
He ran across the table and smashed through the kitchen window, leaving the Griffins looking on in surprise.
KO!
Outcome[]
Boomstick: Phew, that was a close one! For us I mean, not necessarily meaning the outcome though.
Wiz: True enough, since close analysis of both characters told us that Peter just had too much going against him. Let's start with one of his major skills, the Cutaways, and if they could be of help. Honestly however, no. You see, in order to effect both him and Lois with a Cutaway that teleported him and her somewhere, he had to make her "believe", or else she wouldn't have come with him. Heck, the next time he uses a Cutaway to teleport, he does so without Lois. At best, Peter could use it to escape but that would be a violation of the rules of Death Battle and in no means a victory.
Popup: Even if Peter used a lengthy Cutaway to age him and Stan up, like he did with himself and Quagmire, when he was hexed into an old man Stan was still able to chase his kids up a tall mountain without tiring.
Boomstick: Peter may have had many professions, including getting trained as a temp-policeman, but Stan's whole consistent career is in the CIA, which his boss says needs a physically capable and competent agent to remain a part of. And whilst Stan may be borderline insane, he's never been diagnosed as, well, the r-word, unlike Peter.
Wiz: In a subtle way, thanks to an unsubtle demonstration, Stan was also physically tougher than Peter, thanks to using his gut to help generate a small-reaching earthquake. Comparing how much energy he would have been contributing and Peter surviving that plane explosion, then he'd be 29 times more durable.
Popup: Peter acting as a centre of gravity produces much less energy, based on the weight of items that floated around him.
Boomstick: Still, neither of those facts would matter if either Peter or Stan could get in a good shot with one of their guns, since it's been demonstrated that if either one gets shot in the head, then they're out of commission and needed medical attention to survive, but not without notable brain damage.
Wiz: Peter's friend Cleveland dodged a bullet from a gun which can fire at Mach 1.3 but Stan can react in the time an already fired Mach 2.4 sniper bullet is heading towards it target. Furthermore, Stan has shown more consistent, not to mention justified as a CIA agent, ownership of guns compared to Peter. Which brings us to another point; the prevalence of realism in both their series, which, yes, sounds utterly paradoxical, but bear with us on this.
Popup: If Peter sent him and Stan somewhere he could load up on weapons or the like with a Cutaway, Stan has proved he can improvise weapons out of normal items.
Boomstick: You see, several of Peter's fight, such as against the giant chicken, are highly stylized for the purposes of entertainment. Whenever he's fought against someone in a realistic vein, he's an utter failure. Take for example the times he fought Joe with legs and Liam Neeson, who are both trained individuals in policing and boxing/martial arts respectively and clearly in better shape. The result? Peter got his ass handed to him.
Wiz: Contrast this with the time Stan for the Chinese Mafia, which itself was pretty grounded in reality with a single location, as Stan dealt and took his fair share of licks, and had to resort to besting overwhelming odds with a dirty tactic. But honestly, it's not like Stan hasn't gone up against ludicrous odds like Peter beforehand. Afterall, he's had to deal with Roger, a superfast, fire resistant alien and the literal Rapture.
Popup: Whilst the Rapture event is likely non-canon, Peter's chicken fights are also of dubious status due to the aforementioned factors of realism in both series.
Boomstick: Hell, he even fought his way to God in Heaven, and that's arguably canon.
Wiz: There is one more thing to think about. Stan and Peter have interacted before, although I'm not talking about that time after the hurricane when they held one another at gunpoint. I'm talking about the opening to the episode Bigfat, where Stan shot Peter dead for revealing to others Roger's existence. Sure it was a cold opening, and a dream within a dream to boot, but consider for a moment that both shows and characters were created by the same person, Seth MacFarlane. Along with how this this scene is pretty in line with what we know about the conduct of both characters, this could easily be Seth's little wink to the audience to tell us that this is how a confrontation between the two would go.
Boomstick: Both may have technically been American, but only Stan had the experience, training, toughness, speed and arsenal to be an American Dad. It was a Dad move for this Guy to not MacFolden his participation in this dual.
Wiz: The winner is Stan Smith.
Next Time[]
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Trivia[]
- Connections: Both are animated characters created and voiced by Seth MacFarlane, who fill the father roles in his animated sitcoms which air on the same platforms and channels. Both are known for being destructive, neurotic, self-centred and having fairly pronounced chins. Both have also gone through similar escapades and are friends with talking animals.
- Animation Style: Hand-Drawn.
- OST Idea: 'Family Dads', referring to their series and statuses in them.