It's Good to Be Queen
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| American Dad! Episode |
| "It's Good to be Queen" | |
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| Episode no.: | 19 |
| Prod. code: | 1AJN19 |
| Airdate: | February 26, 2006 |
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| Headline: | "Michelle Kwan Finally Dishonors Family" |
"It's Good to be Queen" is an episode of the animated series American Dad!.
[edit] Plot summary
The episode begins with a flashback to Stan's high school years, when he promised to go to the reunion with the Homecoming Queen.
In the present, Stan is close to realising his dream, as Francine was voted Homecoming Queen of her school, winning by one vote. Stan proudly attends Francine's reunion, where various items from their high-school years are brought out of storage. Among them is the Homecoming ballot box, which contains two previously uncounted votes for Francine's opponent. It turns out that Francine had lost the Homecoming vote by one vote! Francine graciously conceeds victory and gives her crown to the new queen, but Stan is furious to have his dream of going to a high-school reunion with the Homecoming Queen taken away from him.
Francine is annoyed at Stan's reaction, and sarcastically suggests that he should take the real Homecoming Queen to the reunion instead of her. Unfortunately for her, Stan takes her seriously. Francine is angry at him, so to save his marriage, Stan sends his CIA double to take her out to dinner while he goes to the dance with the Queen. The plan backfires when Francine decides to go to the reunion with the double. When she finds the two Stans and learns of the plan, she becomes furious and steals Stan's gun. However, she is unable to tell the two Stans apart. One of them tries to calm her by apologising and telling her he loves her, so Francine assumes the other Stan is the real one and shoots him. But it turns out that the apologising Stan was the real Stan, and Francine is so touched by the unexpected display of emotion that she forgives him.
In the meantime, Steve and Roger encounter a charismatic philosopher pizza man, who is implied to be Jesus Christ.
[edit] Cultural references
- The title is a reference to Mel Brooks's catchphrase "It's good to be king", from the movie History of the World, Part I.
- The prank the jocks pull on Stan was inspired by the Stephen King novel Carrie. Unfortunately, the one who created the trap stopped reading after the word "pig", and they cover Stan with live pigs instead of pig's blood.
- The name Mary Kate Olsen can be seen at the top of the CIA Death Pool.
- Stan attended the John De Lorean high school. The doors of the high school opened upwards, like the doors of the De Lorean DMC-12.
- It's revealed in this episode that Francine's favorite song is "Little Red Corvette" by Prince.
- Stan, or rather Stan's double, attempts to impress Francine by holding Peter Gabriel, voiced by Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd (singing along to a boombox) above his head, alluding to the movie Say Anything. However, the character is in fact Gabriel Byrne.
- The music played as Stan and Francine dance in the last part is "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS.
- Francine shooting Stan's doppelgänger, because she thought he was Stan, is a scene used before in the South Park episode Spookyfish.
[edit] Notes
- Although the Ku Klux Klan did adopt a stretch of highway in Missouri, they abandoned it several years ago, yet there are still signs up alongside the road.
| Preceded by: "Finances with Wolves" |
American Dad! Episodes | Followed by: "Roger 'n' Me" |
