Stannie Get Your Gun

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“Stannie Get Your Gun”
American Dad! episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 14
Written by	Brian Boyle
Directed by	John Aoshima
Production no.	1AJN14
Original airdate	November 20, 2005
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"Stannie Get Your Gun" is the 14th episode of the animated series American Dad!. The title is a parody of the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

[edit] Plot summary

Francine is tired of Stan and Hayley's constant bickering. One of the many things they disagree on is gun control. Stan takes Hayley to Gunland, which used to be Sugarland Mountain but is now owned by the National Gun Association (a parody of the National Rifle Association). There Hayley makes a scene by singing an anti-gun song, getting her and Stan thrown out.

Stan stages a robbery so that Hayley has to use a gun to save the family. Hayley shoots the robber but feels conflicted afterwards, until she learns there was no robbery. Angry, she grabs Stan's gun and (with what she mistakenly thinks are blank rounds) shoots him in the neck, rendering him quadriplegic. Now she feels guilty about this and agrees to help Stan sing pro-gun songs at NGA Land.

The old Gunland mascot shows up with the intention of killing Hayley. Stan takes the bullet meant for his daughter, and, miraculously, the second bullet dislodges the first bullet, and Stan recovers completely.

Meanwhile, Roger gets mad at Steve for stealing his cookie that he made. Driven mad by Steve's declaration of "snooze, you lose," he sets out to gain revenge on Steve by convincing him that he was adopted.

He starts out small by pointing out the minor differences between him and his parents. As the show progresses, Roger's tactics become more demented, even going so far as to destroy all the photos & videos of Steve as a baby. Steve is eventually convinced, and vents out his frustrations on his parapalegic father.

As Haley is feeding Stan soup, Steve bursts in, and in a fit of rage, emties the bowls steaming hot contents on Stan's head. Haley is shocked and asks Steve what he thinks he's doing. Steve cooly replies, "Something we've both been wanting for a long time!" and proceeds to French kiss his own sister.

Roger searches the FBI database looking for a child that fits Steve's profile, and sends him to a couple whose son was kidnapped when he was an infant. Roger insists that they are his real parents (as well as that they are a sailing family), and coaxes him into wearing a lil' sailor outift. Steve greets the family enthusisastically, and they are overjoyed at the return of their "son." When Roger exposes his ploy, Steve (rather than showing any anger) congratulates him on organizing such a clever ruse (though the couple was not involved in any way).

As the episode ends in Stan's hospital room, Haley sits in Roger's seat and declares "Early bird gets the worm," implying that Roger might one day seek revenge on her as well.

[edit] Cultural references

• The National Gun Association also appeared in the Family Guy episode "And the Wiener is..."
• When Roger is burning Steve's baby pictures, you can see Steve used to have a football-shaped head like Stewie from Family Guy.
• The title of the episode plays on an old cowboy song Annie Get Your Gun, sung about Buffalo Bill's celebrated sidekick Annie Oakley, herself an excellent shot.
• The way in which Stan becomes able to walk again is very similar to the Simpsons episode "Homer and Apu".
• The Smiths have a giant wooden fork and spoon on their wall, typically a Filipino or 1970's in-joke.

[edit] Notes

• When Hayley throws the guitar into a slime lake at NGA Land, only the two NGA Directors get covered in it, even though Stan was standing right next to them and should've gotten covered in it, too.

Preceded by "Stan of Arabia Part 2"

American Dad! episodes

Followed by "Star Trek"