Frannie 911

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“Franny 911”
American Dad! episode
The new nice Roger
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 9
Written by
Production no.	3AJN06
Original airdate	January 6, 2008
Newspaper Headline	Local Golf Pro Also Pretty Good At Gambling
Season 3 episodes
American Dad - Season 3 September 30, 2007 – May 18, 2008
The Vacation Goo Meter Made Dope & Faith Big Trouble in Little Langley Haylias 42-Year-Old Virgin Surro-Gate The Most Adequate Christmas Ever Frannie 911 Tearjerker Oedipal Panties Widowmaker Red October Sky Office Spaceman Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold Spring Breakup

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"Franny 911" is the ninth episode of season three of American Dad!.

[edit] Plot summary

After Roger ruins Stans study by turning it into a Turkish sauna, Francine comes up with an elaborate plan to reunite Stan and Roger after the big fight. She fakes Roger's kidnapping in the hopes of showing Roger, that Stan still cares about him, but Stan never shows up to pay the ransom; he simply delays and makes up excuses. Once she realizes that Stan knew she was faking it the whole time (she was calling him with her own cell phone and it showed up on his caller ID), she confronts Roger in the hotel he was staying in, telling him that either he'd be nice or he's out of the house. It forces Roger to rethink the way he treats people. For at least a year, he had been nice. However, it turns out that being nice is deadly to Roger's physiology, noted by a flower slowly dying. On his deathbed, he reveals that his species had to be jerks otherwise he'll die. He creates a big insult of Steve's dancing, something Stan says they both needed, restoring himself to health. Though Francine returns to being an enabler, she lets Stan be who he is: The guy who beats the stuffing out of Roger when he deserves it. She locks him in the attic with Stan, leaving Roger to be beaten off screen.

In a sub story, Hayley and Klaus constantly challenge each other to a "dare-or-dare" game. Klaus took a picture of Francine's undergarment and later filled his bowl with jell-o. Hayley had to go naked, say raccoons took her penis and dress herself as Captain Merrill Stubing from The Love Boat for fourteen months. By the end, they had learned nothing.

In another story, Steve tries out dancing. He thinks he is the best but his father doesn't tell him how terrible it was. He background dances while his dad tells his mom to stop enabling Roger and they didn't even notice.

[edit] Notes

This episode debuted early for purchase on Xbox Live Marketplace.
When Francine falls over while carrying Roger, Roger says, "I like being carried," but the closed captioning reads, "So, you're a no-underwear person?"

[edit] Cultural References

The title of this episode is a parody of Nanny 911.
In a flashback scene, Roger says he is playing "Pulp Fiction" Stan complains about Roger putting a syringe in his chest, Roger explains "The bitch was O.D-ing on me" a direct reference to Uma Thurman's character having an overdose in the film Pulp Fiction.
When Steve is dancing Stan says that he should be outside turning his tool shed into Mordor or Endor, a reference to the land of Sauron from Lord of the Rings and the planet Endor, home of the Ewoks from the Star Wars saga.
The flower plant, with Roger's slow death and coming back to life just like in E.T.
At one point in the episode, Hayley dresses as Captain Stubing from The Love Boat.
The crow flying into the window is a parody of Windex commercials.
The layout of the Ice Factory is similair to the warehouse in Reservoir Dogs (mainly in the infamous ear-cutting scene).
Roger, when behaving himself, dresses as Alfalfa from The Little Rascals, down to the freckles and the cowlick.
Patton Oswalt appeared in this episode.