Most Adequate Christmas Ever

Season 3, Episode 9, Aired
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After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family.moreless
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  • Christmas review 16: Superb and better than last one

    9.5
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    By fsaenz0125, Dec 28, 2011 Report Abuse
    After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family. I thought this was a superb Christmas episode of American Dad. In my opinion, this episode was better than the previous Christmas episode. The parts I liked/laughed were Stan searching for a tree and then he died, Stan reacting about the lawyer, the flashback in the videos, Stan getting a Heaven gun, and Roger calling Michelle a hooker (at the end). My score is little lower because there isn't that much parts that entertains me.Overall a perfect Christmas AD episode. 9/10moreless

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  • Christmas Review #30

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    By tigerdude22, Dec 26, 2011 Report Abuse
    After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family. Yes, an "American Dad" Christmas episode that doesn't actually suck. Man, when it comes to the Christmas episodes of this show... they are just nothing but a mess and it makes me want to puke but this Christmas was highly enjoyable and hilarious. There is probably one more Christmas episode from "American Dad" that I do probably enjoy but it might be in Season 2 or Season 1... don't remember. Anyways, this episode and maybe another Christmas episode which I can't remember are the only Christmas episodes that actually have an excellent storyline, a lot of funny parts, and very good pacing. That parts that did make me laugh very hard was Stan getting upset at Steve in his dream (which I believe is in the trial scene), the whole trial scene was pretty hilarious, Stan's line "Get it, I said halo instead of hello... oh screw you, that's funny", God playing with dinosaur toys, God telling Stan "Don't ever point a gun at me again", the very ending of the episode, and some more. Overall, this is quite possibly the greatest Christmas episode of "American Dad" that I've ever seen and it actually doesn't suck unlike the other Christmas episodes so I'm glad to have at least one excellent Christmas episode of this show to watch. 10/10moreless

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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    After Stan comes home from another dangerous mission, he finds that his family has decked the halls with boughs of holly and donned themselves with gay apparel, but just not to his satisfaction. He demands a grander Christmas starting with the search of a bigger and better tree in the forest. When his family has had enough, Stan powers on by himself, finds the perfect tree and meets an untimely end. While in Limbo, he has to fight for a second chance at life and battle the forces of good and evil to save his family.
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    By futuramarama, Jul 06, 2011 Report Abuse
    What I liked: "Roger, Christmas is not a time for singing!" "Francine, just because the snow is the same color as our fridge, doesn't mean you know how to work it." "I don't get why Francine's mad at me for always being right. I don't get mad at her for always being wrong." "There's a flying hooker watching you hug. Go away hooker!" Roger's "Why's everybody dying?" Stan being upset because of Steve in his dream.

    A lot of laughs, most found in the first half, but the second half was good in terms of plot, so overall this was a winner episode that gets an A+ as a grade from me.moreless

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  • BIRDGIRL LIVES!

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    By jmfabianorpl, Dec 16, 2010 Report Abuse
    One of the best things about this episode was someone who played a similar role on another adult cartoon series, and seems to have played a bit off of said previous role. Seeing as Michelle is voiced by Paget Brewster (Birdgirl from Harvey Birdman), this makes for some inadvertant (?) allusions. Her being a lawyer and eventually getting wings are obvious. At one point she says a line akin to, "Real lawyers don't need wings!" which is unintentionally even funnier if you are in the know, so to say. No complaints about the episode itself, Am Dad is usually quite good, as a total package, it's often even better than the same night's Simpsons and Family Guy episodes.moreless

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    • Just before Stan opens the door into God's quarters, it is seen as a double door, but right after he goes in, he comes out of a single door. Edit
    • The bouncer actually is Mr. Clean. Edit
    • Goof: In the episode "Star Trek," Francine says she gave birth to Hayley with a C-section, but is seen giving birth to Hayley naturally in Africa. Edit

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    • International Airdates: Denmark: July 30, 2008 on TV3 Edit
    • Although this episode premiered before the "Frannie 911" episode, it has not been included on Volume 3 of the DVD collection. It will be included on Volume 4. Edit
    • This episode premiered on [adult swim] on March 30, 2008. Edit

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    • Stan: (upon seeing Michelle) That's my lawyer? Can't I have a different one? Where's Jewish heaven? Edit
    • Stan: Wow! That's God's house! Michelle: Yeah, he inherited it. Edit
    • Stan: Which one's yours? Michelle: A chariot on my salary? Please. There's a tub of chili in my fridge I stole from the office pot-luck. I've been eating it for a year. I don't live well. Edit

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    • The Great Escape Stan getting caught out by St. Peter by saying "thank you" in clear English is similar to a character from the 1963 film The Great Escape getting captured by a German officer after also saying "thank you" in clear English. Edit
    • Michael Hutchence When criticizing the family's decorations, Stan begins with the stockings and says that "the INXS guy hung himself with more care", referring to Michael Hutchence's hanging death that has been widely cited as a suicide. Edit
    • Defending Your Life The general plot shows many similarities to the 1991 movie Defending Your Life. Both show the afterlife as a place of limbo where one has to go to court to find out whether one is to go to Heaven or Hell. Edit

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