[1][3][7] Crude and brazen, Roger has no qualms with randomly saying and doing whatever is on his mind, having little to no sympathy for anyone who might suffer as a result of his actions, and regularly misleading and finagling others to achieve his desired ends. In my opinion, there are few people (maybe none) who will ever come close to the selfless, kind-hearted, encouraging, and nurturing man that is Fred Rogers. On top of that, Roger has been sent to the hospital several times over the course of the series, and medical personnel, for some reason, have never found out that he's not a human. (2005), is a grey alien who lives with the Smith family.His major trait is adopting disguises and fictitious personas in order to have a … In fact, some of Roger's characters are in prison, while others are widely despised, and others somehow have full-fledged human families and are even married; several of his characters somehow have birth children while others are graduates of Howard University. Close. After Stan took Roger in for saving his life, he felt that it would endanger him and the rest of his family if it were to be discovered that Roger is an alien and living with them. Roger has, however, abused this practice, leading numerous lives and outrageously deceiving numerous people. Detail. 1.3k. Roger gets pushed down while Stan crashes into the CIA Headquarters flagpole. Roger and Steve have a love-hate relationship, in which they constantly bicker and insult each other, but show affection for each other several times. Four years prior to the series, he was incarcerated by the CIA in Area 51, when Stan Smith, then an intelligence officer, was on duty at the base. In "The Horse Whisperer" he realizes seconds before walking into a room (to see a horse therapist) that he is the one inside; In another episode both he and Stan express surprise that a character introduced by Roger wasn't one of his personas. In the gag, Roger interrupts Stan's "Good Morning USA" song dressed in a different disguise in each intro. Feeling he owed Roger a life debt because of this, Stan rescued him from government capture and allowed him to live in his home. Archived. Partners. Barker did not announce any specifics as it relates to the nature and type of film he and the rest of the show's creators had in mind for the series; however, he strongly suggested that a film is where the show's staff and creators would like to take things. New comments cannot be … by Ainsley Gordon-Martin. It is no surprise that American Dad! Having lived on Earth since crashing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, Roger came to live with the Smiths after rescuing main character Stan Smith at Area 51 four years prior to the beginning of the series.[1][2]. Sep 18, 2013 September 18th, 2013. This thread is archived. When voicing the character, MacFarlane speaks in a swish accent intended to resemble Paul Lynde (who played Uncle Arthur in Bewitched). )&oldid=1009219961, Fictional characters with multiple personalities, Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction from February 2017, All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction, Articles with obsolete information from December 2020, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 February 2021, at 11:25. Tired of living in a laboratory, he escaped his holding cell, thus triggering a lockdown investigation. It took a while for Roger to find his feet … Dr. Lawrence Feldman – “The People vs. Martin Sugar” – A persona Roger uses to report to jury duty in an attempt to have Stan not imprison him. Details on Roger's actual family and pre-Earth life have yet to be shown on the series. American Dad Wikia is a FANDOM TV Community. # Roger # Roger Smith # Roger the Alien # Stan Smith # Bathroom # Month; 1 week ago; 6 notes # American Dad # American Dad! He is the epitome of manifestation and to date has had well over one hundred personas. There is also the possibility, he or another member of his race came to earth in early antiquity, as in the first episode of the 13th season a stone carving is shown depicting an alien looking like Roger squatting above a pyramid with two Egyptians presumably praising him and hieroglyph characters surrounding them. Roger Meddows Taylor was born on July 26, 1949, in the seaport town of King's Lynn, part of England's Norfolk county. Roger revealed in the episode "OreTron Trail", that he once visited Earth before in the 1800s after crash landing with his aunt Caroline and she died on impact. Over time, the character has become a sociopath, exhibiting increasingly cruel, selfish, devious, and depraved behavior,[1][3] although the Smith family are curiously oblivious to his nature despite being his most frequent victims, with the only three exceptions of Stan, who despises Roger for his annoying antics despite the fact that he saved his life; Klaus, who acts as Roger's frenemy; and Steve, who is usually Roger's partner in most of their misadventures together. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements hrōd, χrōþi ("fame", "renown") and gār, gēr ("spear", "lance"). Roger uses the Smith's attic as his hideout/room/bar. film may already be in the works and partially written.[10]. This replaced the Newspaper Headlines gag from the previous seasons. Having lived on Earth since crashing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, Roger came to live with the Smiths after rescuing main character Stan Smith at Area 51 four years prior to the beginning of the series.