#Roger american dad closet burst series#

Stan has allowed this in defiance of his employer, the CIA. Feeling he owed Roger a life debt because of this, Stan rescued him from government capture and allowed him to live in his home. Roger came into contact with the Smith family when he saved Stan's life back when Roger was a fugitive of Area 51 (four years prior to the show's beginnings). It's also been revealed that Roger has lived on Earth for many years prior to his life spent with the Smith family. Although in the episode ' Lost in Space', a brief clip revealed that prior to Roger's life on Earth, he was involved in a homosexual romantic relationship with another member of his alien race, Zing however, Roger cheated on Zing, blatantly making out with a human male in front of him. In the episode ' Naked to the Limit, One More Time' however, it is evidenced that Roger remains on Earth by will, the episode revealing that he can simply call for his alien's spaceship to return him to his birth planet if he so desires.ĭetails on Roger's actual family and pre-Earth life have yet to be shown on the series. 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. Earlier, after causing his aunt’s spaceship to crash, Roger lived with a family of pioneer fur trappers that died travelling on the Oregon Trail in the episode 'OreTron Trail'. However, according to the episode ' Frannie 911', Roger is not this unpleasant by choice his species of alien must let all unpleasantries out, for if they don't, it will turn into poison and kill them.Īlso according to 'Frannie 911', Roger has been on earth for over 60 years, having arrived in 1947 as a result of being tricked, led to believe he was 'The Decider' in whose hands the fate of mankind rested, when in fact he was serving the role of a crash test dummy.

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. Roger typically displays a lighthearted, carefree temperament while at the same time engaging in his freakish grossness, outrageous malice, and rascally shenanigans. Having his feelings hurt usually spurs the creation of his egos and schemes. Roger is selfish, cynical, cruel, and thin-skinned. In 2014, Roger was voted 'Gayest Cartoon Character of All Time' in a first-ever March Madness style competition held by Logo TV. When voicing the character, MacFarlane speaks in a swish accent intended to resemble Paul Lynde (who played Uncle Arthur in Bewitched). Aside from catalyzing the plot or subplot with his various personas, and despite his increasingly evident self-interest, he often serves to counsel the show's main characters, by humorously affirming or bluntly disregarding their opinions. This also helps to amplify his pansexuality and androgynous nature, which varies dependent on the plot situation and persona he has adopted. Roger's personas have become a major plot device, with his myriad alter egos frequently being the subject or facilitator of an episode's main story or subplot. This restriction is soon abandoned and Roger begins adopting disguises and fictitious personas in order to have a life outside the house. In early episodes of the show, Roger is disallowed from leaving the Smith house in order to conceal his being an alien.

Over time, the character has become a sociopath, exhibiting increasingly cruel, selfish, devious, and depraved behavior, although the Smith family are curiously oblivious to his nature despite being his most frequent victims, with the sole exception of Stan, who is the only Smith family member aware of Roger's malicious nature.

#Roger american dad closet burst series#

Roger began the series as a sensitive pushover who is often taken advantage of, cheated, and ridiculed. 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. Roger is a centuries-old grey space alien living with the Smith family, around whom the show revolves. The character was created and designed by Seth MacFarlane. Roger Smith is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom American Dad!, voiced by Seth MacFarlane.