The INSANITY of American Dad Christmas Episodes

[@TheDanTheManShow]

Sorry about the crackling audio in some of the clips, my editing software is really finicky with the American Dad episodes on my HDD, gonna need to maybe update them for the big ranking video.

[@sadlobster1]

I may be overthinking on this (and I'm sorry if I am) but why does Seth have such a dark view on Christmas through the shows he makes? There was Family Guy's Road to the North Pole and then, we have the Santa episodes from American Dad

[@storymaster21]

Have you done a video on the saga of the sacred golden turd that fills the side story of the Antichrist and literally rewrote the show's entire timeline? Or how the show is now existing in an American Dad multiverse wherin each episode takes place in a timeline in a self-existing multiverse with some episodes being in connected timelines? If not, either one would make for incredible video ideas in the future.

[@TheDanTheManShow]

@@storymaster21 I’ve actually been thinking about doing a golden turd video, maybe soon 👀

[@Nermiachaos]

I don’t really remember the rapture arc but from what you showed it looked like the AntiChrist was killed so given the kids pjs are similar & if remember correctly sounds like couldn’t NEMO or OMEN just be him reincarnated😊

[@mrnukes797]

​@@TheDanTheManShowever heard of a paradox

[@reallyFrogman]

I like how in American Dad canon they're all raptured and we're just watching Stans personal heaven.

[@justinbayless8284]

Exactly! So the excommunication episode happens after and before the rapture. After the real rapture but before Stan’s Rapture.

[@zeyface6366]

A lot of people don't think the episodes that came out after the rapture episode are actually set after it For one, Klaus is dead in Stans personal heaven and a lot of people just don't think he would put himself through all the bad stuff he goes through if he was in heaven I'm not sure what I think but I'm leaning towards the later episodes not being post rapture

[@tempest4247]

​@Zey Face Besides the Claus thing I think the hustle and bustle of life is-depsite how much it truly aggravates him- what makes him whole and feel happy since it's always with his family

[@CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS]

I'm waiting for them to reference this and /or the fact that they're all still in Night Hawks during the finale.

[@LiberalOwned]

* canon

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Easily my favorite "tradition" based episodes of any show ever. The first one where Jeff betrays Santa to save them all, and started to show Stan how much of a Smith he was ready to be.... Man right in the feels.

[@665demondog]

i loved that one, the action and also the crazy redneck Bob Todd

[@crcoghill]

I absolutely love their Holiday episodes. The insanity of their stories and comedy is jacked up and it's just so much fun.

[@AL7249]

Yes! I always loved them. Love the Christmas battle with Santa the Smiths did. Plus the Krampus one too. Hell even the rapture one, not as much as the first two but still.

[@SeismicSix-uj3ld]

Loved the jokes the whole steve "NOOO" santa "YESSSSS" killed me bro 😂😂

[@ICantRecognizeCelebrities]

I like that Jack becomes Krampus because it allows us to theorize that the Krampus from the beginning of the episode befell a similar fate. He's so fatherly to Steve because he very well might have had a child before the transformation, and that adds to the humanity he exhibits

[@Malevolence460]

Wow excellent catch

[@TylerMcNamer]

The Simpsons mastered Halloween. American Dad mastered Christmas.

[@HamazuraGOD]

Bob's Burgers mastered Thanksgiving.

[@jessec7499]

Futurama masted arbor day

[@YourLocalEldritchHorror]

@johnathan WAIT NO!

[@markx322]

@@HamazuraGOD honestly they master all holiday's.

[@clowndude9488]

@@YourLocalEldritchHorror NOW EVERYBODY HAS HEARD ABOUT THE BIRD

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

I feel like American Dad isnt talked about enough on KZbin compared to its more popular older brother show, Family Guy. But while FG has declined over the years, AD continues to rose and it's a shame it isn't talked about more. The writing room must be so much fun. Thanks for shedding light on the topic & of course showing how crazy fun the Christmas episodes are

[@huhnoodles6478]

yess

[@pandaboi551]

And I think because it's not under Fox too but TBS

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

If you were from the start you might actually realize that's a good thing. Family guy went down hill because of the FCC and creators exhaustion from it, and family guys lower coverage gets them hit less

[@KazShiro]

@@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq Not only that but American Dad is a more plot focused show while family guy is the opposite. And judging from its Christmas episodes it's proof that FG can be good if it wanted to. It's like a Danny Phantom and Fairly Odd Parents situation

[@OnTheRocksGamingShow]

American Dad is painfully under talked about in the KZbin content landscape, it's such a nice feeling to find someone who genuinely cares about the show like I do. You've got another sub, and hopefully many more to come. Your consistent mention of a big American Dad video coming next year was the nail in my subscription coffin. Keep up the good work.

[@justinbayless8284]

Bruh, the heavy metal cover of Carol of the Bells didn’t need to slap so hard. When that scene happened, a chill spread across my whole body

[@GeminiFate]

It's actually from the band August Burns Red.

[@ianL-S]

Can we talk about the fact that according to snot A) Stan is the settler and Francine is the reacher and B) Jeff is less hot than a goldfish

[@thatloserwhoplays]

I love how I can kinda remember maybe one or two family Christmas episodes, but every American dad Christmas special is etched in my brain

[@felixleidig8307]

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THEM.... they are EXTREMELY GOOD... i think they are as good as the simpsons treehouse of horror for halloween... i hope we get more of these in future

[@felixleidig8307]

you got an subscription .. i saw your content .. boy o boy .. 4 Hours of ace attorney raking...and lots of simpsons talk ... man im glad that i have holiday vacation ...seems i will need it haha

[@CaptainApathetic]

The Grounch is a bit of a letdown but I will say it's still pretty good, the issue with it is the other Christmas episodes are so good that a mediocre at worst episode just doesn't compare.

[@jaynordiaz4609]

American Dad is literally the only show I know that has gotten better the longer it has gone on

[@ignorant1126]

It makes so much sense that the most American show out there would be THIS in love with Christmas. Maybe it's because I'm Aussie and only know heatwaves on December 25th, but this holiday has always felt American to me. There's no pine trees, snowflakes, ugly sweaters or sledding here, so I associate a stereotypical white Christmas with the USA. This show going all out, from the brutal death scenes, character arcs, songs, animation- everything just fits it so well

[@clown-cult96]

This year’s Christmas gave us a beautiful, tear-jerking experience from Bob’s Burgers and Roger as a BDSM Grinch in American Dad. What a time to be alive 😂

[@02ninjaman]

I believe the rapture episode was a premonition of what was to come (like in the movie Final Destination, you can see the outcome that is to happen but you can change who's there and manipulate the situation since it was a vision), and the Nemo kid presence is basically showing that judgement day is still coming.

[@teleportingpotatoe]

almost a christmas carol

[@Guntfarm]

I'd say it's supposed to be something like "The anti-christ can never be defeated" so he's reborn.

[@BiancaProbably]

I think that Season's Beatings is like an anti-Christ rebirth - sort of how after the devil child character was killed in AHS, another anti-christ was eventually born because it is inevitable

[@luckyowl6432]

I pretty much watch this show on repeat and never noticed Father Donovan never showing up again after his death. Mind blown 🤯

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Well that makes sense. He's dead. Lol

[@sirsnausages2164]

@@benderbendingrodriguez420 yeah but a lot of shows don't have that continuity

[@GeminiFate]

Kinda unfortunate, he had some really funny moments.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Same

[@quincyglover3942]

The range of Seth McFarland is crazy him just talking I hear like 4 different characters

[@GermanShepherd2]

The insanity of it is what makes them so fun to watch.

[@TheDanTheManShow]

True that

[@fifinostalgia]

One thing that i really find intresting is that, despite her often cynical personality, Hayley really loves Christmas and is usually shown to be happy as can be during these episodes.

[@SeifellAlmancht]

The Krampus episode is one of my absolute favourite episodes. I've watched through all if American Dad like.... more times than I care to admit and my love for that episode has never diminished.

[@coryakabueze4541]

The American dad Christmas episodes are always hilarious and dark

[@felixleidig8307]

I CANT BELIEVE IT..we have 2023 and AMERICAN DAD FINALLY BROUGHT THE EVIL SANTA BACK

[@gamingspacemonkey]

I’m pretty sure the antichrist inconsistency can be explained with time loop. The show is Stan’s heaven.

[@TheBibleIsaWeirdThing]

I think the show is played outta order. That's why the anti Christ child had the same voice and flipped his pajamas to match the clothes that the anti Christ was wearing in the rapture.

[@Xoncron]

Good news the Santa arc now has a new entry.

[@aushbegosh3032]

I'm glad someone's finally talking about American dad's Christmas specials

[@aushbegosh3032]

Amdad in in general

[@user-jl7cz2pe6d]

I mean doesn't every episode of AD take place in Stan's personal Heaven after Rapture's Delight? Maybe his own personal Heaven involves the rapture for some strange reason

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

I adore these specials. Creativity abound and surprisingly good action.

[@Shay_Mendez]

The music in Rapture's Delight at the end was phenomenal. If you take out Stan saying Francine deserves Fancy Feast, it was pretty damn serious, and the music made me feel pretty sad at the end.

[@Green-3c34y65vrbu]

with how good the Rapture holiday special is, i wonder why the authors of American Dad don't write a serious action character drama with humor sprinkled in instead lol.

[@TheLovelyRarity]

Technically I think everything after the rapture episode is Stan living out his day to day in heaven

[@poijones8909]

Don’t know if anyone said this but in regards to the Anti-Christ and Rapture it could just be like a Ragnarok type thing where even if we win it’ll happen again so the next time Father Donovan doesn’t appear since he died later on (just a theory I have)

[@PartnershipsForYou]

“CONDEMN THEM MOTHER, FOR THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO!”

[@Chaco_The_Chocolate_Lab]

For whom the sleigh bells toll has my favorite line from the whole series. It's when Roger learns to make the moonshine and Bob Todd says, "You can drive my Camero, as soon as I fix the got dang drive shaft." Don't know why but that line always cracks me up.

[@procrastinationclassroom]

its all cannon, american dad exists in a universe with several versions of earth and things play out slightly different between them, this was confirmed in echoes from this last season

[@pinoyjona]

Well then. I’m still counting Gifted Me Liberty as a Christmas episode the same way people count Die Hard a Christmas movie despite a action movie that came out on July.

[@thiccnicc7469]

I would argue that the time-loop Christmas episode was more a mix of Edge of Tomorrow and Final Destination what with the family always dying in a different way each time even when he succeeds

[@AngelCam7]

I enjoy the early Christmas episodes of American Dad, especially when Paget Brewster, voice of Birdgirl, voiced the Ghost of Christmas Past and Michelle. Oh, and just like Die Hard and Batman Returns, I consider the "Gift Me Liberty" episode to be a Christmas one. Hold on, they had another Christmas episode? This year? And I missed it?! Damn you, TBS!

[@leephillips4402]

I'm pretty sure the Ghost of Christmas Past was voiced by Lisa Kudrow but yeah they were similar Characters.

[@tatehildyard5332]

It was Lisa Kudrow but Paget Brewster is awesome regardless. Her role in season 6 of Community does not get the love it deserves. I hope they bring her back for the movie

[@AarturoSc]

Paget Brewster is also ridiculously hot!

[@leephillips4402]

@@AarturoSc true, she's one of those actors who just never ages.

[@s-viper1462]

10:22 The song playing is called Cool Edge - Night. The song is from Sonic Unleashed

[@Lolbama2012]

How are you gonna talk about the Rapture episode without mentioning that the golden gem encrusted turd storyline goes full circle.

[@michaelyoungboy5792]

I love American Dad Christmas specials, they’re creative, dark, and funny, my fav was when Lewis had Stan’s family

[@RealBradMiller]

American Dad is always my go-to if I want to watch something with dinner. I want to be Roger when I grow up!

[@jbmp1390]

The Rapture episode is one of the absolute best of American Dad. I loved it when the show still had this style of comedy. It's what stopped it from being just a family guy "clone" or spin off.

[@0Synergy]

Honestly American Dad has some amazing episodes when they do weird or wacky concepts and parodies Rabbit Ears was a good example of that.

[@zackcrouch6930]

American dad > family guy

[@TheFumbleGod]

American dad>

[@reedwhite203]

My favorite was always the first Christmas special, where Stan accidentally prevents the Reagan assassination.

[@SoulConvoy]

santa ressurecting humbaba, stan getting his real family, man i love these specials. Best special that isnt christmas is hot water and the 100/200 eps

[@RandomManIncorperated]

You Know A Character is Evil in American Dad if They're Voiced By Dee Bradley Baker.

[@jaredgarcia8638]

Or at least Chaotic Neutral (At least that's how I view Klaus)

[@andreasmortensen6809]

American dad is a show that has gotten better and better

[@omnipresentl1316]

You didn't mention the best joke from Roger about "Christmas magic, Christmas love and how it's Christmas bullshit"

[@purplevorpal]

Ngl i was excepting him to compare that one episode to Groundhog Day and not edge of tomorrow lmaoooo

[@GamerMike413]

Man American dad and especially their Christmas episodes really take me back to being a young teen good times

[@thederpysage]

Minstrel Krampus is probably my personal favorite, but Yule Tide Repeat is a close second.

[@GerSanRiv]

I really love American dad! But it's the intro in this video that keeps me playing it over and over again. Fucking health benefits and how fast a year goes by man.

[@Exdeathmore]

Has nobody answered this simple question: why the hell was Santa hiding behind a random snowman at a mall in Langley Falls?

[@theleonpasta7336]

Obviously he was searching for the Golden Turd, which is what he truly wants and just sees attacking the Smith family as a means to an end

[@chr1s415]

My favorite Christmas special is probably the groundhog day special since that has the "real" versions of the smiths as the ending card!

[@gen1exe]

The Taxi driver episode (Best Christmas Story Never Told) is an all time favourite TV episode for me

[@andeeharry]

American Dad is a big ball of Timey Whimey. The timeline is way off course and since Stan died, went to heaven... forced his way in to talk to God and ended up in his own personal heaven, the show changed quite a lot. It does make you wonder with all the antics, schemes and wild situations that happened. The reserve time, the number of times they died, the end of the world happening a few times, then everything is fine. The world carries on after the Y2K. The events after. It does make you wonder. Since Stan is in the CIA, someone could be cloning them, sticking them in simulations, or it could be happening in thier head or something. You never know.

[@janussosa6462]

Jack coming in at 20:40 with the cleanest 360 ski to the chest no scope

[@plushpg1380]

Omg yes so happy some one is talking about their Christmas episodes, all crazy and great. The rapture christmas design of the biblical apocalypse was dope af,and the dreaming of a white porch Christmas actually disturbed me and mind fucced me with franny,Steve, Hailey never existing.

[@geminiguy6032]

"Armageddon outta here" will always be the greatest pun on Earth.

[@VerbiGereando]

Their holiday specials are the best

[@yagrammylemons]

My friends don't really watch American dad but the stan goes to heaven Christmas episode is one episode we can always laugh about, (mainly cuz of the heaven guns)

[@icecreamhero2375]

Yule Tide Repeat is one of my favorite episodes.

[@ZeroOmens]

This was such an awesome video! Great job Dan!

[@TheDanTheManShow]

Yoooooooo thank you so much for the comment! Huge fan of your videos!

[@simpleclean2468]

I felt like Stan's adopted Grandson Nemo was the Anti Christ grown up.

[@YourHuckleberry99]

I mean, it's a high probability tbh

[@robertbarrows6687]

Its like American Dad has its own Treehouse of Horror for its Christmas Episodes.

[@mathieuleader8601]

I love the detailed woodcut styled Jack Smith flashbacks in Minstrel Krampus

[@Kris-wo4pj]

Rapture arc stan's heaven is him a year before the rapture since it shows him coming down hill but instead of yelling and destroying the presents he said it looks perfect and hugs his family. so i think all the episodes after this takes place in stan's heaven.

[@MrAspiringactor]

31:06 Erm I think most people still remember Taxi Driver and the Reagan Assassination. You have a point with Klute though!

[@TheDanTheManShow]

Yeah Klute was my main takeaway from that section LOL

[@MrAspiringactor]

@@TheDanTheManShow Yeah though, honestly, it was a dated reference for even 2006; I think American Dad was the first time I even heard of Klute while, with Taxi Driver, I can't think of the first time I heard of it because its just one of those movies that are so ingrained in pop culture (or at least the "You Talking to Me?" scene) that it just seems like I've heard about it my whole life!

[@garrettwimberly7599]

I loved the video and also, thank you so much for putting the names of the songs in the description. I love when KZbinrs do that.

[@invadergrim6198]

I came back to finish the video and found myself singing about Kyle's mom during the Jewish bits, veeeery subtle guy lmao

[@offbeatkiki]

> "figured i'd take a breather between all these big videos" > 41 minute video dan the mad man

[@keithknows1809]

Seasons beatings occurs within the time jump between the first and second part of raptures delight. Also (30:00) these references were old when the show originally aired. That was the joke. The absurdity of klute, a film no one remembers, or even known of its existence as being so important is _why_ its funny.

[@invadergrim6198]

Imagine having 11 Christmas' without aging. Can't remember what show has characters pointing out the age question but it always makes me laugh

[@SirPolygons]

Dont forget that the Rapture episode also had the golden turd from previous episodes making it apart of that story as well

[@JJJackson777]

if you like Krampus you should check out season 3 episode 1 of "Inside No. 9", a truly special show

[@Redem10]

Finally someone recongnize the genius of American Dad Christmas episode

[@justinbayless8284]

You forgot that technically the show after the rapture takes place in Stan’s heaven. So everything that happens after could be before the Rapture, even though the rapture already happened.

[@buzinessdog]

well edited and spoken video! good first impression of this channel for me.

[@moxxiedemongamer3019]

In some cases I'd find there Christmas episodes of American Dad to be a lot more entertaining then the Christmas episodes to Family Guy

[@nadirofmagnus1323]

That June Christmas episode could still count by a hair loss if you think about the song Christmas in June by AJR. But the song has nothing to do with Christmas so I guess it barely makes sense.

[@Jungoguy]

00:49-Dan I'm way past my mid 20s and I still like Christmas specials

[@claymathewselevator8121]

American Dad was my introduction to Krampus

[@Wizgoht]

The fact they got Charles Bradly to voice Krampus is my favorite thing

[@tommydevito4105]

Here’s how seasons beatings could canonically be a prequel to rapture’s delight. So yes the main plot hole is that Father Donovan dies in seasons beatings and never appearing again in the show yet he’s in rapture’s delight, so how could this be possible if seasons beatings is a prequel to rapture’s delight. Here’s how, remember Father Donovan isn’t the only person to die in seasons beatings, Jeff dies too in the scene with the flood in the temple; both of those deaths were cause by Nemo/AntiChrist and remember Jeff was alive and ok at the end of the episode, given that Jeff died due to Nemo/AntiChrist and if he was ok at the end then Father Donovan would be alive and ok as well, meaning he’d be alive for raptures delight. So seasons beatings could canonically be a prequel to raptures delight. Honestly I’d prefer that to be the case cause it makes the story’s of the episodes fit together better and be part of an arc

[@AmericaTheSimpleMinded]

I’m glad someone is talking about this show. I still really enjoy this show.

[@greenhowie]

14:49 just realised the reindeer is wearing Oblivion horse armor.

[@tucanocaimano]

steve is actin like a spoiled brat because of what jack says in the beggining of the episode.

[@LightSourceTemple]

The cord cutting all the people is a reference to the opening scene of Ghost Ship

[@wolf12king17]

At the end of the rapture episode stan is put into his own personal heaven which was basically him continuing his life from before the rapture happened and life continued on without the rapture happening in stans heaven. thus, making every episode after the rapture technically take place in heaven (stans heaven mind you). The antichrist would have entered stans heaven for the sake of taking revenge on stan and causing another rapture in stans heaven eventually as a big middle finger to stan. This is kind of why I don't really care for the rapture episode it does the whole "in the end it was all a dream" style of thing and I get that it's a cartoon that only kind of does arks but still drawing attention to the fact that in the end nothing changes just doesn't sit well for me.

[@AdrenolinFlux]

All those Christmas specials are unwaveringly Satanic lol

[@AdrenolinFlux]

@Oatmeal Time! don’t be a sheep? *you assuming a negative connotation, from the neutral statement: they are satanic.

[@AdrenolinFlux]

@changingthelawsofphysics 🐸

[@kivsto8130]

You should do a top 5 grossest moments. The guy with an oyster bag is revolting and turns my stomach every time. Criss cross ankle is brutal too

[@Sampin19]

American Dad on Christmas is soooo underrated! Best set of episodes

[@CrazyChiks1000]

Yule Tide Repeat is my absolute favorite Christmas episode of American Dad (so far). My boyfriend and I were so impressed at just how funny, clever, and fun it was. The fact they went as far as to reference the opening of Ghost Ship of all things for a *Christmas* episode, is why I love this show so much. They might have some dud episodes but even this far into it's run, they're still making such amazing episodes.

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

finally someone who talks about American Dad. When I rescue a chestnut pinto I'm gonna name it Skippy. That episode imo is a masterpiece in the family dynamic besides the bean can episode. They both got my face watering.

[@blushworthyspeaks]

I couldn't remember the title of Rapture's Delight thank you so much!

[@DigiRangerScott]

1:26 Boy, with Road to the North Pole SETH WAS NOT LYING

[@theblocksays]

Yeah kinda raises questions cause I thought AmDad, Family Guy, and Cleveland were shared universe. But that clearly wasn't the same Santa.

[@dommoo2]

Btw the episode you're talking about at 36:45 is a whole reference to the movie source code

[@planning9930]

Wait Michele is an Angel in the first Christmas episode. She losses her Angel status in the second time we see her when Stan died from the tree falling on him. So technically that episode is part of that arc