10 American Dad Episodes That Pissed People Off
8. Don't Look A Smith Horse In The Mouth (S6E10)
Sometimes an episode doesn’t need to be inherently bad or particularly offensive to earn the hate of so many people watching. Often it can take just one single, solitary scene to ruin an entire episode, which is exactly what happened in season six.
With the family in monetary troubles, Stan and Roger went in on racehorse together to help pay for the former's stupidly expensive car. When he punched Roger in the arm for telling Francine he sunk all of their money into said horse, Roger wanted payback.
He pranked Stan by telling him the horse was in need of a ‘full release’, something exactly as disgusting as it sounds. He was completely joking, but Stan bought it and did the chore all the same. The next scene suggestively showed him being sprayed with an off camera water hose, something which did not go down with viewers well to say the least.
Fox reportedly received over 100,000 complaints from this episode, as well as a hefty $25,000 fine. You can safely add bestiality to the long list of ill-advised jokes made on American Dad! thanks to 'Don't Look A Smith Horse In The Mouth'.