10 American Dad Episodes That Pissed People Off
4. Camp Refoogee (S3E1)
Like Family Guy, American Dad! has a history of making jokes about subjects that are bound to offend people watching. Whether the show is genuinely trying to make a point through satire, or just going for shock value, there will always be stories that cross that line of being okay.
In 'Camp Refoogee', Stan’s mistakes a refugee camp for a summer camp. After sending Steve there and realizing his mistake, he made it his mission to change it into a summer camp, either ignoring or making light of the deathly struggles the campers had to live with.
Instead of Malaria pills or water he brought them tetherballs, he gave everyone nicknames when he couldn’t be bothered to learn their real names, and he laughed off both a bloody rebel invasion and the kidnapping of Makeva as if it were nothing more than a ‘panty raid’.
The writers may have been trying to make a statement about how the world views the problems of third world countries, but in making so many tasteless jokes about it, were they actually much better? There’s a fine line between sending a message and taking the p*ss here, and American Dad! landed on the wrong side of it.