9. Exploding Head Cops And Roger
We see death or violence in almost every episode of American Dad, with some moments worse than others. For example Roger's take down of a bad guy in series 4 pretty much takes the cake when it comes to violence. Stan helps Roger become a police officer but as expected Roger turns into a bad cop and forms a dodgy partnership with another dirty Cop called Chaz. When Stan gets evidence of the pair's misdemeanours Chaz captures him and demands Roger kill Stan for dobbing them in. Seeing his friend in trouble, Roger finally realises his wrongs but when he attempts to redeem himself and shoot his rogue partner, only to realise his gun is empty. Chaz then turns on Roger shooting him in the arm. He attempts to make a run for it and climbs up a hanging chain, but just as Chaz is about to shoot the Alien again, Roger lets go of the chain, plummeting back towards toward him. Despite this being a cartoon show what happens next is not pretty to watch. Roger lands elbow first on Chaz's head and it gets squished before it finally explodes. But just in case the audience missed it, there are numerous slow motion replays with various camera shots so we can see blood, brain matter and body parts splatter across the screen. We're glad Stan and Roger are safe, but did we really need see to such a revolting moment. The way Chaz died was crazy and I'm fine with seeing it once, but the replays were bit overkill. It was obvious he was dead nobody's walking away from something like that.