Pulling Double Booty
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"Pulling Double Booty" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series American Dad!
. It first aired in the United States on Fox on November 16, 2008. This story centers around Hayley
, who goes on a rampage
shortly after Jeff breaks up with her. Francine
and Stan
try to help their daughter get through the grief, as the police have informed them that she will go to jail if she has another rampage. Francine later peeps into Hayley's room one night, only to find her making out
with a person that closely resembles Stan. Disturbed and horrified, she confronts Stan only for the look-alike to come out with Hayley. The look-alike, named Bill, is later caught by Stan after an attempt to have sex with Francine. They kick him out of the house, and Stan vows to act as Bill to prevent Hayley from going on another rampage.
This episode was written by Brian Boyle and directed by John Aoshima. It received mixed to positive reception from television critics upon its release, with much of the praise going on to the delivery of the main storyline. It features guest appearances from Leslie Bega
, Chris Diamantopoulos
, Michael Dunn, Josh Gad
, Gedde Watanabe
, and Keone Young
as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the show.
after seeing Hayley and Stan make out
. Later, after Francine becomes outraged at Stan, Hayley comes downstairs with Bill, his CIA
body double, whom she was making out with earlier, rather than with Stan. She explains to everyone: After throwing a salad at Bill's face at the CIA cafeteria, thinking he was her father, they engage in a conversation, finding a lot of things in common, and started dating. Stan realizes Bill is perfect for Hayley. The couple go on a date at a beach with Stan and Francine, and in the water, Stan gives Bill a detailed description of how hot Francine is, leading Bill to later make out with her in the house kitchen and attempt to sleep with her
in the bedroom. Angered, Stan defenestrates
him, which raises back the concern of Hayley's outburst, this time due to Bill's disappearance.
Meanwhile, Steve
acquires a summer job of determining the gender of baby chicks. He takes Roger with him, but Roger is disappointed because he wanted a memorable summer vacation with him rather than working. When he learns the male chicks are being made into slurry
, Steve rescues as many as he can, confines them in a toolshed, and raises them to adulthood. However, Roger kidnaps the chickens and holds a cockfight
as way to earn extra money, much to Steve's anger. Steve makes a deal with Roger that the winner of the fight gets to keep the chickens. After a brief skirmish, Steve frees the whole brood, who all run into the street, only to be fatally struck by oncoming cars.
Stan disguises himself as Bill and goes on a date with Hayley. He tells Francine that if "Bill" annoys and offends her enough, Hayley will dump him and there would not be any rampages or jail time. At a hotel, Stan attempts to convince her to break up with him, by making her carry all the bags, belching at her face, and hitting on an attractive diner waitress. Rather than bothering her, all this excites her, much to his fear as she wants to go "all the way" with him. He takes her to the middle of a forest, where she starts complaining about how her father never says he loves her. Still acting as Bill, Stan tells her that her father puts a candy in her mouth every night so she gets "sweet dreams" and kisses a photo of her on his desk before each CIA mission, all of which seem to be all Hayley wants to know. Relieved, Hayley calls Stan, ringing on his cell phone. The episode ends with an enraged Hayley burning down the forest they were hiking in.
In addition to the regular cast, actress Leslie Bega
, voice actor Chris Diamantopoulos
, actor Michael Dunn, actor Josh Gad
, actor Gedde Watanabe
, and actor Keone Young
guest starred in this episode. Recurring voice actors Patrick Stewart
and Jeff Fischer
, and writers Mike Barker, Erik Durbin, Jonathan Fener, Steve Hely
, and John Viener made minor appearances as well.
Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club
gave it a positive review, going on to write, "I never thought I'd be writing the following words: I…thought they did an okay job with the whole "incest
" thing. Yeah, Hayley falls for a guy who's Stan's exact double, but Francine's reenactment of prison shanking [...], Stan and Hayley's uncomfortable dinner and even Stan's momentary excitement that Hayley had found someone of whom he [...] approved worked in the episode's favor. They didn't hammer us with the Stan-lookalike aspect, only played it for maximum [...] comedic effect. Heisler also praised the subplot of the episode, saying, "I enjoyed Steve's momentary career as a chicken sexer, complete with Roger's cock-fighting hijack–wow, I guess I never thought I'd be writing those words either." He went on to give the episode a B-, the lowest grade of the night, tying with King of the Hill episode "A Bill Full of Dollars
", but scoring lower than The Simpsons episode "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
" and Family Guy episode "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
".
The Parents Television Council
, a conservative media watchdog
group that are frequent critics of American Dad, as well as all other television programs produced by Seth MacFarlane
- including Family Guy and The Cleveland Show - named "Pulling Double Booty" the "Worst TV Show of the Week" for the week of November 22, 2008. In an negative review for the episode, the group criticized the episode for "sexually explicit dialogue and a nauseating incestuous plot", and went on to write, "So far, nothing has been more disturbing than the repugnant plot of the November 16th [...] episode of American Dad. In conclusion of their review, they wrote, "Thankfully, Stan never sleeps with his own daughter. And technically, sleeping with Bill wouldn’t have been incest. Yet, no amount of hair-splitting will make this episode any less cringe-inducing."
American Dad!
American Dad! is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane and owned by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions. It is produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television...
. It first aired in the United States on Fox on November 16, 2008. This story centers around Hayley
Hayley Smith (American Dad!)
Hayley Dreamsmasher Smith Fischer is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. She is voiced by Rachael MacFarlane, the younger sister of one of the series co-creators, Seth MacFarlane....
, who goes on a rampage
Rampage
Rampage may refer to:* Rampage , an American rapper* Dodge Rampage, a subcompact, unibody pickup truck* Rampage , a video game series....
shortly after Jeff breaks up with her. Francine
Francine Smith
Francine Smith is a fictional character on the animated television series American Dad!. She is the wife of Stan Smith and the mother of Steve and Hayley. Francine is voiced by Wendy Schaal.-Fictional character biography:...
and Stan
Stan Smith
Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is a former American tennis player and two time Grand Slam singles champion who also, with his partner Bob Lutz, formed one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. Together, they won many major titles all over the world...
try to help their daughter get through the grief, as the police have informed them that she will go to jail if she has another rampage. Francine later peeps into Hayley's room one night, only to find her making out
Making out
In human sexuality, making out is a sexual euphemism of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms necking, heavy petting, and hooking up to refer to non-penetrative sex, though "hooking up" is also used in some cultures to imply casual sex.-History:The...
with a person that closely resembles Stan. Disturbed and horrified, she confronts Stan only for the look-alike to come out with Hayley. The look-alike, named Bill, is later caught by Stan after an attempt to have sex with Francine. They kick him out of the house, and Stan vows to act as Bill to prevent Hayley from going on another rampage.
This episode was written by Brian Boyle and directed by John Aoshima. It received mixed to positive reception from television critics upon its release, with much of the praise going on to the delivery of the main storyline. It features guest appearances from Leslie Bega
Leslie Bega
Leslie R. Bega is an American theatre, film and television actress; known for performances in Head of the Class, David Lynch's Lost Highway, and a recurring cast member in CSI: NY and The Sopranos. Also featured as a dancer in the breakdancing films Breakin and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo...
, Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos
-Early Life:Diamantopoulos was born in Toronto, Canada and he attended East York Collegiate Institute. He is of Greek descent.-Career:He portrayed Robin Williams in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy', a television movie about the behind-the-scenes drama during the making of...
, Michael Dunn, Josh Gad
Josh Gad
Joshua “Josh” Gad is an American film-, television-, and stage-actor best known for playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon and the role of Ryan Church in the television series Back to You. Gad has also appeared in episodes of ER, The Daily Show, Modern Family...
, Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe is an American theatre, film, and television actor.He was in several dramatic productions in high school, both acting and singing...
, and Keone Young
Keone Young
Keone J. Young is an American character actor. His father is Chinese and his mother is Japanese.He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters,...
as well as several recurring voice actors and actresses for the show.
Plot
At the mall, Hayley goes on a destructive rampage after Jeff ends their relationship. Stan rushes to the mall and reprimands Jeff, also explaining Hayley goes on a rampage every time a boyfriend breaks up with her. Stan eventually stops her with 19 tranquilizer darts and brings her home. He informs Francine that the police officers will make Hayley go to jail if she goes on another rampage after this. To prevent this, he starts to dictate who Hayley gets to date with or not, airlifting guys she is interested in. Back home, Stan excuses himself to "feed Klaus" downstairs, and Francine follows him. On the way down, she peeks into Hayley's room, only to pass outSyncope (medicine)
Syncope , the medical term for fainting, is precisely defined as a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone characterized by rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery due to global cerebral hypoperfusion that most often results from hypotension.Many forms of syncope are...
after seeing Hayley and Stan make out
Making out
In human sexuality, making out is a sexual euphemism of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms necking, heavy petting, and hooking up to refer to non-penetrative sex, though "hooking up" is also used in some cultures to imply casual sex.-History:The...
. Later, after Francine becomes outraged at Stan, Hayley comes downstairs with Bill, his CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian intelligence agency of the United States government. It is an executive agency and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence, responsible for providing national security intelligence assessment to senior United States policymakers...
body double, whom she was making out with earlier, rather than with Stan. She explains to everyone: After throwing a salad at Bill's face at the CIA cafeteria, thinking he was her father, they engage in a conversation, finding a lot of things in common, and started dating. Stan realizes Bill is perfect for Hayley. The couple go on a date at a beach with Stan and Francine, and in the water, Stan gives Bill a detailed description of how hot Francine is, leading Bill to later make out with her in the house kitchen and attempt to sleep with her
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
in the bedroom. Angered, Stan defenestrates
Defenestration
Defenestration is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.The term "defenestration" was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618. The word comes from the Latin de- and fenestra...
him, which raises back the concern of Hayley's outburst, this time due to Bill's disappearance.
Meanwhile, Steve
Steve Smith (American Dad!)
Steven Anita “Steve” Smith is a character from the animated television series American Dad!. He is Stan and Francine Smith's only son and Hayley's younger brother as well as the youngest of the series' 6 main characters. Steve is voiced by Scott Grimes.According to TVTDB.com, Steve's original...
acquires a summer job of determining the gender of baby chicks. He takes Roger with him, but Roger is disappointed because he wanted a memorable summer vacation with him rather than working. When he learns the male chicks are being made into slurry
Meat slurry
A meat slurry, reconstituted meat, or emulsified meat is a liquefied meat product that contains fewer fats, pigments and less myoglobin than unprocessed dark meats...
, Steve rescues as many as he can, confines them in a toolshed, and raises them to adulthood. However, Roger kidnaps the chickens and holds a cockfight
Cockfight
A cockfight is a blood sport between two roosters , held in a ring called a cockpit. Cockfighting is now illegal throughout all states in the United States, Brazil, Australia and in most of Europe. It is still legal in several U.S. territories....
as way to earn extra money, much to Steve's anger. Steve makes a deal with Roger that the winner of the fight gets to keep the chickens. After a brief skirmish, Steve frees the whole brood, who all run into the street, only to be fatally struck by oncoming cars.
Stan disguises himself as Bill and goes on a date with Hayley. He tells Francine that if "Bill" annoys and offends her enough, Hayley will dump him and there would not be any rampages or jail time. At a hotel, Stan attempts to convince her to break up with him, by making her carry all the bags, belching at her face, and hitting on an attractive diner waitress. Rather than bothering her, all this excites her, much to his fear as she wants to go "all the way" with him. He takes her to the middle of a forest, where she starts complaining about how her father never says he loves her. Still acting as Bill, Stan tells her that her father puts a candy in her mouth every night so she gets "sweet dreams" and kisses a photo of her on his desk before each CIA mission, all of which seem to be all Hayley wants to know. Relieved, Hayley calls Stan, ringing on his cell phone. The episode ends with an enraged Hayley burning down the forest they were hiking in.
Production
This episode was written by series regular Brian Boyle and directed by series regular John Aoshima. The first time Fox, TBS, and Adult Swim aired the episode, the forest fire was edited out of the show, as it coincided with a large forest fire that was burning in southern California, and has been on reruns ever since. Note the "Originally Televised" version, which included the fire, is seen on the Volume 4 DVD box set. Also note that every year around November, Jeff and Hayley would break up, as it became some sort of annual tradition on American Dad!. It is the 3rd annual breakup of Jeff and Hayley.In addition to the regular cast, actress Leslie Bega
Leslie Bega
Leslie R. Bega is an American theatre, film and television actress; known for performances in Head of the Class, David Lynch's Lost Highway, and a recurring cast member in CSI: NY and The Sopranos. Also featured as a dancer in the breakdancing films Breakin and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo...
, voice actor Chris Diamantopoulos
Chris Diamantopoulos
-Early Life:Diamantopoulos was born in Toronto, Canada and he attended East York Collegiate Institute. He is of Greek descent.-Career:He portrayed Robin Williams in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy', a television movie about the behind-the-scenes drama during the making of...
, actor Michael Dunn, actor Josh Gad
Josh Gad
Joshua “Josh” Gad is an American film-, television-, and stage-actor best known for playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon and the role of Ryan Church in the television series Back to You. Gad has also appeared in episodes of ER, The Daily Show, Modern Family...
, actor Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe
Gedde Watanabe is an American theatre, film, and television actor.He was in several dramatic productions in high school, both acting and singing...
, and actor Keone Young
Keone Young
Keone J. Young is an American character actor. His father is Chinese and his mother is Japanese.He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters,...
guest starred in this episode. Recurring voice actors Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...
and Jeff Fischer
Jeff Fischer (actor)
Jeff Fischer is an American voice actor known for his work in commercials, cartoons, and video games. In 2005 he was chosen to announce the Teen Choice Awards....
, and writers Mike Barker, Erik Durbin, Jonathan Fener, Steve Hely
Steve Hely
Steve Hely is an American writer.Hely has written for the television shows Late Show with David Letterman ; Last Call with Carson Daly, where he also served as an associate producer; American Dad; and 30 Rock...
, and John Viener made minor appearances as well.
Reception
"Pulling Double Booty" was met with mixed to positive response from television critics and fans alike.Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club
The A.V. Club is an entertainment newspaper and website published by The Onion. Its features include reviews of new films, music, television, books, games and DVDs, as well as interviews and other regular offerings examining both new and classic media and other elements of pop culture. Unlike its...
gave it a positive review, going on to write, "I never thought I'd be writing the following words: I…thought they did an okay job with the whole "incest
Incest
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...
" thing. Yeah, Hayley falls for a guy who's Stan's exact double, but Francine's reenactment of prison shanking [...], Stan and Hayley's uncomfortable dinner and even Stan's momentary excitement that Hayley had found someone of whom he [...] approved worked in the episode's favor. They didn't hammer us with the Stan-lookalike aspect, only played it for maximum [...] comedic effect. Heisler also praised the subplot of the episode, saying, "I enjoyed Steve's momentary career as a chicken sexer, complete with Roger's cock-fighting hijack–wow, I guess I never thought I'd be writing those words either." He went on to give the episode a B-, the lowest grade of the night, tying with King of the Hill episode "A Bill Full of Dollars
A Bill Full of Dollars
"A Bill Full of Dollars" is the sixth episode in the 13th season of the Fox animated series King of the Hill, and the 241st episode overall. It originally aired on November 16, 2008...
", but scoring lower than The Simpsons episode "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" is the sixth episode of The Simpsons twentieth season. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 16, 2008. In the episode, Lisa discovers that she has a talent for solving crossword puzzles, and she enters a crossword tournament...
" and Family Guy episode "Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
Tales of a Third Grade Nothing
"Tales of a Third Grade Nothing" is the sixth episode of the seventh season of Family Guy that aired on November 16, 2008 and ended the first half of the season. The episode's title is an allusion to the Judy Blume children's book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, whose narrator-protagonist is...
".
The Parents Television Council
Parents Television Council
The Parents Television Council is a U.S. based advocacy group founded by conservative activist L. Brent Bozell III in 1995 using the National Legion of Decency as a model...
, a conservative media watchdog
Watchdog journalism
Watchdog journalism aims to hold accountable public personalities and institutions, whose functions impact social and political life. The term "lapdog journalism", for journalism biased in favour of personalities and institutions, is sometimes used as a conceptual opposite to watchdog...
group that are frequent critics of American Dad, as well as all other television programs produced by Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.A native of Kent,...
- including Family Guy and The Cleveland Show - named "Pulling Double Booty" the "Worst TV Show of the Week" for the week of November 22, 2008. In an negative review for the episode, the group criticized the episode for "sexually explicit dialogue and a nauseating incestuous plot", and went on to write, "So far, nothing has been more disturbing than the repugnant plot of the November 16th [...] episode of American Dad. In conclusion of their review, they wrote, "Thankfully, Stan never sleeps with his own daughter. And technically, sleeping with Bill wouldn’t have been incest. Yet, no amount of hair-splitting will make this episode any less cringe-inducing."