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American Dad!: Season 21

22 episodes Premiered Oct 28, 2024 Updated Oct 4, 2026
Previously on American Dad!

Season 21 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of American Dad! Season 20.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 21 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 21: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S21·E1 Mytharc

The Grocery Store Bank

Oct 28, 2024 · 22 min

Stan, Francine and Roger concoct the perfect plan to rob a bank but agree never to do it. Peace reigns.

S21·E2 Core

Brown Lotus

Nov 4, 2024 · 22 min

Hayley and Jeff take a staycation at a nearby luxury resort, while the CIA is forced to rebrand.

S21·E3 Core

I've Got a Friend in Me

Nov 11, 2024 · 22 min

After a freak accident, Stan and Roger end up stuck together in the worst possible way. Klaus contends with an impostor.

S21·E4 Core

Touch the Sun: A Chimborazo Adventure

Nov 18, 2024 · 22 min

The family's dream of climbing Mount Everest turns into a nightmare when Stan tries to save a buck and takes them to a different, much cheaper mountain.

S21·E6 Core

The Violence of the Clams

Dec 2, 2024 · 22 min

Being the only one of his friends to not like a new fast-food restaurant drives Steve to madness. Stan and Francine go on a quest to return mistakenly delivered mail.

S21·E7 Core

An Adult Woman

Dec 9, 2024 · 21 min

After Hayley is deemed a "big child" by The Lady from The Hamster Rescue Society, she gets involved with two Roger personas who have a complicated family dynamic in an effort to pr

S21·E8 Core

Piece by Piece

Dec 16, 2024 · 22 min

After a nearly fatal interaction with one of Roger's personas, Steve and Stan work together to uncover the persona's mysterious past. Meanwhile, Jeff, Hayley and Francine explore n

S21·E9 Core

Nasty Christmas

Dec 23, 2024 · 22 min

Bullock throws a private, star-studded Christmas party the exact same night as the CIA work party. Stan and Klaus are determined to get in, by any means necessary.

S21·E10 Core

Idiot Rich

Dec 30, 2024 · 22 min

Jeff gets a job after the family calls him out for being a mooch. When he unexpectedly strikes it rich, Hayley must protect Jeff from the family's greed.

S21·E11 Core

Killer Mimosa

Jan 6, 2025 · 22 min

Hayley scores an internship at Morning Mimosa but finds herself on thin ice when she tries to inject real journalism into the show. Meanwhile, the rest of the family suffers throug

S21·E13 Core

The Clearview Motel

Jan 20, 2025 · 22 min

Francine and Roger become addicted to peeping in on people at a mysterious motel.

S21·E14 Core

The Girl Who Cried Space Jam

Jan 27, 2025 · 22 min

Forces of evil beyond human comprehension bully Hayley into doing a Space Jam.

S21·E16 Core

The Mystery of the Missing Bazooka Shark Babe

Feb 10, 2025 · 22 min

After Danuta goes missing, Hayley joins forces with Wheels and The Legman detective to investigate the Bazooka Shark Babes' involvement in her friend's mysterious disappearance.

S21·E17 Core

Pork 'n Feelings

Feb 17, 2025 · 22 min

To save their marriage, Jeff needs Hayley to open up more to him, but she wants no part in it.

S21·E18 Core

Oh Brothel, Where Art Thou?

Feb 24, 2025 · 22 min

After Greg receives a plaque from the local historical society, Stan goes to great lengths to get the same honor. Roger becomes a traveling salesman.

S21·E19 Core

The Sickness

Mar 3, 2025 · 22 min

When Rogu comes down with a mysterious illness, the Smiths struggle to find a cure.

S21·E20 Core

Silicon Steve

Mar 10, 2025 · 22 min

Steve spends his summer working on an app with some unlikely friends, while the rest of the family become cord-cutters.

S21·E21 Mytharc

Guardian

Mar 17, 2025 · 22 min

Stan uses a mothballed military computer to do Steve's math homework, starting the clock toward nuclear annihilation.

S21·E22 Mytharc

What Great Advancements!

Mar 24, 2025 · 22 min

An aspiring inventor leaves the Farm to make a go of it in The Big City.

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