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/Archive 1: Apr 2005 - Dec 2006

Episode Count

According to the IMDB, "American Dad" has 112 episodes. Is the episode count updated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bear300 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Klaus

The Parking Lot is Full (1996): It can't be a coincidence, surely? --Matthew 17:35 12 Dec 2006

It could just be a coincidence. Maybe Seth thought of adding a goldfish and while he was thinking of a good name, he remembered seeing this and just used the same name, maybe as a tribute, just a name or he ripped it off. I know that in the critism of family guy section, there is an article about Jimmy Corrigan, who says Stewie is a rip off of his work. Either way, it's interesting and I think it might be worth mentioning in here or at least on Klas' page. Tydamann (talk) 10:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Toshi is multilingual

In addition to Japanese, Toshi spoke Russian in "Iced, Iced Babies" and Francine mention how she talked to Toshi on the phone in Spanish in "Irregarding Steve". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.19.141.251 (talk) 19:18, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

About Toshi speaking Spanish, I remember that episode (Irregarding Steve), but I always figured that it was a joke. I thought that the joke was that Francine was so ignorant that she couldn't tell Japanese from Spanish, that she assumed that everyone who speaks a language other than English must be Hispanic. I really can't see any sort of reason for Toshi speaking Spanish to Francine on the phone - even though she does give the impression that she understood him after the call, stating that none of Steve's friends know where he is. But that's only to further her ignorance, I assume.145.116.19.203 19:34, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Critic reviews?

This article could seriously do with a critical review public response section. I've also added a Scheduling section, but the only data I have is on the US that was already in the article. Could others perhaps expand that section out? Mouse Nightshirt 20:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Would also like to see a 'response' section. W3stfa11 07:42, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

has it really not had one for five years now? Christ, someone get on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.228.17.107 (talk) 09:10, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Dear god, you posted that five years ago? What's taking so long? 74.88.97.42 (talk) 01:21, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

List of headlines

It would be nice to have a page with the list of all the headlines that apear at the beggining of the show. Zuperman 19:06, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree I would like to see a list of headlines included. Some examples that I can remember are:

• Israel pulls out of Gaza, Gaza not pregnant
• President finally gets joke about last name
• Iran changes flag to middle finger

They call me Mr. Pibb 05:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Also when the creators made a presentation at the 2006 Comic-Con they began their clips with their own headline, something like "Comic-Con nerd levee breaks"

Some more

• Zach Braff fever sweeps Zach Braff's apartment
• Stuff happens as wave of ambiguity spreads
• Big Bird dead of bid avian flu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zonafan39 (talk • contribs) 02:05, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The list of headlines really isn't important to the show. A mentioning of the recurring gag theme of the newspaper headlines is appropriate, a listing of every headline isn't. Konraden88 02:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Did Roger take the last name Smith?

In the episode, "Rough Trade", Roger had a dream with his name being Roger Smith. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.19.141.251 (talk) 22:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC).

If you were to look up "Roger Smith" on Google, it would come up,"Roger Smith American Dad", then it would say if you read,"Roger Smith, is a character from the animated television series American Dad!". See, Roger Smith--WikiTells (talk) 22:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

The "truth about peanut butter"

There will most likely be many vandals on this subject so be ready! User:Blades2121eee

I suggested an article be written, inserted, and then protected. My draft is here - User:Flvg94/The_Truth_About_Peanut_Butter. I requested an edit to a protected page here. Eh? EH? --Flvg94 17:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Toshi voiced by George Takei?

I've seen nothing to indicate this is true. Can anyone confirm? --Bigscarymike 20:11, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

George Takei doesn't voice him. Toshi is voiced by an Japanese-American voice actor named Daiske Suzuki (not 100% sure I spelt it right). You can see his name in the credits in episodes that Toshi appeared in, and it was said in the commentary of "Stan Knows Best" that he voices him. 206.66.217.140 22:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

No offense but what ever made you think that George Takei voiced Toshi? Mr. Takei has a deep voice and Toshi has a higher pitched voice and to be honest Toshi sounds nothing like George Takei. They call me Mr. Pibb 05:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Donny Patterson

Can someone post the episode/episodes where Donny Patterson appeared? SkierRMH 03:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

In The American Dad After School Special, Donnie and his Dad chase Steve through the high school. In It's Good to the Queen, Donnie answers the door on a pizza delivery by Mitch and Steve, and then his dad shows up. 70.66.9.162 (talk) 19:40, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Characters.

Is it just me or does this page look more like a break down of the characters in the program, more then anything else? Ferdia O'Brien 23:38, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean; the character section is by far the largest and most involved. I do, however, think it should be kept in its entirety - characters do make the show, after all. My first impression of the article was that it should have a "Premise" section, or something like that, before "Characters", with information that is now contained within the lead. The lead seems rather long to me, being a paragraph instead of a summary sentence or two. I made several changes today but they were all pretty minor (copyediting, formatting). I am interested in seeing what others think of a more introductory first section before Characters. I also support a full listing of intro newspaper headlines, which was mentioned in previous comments above. *Vendetta* _{(whois talk edits)} 17:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Lead-in's in general are rather large within wikipedia. As in, 2 lines would be way too little. It should shortly detail the history of the subject and it's major characteristics (lot of real world information). Then for TV articles usually a Premise/Plot section follows explaining the "world" of the work of fiction (focused more on the fictional work then the lead-in). Then usually character summary follows and then production info, cast, animation techniques, running gag explenation etc etc. I have to say that indeed this article could use a little more work. Be sure to take a look at the Featured articles on TV shows Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Television/Television programs#Featured articles, and the Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Television/Television programs page in general. But looking at the current state, the article is going nicely and it will have a strong base to work from. --TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 18:36, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

One picture for Greg Corbin and Terry Bates?

Surely we can find a picture of these two minor characters together? Having a separate picture for each is making the formatting weird. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hayley in Iran and Persian dishes?

When does Hayley go to Iran and steal Persian dishes from a restaurant? I don't know any episode that this happens.. can anyone cite the sources please? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.197.211.172 (talk) 06:24, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

Untitled

The entire Smith Family section is badly written and seems to have been written by someone who has only seen the pilot episode. other than that it is quite a comprehensive article. 218.186.9.1 10:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Article Continuality Problem

The Article claims that both Jeff and Haley are vegetarians. But at approximately 10 minutes and 40 seconds of the pilot episode, Jeff is seen climbing up to Haley’s bedroom window and asking her to have a picnic and eat some meatloaf which was sent back to the kitchen he works at because it had a hair in it. Haley declines not because of any aversion to eating meat, but because of an assignment that she has to complete. 218.186.9.1 10:59, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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Star Wars "Band" Reference

I was watching the episode It's Good To Be The Queen from season two when I heard Klaus say "No, no, no. Luke would be on guitar, Chewie on drums, and Vader on Bass." This line is CLEARLY a reference to this picture. . This is interesting, as this isn't an official image of Star Wars, (more of an internet thing, actually) as well as being a pop-culture reference. Discussion on this needing mentioned? Konraden88 03:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

iirc, there was a Star Wars xmas show thing many years ago that Jon Bon Jovi was involved in. I've seen video footage of Storm troopers and vader playing instruments, in a bio of JBJ, but I don't know whether it was mocked up for that or not. Thedarxide 09:04, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Opening Sequence

The opening sequence seems unique to me. Almost every part of the sequence screams "Generic American." From when Stan wakes up (with an American Flag over Stan and Francine's bed) to how he has a suburban home, and a giant flagpole in his yard. Also, Each of the members seems undeniably "generic American." The son is a "nerd," the daughter a liberal activist (fighting against her father), Francine is a beautiful trophy wife, and they have a pet fish. Anyone else see fit to not the unusual opening sequence?

Weird Subplot

What about that weird recurring subplot that comes on every once in awhile about a murder or something. It has nothing to do with any of the main characters at all. Is that noteworthy? I don't know enough about the show to edit myself, but it seems that would be an unusual feature in a cartoon.

You mean the one with the jewel encrusted golden turd? Yeah, whats up with that. Comradeash 17:23, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I remember this one too, I assumed it would be followed up (didn't it have a 'to be continued') It could of just been there to make people think it was something when it was really pointless filler. It could of just been some Family Guy-esque non-sensical too long running joke that went no where and had nothing to do with the plot. I hope it is followed up (unless it has been and I just missed that episode) but it might seem a little out of context now, unless Roger has mentioned that he can crap golden jewels more then the one time. Tydamann (talk) 10:37, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

No "Critical Reception" or "Ratings" section?

That section's probably needed. I'd look into it myself, but I have other articles I care more about (sorry- I have to have priorities). 171.71.37.103 18:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind doing this, but where would one find t.v. ratings for this show, and what type of reception it has recieved? Love each other, or perish. ~Auden 00:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I would assume that critical reception has generally improved season by season, right? 74.88.97.42 (talk) 01:23, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Mcstroke

OK, on both the american dad episode list and the family guy episode list, they both say an upcoming episode is called Mcstroke. Soooooo unless it will be another crossover with the shows, someone who has an episode guide or something like that find out what show its ment to be for. Thanks 10:23, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Was this to be a replacement?

Seems like American Dad went into production at the time that Family Guy had just been canceled, and was almost obviously meant to replace it.. but then Family Guy got UNcanceled, ... so like.. does anyone have the straight dope on how that really went down? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk) 19:39, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Family guy was cancelled in it's second season (2000) and the third season (01-03) and returned in 2004. I don't see much info on American Dad's production date (it's first broadcast date was Feb 6th 2005) so it must of begun production a few months before that. You'd have to ask the creators of American Dad if it was meant as REPLACEMENT, the dates are close, but that doesn't neccessarily mean it was meant as a replacement. It might of been intended as a sort of spin off, it might of been something completly different except for the same animation style and creators (and production crew and/or writers) The only thing that does link the two shows (that I've noticed) are a few cameos from Roger in Family Guy and Bullock and Stand cameo-ing in 'Stewie kills Lois'. Theres quite a few different directors/writers who make completely separate projects but they are always similar (Underworld and The Covenant, Simpsons and Futurama, Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill). As far as being a replacement, he might of gotten the idea for American dad before Family guy was cancelled (or even created). I doubt he sat there and said 'Well Family Guy failed, let's try this idea... (and american dad came along) Tydamann (talk) 10:54, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

• When Family Guy returned for season 4 (after it was cancelled) American Dad started airing. I think its meant to be sort of a spin off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuiop729 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Commercialization

It may be noted that American Dad is one of many television shows of the mid 00's to include widespread product placement in their programming. Though inclusion of embedded brands such as Mr. Pibb or KFC is not surprising for a commercial product produced by Fox Entertainment, the lack of subtlety is remarkable. In an extreme example, A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial has a sub-plot devoted to brand identification for a Coca-Cola product.

This marketing development seems directed at a likely pool of non-traditional viewers who use digitally recorded television or direct download technology; thereby by-passing conventional commercial ads. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.11.37.43 (talk) 18:23, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you know that Fox was paid for the references? Because Mr. Pibb is fairly obscure, at least from where I am sitting. Chewbacca1010 (talk) 05:02, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, the idea that a person who considers Mr. Pibb an obscure brand now knows enough about the brand to discuss it on Misplaced Pages makes my point, no? I'm attempting to stimulate discussion on the marketing technique, not necessarily the ad revenue.

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American Dad characters

I feel it is completely unnecessary to have a list of characters on this page when there is already a similar yet more developed list on another. As such, I have taken the liberty to remove the list from this page. Immblueversion 12:23, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Universe

Does American dad take place in the same universe as family guy? I know we saw stan and bullock on "Stewie Kills Lois" but im just wondering. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.216.201 (talk) 01:22, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

yes it does as the characters from all three shows (cleveland show, family guy and american dad) infrequently cross over — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frogkermit (talk • contribs) 23:31, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

International Syndication Error

Found an error in the "International Syndication" section.

As far as I know there is so such Broadcasting channel/company called "FOX South Africa". In fact, I never recall American Dad ever being broadcast in South Africa. Can we remove this? Eventovt 16:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Can we be sure...

I was wondering if we can be sure that Stewie is referring to Joe Swanson when he calls Stan, Joe. If not, the link to Joe's page should be deleted. 77.97.1.49 (talk) 16:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Request for comment on articles for individual television episodes and characters

A request for comments has been started that could affect the inclusion or exclusion of episodes and characters, as well as other fiction articles. Please visit the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Notability_(fiction)#Final_adoption_as_a_guideline. Ikip (talk) 17:10, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

The Family Guy Template

Why is this at the bottom of the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.161.143 (talk) 16:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

The house of the Smith's

Have you ever seen that the house is the same as in the TV series "Married with children" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.1.113.182 (talk) 09:53, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

    it is just a typical house. with stairs behind the sofa. it wouldn't have been meant to look like that house.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.224.1 (talk) 20:00, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Some improvement suggestions.

Hi I just swung on in to learn some more about this show (had never seen it before until this weekend) and have a few suggestions.

This article needs to be fleshed out in the beginning as it really gives no indication of what the show is about and its basic premises apart from "American Dad follows the events of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family."

It would be good to insert a show overview as Section 1, prior to the list of episodes section. For example, I am curious as to why there seems to be an alien living in the house.

The list of episodes could benefit from discussing how many series there have been and anything about ratings or renewals that is known. Manning (talk) 01:24, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

No info on ratings, reception?

This seems lacking from the article.

Season 5

Can someone please explain to me why season 5 of American Dad abruptly finished with only 13 episodes? I thought FOX ordered a full set of 22 episodes. —Terrence and Phillip 00:07, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

April in Quahog

• "April in Quahog" - A deleted scene features Peter and Lois with Stan and Francine. <-- It wasn't a deleted scene, it was a joke. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.13.145.35 (talk) 21:10, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Steve Adopted?

Stan has black hair so does hayley and francine has blonde hair but steve has brown hair? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChesterTheWorm (talk • contribs) 17:02, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

No, Steve was not adopted. In this one episode, sorry i don't know the episode name but, when Steve and Stan started to fight over who was the man of the house, it showed when Steve was first born and Stan holding him in the hospital. So, he was not adopted and his hair i think is from Stan's mom, doesn't she have like a brown hair or something.--WikiTells (talk) 17:52, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Indeed, it is revealed in an episode (actually, more than one) that Francine dyes her hair. Doniago (talk) 18:37, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

High Definition

The infobox lists the show as being in 720p starting in 2010, however Netflix has part of Volume 4 and all of Volume 5 (which correspond to the broadcast Season 4, if I understand it correctly) in 720p with a 4:3 aspect ratio. I'm assuming 2010 is when the show switched to the full 16:9 720p format? Can anybody clarify? NJM (talk) 00:02, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

The series has 7 seasons

According the official website: http://www.fox.com/americandad/recaps/season-7/episode-15 as well as imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397306/episodes and tv.com: http://www.tv.com/american-dad!/show/21935/episode.html?tag=page_nav;episode the series has 7 seasons.

The discrepancy starts in season 1. Season 1 has been split and now has 7 episodes en the other 16 episodes form season 2. The subsequent seasons all shift 1 season with a new total of 7 seasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jzuijlek (talk • contribs) 09:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

First of all. Both IMDb and TV.com are unreliable. Secondly, Fox has got the seasons wrong with Family Guy, too. And just look at this press release from February 2011; it says that the show has been renewed for a seventh season, meaning that it is currently in its sixth. okay? Pancake (talk) 09:08, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Interesting since 'season 1' was always split into 2 parts on the BBC, but at a different point to that on the fox site given above, where Stannie Get Your Gun is episode 1 of series 2. So who knows what's going on. FX UK is also currently showing what's named as series 6 which is actually 'season 5' as per US programme guide. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.239.89 (talk) 14:32, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Episode Notability

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:List_of_American_Dad!_episodes#Episode_notability, it has been decided that the twenty-two (out of 127) episode articles are indeed notable and should not be merged. Doniago, stop adding notability maintenance tags to these articles without reading the discussion and finding some other reason to add them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.80.139.102 (talk) 18:24, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Please don't delete maintenance templates without providing a reason in the edit summary per WP guidelines. I'm sure you didn't mean to suggest I was adding tags rather than reverting your unexplained removal, but feel obligated to provide clarification. All that was clear was an IP removing maintenance tags without apparent explanation. Cheers. Doniago (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

I removed them because of the discussion cited above. Is that acceptable, then? 50.80.139.102 (talk) 19:08, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Yep. Doniago (talk) 19:26, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

iTunes and other links to legally purchase each episode from

Should links to iTunes,Amazon,etc be added to make it easier for people to go right from the wiki page to being able to purchase the episodes. 66.214.101.208 (talk) 08:53, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

No. WP is not for advertising. Anyone who wants to purchase the episodes can look it up on Google. Doniago (talk) 16:33, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

Anthropomorphic means having a human form. The goldfish doesn't have a human form, he has a goldfish form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.158.50.153 (talk) 15:30, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Should There Be?

Should there be articles for all shows episodes, like Gumball, and MAD, and Spongebob, and even preschool shows, as there are episode articles for this show. Just wondering. Dawn is my duck. And she will PWN you until you run away and jump in a hole! (Casey should have been said as guilty) (talk) 01:01, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Personally I don't think any episode deserves its own article unless there's third-party sources establishing some manner in which the episode is notable, but my understanding is that consensus is against my views. Doniago (talk) 12:38, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Future of the show?

Seth MacFarlane recently tweeted that the future of the show was up in the air, in response to a twitter user who asked what was going on with the show (its only being aired occasionally), suggesting people tell Fox if they want the show to continue. Should this be mentioned in the article? --RThompson82 (talk) 04:42, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:American Dad! (season 7) which is related to this page, please see that talk page for the discussion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 20:36, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Some input in the discussion would be apreciated as it involved re-numbering all the seasons from season 7 to season 8 etc. There has been little input so far.--Salix (talk): 10:00, 1 March 2013 (UTC)

Don't delete other people's stuff!

Contributor "AmericanDad86" deleted some material I contributed pointing it as "unsourced and bla bla blah". If you deem it unsourced you tag it as such but you DON'T DELETE other people contributions unless they are A) unrelated with the article (and mine wasn't), B) blatantly made-up (and mine wasn't) or C) unenciclopedic or opinionated (and mine was neither). The user also said "Family Guy shouldn't be the focus of this article". Well, who's making it the focus? I just pointed out similarities with McFarlane's ONLY other work just as well as other users have opened chapters in Family Guy's article about its similarities with "The Simpsons". Also, he says "there's no connection between the two shows apart from McFarlane". Dude, THAT'S THEIR CREATOR! And the 2 shows are 90% of his work at all! Except the Oscars night! Don't they have a IQ check for Misplaced Pages contributors before they sit at their keyboard and blabber around? Max ventura, Italy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.85.48.105 (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

IP 5.85, you are not making any minor claims that can be readily presumed. You are making major claims which means proper citation and sourcing are needed. Your assertion of "American Dad is based on Family Guy" is a major claim; your assertion of "American Dad was initially intended as a replacement for Family Guy" is a mjor claim. Your assertion of "the characters Roger is a reflection of Stewie, while Klaus the fish is a reflection of Brian the dog" is a major claim; etc. You yourself wrote that material should not be deleted unless it seems blatantly made-up. How is one to tell all these huge claims you're making aren't blatantly made up if you can't even provide sources for them? I've been watching this series since it came out and Klaus the fish bears few similarities to Brian other than the fact that he's an animal that can articulate human words. Other than that, their personalities completely differ. And besides, Klaus is actually considered a man, just trapped in an animal's body, making the two characters that much more different. And Roger is vastly different from Stewie. Stewie doesn't engage in half the outrageous acts Roger regularly engages in, from masquerading and living out multiple lives, raping, con artistry, etc., etc., etc. Bottomline: Just because these characters might have a trait here or there that bears similarities doesn't mean they're based on each other and it's most certainly not presumable, so the onus is on you to provide sources for all of that.

As it is, much of this article has already made Family Guy mentions, including an entire section dedicated to crossovers of Family Guy characters, how it aired after Family Guy in the production section, reference to Family Guy as a sister show in the opening, Family Guy mentioned in the "Related shows" section in the infobox, etc. We don't need the remaining 50% of the article to promote Family Guy as well. The two shows have little similarity other than their creator, so if you're going to make such big claims like you are, source them. And even if you are to find sources, the information you place in the article on Family Guy needs to be limited so this article isn't promoting Family Guy in every section. It's a show about American Dad and should be respected as such, an individual show. AmericanDad86 (talk) 20:55, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

I support AmericanDad86's decision to remove the fancruft paragraphs. His reasons make perfect sense. The disputed paragraphs are pointless opinion of questionable veracity. I would also caution the anonymous editor against making personal attacks ("Don't they have a (sic) IQ check for Misplaced Pages contributors before they sit at their keyboard and blabber around?"). - Fantr (talk) 23:13, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Also support the removal unless and until reliable sources are provided. Doniago (talk) 13:54, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Do as you wish. Still, what I'm saying is dead on. An i'm not anonymous, you are. My real name and location are signed up there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.165.128.216 (talk) 15:43, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

IP, I'm mystified as to how, according to you, the three of us, Fantr, Doniago, and myself, are the "anonymous" users here when we're the ones who are signed in, and you're the established user here when you're the one who's not signed in. Not only that but in the same breath as you wrote all that in, you failed to sign your post (and spoke of "location" for some reason). Please add ```` to the ending of each of your talkpage posts. And while you're at it, I would suggest learning a few basics of Misplaced Pages before further editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/Help:Contents/Browse/Getting_started AmericanDad86 (talk) 17:15, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

"Homosexual tendencies"

This sentence was sourced to a fan written homosexual story on Fanfiction.net so I've removed it completely. Fanfics should never be considered reliable sources.—Ryulong (琉竜) 08:23, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Fair enough. I've supported the statement with a better source, which describes their relationship as "overly affectionate" and a "bromance," and mention of the "License To Kill" episode in which the two characters Snot and Steve kiss.AmericanDad86 (talk) 09:07, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Periods and Quotation Marks

Per MOS:LQ, "On Misplaced Pages, place all punctuation marks inside the quotation marks if they are part of the quoted material and outside if they are not." The policy is a Misplaced Pages-wide standard that applies regardless of nationality...which is not even mentioned within the guideline itself.

WP:TIES has no bearing on this, as it is a guideline with regards to spelling and word-choice, not mechanics as above.

I have now twice reverted an editor who placed periods within quotation marks in such instances as episode names. I would welcome further opinions on this matter. Doniago (talk) 19:22, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

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