The twelfth season of the American TV series American Dad! originally aired on TBS October 20, 2014, and ended June 1, 2015, and consisted of 15 episodes. This was its first season to air on the cable channel since moving from its former home on Fox. The season premiere was given a two-day preview ahead of its linear debut, being uploaded to YouTube and Facebook on October 13, 2014.[1]
American Dad!'s 11th season was the last to be produced for Fox prior its cancellation. In July 2013, TBS announced it had picked up the series for a 12th season.[2][3][4] TBS had aired reruns of American Dad! in syndication during its run on Fox.[5] Series co-creator and showrunner Mike Barker said about show's upcoming network relocation, "It's going to be the same American Dad!, just in a different place."[6] However, Barker departed the series over creative differences once early production for season 12 commenced in November 2013.[7]
Hayley goes blonde so she can be taken more seriously in her activist endeavors. Meanwhile, Stan and Steve's search for a new home takes a dangerous turn when guard dogs attempt to capture them.
Stan sets out to prove that man is better than machine when a military drone takes his job and he and his coworkers end up kidnapped in Thailand after trying to steal the dictator's asthma inhaler. Meanwhile, Francine and the rest of the family compete in a slow-motion race.
Snot and Steve enroll in a karate class after getting fed up of being bullied, but when Snot later gets brainwashed by the sensei, Steve must come to the rescue. Meanwhile, Klaus becomes an outside pet when he gets a smelly odor.
When the CIA lets Stan go due to budget cuts, Stan takes a job as a college security guard at Groff Community College, where the student body loves him...until a noise disturbance call makes him their enemy, and his attempts to repair his relation makes things worse. Meanwhile, Roger turns the Smith house into a bed and breakfast and do everything they can to make their eccentric guest (voiced by Stephen Fry) comfortable.
Hayley suspects that Gwen, Francine's sister, is up to no good when she comes to town. Meanwhile, Roger tries to find out the location of a treasure from a guy in a coma, Stan teaches Steve the art of hugging, and Klaus shadows Roger's dramatic comments.
In a parody of It's a Wonderful Life, Stan wishes to have Principal Lewis' swinging bachelor life, but soon regrets the wish when he finds out that Francine is married to Principal Lewis in an alternate reality.
Steve has a gender identity crisis when Hayley convinces him to join an all-girls roller derby team with her and the other players believe Steve is more feminine than masculine. Meanwhile, Stan and Francine hire a magical repairman to fix the backyard, but everything he does makes them angry.
Steve becomes a star chef after Francine refuses to cook for him after Steve drops an F-bomb at her and demonstrates his skills on a morning talk show for drunken, middle-aged women. Meanwhile, Stan thinks he can make people vanish by snapping his fingers.
Hayley considers having an affair with a married man when she gets a new job from the help of Roger, her new life coach. Meanwhile, Francine and Steve go to a mother-son dance and Stan ends up stealing Steve's date.
Stan and Francine win a trip to Los Angeles, and Stan, disappointed that Hollywood isn't as glamorous as it used to be, is taken in by an old actress and her circle of old Hollywood friends who believe that Stan is the reincarnation of her comedy actor husband who died under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Roger kennel-trains Steve and Hayley when Hayley reveals that she deleted one of his episodes of Bones from his DVR and Steve claims that Bones hasn't been good since season four.
The Smiths head to the Big Apple when Francine is nominated for an award for her housewife novella. Meanwhile, Stan and Hayley hang out with actor Robert Wuhl and Roger and Steve re-create their fictional partnership, Wheels and the Legman.
After witnessing a newlywed couple die in a taxi cab crash, Stan sees the CIA's psychologist over his survival guilt and ends up obsessed with miniature-building. Meanwhile, Roger and Klaus train to be world-class wine connoisseurs after embarrassing themselves at a wine tasting.
Jeff makes his return from space after being abducted, but Hayley and Roger suspect that Jeff isn't who he seems to be. Meanwhile, Steve looks after Snot's hamster.
Stan has Francine committed to a mental hospital to hide the fact that he once again forgot their wedding anniversary, only for her to be re-committed after throwing a fit -- all the while, the entire episode slowly turns into a propaganda piece that sings the praises of a Chinese billionaire who bought the episode from Seth MacFarlane.
Stan's lie about having a seizure, (when he was really texting and driving), takes a turn for the worse when he is put on anti-seizure medication that changes him into a Frankenstein-like monster. Meanwhile, Roger helps Steve with his performance anxiety by taking him to the local pool.
