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American Dad!: Francine's Flashback

After forgetting his anniversary, Stan arranges to have the last 20 hours of Francine's memory erased, but accidentally erases the last 20 years, making Francine think she's a wild and carefree teenager from 1985.

Meanwhile, Steve asks out Lindsay Coolidge who agrees only if Steve finds someone to date her ugly-as-sin friend.


8.5/10 (4 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x4
Production Number: 1AJN05
Airdate: Sunday May 15th, 2005



Guest Stars
Curtis ArmstrongCurtis Armstrong
voiced Schmuley “Snot” Lonstein
Recurring
Daisuke SuzukiDaisuke Suzuki
voiced Toshi Hirano
Recurring
Eddie Kaye Thomas (1)Eddie Kaye Thomas (1)
voiced Barry Robinson
Recurring
Ellen Albertini DowEllen Albertini Dow
voiced Old Woman
Recurring
Jeff Fischer (1)Jeff Fischer (1)
voiced Jeff Fischer
Recurring
Marissa Jaret WinokurMarissa Jaret Winokur
voiced Jewel
Recurring
Mike Barker (1)Mike Barker (1)
voiced CIA Lab Tech (Francine's Memory Eraser)
Recurring
Mike Henry (1)Mike Henry (1)
voiced Kayaker
Recurring
Patrick StewartPatrick Stewart
voiced Avery Bullock
Recurring
Terri Lyn RodriguezTerri Lyn Rodriguez
voiced Lindsay Coolidge (as Terri Rodriguez)
Recurring
Debra WilsonDebra Wilson
voiced Whitney Houston
Josh Homme (1)Josh Homme (1)
voiced Himself
Main Cast
Seth MacFarlaneSeth MacFarlane
voiced Stan Smith / Roger / Greg Corbin
Wendy SchaalWendy Schaal
voiced Francine Smith
Rachael MacFarlaneRachael MacFarlane
voiced Hayley "Dreamsmasher" Smith
Scott GrimesScott Grimes
voiced Steve Smith
Dee Bradley BakerDee Bradley Baker
voiced Klaus Heissler
Episode Notes
Langley Falls Post Newspaper Headline



"Queens of the Stone Age" is the band on stage

Stan gets into a long, drawn out, dramatic fight with a racoon in this episode. This is much like Peter Griffin's fights with the Giant Chicken in Family Guy. In the episodes commentary, the creators stated that they would like to bring the racoon back eventually.

Roger's Persona in the episode is a Rastafarian



This episode introduces the characters of

Avery Bullock | Deputy Director of the CIA



Lindsay Coolidge




Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Kenny LogginsI'm AlrightScene w/ Raccoon
Queens of the Stone AgeNever Say Never 


Episode Quotes
Jewel: You're like Russell Crowe, and I'm Jennifer Connelly.
Roger: Yeah. Yeah, you're Jennifer Connelly.

Stan: (Wearing a moustache) Good day, ma'am. I'm a friend of your child. He or she has asked me to take you to a wonderful retirement home.
Old Lady: How lovely.
Stan: (Takes her inside an SUV) Right in here, ma'am.
Old Lady: Oh. You're such a nice, young...
(Stan shuts car door, drives off in his own car)
Old Lady: Hello? Am I supposed to vote now?

Hayley: Dad, I've never seen this side of you, it's so sweet.
Stan: Well, if you tell anybody, I'll kill you. I'm serious, I will kill you... I will reach into your chest, pull out your beating heart, and eat it; all of it. Every last bit... well, sweet dreams, angel.

Stan: Ah, this picture was taken on our honeymoon. It's the only photo of Francine where you can't see Vag... Ah, Vag, the little island boy who served as our tour guide.

Hayley: God, Mom, were you ever cool?
Francine: Oh, yeah, Hayley. Well, I pity the fool who thinks I'm uncool! Get it? I was making a Dr. T reference!

Steve: Please, Pete, Lindsay won't go out with me unless I find a date for her friend. She's not that bad-looking, and besides, you're blind. Come on, you went to the Winter Ball with that guy. Yes, it was a guy! Hello?

Jewel: I had this boyfriend he was in an avalanche, he survived three days on melted snow and his grandfather found him because he had a dream about the exact spot where he was trapped.
Roger: Wow... You had a boyfriend.

Bill Pullman: Has your lost one's memory been irretrievably lost? Hi. I'm forgettable actor Bill Pullman. You might not remember me from such movies as While You Were Sleeping and Twister. Wait, was I in Twister? No. No, that was Bill Paxton. See? Memory can be pretty tricky. So that's why if you tell your loved one what's happened to them, their brain will implode. Good luck. I'm Bill Pullman. Oh, oh, I was also in Independence Day!

CIA Temp: (After incorrectly brainwashing Francine) Oh... I guess this is the dial for hours, and this is the dial for years. Yeah, yeah.

Stan: This midnight fishing is great.
Bullock: Sounds to me like someone doesn't want to go home.
Stan: Yeah, I'm, uh, laying low. Today is the anniversary of a huge fight me and Francine got into last year.
Jackson: Yeah? What about?
Stan: Oh, I forgot our anniversary. Huh! I'm never gonna do that again. (Takes a couple sips from his beer and casts his fishing line) Aaaaah!
Bullock: There it is.

Stan: Come on, Francine! Watch me blow it's head off! (In car) DIE! DIE!... So that you may know peace

(Francine lying down inside the "Dave Chappelle Freakout Tent")
Stan: Don't worry, I'm leaving. I just wanted you to be safe. (Francine vomits on Stan) You're the best thing that ever happened to me and I took it for granted. I'm just happy... (Francine vomits on Stan again) ... uh, that I got the privilege to be with you for the time that I did. (Francine vomits on Stan again) Okay, my shoes are full. I better go now. I love you, Francine. It's a little late, but... (With tears in his eyes) ... happy anniversary.
(Francine remembering the raccoon saying, in an English accent, "remember...")
Francine: Stan?
Stan: Francine?
Francine: Stan, it was so weird, and I was alone and confused. And there was this raccoon, and I knew who I was again.
Stan: Oh, Francine, thank God. I love you.
Francine: I love you, too, Stan.
(Francine & Stan kiss, Francine vomits in Stan's mouth, Stan spits it out)
Stan: That was gross. I still love you.

(Stan opens front door and flips light switch, Francine throws plate at wall next to him, angrily)
Stan: Oh, good, you're up. I, uh, have a very special anniversary surprise for you -- your favorite song, sung by America's sweetheart -- Whitney Houston.
Whitney: Come on, daddy. I, I need my fix.
Stan: Remember the deal, Whitney. First you sing, then you get your precious cocaine.
Whitney: How dare you?! Do you think I would... ?
(Stan waves bag of cocaine in front of her)
Whitney: (Singing) No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity... (Dives in an attempt to get cocaine from Stan, falls flat on her face on floor)Stan: Happy anniversary, sweetheart.
Francine: (Grabs bag of cocaine) Come on, Whitney -- go get it. (Throws bag of cocaine out the front door, Whitney crawls out to get it)

Francine: You know what? If you don't get why this day is so important to me, then I guess you never will!
Stan: Sweetie, I made a mistake. Can't you take a page from that bitch Hilary Clinton and just let it go?

Stan: (Watching Sesame Street) Shoot him! Shoot him!
Elmo: Hahaha! Big Bird, just share it [a cookie] with Cookie Monster.
Stan: Don't trust him! He just pretends to eat cookies, but he never swallows anything!

(Trying to get Francine to remember Stan)
Francine: I feel like we've met before.
Stan: Nope, this is the first time, Francine.
Francine: What?
Stan: Nothing. Stick of your favorite gum?
Francine: What?
Stan: Nothing.

Francine: Stan, doesn't today have some special significance for you?
Stan: Today? Wait, is today the 14th?
Francine: Yes, yes it is.
Stan: Good God! How could I forget a date so dear to my heart? It's the big CIA fishing trip. (Throws breakfast plate on bed) You're gonna to do the laundry anyway, right? Hmm, no time to poop. I'll just do it on the way down the stairs. You're gonna vacuum anyway, right?

Jewel: I'm a loser!
Roger: Don't be like that. You're not a loser. Think how pretty you make people look by contrast. That's a gift!

Francine: Look, you're a stiff. I could never fall in love with a suit like you.
Stan: A suit like me?! Well, then I'll get rid of the suit! (Takes off all his clothes) Huh? Huh? Look at me -- nothing stiff here!

Francine: I just can't believe Stan forgot our anniversary.
Klaus: I would never forget our anniversary.
Francine: We have an anniversary?
Klaus: October 25th. The day you forgot to put on underpants. Let's celebrate early. Quick, straddle mein bowl.

(Air support shoots missiles into ocean, dead Ariel floats to surface)
Stan: Look, it's Ariel! Hey, Jackson, you ever do it with a dead mermaid?
Jackson: Mermaid? No

Bullock: The last 20 years of your wife's memory have been erased.
Stan: Well, go ahead and undo it.
Bullock: Reverse brain erasing? Now, that's just science fiction.
CIA Temp: Kind of like the female orgasm.

(After Roger hits the two girls with the frying pan, leaving them knocked out)
Roger: Did you see where they went?
Steve: Who?
Roger: The black guys who did this.

CIA Temp: A little longer and their last 24 hours will be completely forgotten.
Steve: Oh, thank God.
Stan: You are not off the hook, mister. I am deeply disappointed in you.
Steve: Dad, I was with this one. (Points to Lindsay)
Stan: Oh! Well, outstanding

Hayley: My mother stole my boyfriend!
Stan: Your boyfriend stole my wife! Let's get back at them by dating each other! Wait a minute. Daddy didn't think that through.

Lindsay: (To Roger) And this is Jewel...
Jewel: Your date.
Roger: No, God! Oh, God! I'm out! I'm out! Eww...



Episode Goofs
When Stan is looking at Francine's picture at the beach, she is wearing a red wristband.
Klaus even comments on it, recognizing it as a Sandles Resort wristband.

Yet when he finds the flower in the Sniper for Beginners book and looks at the photo again, the wristband is gone.


Klaus' bowl switches positions on the coffee table when Francine awakens and when she's knocked out again.



The background landscape is missing when the kayaker is talking to his wife on the phone.





Cultural References
Obvious reference to real FOX show COPS (1989-) which follows real on duty cops.
The show is well known for its theme song, "Bad Boys", performed by reggae group Inner Circle


A poster of the hard rock group, AC/DC, is seen in this episode as well as a representation of artwork by Patrick Nagel, both of which were very popular in the 80's.


Stan: Remember the deal, Whitney. First you sing, then you get your precious cocaine.

Whitney Houston (1963-2012) is seen and her infamous battle with drug addiction is referenced in this episode.
She also sings a line from one of her 1984 hits, Greatest Love of All, a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed and originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest.


Toshi makes an obvious allusion to Godzilla, the classic monster movie who trashed Tokyo quite often

Roger's entrance in a leather jacket saying a somewhat drawn out 'Hello' is an allusion to the character Squiggy played by David L. Lander (1947-) from the long running show Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983)


As Stan mentions, they apparently kill the Disney character Ariel from the 1989 movie The Little Mermaid


Stan watches the long running children's show Sesame Street with the characters Cookie Monster, Elmo & Big Bird when Francine brings him breakfast in bed.


The raccoon that dances to the Kenny Loggins song I'm Alright is a reference to the Gopher that thwarts Bill Murray's character from the 1980 comedy Caddyshack




Other Episode Crew

CreatorSeth MacFarlane  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Matt Weitzman
Executive ProducerMatt Weitzman  |  Mike Barker (1)  |  Seth MacFarlane
Co-Executive ProducerKenny Schwartz  |  Rick Wiener  |  David Zuckerman  |  David Hemingson
Supervising ProducerCraig Thomas  |  Carter Bays
ProducerDan Vebber  |  Kara Vallow
Co-ProducerBrian Boyle
Consulting ProducerBrad Johnson (2)
Associate ProducerMark Douglas (1)
EditorMichael Elias  |  Bobby Gibis
CastingLinda Lamontagne
Staff WriterChris McKenna (2)  |  Alison McDonald  |  Steve Hely  |  Matt McKenna
MusicWalter Murphy
Production AssistantRobert Hunter (2)  |  Travis Bowe  |  Michael Wittenberg  |  Ray Valenzuela  |  Kari Salrin
Post Production SupervisorLaura Stupsker
Production SupervisorCharles Song
Storyboard ArtistTim Parsons  |  Ron Brewer
Supervising DirectorRon Hughart
Production ManagerTodd Garfield
Executive Story EditorNahnatchka Khan (1)  |  Neal Boushell  |  Sam O'Neal
Main Title ThemeWalter Murphy
Animation ProducerDiana Ritchey
Storyboard RevisionistErik Kuska  |  Steve Wong  |  Zeke Johnson  |  John Drake O'day
Writing AssistantErik Durbin  |  Keith Heisler
Production ControllerLiddane Sanders
AssistantLaura Hilker  |  Matt Fusfeld  |  Andy Goldberg
 

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