"Hurricane!" is the second episode of the
eighth season of the animated comedy series ''
American Dad!
''American Dad!'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Since 2014, the series has been airing new episodes on TBS. ''American Dad!'' is the first television ...
''. It first aired on
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode's plot mainly revolves around the Smith family, who prepare for evacuation in response to an oncoming
hurricane
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
. Reluctant to leave his home, Stan encourages his family to ride out the storm in their house with him. The hurricane sends a flood to the city of Langley Falls, which puts the entire family in danger.
"Hurricane!" is the final part of the
Night of the Hurricane block with ''
Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
'' and ''
The Cleveland Show
''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of ''Family Guy'', the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, a ...
''.
Kevin Reilly, the president of the entertainment division of Fox Broadcasting Company, introduced the idea of a crossover to
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
, the creator of all three shows. The episode was first announced at the 2010
San Diego Comic-Con International
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. The episode's plot is loosely modeled to that of the disaster film ''
The Poseidon Adventure''. Originally scheduled to air on May 1, 2011, as an episode for the seventh season, "Hurricane!" was postponed due to the
2011 Super Outbreak
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.
The episode was well received by television critics, who praised its humor and cultural references. It was viewed by 5.72 million viewers upon its initial airing, while also receiving a 2.6/6 rating in the 18–49 demographic, according to
Nielsen ratings
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. "Hurricane!" was written by Erik Sommers, and directed by Tim Parsons. It featured the guest voices of
Mike Barker,
Lisa Edelstein Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
,
Jeff Fischer Jeff Fischer may refer to:
*Jeff Fischer (baseball), former pitcher
*Jeff Fischer (actor)
Jeffrey Todd Fischer (born August 10, 1968) is an American voice acting, voice actor known for his work in commercials, cartoons, and video games. He is als ...
,
Mike Henry, Matt McKenna,
Kevin Michael Richardson
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, and
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Joy Schaal (; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on ''Bob's Burgers'' and Mabel Pines on ''Gravity Falls''. She's also known for playing Mel on ''F ...
.
Plot
When a hurricane arrives at Langley Falls,
the Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerg ...
prepare to evacuate their home with their neighbor
Buckle
The buckle or clasp is a device used for fastening two loose ends, with one end attached to it and the other held by a catch in a secure but adjustable manner. Often taken for granted, the invention of the buckle was indispensable in securing tw ...
in his amphibious raft.
Stan
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** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy
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, however, recommends that the family stay home during the storm, believing it is the best way for everyone to be safe.
Hayley
Hayley (pronounced ) is an English given name.
It is derived from the English surname Haley (surname), Haley, which in turn was based on an Old English toponym, a compound of ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow".Katie Martin-Doyle, '' ...
wants to stay behind to help the left behind zoo animals and
Jeff
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Music
* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
* ...
also wishes to stay since he goes where Haley goes since they're married.
Francine
:''This is a disambiguation page for the common name Francine.''
Francine is a female given name. The name is of French origin. The name Francine was most popular in France itself during the 1940s (Besnard & Desplanques 2003), and was well used i ...
disagrees with Stan's notion, since he's bad with a crisis.
Steve
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Notable people with the name include:
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* Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people
* Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people
* Steve ...
and
Roger
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support her, with Steve siding with her since he wants his mom and Roger because of the reason Francine sides against Stan. Roger's date (whom he can't stand partially because she's clingy), sides with him and Francine.
Klaus
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Notable persons whose family name is Klaus
* Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ...
is about to say who he sides with, but no one cares about his opinion. Before the debate can be resolved, the seawall breaks and the ocean floods down the street, removing Buckle and his raft out of its path and trapping the Smiths in their home nevertheless. The neighborhood is now flooded, and while Francine scolds Stan for not evacuating the family to
Māma and Bàba's house that morning, the house is drifting along the floodwater's current. In an attempt to save the family from floating into any potential dangerous areas, Stan anchors the home using Roger's wine/cocaine fridge; however the anchoring system also acts as a
hinge
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and rotates the house upside-down, partially submerging it underwater.
Roger cries when his date falls to the floor and gets
impaled by a moose antler chandelier (although it is only because she is wearing his favourite sweater). Stan, Hayley, Jeff and Klaus decide to head to the attic for higher ground, but it starts to flood. Hayley tries to open the door, but they cannot get it open due to Roger's many boxes and items on top of it. Klaus, seeing the home being flooded, believes he is able to go wherever he wants, telling his companions "See you never, goatfuckers!". He jumps out of the fishbowl into the water, but his skin burns due to the water being ocean water; Hayley puts Klaus back in his fishbowl. Francine, Steve, and Roger make a rope out of curtains to get them out of the attic after removing the boxes out of the way of the door. Roger picks up his wigs instead of Klaus so that he can still go to cowboy weddings, leaving him behind. Francine tells the family to go down the rope one at the time as it is too weak. Unfortunately, Jeff panics and jumps on the rope, which ends up tearing it down, angering Hayley as the Smiths are now stuck in the second floor of the tipped over house.
As the storm worsens, the family becomes increasingly frightened and distrustful of Stan when his idea to open another window to let them float to the top results in Hayley being taken by a
great white shark
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. With the shark loose in the house, the family fights for survival. Steve fails to hide his porn collection from his mother, while Roger secretly drowns his date upon discovering she is still alive. After Stan separates himself from the family, they find Hayley, but are trapped on the sofa while the shark circles them. Stan loses hope and admits Francine's suggestions are better than his own, until Klaus gives him an encouragement speech by comparing him to
Nicolas Cage
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: despite his failure in several movies, Cage eventually made a successful film (which Klaus believes to be ''
National Treasure: Book of Secrets''). He suggests Stan will eventually make the right decision after his many failures, inspiring Stan to prove himself reliable in a crisis once more.
Stan obtains a
grizzly bear
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In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horri ...
from the zoo to battle the shark, which only further aggravates the situation when the two animals work together to kill the family. He then attempts to use exposed wiring to electrocute the animals, but accidentally electrocutes Roger instead. Refusing to accept Francine's pleas to just get help, Stan instead throws his old college javelin which, instead of killing the bear, accidentally impales Francine in the shoulder, to Stan's horror. Buckle enters the house with a tranquilizer gun and sedates the two predators before also shooting Stan realizing that he was an equal threat. Stan later tells Buckle that he made the right call. Francine comforts Stan by assuring him he is a good husband and father in all other aspects of life, but despite the whole ordeal, Stan is not convinced that he should stay out of a future crisis.
After the storm clears, Stan looks out to scope the damage done by the storm, only to find himself in a stand-off with
Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. is a fictional character from the animated television series ''Family Guy'', and its spin-off series ''The Cleveland Show''. He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his mild-mannered ...
and
Peter Griffin
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, born Justin Peter Griffin, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom ''Family Guy''. He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, alon ...
, whose houses have ended up on both sides of the Smiths' house, since the
same hurricane hit their
respective towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
earlier. Cleveland then tries to tell Peter he knows him, then the latter just tell them to let him think. When Francine comes out the front door, Stan accidentally shoots her, which Peter claims to be "classic ''American Dad!''" due to its unpredictability.
Production
The episode was first announced in July 2010 by series creator
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. He is the creator and star of the television series ''Family Guy'' (since 1999) and ''The Orville'' (since 2017), and co-creator ...
at the
Comic-Con International
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in
San Diego, California
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.
Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of the Fox Broadcasting Company, originally pitched the idea for the crossover, which was inspired by theme nights of comedy shows from the 1980s.
MacFarlane described the crossover event to be an "enormous challenge" and a "substantial undertaking"; he chose to do one central story line so that each writing staff would not have to write stories for unfamiliar characters.
He was also willing to do another crossover event if this one received successful ratings.
Much of the episode plot in "Hurricane!" was modeled after the
action
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* Action game, a genre of video game
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adventure
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disaster film
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, ''
The Poseidon Adventure''.
In his interview on the plot of the final part of the crossover episode, Mike Barker, a producer for ''American Dad'', stated that "
hey
Hey or Hey! may refer to:
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* Hey (band), a Polish rock band
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* ''Hey'' (Andreas Bourani album) or the title song (see below), 2014
* ''Hey!'' (Julio Iglesias album) or the title song, 1980
* ''Hey!'' (Jullie album) or the title s ...
end up flooding the house and turning it upside down." He continued: "Ultimately, the house drifts and ends up in the same neighborhood as the Griffin and Brown homes." The actual crossing over of the event occurs at the end of this episode when Stan gets involved in a stand off with
Cleveland Brown
Cleveland Orenthal Brown Sr. is a fictional character from the animated television series ''Family Guy'', and its spin-off series ''The Cleveland Show''. He is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family and is best known for his mild-mannered ...
of ''The Cleveland Show'' and
Peter Griffin
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, born Justin Peter Griffin, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom ''Family Guy''. He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, alon ...
of ''Family Guy''.
In April 2011, executives of the
Fox Broadcasting Company
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officially announced that "Hurricane!" would air on May 1 as part of the ''
Night of the Hurricane
''Night of the Hurricane'' is a 2011 crossover event on the Animation Domination lineup on Fox. The event involved the three animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane: ''The Cleveland Show,'' ''Family Guy and'' ''American Dad!.'' The ...
'' crossover, along with ''The Cleveland Show'' episode "
The Hurricane!
"The Hurricane!" is the second episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''The Cleveland Show'', an episode produced for season 2. It is the first part of the Night of the Hurricane block with ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!' ...
" and ''Family Guy'' episode "
Seahorse Seashell Party
"Seahorse Seashell Party" is the second episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode mainly centers around the Griffin famil ...
".
However, on April 29, it was announced that the crossover event would be removed from the schedule, in response to a
series of tornadoes that killed nearly 300 people in the Southern United States.
The crossover was subsequently replaced by reruns of "
I Am the Walrus
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" from ''American Dad!'', "
Brian Writes a Bestseller
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" from ''Family Guy'', and "
Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'" from ''The Cleveland Show''.
MacFarlane later agreed with the decisions after being consulted with the executives of Fox, and a spokeswoman for the company later announced that the episode would air the succeeding season.
"Hurricane!" was directed by Tim Parsons, in his first directing credit of the season. This episode marked the first time Parsons has directed an ''American Dad!'' episode since the
seventh season episode "
I Am the Walrus
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".
It was written by Erik Sommers, which also served as his first writing credit for the season. Sommers' last production credit was the sixth season episode "
You Debt Your Life
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".
In addition to the regular cast, voice actor
Mike Henry, actress
Lisa Edelstein Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
and voice actress
Kristen Schaal
Kristen Joy Schaal (; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on ''Bob's Burgers'' and Mabel Pines on ''Gravity Falls''. She's also known for playing Mel on ''F ...
guest starred in the episode as Cleveland Brown, Sharri Rothberg, and Roger's One Night Stand respectively. Recurring voice actors
Jeff Fischer Jeff Fischer may refer to:
*Jeff Fischer (baseball), former pitcher
*Jeff Fischer (actor)
Jeffrey Todd Fischer (born August 10, 1968) is an American voice acting, voice actor known for his work in commercials, cartoons, and video games. He is als ...
,
Mike Barker, Matt McKenna, and
Kevin Michael Richardson
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reprised their roles of Jeff Fischer, Terry Bates, Buckle, and Principal Brian Lewis respectively. In addition to his ''American Dad!'' roles of Stan, Roger, and Greg Corbin, MacFarlane reprised his ''Family Guy'' role of
Peter Griffin
Peter Löwenbräu Griffin, born Justin Peter Griffin, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American animated sitcom ''Family Guy''. He is voiced by the series' creator, Seth MacFarlane, and first appeared on television, alon ...
, while Henry guest starred as his role of
Cleveland Brown
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. This episode marked the first time Henry made a guest appearance on ''American Dad'' since the season four episode "
Stan's Night Out
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". Edelstein and McKenna reprised their roles of Shari and Buckle, having last done so in the season seven episode "
Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls
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".
Reception
Ratings
"Hurricane!" first aired in the United States on October 2, 2011 as part of the animation television night on Fox. It was preceded by episodes of ''
The Simpsons
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'', and its sister shows ''
The Cleveland Show
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'' and ''
Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
''. It was viewed by 5.71 million viewers upon its initial airing, despite simultaneously airing with ''
Desperate Housewives
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'' on
ABC
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, ''
The Amazing Race
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'' on
CBS
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, and a match between the
Baltimore Ravens
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and the
New York Jets
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on
NBC
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.
Total viewership for the episode was the third highest of the animation television block on Fox, having moderately higher ratings than that of ''The Cleveland Show'' but lower ratings than that of ''The Simpsons'' and ''Family Guy''.
[ "Hurricane!" garnered a 2.6/6 rating in the 18–49 demographic, according to ]Nielsen ratings
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.[ Total viewership and ratings were slightly down from the previous episode, "]Hot Water
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", which was watched by 5.83 million viewers and garnered a 3.0/7 rating in the 18–49 demographic.
Television reviews
Critics generally praised the episode, with many deeming "Hurricane!" as the best part of the crossover. Terron Moore of ''Ology'' praised the episode, giving it an 8.5 out of ten rating. Points of acclaim went to the humor of the episode, to which Moore opined that it "was packed with a lot of funny lines, a lot of ridiculous Stan antics .. and a pretty funny arc involving Roger and his girlfriend".
Rowan Kaiser of ''The A.V. Club
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'' was polarized with the episode. Although she stated that the episode was not bad, Kaiser stated that it "didn't quite work". Kaiser went on to give the episode a 'B−' grade, scoring higher than the ''Family Guy'' episode "Seahorse Seashell Party
"Seahorse Seashell Party" is the second episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode mainly centers around the Griffin famil ...
", but lower than ''The Simpsons'' episode "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts
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". Another writer felt that the interactions between Stan and Francine were inferior to previous episodes of the series and wrote, "It breaks away from Francine and Stan's fun relationship and veers into the more conventional cartoon relationship, where the husband is a buffoon and the wife has to keep him check."[
]
See also
*''Night of the Hurricane
''Night of the Hurricane'' is a 2011 crossover event on the Animation Domination lineup on Fox. The event involved the three animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane: ''The Cleveland Show,'' ''Family Guy and'' ''American Dad!.'' The ...
''
*''The Cleveland Show
''The Cleveland Show'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company. A spin-off of ''Family Guy'', the series centers on Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, a ...
'': "The Hurricane!
"The Hurricane!" is the second episode of the third season of the animated comedy series ''The Cleveland Show'', an episode produced for season 2. It is the first part of the Night of the Hurricane block with ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!' ...
"
*''Family Guy
''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show centers around the Griffin family, Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter Griff ...
'': "Seahorse Seashell Party
"Seahorse Seashell Party" is the second episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series ''Family Guy''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 2, 2011. The episode mainly centers around the Griffin famil ...
"
References
External links
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2011 American television episodes
American Dad! (season 8) episodes
Crossover animation
Family Guy
The Cleveland Show