The ninth season of ''
American Dad!
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'' debuted on the
Fox
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network on September 30, 2012, at 9:30/8:30c, and concluded on May 12, 2013.
Guest stars for the season include
Wayne Brady,
Alison Brie,
Sean Hayes,
Mariah Carey
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,
Charlie Day,
Michelle Dockery,
Nathan Fillion,
Will Forte,
Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Rupert Grint,
Jon Hamm, and
Shaun White.
Episode plots include Jeff discovering
Roger is an alien and being stranded on an alien space ship in a two-episode story arc ("Naked to the Limit, One More Time", "
Lost in Space"),
Klaus finding his human body, then switching with
Stan
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's ("
Da Flippity Flop
"Da Flippity Flop" is the nineteenth episode and the season finale of the ninth season of '' American Dad!'', as well as the 152nd episode of the series. The episode aired in the United States on May 12, 2013, on Fox's Animation Domination line ...
"), Roger becoming Stan's stepfather ("American Stepdad") and
Hayley getting a job as a bar singer for Roger ("Love, AD Style").
The episode "Minstrel Krampus" was scheduled to air on December 16, 2012, but was replaced by a repeat of "Wheels & the Legman and the Case of Grandpa's Key" out of sensitivity for the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
To compensate for this, they aired the episode "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story" early. "Minstrel Krampus" eventually aired in the
tenth season.
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