Spring Breakup

Infobox American Dad! episode
Title =Spring Breakup
Series =American Dad!


Caption =Stan parties with Jessica
Season =3
Episode =16
Airdate =May 18, 2008
Production =3AJN17
Writer =
Director =
Guests =Sugar Ray
newspaper_headline =Man Tries Sushi For The First Time: "It's Okay."
Episode list =List of American Dad! episodes
Season list = Infobox_American_Dad!_Season_3
Prev =
Next =TBA

Spring Breakup is an episode of the television program "American Dad!". It is the third season finale.

Synopsis

Stan is upset at how Francine half-heartedly responds to his playful banter, who claims that it is just becoming too dull for her. She goes out to visit her parents for the week, leaving Stan depressed. Shortly after Francine leaves, Roger hastily tries to convince Stan to move into a motel for the week--soon it becomes clear that Roger, under the name "Scotch Bingeington," is hosting a spring break party at their house and has already invited dozens of partygoers, as he wishes to become the next "King of Spring Break." Stan tries to force them to leave until he meets a rather enthusiastic young woman named Jessica who keenly responds to Stan's witty remarks. Stan takes an interest in this girl, but feels it would be wrong to be with her due to the fact he is married. However, he quickly changes his mind when he receives a phone call from Francine on her first day away, who does not acknowledge Stan’s statement of how he misses her after only one day.

Stan and Jessica party hard with everyone else, and they begin to develop a rather close bond. When the week is up and Francine returns home to the party, she is outraged to see Stan with Jessica, who is already prepared to leave for home. Stan, who is incredibly spiteful at how Francine finds his actions boring, leaves Francine and goes out to look for Jessica. In her own spite, Francine complains about the situation to her mother only to be berated by her instead. Her mother actually supports Stan's position--in order for a marriage to work, both spouses must put all their efforts into making each other happy. Around this time, Stan manages to find Jessica, but she, having been sobered up, says that what she felt during spring break "wasn't real" because she was drunk, leaving Stan feeling dejected. Stan and Francine meet up again in a coffee shop, and they both apologize for their own behavior and patch things up.

Meanwhile, Steve realizes that the presence of all the drunk girls at Roger's spring break party is another chance to lose his virginity. His target: Carmen Selectra, a reporter for MTV who had come to broadcast the party. Carmen agrees to have sex with Steve, but he stalls so he can get her complete medical history, and is turned off after learning she has breast implants. Towards the end of the party, Carmen presents to Roger the crown that will make him King of Spring Break, though he turns down the offer as he says that there is something lacking in his party. Carmen then announces to Steve that she had her implants removed so they can have sex; unfortunately, the stage on which she is standing collapses and she is killed, thus costing Steve another chance at losing his virginity (ironically, the implants could have absorbed the extra shock). Realizing that this is the element he was missing--a party's not a party until someone dies--Roger pulls a dented crown from the wreckage and proudly proclaims himself King of Spring Break.

Cultural references

* The episode's title is a reference to spring break.
* Carmen Selectra is a parody of Carmen Electra, who actually guest starred in the pilot of "American Dad!". In fact, one of the partygoers wonders if people meant to say "Electra" instead of "Selectra."
* While talking to Stan and Jessica about the Tunnel of Booze, Roger says "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey...", the opening lyrics to Beck's song Loser.
* The songs "Fly" by Sugar Ray and "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas were used in the episode.
* The college "Central Virginia State" is possibly a reference to "Virginia State University" and "Virginia Commonwealth University." Many times during this episode they talk about Rutgers University and even show Stan going there to meet Jessica.
* Before Francine comes home, we see a short few seconds of a Donkey Kong resembling ape on top of a pyramid of kegs throwing kegs down at laughing frat boys. This a reference to the original 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong..
* At the table Carmen Selectra can be seen eating a burrito, most likely a reference to the years Carmen Electra was a spokesmodel for Taco Bell's "Grilled Stuffed Burrito"

Trivia

* When Roger, as Scotch, tells Francine that he feels sorry that she was awarded a four of ten at a wet T-shirt contest because "she had three kids" and Francine states that she had two, Francine actually has had three kids (Surro-Gate), but her third kid was for Greg and Terry, so it doesn't count since she was a volunteered surrogate.
* This is the last episode featuring the newspaper headline gags seen in the opening sequence of "American Dad".

Censorship

* In the Fox version of this episode, Steve says "I will not waste an ounce of wiener on you" to the drunk girl after seeing Carmen Selectra. In the Adult Swim version, He says "I will not to waste an ounce of boner on you"
* When Roger calls Francine to let her know someone is trying to have sex with one of her garden gnomes, viewers can see the bottom of the man's legs on the ground as he thrusts up and down in the Adult Swim broadcast. In the Fox version, this is completely off-screen.