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The Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 3

Every episode of American Dad! Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Dad! Season 3!

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The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    American Dad! Season 3 Episode 1 - Camp Refoogee
    8.2/10(1139 votes)

    #1 - Camp Refoogee

    S3:E1

    When Stan tries to trick Steve into attending summer camp, things go horribly wrong and Steve ends up in a refugee camp. However, Stan, being the eternal optimist, joins Steve and manages to stage a camp Olympics between the refugees and the rebel faction living across the river.

    Director:Albert Calleros
    Writers:Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener

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  2. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 2 - The American Dad After School Special
    7.8/10(975 votes)

    #2 - The American Dad After School Special

    S3:E2

    Stan realizes his own weight problem after he criticizes Steve about his new, overweight girlfriend, so he goes overboard with exercising, and develops anorexia. Steve realizes that his overweight girlfriend is the root of his father's problems, and he has to make a hard choice in an effort to save his father's life.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  3. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 3 - Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option
    8.1/10(1066 votes)

    #3 - Failure is Not a Factory-Installed Option

    S3:E3

    Stan loses his confidence, and his job, when a car salesman gets the best of him in a negotiation. Meanwhile, Roger and Steve set up a makeshift drive-in to try to get to first base with popular schoolgirls.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writer:Etan Cohen

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  4. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 4 - Lincoln Lover
    7.3/10(883 votes)

    #4 - Lincoln Lover

    S3:E4

    Stan has his heart set on speaking at the Republican National Convention on behalf of the Langley chapter, but when they pass him up for another candidate, he accepts the only endorsement he gets from the local chapter of Gay Republicans. While the people around him disapprove of his new lifestyle choice, Stan decides to follow his heart to speak on their behalf.

    Director:Brent Woods
    Writers:Kenny Schwartz, Nahnatchka Khan, Rick Wiener

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  5. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 5 - Dungeons and Wagons
    7.4/10(890 votes)

    #5 - Dungeons and Wagons

    S3:E5

    After Francine tells Stan she's looking for excitement in their marriage, Stan gets in the driver's seat and becomes involved in drag racing to spice things up. Meanwhile, Hayley breaks up with her boyfriend, Jeff, who is emotionally crushed until he joins Steve's world of online gaming. When Hayley finds out, she tries to sabotage their fun.

    Directors:Anthony Lioi, Kurt Dumas
    Writers:Jim Bernstein, Michael Shipley

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  6. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 6 - Iced, Iced Babies
    7.4/10(886 votes)

    #6 - Iced, Iced Babies

    S3:E6

    When Steve's new relationship with his girlfriend gives Francine empty nest syndrome, she tries to convince Stan to have another baby. Meanwhile, Roger tries to enroll in college with Haley in order to experience college life, but while Roger ends up teaching the class, Haley finds a new crush in her classmate Ethan (Elijah Woods), who turns out to be far from normal.

    Director:Caleb Meurer
    Writer:Steve Hely

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  7. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 7 - Of Ice and Men
    7.4/10(893 votes)

    #7 - Of Ice and Men

    S3:E7

    When Francine discovers Stan's secret, decades-old passion for competitive figure skating, she decides to be supportive and becomes his pairs partner until Stan's competitive nature gets the best of him and he ditches her for a new partner. Meanwhile, Steve's classmate Snot finds new respect among his peers when he parades his mail-order bride around the playground.

    Director:John Aoshima
    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  8. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 8 - Irregarding Steve
    7.9/10(985 votes)

    #8 - Irregarding Steve

    S3:E8

    When Roger helps Steve see that his father isn't as smart as he always believed, the power-hungry pair set their sights on fame and fortune in New York City. It doesn't take long for Roger to lose everything on Wall Street, and Steve contemplates prostitution after Jon Stewart shoots down his comedy routine. Meanwhile, the rest of the family is certain that the two have just run away to the tree house, so when it explodes in a lightning storm, they are devastated, but console themselves with Steve's college fund.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writer:Chris McKenna

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  9. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 9 - The Best Christmas Story Never Told
    7.5/10(889 votes)

    #9 - The Best Christmas Story Never Told

    S3:E9

    When an injunction prevents Langley Falls from lighting their annual Christmas tree, Stan blames secular non-believers for ruining his favorite holiday. With Stan's holiday spirit at an all-time low, the Ghost of Christmas Past visits him and tries to show him the true meaning of Christmas. However, Stan is convinced that Christmas can be saved by changing the outcome of Vietnam, but finds that changing the past only dramatically changes the future.

    Director:Albert Calleros
    Writer:Brian Boyle

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  10. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 10 - Bush Comes to Dinner
    8.4/10(1262 votes)

    #10 - Bush Comes to Dinner

    S3:E10

    When Stan enters an essay contest to have his personal hero, President Bush, come over for dinner, he is overcome with joy when the President arrives at his doorstep. However, not everyone in the Smith family shares Stan's excitement. Hayley tries to drill President Bush on the Iraq war, and Steve and Roger attempt to convince him that they've found Osama Bin Laden, but instead get him drunk. Stan tries to save the President from public humiliation, while Hayley revels in his fall from glory.

    Director:Mike Kim
    Writers:Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker

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  11. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 11 - American Dream Factory
    7.2/10(861 votes)

    #11 - American Dream Factory

    S3:E11

    When Stan feels like he's not climbing the ladder fast enough at work, he turns to his lifelong ambition of making festive teddy bears. However, when he realizes that making a quick profit takes a lot of work, he resorts to using illegal aliens as cheap labor. Meanwhile, Hayley sees her father's new business model as an atrocity and takes matters into her own hands by calling Uncle Sam.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writer:Nahnatchka Khan

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  12. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 12 - A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial
    7.6/10(857 votes)

    #12 - A.T. The Abusive Terrestrial

    S3:E12

    When Roger is rejected by Steve, who seems to be over him, Roger heads out in search of a new human companion. But when this new friend starts to abuse Roger and the relationship turns into a lot of excuses and sorry's, Steve and Hayley scheme to get Roger out of the bad relationship and back home where he belongs. Meanwhile, Stan tours the Mr. Pibb factory and meets the man himself.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  13. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 13 - Black Mystery Month
    7.3/10(841 votes)

    #13 - Black Mystery Month

    S3:E13

    While researching a paper about George Washington Carver in celebration of Black History Month, Steve uncovers a conspiracy that's been going on since the Civil War. When the curator of the Smithsonian Peanut Museum reaches out to tell Steve the truth, he's mysteriously murdered, and Steve and Stan are tracked by a secret society that will stop at nothing to keep this scandalous secret of American history.

    Director:Brent Woods
    Writer:Laura McCreary

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  14. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 14 - An Apocalypse to Remember
    7.7/10(874 votes)

    #14 - An Apocalypse to Remember

    S3:E14

    Stan arrives late to a CIA nuclear drill and thinks it's real. He decides to move the family into the mountains to survive the apocalypse. Even though he realizes his error, he begins to enjoy the attention that he gets from the family so much that he doesn't tell them the truth. However, when the family meets a mountain man and learns the truth, Stan has some explaining to do.

    Director:John Aoshima
    Writer:Erik Durbin

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  15. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 15 - Four Little Words
    7.4/10(838 votes)

    #15 - Four Little Words

    S3:E15

    Stan sets Bullock up on a date with one of Francine's friends. Fearing that Francine will be right about the outcome of the date, Stan goes to great lengths to make sure it goes well by getting everyone drunk. Unfortunately, Bullock accidentally kills the woman, to which Stan frames Francine for the murder in order to keep her from asking so many questions.

    Director:Caleb Meurer
    Writer:David Zuckerman

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  16. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 16 - When a Stan Loves a Woman
    7.8/10(949 votes)

    #16 - When a Stan Loves a Woman

    S3:E16

    After Stan discovers that Francine has a secret sex garden, he feels like their marriage may be crumbling. Looking to rekindle their romance, Francine asks for a divorce so that Stan can experience life as a bachelor again, and both learn a valuable lesson in love. Meanwhile, addicted to an energy drink, Steve finds himself panhandling in the streets to support his new habit.

    Director:Rodney Clouden
    Writers:Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener

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  17. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 17 - I Can't Stan You
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #17 - I Can't Stan You

    S3:E17

    When Stan brings home CIA equipment designed to eavesdrop on conversations, he finds out that his neighbors don't think too highly of him. In retaliation, Stan has the entire neighborhood evicted so that he can live free of any criticism. However, when an unexpected friend comes to his rescue, he realizes that gossip is a two-way street.

    Director:Pam Cooke
    Writers:Jim Bernstein, Michael Shipley

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  18. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 18 - The Magnificent Steven
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #18 - The Magnificent Steven

    S3:E18

    After Stan is prosecuted for sending contaminated cattle to a slaughterhouse, he says that it began as a quest to make a man out of Steve. Meanwhile, Roger sparks a cat fight between Francine and Hayley, for reasons of his own.

    Director:Mike Kim
    Writer:Steve Hely

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  19. American Dad! Season 3 Episode 19 - Joint Custody
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Joint Custody

    S3:E19

    Roger becomes a bounty hunter, and he and Stan race cross-country to turn in Jeff, who is wanted for smuggling pot into Florida.

    Director:Joe Daniello
    Writer:Keith Heisler

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Camp Refoogee" is the best rated episode of "American Dad!" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 1139 votes. Directed by Albert Calleros and written by Josh Bycel, Jonathan Fener, it aired on 9/10/2006. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The American Dad After School Special".