American Dad- - Season 21eps4 -

End Card: A crude drawing of Stan in a pillow costume, pecking at a donut. Caption: “Grouses before spouses.”

Here’s an original piece written in the style of an American Dad! episode summary and script excerpt for . Title: The Grouse of Langley Falls American Dad- - Season 21Eps4

Stan, still in his pillow costume, gives an impassioned speech from a fake tree stump: Stan: “I am Grumblebeak! And you know what? I faked my death because I was tired of your parades! You ever try to sleep when a marching band plays ‘Sweet Caroline’ at 2 AM? It’s HELL!” End Card: A crude drawing of Stan in

When Stan accidentally kills the town’s beloved 200-year-old grouse (the unofficial mascot of Langley Falls), he must pretend to be the grouse to avoid a public shaming—while Steve and his friends try to clone the bird using Snot’s weird science kit. Title: The Grouse of Langley Falls Stan, still

Meanwhile, Stan dons a crude grouse costume (literally a brown pillow with googly eyes) and perches in the town square. He must learn to “grouse”: peck dirt, make angry cooing sounds, and avoid Francine, who immediately recognizes him but plays along because “watching you eat birdseed off the ground is the most fun I’ve had in years.”

“You crushed our progenitor. Prepare to be pecked to death… in a deposition.”