American Dad- - Season 21eps4 «Free Access»
EXT. LANGLEY FALLS TOWN SQUARE - DAY The town is celebrating “Grouse Day.” An ancient, one-eyed, perpetually angry grouse named Grumblebeak sits on a velvet pillow. MAYOR JIM BECKER hands it a tiny key to the city. Stan (to Francine): “It’s a scruffy chicken. Why does it get a parade?” Francine: “Stan, that bird survived three wars, a meth lab explosion in ’87, and Klaus’s attempt to marry it. Show some respect.” Stan rolls his eyes. Later, trying to parallel park his SUV, he accidentally backs over Grumblebeak’s commemorative birdhouse. The grouse attacks. Stan swats it. It flies into a transformer. Poof. Feathers rain down.
End Card: A crude drawing of Stan in a pillow costume, pecking at a donut. Caption: “Grouses before spouses.”
“You defeated six clones and a zombie grouse by lying terribly.” Stan: “That’s the American way.” American Dad- - Season 21Eps4
The cloning works too well . Steve creates not one, but six hyper-intelligent, vengeful grouse clones. They speak in unison (British accents) and demand Stan stand trial for “Grouse-icide.”
The town gasps. But then the real Grumblebeak shows up—it had just been napping behind the dumpster. It sees the clones, screeches, and a massive bird brawl erupts. Stan uses the chaos to escape. Francine hands him a beer. Stan (to Francine): “It’s a scruffy chicken
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.
“You crushed our progenitor. Prepare to be pecked to death… in a deposition.” Later, trying to parallel park his SUV, he
INT. ROGER’S ATTIC - NIGHT Roger is preening in front of a mirror. He has the six clone grouses as his new “backup squad.” They’re dressed in tiny berets. Roger: “We’re starting a mime troupe. No sounds. Just judgment.” The grouses slowly turn their heads. Freeze frame. Klaus (in a bowl nearby): “I wanted to be the mime.” Roger: “Shut up, fish. You’re the tiny bicycle.”
