 The misadventures of Stan Smith and his wacky family. Stan: Stan works for the CIA, and is constantly on the look-out for terrorists. He loves his family and will do anything to protect them, and his country. Francine: Stan s wife, she has had a past life of drugs, but she has carefully hidden her party-girl personality for the sake of the conservative man she loves. She met Stan after college. Hayley: The teenage daughter of the family, currently attending community college. Despite her father s best efforts she has turned out to be a left-wing liberal. Stan loves his daughter, but that doesn t necessarily mean he trusts her. Steve: The dorky son, he tries to act cool, but fails. Steve is on the verge of puberty - but he just can t quite make it. His low social status sometimes leads him to taking drastic action - but no matter what he does, he s just a dork. Roger: A sarcastic alien rescued by Stan from Area 51. He resents not being allowed to leave the house, so has resorted to drinking wine and smoking cigarettes. And Klaus: A German-talking goldfish, he was a CIA experiment that went horribly wrong when they tried transplanting a German man s brain into a goldfish. Klaus lusts after Francine, and will take any opportunity that comes his way.