American Dad: Hayley Smith

Ok... Today's post features Hayley Smith from American Dad. There are a couple of bonus characters in this one since one of the episodes took place at a Yoga Meditation center and there's a quick cameo from a popular celebrity singer.

A brief barefoot Katy Perry moment in this episode as well.

(American Dad episodes featured in this tribute are Season 9 Episode 16 She Swill Survive, Season 12 Episode 13 Holy #@$ Jeff's  Back!, Season 14 Episode 3 The Enlightenment of Ragi-Baba, and Season 14 Episode 15 Bahama Mama. A Massive Thank you to the Legendary Master of Sole Shots Match25 for recommending all these episodes for the character)

American Dad follows the proud tradition of American cartoon comedies such as the Simpsons, Futurama and  Family Guy. The show focuses on a family whose father is a member of the CIA. It's very close in style to the comedy Family Guy which makes sense because they are both created by comedy writer/producer/actor Seth MacFarlane.

Hayley is the teenage daughter on the show. She's colleged age, a liberal, and a hippie. Her free spirited nature winds up conflicting with her father a lot who is a proud republican. Hayley being a hippy seems to work in our favor because we actually see Hayley's feet a lot in the series. Her default outfit involves sandals and with 14 seasons of the cartoon available there are a lot of foot related scenes for her. With such an abundance of sandal scenes... it's much more fun to focus on the scenes where she is actually barefoot which is what this particular tribute focuses on. :-)

In terms of aesthetic appearance...I'm not really much of a fan of the animation style used in the bulk of  American cartoon comedies in general. They tend to be less detailed and less realistic allowing the characters to be wackier. For me the enjoyment in watching a show like this comes from the comedy itself and it is a really funny show. Seth MacFarlane has a dry dark sense of humor and when the jokes in the series hit... they are usually roll on the floor laughing funny. :-D For example the storyline of the Bahama Mama episode had two of the characters join a drug cartel and one of the characters wound up getting a little too into his role working for it. 😂 I also have to concede that despite the streamlined animation style of the show... Hayley is cute. :-D She also fun to watch. She tends to one of the more sensible members of the family and plays more of a straight role (particular against the family's Alien house guest Roger who has megalomaniac tendencies). She does her quirks though such as mood swings and the tendency to use Marijuana a little bit more than recreationaly.

A little bit of trivia involving Hayley is that she is voiced by Seth MacFarlane's actual sister Rachael MacFarlane.

Alright everyone...that's going to be it for now but as always more to come soon!

-KSC