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Roger Smith is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom ''American Dad!'', voiced by Seth MacFarlane. The character was created and designed by Seth MacFarlane. Roger is a centuries-old grey space alien living with the Smith family, around whom the show revolves. Having lived on Earth since 1947, Roger came to live with the Smiths after rescuing main character Stan Smith at Area 51 four years prior to the beginning of the series. Roger began the series as a sensitive pushover who is often taken advantage of, cheated, and ridiculed. Over time, the character has become increasingly cruel, callous, self-interested, devious, crafty and depraved.〔 In early episodes of the show, Roger is disallowed from leaving the Smith house in order to conceal his being an alien. This restriction is soon abandoned and Roger begins adopting disguises and fictitious personas in order to have a life outside the house. Roger's personas have become a major plot device, with his myriad alter egos frequently being the subject or facilitator of an episode's main story or subplot. This also helps to amplify his pansexuality and androgynous nature, which varies dependent on the plot situation and persona he has adopted. Aside from catalyzing the plot or subplot with his various personas, and despite his increasingly evident self-interest, he often serves to counsel the show's main characters, by humorously affirming or bluntly disregarding their opinions. When voicing the character, MacFarlane speaks in a swish accent intended to resemble Paul Lynde (who played Uncle Arthur in ''Bewitched''). In 2014, Roger was voted "Gayest Cartoon Character of All Time" in a first-ever March Madness style competition held by the network.〔(Gayest Cartoon Tournament 2014 - thebacklot.com, Page 2014 )〕 ==Character== According to the episode "Frannie 911", Roger has been on earth for over 60 years, having arrived in 1947 as a result of being tricked. Stan Smith, an employee of the Central Intelligence Agency, adopted Roger after Roger saved his life, as seen in the episode "You Debt Your Life". Stan feels that it would endanger him and the rest of his family if it were to be exposed that Roger is an alien and living with them. Consequently, Stan disallowed him from leaving the house when the series first began, even in disguise. Confined to the house in the first couple of seasons, Roger was miserable and malcontent.〔 As the series progressed, Roger disguises himself in various human personae and lives an active life outside the house. In later seasons, Roger is shown leading numerous lives and deceiving many people with his alter egos. He sometimes says that he is a graduate of Howard University. Crude and brazen, Roger has no qualms with randomly saying and doing whatever is on his mind no matter how outrageously cruel, depraved or devious. Most heavily emphasized, Roger is devious and crafty, regularly misleading and finagling others to achieve his desired ends. His desired ends are often ridiculously trivial or marked by schadenfreude. The episode "Frannie 911" establishes that an aspect of the well-being of Roger's species is the ability to display crude behavior and purge negativity from their bodies.〔Writ.: Brian Boyle; Dir.: Joe Daniello (2008-01-06). "Frannie 911". ''American Dad!''. Season 4. Episode 9. FOX.〕 In the episode "You Debt Your Life", Roger described himself as a "fey pansexual alcoholic non-human". He spends his time watching soap operas, drinking and getting drunk by alcohol, eating junk food, and using recreational drugs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger (American Dad!)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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