Steve Smith (American Dad!)
| American Dad! character | |
| Steven Smith | |
|---|---|
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 14 or 15 |
| Religion: | Episcopalian |
| Political leaning: | Republican |
| Voice actor: | Scott Grimes |
Steven Smith (voiced by Scott Grimes) is a fictional character on American animated series American Dad!. He is Stan and Francine Smith's only son and Hayley's brother.
Personality
Steve is portrayed as a social outcast, although he's very clever, intelligent, and confident to point where he can become arrogant. To Stan's horror and dismay, Steve spends his time with his friends playing Dungeons and Dragons, pretending to be the characters from Star Trek and other such "geeky" behavior. He can read Elvish, use morse code, and is able to communicate with dolphins. Steve is a freshman at Pearl Bailey High School.
Steve frequently masterminds crazy schemes in order to improve his social standing. For example, in "Threat Levels", he plans to make a video in which girls "go wild" and market it in late-night television so he and his circle of friends could afford a Gamestation.
Friends
Steve seems to have three friends:
- Snot, a teenager with curly hair and bad acne. He once had an affair with Steve's then-girlfriend, Gretchen.
- Barry, an overweight maniacal genius who is inexplicably hated by Stan, takes "vitamins" to inhibit his desire to hurt other people which cause temporary mental retardation.
- Toshi, a multilingual Japanese teenager. Although he seems to understand English, he has yet to speak it. When he speaks Japanese, Steve believes he can understand him, though he really does not. Toshi's style of character is very similar to that of Ling Ling from Drawn Together, both characters speak with subtitles and are misintepreted by others. Both characters are also sociopathic.
Romance
Steve is obsessed with women and sex, yet, in "A Smith In The Hand", reveals he knows very little about sex. He chases attractive girls from school, usually cheerleaders, such as Lisa Silver from the very first episode, or other girls that Hayley has described as out of his league. However, in "Con Heir" Steve meets an elderly lady named Gretchen with whom he bonds over the memory of Steve's "fake, dead grampa", Lou, and then shares a passionate kiss. Although it appears Steve is very much smitten, Gretchen cheats on him with his friend Snot, claiming that monogamy should be left to the 60-year-olds. Steve and Snot agree to never let a girl come between them again. Seconds later, however, we witness them both chasing after an old lady with an oxygen tank.
In the episode, "Stannie Get Your Gun", it is implied that if Hayley wasn't his sister, Steve would probably be romantically interested in her; he French-kisses her when he thought he was adopted. In a recent episode, Steve met a slightly overweight, goth girl named Debbie, with whom Steve immediately was smitten with. Though he broke up with her during the episode, they got back together at the end and she was seen again in the episode "Iced, Iced Babies.
In "Lincoln Lover" he displays a strong homophobia, learned from his father. Roger remarks upon seeing Steve and his friends having a "grope fest" with girls from school, "Ah, Steve. You won't truly appreciate the awkwardness of this moment until you're fondly reminiscing as a 35-year-old homosexual", although Steve does not display any signs of being gay.
Quotes
- "Wait a minute! That's it! I just have to get a dog, and women will be all over my jock!"
- "Who's the loser now, loser?"
- "I touched her hand, her hand touched her boob. By the Transitive Property, I got some boob! Algebra's awesome!"
- Snot: "How's the bra hunt coming?"
Steve :(After being kicked in the groin) "Making progress. A girl just groped me with her foot!"
- "So, you're saying I should never ever have sex before marriage?"