Da Flippity Flop
Klaus swaps bodies with Stan after his human body decays.
Da Flippity Flop is the nineteenth episode and season finale of the ninth season of American Dad!, airing on May 12, 2013, on Fox. Written by series co-creator Matt Weitzman and directed by Rodney Clouden, it centers on Klaus Heisler swapping bodies with Stan Smith.
Quick Facts
- Series
- American Dad!
- Season
- 9
- Episode
- 19
- Air date
- 11 May 2013
- Production
- 7AJN21
- Writer
- Matt Weitzman
- Director
- Rodney Clouden
- Guests
- Shaun White as himself; Jonny Moseley as himself
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Plot
Klaus Heisler, the Smiths' man-in-a-fish-body pet, learns that his long lost human body has been discovered and stored frozen by the CIA. Excited to finally perform his ski jump stunt, Da Flippity Flop, Klaus begs Stan to help retrieve it, but Stan is reluctant. After Klaus attempts suicide multiple times, Francine convinces Stan to assist. At the CIA, they find lab technicians have unfrozen the body to cool their drinks, causing it to decay. Klaus blames Stan, knocks him out with a blender, and swaps bodies with him while Stan is unconscious. Stan awakens in Klaus's fish body, and Klaus refuses to reverse the switch. Hayley and Francine instantly recognize Klaus inside Stan's body but find the situation amusing, though they want it short-lived. Klaus secretly tells Stan he will never undo the switch. Klaus then embarks on revenge-filled adventures, abusing Stan's body through smoking, playing with dead animals, sleeping with diseased hookers, and using heroin, all while carrying Stan in a fishbowl.
Reception
The episode attracted 4.01 million U.S. viewers, ranking as the third highest rated show on Fox that night, behind The Simpsons and Family Guy but ahead of the Bob's Burgers third season finale. Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave it a B+, describing it as a typical example of the show's above-average consistency. Robert H. Dawson of TV Equals praised the silly humor but criticized the overuse of gross-out gags, calling the episode pretty good but unexceptional.
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