Roger (American Dad!)

Roger Smith
American Dad! character
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Seth MacFarlane Mike Barker Matt Weitzman
Voiced by	Seth MacFarlane
Information
Full name	Roger Smith
Aliases	List Maradeth Fields Cephilia Takaro Raider Dave Samantha Kingsbury The Legman Scotch Bingington Tearjerker Sidney Huffman Chilly Arbuckle T. Boone Braf Zachland Jeannie Gold Sholanda Dykes Mr. Deliver Jeremy Neederhoff Abigail Lemonparty Dr. Penguin Lazlo Morphine Martin Sugar Krispy Kreme McDonalds Jean-Louis Finch Kevin Ramage Sweeps McCulloch Clive Trotter Tom Yabo Demitri Krotchliknioff Fantasia Lopez Roland Chang Spartacus Vanderhill Chex LeMeneux Bing Cooper Roy Rogers McFreely Laura Vanderbooben Luke Fondleberg Reganomics-Lamborghini Alicia Wilkner Sgt. Pepper Cuss Mustard Ace Chapman Jenny Fromdabloc Winfrey Bob Danalou Max Jets Jerry Jets Kevin Bacon Parker Peters Genevieve Vavance Ricky Spanish Billy Jesusworth Trish Dan Andsome Handsome Clip Clop Professor Edelstein Warren Beanstalk Ruby Zeldastein Emmy Lou Sugarbean Ace Crouton Skyler Montessori Madeline Carpal Tunnel Burt Jarvis Dom Fikowski Ruby Zeldastein Frankie Marconi Morris Buttermaker Horse Renoir Professor Baxter Captain François Dubonais LeVar Crush Oscar Gold Tony O'Chat
Species	Alien
Gender	Male
Occupation	Various (depending on alias)

Roger Smith (born Wogir) 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, at the age of 1600, 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, selfish, devious, and depraved, although the Smith family are curiously oblivious to his nature. 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 Logo TV.

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