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With Friends Like Steve's is an episode of American Dad! Craig Ferguson guest stars as Barry.
Plot summary
Steve loses interest in his activities with Stan, who quickly dumps him for Barry, a kid who appreciates him. But Barry's very different when he's not taking his "vitamins" (retard aggression pills)— he goes insane (rather: un-retarded) and starts talking like Barry White (who guest star Ferguson starred with in Maybe This Time). Being preferred, he manages to have Steve sent to a youth penal oil rig in the Atlantic ocean where Steve uses his father's skills to escape. Meanwhile, Roger's beer-swilling skills come in handy when he decides to join a fraternity at Hayley's college (he leaves when they tell him newbies have to clean after the party while brothers sleep).
Miscellanea
- Francine compares Steve's interest in Stan to America's interest in Arrested Development.
- The scene with the pill in the drink is very similar to a scene in The Princess Bride. Barry even mentions that Steve had once seen that film.
- Last sentence of the episode: "Man, I'm getting hungry. Hey, let's go dig up your mother so she can make us breakfast!"
- Stan plays Red Dawn with Barry.
- When Stan runs the finger prints from the plate it comes out as Steve. It is not mentioned why Steve would have his finger prints on file without a previous criminal offence. It could be a mention to Stan's own state of mind if he has added his families prints to the database.
- The scene where the fly crawls into Barry's mouth is a direct reference to the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which the same thing happens to the villain Belloq during a speech.