
Bailey has been speculated to be a potential fourth child, but this would not have been a separate pregnancy as he was hinted to be a twin with Hayley.įrancine is a stereotypical trophy housewife who generally seems to enjoy her position in life. In " Spring Break-Up", Roger states that Francine has had 3 kids, and she would carry Libby through pregnancy in " Surro-Gate" as a potential fourth pregnancy. Including Hayley and Steve, Francine states that she has been pregnant four times previously in " Roger's Baby".

In " Star Trek", she claims to have a caesarean section scar from Hayley's birth and a scar on her perineum from Steve's birth. In " Roger's Baby", she took refuge in a motel where she considered having an abortion when she was expecting for the first time. In " The Most Adequate Christmas Ever", it was revealed that Hayley was born on a trip to Africa after Stan ignored the doctor's advice who said Francine would give birth any day. She re-enacts a scene about being "shanked in the cafeteria", she does not want the same life for Hayley. In " Pulling Double Booty", Francine tells, what Stan describes as, a "Haunting Scene-let" which indicates that Francine has been in Prison before. Although Francine has settled down as a mother, her old personality traits will sometimes flare up, such as when she goes out drinking with an old friend in " The Kidney Stays in the Picture".įrancine's brain has been repeatedly damaged or tampered with by her husband in acts of foolishness such as in " Francine's Flashback" and " Roger 'n' Me". She complains she rarely has any friends in " Homeland Insecurity" because Stan always scares them away. American Dad! is framed as a sitcom with the characters being actors, and as such, relies on a floating timeline as needed by the writers.įrancine is cast as a typical housewife, who has no long term career but has had a few brief jobs. The couple married soon after.įrancine's last given age was 40 in " Tears of a Clooney", although dialogue in " Stan & Francine & Stan & Francine & Radika" suggests she is now somewhere between 47 and 48, placing her in her early teens in the 1980s. This is the key to the plan in " Francine's Flashback" to get her memory back.

To put the raccoon out of its misery, Stan shot the animal, causing Francine to become attracted to Stan for the compassion he had shown. During the trip, Stan swerved to avoid hitting a raccoon, which he did hit.

The couple met when Francine was hitchhiking and Stan pulled over and gave her a lift. It was around this time that she met Stan, who had just graduated from the CIA academy. In the '80s she slept with Adam Ant, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and Dexys Midnight Runners. Which Stan helped her do in " Tears of a Clooney", as a 39th/40th birthday present.įrancine was a wild hippie when younger. Since then, she has been passionate about killing him, or at least, making him cry. George stole her line in the show ruining her acting career. When Francine was younger, she had a brief acting career in an episode of the television show Scarecrow and Mrs. She also reported being beaten up by a group of popular girls in the school showers in " 1600 Candles". After Francine claimed that they were lovers, he was sent to jail where he committed suicide in the pilot. When she was about 14, she had an obsessive crush on her algebra teacher, Mr.

Through her adopted Chinese parents, Francine has a sister, Gwen, who Stan thinks is "totally hot" and mentions it whenever her sister is brought up in conversation. At the age of 7, she was adopted and raised by a Chinese couple, Ma Ma and Bah Bah Ling. Not much is known about Francine's younger years however, she was brought up in an orphanage where she was taught that left-handers were the Devil in " Office Spaceman", and was hit with a piece of beef or a mackerel on Fridays whenever she used her left hand. When Francine was a young toddler in " Big Trouble in Little Langley", her parents gave her up to be in first class on a plane. Francine Smith (née Ling formerly Dawson) is the wife of Stan Smith and the mother of Hayley Smith and Steve Smith.įrancine was born to Nicholas and Cassandra Dawson.
