To this day , what has n't been exposed in the show American Dad ?
As the family 's breadwinner , he works as a CIA officer and was initially portrayed in the series as an old - fashioned conservative bigot but has since grown out of these traits ( the show known for its story arc elements and other distinguishing plot techniques ) ; Stan 's paradoxically moralistic yet simultaneously inappropriate , corrupt wife , Francine ; and their two children , new - age hippie daughter Hayley and nerdy son Steve .