American Dad! (2005–…): Season 15, Episode 22 - The Last Ride of the Dodge City Rambler - full transcript

This magazine rules!

The whole issue is about
old steam locomotives.

There's even an article
on the physics

of opening a hose
called the monkey tail

so the steam doesn't...

Wait, why am I reading
about trains?

Do I like trains?

I got it for you!

I heard kids on the spectrum

love to learn about
that sort of stuff.

I'm not on the spectrum!



Wait, could I be?
Should we test me for that?

Steve, testing kids
is very expensive,

whereas that magazine was $2.50.

250th day of the year,
September 7th.

In 1991, actor Harry Hamlin

marries actress
Nicollette Sheridan.

Ooh!

My second favorite
Desperate Housewife!

She is a gem!

Speaking of gems,
the Bradford Railway Company

is retiring their most famous
train, the Dodge City Rambler.

It's making one last trip
from D.C. to Dodge City, Kansas.

Did you say Dodge City?

My Aunt Karen lives
in Dodge City!



It's been ages, but you remember
Aunt Karen, right?

Karen.

Ooh, you are so greedy, Orvis.

Some people think it's gross
to share food with a dog,

but the way I figure,
we both already have heartworm,

so why the heck not?

Karen.

Oh, Stan remembers!

And since the train's
going to Dodge City,

we can take the train
and visit her.

N-No, no! No Karen!

- I-I hate it there!
- What?

Honey, Karen and I don't gel.

She thinks I'm just wonderful,

and I think she's a slob who
should be thrown off a cliff.

I don't always gel with your
family, but I'm there for you.

Of course.

It's much easier for you because
my family's better.

We're taking the train
to visit Aunt Karen.

End of discussion.

Wait. What just happened?

You blew it, homeboy.

What are you doing down there?

Not having sex with Jeff!

We know the living room's
off limits, Mr. S!

And we would never
use the feeling of danger

to juice the lovemaking.

Ooh, that's a big train!

If anyone else is in this room,
come out now!

Roger?

Okay, now, as I was say...

Roger!

It's okay. It's okay, everyone.

It was just Roger hiding
in the drapes like yesterday.

♪ Good morning, U.S.A. ♪

♪ I got a feelin' that
it's gonna be a wonderful day ♪

♪ The sun in the sky
has a smile on his face ♪

♪ And he's shinin' a salute
to the American race ♪

♪ Oh, boy, it's swell to say ♪

- ♪ Good... ♪
- ♪ Good morning, U.S.A. ♪

Aah!

♪ Good morning, U.S.A. ♪

Oh, good. Other people
wore the clothes, too.

Stan, I'm glad you came around.

And even though
you didn't use your words,

your being here
is all the apology I need.

I'm only here because you hid
all my regular clothes.

Memphis Stormfront here.

Even though I'm a weatherman

and a hurricane is raging
just 10 miles away,

I'm happy to be reporting
on this train thing!

Dodge City Rambler! Oh, yeah!

People are excited!

For some reason!

The Rambler is not just a train.

It's also a time machine
to the 1800s.

1800?!
That's a perfect SAT score!

That's totally wrong.

And watch out
for the Magilicutty Gang!

The sworn enemy of
the Bradford Railway Company!

Oh, screw this.

The train's going to Dodge City

to become part
of some stupid museum.

The Boot Hill Museum, y'all!

Get outta my shot!

What's taking so long?!

I don't want to spend
one minute more than I have to

in these stupid clothes
on this stupid train

on the way to visit your stupid,
frizzy-haired...

- Slob!
- Hello, everyone!

Oh, my God! Aunt Karen!

- Stan, it's...
- Slob!

Why is slob here?!

When I heard you were visiting,

I thought, "Oh, great!

I'll come and ride with you!"

Fantastic!

It'll give us
even more time together!

Great! Now, who wants to help me

comb the two insanely long hairs

I have growing
out of my shoulder?

Stan?

This is a stickup!

Phones in the bag!

Let's turn back the clock
to a time before phones.

But after guns and bags.

Hey, Roger.

That guy.
Does he look familiar to you?

Hayley, that's James Corden.

What? James Corden is white.

I think that turned out
to be a cruel rumor.

Look! He avoided eye contact!

He's definitely someone.

- We should...
- Blow him. Totally agree.

Let's move.

The Bradford Railway
Company welcomes you aboard!

So relax and enjoy a taste
of how America used to travel.

Isn't this charming?!

Ugh! Maybe ol' sleepin'
tube-nose here

will enjoy a view of the smoke.

Ow! Motherf...

By golly, they said
it couldn't be done,

but you, Joseph Bradford,

have built the greatest train
on Earth!

What is this?
Why is this happening?

It's wonderful actors, Dad!

You can tell by how loud
they're talking

that this is
a huge break for them.

I did it for all Americans!

I just wish that poor
and dirty Magilicutty Family

saw it that way.

Oh, the Magilicutty Gang!

They're lost souls, each one.

What should we do
about them, sir?

I don't do
audience participation.

Hey.

Ooh, the Magilicutty Gang!

Christ, more hacky actors?!

Hey, I was one of the bankers

in the movie Requiem for a Dream

that yells, "Ass to ass,"
in that one scene.

A little respect.

These private lounge cars
cost $20,000 to make

in the 19th century.

Nearly $1 million
in today's currency.

Are there any questions?

Is money always worthing more
in the future?

Hi. Sorry to bother you,

but do I know you
from somewhere?

I don't think so.

'Scuse me,
I dropped my lawnmower.

I don't even know
why I brought it.

This is a train.
Anyway, you look familiar.

May I...

Please. I'm trying to learn.

- You James Corden?
- No!

Now, leave me alone!

♪♪

Now approaching Roanoke Station.

Dad, this train has
a Mallet front cab boiler.

That was a big leap forward
in train technology.

But was it as big a leap
as this?

General store, getting snacks!

You have anything for the man

who was tricked
into a train trip?

I have Popsicles.

Okay, two of those.

Whoa, you sell marbles!

I haven't played those
since I was a kid!

Ooh, good ones!
Good feel on these.

These other ones look like good ones, too!

Sir, I think you're gonna
miss your train.

Oh, dang! A Tiger Eye Shooter!

I always wanted one!

That's your train, sir.

Sometimes you have to pass up
one opportunity for another.

Sir!

I always thought if I ran
this store for long enough,

a nice lady would come in.

But it's just men
stealing marbles, day after day.

Uh, you don't have to worry
about me missing the train.

I came on foot.
With plenty of money.

Where are your marbles?

Uh, I'll of course
need to handle them.

Uh, you know, the marbles.

Stan! Move it!

Oh, no!

I'm missing the train!

Hurry, Billy!

I'm coming, Daddyyyy!

Billy, you monstrous kiss-ass.

Eat my dust.

I gave it my all, Francine.
I'll just meet you there.

Damn you, Stan!

You're nothing but a crumb-bum!

She uttered the C-word!

Help! No! He's got a gun! Help!

Ooh, the play's finally getting
good, and I'm missing it.

I've been shot.

Ah, well, now you ruined it.

I mean, your acting is blah!

The other guy, the gun guy,
he brought it.

No! The Magilicuttys
are hijacking the train!

The real Magilicuttys!

Listen closely.

You need to quit acting.

All of this sucks.

Sure, the special effects
are decent.

Aah!

You're not any good!

All right, now, this...
This here isn't bad.

And that pebble
in your open eye...

I mean, I'd be blinking.

Well, after five minutes
of trying to remember

how to do CPR,
I'm officially calling it.

You're dead.

Okay, what do I know?

One, I have marbles.

Two, I don't know CPR.

Three, there are actual
murderous outlaws

on the train with my family.

I have to get on that train!

Let's turn it around.

I'm commandeering this handcar.

What?! No!

I'm out looking
for purdy ladies!

Let me just say the ladies
in that direction

are wowza, wowza, wowza!

Okay, now,
this is interesting, Mom.

They used Harding bearings
along the pistons.

Your dad abandoned us!

Um, actually, the train's
lighter now, yeah, yeah.

Sh-Should improve our
power-to-weight ratio.

Dear old Dad,
always thinking of his family.

That's not what's happening!

Hey, the engineer
wouldn't cooperate.

I had to kill him.

But he's the only one who knows
how to operate this thing!

If the train slows down,
our plan will never work!

Let me think.

Somebody here
has to know something.

A Tennison crankshaft rod!

Well, that makes two hard rods.

Shut that kid up!

You idiot!

That's our guy.

Howdy, folks!

I understand we have a little
boy with trains on the brain.

Well, I don't like labels.

But do you like
going to the front

and seeing all the spectrum

attention-grabbin'
dials and gauges?

Why does everybody assume
I'm on the spectrum?

Take me to the gauges
immediately.

No eye contact.

I have to pump fast to catch up
with the ladies,

but I have to save some energy
for the ladies themselves!

You know what I mean?

I know there's one lady
in this direction

who's in a whole lot of trouble,
and we've got to save her.

Does she have
great big knockers?

Damn right she does.

The Dodge City Rambler
was the way to the West.

The chains you see ensured
consensual sex workers

and well-treated
Chinese immigrants

were comfortable
on their journeys.

Moving on.

All right, buddy, enough.

- Quit dodging us.
- Who are you?!

This isn't going to end,
will it?

- Never!
- Actually, I'll lose interest pretty soon.

I'm Prince.

- Huh?
- Rock god, sex icon.

Prince.

No way!

♪♪

100% it's him.

Send him to me!
I'll be the judge of that!

Pump for your life!

We made it!

Okay, now, where them ladies at?

Ohh! Ahh!

He died doing the thing
he loved...

Being unsure
where them ladies at.

You see, I faked my death
because my touring schedule

didn't give me time
to study my true passion...

The history of transportation.

Would you...
consider singing something?

Well, if you keep my secret,

I guess I did write a little
somethin', mm, new recently.

- Was it Little Red Corvette?
- No.

Could you do
Little Red Corvette?

Just let him sing!

Dear friends, we are here

to talk about the history
of transportation.

Whoo!

Damn. Locked.

I'll have to go to the roof.

Whoa! This is amazing!

Is that... Stan?

I see why they do action
scenes up here in movies!

The wind, the tunnels...

Aah! Tunnel!

Dodged it.

Wow, that was awesome!

Should I stay on top
of the train?

No, no, family's in danger.

So, like I was saying...

Dear friends, we are here...

Actually, could you not?

The moment's passed.

Francine! Family!

What if something horrible
already happened?

Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve!

Guys, guys, it's no biggie.

Cleaning out that ash pan
was all it took

to get this train cruising.

Well, look who it is.

I'm sorry I got off the train,
but I'm back.

And now we all have to get off
the train immediately.

We're not going anywhere, Stan.

Whoo-ha! Nice work, kid!

The train is flying now!

Bad guy!

Francine, I know you're mad,
but if you come with me...

to the back... between two
passenger cars, there's a...

sick bat that will...

let you look at it up close.

Like at the lake house?

- Yes!
- No!

Francine, this man
is not what he seems.

Yes, because he's acting.

And you should know
all about acting

because you've been
acting like a total ass!

Nobody knows the train's
been hijacked.

Why aren't these guys
making any demands?

Oh, demands were made,
but nobody listened.

But everybody's gonna hear
when this train blows sky high.

Destroy the train?
We have to stop them.

- Will you help me?
- Absolutely.

- Great. You seem to know what's going on with this gang.
- Sure do.

- Look just like them, in fact.
- Yes.

- Hat.
- Yep.

- Pistols.
- Mm-hmm.

All the way down
to the red bandana.

- Yep, good eye.
- You're gonna knock me out, aren't you?

Yes, I am. That's correct.

Mm.

What's going on?

Are we still going
to Dodge City?

We're goin' straight to hell!

That was cool. That was
a really cool thing to say.

You think that was cool?

Wait till the boys and I
ram this train

right into the Bradford
Railway Company headquarters.

You'll kill everybody!

Please, let me go.
Let me see my family.

Boss, this one's being gross.

She keeps speculating on the
size of Elliott Gould's penis.

I bet it's a whopper!

Cuff her next to him.

No, no, please!

Sorry, my butt's pointed at you.

And, boy, when I get nervous,

that's exactly
where I fart from.

Whew! Starting to wish
I hadn't horked down

all those raw Brussels sprouts.

Hurry! Crash the train!

You're gonna crash this train
into a building.

- Are you crazy?
- You think that's crazy?

You should see the price
of my dog's gourmet dog food.

But he insists on it.

- I eat it, too.
- Thank you.

Now, why are you killing
all these innocent people?

Innocent?!

Nobody who supports the Bradford
Railway Company is innocent.

The Bradford Railway Company
carved up this land,

laying tracks
wherever they damn well pleased.

They sent this Rambler
straight through

my great-great-grandpappy's
property,

right between his home
and his outhouse!

Whenever Pappy went to the john,

the Rambler blew through.

And he had to hold it
and hold it.

Till he couldn't hold it
no more.

Looks like my caboose
is cleaner than yours!

So you're gonna crash this train

into a building full of people

all because some old relative
of yours messed his long johns?

Put that rag back in your mouth!

I'm on a moral crusade!

Hey, guys,
shouldn't we be making

some of these stop...

Steve! Pull the brake!

They're trying to blow up
the train!

It's too late!

He already taught me
everything I need to know,

like how to cut the brakes!

Ha!

This fool just cut
the steam whistle.

If he knew anything
about air compressors,

he would've used that lever
to disable the brakes.

Are you friggin' kidding me,
Steve?

I need to be tested!

Take them back with the others!

They deserve a comfy seat

for when we all go up
in a giant ball of fire.

When we what?!

Hey, Clint,
we all gonna get exploded?

Yes, Donald.

Well, nobody told me that.

They shouldn't have to!

When you married
my sister Sally,

you weren't just marrying her.

You were marrying everything
that comes with her.

Like our family's
kamikaze blood vendettas!

Well, she's never mentioned
the grandpa-poop-pants thing.

Hell she didn't!
It was in her dang wedding vows!

Damn it! You're right!

Just gonna grab my lucky hanky.

Thought I'd wave it around,
hoot and holler

as I ride this train to hell.

♪♪

So I said to Nancy,

"Let's just take our shoes off
and settle this right now,

'cause no one has
less toenails than me."

Aunt Karen, are you senile
to the max or what?

We're gonna die!

Senile?

You're the one
who lost his marbles!

I used to play marbles.

Was pretty good.

Your oxygen.

Don't worry, Karen.

- It'll all be over soon.
- No!

What are you doing?! Help!

My juice!

He's killing me!

♪♪

♪♪

Now let's stop this thing.

Whoooo! Ah! Ha!

Whoo-hoo!

Ooh, gunshots!
Should we check them out?

Mm, I think
I'll go the other way.

Wait, Prince.

Any last advice
for us mere mortals?

Yes. Write a song about a year
that hasn't happened yet.

And then when that year arrives,
the song will be very popular.

I can't stop it!

We need to disconnect all the
passenger cars from the engine.

But the engine will still hit
the building

and kill everyone inside.

Ugh! Nothing's
good enough for you!

But you're right.

We've also gotta blow up
the engine before it crashes.

My oxygen! We can...

Use it to create
a pressurized explosion!

It was my idea. I said it first.

But how do we not
get blown up ourselves?

Because I had the foresight to
get off the train and buy this.

Okay, pull it.

Okay, shoot.

Too close. We need more space.

Still too close.

Too close.

Prince is alive!

- He's on the train!
- Quiet! I'm in the middle of...

Oh, my God, seriously?!
That's amazing!

Hey, what happened
to the engine?

I'm comin', Grandpappy!

Oh, God, it's too far now.

Not for me!

♪♪

♪♪

Huh. I could've done that.

Oh.

Wow! We went through the fire.

My face was hot for a second.

♪♪

You have the right
to remain funky.

Stan! You're alive!

Thank God everyone's okay.

I'm so sorry I abandoned you.

I know you didn't want
to come on this dumb trip,

and turns out you were right.

No, I was wrong.

What I did right was marry you.

And I married everything
that comes with you.

I learned that
from the bad guys.

Bad guys are smart sometimes.

So what do you guys say?

Aunt Karen's for a long weekend?

Uh, I think the hospital
may be a better place.

- She can't breathe.
- Oh, she needs oxygen.

- Oh, boy. Okay, that's a priority.
- Okay, we need to find that right away.

- Let's go, hurry up.
- Quickly, quickly, everyone!

Bye! Have a beautiful time!