American Dad- - Season 21eps4 -

The cloning works too well . Steve creates not one, but six hyper-intelligent, vengeful grouse clones. They speak in unison (British accents) and demand Stan stand trial for “Grouse-icide.”

The town gasps. But then the real Grumblebeak shows up—it had just been napping behind the dumpster. It sees the clones, screeches, and a massive bird brawl erupts. Stan uses the chaos to escape. Francine hands him a beer. American Dad- - Season 21Eps4

Stan hides the body in Roger’s closet. But the town mourns. A 24/7 news vigil is hosted by GREG and TERRY , weeping. Stan feels zero guilt until BULLOCK declares that without the grouse’s “spirit,” the CIA’s new pheasant-based drone guidance system will fail. Stan must produce the grouse by Friday or be sent to “Guantanamo’s quirky annex” (it has a clown-themed interrogation room). Roger, wearing a different grouse costume (fabulous, sequined), offers to fake it. Stan refuses. So Roger becomes a grief counselor just to make Stan’s life worse. The cloning works too well

Meanwhile, Stan dons a crude grouse costume (literally a brown pillow with googly eyes) and perches in the town square. He must learn to “grouse”: peck dirt, make angry cooing sounds, and avoid Francine, who immediately recognizes him but plays along because “watching you eat birdseed off the ground is the most fun I’ve had in years.” But then the real Grumblebeak shows up—it had

Klaus, jealous of the bird’s attention, tries to expose Stan. He trains a pigeon to carry a tiny sign reading “FAKE GROUSE.” Roger intercepts the pigeon and uses it as a hat.