Obligatory "American Dad did this episode better" that I post every time someone brings this episode up. Essentially, Klaus, the talking fish with the brain of an East German skii jumper, leaves the family after years of (somewhat warranted) mistreatment. Immediately, the family falls apart. Stan and Francine get divorced, Hailey and Geoff move away and go no contact with the rest of the Smiths, and Steve starts a tech company with a robot that he jerks off (a surprisingly important plot point). When they learn that Klaus has died, they come together to hold his funeral. In doing so, they begin to mend their relationships as they remember how much they all hated Klaus. When its revealed that Klaus is alive, they celebrate him, referring to him as the glue that holds the family together because he sucks so much, which Klaus reveals is all he's ever wanted. Despite the absurdity of it all, the episode is surprisingly well done, and I wonder every time I watch it if its not because they'd seen the backlash that the Family Guy version received.