American Dad!: Season 21, Episode 16 - The Mystery of the Missing Bazooka Shark Babe (2025)

Hayley starts at Danuta's mother's home, where the mother explains that Danuta has not come back after leaving for Bazooka Sharks Babe practice. Wheels and the Legman are already on the case, and they explain that the police will not investigate until someone has been missing for six months, or three months if they buy tickets to the detectives' pancake breakfast.

Wheels and the Legman bring Hayley into the investigation because the Bazooka Sharks are holding tryouts for a new girl while Danuta is gone. The three of them decide to infiltrate the team from inside, with Hayley posing as a contestant, Wheels taking a job as the team accountant, and Legman using two disguises, first as a tryout participant and then as a cheer coach.

At the tryouts, Hayley deliberately sabotages the other contestants so she can win a place on the team. Once she is accepted, she begins climbing the team pyramid, literally moving upward through the squad's hierarchy so she can get closer to the people and secrets behind Danuta's disappearance.

As Hayley works her way up, she is left a mysterious note and tries to track down the person with the bad grammar behind it. She then tries to steal a key from one of the other babes' ankle, but the attempt fails badly. Even so, she manages to keep investigating by sneaking around within the team's spaces.

During her covert search, Hayley discovers that the Bazooka Sharks have been giving out fake pompoms because the real ones are too expensive. This confirms to her that the team is hiding smaller secrets and cutting corners in ways that could matter to the case.

Hayley is eventually captured, and while in captivity she finds Danuta. The person responsible is revealed to be the one most viewers would suspect, aside from the creepy stalker red herring. The truth also comes out that the mother of the top Shark Babe wants to make it to the top of the pyramid herself so she can kill Cyrus of the Sharks.

Because of the trio's investigation and interference, the mother ends up killing a rival fan instead of her intended target. After that, she is arrested, bringing the case to an end. Wheels and the Legman treat it as another successful job, though only sort of, since the outcome is messy and only partially satisfying.

Danuta has gone missing, and Hayley helps Wheels and the Legman investigate by getting inside the Bazooka Shark Babes. The case ends with the mystery solved, but the final result is messy: the real danger is tied to the team's own people, and the arrest at the end leaves the group exposed rather than triumphant.

Hayley is with Danuta's mother as she explains that Danuta never came home after Bazooka Sharks Babe practice. The police will not investigate yet, so Hayley turns to Wheels and the Legman, who are already on the case and recruit her because the Sharks are holding tryouts for a replacement. The three of them work the case from inside the team, with Hayley trying out as a Shark Babe, Wheels posing as the accountant, and the Legman taking on multiple disguises.

Hayley wins her way onto the squad by sabotaging the other contestants, and once inside, she begins looking for clues from within the pyramid of the cheer team. She notices strange details, including a note with bad grammar, and tries to get access to one of the babes' keys, but that attempt fails. She also discovers that the team has been using fake pompoms because the real ones are too expensive.

As the investigation deepens, Hayley is eventually captured and finds Danuta. The episode then reveals that the person behind the worst part of the case is the one most expected by the characters, aside from the creepy stalker: the mother of the top Shark Babe wants to reach the top of the pyramid so she can kill Cyrus of the Sharks. Because of the trio's involvement, she ends up killing a rival fan and is then arrested.

By the end, Hayley comes out of the ordeal having helped solve the disappearance, Wheels and the Legman finish the case, and the Bazooka Shark Babes' secret troubles are exposed. Danuta is found alive, the top Shark Babe's mother is taken into custody, and the case closes with the detectives treating it like another job done, though only "sort of."

I can't verify that episode's post-credit scene from the available results. The best episode-specific source summarizes the plot but does not mention any post-credit sequence, and the YouTube result is just a full-episode upload without reliable scene details.

So, based on these results, I do not have evidence that there is a post-credit scene, and I can't describe one confidently.

Danuta is the missing cheerleader whose disappearance drives the episode's investigation. Her absence is tied directly to the Bazooka Shark Babes practice, where Hayley learns she never came home after practice and the team starts holding tryouts for a replacement.

Hayley infiltrates the team by entering the tryouts and sabotaging the other contestants so she can win a spot. Once inside, she uses her rising status on the team to investigate what happened to Danuta.

Wheels and The Legman join Hayley undercover in multiple roles. Wheels poses as the new team accountant, while The Legman uses two disguises: first as a tryout participant and later as a cheer coach.

Hayley discovers that the team is using fake pompoms because real ones are too expensive. She also finds a strange note, tries to learn who has bad grammar, and attempts to steal a key from one of the cheerleaders' ankles, but that effort fails.

The episode reveals that the likely culprit is the one viewers would most suspect, after the creepy stalker red herring. The top Shark Babe's mother is also revealed to have a separate murderous agenda against Cyrus, and because of the trio's actions she ends up killing a rival fan and being arrested.

No -- it is not especially family friendly for young children, and it is best treated as TV-14 material rather than all-ages content.

Potentially objectionable or upsetting elements for children or sensitive viewers include:

• A missing-person storyline, including talk of a girl vanishing and fears that she may have been kidnapped.
• Detective/investigation scenes with suspicion, deception, and covert infiltration rather than gentle or purely comedic conflict.
• A setting centered on a cheerleading squad, which can involve suggestive or image-focused humor in this kind of animated sitcom, even when not explicit.
• Threatening and criminal behavior, including capture, sabotage, and an arrest as part of the episode's conflict.
• A generally mature sitcom tone typical of American Dad!, which often includes sharper adult humor even in plot-driven episodes.

If you want, I can also give a very short "kid-suitability" rating by age range, like under 10 / 10–13 / 14+.