History DethroningMoment / KingOfTheHill

* Tropers/{{Lionheart0}}: "Little Horrors of Shop" was definitely the episode for me where Peggy's TedBaxter characterization got way out of hand for me. Hank is forced to take vacation from Strickland Propane, so he becomes a substitute shop teacher the same school Peggy works at. Turns out he's actually really good with the kids and becomes the Front Runner for "Substitute Teacher of the Year." Long story short, Hank gets suspended for allowing the kids to carry tools in the hallway and Peggy decides to take advantage of her husband GETTING FIRED by running as "Mrs. Hank Hill" so all the students would vote for her by default.

* For this [[Tropers/{{Midoriri}} troper]], it was the episode where Peggy gets insanely jealous of Bobby and thinks he's replacing her or some crap like that. Basically, Bobby starts to get better at Home Ec, making Hank a new pair of jeans to replace the ones he accidentally ruined and breaking them in with a power sander. Then he gets ''very'' good at cooking (Hank actually likes and compliments the food, and even makes a request for Thanksgiving dinner!), and what does Peggy do She gets jealous of her own son, seeing him as competition, generally acts nasty and spiteful towards him, and upon finding a women's magazine in Bobby's room (it had a turkey recipe in it, which was why he had it), she calls Hank in and says that "the boy is not right" because the magazine has sex tips and scratched-off perfume samples--that ''she'' probably scratched off. Just... that whole episode makes me mad, and there is something very, ''very'' creepy about Peggy's jealousy towards ''her own son'' and the fact he's finally getting a closer relationship with Hank.
** Agreed. This episode was Peggy at her most disturbing low, but she was never punished for it. Instead Hank and Bobby are given the moral that they need to be more sensitive to her. Peggy can be very insecure at times, but there was just something wrong with how she was so threatened by Bobby.

* Baronobeefdip- For me, it was the episode about the magic show, or, as I like to call it "Hank acts like an ass and sucks the fun out of '''everything''' for the entire half-hour". Long story short, Nancy is having a birthday party at a magic show and Hank is bitter about it (He doesn't like magicians because, surprise-surprise, David Copperfield made the Statue Of Liberty disappear once. Grow up, Hank. You sound like some spoiled brat who just had his "bwankie" taken away). Anywho, throughout the magic show, Hank pretty much acts like that kid who didn't get the toy he wanted by complaining through the show and saying how everyting is done with "smoke and mirrors" or "wires" (Think of it like that guy has to point out ''every'' single scene in a cheesy {{Godzilla}} movie is done with [[SpecialEffectsFailure old-fashioned effects]], it makes it hard to enjoy either). Oh, but it get worse. When Peggy is called on stage to participated in the "Pinata Of Death" trick, Hank actually WALKS onto the stage and grabs the flaming stick the magician is using for the trick. (Beat) Excuse me for a moment... [[ThisIsSparta HANK! YOU! ARE! A! DUMBASS!]] This isn't some cutesy "Pull a rabbit of of my hat" magic trick, the "Pinata Of Death" was shown to be a ''very'' dangerous trick. Hank's asshole behavior could've gotten the magician, one of the assistants, or even '''PEGGY''' killed! I mean, it's one thing to whine and bitch like some f-ing toddler, but to actually ENDANGER innocent lives? It's a miracle Hank wasn't thrown in jail. I said it once and I'll say it again... [[ThisIsSparta Grow. Up. Hank!]]

* MichaelDj54: Okay, let's ignore the fact that everyone had agreed that Lucky is {TheScrappy}. Let's ignore the fact that NO one wanted to see Luanne/Lucky. Let's focus on the fact he wanted to better himself to be good enough for Luanne. He had a code of honor that he had to pass before he could marry Luanne, I.E, he had to pass his GED. Okay, that's good, he's got morals and he wants to better himself. Character development is a good thing after all. But lord knows, Peggy, in her slowly growing Scrappy status herself deems him "unworthy" to marrying Lucky, despite him outright stating he wants to better himself and with a GED. He would have the potential to support Luanne, amongst others with further educations. So what does she do? Why she teaches him all the wrong information of course, making sure he fails the GED and can't marry Luanne out of pride. Not only is this greedy, but this is also against her duty as a Substitute Teacher (And I use that term lightly now). Thanks Peggy, thanks for making sure someone can't pass their GED because "they're not good enough for your all ready dumb as shit" niece. [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch Bitch.]]
* Animeking1108: Basically, any episode where Hank shows his Xenophobia. I forget the name of the episode, but the TV breaks and Bobby asks why they can't get a new one. Hank respondes with "Because the greatest country in the world doesn't make TVs anymore." Bobby then recommends buying a Japanese TV, and Hank sends him to his room. And don't get me started on the episode when that Canadian family moved in.
* Animeking1108: The series finale was disapointing. It was very Anti-Climactic, save for the closing scene.
* Demetrios: The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not NightmareFuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to suck out whatever funniness the episode could have had. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[WallBanger wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, all sororities have hazing." Uh...what? ''All'' sororities have hazing? Why do I get the feeling [[UnfortunateImplications not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]?

* Demetrios: The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not NightmareFuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to suck out whatever funniness the episode could have had. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[WallBanger wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, All sororities have hazing." Uh...what? ''All'' sororities have hazing? Why do I get the feeling [[UnfortunateImplications not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]?

* Tropers/Demetrios: The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not NightmareFuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to suck out whatever funniness the episode could have had. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[WallBanger wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, All sororities have hazing." Uh...what? ''All'' sororities have hazing? Why do I get the feeling [[UnfortunateImplications not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]?

*** Baronobeefdip-Ah, yes. The "Painting Scene" (and it's the very start of the episode). Basically, Bobby and Peggy painted "white puffy clouds" on the walls in Bobby's room. Hank sees this and...immediately starts re-painting the wall plain ol' blue saying that a "boy's room should be blue" (Um, Hank? What if Bobby doesn't like blue? What if he likes green or orange or red?) and "Bobby is a big boy now! If he wants to look at clouds he can look out the window!". Um, Hank? Bobby is what? Twelve? I think he has every right to decide for himself if he wants to paint clouds on his walls or not. It makes you wonder if Hank's reaction would be any different if Bobby wanted to paint a life-sized portrat of the Dallas Cowboys on his wall instead of "white puffy clouds".

** SuperSaiyaMan: Oh god yes, this was Hank at his absolute worse throughout the entire series. Acting like a spoiled brat, he starts a fight with Peggy since she doesn't tell him how to do the trick! And this is all sparked because, surprise-surprise, Hank wants Bobby ''not'' to look at clouds in his room even though he painted them on the wall by choice. "Bobby is a big boy now! If he wants to look at clouds he can look out the window!" [[WallBanger Head. Meet Desk.]] And to top it off? He ''locks'' Peggy in a crate to try to force her to tell him how to do the trick. Now, Peggy isn't my favorite character, but that's ''domestic abuse'', Peggy should have called the cops on Hank.

* Tropers/SuperSaiyaMan: What happened to Luanne on ''KingOfTheHill''? Her CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming was realizing that she was better than she always thought she was and enrolling in college. Then one season the writers decide she really is too dumb to amount to anything, make her a dropout and saddle her with [[TheScrappy Lucky]]. wo more from the earlier seasons-the first in ''Three Coaches And Bobby'' is when Bobby is playing for the Cougars, and Hank hires his old coach to coach the pee-wee Football Team. We see in the flashback isn't mentally stable, but Hank being Hank...doesn't think anything of it. When Soccer begins being played near the games, the kids on the football team are tempted to play because the new coach is just CRAZY. Making them literally eat dirt or hurt themselves. Then Hank gives a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about soccer...showing [[YouFailHistoryForever that he fails history and common sense]]. Hank realizes Coach Sanders was the wrong choice when he begins [[MoralEventHorizon ''trying to run over the Pee Wee Football players'']]. However, Hank becomes a BlackHoleSue when the Soccer Team's coach turns into a wimp who ''doesn't even let his team win'' and Bobby quits out of frustration. The second is in ''Love Hurts and So Does Art''-Hank's bashing of New York City when a New York style deli is opened in the mall is just the start, Bobby developes Gout (YouFailBiologyForever here) by just eating organ foods. The real DMOS though is when Hank, being the free speech hating conservative strawman he is gets the x-ray of his colon taken out of a Modern Art Museum. The reason why its bad isn't because of the reasonable invasion of privacy-the reason is its only taken down because it apparently 'defames beef'. And of course, he tells Bobby to 'play through the pain' when he knows his son isn't the least bit of a [[TheDeterminator determinator]]. Though we did have a CrowningMomentOfAwesome and CrowningMusicOfAwesome when Bobby drags himself to the dance to dance with Connie to the song ''Love Hurts''.

* Tropers/SuperSaiyaMan: What happened to Luanne on ''KingOfTheHill''? Her CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming was realizing that she was better than she always thought she was and enrolling in college. Then one season the writers decide she really is too dumb to amount to anything, make her a dropout and saddle her with [[TheScrappy Lucky]].

** Luanne's intelligence level kept fluctuating during the course of the show, ranging anywhere from "a tiny bit ditzy" to "she proves all of the blonde jokes right". But when the writers go out of their way to turn Luanne into everything she'd been trying not to become (a white trash dropout) after they'd gone out of their way to have her do practically everything she could to escape that fate, yeah, I'm pretty sure that qualifies as a Dethroning Moment for both the character and the show itself.
*** Two more from the earlier seasons-the first in ''Three Coaches And Bobby'' is when Bobby is playing for the Cougars, and Hank hires his old coach to coach the pee-wee Football Team. We see in the flashback isn't mentally stable, but Hank being Hank...doesn't think anything of it. When Soccer begins being played near the games, the kids on the football team are tempted to play because the new coach is just CRAZY. Making them literally eat dirt or hurt themselves. Then Hank gives a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about soccer...showing [[YouFailHistoryForever that he fails history and common sense]]. Hank realizes Coach Sanders was the wrong choice when he begins [[MoralEventHorizon ''trying to run over the Pee Wee Football players'']]. However, Hank becomes a BlackHoleSue when the Soccer Team's coach turns into a wimp who ''doesn't even let his team win'' and Bobby quits out of frustration. The second is in ''Love Hurts and So Does Art''-Hank's bashing of New York City when a New York style deli is opened in the mall is just the start, Bobby developes Gout (YouFailBiologyForever here) by just eating organ foods. The real DMOS though is when Hank, being the free speech hating conservative strawman he is gets the x-ray of his colon taken out of a Modern Art Museum. The reason why its bad isn't because of the reasonable invasion of privacy-the reason is its only taken down because it apparently 'defames beef'. And of course, he tells Bobby to 'play through the pain' when he knows his son isn't the least bit of a [[TheDeterminator determinator]]. Though we did have a CrowningMomentOfAwesome and CrowningMusicOfAwesome when Bobby drags himself to the dance to dance with Connie to the song ''Love Hurts''.

* SuperSaiyaMan: What happened to Luanne on ''KingOfTheHill''? Her CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming was realizing that she was better than she always thought she was and enrolling in college. Then one season the writers decide she really is too dumb to amount to anything, make her a dropout and saddle her with [[TheScrappy Lucky.]]

* For this [[Tropers/{{Midoriri}} troper]], it was the episode where Peggy gets insanely jealous of Bobby and thinks he's replacing her or some crap like that. Basically, Bobby starts to get better at Home Ec, making Hank a new pair of jeans to replace the ones he accidentally ruined and breaking them in with a power sander. Then he gets ''very'' good at cooking (Hank actually likes and compliments the food, and even makes a request for Thanksgiving dinner!), and what does Peggy do She gets jealous of her own son, seeing him as competition, generally acts nasty and spiteful towards him, and upon finding a women's magazine in Bobby's room (it had a turkey recipe in it, which was why he had it), she calls Hank in and says that "the boy is not right" because the magazine has sex tips and scratched-off perfume samples--that ''she'' probably scratched off. Just...that whole episode makes me mad, and there is something very, ''very'' creepy about Peggy's jealousy towards ''her own son'' and the fact he's finally getting a closer relationship with Hank.

* MsDevin92 - The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[NotSoDifferent that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[ContinuityNod Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted FriendOrIdolDecision where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end. [[FlatWhat What]]. Excuse me?! There was a ''very real'' threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. As someone who was on pills for panic attacks when this episode aired, [[BerserkButton it couldn't be more insulting]]. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it THEN?
* Baronobeefdip- For me, it was the episode about the magic show, or, as I like to call it "Hank acts like an ass and sucks the fun out of '''everything''' for the entire half-hour". Long story short, Nancy is having a birthday party at a magic show and Hank is bitter about it (He doesn't like magicians because, surprise-surprise, David Copperfield made the Statue Of Liberty disappear once. Grow up, Hank. You sound like some spoiled brat who just had his "bwankie" taken away). Anywho, throughout the magic show, Hank pretty much acts like that kid who didn't get the toy he wanted by complaining through the show and saying how everyting is done with "smoke and mirrors" or "wires" (Think of it like that guy has to point out ''every'' single scene in a cheesy {{Godzilla}} movie is done with [[SpecialEffectsFailure old-fashioned effects]], it makes it hard to enjoy either). Oh, but it get worse. When Peggy is called on stage to participated in the "Pinata Of Death" trick, Hank actually WALKS onto the stage and grabs the flaming stick the magician is using for the trick. (Beat) Excuse me for a moment..[[ThisIsSparta HANK! YOU! ARE! A! DUMBASS!]] This isn't some cutesy "Pull a rabbit of of my hat" magic trick, the "Pinata Of Death" was shown to be a ''very'' dangerous trick. Hank's asshole behavior could've gotten the magician, one of the assistants, or even '''PEGGY''' killed! I mean, it's one thing to whine and bitch like some f-ing toddler, but to actually ENDANGER innocent lives? It's a miracle Hank wasn't thrown in jail. I said it once and I'll say it again...[[ThisIsSparta. Grow. Up. Hank!]]

* MsDevin92 - The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[NotSoDifferent that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[ContinuityNod Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted FriendOrIdolDecision where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end. [[FlatWhat What]]. Excuse me?! There was a ''very real'' threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. As someone who was on pills for panic attacks when this episode aired, [[BerserkButton it couldn't be more insulting]]. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it THEN?

* MsDevin92 - The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[NotSoDifferent that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[ContinuityNod Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted FriendOrIdolDecision where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end. [[FlatWhat What]]. Excuse me?! There was a ''very real'' threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. As someone who was on pills for panic attacks when this episode aired, [[BerserkButton it couldn't be more insulting]]. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it THEN?
* ''SuperSaiyaMan'': Two more from the earlier seasons-the first in ''Three Coaches And Bobby'' is when Bobby is playing for the Cougars, and Hank hires his old coach to coach the pee-wee Football Team. We see in the flashback isn't mentally stable, but Hank being Hank...doesn't think anything of it. When Soccer begins being played near the games, the kids on the football team are tempted to play because the new coach is just CRAZY. Making them literally eat dirt or hurt themselves. Then Hank gives a ReasonYouSuckSpeech about soccer...showing [[YouFailHistoryForever that he fails history and common sense]]. Hank realizes Coach Sanders was the wrong choice when he begins [[MoralEventHorizon ''trying to run over the Pee Wee Football players'']]. However, Hank becomes a BlackHoleSue when the Soccer Team's coach turns into a wimp who ''doesn't even let his team win'' and Bobby quits out of frustration. The second is in ''Love Hurts and So Does Art''-Hank's bashing of New York City when a New York style deli is opened in the mall is just the start, Bobby developes Gout (YouFailBiologyForever here) by just eating organ foods. The real DMOS though is when Hank, being the free speech hating conservative strawman he is gets the x-ray of his colon taken out of a Modern Art Museum. The reason why its bad isn't because of the reasonable invasion of privacy-the reason is its only taken down because it apparently 'defames beef'. And of course, he tells Bobby to 'play through the pain' when he knows his son isn't the least bit of a [[TheDeterminator determinator]]. Though we did have a CrowningMomentOfAwesome and CrowningMusicOfAwesome when Bobby drags himself to the dance to dance with Connie to the song ''Love Hurts''.

[[caption-width-right:400:Typical reaction to these moments.]]

** Its kind of weird how Lucky, a redneck who relied on lawsuit money actually got CharacterDevelopement through the seasons, becoming a responsible home owner, husband, and father, while Luanne regressed into infantile intelligence.
*** She's not the only one. As the show progressed, Joseph's [[{{Flanderization}} body got bigger but his brain got smaller]], thus creating this [[SarcasmMode classic]] line: describing a singer as "the chick with the boobs." Yeah, that narrows it down.
* SuperSaiyaMan: For me, it was the episode where Bobby is chosen to be the mascot for his school's football team (the Longhorns, which basically means he wears a bull costume) but then gets second thoughts when he finds out that it's a tradition for the other team to beat him up if his school wins a football game. The DMOS in this is the fact that '''EVERYONE''' including his various Arlenites, schoolmates (with the exception of Connie), and even ''teachers'' berate him for being a coward. I don't care if it's "tradition" or not. Bobby had '''every''' right to be afraid of having the crap beaten out of him. Also, his parents (especially Hank) should've been more understanding of his predicament.
** Not to mention the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop the episode provides (Other shows provide this bad aesop as well)-"Forget all the emotional trauma and painful physical therapy resulting from broken/sprained limbs and whatnot they'll have to go through! Everyone knows mascots are little more than a ButtMonkey in a costume. Watching them get beat up is fun!"
** I fucking ''hate'' the little scene where a teacher pushes Bobby ''onto the floor on purpose'', causing him to drop some books he was carrying. The teacher then growls "PICK IT UP" in a manner that ''should'' make someone shit their pants in anger. When Bobby reached for the books, the teacher kicked them away from him, growled "PICK IT UP" again, before the guidance counselor came in and growled at Bobby to come to his office. There was something in that scene that was just ''so goddamn unpleasant,'' I couldn't handle seeing Bobby getting tortured like that.
*** Not to mention that beatings on mascots or similar hazings were outlawed in the 1980's, and the fact that teacher should have been rightly fired for her actions make this episode the start of KOTH's downward spiral of suck.
* SuperSaiyaMan: Yet another example of Luanne's DMOS-causing stupidity would have to be the episode where her father comes home from [[strike:working at the oil rig]] prison. Does the episode involve Luanne's father struggling to reform back into society and learns that doing so is difficult, but can be done with the support of his loved ones? Nope. Does the episode involve Luanne learning her father's dark secret, and realizes that sometimes, the people you love the most can break your trust and hurt you emotionally? Nope. How does it end, you ask? With her aunt Peggy blatantly LYING to her and telling her that her father is back working at the oil rig (He was arrested and serving life in prison) and that the person behind the crimes is some disabled kid.
** Not to mention the '''HUUUUUUGE''' [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop bad moral]] the episode presents-''"It's okay to lie to your own family about the dark deeds of a loved one, especially if they're an adult and mature enough to know the truth. After all, it's better for them to eventually realize your own lies and be emotionally hurt by two people rather than just finding out the heartbreaking news of one."''
** Plus, it just really goes to show how [[{{Flanderization}} stupid Luanne has become in recent seasons.]] In earlier episodes, she was able to put two and two together and realize when people were using her. In this DMOS-filled episode, however, she can't even comprehend that her father constantly ditching her for various shady reasons, and Lucky (whom her father had framed) getting into trouble, might mean that her father might not be as innocent as she believes.
* SuperSaiyaMan: Oh, how about the episode where Bobby gets involved in Tarot cards and joins a group of nerds who are fascinated in witchcraft (either that or they're just really dedicated [=LARPers=] (Live Action Role Players).) That episode alone is one big DMOS. Why? Well, Hank tells Bobby not to hang out with the [=LARPers=] because they're "losers with no friends who'll end up getting beaten up by the cool kids.". Now, does it turn out that Hank learns the [=LARPers=] are normal people like you or me? No, of course not. Instead, it turns out that not only was Hank right, but that the [=LARPers=] are also weird cultists who try to make Bobby drink dog's blood. Ugh, there are ChickTract[=s=] about ''DungeonsAndDragons'' that have fewer WallBanger[=s=] than this.
** Not to mention that it helps promote the awful stereotype that anyone who engages in roleplay are a bunch of weirdos who engage in weird cult-like activities and are losers with no social life. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, KOTH. As if it weren't hard enough being a nerd as it is...]]
** And, like previous [=DMOSes=] mentioned before it, let's not forget this one too has a friendly unfriendly aesop - '' "Don't roleplay, kids. Not only will you be labeled as a "freak" for the rest of your life, but your fellow roleplayers are also really cultists who want you to do disgusting things as part of their sick rituals." ''
** Need we mention the fact that just because someone finds the art of witchcraft (or magic spells in general) fascinating doesn't mean that they're a bunch of insane cultists either?
* SuperSaiyaMan: Yet ''another'' example. In one episode, an elderly lady who once lived in the house the Hills currently reside in visits to reminisce during the holidays. Starts out sweet enough, right? But, then, the elderly woman tells Hank that she wants to ''die'' in that house and the Hills (rightfully) ask her to leave. What happens next? The rest of the episode centers around said elderly woman attempting to break into the home and the neighbors berating the Hills just for not letting her die in their own home. Seriously? I don't know what sort of wacky universe KOTH dwells in, but, in RealLife, someone wanting to die in a house that has a family living in it and pretty much harassing them until they give in is considered a form of insanity.
** Not to mention that the neighbors get mad at Hank when he calls the police on the elderly lady. Guys, the lady was trespassing onto ''his'' property and, as stated above, wanted to '''die''' in his home! Hank did the right thing by calling the police since that elderly woman ''clearly'' has severe psychological issues.
* SuperSaiyaMan: How about the episode where Hank is at odds with another scout-leader who thinks that all the activities should be quiet and indoors. Hank decides to take all the kids out camping only to find out that two of the kids (IE: the rival scout-leader's own kids) have ADD. Oh, but the ''real'' DMOS of this episode comes from the fact that the rival scout-leader didn't even BOTHER to tell Hank his kids had ADD until said kids wandered off. It just comes off as awkward and seems like a forced way to make Hank in the wrong.
** No kidding. It's like, instead of having an entire episode centering around Hank learning how to deal with kids with ADD and that they can still have fun even when doing indoor activities, it's pretty much "Oh, by the way, my kids have ADD".
** And this could have been a perfectly good episode if Hank was teaching the overprotective parent scout master that it is possible for kids, EVEN WITH ADD, to have fun without being sheltered. But no, Hank had to learn that kids should be cloistered and protected all the time so they never learn how to deal with anything. Way to make a BrokenAesop ''KingOfTheHill''.
** What I hate about this is that Hank didn't retaliate, he should've told that scout master that he shouldn't treat the scouts as if their exactly like his kids.
** I got the impression that Hank was in the right on this episode- the scout master came off as way too creepy and prissy to be unintentional.
* SuperSaiyaMan: The most infuriating point where Peggy acts better than someone else, or even so much as acts smart for [[Tropers/{{LLSmoothJ}} me]] was when Peggy gets Hank, who was a substitute shop teacher, fired all because she was jealous of his success which threatened her precious three-peat as Substitute Teacher of the Year. Peggy then tries to capitalize on her husband being fired by entering herself as ''Mrs. Hank Hill'' so she could win the Substitute Teacher of the Year award that ''should've been Hank's in the first place''!
* SuperSaiyaMan: I don't remember the name, but in one episode, Bobby becomes a plus-sized model. Unsurprisingly, Hank doesn't like it because he finds it embarrassing. Hank forbids Bobby from it by claiming he's protecting him. The Hills then go see the fashion show. Halfway through it, a couple of bullies come up and start chucking doughnuts at the models in one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. Now not only do the Hills not do anything to try and stop the bullies, but Bobby ''thanks Hank'' for protecting him when the episode had made it perfectly clear that Hank was being selfish. So let me get this straight, ''KingOfTheHill''-- it is okay for a father to prevent his son from doing things that make him happy, it's okay for people to just stand aside and let people bully young kids, but it's not okay for obese people to try and do something like model, and it's not ok for people to do something they like even if it is embarrassing because you're just going to get bullied. You're just going to get bullied and you deserve it if you do something embarrassing or you're fat or nerdy or pretty much anything Hank ''fucking'' Hill doesn't approve of.
** Additionally, the episode almost seemed to end in a bad DownerEnding fashion in an asshole-y part where Hank drags Bobby out of the fashion show's dressing room, and a formerly popular "fat" child model who talked shit at Bobby earlier talks shit at him again ''as Hank drags Bobby out.'' The only thing worth remembering about that part was "Are you gonna come out with me normally, or will I have to drag you out 'baby-tantrum' style?."
*** Well, let's just be glad that the aforementioned popular "fat" child model that talked shit at Bobby got his comeuppance after being pelted with donuts from Dooley and some other kids. Although I did find it pretty bad that Hank forced Bobby not to participate, Hank's foresight of what would've happened to Bobby if he DID go out with all the other plus-size models automatically negated the suckiness.
*** Watching the episode right now. [[DudeNotFunny How is this supposed to be funny, Mike Judge?]] Hank, you are really just a JerkAss who was EMBARASSED ABOUT YOURSELF when it didn't bother Bobby at all. And the barrage at the end with donuts...again, [[DudeNotFunny DUDE NOT FUNNY!]]
* SuperSaiyaMan: The episode that ''really'' pissed me off was the one where Hank and Co. leave their small church because someone else was sitting in their favorite pew and their minister wouldn't move the family. That's it. After they leave to attend a new, fancier church, everything seems peachy. But then the new place starts annoying everyone (except Peggy) and they long to return to their old house of worship, but Hank doesn't want to suck up his pride and face Reverend Stroup again. As word of the big fancy church spreads, less and less people attend Rev. Stroup's sessions and she becomes desperate. Hank agrees to return with everyone else with him, but only ''if'' she ''apologizes to him'' and ''reserves a pew for them every day.'' SHE DOES. Holy crap, I'm not religious, but even I know that you don't go around threatening religious officials like that!! ''And we're supposed to be on Hank's side.'' I don't even think anybody in the show pointed out the horrible implications of his actions! WTF?!?
** Even worse, the Methodist church was losing attendance because ''Hank was deliberately telling people about the new Mega-Church.''
* SuperSaiyaMan: The episode where Bobby gets a pet snake. Just...wow. Long story short-Bobby gets a pet snake from Lucky as a gift, said snake somehow escapes, and a citywide panic ensues (due to a pair of corrupt exterminators), so Dale is hired to ''kill'' the snake. Wait....[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]] The snake wasn't even a danger to anyone. Oh, and let's not forget that it's someone's (IE: Bobby's) PET! You don't kill another person's pet unless it's '''clearly''' a danger to itself and everyone around it (Rabid dogs, for example). What you're supposed to do, people of KOTH, is safely capture said pet snake (So that it's '''not'' harmed in any way) and return it to its rightful owner (IE: Bobby) NOT kill it!
** Not only that, the exterminators who perpetrated the whole stupid snake hysteria? [[KarmaHoudini They get no comeuppance]], Arlen doesn't realize the only reason why their town isn't overrun by rats are the snakes in the sewer, and for a reptile lover like me, Luanne's stupid "It's coming towards me, it knows I'm a Christian!" is a dethroning moment of suck in its own way. Hell, even earlier, Peggy grabbed a harmless rat snake and said it was harmless--thus, even if someone as stupid as her knew that, the entire city except for a few dumb-dumbs should.
** I didn't like this episode much either, but it wasn't the snake-killing or the comeuppance the corrupt exterminators avoided that bothered me. Instead, it was the neglect the Hills received from Arlen as a result of the panic. Especially that scene where they entered the restaurant and at first glance, the waitress was leading them to a table while all the patrons in the restaurant looked at them with dirty looks. This may not seem bad at first glance, but when it got to the part where the waitress (with an evil smirk on her face) led them to the exit of the restaurant, I knew that this episode was one of the worst. It didn't ruin my interest in the show like some, but it did show that even in the greatest of series, there are some moments that just suck so bad, they belong on pages like this.
*** Likewise, the fact that Lucky probably spent quite a bit of money on that snake. Um, long story short, snakes are ''expensive'' to buy (Your average pet python can range anywhere from $50 to over $100 depending on the species and the store you get it from). Yet another reason why the episode is a DMOS. I'm pretty sure Lucky probably isn't happy all that money he spent on a gift for Bobby was killed by a bunch of incompetent morons.
** The ending of that particular episode made this snake-loving troper almost swear off of KOTH forever. [[spoiler:The snake is stabbed to death with gardening tools.]]
* SuperSaiyaMan: Related to the above rant about how Hank loves dogs way, way too much, I hated the episode where the Hills had to take care of a cat. It would've been a great opportunity to have AnAesop about Hank disliking the feline then learning to appreciate that cats have their own merits as pets, but no. For starters, when Hank signs up to take cake of a military worker's pet, he assumes it'll be a dog. Fits his character perfectly, but he never gets a moment where anyone says "Cats are pets too, y'know?" and the ownership of a cat is treated as freakish and weird. Then the cat is naturally ill-tempered, mean, and spiteful, making the Hill's lives complete hell for the duration of his stay. Granted, they try to make the bad guy a vet who uses Hank's unfortunate position as a way to bleed him dry, but they never show the cat as anything but a horrible, horrible pet. Up until this point Hank's dislike of anything besides dogs, including the above snake episode, could've been considered just another funny fault of the character, but now the show was agreeing with him. Case in point- that same episode had Bill take care of a golden retriever. Just the act of having a dog makes Bill popular, confident, desirable to women, and lets him fly in a jet. Yes, dogs are God's gift to the human race! Fuck the adorable, affectionate little kitties!
** [[Tropers/SuperSaiyaMan I]], have owned ''both'' cats and dogs ever since I was an infant was absolutely ''appalled'' by the callousness against cats in this episode. And no, Hank, I didn't own a Poodle, I owned a Labrador Mut named Whopper, and he got along and ''loved'' his cat buddies, Ebony and Tiger. And know what's even worse? Earlier episodes had Hank, Peggy, and Bobby mentioning that they DID have a cat, but it died. Yet now, we're supposed to see that CatsAreMean and shouldn't be pets? And that dogs are the only animal suited to be man's best friend? God damn it ''KingOfTheHill'' writers, let Hank learn that keeping a cat doesn't make you 'gay' or a woman...
*** I believe Hank's exact words were (when a doctor recommended getting a hairless breed for Bobby's allergies): "A poodle?? Why not just get a sex-change and a cat?!" I know some people see cat lovers as AcceptableTargets, but this is just ridiculous.
** Watching the episode right now...did the writers even [[DidNotDoTheResearch research]] cat behavior? Many of the things 'Duke' is doing are what ''dogs'' do, and 'pooping in shoes'? When a cat learns to use a litter box, they rarely go anywhere else unless they really need to! Why the hell do the writers hate other animals besides dogs to the point where they can't even go and research behavior...?
* SuperSaiyaMan: I really hated the "Honeymooners" episode, due mainly to the fact that it completely destroyed Hank's mom as a likable character in his eyes. In the first 2 minutes, we find out that she was cheating on her former boyfriend, Gary, with a new guy named Chuck that we've never even heard of before. On top of this, characters in the episode continuously reference a "wild streak" that Hank's mom has never displayed before, yet it is treated as if this has been within her personality the entire time! Did I mention the fact that her cheating is mostly ignored for the entire episode so they can progress with the "real plot" of the episode? So it's bad if Cotton is a womanizer, but Hank's mom is allowed to cheat with no questions asked? The worst of it is the fact that the episode itself is a mostly pointless RV plot that could have easily been done with Gary! This also completely invalidates "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying", a favorite episode of mine.
* SuperSaiyaMan Normally when Hank is embarassed by anything Bobby does, it's usually nerdy, immasculine and not having anything to do with anything he sees fit. So the one time when Bobby has a limit, when he's asked/forced to join Powder Puff Cheerleading, which has people on the football team dress in drag and act like stereotypical girls, makeup, bra and cheerleading outfits and all, Hank IMMEDIATELY jumps on the band wagon for this! Why would he NOW decide it's okay for his son to dress like a woman, wear lipstick and be a general embaressement? Because it has something to do with ''SPORTS'', of course! I know that Bobby gets into it later but he seems geniuenly uninterested in it, and when he tells his dad he doesn't want to do it? Hank GUILT TRIPS him into staying on the team. So it's okay for your son to do something that he likes as long as it's affiliated with SPORTS? Ugh.
** I thought that Hank was concerned about Bobby's physical health, but no, apparently, Hank wants Bobby to do things sports-related because it's manly, even though the cheerleading team is clearly going out of their way to be as effeminate as possible. [[WallBanger WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ON, HANK?]]
** However, there is a later episode than that one where Bobby joins the track and field team and is used as a morale boost to the other members because he's so horrible at it. Hank is the only one who is downright horrified because of the way Bobby is being treated and Bobby seems to think it will make him a real athlete. Way to be consistent, writers. Whatever happened to the days when Bobby was actually GOOD at some sports, like wrestling, and shooting?
* SuperSaiyaMan While I found Bill's cousin, Gilbert to be pretty fun, he effectively DMOS'd in the episode where Bill decides to market the Dauterieve family recipe for steak sauce (it was steak sauce, wasn't it?). Gilbert is enraged that Bill is "whoring out" the family recipe and gives the hapless ButtMonkey an ''epic'' chewing out over it, sending Bill spiraling into depression as he withdraws on any deals to sell it. When Hank confronts him at the bus station on the way out, Gilbert, being a smug little shit that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Cotton would be repulsed by]] points out that "a real gentleman never goes back on his word" and refuses to let Bill sell the recipe or apologize for the chewing out. What makes Gilbert ''especially'' hypocritical is that earlier in the episode, he sold the family's estate to some developers who will "probably make it a water park." So apparently the mansion your formerly affluent and soon-to-be-extinct family is a-okay, but the secret family steak sauce is SeriousBusiness! This troper wanted to take a hammer to Gilbert's face after that.
** It was Barbecue Sauce for ribs which made Bill the talk of the street since he was actually good at making almost gourmet ribs. Gilbert was probably angry that HE didn't think of it first. Hell, if the show continued, we probably would have seen bottles of the Dautrieve Sauce with Gilbert's face on them. It never occurred to Bill that he could have just done it without Gilbert's approval and SAVED THE FUCKING FAMILY.

* MsDevin92 - The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[NotSoDifferent that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[ContinuityNod Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted FriendOrIdolDecision where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end. [[FlatWhat What]]. Excuse me?! There was a ''very real'' threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. As someone who was on pills for panic attacks when this episode aired, [[BerserkButton it couldn't be more insulting]]. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it THEN?

** Agreed. This episode was Peggy at her most disturbing low, but she was never punished for it. Instead Hank and Bobby are given the moral that they need to be more sensitive to her. Peggy can be very insecure at times, but there was just something wrong with how she was so threatened by Bobby.

* For this [[SuperSaiyaMan troper]], it was the episode where Peggy gets insanely jealous of Bobby and thinks he's replacing her or some crap like that. Basically, Bobby starts to get better at Home Ec, making Hank a new pair of jeans to replace the ones he accidentally ruined and breaking them in with a power sander. Then he gets ''very'' good at cooking (Hank actually likes and compliments the food, and even makes a request for Thanksgiving dinner!), and what does Peggy do She gets jealous of her own son, seeing him as competition, generally acts nasty and spiteful towards him, and upon finding a women's magazine in Bobby's room (it had a turkey recipe in it, which was why he had it), she calls Hank in and says that "the boy is not right" because the magazine has sex tips and scratched-off perfume samples--that ''she'' probably scratched off. Just...that whole episode makes me mad, and there is something very, ''very'' creepy about Peggy's jealousy towards ''her own son'' and the fact he's finally getting a closer relationship with Hank.

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* Do not remove an entry from the page (unless the event in question is blatantly untrue) nor create a JustifyingEdit to defend a moment - it goes without saying YourMileageMayVary.
* Try and make entries actual [=DMOSs=], not just a protracted whinge about how bad ''KingOfTheHill'' had become in its latest seasons. Deconstructions of tasteless jokes don't really count.
* No RealLife examples including ExecutiveMeddling. That's just asking for trouble.
* You're only allowed to list one moment per show, so choose which was the worst, or don't list anything at all.

* What happened to Luanne on ''KingOfTheHill''? Her CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming was realizing that she was better than she always thought she was and enrolling in college. Then one season the writers decide she really is too dumb to amount to anything, make her a dropout and saddle her with [[TheScrappy Lucky.]]
** Luanne's intelligence level kept fluctuating during the course of the show, ranging anywhere from "a tiny bit ditzy" to "she proves all of the blonde jokes right". But when the writers go out of their way to turn Luanne into everything she'd been trying not to become (a white trash dropout) after they'd gone out of their way to have her do practically everything she could to escape that fate, yeah, I'm pretty sure that qualifies as a Dethroning Moment for both the character and the show itself.
** Its kind of weird how Lucky, a redneck who relied on lawsuit money actually got CharacterDevelopement through the seasons, becoming a responsible home owner, husband, and father, while Luanne regressed into infantile intelligence.
*** She's not the only one. As the show progressed, Joseph's [[{{Flanderization}} body got bigger but his brain got smaller]], thus creating this [[SarcasmMode classic]] line: describing a singer as "the chick with the boobs." Yeah, that narrows it down.
* For me, it was the episode where Bobby is chosen to be the mascot for his school's football team (the Longhorns, which basically means he wears a bull costume) but then gets second thoughts when he finds out that it's a tradition for the other team to beat him up if his school wins a football game. The DMOS in this is the fact that '''EVERYONE''' including his various Arlenites, schoolmates (with the exception of Connie), and even ''teachers'' berate him for being a coward. I don't care if it's "tradition" or not. Bobby had '''every''' right to be afraid of having the crap beaten out of him. Also, his parents (especially Hank) should've been more understanding of his predicament.
** Not to mention the FamilyUnfriendlyAesop the episode provides (Other shows provide this bad aesop as well)-"Forget all the emotional trauma and painful physical therapy resulting from broken/sprained limbs and whatnot they'll have to go through! Everyone knows mascots are little more than a ButtMonkey in a costume. Watching them get beat up is fun!"
** I fucking ''hate'' the little scene where a teacher pushes Bobby ''onto the floor on purpose'', causing him to drop some books he was carrying. The teacher then growls "PICK IT UP" in a manner that ''should'' make someone shit their pants in anger. When Bobby reached for the books, the teacher kicked them away from him, growled "PICK IT UP" again, before the guidance counselor came in and growled at Bobby to come to his office. There was something in that scene that was just ''so goddamn unpleasant,'' I couldn't handle seeing Bobby getting tortured like that.
*** Not to mention that beatings on mascots or similar hazings were outlawed in the 1980's, and the fact that teacher should have been rightly fired for her actions make this episode the start of KOTH's downward spiral of suck.
* My interest in King of the Hill died when they killed off [[spoiler: Cotton Hill]], who was arguably the most consistently funny character in the show (not to mention consistently badass). Every episode with him was worth watching, and killing him off was just.... wrong.
** Ah, yes, that episode was a [[DownerEnding real]] [[IncrediblyLamePun downer]] in more ways than one. The big DMOS regarding the death of [[spoiler:Cotton]] was not the fact that he died, but rather '''how''' they killed him off. Having [[spoiler:him die due to an accident at a sushi bar]] just seems more like something out of a bad comedy series than anything serious (which it should've been).
** [[RetCon This is after they seemingly forgot how he]] [[spoiler: forgave the Japanese at the urging of his illegitimate son Junichiro]].
** What pisses me off with that is the fact that Didi and G.H. aren't in the episode at all and, unless I've missed one, aren't seen again.
** What really pissed me off is one season later they had his body cremated and flushed down a toilet that General Patton supposedly used, thinking back this is very out of character for him he was a very proud former soldier and wanted to be buried with dignity and he knew he would die before his infant son Good Hank hit his teenage years so he fought hard to earn a veteran's grave so that he could visit it, and being flushed down a toilet would make him forgotten, Good Hank will now never know him (he was a toddler last we seen of him), and his grave would go to someone else.
** While I agree on the toilet-flushing funeral, especially after there was a whole episode of him getting a plot of land at a national military cemetery, being the biggest JerkAss on the show by far with barely any comeuppance (aside from maybe being talked down to occasionally) meant Cotton had some long-overdue Karma waiting to kick his ass. Look at Hank's whole stick-in-the-mud, boy-ain't-right personality. Got that from a horribly abusive father, who would've been mortified that his death was such an anticlimax.
*** I actually CHEERED with Cotton died. I never liked that sexist, racist pig. He wasn't a war hero (he was actually caught in a lie by Peggy), he was just a WWII vet who cashed in on BEING a WWII vet in a similar way that ParisHilton cashed in on being Famous for BEING Famous. [[{{Wallbanger}} Bragging that he killed 50 men whenever he asked if he was proud of Hank, making an absolutely BOGUS story on how he lost his shins...Karma should have caught up with him and he should have gotten his ass kicked]].
* Yet another example of Luanne's DMOS-causing stupidity would have to be the episode where her father comes home from [[strike:working at the oil rig]] prison. Does the episode involve Luanne's father struggling to reform back into society and learns that doing so is difficult, but can be done with the support of his loved ones? Nope. Does the episode involve Luanne learning her father's dark secret, and realizes that sometimes, the people you love the most can break your trust and hurt you emotionally? Nope. How does it end, you ask? With her aunt Peggy blatantly LYING to her and telling her that her father is back working at the oil rig (He was arrested and serving life in prison) and that the person behind the crimes is some disabled kid.
** Not to mention the '''HUUUUUUGE''' [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop bad moral]] the episode presents-''"It's okay to lie to your own family about the dark deeds of a loved one, especially if they're an adult and mature enough to know the truth. After all, it's better for them to eventually realize your own lies and be emotionally hurt by two people rather than just finding out the heartbreaking news of one."''
** Plus, it just really goes to show how [[{{Flanderization}} stupid Luanne has become in recent seasons.]] In earlier episodes, she was able to put two and two together and realize when people were using her. In this DMOS-filled episode, however, she can't even comprehend that her father constantly ditching her for various shady reasons, and Lucky (whom her father had framed) getting into trouble, might mean that her father might not be as innocent as she believes.
* Oh, how about the episode where Bobby gets involved in Tarot cards and joins a group of nerds who are fascinated in witchcraft (either that or they're just really dedicated [=LARPers=] (Live Action Role Players).) That episode alone is one big DMOS. Why? Well, Hank tells Bobby not to hang out with the [=LARPers=] because they're "losers with no friends who'll end up getting beaten up by the cool kids.". Now, does it turn out that Hank learns the [=LARPers=] are normal people like you or me? No, of course not. Instead, it turns out that not only was Hank right, but that the [=LARPers=] are also weird cultists who try to make Bobby drink dog's blood. Ugh, there are ChickTract[=s=] about ''DungeonsAndDragons'' that have fewer WallBanger[=s=] than this.
** Not to mention that it helps promote the awful stereotype that anyone who engages in roleplay are a bunch of weirdos who engage in weird cult-like activities and are losers with no social life. [[SarcasmMode Thanks, KOTH. As if it weren't hard enough being a nerd as it is...]]
** And, like previous [=DMOSes=] mentioned before it, let's not forget this one too has a friendly unfriendly aesop - '' "Don't roleplay, kids. Not only will you be labeled as a "freak" for the rest of your life, but your fellow roleplayers are also really cultists who want you to do disgusting things as part of their sick rituals." ''
** Need we mention the fact that just because someone finds the art of witchcraft (or magic spells in general) fascinating doesn't mean that they're a bunch of insane cultists either?
* Yet ''another'' example. In one episode, an elderly lady who once lived in the house the Hills currently reside in visits to reminisce during the holidays. Starts out sweet enough, right? But, then, the elderly woman tells Hank that she wants to ''die'' in that house and the Hills (rightfully) ask her to leave. What happens next? The rest of the episode centers around said elderly woman attempting to break into the home and the neighbors berating the Hills just for not letting her die in their own home. Seriously? I don't know what sort of wacky universe KOTH dwells in, but, in RealLife, someone wanting to die in a house that has a family living in it and pretty much harassing them until they give in is considered a form of insanity.
** Not to mention that the neighbors get mad at Hank when he calls the police on the elderly lady. Guys, the lady was trespassing onto ''his'' property and, as stated above, wanted to '''die''' in his home! Hank did the right thing by calling the police since that elderly woman ''clearly'' has severe psychological issues.
* How about the episode where Hank is at odds with another scout-leader who thinks that all the activities should be quiet and indoors. Hank decides to take all the kids out camping only to find out that two of the kids (IE: the rival scout-leader's own kids) have ADD. Oh, but the ''real'' DMOS of this episode comes from the fact that the rival scout-leader didn't even BOTHER to tell Hank his kids had ADD until said kids wandered off. It just comes off as awkward and seems like a forced way to make Hank in the wrong.
** No kidding. It's like, instead of having an entire episode centering around Hank learning how to deal with kids with ADD and that they can still have fun even when doing indoor activities, it's pretty much "Oh, by the way, my kids have ADD".
** And this could have been a perfectly good episode if Hank was teaching the overprotective parent scout master that it is possible for kids, EVEN WITH ADD, to have fun without being sheltered. But no, Hank had to learn that kids should be cloistered and protected all the time so they never learn how to deal with anything. Way to make a BrokenAesop ''KingOfTheHill''.
** What I hate about this is that Hank didn't retaliate, he should've told that scout master that he shouldn't treat the scouts as if their exactly like his kids.
** I got the impression that Hank was in the right on this episode- the scout master came off as way too creepy and prissy to be unintentional.
* The most infuriating point where Peggy acts better than someone else, or even so much as acts smart for [[Tropers/{{LLSmoothJ}} me]] was when Peggy gets Hank, who was a substitute shop teacher, fired all because she was jealous of his success which threatened her precious three-peat as Substitute Teacher of the Year. Peggy then tries to capitalize on her husband being fired by entering herself as ''Mrs. Hank Hill'' so she could win the Substitute Teacher of the Year award that ''should've been Hank's in the first place''!
* I don't remember the name, but in one episode, Bobby becomes a plus-sized model. Unsurprisingly, Hank doesn't like it because he finds it embarrassing. Hank forbids Bobby from it by claiming he's protecting him. The Hills then go see the fashion show. Halfway through it, a couple of bullies come up and start chucking doughnuts at the models in one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. Now not only do the Hills not do anything to try and stop the bullies, but Bobby ''thanks Hank'' for protecting him when the episode had made it perfectly clear that Hank was being selfish. So let me get this straight, ''KingOfTheHill''-- it is okay for a father to prevent his son from doing things that make him happy, it's okay for people to just stand aside and let people bully young kids, but it's not okay for obese people to try and do something like model, and it's not ok for people to do something they like even if it is embarrassing because you're just going to get bullied. You're just going to get bullied and you deserve it if you do something embarrassing or you're fat or nerdy or pretty much anything Hank ''fucking'' Hill doesn't approve of.
** Additionally, the episode almost seemed to end in a bad DownerEnding fashion in an asshole-y part where Hank drags Bobby out of the fashion show's dressing room, and a formerly popular "fat" child model who talked shit at Bobby earlier talks shit at him again ''as Hank drags Bobby out.'' The only thing worth remembering about that part was "Are you gonna come out with me normally, or will I have to drag you out 'baby-tantrum' style?."
*** Well, let's just be glad that the aforementioned popular "fat" child model that talked shit at Bobby got his comeuppance after being pelted with donuts from Dooley and some other kids. Although I did find it pretty bad that Hank forced Bobby not to participate, Hank's foresight of what would've happened to Bobby if he DID go out with all the other plus-size models automatically negated the suckiness.
*** Watching the episode right now. [[DudeNotFunny How is this supposed to be funny, Mike Judge?]] Hank, you are really just a JerkAss who was EMBARASSED ABOUT YOURSELF when it didn't bother Bobby at all. And the barrage at the end with donuts...again, [[DudeNotFunny DUDE NOT FUNNY!]]
* The episode that ''really'' pissed me off was the one where Hank and Co. leave their small church because someone else was sitting in their favorite pew and their minister wouldn't move the family. That's it. After they leave to attend a new, fancier church, everything seems peachy. But then the new place starts annoying everyone (except Peggy) and they long to return to their old house of worship, but Hank doesn't want to suck up his pride and face Reverend Stroup again. As word of the big fancy church spreads, less and less people attend Rev. Stroup's sessions and she becomes desperate. Hank agrees to return with everyone else with him, but only ''if'' she ''apologizes to him'' and ''reserves a pew for them every day.'' SHE DOES. Holy crap, I'm not religious, but even I know that you don't go around threatening religious officials like that!! ''And we're supposed to be on Hank's side.'' I don't even think anybody in the show pointed out the horrible implications of his actions! WTF?!?
** Even worse, the Methodist church was losing attendance because ''Hank was deliberately telling people about the new Mega-Church.''
* The episode where Bobby gets a pet snake. Just...wow. Long story short-Bobby gets a pet snake from Lucky as a gift, said snake somehow escapes, and a citywide panic ensues (due to a pair of corrupt exterminators), so Dale is hired to ''kill'' the snake. Wait....[[BigWhat WHAT!?!]] The snake wasn't even a danger to anyone. Oh, and let's not forget that it's someone's (IE: Bobby's) PET! You don't kill another person's pet unless it's '''clearly''' a danger to itself and everyone around it (Rabid dogs, for example). What you're supposed to do, people of KOTH, is safely capture said pet snake (So that it's '''not'' harmed in any way) and return it to its rightful owner (IE: Bobby) NOT kill it!
** Not only that, the exterminators who perpetrated the whole stupid snake hysteria? [[KarmaHoudini They get no comeuppance]], Arlen doesn't realize the only reason why their town isn't overrun by rats are the snakes in the sewer, and for a reptile lover like me, Luanne's stupid "It's coming towards me, it knows I'm a Christian!" is a dethroning moment of suck in its own way. Hell, even earlier, Peggy grabbed a harmless rat snake and said it was harmless--thus, even if someone as stupid as her knew that, the entire city except for a few dumb-dumbs should.
** I didn't like this episode much either, but it wasn't the snake-killing or the comeuppance the corrupt exterminators avoided that bothered me. Instead, it was the neglect the Hills received from Arlen as a result of the panic. Especially that scene where they entered the restaurant and at first glance, the waitress was leading them to a table while all the patrons in the restaurant looked at them with dirty looks. This may not seem bad at first glance, but when it got to the part where the waitress (with an evil smirk on her face) led them to the exit of the restaurant, I knew that this episode was one of the worst. It didn't ruin my interest in the show like some, but it did show that even in the greatest of series, there are some moments that just suck so bad, they belong on pages like this.
*** Likewise, the fact that Lucky probably spent quite a bit of money on that snake. Um, long story short, snakes are ''expensive'' to buy (Your average pet python can range anywhere from $50 to over $100 depending on the species and the store you get it from). Yet another reason why the episode is a DMOS. I'm pretty sure Lucky probably isn't happy all that money he spent on a gift for Bobby was killed by a bunch of incompetent morons.
** The ending of that particular episode made this snake-loving troper almost swear off of KOTH forever. [[spoiler:The snake is stabbed to death with gardening tools.]]
* I nominate the Fun with Jane and Jane episode because Peggy encouraged Luanne to go back to that cult. Of course she didn't know it was a cult but still Luanne told her and Hank what they were doing to her yet Peggy though they were doing it out of love. Seriously, feeding them nothing but rice, throwing them in a closet, waking them up in the middle of the night to yell at them and not letting them go to the bathroom sounds like something an abusive parent to do, it's disappointing on Peggy's part for not realizing that. And also Hank for thinking Luanne was drinking and treating her like she was drunk, I seriously doubt a drunk person could pull off a plea for help whiling pretending to sell jams and jellies. Not to mention the terrified look on her face and fear in her voice was a definite sign that she was in trouble.
* Related to the above rant about how Hank loves dogs way, way too much, I hated the episode where the Hills had to take care of a cat. It would've been a great opportunity to have AnAesop about Hank disliking the feline then learning to appreciate that cats have their own merits as pets, but no. For starters, when Hank signs up to take cake of a military worker's pet, he assumes it'll be a dog. Fits his character perfectly, but he never gets a moment where anyone says "Cats are pets too, y'know?" and the ownership of a cat is treated as freakish and weird. Then the cat is naturally ill-tempered, mean, and spiteful, making the Hill's lives complete hell for the duration of his stay. Granted, they try to make the bad guy a vet who uses Hank's unfortunate position as a way to bleed him dry, but they never show the cat as anything but a horrible, horrible pet. Up until this point Hank's dislike of anything besides dogs, including the above snake episode, could've been considered just another funny fault of the character, but now the show was agreeing with him. Case in point- that same episode had Bill take care of a golden retriever. Just the act of having a dog makes Bill popular, confident, desirable to women, and lets him fly in a jet. Yes, dogs are God's gift to the human race! Fuck the adorable, affectionate little kitties!
** [[Tropers/SuperSaiyaMan I]], have owned ''both'' cats and dogs ever since I was an infant was absolutely ''appalled'' by the callousness against cats in this episode. And no, Hank, I didn't own a Poodle, I owned a Labrador Mut named Whopper, and he got along and ''loved'' his cat buddies, Ebony and Tiger. And know what's even worse? Earlier episodes had Hank, Peggy, and Bobby mentioning that they DID have a cat, but it died. Yet now, we're supposed to see that CatsAreMean and shouldn't be pets? And that dogs are the only animal suited to be man's best friend? God damn it ''KingOfTheHill'' writers, let Hank learn that keeping a cat doesn't make you 'gay' or a woman...
*** I believe Hank's exact words were (when a doctor recommended getting a hairless breed for Bobby's allergies): "A poodle?? Why not just get a sex-change and a cat?!" I know some people see cat lovers as AcceptableTargets, but this is just ridiculous.
** Watching the episode right now...did the writers even [[DidNotDoTheResearch research]] cat behavior? Many of the things 'Duke' is doing are what ''dogs'' do, and 'pooping in shoes'? When a cat learns to use a litter box, they rarely go anywhere else unless they really need to! Why the hell do the writers hate other animals besides dogs to the point where they can't even go and research behavior...?
* I really hated the "Honeymooners" episode, due mainly to the fact that it completely destroyed Hank's mom as a likable character in his eyes. In the first 2 minutes, we find out that she was cheating on her former boyfriend, Gary, with a new guy named Chuck that we've never even heard of before. On top of this, characters in the episode continuously reference a "wild streak" that Hank's mom has never displayed before, yet it is treated as if this has been within her personality the entire time! Did I mention the fact that her cheating is mostly ignored for the entire episode so they can progress with the "real plot" of the episode? So it's bad if Cotton is a womanizer, but Hank's mom is allowed to cheat with no questions asked? The worst of it is the fact that the episode itself is a mostly pointless RV plot that could have easily been done with Gary! This also completely invalidates "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying", a favorite episode of mine.
* Normally when Hank is embaressed by anything Bobby does, it's usually nerdy, immasculine and not having anything to do with anything he sees fit. So the one time when Bobby has a limit, when he's asked/forced to join Powder Puff Cheerleading, which has people on the football team dress in drag and act like stereotypical girls, makeup, bra and cheerleading outfits and all, Hank IMMEDIATELY jumps on the band wagon for this! Why would he NOW decide it's okay for his son to dress like a woman, wear lipstick and be a general embaressement? Because it has something to do with ''SPORTS'', of course! I know that Bobby gets into it later but he seems geniuenly uninterested in it, and when he tells his dad he doesn't want to do it? Hank GUILT TRIPS him into staying on the team. So it's okay for your son to do something that he likes as long as it's affiliated with SPORTS? Ugh.
** I thought that Hank was concerned about Bobby's physical health, but no, apparently, Hank wants Bobby to do things sports-related because it's manly, even though the cheerleading team is clearly going out of their way to be as effeminate as possible. [[WallBanger WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ON, HANK?]]
** However, there is a later episode than that one where Bobby joins the track and field team and is used as a morale boost to the other members because he's so horrible at it. Hank is the only one who is downright horrified because of the way Bobby is being treated and Bobby seems to think it will make him a real athlete. Way to be consistent, writers. Whatever happened to the days when Bobby was actually GOOD at some sports, like wrestling, and shooting?
* While I found Bill's cousin, Gilbert to be pretty fun, he effectively DMOS'd in the episode where Bill decides to market the Dauterieve family recipe for steak sauce (it was steak sauce, wasn't it?). Gilbert is enraged that Bill is "whoring out" the family recipe and gives the hapless ButtMonkey an ''epic'' chewing out over it, sending Bill spiraling into depression as he withdraws on any deals to sell it. When Hank confronts him at the bus station on the way out, Gilbert, being a smug little shit that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Cotton would be repulsed by]] points out that "a real gentleman never goes back on his word" and refuses to let Bill sell the recipe or apologize for the chewing out. What makes Gilbert ''especially'' hypocritical is that earlier in the episode, he sold the family's estate to some developers who will "probably make it a water park." So apparently the mansion your formerly affluent and soon-to-be-extinct family is a-okay, but the secret family steak sauce is SeriousBusiness! This troper wanted to take a hammer to Gilbert's face after that.
** It was Barbecue Sauce for ribs which made Bill the talk of the street since he was actually good at making almost gourmet ribs. Gilbert was probably angry that HE didn't think of it first. Hell, if the show continued, we probably would have seen bottles of the Dautrieve Sauce with Gilbert's face on them. It never occurred to Bill that he could have just done it without Gilbert's approval and SAVED THE FUCKING FAMILY.
* Bringing back John Redcorn after ''Nancy Boys''. The ending of that episode was the perfect send-off for the character: he finally did the right thing and had a potentially bright future ahead of him. Then, that nice bit of character development got undone in Season 5, when he reappears.
* For this troper, it was the episode where Peggy gets insanely jealous of Bobby and thinks he's replacing her or some crap like that. Basically, Bobby starts to get better at Home Ec, making Hank a new pair of jeans to replace the ones he accidentally ruined and breaking them in with a power sander. Then he gets ''very'' good at cooking (Hank actually likes and compliments the food, and even makes a request for Thanksgiving dinner!), and what does Peggy do She gets jealous of her own son, seeing him as competition, generally acts nasty and spiteful towards him, and upon finding a women's magazine in Bobby's room (it had a turkey recipe in it, which was why he had it), she calls Hank in and says that "the boy is not right" because the magazine has sex tips and scratched-off perfume samples--that ''she'' probably scratched off. Just...that whole episode makes me mad, and there is something very, ''very'' creepy about Peggy's jealousy towards ''her own son'' and the fact he's finally getting a closer relationship with Hank.
** Agreed. This episode was Peggy at her most disturbing low, but she was never punished for it. Instead Hank and Bobby are given the moral that they need to be more sensitive to her. Peggy can be very insecure at times, but there was just something wrong with how she was so threatened by Bobby.