History DethroningMoment / KingOfTheHill

* {{LSBK}}: "Beer and Loathing", notable for being on of the few if not the only times I completely side with Peggy over Hank. Long story short, Peggy gets a job at Hank's favorite beer company, there's a beer shortage and hilarity ensues. Except no. Hank completely betrays Peggy's trust to go get bear in Mexico, even after she told him he'd only have to wait 5 days, and then after they got sick from it he gets angry at her for not telling. Despite the facts that, one, she specifically told him not to go down there, 2 tried to get rid of the beer after finding it with the reason being obvious for anyone with half a brain, and three, him acting like if he wasn't in the same position (she said a confidentiality agreement) like he wouldn't have acted the same way. The real kicker is though even though all of this is more or less acknowledged in the episode, they still try to end it with them both being in the wrong. No, just no.

* Tropers/{{Demetrios}}: The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not Nightmare Fuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to create a little bit of MoodWhiplash. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[DarthWiki/WallBanger wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, all sororities have hazing." Why do I get the feeling [[UnfortunateImplications not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]?

** Darkrage6: Peggy was also pretty bad in that episode, siding with Hank and somehow making Bobby out to be the bad person (true he could've been less smug about Hank not being able to do anything and he could've explained what happened to Peggy, but somehow I doubt the latter would've made her any less of a bitch) and Peggy tackles him and tries to subdue him and continues defending Hank's ridiculous actions, but the biggest WallBanger is when Bobby gets angry and kicks Peggy in the crotch and she doesn't feel any pain at all. That is flat out false! Getting kicked in the crotch is every bit as painful for women as it is for men, and for KOTH to imply that it's not is not only incredibly stupid but dangerous as well.

** {{Troper/Disney23}}: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Four words:]] "What. Makes. Bobby. Run?". Seriously, it looks so out of place for a down-to-earth show like this. Here, Bobby refuses to accept the mascot tradition of getting his ass kicked by the rival school's marching band and he subsequently get branded a pariah and bullied by schoolmates, teachers and townsfolk alike. It was just very unsettling, especially the end where he finally goes through with it with the spectators taking pride at the (so-called) tradition. The mean-spiritedness and contrivity of this episode almost rivals [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "The Boys Of Bummer"]] in terms of suckiness.

** GarudaOne: If it softens the blow any, this is one of the ''very'' few times that A)[[WhatTheHellHero Hank is actually called out on it,]] B) [[NiceJobBreakingItHero it comes to bite him in the ass in the end]], and C) ''he actually seems to get the memo it was a bad idea.''

* {{Troper/ElegantVamp}}: In "Luanne Virgin 2.0", it's revealed that Peggy had pre-marital sex with a boy (as a test to see if he was gay) and Hank acts like a complete jackass about it. It would be one thing if it happened while they were together, but this was before she even ''met'' Hank, and it happened at least 20 years ago. Luanne and Rhett, one of the boys from the virginity group, decide to get married so she doesn't have to be a virgin anymore. Peggy wants to convince her not to go through with it, but Hank continues to act like an ass and tells Luanne to get married just to spite Peggy. She tries to apologize to him, she tells Luanne that if she had married the first person she slept with, she wouldn't have met Hank, and even has a ceremony where you become a "born again virgin" just so Hank will forgive her, and he '''''still doesn't change how he feels''''' until he sees her, in his words, "whatnots". Yeah, it wasn't her apologies, or her heartfelt speech about how she wouldn't have met the love of her life if she had married the first person she slept with, OR the fact that she was willing to become a born-again virgin all for the sake of his forgiveness. I was dumbfounded that she would possibly want to stay married to someone like that after everything she did for him.

** TheTrueYuma: I took it as that Hank doesn't like the idea of Bobby defending himself by kicking persons in the groin because you really shouldn't resort to that unless it's the only way out. However, Hank never mentioned that part. It's also important to get a few things straight: 1. Bobby shouldn't have kicked Hank in the groin because he got annoyed by his dad (there's stuff that Hank has done that is worthy of him getting kicked in the groin, but that isn't one of them). 2. Bobby kicked Hank so hard that not only did he pass out, but he may have lost a testicle in the process. 3. Because of this, Hank couldn't move comfortably and had to sit with an ice cream box against his crotch. You'd be really pissed off too if 2 and 3 happened to you. 4. Bobby took a women's self defense class despite the man at the front desk advising him not to. He wasn't learning how to defend himself against bullies. He was learning how to stop muggers and would-be rapists. Furthermore, Bobby turned into a bully himself when he started kicking guys at school in the groin, despite that none of them had antagonized him that episode (no, "they could have done it off-screen" doesn't count). Bobby is far from blameless in all of this. Not contesting the entry, it just POs me that Hank and Peggy get so much blame in this episode yet Bobby seems to get off scot-free in comparison. I just think it's important to get facts straight with these.

** RiddlerJ: My issue with that episode was that Hank was mad at Bobby because he wasn't fighting fair or something like that. Never mind the reason Bobby wanted to learn how to defend himself in the first place, was that he was getting picked on by bullies who sure as hell weren't fighting fair by ganging up on him.

*** Regulas314: You all couldn't have said it better, this episode made Hank downright MONSTROUS! Hank wouldn't have stopped until those parents were pretty much AMISH! That's [[{{FamilyGuy}} Brian Griffin]] level selfishness and ignorance! Though if those two met, Hank would definitely be disgusted with him, not just because he's a democrat AND an atheist but because he's a talking dog he'd immediately consider him a demon! Not to mention [[HypocriticalHumor how he'd probably call him a stuck up ass who won't stop until everything's perfect and he gets his way!]] My point is this is what made me despise Hank and lose any respect I had for the man. I'd expect that kind of cruelty and stupidity from Peter Griffin or Lois or even worse, but Hank? Seriously, dude, you deserved it when you got kicked in the nuts! Bobby should've done that again!

* Phoenix79: "Pigmalion" takes the cake for me. Not only is the plot too farfetched and creepy for KOTH, the ending is what does it for me. Luanne and Peggy see a man get butchered in a slaughterhouse, and don't seem affected by it at all. They should be scarred for life after witnessing that. That kind of episode would work for FamilyGuy or SouthPark but not KingOfTheHill.

** BoredMe: Then there's the question of how a Communist military strongman was allowed into the United States to begin with.

* Animeking1108: In the episode "Meet the Manger Babies", Hank was complaining about his TV screwing up. Bobby reasonably asks why they wouldn't get a new one, only for Hank, being the Patriot that would make [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Abridged!Bandit Kieth]] blush, says it's because America "doesn't make them anymore." When Bobby suggests getting a Japanese TV, he orders Bobby to go to his room. Not only does this make Hank look like a total [[UnfortunateImplications Xenophobe]], this contradicts when Kahn first appeared, and Hank praised the Japanese for making good, HD [=TVs=].

* Troper/{{KoriCongo}}: My Dethroning Moment has to be the episode "To Kill a Ladybird", where Bobby meets a raccoon he calls Bandit. The episode starts with Bobby trying to play catch with Ladybird, but she won't play. Hank goes on saying she is 91 years old in dog years, so she won't be able to play very well. A second later, he starts playing with her and she gets the tennis ball like a 21 year old dog. [[SarcasmMode Real subtle, guys.]] Later, Bobby is taking out the trash when he comes across a raccoon. He offers it some trash, and is thrilled to have someone to at least talk to. Later, Bobby takes some fruit pies to the trash and gives the raccoon one of them, naming it Bandit. The moment is really heartwarming, so you would think that the episode would have a message like "Wild animals should stay in the wild" or something similar. Nope, because later when Bobby lets Bandit inside the garage to let him out of the rain, the raccoon trashes the place. Hank enters the garage, sees Bandit, and looks horrified at it. Really, Hank? You've dealt with problems worse than Bandit, and you act like its the worst thing you ever seen. It doesn't help that Peggy said the raccoon would of bit his face off (once again, [[SarcasmMode real subtle.]]) So Hank calls his completely idiotic neighbor, Dale. He wants Dale to kill the raccoon, when all Bandit did was make a mess in his garage. When Dale tries to kill Bandit, it scratches him and tries to run. Here comes Ladybird, the suddenly 21 year old dog trying to protect Hank. Ladybird and Bandit have a short fight, Bandit runs off, and Ladybird follows him, causing Hank to panic and pretty much tells Bobby it's his fault for Ladybird running away even though Ladybird had no reason to be outside in the first place. Wow, Hank. Your dog runs after an innocent raccoon, so it's suddenly Bobby's fault. The worst part is that Dale might have rabies, ignoring the fact that Bandit showed no prior signs of being rabid. So what does Dale do when he needs a rabies shot? He runs into the forest. Seriously. This is before Dale becomes conspiracy crazy, by the way. After several hi-jinks with Not Rabid!Dale, the end comes when Ladybird shows up again. Bobby has a rifle while Hank is trying to persuade him to not shoot. The show uses ManipulativeEditing to make it seem that Bobby shot Ladybird when he actually shot Bandit. Yes, because Bandit comes into the scene he gets shot even though Ladybird actually showed symptoms of early rabies. Way to go, King of the Hill, you made a potentially heartwarming episode about A Boy And His Raccoon, and turned it into "Dogs can do no wrong and wild animals should be shot." This is the reason why people think that Hank is a BlackHoleSue.

* Troper/{{KoriCongo}}: My Dethroning Moment has to be the episode "To Kill a Ladybird" where Bobby meets a raccoon he calls Bandit. The episode starts with Bobby trying to play catch with Ladybird, but she won't play. Hank goes on saying she is 91 years old in dog years, so she won't be able to play as effectively. A second later (Yes, 1 second) he starts to play with Ladybird and she goes starts getting the tennis ball like a 21 year old dog. [[SarcasmMode Real subtle, guys.]] A little later, Bobby is taking out the trash when he comes in contact with a raccoon. He offers the raccoon some thrash, and Bobby is thrilled to have some one to at least talk to. Later, Bobby takes some fruit pies to the trash, and gives the raccoon one of them, and names him Bandit. The moment is really heartwarming, so you would think that the episode would have a message like "Wild animals should stay in the wild" or similar. Nope, because later when Bobby lets Bandit inside the garage —it was raining, so it isn't as idiotic as it sounds— Bandit trashes the place. When Hank enters the garage, he looks horrified when he sees Bandit. Really, Hank? You dealt with problems worse than Bandit, and you act like its the worse thing you ever seen. Doesn't help that Peggy said the the raccoon would of bit his face off (once again, [[SarcasmMode real subtle.]]) So, Hank calls his completely idiotic neighbor, Dale. Hank wants Dale to kill Bandit, when all Bandit did was messed up his garage. When Dale tried to kill Bandit, the raccoon scratches him and tried to run. As Bandit tries to run, here comes Ladybird, the suddenly 21 year old dog trying to protect Hank. Ladybird and Bandit fight shortly, and when Bandit runs off, Ladybird follows him, causing Hank to panic and pretty much tells Bobby its his fault for Ladybird running away, even though Ladybird had no reason to be outside in the first place. Wow, Hank. Because your dog runs after a innocent raccoon, its suddenly Bobby fault. The worse part comes when Dale is suspected to have rabies. Even though Bandit had no prior signs of being rabid. So what does Dale do when he needs some shots to avoid becoming rabid? He runs into the forest. Seriously, Dale. This before Dale becomes conspiracy crazy. After several hi-jinks with Not!Rabid Dale, the end comes when Ladybird reappears. Bobby had a rifle while Hank is trying to persuade Bobby to not shoot. The show ManipulativeEditing to make it seem that Bobby shot Ladybird when instead he shoots Bandit. Yes, because Bandit comes into the scene, he gets shot. Even though Ladybird actually showed the symptoms of early rabies. Way to go, KOTH. You made a probably heartwarming episode about A Boy And His Raccoon, and turned it into how Dogs can do no wrong, and wild animals should be shot. This is the reason why people think that Hank is a BlackHoleSue.

* Tropers/{{Krendall}}: "Keeping Up With Our Joneses". [[TruthInTelevision The sad truth]] is that this used to be a very common way parents would punish their kids for smoking. The idea was the kid would get so sick from smoking so much at once that they'd never want to do it again. As stated, Hank's mind is a stuck in the 50's, so it fits. The worst part about that scene for me was Hank feeling the need to teach Bobby how to smoke "like a man."

* Tropers/KoopaKid17: "Peggy's Fan Fair". I want to forget this episode ever exists because I am disgusted with how Music/RandyTravis is portrayed. Having him claim that he [[BlatantLies didn't plagiarize Peggy's song]] and [[UngratefulBastard lying that Hank actually saved him from his sinking trailer instead of the other way around]] makes him look like a massive JerkAss in that episode. I don't even know how Randy even agreed to voice himself.

** TheTrueYuma: Let's get something straight here: Bobby is far fronm blameless in this. Facts: 1. Bobby shouldn't have kicked Hank in the groin just because he got annoyed by his dad (there's stuff that Hank has done that is worthy of him getting kicked in the groin, but that isn't one of them). 2. Bobby kicked Hank so hard that not only did he pass out, but he may have lost a testicle in the process. 4. Because of this, Hank couldn't move comfortably and had to sit with an ice cream box against his crotch. You'd be really pissed off too if 3 and 4 happened to you, so of course Peggy's going to side with Hank. Furthermore, Bobby turned into a bully himself when he started kicking guys at school in the groin, despite that none of them had antagonized him that episode (no, "they could have done it off-screen" doesn't count). And let's not forget the fact that he took a Women's Self Defense class despite the man at the front desk suggesting otherwise. He was learning how to stop a rapist, not defend himself against bullies.