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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is positively infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge at the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who backslid into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform and helps with a delivery, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to make a snap decision, and opens the flood gates (which have cracks in them) to relieve the pressure, so they don't burst and flood the entire town; this, in turn, floods South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock Hank, calling him chicken)]]. Later when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences. Despite Hank having solid evidence that [[KarmaHoudini Everett's]] negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is positively infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge at the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who backslid into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) depression) shows up in his old military uniform and helps with a delivery, he's uniform, he ends up being mistaken for a government worker and is put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, there, he has to make a snap decision, and opens decision to open the flood gates (which have cracks in them) to relieve them). This prevents the pressure, so they don't burst and flood dam from bursting (which would have destroyed the entire town; this, in turn, town), but floods South Arlin, instead destroying a lot number of property. homes and a strip mall. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], crowd]] [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock mocks Hank, calling him chicken)]]. a chicken, while Bill stands by and does nothing)]]. Later when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! excuse for him to treat Hank like this! Esspecially since Hank is one of the few people who has treated Bill with respect! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but and Bill deliberately kept lied to everyone in the dark so that he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences. Despite consequences (despite Hank having solid evidence that [[KarmaHoudini Everett's]] negligence destroyed numerous homes and Everett]], a strip mall.county employee, was indirectly responsible for destroying part of the town). This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge of the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who has slid back into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform and helps with a delivery, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to make a snap decision, and opens the flood gates (which have cracks in them) to relieve the pressure, so they don't burst and flood the entire town; this, in turn, floods South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock Hank, calling him chicken)]]. Later when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences. Despite Hank having solid evidence that [[KarmaHoudini Everett's]] negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is positively infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge of at the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who has slid back backslid into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform and helps with a delivery, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to make a snap decision, and opens the flood gates (which have cracks in them) to relieve the pressure, so they don't burst and flood the entire town; this, in turn, floods South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock Hank, calling him chicken)]]. Later when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences. Despite Hank having solid evidence that [[KarmaHoudini Everett's]] negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge of the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who has slid back into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding the South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock Hank, calling him chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences -- including [[KarmaHoudinieven Everett]]. Despite the fact that Hank has solid evidence that his negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Hank, who would normally be in charge of the shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who has slid back into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform, uniform and helps with a delivery, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open make a snap decision, and opens the flood gates and (which have cracks in them) to relieve the pressure pressure, so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding and flood the entire town; this, in turn, floods South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then proceeds to mock Hank, calling him chicken)]]. Later, Later when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell.]] Yes, Bill has severe depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto his leadership position. In the end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences -- including [[KarmaHoudinieven Everett]]. consequences. Despite the fact that Hank has having solid evidence that his [[KarmaHoudini Everett's]] negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" leadership position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. To summarize: Arlin is experiencing flash flooding flooding, and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who Hank, who would normally be in charge of the shelter) shelter, is busy helping with the evacuations, so when Bill (who has slid back into suicidal depression, apropos of nothing) shows up in his old military uniform, he's mistaken for a government worker and put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank goes to the dam to check the flood gates gates, and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. the South Arlin, destroying a lot of property. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks proceeds to mock Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill turns on him and has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- (including Everett) lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". [[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. The. Hell. ]] Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), depression, and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this things even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" his leadership position. And in In the end [[KarmaHoudini end, no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]].consequences -- including [[KarmaHoudinieven Everett]]. Despite the fact that Hank has solid evidence that his negligence destroyed numerous homes and a strip mall. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- Plot (Peggy, acting completely out of character -- character, becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, developing "shelter shock", interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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** @/Lionheart0: I have to concur with this episode, namely the ending, being my DMOS for the series as well. The idea that Hank so smugly blackmailed a pastor just to get back his favorite seat in a church is reeking of being a KarmaHoudini. Not to mention it was one giant FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that the main purpose of a church is to satisfy your selfish needs.

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** @/Lionheart0: I have to concur with this episode, namely the ending, being my DMOS for the series as well. The idea that Hank so smugly blackmailed a pastor just to get back his favorite seat in a church is reeking of being a KarmaHoudini. Not to mention it was one giant FamilyUnfriendlyAesop the Aesop that the main purpose of a church is to satisfy your selfish needs.
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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare thafforJades afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" leadership position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare thafforJades that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" leadership position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* "Après Hank, le Deluge" is (in turns) annoying and infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" leadership position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* JadeEyes1: "Après Hank, le Deluge" is (in turns) annoying and infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's thafforJades afforded any respect, but that's no excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so he could hold onto "his" leadership position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* "Après Hank, le Deluge" is (in turns) annoying and infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's shown any respect, but that's no excuse for his actions,period. To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so that he could hold onto "his" leadership position -- the position he stole from Hank and abused. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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* "Après Hank, le Deluge" is (in turns) annoying and infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's shown afforded any respect, but that's no excuse for his actions,period. excuse! To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so that he could hold onto "his" leadership position -- the position he stole from Hank and abused.position. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.

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** JadeEyes1: What makes this worse is that in reality, animals who display aggressive behavior like Duke (the cat) does often do so because ''they've been abused''. That possibility is never brought up, even when the plot sets up the ''perfect opportunity'' to do so (when Duke goes to the vet's office). Nah, cats are all just naturally ill-mannered assholes.


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* "Après Hank, le Deluge" is (in turns) annoying and infuriating. Arlin is experiencing flash flooding and everyone has to evacuate to the middle school; Bill shows up at the shelter, is mistaken for a government worker, and gets put in charge. Meanwhile, Hank (who would normally be in charge of the shelter) goes to the dam to check the flood gates and finds the station abandoned. Since he's the only one available, he has to open the gates and relieve the pressure so they don't burst -- which ends up flooding south Arlin. When Hank gets to the shelter and tells them what happened, everyone turns on him -- including Everett, the maintenance man who abandoned his post at the dam ([[KarmaHoudini who is defended by the crowd]], [[{{Hypocrite}} and then mocks Hank, calling him a chicken)]]. Later, when Hank calls out Bill on being a poor leader (playing with the walkie talkies, wasting supplies), Bill has his "underlings" -- including Everett -- lock Hank up in a cage. And then boasts to the crowd that he, [[DrunkOnPower their almighty leader]], has locked up "The Arlin Flooder". What. The. Hell. Yes, Bill has severe depression (as shown at the beginning of the episode), and it's rare that he's shown any respect, but that's no excuse for his actions,period. To make this even more infuriating, it's revealed at the end of the episode that the all clear was given days ago, but Bill deliberately kept everyone in the dark so that he could hold onto "his" leadership position -- the position he stole from Hank and abused. And in the end [[KarmaHoudini no one involved in the fiasco learns anything or suffers any consequences]]. This episode was so bad that even when I re-watched it years later, it made my blood boil. The stupid B plot (Peggy -- acting completely out of character -- becomes obsessed with the idea that Bobby is "mentally regressing" in the shelter, interprets his every action as a "symptom", and drives herself insane with worry) doesn't help matters.
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* Troper/{{Collectionchange}}:''Escape from Party Island'' was a mistake as bad as ''Sleight of Hank'', the plot is that Hank takes his mother and her friends to an island to get little glass " miniature" glass figures, which they seem to have an uncomfortably strong affinity to, which then hosts a rowdy Spring Break which causes Hank to worry about their safety and want to leave. The reason this was a [=DMoS=] for me is that Hank is basically treated like trash the whole episode by the old women he goes out of his way to protect and accomodate. Also, Tilly (Hank's mother) keeps excusing her friends actions, and doesn't ever defend him once (which makes the episode where she wishes Hank to defend her seem deeply myopic). A particularly bad moment early on is when they have cucumber sandwiches, and offer some to Hank, and when he refuses because he doesn't like cucumbers, Tilly " apologizes" for him and then seems to agree with her friends that there is something wrong with Hank not liking something they do. We also find out that during Cotton and her marriage, for a period of years, she [[AbusiveParents abandoned Hank to his crazy father]] just so she could save herself mentally with her little glass miniatures. But the worst is the ending, when Hank risks them missing the boat at her request for a miniature they forgot, and gets the Aesop that [[BrokenAesop he should be more considerate of his mother's fragile sanity!?]] [[FlatWhat What]]. This episode calls into question whether Hank really is wrong in trying to connect more with Cotton, since this episode shows her to be an even more selfish and unreasonable parent then him.

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* Troper/{{Collectionchange}}:''Escape Tropers/{{Collectionchange}}:''Escape from Party Island'' was a mistake as bad as ''Sleight of Hank'', the plot is that Hank takes his mother and her friends to an island to get little glass " miniature" glass figures, which they seem to have an uncomfortably strong affinity to, which then hosts a rowdy Spring Break which causes Hank to worry about their safety and want to leave. The reason this was a [=DMoS=] for me is that Hank is basically treated like trash the whole episode by the old women he goes out of his way to protect and accomodate. Also, Tilly (Hank's mother) keeps excusing her friends actions, and doesn't ever defend him once (which makes the episode where she wishes Hank to defend her seem deeply myopic). A particularly bad moment early on is when they have cucumber sandwiches, and offer some to Hank, and when he refuses because he doesn't like cucumbers, Tilly " apologizes" for him and then seems to agree with her friends that there is something wrong with Hank not liking something they do. We also find out that during Cotton and her marriage, for a period of years, she [[AbusiveParents abandoned Hank to his crazy father]] just so she could save herself mentally with her little glass miniatures. But the worst is the ending, when Hank risks them missing the boat at her request for a miniature they forgot, and gets the Aesop that [[BrokenAesop he should be more considerate of his mother's fragile sanity!?]] [[FlatWhat What]]. This episode calls into question whether Hank really is wrong in trying to connect more with Cotton, since this episode shows her to be an even more selfish and unreasonable parent then him.

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The Joneses episode was anoni's example, not Krendall's, and without the original portion the Dethroning Moment makes less sense since it doesn't explain as much, being an addition rather than a proper entry. The "Reborn To Be Wild" entry does need a counter to misinformation from gigyas' misunderstanding, though I think his addition itself should stay. Other episode entries, like "Now Who's The Dummy?"-'s, have responses to misunderstandings, so I see no issue. These are supposed to remain clear and solid in being Dethroning Moments, and I see no rule against Tropers writing in additions, as long as they don't put in multiple seperate Dethroning Moments themselves.


* 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 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."

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* Tropers/{{anoni}}: Off the top of my mind, the episode where Bobby smokes. What does Hank do as his punishment? Force Bobby to smoke an entire carton of cigarettes (there had to be like 10 individual packs of cigarettes in that carton) while he watches. I'm sorry, but that's child abuse right there. It would also fuel Bobby's addiction. It only made things worse! I believe a normal parent would have gotten help for their kid.
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*** {{AdamC}}: ...... Yeah, I know contesting isn't allowed, but the episode ''does'' explain why Hank let him attend it in the first place. He assumed the youth group would be what he considers "normal;" a bunch of kids Bobby's age sitting in a classroom being taught points about the Bible (he sent Bobby to his first meeting in a suit and tie). It's not until he actually meets the children that he finds out what the Youth Group is actually like and that's when he gets angry about it.
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* Tropers/DalekExterminer: One of my least favorite episodes from this era of the show is "It's Not Easy Being Green." It felt to me like Mike Judge had some feelings of resentment towards environmentalists, and just used this episode to rant his frustrations. I acknowledge that the political far left can be annoying, but this episode didn't seem to have any real satire; its message mostly seemed to simply be "people who care about the environment are bad." Bobby's environmentalist teacher seems to be a massive dick with no morals whatsoever who cares about literally nothing except the environment. Then Hank is shown to be totally in the right for thinking that caring about the environment is stupid. I actually sort of like the plot turn where Hank has to pretend to be an environmentalist to protect his secret from Boomhaur, but for the most part this episode seemed to accomplish nothing except shame people who want the planet to be safe.
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* flashsucks: "Uh-Oh, Canada". We get it Mr. Judge, you love your country. You hate anyone who says otherwise. But don't stoop to this kind of shit. You've insulted cats, culture, and everything else that rubs your little head the wrong way, but don't force feed your tripe about how amazing your country does at the Olympics or what your country invented, and just act like a smug little twerp when someone says otherwise. And that last scene with Peggy standing in front an American flag... patriotism is fine, Judge. Creating [[StrawLoser unlikable, one-dimensional characters]] who are supposed to represent an entire country isn't. Not in any imaginable way. Is it any surprise this was from the [[JumpTheShark last season?]]

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* flashsucks: "Uh-Oh, Canada". We get it Mr. Judge, you love your country. You hate anyone who says otherwise. But don't stoop to this kind of shit. You've insulted cats, culture, and everything else that rubs your little head the wrong way, but don't force feed your tripe about how amazing your country does at the Olympics or what your country invented, and just act like a smug little twerp when someone says otherwise. And that last scene with Peggy standing in front an American flag... patriotism is fine, Judge. Creating [[StrawLoser unlikable, one-dimensional characters]] who are supposed to represent an entire country isn't. Not in any imaginable way. Is it any surprise this was from the [[JumpTheShark last season?]]season?
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*** Ryukei12: Also for the DMoS below, Hank equates violently chopping off another man's head as bullying so a grown man beating up a child and and a group attacking one person seems mild by comparison.

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*** Ryukei12: Also for the DMoS [=DMoS=] below, Hank equates violently chopping off another man's head as bullying so a grown man beating up a child and and a group attacking one person seems mild by comparison.



* Kittens: My DMoS has to be the episode "A Rover Runs Through It" where the Hills go to Montana to see Peggy's parents. At first, I thought Peggy's mom was just going to be one of those moms that embarrass their kids but love them dearly and was a bit fussy. Boy, was I wrong! Throughout the whole episode, Peggy's mom was nothing but a cynical cold-hearted witch. She kept criticizing Peggy and treated her like crap even when she was helping her around the farm. She was nothing but hateful to her and it's all because Peggy didn't marry a freakin' farmer! Can't she just realize that Peggy's happy with Hank? No wonder why Peggy always felt like crap because that horrible excuse of a mother raised her that way! I never liked her mother, but her mother did make her grow up with confidence. And there were times she kind of did help her out, but still, why can't she just drop that and let her daughter be happy?

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* Kittens: My DMoS [=DMoS=] has to be the episode "A Rover Runs Through It" where the Hills go to Montana to see Peggy's parents. At first, I thought Peggy's mom was just going to be one of those moms that embarrass their kids but love them dearly and was a bit fussy. Boy, was I wrong! Throughout the whole episode, Peggy's mom was nothing but a cynical cold-hearted witch. She kept criticizing Peggy and treated her like crap even when she was helping her around the farm. She was nothing but hateful to her and it's all because Peggy didn't marry a freakin' farmer! Can't she just realize that Peggy's happy with Hank? No wonder why Peggy always felt like crap because that horrible excuse of a mother raised her that way! I never liked her mother, but her mother did make her grow up with confidence. And there were times she kind of did help her out, but still, why can't she just drop that and let her daughter be happy?



** Tropers/{{Lionheart0}}: I have to concur with this episode, namely the ending, being my DMOS for the series as well. The idea that Hank so smugly blackmailed a pastor just to get back his favorite seat in a church is reeking of being a KarmaHoudini. Not to mention it was one giant FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that the main purpose of a church is to satisfy your selfish needs.

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** Tropers/{{Lionheart0}}: @/Lionheart0: I have to concur with this episode, namely the ending, being my DMOS for the series as well. The idea that Hank so smugly blackmailed a pastor just to get back his favorite seat in a church is reeking of being a KarmaHoudini. Not to mention it was one giant FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that the main purpose of a church is to satisfy your selfish needs.



* Tropers/PokeNirvash: Granted, I speak for a majority of people when I say that even though these DMoSes have good backing, I just don't see them as DMoSes. Hell, I don't even believe in the Darth Wiki. But, for me, the Dethroning Moment of Suck for King of the Hill would have to be "The Accidental Terrorist". Now, everyone would be expecting me to say that the fact that nobody believed Hank wasn't the one who bombed the cars was what bothered me, but no. For me, it was the fact that Hank, one of the most sensible characters in the entire series, didn't know that nobody paid sticker price for cars. Sure, the car salesman tricked him into doing it when he was still pretty young, and this is the same Hank who thought that Music/WeirdAlYankovic killed himself in the 1980s, but still, this episode bothered me just for that reason.

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* Tropers/PokeNirvash: Granted, I speak for a majority of people when I say that even though these DMoSes [=DMoSes=] have good backing, I just don't see them as DMoSes.[=DMoSes=]. Hell, I don't even believe in the Darth Wiki. But, for me, the Dethroning Moment of Suck for King of the Hill would have to be "The Accidental Terrorist". Now, everyone would be expecting me to say that the fact that nobody believed Hank wasn't the one who bombed the cars was what bothered me, but no. For me, it was the fact that Hank, one of the most sensible characters in the entire series, didn't know that nobody paid sticker price for cars. Sure, the car salesman tricked him into doing it when he was still pretty young, and this is the same Hank who thought that Music/WeirdAlYankovic killed himself in the 1980s, but still, this episode bothered me just for that reason.
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* Troper/{{Collectionchange}}:''Escape from Party Island'' was a mistake as bad as ''Sleight of Hank'', the plot is that Hank takes his mother and her friends to an island to get little glass " miniature" glass figures, which they seem to have an uncomfortably strong affinity to, which then hosts a rowdy Spring Break which causes Hank to worry about their safety and want to leave. The reason this was a DMoS for me is that Hank is basically treated like trash the whole episode by the old women he goes out of his way to protect and accomodate. Also, Tilly (Hank's mother) keeps excusing her friends actions, and doesn't ever defend him once (which makes the episode where she wishes Hank to defend her seem deeply myopic). A particularly bad moment early on is when they have cucumber sandwiches, and offer some to Hank, and when he refuses because he doesn't like cucumbers, Tilly " apologizes" for him and then seems to agree with her friends that there is something wrong with Hank not liking something they do. We also find out that during Cotton and her marriage, for a period of years, she [[AbusiveParents abandoned Hank to his crazy father]] just so she could save herself mentally with her little glass miniatures. But the worst is the ending, when Hank risks them missing the boat at her request for a miniature they forgot, and gets the Aesop that [[BrokenAesop he should be more considerate of his mother's fragile sanity!?]] [[FlatWhat What]]. This episode calls into question whether Hank really is wrong in trying to connect more with Cotton, since this episode shows her to be an even more selfish and unreasonable parent then him.

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* 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 people think that Hank is a BlackHoleSue.

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* Troper/{{KoriCongo}}: @/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 people think that Hank is a BlackHoleSue.
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** JadeEyes1: What makes this worse is that in reality, animals who display aggressive behavior like Duke (the cat) does in the episode do so because ''they've been abused''. That possibility is never brought up, even when the plot sets up the ''perfect opportunity'' to do so (when Duke goes to the vet's office). Nah, cats are all just naturally ill-mannered assholes.

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** JadeEyes1: What makes this worse is that in reality, animals who display aggressive behavior like Duke (the cat) does in the episode do so because ''they've been abused''. That possibility is never brought up, even when the plot sets up the ''perfect opportunity'' to do so (when Duke goes to the vet's office). Nah, cats are all just naturally ill-mannered assholes.
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*** {{=AdamC=}}: ...... Yeah, I know contesting isn't allowed, but the episode ''does'' explain why Hank let him attend it in the first place. He assumed the youth group would be what he considers "normal;" a bunch of kids Bobby's age sitting in a classroom being taught points about the Bible (he sent Bobby to his first meeting in a suit and tie). It's not until he actually meets the children that he finds out what the Youth Group is actually like and that's when he gets angry about it.
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** @/{{Ecclytennysmithylove}}: I originally was about to come here and make an entry for this episode, but I see you already did. And I agree: Peggy condemning Hank and then suddenly supporting Hank was completely strange. But my DMOS will have to go to the dog specialist and the rest of the townspeople (including Reverend Stroup), [[WhatTheHellTownspeople who immediately jumped to conclusion by accusing Hank of being a racist, despite that Hank didn't show any racist behavior before.]] Seriously, the dog specialist and the townspeople should be ashamed of themselves!

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*** Troper/Vexer: I'd go so far as to say it's actually WORSE then "Boys of Bummer", as bad as that episode was at least we were meant to root for Bart and Marge did call the townsfolk out on being assholes and Bart did get to hit a home-run at the end. Whereas in "What Makes Bobby Run", everyone who bullied and harassed Bobby over not wanting to get beat up [[KarmaHoudini never gets any comeuppance]] and Bobby ends up agreeing to do the tradition of getting beat up(likely more out of fear of getting bullied more then genuinely believing in the tradition) at the end, which caused the episode to really leave a bad taste in my mouth.
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** Tropers/anoni: Also, another example of Hanks sexism. He initially doesn't like Bobby having Home Ec. Why? Because if Bobby knows how to do housework he won't want to get married. It may sound weird, but come on! Hank just said a guy's motivation to get married was so they'd have a wife who cleans and cooks all day so they don't have to! Uh... Hank? Protip: there are married couples where the guy does all the housework and the woman makes the money (a fictional example is in JohnnyTest) Sometimes they do both. It just sounds like another example of Hank's sexism and old-fashioned stupidity.

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** Troper/fairygirl567: What threw me off in this snake episode was the treatment Hank and his family got from a lot of people in town. They were treating them as if they intenially brought a killer giant python into town and it killed someone, but what really disgusted me was when they went to a restaurant and a waitress seemed to be leading them to a table while they were getting dirty looks from everyone and then out of nowhere they find themselves outside in the back of the restaurant and the waitress herself had a big smirk on her face. Yeah, in real life if that happened that bitch would lose her job, along with a couple teeth if she did that to me. I know the two corrupt exterminators meant to have the family look like the bad guys, but I doubt they'd be getting this much hate with it going so far that they are refused service at a resturant.
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* Tropers/TheFarmboy: Now here's a moment that hasn't been said yet, "I'm With Cupid". So it's around Valentines Day and Bobby had broken up with Connie at this point. And Bobby taking the breakup very well, however Bill comes along and mucks it up by saying Bobby had squandered his one chance at love and doomed to live a life of loneliness. So now Bobby is a heartbroken wreck because of what Bill said. Then Bill "helps" Bobby try to woo Connie back, escalating to Bobby wearing nothing but a diaper and pretend to be Cupid and then got his ass kicked. Dammit Bill, could you have just minded your own business?

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** Troper/{{MoPete}}: What makes the episode even worse is how no one on Nebraska's Sideline or on the field questioned why such a boneheaded play was called. (A Quick Kick with seconds left in the game? Really?!) They ran the play despite clearly knowing they were throwing away the game by doing so, and it took an IdiotBall moment on the part of a player from Texas to give Nebraska the win.
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** Ayumuj: To be fair, it was mainly Kahn being an unlikable douche canoe in this episode. Although Minh was essentially taking advantage of Dale and his group to help her train for a skeet shooting competition for Nine Rivers she and Kahn would finally be accepted into the club, Minh started a nice bond with Dale and his friends from the gun club and she has to tell them that she's not going to be going to their gun club anymore after being accepted by Nine Rivers, she's shown (especially the next morning) to be genuinely sad and even disgusted at herself for taking advantage of their trust (Although Khan just makes thing worse for Minh in the background, claiming that they'll get over it since they don't have feelings). Thankfully, it all works out at the end with Minh and Dale's gun club buddies.
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* Derpyhooves1: The series finale "To Sirloin with Love" started off fine with Bobby joining a college meat inspection team but it took a sharp decline when he accidentally loses a match. The team then treats him like shit and then sounds like they would kill him. Then at a restaurant they BLIND the opposing team. Bobby wants to quit after that and he doesn't tell Hank what the team has done and Hank chastises Bobby and pretty much blows him off to go with the team to the state championship. Then the rival team gets back at them by HIJACKING THE BUS WITH TASERS AND STRANDING THEM IN THE DESERT. [[UnfortunateImplications Overall this series plays violence of sports fans as comedy even when the joke would be that they are being physically harmed no matter how young (see "What Makes Bobby Run?" above). No one raises an eyebrow at this and its presented as a "fact of life"]]. Sparta had softer sportsmanship policy! It also made out Hank into being controlling of Bobby to the point that Bobby has to like the same stuff as he does to make Hank feel better as a father.
** SuperSaiyan006: Seconded, I removed my first one in favor of this. Yeah all throughout the series [[DesignatedHero Hank]] has basically forced Bobby to do stuff that HE likes and his way instead of what Bobby likes doing in order to make himself feel good about his own failings, and with him always being shown in the right and with this as the final episode it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Everything Bobby enjoys doing Hank thinks its the Devil and improper and goes out of his way to ruin it despite Bobby having fun and enjoying himself such as the Christian Rock episode. As if its saying, unless you do exactly what your parent wants and likes you'll be nothing but a disappointment. [[SarcasmMode Great lesson there, KOTH.]]

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* Derpyhooves1: The series finale "To Sirloin with Love" started off fine with Bobby joining a college meat inspection team but it took a sharp decline when he accidentally loses a match. The team then treats him like shit and then sounds like they would kill him. Then at a restaurant they BLIND blind the opposing team. Bobby wants to quit after that and he doesn't tell Hank what the team has done and Hank chastises Bobby and pretty much blows him off to go with the team to the state championship. Then the rival team gets back at them by HIJACKING THE BUS WITH TASERS AND STRANDING THEM IN THE DESERT.hijacking the bus with tasers and stranding them in the desert. [[UnfortunateImplications Overall this series plays violence of sports fans as comedy even when the joke would be that they are being physically harmed no matter how young (see "What Makes Bobby Run?" above). No one raises an eyebrow at this and its presented as a "fact of life"]]. Sparta had softer sportsmanship policy! It also made out Hank into being controlling of Bobby to the point that Bobby has to like the same stuff as he does to make Hank feel better as a father.
** SuperSaiyan006: Seconded, I removed my first one in favor of this. Yeah all throughout the series [[DesignatedHero Hank]] has basically forced Bobby to do stuff that HE Hank likes and his way instead of what Bobby likes doing in order to make himself feel good about his own failings, and with him always being shown in the right and with this as the final episode it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Everything Bobby enjoys doing Hank thinks its the Devil and improper and goes out of his way to ruin it despite Bobby having fun and enjoying himself such as the Christian Rock episode. As if its saying, unless you do exactly what your parent wants and likes you'll be nothing but a disappointment. [[SarcasmMode Great lesson there, KOTH.]]

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