History Heartwarming / KingOfTheHill

-->'''Hank''' ''(to the crowd)'': May God have mercy on you all!

* Subverted in "Bills Are Made to Be Broken"; a promising young football player ties Bill's record for most career touchdowns, but suffers a GameBreakingInjury that will put him out for the season. At the next game, the opposing team ''lets'' him score the record-breaking touchdown, which is a CMOH for everyone except Bill and his friends, who see it as unfair since the player didn't earn it.

'''Dale:''' ''(smiling)'' ...I would.

* In "Revenge of the Lutefisk", Bobby accidentally burns down the church but Cotton is blamed because a strip club matchbook was found at the scene and because earlier he made a scene over the new female reverend. When Bobby finally confesses, Cotton decides to keep taking the blame because (as he says): "I'm an old man, everyone already hates me! But Bobby's got his whole life ahead of him. If I can take a bullet for my grandson, I'll do it!"

** And then we have the end of the episode. Bill's family recipe was so successful that Buck Strickland wanted to market it nationwide; however, Bill's cousin Gilbert shuts down the venture because he considers the idea shameful and akin to whoring out the family name. After being shot down one last time, Bill returns home and finds Bobby cooking and actually improving the recipe. He sadly explains that he can't sell the sauce...but realizes that he could certainly share it with friends, such as at Peggy's upcoming birthday, and adds that when Bobby grows up, he could share it too. Bobby says "But I'm not a Dauterive", and Bill responds "Bobby, I'd be honored."

* The end of the two-parter "Returning Japanese". Cotton makes peace with the woman he fell in love with after WorldWarII [[spoiler:and whom he fathered Junichiro with]], and just before they leave for the airport, Cotton (of all people!) encourages Bobby to say goodbye to the little Japanese girl he became friends with during his vacation.

* This is more of a collective moment of heartwarming when you take the time to examine the episodes that involve a Hank/Connie dynamic. When she receives her first period, Hank winds up having to help her get sorted out, and overcomes a fear of total embarrassment and emasculation to help her buy the things she needed from the women's health aisle. Then there was the time the two sort of bonded thanks to the bluegrass group the guys in the alley put together (until Hank became almost as controlling as Khan), and finally, when her parents go off the deep end and become rednecks. Hank finally puts his foot down when it looks like Connie and her family will become homeless. For her sake, he manages to snap Minh and Khan back to reality by pointing out that throughout everything Connie never once complained or stopped trying her hardest.

* Peggy kissing Hank on the cheek when he wins the Blue Flame of Valor in season 4's ''Hanky Panky'', and then handling the visual aids as he gives his speech. Another word for spouse is "helpmate", and this moment is a very good demonstration of that term.

* When Dale has an accidental discharge in "Soldier of Misfortune," he explains it to Hank by using a propane sales metaphor, at which Hank is [[SeriousBusiness aghast.]] However, Dale's knowledge of Hank's propane sales tactics and love for his job is a Fridge CMOH.

* The ending of ''"Unfortunate Son"'', when Cotton Hill not only admits that Hank did everything right during their escape and that he screwed up, but he gives the Vietnam vets he'd previously insulted and looked down up his respect and states he's honored to have them join the Arlen VFW.

* At the end of "A Man Without A Country Club", we learn that Kahn has been shunted by the prestigious Nine Rivers Country Club yet again. So what do Hank and co. do? They invite Kahn into their ''own'' country club, the Rainey Street Country Club.

* The ending of ''"Unfortunate Son"'', when Cotton Hill not only admits that Hank did everything right during their escape and that he screwed up, but he gives the Vietnam vets he'd previously insulted and looked down up his respect and states he's honored to have them join the Arlen VFW.

-->Cotton: I love nail guns.
-->Hank: I love nail guns too, Dad.

* The ending of ''"Unfortunate Son"'', when Cotton Hill gives the Vietnam vets he'd previously insulted and looked down up his respect and states he's honored to have them join the Arlen VFW.

* In "Naked Ambition", Bobby and Connie are about to see each other naked when Kahn enters, freaks out, and grounds Connie while banning Bobby from his property. When Hank hears about this, he's actually quite happy. At the end of the episode when Connie steals her father's ladder to peek over the fence and see Bobby, Hank helps him pick out which ladder to use so he can get up to Connie for some kissing.

-->Hank: I love nail guns too, Dad.

* The end of the tornado episode.

* And how about the ending of Peggy's "Turtle Song"? Just as Hank is believing that he may genuinely have lost her, she finishes her song thus: "But a miracle saved her, before her heart sank: the magical love of a turtle named Hank." Doubles as a Peggy CMoA.

--->'''Luanne''':(crying) Oh God... [[spoiler:Buckley.... my hair...]] I am so alone....\\
'''"Obadiah the Donkey"''': EE-AAWWW! No, you're not.\\
'''"Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third"''': You're right as rain, what what. And such a pretty young thing as well.\\
'''Luanne''': But, I don't want to look pretty anymore...\\
'''"Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third"''': Oh, that's just rubbish. Every girl wants to look pretty, right ho.\\

* The end of the Christian Rock episode. His discomfort with the faddish nature of Christian Rock, he actually makes a well-reasoned argument by showing Bobby the fads that Bobby (and Hank himself) had been obsessed about when he was younger.

* The end of "Raise the Steaks." Appleseed manages to smuggle the cattle from the organic cattle ranch from Hank's yard to a safe haven. He follows up on his promise to write him when he thinks it's safe. Enclosed is a picture of Appleseed with a young calf with the caption, "I named him Hank!".
* The ending to the final episode.
* In an episode that begins with Peggy and Bobby looking through an album of their old (terrible) Christmas photos, Peggy spends the episode frantically trying to get her family together to finally get a good one with a popular photographer. The episode closes with a similar shot of a photo album, containing the new (terrible) family photo, only this time the wide shot reveals that it's Bill looking at the album with a smile on his face. Totally D'awww material.
* "I've been dissapointed in a lot of things, son. Dale, Bill... this entire town. But you? ''Not once.'' You're my boy. Dang it, Bobby, ''you're my boy!''"
* The episode where Bobby has the opportunity to become a Lama. He's faced with doubt because he's told he can't marry if he goes through with it, so during his final test, when he's told to choose "anything he sees on the rug," he chooses Connie, whose reflection he can see in a mirror. Made even better by a conversation between two monks afterwards:

* In "Propane Boom II: Death of a Propane Salesman", [[spoiler: Luanne, the most happy-go-lucky character, goes through one of her darkest moments in the series after being caught in a propane explosion that killed her boyfriend and singed off her hair causes her to put on a Sinéad O'Connor act to hide her pain. After reading the last birthday card she received from Buckley , she breaks down and grieves. But, she is able to console herself by using the puppets from her Manger Babies show.]]
--->'''Luanne''':(crying) Oh god...[[spoiler: Buckley....my hair...]]I am so alone....\\

* The end of the two-parter "Returning Japanese." Cotton makes peace with the woman he fell in love with after WorldWarII [[spoiler: whom he fathered Junichiro with]], and just before they leave for the airport, Cotton (of all people!) encourages Bobby to say goodbye to the little Japanese girl he became friends with during his vacation.

* Episodes involving either Hank learning to accept Bobby for who he is ([[AesopAmnesia Not likely to be remembered the next episode]], but still) or Hank and his unabashed love of his hound dog Ladybird are also likely to invoke this. Ladybird is one of the few carbon based life forms the emotionally repressed Hank will freely and unabashedly express pure love and affection for, so even episodes featuring her that aren't particularly emotional in and of themselves are likely to warm the heart. In the dog dancing one, Hank and Ladybird may have lost the contest but the ending where they're in the garage and "After Midnight" comes on the radio and LB wants to dance anyway, and then he allows Bobby to cut in while Hank dances with Peggy, with the garage door open- it's a small moment, but always elicits a bit "awwwwww!" from me. For a show about a square emotionally repressed Texan made by the guy who did BeavisAndButthead, this show has so damn many low key but still powerful moments of heartwarming that can't help but make you smile.

* My personal favorite has to be the episode "Happy Hank's Giving", where Hank and his neighbors all get stuck at the airport at Thanksgiving. The first one comes when the Hills finally manage to get a bus to take them to an another airport, but give up their seats to another family. The second one comes near the climax of the episode, when Thanksgiving has come and gone, and none of their flights have managed to leave. After constant trouble, getting caught in the rain, having no food, etc. Having been determined to get to their plane, but now having all missed the events they were hoping to get to, the Hills and all their neighbors share Boomhauer's pizza and the bits and pieces of food they can scrounge up to have their own personal Thanksgiving dinner.
* The end of "Boxing Luanne," when Luanne is getting pounded by Freeda Foreman and all the skeezy men who have spent the episode drooling over her body spontaneously un-skeeze and start cheering her on for real.

* In the episode where an old flame of Boomhauer's was going to marry his loutish brother, Hank confronts Boomhauer on suspicion that he was trying to sabotage their relationship and asks him straight out if he was. Boomhauer says 'no', and that is all Hank needs to hear to believe him absolutely. It's a wonderful reminder of the power of a true friendship.

* The Veteran's day episode where Cotton, unable to be in the Veteran's day parade as he has to work a crappy job as a resturaunt greeter (That he actually is competant at. He's just criticized for helping out in places outside of his duties.) He contemplates suicide at one point, but Didi, (oblivious to Cotton's state of mind.) asks him to watch Good Hank. Hank, who knew that Cotton was depressed, rushes to his house, and is shocked when he hears a gunshot. Turns out Cotton had G.H. just fire a gun into a mattress (And don't worry, G.H. was earmuffed and enjoying himself) Which also lead to this CrowningMomentOfFunny between Cotton and Hank.
-->Cotton: You cried your first time, [firing a gun] and you was three!
* Cotton, after having escaped to Las Vegas after finding out that Didi was pregnant, is chased down by Hank and crew. When Hank, who had spent most of the episode trying to be able to have another kid, finally catches up, and says that Cotton wins as a father. Cotton, however, gives this little exchange:

* ''The Father, the Son, and J.C.'': Hank tells Buck "I love you", something he never told Cotton. Cotton is mad through most of the episode, especially when Hank can't stomach to tell his dad that he loves him and instead says "I hate you". But at the end, when Hank apologizes for making Cotton mad and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Cotton shoots President Carter's limo with a nail gun]], we get this.

* ''The Father, the Son, and J.C.'': Hank tells Buck "I love you", something he never told Cotton. Cotton is mad through most of the episode, especially when Hank can't stomach to tell his dad that he loves him and instead says "I hate you". But at the end, when Hank apologizes for making Cotton mad and Cotton shoots President Carter's limo with a nail gun, we get this.

-->Cotton: You ain't in competition with me! Hell, if it's a contest on who's the better daddy, you win! I mean, you made Bobby! All I made was you!

* "I've been dissapointed in a lot of things, son. Dale, Bill... this entire town. But you? ''Not once.'' You're my boy. dang it, Bobby, ''you're my boy!''"

-->Cotton: You ain't in competition with me! Hell, if it's a contest on who's the better daddy, you win! I mean, you made bobby! All I made was you!

* The end of the Christian Rock episode. His discomfort with the faddish nature of Christian Rock, he actually makes a well-reasoned argument by showing Bobby the fads that Bobby had been obsessed about when he was younger.

-->Cotton: You cried your first time, [firing a gun] and you was three!

--> Hank: I don't was Jesus to end up in this box.

* When Bobby, being tested to confirm that he is the reincarnation of a high-ranking Buddhist lama by choosing one of several objects on a blanket, chooses a mirror...because he can see Connie's reflection in it, and he would rather be with her than become a celibate monk, no matter how high-ranking. The kicker? [[spoiler:The mirror was the item that belonged to the lama, but the monk overseeing the test decided to let it go, respecting Bobby's choice.]]

* At the end of "A Man Without A Country Club", we learn that Kahn has been shunted by the prestigious Nine Rivers Country Club yet again. So what do Hank and co. do? They invite Kahn into their ''own'' country club, the Rainey Street Country Club.