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It is remarked on by one of the people at the beginning, when they mock the town for "still using trans fats" that implies that most places don't use them, so likely no place close would have food cooked in trans fats.


* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After trans fats are banned in Arlen, nobody, not even Dale, considers simply going somewhere else to get food cooked in trans fat, instead staying in Arlen to partake in the black market business.
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When Arlen bans food containing trans fats [[note]]along with rare hamburgers and raw oysters[[/note]], Sugarfoot's Barbecue restaurant shuts down and Hank and Buck Strickland create a food truck business to evade the law.

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When Arlen [[UnfortunateIngredients bans food containing trans fats fats]] [[note]]along with rare hamburgers and raw oysters[[/note]], Sugarfoot's Barbecue restaurant shuts down and Hank and Buck Strickland create a food truck business to evade the law.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: After trans fats are banned in Arlen, nobody, not even Dale, considers simply going somewhere else to get food cooked in trans fat, instead staying in Arlen to partake in the black market business.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that doesn't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.



* TemporaryBulkChange: Bill, who grows fatter from binging on junk food he thinks is healthy for not having trans-fats. Flashbacks indicate this has happened to him before.

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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bill, who grows fatter from binging on junk food he thinks is healthy for not having trans-fats. Flashbacks indicate this has happened to him before.before.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Parodied}}, with Hank's fairly minor misdeeds getting Peggy ''very'' excited.
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** It's revealed at the end of the episode that the board members ate from Rooster's truck as well, as they are seen taking pills for their food poisoning.


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** The board members who started the trans fats ban secretly eat the illegal food from Rooster's truck, resulting in them getting food poisoning. In fact, the only reason they repeal the ban in the first place is because Hank and Nancy have footage of them buying Rooster's food.

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* SustainedMisunderstanding: Bill is incapable of understanding that even diet junk food is still junk food. Hank refers to multiple past instances where Bill went overboard on things like light beer and diet soda when he starts on binging on junk food without trans fats.

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* SustainedMisunderstanding: Bill is incapable of understanding that even diet ''diet'' junk food is still junk food. Hank refers to multiple past instances where Bill went overboard on things like light beer and diet soda when he starts on binging on junk food without trans fats.fats.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Bill, who grows fatter from binging on junk food he thinks is healthy for not having trans-fats. Flashbacks indicate this has happened to him before.

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* TheFatEpisode: While Bill's already out-of-shape, he gradually puts on an alarming amount of weight from binging on the remaining government approved junk food. He figures if there's no trans fats, that means it's healthy. Hank finally shocks him back to reality by showing Bill his reflection and how much weight he's gained.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Unlike Sugarfoot's, who had Hank to guide them, Rooster didn't care about safety or health regulations, resulting in everyone in Arlen who ate his food praying to the porcelain gods.



* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Unlike Sugarfoot's, who had Hank to guide them, Rooster didn't care about safety or health regulations, resulting in everyone in Arlen who ate his food praying to the porcelain gods.

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* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Unlike Sugarfoot's, who had Hank to guide them, Rooster didn't care LaserGuidedKarma: After Ted instigated the trans fats ban, then smugly talked about safety or health regulations, resulting in everyone in Arlen who ate his having the self control needed to eat such food praying to from the porcelain gods.Sugarfoot's truck, he gets his ass kicked by Rooster's men.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that doesn't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that doesn't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.fattening.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Bill is incapable of understanding that even diet junk food is still junk food. Hank refers to multiple past instances where Bill went overboard on things like light beer and diet soda when he starts on binging on junk food without trans fats.
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When Arlen bans food containing trans fats note [[note]]along with rare hamburgers and raw oysters[[/note]], Sugarfoot's Barbecue restaurant shuts down and Hank and Buck Strickland create a food truck business to evade the law.

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When Arlen bans food containing trans fats note [[note]]along with rare hamburgers and raw oysters[[/note]], Sugarfoot's Barbecue restaurant shuts down and Hank and Buck Strickland create a food truck business to evade the law.



** After it's revealed that Dale at from Rooster's truck, resulting in him getting sick, Hank and Boomhauer chastise him, only for Boomhauer to get sick, revealing he ate there as well.

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** After it's revealed that Dale at ate from Rooster's truck, resulting in him getting sick, Hank and Boomhauer chastise him, only for Boomhauer to get sick, revealing he ate there as well.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that don't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that don't doesn't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.
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** After it's revealed that Dale at from Rooster's truck, resulting in him getting sick, Hank and Boomhauer chastise him, only for Boomhauer to get sick, revealing he ate there as well.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: At first, Hank joins the illegal food truck business because he wants to make a good cause, but once it becomes apparent that this is nothing more than a black market operation, along with Bobby starting to go down the same path, he wants out.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Hank tells the board members that all kinds of food gets you sick like rare burgers and raw oysters, they have them banned as well.
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* CallBack: Rooster first appeared in Recap/KingOfTheHillS5E2TheBuckStopsHere.

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* CallBack: Rooster first appeared in Recap/KingOfTheHillS5E2TheBuckStopsHere.[[Recap/KingOfTheHillS5E2TheBuckStopsHere The Buck Stops Here]].
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* BlackMarketProduce: After trans fats are banned, resulting in Sugarfoot's getting shut down, Buck decides to sell his food via the black market. Unfortunately, his rival Rooster gets the same idea.
* CallBack: Rooster first appeared in Recap/KingOfTheHillS5E2TheBuckStopsHere.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite the fact that Ted Wassanasong was the one who started the banning of trans fats to begin with, he becomes one of Sugarfoot's first customers because he secretly likes trans fats too.
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When Arlen bans food containing trans fats note [[note]]along with rare hamburgers and raw oysters[[/note]], Sugarfoot's Barbecue restaurant shuts down and Hank and Buck Strickland create a food truck business to evade the law.
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* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Unlike Sugarfoot's, who had Hank to guide them, Rooster didn't care about safety or health regulations, resulting in everyone in Arlen who ate his food praying to the porcelain gods.
* MobWar: Just as Hank wants to back out of the illegal food truck business, Buck's rival Rooster arrives to declare a turf war.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Throughout the episode, Bill eats a whole bunch of government-approved food that don't have trans fats, until Hank points out that even though they are healthier, they still are fattening.

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