History Recap / KingOfTheHillS7E7TheTexasSkilsawMassacre

* NeverMyFault: Dale accuses Hank of dismembering him intentionally when it was his own fault for putting his finger in harm's way to start.

* SpecialGuest: Phil Hendrie as Big Jim.

* {{Fingore}}: Dale's inattention causes Hank to accidentally cut Dale's finger off with an electric saw. It gets reconnected, though.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Parodied with the anger management instructor, who apparently attempts this by mispelling the names on the certificates to check the graduates' progress by how they react. This pretty much backfires on him with ''Chick'' Mangione.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: Parodied with the anger management instructor, who apparently attempts this by mispelling the names on the certificates to determine how people react.

* AdamWesting: Chuck Mangione appears as one of the people attending the anger management classes.

* ButtMonkey: Dale sets up a tape measure in the alley to enforce the restraining order, which Hank kicks out of frustration. The tape measure rolls up and for no reason bounces up and hit Bill in the groin.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After Hank graduates from anger management and thus nullifies the restriction order Dale filed against him, the guys are digging tunnels to connect their houses. When a garbage truck rumbles down the street, Hank tries to calmly explain that they could get crushed because the tunnels are only supported by a thin layer of dirt, but when patiently reasoning only leads to being rudely ignored (by both his buddies ''and'' the truck driver), Hank snaps and yells angry threats of committing violence if they don't get out. The guys barely manage to jump out right before the tunnel's collapse under the garbage truck.

* KarmaHoudini: Zig-Zagged. While Dale ''does'' get some forms of comeuppance for his own poor decision-making, [[KarmicMisfire most of the consequences fall on Hank's head]]. He illegally digs a tunnel under Hank's house, causing the floor to collapse and his home being deemed unfit for habitation. He's a bad host who takes advantage of the Hill family, sues Hank when his ''own'' carelessness gets his finger cut off and sending him to anger management. He rubs the restraining order in Hank's face every chance he gets, all out of spite for not being invited to fix the kitchen floor. While he nearly gets crushed by a garbage truck due to his own poorly thought-out alleyway tunnel, he never suffers any consequences for all of the trouble he puts Hank through.

* KarmaHoudini: Zig-Zagged. While Dale ''does'' get some forms of comeuppance for his own poor decision-making, most of the consequences fall on ''Hank's'' head. He illegally digs a tunnel under Hank's house, causing the floor to collapse and his home being deemed unfit for habitation. He's a bad host who takes advantage of the Hill family, sues Hank when his ''own'' carelessness gets his finger cut off and sending him to anger management. He rubs the restraining order in Hank's face every chance he gets, all out of spite for not being invited to fix the kitchen floor. While he nearly gets crushed by a garbage truck due to his own poorly thought-out alleyway tunnel, he never suffers any consequences for all of the trouble he puts Hank through.

* ManChild: Dale was never exactly mature to begin with, but this episode shows how childish he can be. The plot is set in motion when he tried to dig a tunnel under his and the Hill's house because he thought it was cool, and this caused the Hills' kitchen floor to collapse and the house to be deemed uninhabitable. When the Hills stay with the Gribbles until Hank can finish repairing the house, Dale walks around in his underwear late at night and watches [=TV=] in the room where Hank and Peggy are sleeping without regard to the fact that it bothers them. When Hank is trying to repair his house, Dale's too busy annoying him to notice he placed his hand in the way of a power saw, and then has Hank arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, despite the fact that it was his own fault for placing his hand in a dangerous area. When the court slams Hank with a restraining order, Dale flings the occasional childish taunt at Hank, and encourages Bill and Boomhawer to actively exclude him from their lives. After Hank passes anger management, Dale still encourages Bill and Boomhawer to exclude him from their clique, and they only start talking to him when he saves them from being crushed by a garbage truck. At the very end, Dale apologizes for everything, and to show he's sorry, he shoots an arrow with a rope tied to it to create a zip line that would connect both their houses.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the very beginning, Hank discovers the tunnel Dale was digging when he fell through his kitchen floor because Dale only scooped out the dirt but did not reinforce the "roof" of the tunnel. At the end, the tunnel connecting Dale's, Bill's, and Boomhower's houses collapsed under the garbage truck because the tunnel's roof only consisted of a thin layer of earth and the pavement of the alleyway.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After Hank graduates from anger management and thus nullifies the restriction order Dale filed against him, the guys are digging tunnels to connect their houses. When a garbage truck rumbles down the street, Hank tries to calmly explain that they could get crushed because the tunnels are only supported by a thin layer of dirt, but when patiently reasoning only leads to being rudely ignored, Hank snaps and yells angry threats of committing violence if they don't get out. The guys barely manage to jump out right before the tunnel's collapse under the garbage truck.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After Hank graduates from anger management and thus nullifies the restriction order Dale filed against him, the guys are digging tunnels to connect their houses. When a garbage truck rumbles down the street, Hank tries to calmly explain that they could get crushed because the tunnels are only supported by a thin layer of dirt, but when patiently reasoning only leads to being, rudely, ignored, Hank snaps and yells angry threats of committing violence if they don't get out. The guys barely manage to jump out right before the tunnel's collapse under the garbage truck.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After Hank graduates from anger management and thus nullifies the restriction order Dale filed against him, the guys are digging tunnels to connect their houses. When a garbage truck rumbles down the street, Hank tries to calmly explain that they could get crushed because the tunnels are only supported by a thin layer of dirt, but when patiently reasoning only leads to being, rudely, ignored, Hank snaps and yells angry threats of committing violence if they don't get out. The guys barely manage to jump out right before the tunnels collapse under the garbage truck.

* ManChild: Dale was never exactly mature to begin with, but in this episode shows how childish he can be. The plot is set in motion when he tried to dig a tunnel under his and the Hill's house because he thought it was cool, and this caused the Hills' kitchen floor to collapse and the house to be deemed uninhabitable. When Hills stay with the Gribbles until Hank can finish repairing the house, Dale walks around in his underwear and watches [=TV=] in the room where Hank and Peggy are sleeping without regard to the fact it bothers them. When Hank is trying to repair his house, Dale's to busy annoying Hank to notice he placed his hand in the way of a dangerous power tool, and then has Hank arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, despite the fact that it was his own fault for placing his hand in a dangerous area. When the court slams Hank with a restraining order, Dale flings the occasional childish taunt at Hank, and encourages Bill and Boomhawer to actively exclude him from their lives. After Hank passes anger management, Dale still encourages Bill and Boomhawer to exclude him from their clique, and they only start talking to him when he saves them from being crushed by a garbage truck. At the very end, Dale apologizes for everything, and show he's sorry, he shoots an arrow with a rope tied to it to create a zip line that would connect bot their houses.

* AngerBornOfWorry: After Hank graduates from anger management and thus nullifies the restriction order Dale filed against him, the guys are digging tunnels to connect their houses. When a garbage truck rumbles down the street, Hank tries to calmly explain that they could get crushed because the tunnels are only supported by a thin layer of dirt, but when patiently reasoning only leads to being, rudely, ignored, Hank snaps and yells angrily threatens to commit violence if they don't get out. The guys barely manage to jump out right before the tunnels collapse under the garbage truck.

* WithFriendsLiekThese: Dale and Boomhauer side with Dale during the whole debacle, much to Hank's consternation. Peggy even believes Hank cut off Dale's finger due to anger problems.

* HrdTruthAesop: Sometimes, managing your anger can be unhelpful to certain situations, like trying to get your friends out of a hole and being squished by a truck.