Hank and Peggy end up having a bitter fight before Peggy helps Luanne move into her old trailer park. And when a tornado heads for said park, it's up to Hank to rescue them.
This episode contains examples of:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When Luanne sees her old trailer for the first time since that bad fight between her parents: "So many bad memories. There's the fork Mama stabbed Daddy with. The empty bottles from that awful night. And, oh no! Those mango-colored palazzo pants that made my butt look big."
- Berserk Button: Hank considers being called a blockhead a hit below the belt.
- Department of Redundancy Department: "A storm that strong will send an egg through a barn door — two barn doors if one of them's open."
- Fully-Clothed Nudity: In the opening, Hank, who just woke up and getting coffee, sees Luanne putting some laundry on the kitchen table and says, "Morning, hon", thinking it's Peggy. When Luanne says "morning", Hank freaks out, putting on a coat, saying "I called you hon and I'm naked", even though he had on a tank top and sweat pants.
- Heel Realization: Hank gets this right after the argument and especially when he learns the tornado is headed towards Shiney Pines. And when he gets caught on the tornado himself while hanging onto a pole, he says he loves Peggy, Bobby and Luanne (the last one he says to a lesser extent, though, but she appreciates the words regardless).
- Honor Before Reason: Hank hesitates to run into the storm cellar because all his clothes are blown off, even as the old lady screams at him "Oh just run ya jackass!"
- And when he's in the eye of the storm, rather than grabbing the flag to cover more of his nude, due to American pride and not wanting to ruin the flag, he grabs a cactus, which is smaller and more likely to prick him, before entering the shelter.
- Immediate Self-Contradiction: Bobby's goodbye to Luanne where he says he's never read her diary even though she suspected he did on June 18, 1995. And this of course, flies over Luanne's head.
- Irony: Bobby sees humour in Hank telling Peggy to go to Hell then watching the news report on TV where Nancy says "trailer parks are hell in a tornado".
- Jerkass Ball: Hank really runs with the ball in this episode. He makes it clear that he sees Luanne as a nuisance, and tips her old trailer home back to its proper position so she can live there and be out of his hair. And when Luanne says good-bye to him and says he's been like a father to her, he just gives her a card that gives her a discount on propane products, which puts her on the verge of tears. And when Peggy calls him out on this, he tells her to go to hell.
- The Kindness of Strangers: An old lady at the park immediately takes Bobby to the storm shelter at Hank's request without a second thought and angrily tells Hank to get into the storm shelter even though he lacks his clothes, clearly concerned for his safety.
- Militaries Are Useless: A variant, which plays like the Police Are Useless trope: the military has the road blocked off with the Hazmat team just poking around a barrel of bug poison (from Dale's unsuccessful attempt to film the tornado) with a stick. Naturally, they block off Hank's way to the trailer park. And when he tries to get them to move, they're not willing to cooperate, and bring in Bill (who for some reason is serving as the security). And instead of helping Hank out, he just flaunts his authority demanding him to call him "Sgt. Dautrieve". Eventually Hank has had enough and drives around them.
- Naked People Are Funny: Inverted as it starts off as drama, with Hank being stripped completely naked while holding onto the pole while in the middle of the tornado. Then when they get in the eye of the storm, gets played straight and Hank is too embarrassed to go into the shelter with Luanne and the old lady. He then grabs a cactus to cover himself up. At the end when they drive home, Luanne mentions this, which Hank denies losing his underwear, which Peggy makes her humor him.
- Proj-egg-tile: Dale tells Bobby that a level three tornado will send an egg straight though a brick wall. ("Tornado chasers call it 'Humpty's Revenge'.") When the tornado hits, Bobby takes out an egg and throws it to see if it'll go through a wall. The wind instead blows it back, literally leaving Bobby with egg on his face.
- Retail Riot: When Hank goes to the Mega-Lo-Mart to buy some fuel filters, he gets a 12-pack when he only needed one. And after dealing with an obstructive cashier, he has some angry customers who need some too, of which Hanks pays for them and takes the one and leaves the rest of them.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- At the trailer park, with Boomhauer behind the wheel, they successfully tip up Luanne's trailer the right way, but after he does so, he accidentally hits a trailer for sale and tips that over. The guys quickly get the hell outta there after that.
- Dale drives in the path of the storm to shoot video of the tornado, but the moment a couple of raindrops hit his windshield, he freaks out and turns around.
- Shout-Out: The scene with Hank holding on to dear life on the pole is a reference to the movie Twister.
- Skewed Priorities:
- Bobby seems more worried about getting fruit pies at the Mega-Lo-Mart and trying to have an egg go through the wall rather than the lives of his mother and cousin.
- Hank's more worried about having lost his clothes than getting into the storm cellar. The old lady tells him to move it.Old Lady: Oh just run, ya jackass!
- Swiss-Cheese Security: Implied. When the guys talk about how to move Luanne's trailer, Bill suggests a tank from the military base he works in. "There's nothing better for pushing... except for a bulldozer, but they lock those up."
- Tempting Fate: A Shiny Parks rep warns Hanks that he should have something "stronger than an umbrella" if he is going to counter his claims about Luanne's debt and his Weapon for Intimidation. Apparently, Hank's golf club, specifically a 9 iron, trumps the man's wrench.
- Trailer Park Tornado Magnet: Peggy helps Luanne get moved in to her old trailer park. Guess where the tornado heads towards?
- Weapon for Intimidation: An associate from Shiney Parks comes by and visits Hank stating Luanne owes six month back rent for the trailer, even though she hasn't lived there for that said time. Hank debates with the guy, who then tries to intimidate him with a wrench. Hank, however, fires back with a nine iron golf club, which scares him away.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Peggy almost quotes this trope word for word when she calls Hank out on his insensitivity towards Luanne. After apologizing for calling Hank a blockhead, Peggy finally asks Hank what the hell is wrong with him due to his refusal to express emotions.
