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Recap / King Of The Hill S 8 E 10 Thats What She Said

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A new employee named Rich (voiced by Ben Stiller) becomes popular around Strickland Propane for telling lewd jokes, but Hank feels uncomfortable about them and the lawyer he talks to advises Hank to sue for sexual harassment (since telling raunchy jokes during work hours counts as harassment). Meanwhile, Dale trades smoking cigarettes for chewing tobacco.


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  • I Banged Your Mom: When Rich tries to make this kind of joke, Hank attempts to get violent, only for Strickland to hold him back.
  • Sexual Harassment and Rape Tropes: After Hank has enough of Rich's lewd behavior, he goes to a lawyer to complain. The lawyer suggests that he should sue for sexual harassment. But Hank and Enrique, who's sick and even afraid of Rich's antics at this point, can't bring themselves to do it out of fear and shame.
  • Sir Swears-a-Lot: Rich: while he doesn't actually directly swear any more than any other character, he's completely unable to resist reacting to anything that could be twisted into something even remotely suggestive.
  • Soap Punishment: After reaching his breaking point, Hank grabs Rich in a headlock, drags him into the bathroom and washes his mouth out with soap. His screaming alerts the rest of the employees and Buck to see if he's OK, and when Rich runs to Buck to tell him what Hank did, he admits it in full and delivers an ultimatum, demanding Rich to be gone or he quits. Buck asks whether the other employees agree with Hank and plan to do the same, and when they meekly nod their heads in agreement, Buck realizes he's about to lose his entire workforce for standing up to a single guy only he finds funny at this point and changes his tact, claiming that he never thought Rich was all that funny to begin with and fires him.
  • Special Guest: Ben Stiller as Rich.
  • Title Drop: The employees say "That's what she said," a few times in the episode.

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