Peggy gets a lawn gnome, which Hank hates, but when Hank breaks it, Bobby ends up getting blamed for it.
Tropes:
- It's All About Me: The whole reason Peggy bought the lawn gnome was that she couldn't stand Hank getting all the deserved credit for how nice the Hills' lawn and house façade looks from people passing by.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: When Bobby accidentally damages Peggy's lawn gnome while playing, Hank uses this as a pretext to get rid of it. Seeing how upset this makes Peggy, Hank confesses but claims he did the whole thing. Peggy correctly guesses that he's lying to protect Bobby, but wrongly believes that Bobby is wholly to blame and thus punishes him very harshly. Later on, Hank goes out and buys a new gnome, then gives it to Bobby to try and smooth things out. Again, Peggy figures most of this out but assumes that Hank did it out of pity rather than guilt, ultimately deciding that Bobby's been in the doghouse long enough.
