History Awesome / KingOfTheHill

* "The Texas Skilsaw Massacre": Dale's been a huge pain to Hank the whole episode, between digging a tunnel underneath his home without telling him (and Hank being the one that suffers, having to vacate his house while repairs are made), keeping Hank up all night by watching TV while Hank stays over at his house, filing a restraining order against Hank when he accidentally cuts off his finger with a saw, AND causing Hank to have to take an anger management class. So it's immensely satisfying when Hank stands up to Dale (with help from fellow anger management student Big Jim):

-->'''Bobby:''' Gah! I am a twelve year old boy! I am the child's nephew!]] I cannot do this. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I. CANNOT. DO. THIS!]] (Hands her the baby) If someone makes some food, I'll eat. But that's it! '''ALL I'LL DO IS EAT!'''

** The best part is that he actually honors his words, and [[Heartwarming takes her hand while they literally dance on the plot]].

** The best part is that he actually honors his words, and [[HeartWarming takes her hand while they literally dance on the plot]].

** The best part is that he actually honors his words, and takes her hand while they literally dance on his grave.

** The other truckers, who were listening in on the CB Radio, are in awe of Hank. Most of them admit they would have died trying something like that. And when they realize Hank was only on regular black coffee when he pulled that off, he gets his own trucker song in the like of convoy.

* Everyone gets one in the Christmas episode where Hank, Bobby and friends go trucking to Hank's mom's retirement village. They get caught on top of a mountain while low on fuel and have to do a tricky maneuver to scale down the mountain. Hank and Bobby take the wheel and steer the semi '''backwards''' down a mountain road with Boomhauer giving commands on when to turn. When the stuff in the trailer starts to fall out, Bill charges at the massive pile and pushes it back single-handily. Dale... well, he didn't screw anything up this time. That's pretty impressive.

* Peggy's con in "The Substitute Spanish Prisoner" qualifies. A "professor" had been taking advantage of a bunch of poor, stupid, and gullible people, including Peggy, conning them all into paying for a "doctor" diploma and refusing to give refunds. So Peggy gets all of the other people who were scammed together to pull off a fairly obvious con at the Econo Suites. They have the guy bet his money in a fake gambling parlor and make it look like he'll win big. Only the guy pulls out with the money. Bobby then lets the scam slip to Hank, who was already assuming, correctly at first, Peggy was in over her head, and came to confront the guy who quickly stashed the money in a room safe. After the guy points out the illegality of what Peggy did Hank leaves, only to discover his room safe is gone. When he goes to front desk, he learns the Econo Suites don't ''have'' room safes. Peggy had Boomhauer put one in and then removed it while the guy was distracted by Hank. The group gets their money back, and to top it off Peggy had a scheme ready in case Hank did actually have faith in her: fake valet parking. Ho yeah.

* Peggy gets one during the episode when Bobby starts using a ventriloquist dummy. Hank is at first utterly mortified that Bobby is "playing with a doll", until Bobby begins using the dummy, Chip, to display knowledge of sports events and history. But it becomes increasingly clear that Hank is having more fun with Chip than with Bobby, and actually tells Bobby to suck it up when he complains that his hand's getting numb. Dale destroys the dummy due to an irrational fear of the thing, and Hank to decides to build a new dummy, one based off of Chip in his own image. Peggy is instantly aware that Hank is taking this opportunity to build the perfect surrogate son, constructing it to be everything he wishes Bobby was. She suggest this to Hank:

* In the final episode, Bobby single-handedly takes on the state meat-grading championship after the rest of his team is stranded by their rivals. ''After'' the team disparaged him and treated him like crap for making a mistake at regionals. The crowner comes at the end, where the team shows up and forces Bobby onto the sidelines on the assumption that he'll choke. On the final challenge, they're about to declare a cut of beef perfect, but Bobby sees an imperfection. Hank tells him to stand up for himself and Bobby goes over and, against the protests of his team, points out the flaw, winning the competition entirely on his own.

* Luanne in "Keeping Up With Our Joneses"? The Hill Family became addicted to cigarette smoking, thanks to Hank. Luanne remained the only member of the household not addicted, and took on the duty of making sure the Hills didn't stray from their attempt to give it up. It reached the point that all three Hills were willing to kill one another over a single cigarette, until Luanne managed to lock them inside Hank and Peggy's bedroom. They remained there for the night until they beat their collective addiction together. It's what Luanne says as she's locking them inside that really clinches it:

* In The Incredible Hank, Peggy drugs Hank with testosterone to make him feel better, and decides to give him more and more. She then thinks he's getting too much strength and aggression and cuts him off, causing him to lose all his strength. This wouldn't be a problem except that Hank had signed up for Arlen's version of Spain's Running of the Bulls. The moment comes after he loses all his testosterone, including the natural amount the body normally makes, leaving him weaker than he should be. When he finds out about this, does he bow out, as many, like Peggy urge him to do? No, despite admitting he's scared, and even refusing to use the corrective testosterone patch (YMMV on whether that adds to his bravery, or just makes him HonorBeforeReason regarding the matter), Hank gives a determined speech to Bobby and Peggy that makes it clear that he'll see it through or die trying.

* When Hank rescues Bobby from Arkansas, and lets Buck Strickland jump in the back of his truck as he's being pursued by a bunch of thugs. Strickland shouts at them, calling them sons of bitches, and Hank slows down just enough to let one of the thugs punch Strickland in the face. It's one of those rare moments of Hank punishing Strickland for being a sleazeball.

* Buck actually gets one during the episode at the national propane gas association convention (which, considering his character, is hard to believe). After he and his recently discovered son Ray Roy's actions drive Hank to get sloshed, humiliate himself in front of a huge crowd, and barf on one of the platinum circle women, Buck and Ray Roy hatch a plan, along with Peggy. Drawing the punishment board away from Hank with a promise of a "hospitality suite", Buck and Ray Roy offer than alcohol and a bevy of drunk and loose women who will readily frame them for and accuse them of sexual misconduct, costing them their marriages and their jobs. When the punishment board catches wise, not only do they not punish Hank, but they induct him into the Hall of Flame with Buck.

* For all of his stupidity, Bobby still gets one in "Hank's Bully". Basically, a young boy starts harassing Hank. Hank's hands are tied, because, well, the kid's very young, and his parents have no interest in disciplining him. So, Hank tells Bobby that he basically wants him to ignore everything he told him about being a nice person, and turns him loose on the kid's parents, being just as big a nuisance to them as their kid was to Hank. They back off and start punishing their own son after that.

* For all of his stupidity, Bobby still gets one in "Hank's Bully". Basically, a young boy starts harassing Hank. Hank's hands are tied, because, well, the kid's very young. So, Hank tells Bobby that he basically wants him to ignore everything he told him about being a nice person, and turns him loose on the kid's parents. They back off and start punishing their own son after that.

* "Life in the Fast Lane: Bobby's Saga", where Bobby has to work at the race track for a [[BadBoss moronic, drunk, abusive boss (Jimmy Wichard)]]. Hank doesn't see anything is happening until Bobby is told to cross the race-track in the middle of a race to give his boss a soda. Hank pulls him back to safe ground, runs across the track himself, kicks through the chainlink fence separating him from Jimmy, and proceeds to kick his ass all over the back alley.

* What about when Bill ties the record for most touchdowns, against the strongest defense in H.S football, and almost every defensive line trying to take down the old, injured player. Not only he survived and got a touchdown, but the other players respected him.

-->'''Vickers:''' HAZMAT?
-->'''Buck:''' (on the phone with Vickers) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL! Vickers, you moron! You need a special license to drive a propane truck!
-->'''Vickers:''' It's all right, sir. I--I can get to "Yes". I'll hire a new batch of drivers right away.
-->'''Buck:''' You listen to me, goddang it! It's the goddang height of the season. There's no drivers from here to goddang city! '''YOU'RE FIRED!!!'''

* The episode where Hank and his friends' baseball team, the Zephyrs, go against the Ace of Diamonds. To elaborate, after the man refuses to give the school a check due to the Zephyrs lousing it up, Hank and his friends rock Ace's trailer back and forth until he finally concedes.

** this becomes slightly more awesome when you realize that "acquaintanceship" is a sixteen-letter word, that may not seem like much but considering that boggle only gives players sixteen letters to work with during a match that means Peggy managed to string together the word that won her the tournament using EVERY LETTER in the boggle cube at once which is a fairly difficult task in itself.

** Yogi also gets his moment too. Yogi was really being a jerk to Hank during his classes with him, but he does show results and has Hank up and moving as promised. However, Hank thinks he's finished with the class and leaves. As payback, Yogi tells the court that Hank is still visibly hurt, and with Hank stating that he is, the court orders Hank to continue his classes to avoid any relapse pain. Yogi takes the opportunity and demands Hank get a Tank Top.

* A [=McMansion=] gets built in the neighborhood, and the construction is so shoddy that during a large thunderstorm, it threatens to actually fall apart and destroy several houses around it. What does the community do? [[http://i.imgur.com/coyO2L7.gif GRAB HAMMERS, AXES, CHAINSAWS, AND A TRUCK AND TEAR THE DAMN THING DOWN WHILE THE THUNDERSTORM IS RAGING AROUND THEM.]]

* Later in the same episode, having found out that the experimentation didn't actually do anything to him (and thus everything was his fault all along) and coming under fire from soldiers in the army games thinking they're an active drone tank (with artillery), Bill tells the rest of the guys to get out, reassuring them that he will jam the tank and follow. He then takes the tank and drives it far away before the final shell hits it. Miraculously, he survives with only a broken hand.

* In "Harlottown", Peggy uncovers that Arlen was founded by prostitutes and writes the the story in the newspaper, resulting in Arlen's new city manager wanting to use this information to make Arlen a prostitution-themed tourist trap and have it host the Texas Adult Video Awards. The Hills plan to move until the whole thing blows over when they come across Candy, one of the recipients for the Adult Video Awards stuck on the road. As they drive her to the awards show, she explains that she wanted to open her own shoe store but is too afraid that no one will take her seriously because of her past. Hank tells her that the prostitutes who founded the town must have felt the same but the moment they saw the chance to quit, they took it. At the awards show, Candy tells the people she's quitting and that she doesn't want to see this kind of smut in any hometown. Hank then asks the people, "We have a choice to make. Which version of Arlen do we want? The uncut, x-rated version with shocking footage or the PG one that's grown-up but still appropriate for kids? Now who wants to sign my petition to turn Harlottown back to Arlen?" Everyone immediately signs the petition and Hank even tells the city manager, "Looks like chivalry isn't as dead as you think it is."

-->'''Kahn:''' Oh, you don't like that? I cannot take this any more! I don't get any sleep at night! I can't focus at my job! My little girl, she cannot study! And all because some big, dumb slob played a little football and "blocked a kick"! I don't even know that the hell it means to "block a kick," but I know that if ''you'' can do it, '''''ANY IDIOT COULD!'''''

** To quote Hank-"You couldn't bring that girl down if you tried!"

* "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do": Bobby becomes infatuated with Connie's delinquent cousin, even though Connie warns him she's dangerous. The cousin tricks Bobby into helping her build a mini meth lab so she can earn enough money to run from Arlen, and when Bobby inadvertantly brings the lab to the school science fair she ditches him, leaving him to face the heat. ''Just before'' the principal and a visiting cop see it, Connie grabs a potato cannon (Clark Peters's science project) and blasts the meth lab into smithereens.

* Peggy also has one when Lucky tries to get his GED. After she finds out that his "code of honor" won't let him marry Luanne till he gets his GED. She intentionally tells him the wrong answers (though she's right that a number can have more than 1 square root). Then, after she admits it, she finds out that neither his father nor grandfather had met their goals. She tells Hank, "I think what we're looking at here is a long line of bastards", only to be corrected that they were all shotgun weddings. When Hank holds a shotgun to force Lucky to Marry Luanne, he tells Hank to kick him in the ribs for some reason, and Peggy kicks him instead.
** YMMV on this one since it can be seen as equal parts awesome and pure Jerkass

'''Dale:''' ''[chuckles]'' Oh, they will. ''[takes Bobby's hand, and is promptly swarmed with the fire ants]'' They've been waiting to get a piece of me for '''fifteen years.''' [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner Come and get it, boys!]] ''[he struggles for a bit...]'' [[DullSurprise Yowch.]] ''[then he collapses]''