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* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's never stated if Violetta and Gilbert are siblings or cousins.

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* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's never stated if Violetta and Gilbert are siblings or cousins. cousins, although based on Aunt Esme's wording, Violetta is her daughter.


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* EveryoneHasStandards: Lily and Rose are against Violetta sleeping with Bill, as she is his blood cousin, unlike them.
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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: He tells Kahn to put music on his watch, which Kahn tells him isn't possible, as the watch isn't digital.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Upon being introduced in class, she doesn't take it well when the teacher makes various mocking nicknames out of her name, and her face visibly shrinks.
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---> "Hank, you are my friend. I would never heal your wife the way that I heal the wives of others."

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---> --> "Hank, you are my friend. I would never heal your wife the way that I heal the wives of others."
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--->'''John Redcorn:''' "I swear, I don't know any 'Charlene'!"

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--->'''John -->'''John Redcorn:''' "I swear, I don't know any 'Charlene'!"

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* CaptainObvious: His entire speech pattern consists of this. He gets it from his mother.

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* CaptainObvious: His entire speech pattern consists of this. He gets it from his mother.


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* DependingOnTheWriter: The show waffles on which parent he gets his deep voice and BeigeProse from. "To Spank With Love" shows it's his mom, while "Behind Closed Doors" has her speaking normally, and his dad has the deep voice instead.
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->'''Voiced by''': James Sie


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->'''Voiced by''': Amy Hill
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Chuck was in his 60s during most of the show's run but his in-series character is modeled after how he looked in his 30s. Specifically from the cover of his 1977 album ''[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b1/Chuck_Mangione%2C_Feels_So_Good_%281977%29.png Feels So Good]]''.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Forced to stay in Arlen to keep her out of trouble and planned to fly back to LA on her own once she got enough money to pay off a debt. Goes FromBadToWorse when she's caught and sent to live with another one of Kahn's brothers who's a cattle rancher in the Midwest.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Forced to stay in Arlen to keep her out of trouble and planned to fly back to LA on her own once she got enough money to pay off a debt. Goes FromBadToWorse when she's caught and sent to live with another one of Kahn's brothers who's a cattle rancher in the Midwest. Her uncle warns her that if she screws up again, he'll send her to live with her grandmother in Laos.

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[[header:Tom Landry Middle School]]

[[folder:Principal Moss]]
!!Principal Carl Moss
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[[caption-width-right:320:"I gotta get over to the geography classroom: some kid drew balls on Florida."]]
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-->"All parents care about these days are zero tolerance drug polices and literacy. 'Why can't Johnny read? Why can't Johnny read?' God that gets old."
The world-weary principal of Tom Landry Middle School.

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[[header:Tom Landry Middle School]]

[[folder:Principal Moss]]
!!Principal Carl Moss
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[[folder:Tid Pao Souphanousinphone]]
Kahn's niece from Los Angeles, a juvenile delinquent.
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DennisBurkley.
-->"All parents care about these days are zero tolerance drug polices and literacy. 'Why can't Johnny read? Why can't Johnny read?' God that gets old."
The world-weary principal of Tom Landry Middle School.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She's the receiving end of a gender inverted version of this trope. Bobby falls for her because she's a tough city girl from LA.
* CityMouse: A drug dealer from LA who doesn't take the quiet life in rural Texas well.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Forced to stay in Arlen to keep her out of trouble and planned to fly back to LA on her own once she got enough money to pay off a debt. Goes FromBadToWorse when she's caught and sent to live with another one of Kahn's brothers who's a cattle rancher in the Midwest.
* GenericGraffiti: Tags her street name "Q-Bag" on the Hill's fence while staying in Arlen.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Runs out of the school science fair when she sees Bobby presenting her meth lab and noticing one of the judges is a police officer.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She's only 13 years old and she knows how to cook and sell crystal meth. It's also stated that she was in trouble with a street gang back home and her main motive to sell the meth was to make enough money to pay off a debt.

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[[header:Tom Landry Middle School]]

[[folder:Principal Moss]]
!!Principal Carl Moss
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/DennisBurkley.
-->"All parents care about these days are zero tolerance drug polices and literacy. 'Why can't Johnny read? Why can't Johnny read?' God that gets old."
The world-weary principal of Tom Landry Middle School.
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* RetiredMonster: A former general of the Laotian government who is possibly a war criminal. He eventually moved to the US and worked for Pacific Bell. Minh mentions that him becoming president of his homeowners association was his "first bloodless coup."

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* HiddenDepths: Despite his gruff appearance, he seems to have a love of ceramic glass elephants, giving Minh various figurines whenever he comes to visit.

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Despite his gruff appearance, he seems to have a love of ceramic glass elephants, giving Minh various figurines whenever he comes to visit.visit.
** He's also a fan of Music/FrankSinatra, requesting his music when he orders Kahn to [[TechnologicallyBlindElders put mp3 files in his (analogue) watch.]]

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* CatchPhrase "Super nice!"

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* CatchPhrase CharacterCatchphrase: "Super nice!"



* Catchphrase: "If I may just demonstrate?"

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* CatchPhrase: "I'm Da Boss!"

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm Da Boss!"



* MagicalNativeAmerican: In the first season, every time he spoke, a gust of wind would dramatically blow through his hair. [[ExaggeratedTrope Even when indoors]]. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Later]], it's shown that he's mostly [[ExploitedTrope taking advantage of this to pick up women]].

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* MagicalNativeAmerican: MagicalNativeAmerican:
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In the first season, every time he spoke, a gust of wind would dramatically blow through his hair. [[ExaggeratedTrope Even when indoors]]. [[CharacterizationMarchesOn Later]], it's shown that he's mostly [[ExploitedTrope taking advantage of this to pick up women]].



* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hey."

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: "Hey."



* LazyBum: He somehow became the assistant manager of Mega-Lo-Mart's Propane Department, despite spending all of his time goofing off. When he actually does do some work, he botches it horribly and causes the whole Mega-Lo-Mart to explode, [[spoiler: killing himself in the process]].

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* LazyBum: LazyBum:
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He somehow became the assistant manager of Mega-Lo-Mart's Propane Department, despite spending all of his time goofing off. When he actually does do some work, he botches it horribly and causes the whole Mega-Lo-Mart to explode, [[spoiler: killing himself in the process]].
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[[header: Souphanousinphone's Circle]]
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[[folder: Laoma Souphanousinphone]]

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[[folder: Lenore Dauterive]]

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[[folder: Gilbert Dautrieve]]

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** Ted is also even more judgemental, snobby, and self-absorbed than Kahn, but hides it under an overly-polite facade whereas Kahn is openly a jerk but has a HiddenHeartOfGold.

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** Ted is also even more judgemental, judgmental, snobby, and self-absorbed than Kahn, but hides it under an overly-polite facade whereas Kahn is openly a jerk but has a HiddenHeartOfGold.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: He admonished Kahn for acting white, and tried to emotionally manipulate him into joining a rebel squad to free Laos, even if Kahn makes the point it's essentially a suicide mission. All because he wanted social clout and a chance to have his own holiday of Laotian Freedom Day.


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* PetTheDog:
** During "Pour Some Sugar On Kahn", he encourages Kahn to try karaoke as a form of catharsis, especially after Kahn spent a good chunk of the episode getting put down by his father-in-law.
** As mentioned above, he felt bad about Cindy deceiving Peggy, and insisted she tell her the truth.


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* SpockSpeak: He often speaks in a nasally, stilted manner, and rarely uses contractions.
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* StrawMisogynist: His introductory episode ("Bobby Slam") centers around his belief that girls can't play sports, which infuriates Peggy and kicks off the episode's plot (inspiring Peggy to help Connie join the wrestling team). This remains a consistent trait of his throughout the show. To put it in perspective, he considers Title IX (The law that prevents sex discrimination in school actives) as "[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Dick Nixon's]] biggest mistake".

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* StrawMisogynist: His introductory episode ("Bobby Slam") centers around his belief that girls can't play sports, which infuriates Peggy and kicks off the episode's plot (inspiring Peggy to help Connie join the wrestling team). This remains a consistent trait of his throughout the show. To put it in perspective, he considers Title IX (The law that prevents sex discrimination in school actives) activities and sports) as "[[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Dick Nixon's]] biggest mistake".
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* BookDumb: Not only is he unintelligent but seems to hold "book-learning" and other teachers in contempt. In one episode he's briefly made Principal and spends the whole time yelling at kids.

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* BookDumb: Not only is he unintelligent but seems to hold "book-learning" and other teachers in contempt. In one episode episode, he's briefly made Principal and spends the whole time yelling at kids.students.
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* KnightTemplar: He's eager to see "action," even when there's none to be had. He once tries to shoot Ladybird during a thunderstorm, after she's been reported as a dangerous dog). He's also a bit too enthusiastic in helping Bobby track down truant Clark Peters and Dooley, though in fairness he's been ReassignedToAntarctica and hasn't done real police work in a while.

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* KnightTemplar: He's eager to see "action," even when there's none to be had. He once tries to shoot Ladybird during a thunderstorm, after (after she's been reported as a dangerous dog). He's also a bit too enthusiastic in helping Bobby track down truant Clark Peters and Dooley, though though, in fairness fairness, he's been ReassignedToAntarctica and hasn't done real police work in a while.
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* PetTheDog: On rare occasions he will encourage Bobby and other kids, particularly in "The Powder Puff Girls" when he encourages the team to follow Bobby's comedy advice.

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* PetTheDog: On rare occasions occasions, he will encourage Bobby and other kids, students, particularly in "The Powder Puff Girls" Boys", when he encourages the team to follow Bobby's comedy advice.
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* GayBravado: He had a tendency to kiss his (18-year old) football players on the mouth, including Bill and Hank, but doesn;t appear to be gay or bisexual.

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* GayBravado: He had a tendency to kiss his (18-year old) football players on the mouth, including Bill and Hank, but doesn;t doesn't appear to be gay or bisexual.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: His daughter is clearly an adopted Asian and it is implied in "Strangeness on a Train" that he and Peggy's coworker are on a date. However, he also says "We decided to leave the wives at home tonight" and (jokingly?) makes passes at Peggy in "The Powderpuff Boys", rubbing her shoulders and making a joke about someone bringing a sleeping bag for multiple people at an activity. However when Peggy called out that a person should be gay openly, he seems genuinely interested to find out who this person is and unaware Peggy is referring to him.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His daughter is clearly an adopted Asian and it is implied in "Strangeness on a Train" that he and Peggy's coworker are on a date. However, he also says "We decided to leave the wives at home tonight" and (jokingly?) makes passes at Peggy in "The Powderpuff Boys", rubbing her shoulders and making a joke about someone bringing a sleeping bag for multiple people at an activity. However However, when Peggy called out that a person should be gay openly, he seems genuinely interested to find out who this person is and unaware Peggy is referring to him.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: [[UnreliableExpositor according to Cotton]] he murdered Nazi Herman Goering in his prison cell.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: [[UnreliableExpositor according According to Cotton]] Cotton]], he murdered Nazi Herman Goering in his prison cell.
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* InsufferableImbecile: He is an idiotic man who is also mean-spirited and aggressive due to his mental state. He will go as far as beating the living hell out of [[WouldHurtAChild Bobby]], tossing him into a port-a-potty, and sending him rolling down a hill for no good reason.

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* InsufferableImbecile: He is an idiotic man who is also mean-spirited and aggressive due to his mental state. He will go as far as [[WouldHurtAChild putting Bobby in danger]] by ordering him to cross a speedway and in the episode "Business Is Picking Up", he goes way beyond what a man named Peter Sterling asked him to do (pretend to bully Sterling to give Bobby a lesson about how his "dream job" of picking dog poop for hire was anything but) by beating the living hell out of [[WouldHurtAChild Bobby]], Sterling, tossing him into a port-a-potty, and sending him rolling down a hill for no good reason.hill.

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[[folder: General Gum]]
Minh's father, and Kahn's overbearing father-in-law, a Laotian general.
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* FatBastard: He is overweight and a real jerk to boot. It's also implied he might've been a war criminal, considering how he awaited trial at the Hague.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his gruff appearance, he seems to have a love of ceramic glass elephants, giving Minh various figurines whenever he comes to visit.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: He makes it incredibly clear to Kahn he only talks to him because he married Minh, and besides that, he actively despises him for being born a peasant, and thinks Minh could've married better.
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[[folder: Laoma Souphanousinphone]]
Kahn's beloved mother.
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* Catchphrase: "If I may just demonstrate?"
* MayDecemberRomance: Starts a romantic relationship with Bill, who is middle aged, and her son's neighbor.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: To Minh, always feeling the need to show her how to cook and clean. Minh was reluctant to help Peggy with her column in "Bystand Me" because it meant calling Laoma.
* OldMaid: As Dale puts it, she literally is one, being an older, widowed woman who works as a maid to get out of the house.
* PutOnABus: Because "Maid in Arlen" aired when King of the Hill was beginning to be syndicated, her plotline with Bill was abruptly ended. She was mentioned on the phone during "Bystand Me" with Peggy using her tips to write a household hints column.
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* PsychopathicManchild: He talks and acts like a very young child, and constantly demeans and terrorizes his employees. Not to mention he's willing to endanger Bobby by forcing him into running across the race track, all for a soda.

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* PsychopathicManchild: He talks and acts like a very young child, and constantly demeans and terrorizes his employees. Not employees, to mention he's willing to endanger Bobby by forcing him into running across the race track, all for point of putting Bobby's life in danger just to get a soda.
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* PoliceBrutality: Essentially the school resource officer despite her young age, Emily is not above using physical force to carry out her duties.

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* PoliceBrutality: Essentially the school resource officer officer, despite her young age, Emily is not above using physical force to carry out her duties.
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The monosyllabic bad kid at Tom Landry Middle School.

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* CreepyMonotone: He also has a very deep voice for a kid in middle school.

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* CreepyMonotone: He also has a very deep voice for a kid teen in middle school.



* TheQuietOne: He never says more than one or two words at a time. When he's feeling particularly wordy, he'll offer the odd 4-word sentence.

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* TheQuietOne: He never says more than one or two words at a time. When he's feeling particularly wordy, he'll offer the odd 4-word 6-word sentence.
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* BrokenPedestal: Hank looked up to Coach Sauers as he led Arlen High to the state championship, which Hank looks at him fondly despite losing at the end. But when he discovers Sauers chasing the boys around the field with his car, he instantly loses all respect for him and bashes him in the head with a water cooler to stop him.

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* BrokenPedestal: Hank looked up to Coach Sauers as he led Arlen High to the state championship, which Hank looks at him fondly fondly, despite losing at the end. But when he discovers Sauers chasing the boys around the field with his car, he instantly loses all respect for him and bashes him in the head with a water cooler to stop him.

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* ArrowCatch: "Vision Quest" sees him catch with his bare hand an arrow fired by Joseph before it can hit and kill an innocent panda.



* BulletCatch: "Vision Quest" sees him catch with his bare hand an arrow fired by Joseph before it can hit and kill an innocent panda.

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