History Characters / KingOfTheHillStricklandPropane

* WomanScorned: Files for divorce and takes Buck for everything he had. Almost.

A coworker of Hank's, the driver of one of Strickland's propane delivery trucks, known as a "Bobtail".

* TheDogBitesBack: Buck cruelly and abruptly fires Joe Jack at the beginning of "Hank Fixes Everything" as a cost-cutting measure. Later, when a fight breaks out at a propane seminar that Buck attends (and Joe Jack is working as a sandwich board guy), Joe Jack takes the opportunity to cold-cock his former boss.

* TheDogBitesBank: Buck cruelly and abruptly fires Joe Jack at the beginning of "Hank Fixes Everything" as a cost-cutting measure. Later, when a fight breaks out at a propane seminar that Buck attends (and Joe Jack is working as a sandwich board guy), Joe Jack takes the opportunity to cold-cock his former boss.

[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/180px-char_11514_6261.jpg]]

* StupidBoss: Hank is pretty much the [[OnlySaneEmployee only reason]] why his company is still running. Buck is thoroughly aware of this, however, and more than a few episodes involve him pushing Hank to the edge with his antics, only to realize he is about to kill his "golden goose" (as he referred to Hank in one episode) and immediately start taking steps to get back in Hank's favor. The fact that Buck makes an effort to get Hank to forgive him is probably why Hank idolizes Buck despite having many similarities with Cotton.

[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/180px-strickland_8002.png]]
[[caption-width-right:180:"I like to eat, I like to hump, and I don't like to drive!"]]

* SeriousBusiness: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In the episode "Snow Job," Buck went on how propane is glorious, only for Hank to discover Buck use electric stoves in his home. When Hank calls him out on this, Buck told Hank it's just a business; it's about making as much money as you can while you can. However, it's implied he originally had the same passion for propane as Hank before his vices caught up with him.

** Played straight in the episode where Buck's illegitimate son "Ray-Roy" (Josh) comes around. After father and son get into a fight over a woman, Hank says he's had enough and makes a drunken speech dissing Buck, which almost gets him fired.

* TheRival: M.F. Thatherton, who [[APupilOfMineBeforeHeTurnedToEvil used to work for him]] before branching out on his own.

* TheRival: M.F. Thatherton, who used to work for him before branching out on his own.

* ParentalSubstitute: During one Christmas episode Hank accidentally calls him dad after Buck provides a lot of holiday gift and gives him a higher position for his good work. As other tropes listed show he is a less unpleasant and easier to please Cotton for Hank.

* GeniusDitz: During his ''few'' moments of sobriety, Buck's demonstrated the business savvy that got his business up and running. He's at least smart enough to know that Hank is a once-in-a-lifetime find and lets him run his propane business for him so he can rake in the money.

[[caption-width-right:180:"Hello, ladies! Now, I'm not much to look at but I got a lot of money!"]]

-->''Just when the sun starts shing again, someone throws a burlap sack over my head and beats me with a pipe!"''

** He also has a crush on Hank's niece, at least until she turns down his marriage proposal in "The Good Buck"; in "Meet the Propaniacs" Hank says that Buck insisted Luanne be part of the group or he wouldn't pay for T-shirts.

** Played straight in the episode where his son Ray-Roy comes around and after they get into a fight, Hank says he's had enough and makes a drunken speech dissing Buck, which almost gets him fired.

* BlindObedience: From Hank. No matter what Buck does, even accusing Hank of things like [[spoiler:the attempted murder of his wife]], Hank still won't quit his job. Buck does recognize this, knowing that Hank is his proverbial golden goose, and that he simply can't afford to get rid of Hank.

-->''Just when the sun starts shing again, someone throws a burlap sack over my head and beats me with a pipe!"''

-->'''Just when the sun starts shing again, someone throws a burlap sack over my head and beats me with a pipe!"'''

* {{Meganekko}}: She wears glasses.

* {{Expy}}: Of UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, 36th [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStates President of the United States]].

* VetinariJobSecurity: As one of Strickland Propanes' Drivers, Joe Jack is important to the company because he is HazMat-Certified. [[Recap/KingOfTheHillS2E13SnowJob When Vickers was put in charge of Strickland Propane and kept pushing Joe Jacks' and the other Drivers' buttons in one episode, Joe Jack and the other drivers quit which resulted in Buck Strickland firing Vickers for losing all of their HazMat-Licensed Drivers.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson, 36th [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidents President of the United States]].