History Characters / KingOfTheHillTheHillsFamilyAndOtherRelatives

* Foil: To Peggy. They both want well for Luanne, and their future niece, but whereas Peggy relies on the old fashioned, Myrna relies on the modern.

* BigEater: He loves eating, to the point of ending up with a bypass and being prescribed a special diet that disallows red meats. He uses various excuses to get around it, such as counting chicken fried steak as "chicken" because he's allowed to have chicken, or eating seconds on Christmas because it's the holidays.

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: He and Tilly have sex on the kitchen table after the family leaves to go to an elementary school basketball game, which causes Hank to go blind. While Tilly's feelings are unknown, Gary himself feels bad about what happened and tries all he can to help him get his sight back.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Tilly mentions during one of their arguments that he needs a prescription, to which he implies "not everyone's libido is the same!" It's implied to have been caused by their new RV lifestyle.

* JerkassToOne: She seems to have mellowed out in present day, especially towards her sons, but she still resents Peggy for running away, and acts highly critical towards her.

* SpockSpeak: In "I Remember Mono" she insisted that Peggy was not allowed to use contractions. She seems to have given this up in present day.

* YouGotSpunk: His response to Luanne physically threatening him after he grabs her ass is to be turned on by it.

* DirtyOldMan: He was a womanizer in his younger days, and continues to act like one in his old age.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Believe it or not, there's at least ''one time'' when Peggy messed up and tried to take responsibility. In "Bystand Me", Peggy becomes a writer for the Arlen Bystander and has to write tips for helping around the house. She struggles, but Peggy soon finds her footing with Minh's help. But when Minh is unavailable, Peggy makes a tip from the top of her head by writing that mixing ammonia and bleach will make a super-cleaning product, which is actually the recipe for mustard gas. After saving the town, Peggy tries to own up to what she did by telling her boss and quitting. For the first time in the entire series, Peggy ''finally realizes'' what she did and accepts the blame. It's ''very'' jarring and cathartic at the same time to see her own up to her blunder.

** Even before she gives birth and becomes a mother, she's adamant to raise her daughter her way,rather than how her aunt and sister-in-law want her to raise her.

** While on his death bed, he openly ''mocks'' Hank for having the absolute nerve to tell his dying father that he loves him.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: With Cotton on his deathbed and tormenting Hank, she gives him a ''ruthless'' talking to.

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* CatchPhrase: He killed "fiddy" men during the war. He [[SarcasmMode might have mentioned that once or twice]].

* WrenchWench: Part of her initial characterization. In the pilot, after Hank spends most of the episode trying to find out why his truck won't start, she offhandedly mentions she borrowed it, noticed the fuel filter was clogged and blew it clear. When Hank's truck is seized as evidence and taken apart after a junkie tries to steal it, she puts it back together.

* {{Retcon}}: She first debuted as a regular decent mother who had a nice, if occasionally strained relationship with her daughter Peggy. Several seasons later, her entire backstory and Peggy's stance on her changed so drastically that she's portrayed as an ungrateful bitch who made Peggy's childhood a living hell and made Peggy distance herself from her mother for twenty years, which led to Peggy's [[CharacterizationMarchesOn characterization]] to change into a faulty person who believes is right in everything she does.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: She's mediocre at just about everything, but she's ''really'' good at Boggle, and has a surprising affinity for selling real estate. She's also an excellent softball pitcher, almost striking out a former major league player.

* CoordinatedClothing: He and Tilly both wear matching blue tracksuits when they come to stay with the Hills for Christmas.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In "Bystand Me", Peggy becomes a writer for the Arlen Bystander, where she has to write tips on how to help around the house. With Minh giving her household tips in exchange for [[ItMakesSenseInContext cross-word puzzle answers,]] Peggy excels in her job. But when Minh is unavailable, Peggy makes a tip from the top of her head by writing that combining ammonia and bleach will make a super-cleaning product; she's horrified when Hank tells her this will make mustard gas that could potentially kill everyone in Arlen. After saving the town, Peggy tries to own up to what she did by telling her boss; it's very jarring to see Peggy Hill ''finally'' take responsibility for the blunder she made.

* NeverMyFault: Peggy never accepts she did something wrong even when the consequences catch up to her (like accidentally kidnapping a Mexican child because she didn't really speak Spanish) and even if she does, she'll still find some way of justifying it, downplaying how badly she messed up or find a way to make someone else take fault.

* AthleticallyChallenged: He can't play sports to save his life, in stark contrast to his father, Hank, who was a star football running back in high school. At different times during the series, he tries his hand at softball, baseball, football, soccer, track, and wrestling and is terrible at all of them.

* PretentiousPronunciation: Her Spanish pronounciation is ''all'' over the place that almost makes her sound a bit racist if not dumb, ofting wanting to show off her Spanish skills and wowing the people who have really no clue how to speak in Spanish themselves.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: It's pretty much impossible to sow someone's feet to their knees, as Cotton claims resulted from his war injuries. There are simply too many muscles, nerves and blood vessels in the leg and feet for that to be feasible, especially given the state of medical technology in the 1940s. The closest real life procedure is [[https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21536-rotationplasty rotationplasty]], where a foot can be attached to the thigh but rotated 180 degrees to facilitate the wearing of a prosthetic. Michiko even expresses surprise upon meeting Cotton again that "your feet did not fall off, as predicted."

* TheMentor: He takes Bobby under his wing on the eve of his 13th birthday, and recognizes how tired he is of being treated like a baby. To seal their bond, he gives Bobby a fancy pen and pencil set.

* FourthDateMarriage: He married Tilly after only knowing her for a few weeks. He didn't even know she was dating Gary until after they broke up.