History NightmareFuel / KingOfTheHill

King Of The Hill is a pretty laid-back cartoon, but it is made by the same guy who introduced the world to ''BeavisAndButthead'', so there are some moments that come off as nightmarish.

** Trip's nervous breakdown really scared this troper.

** Trip'a nervous breakdown really scared this troper

* The [[NoEnding last ten seconds]] of "Plastic White Female". (To clarify, Bobby and some of his peers are playing Spin the Bottle in the Gribbles' basement. However, Nancy walks in while trying to convince Dale that having a boy/girl party isn't a bad thing. The bottle points towards her, and Bobby lunges. The episode closes on a slow-motion shot of Nancy screaming as Bobby flies towards her, before cutting to black.)

* Peggy's hellish nightmare in "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill". In the episode, Peggy pretends to be a nun at a Catholic school in order to become a full-time teacher, only to find out how she may have inadvertently damned her students to Hell by failing to teach them properly. In her nightmare, a demonic version of Monsignor Martinez breaks into the classroom and opens a portal to Hell. He pushes two or three children into the fire before Peggy pleads with him to stop, confessing her lies. There is a HopeSpot when the flames extinguish...before Hank steps in and fixes the propane tanks being used to make the heat.

* Chip Block the ventriloquist dummy can be nightmare fuel to those who have a fear of said dolls, as it looks genuinely creepy. Bobby spinning it's head around while introducing it to Dale doesn't help. Not to mention Dale's (exaggerated) flashback shows him as a kid receiving the same dummy as a Birthday present, with everyone (including the dummy) laughing evilly is rather disturbing. And the Bobby(!)dummy is rather creepy too, if not just for the uncanny valley.

* Chip Block the ventriloquist dummy can be nightmare fuel to those who have a fear of said dolls, as it looks genuinely creepy. With spinning it's head around while introducing it to Dale doesn't help. Not to mention Dale's (exaggerated) flashback shows him as a kid receiving the same dummy as a Birthday present, with everyone (including the dummy) laughing evilly is rather disturbing. And the Bobby(!)dummy is rather creepy too, if not just for the uncanny valley.

* Chip Block the ventriloquist dummy can be nightmare fuel to those who have a fear of said dolls, as it looks genuinely creepy. With spinning it's head around while introducing it to Dale doesn't help. While Dale's (exaggerated) flashback shows him as a kid receiving the same dummy as a Birthday present, with everyone (including the dummy) laughing evilly. The Bobby(!)dummy is rather creepy too, if not just for the uncanny valley.

* Chip Block the ventriloquist dummy can be nightmare fuel to those who have a fear of said dolls, as it looks genuinely creepy. With Bobby spinning it's head around while introducing it to Dale doesn't help. While Dale's (exaggerated) flashback shows him as a kid receiving the same dummy as a Birthday present, with everyone (including the dummy) laughing evilly. The Bobby(!)dummy is rather creepy too, if not just for the uncanny valley.

* Chip Block the ventriloquist dummy can be nightmare fuel to those who have a fear of said dolls. With Bobby spinning it's head around while introducing it to Dale. Dale's (exaggerated) flashback shows him as a kid receiving the same dummy as a Birthday present, with everyone (including the dummy) laughing evilly. The Bobby(!)dummy is rather creepy too, if not just for the uncanny valley.

* "Pigmalion": the HalloweenEpisode, in which pork and [[LiteCreme pork-product]] mogul Trip Larson (voiced by MichaelKeaton) falls in love with Luanne, tries to turn her into the product's mascot and tries to turn them into pork products on a ConveyorBeltODoom, all because of his schizophrenia. Luanne gets out okay. Trip, however, ended up hacked to pieces after an electric shock clears his schizophrenic mind -- and makes him realize too late that he's on the kill line.

-->'''Hank:''' That's a clean burning Hell, I'll tell you what!

* In ''Megalo Dale'', Dale is hired to do some exterminating at the Mega-lo-mart on Hank's good word, but as he starts looking into the supposed infestation, he becomes convinced it's actually Chuck Mangione living in the store. Hank, Bill, and Boomhauer end up going to the Mega-lo-mart at night to help Dale deal with the actual rat problem at the store. Hank eventually gets tired of trying to take sense into Dale and tries to call his rivals into doing the job he was supposed to do. Then, suddenly, the music stops, and Hank doesn't notice that something has just severely scared the guys into a state of shock. Hank says the phone isn't working, and then he sees what the guys have: someone has just blocked off all the exits with vending machines. Then they start to hear trumpet music and the lights systematically go out.

* The [[NoEnding last ten seconds]] of "Plastic White Female".
* Peggy's hellish nightmare in "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Hill".

* In ''Megalo Dale'', Dale is hired to do some exterminating at the Mega-lo-mart on Hank's good word, but as he starts looking into the supposed infestation, he becomes convinced it's actually Chuck Mangione living in the store. Hank, Bill, and Boomhauer end up going to the Mega-lo-mart at night to help Dale deal with the actual rat problem at the store. Hank eventually gets tired of trying to take sense into Dale and tries to call his rivals into doing the job was supposed to do. Then, suddenly, the music stops, and Hank doesn't notice that something has just severely scared the guys into a state of shock. Hank says the phone isn't working, and then he sees what the guys have: someone has just blocked off all the exits with vending machines. Then they start to hear trumpet music and the lights systematically go out.

** The Omega House cult of the same episode is also really Nightmare Fuel-inducing. A ManipulativeBitch takes in young women seeking a place to be among others and effectively brainwashes them into becoming complacent slaves for a jam-making farm. Seeing a starved Luanne trying to ask Hank for help is both depressing and disturbing. And what's more, as Dale notes, [[FridgeHorror they've been doing it for some time now]]. And while Hank and the guys manage to save Luanne, Peggy, and the latest group from being enslaved, the leader Jane isn't arrested or detained.
** She is royally pissed off, however.

* "Pigmalion": the HalloweenEpisode, in which Trip Larson (voiced by MichaelKeaton), pork and [[LiteCreme pork-product]] mogul, falls in love with Luanne, tries to turn her into the product's mascot and tries to turn them into pork products on a ConveyorBeltODoom, all because of his schizophrenia. Luanne gets out okay. Trip, however, ended up hacked to pieces after an electric shock clears his schizophrenic mind -- and makes him realize too late that he's on the kill line.