History Recap / KingOfTheHillS1E6HanksUnmentionableProblem

* DroppedGlasses: Happens to Hank when his glasses fall into the toilet, with [[HopeSpot Peggy thinking he finally went.]]

* CannotKeepASecret: Peggy, concerned for Hank's well-being, expresses her worries to Nancy, who then proceeds to tell her husband Dale. Dale then tells the guys (who presumably tell others), which culminates in Nancy wishing Hank well on live TV during the weather report, as well as a random woman walking up to to him on the street offering unsolicited advice (whom Hank tells flat out he doesn't even know who she is).

* FanDisservice: When Dr. Morley first pops in, we get a nice glimpse of Hank's bare ass from his open hospital gown, which he quickly covers with his hands.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Peggy makes Hank an ice cream dessert with laxative chocolate sauce. Hank enjoys it at first until Bobby slips out what it really was. Hank gets appalled and leaves, letting Bobby finish the rest of it.

* NightmareSequence: Peggy has one where Hank dies of complications relating to his constipation, which ends with Cotton flushing the coffin into the ground. This scares Peggy when she wakes up and finally convinces Hank to see a doctor.

* ExactWords: Luanne suggests he sees an acupuncturist, where they stick needles in the body and light them on fire, with Hank saying if anyone tried that on him, he'd kick his ass. Later on, he sees the acupuncturist holding needles and lights them on fire. Cue Hank walking in and kicking him in the ass.

* GetItOverWith: A mortified Hank during the exam says to kill him now.

* CannotKeepASecret: Peggy, concerned for Hank's well-being, expresses her worries to Nancy, who then proceeds to tell Dale, who then tells the guys, which culminates with Nancy wishing him well on live TV during the weather report and a random woman (who tells him flat out he doesn't know who she is) walking to to him and offering unsolicited advice.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bill, Dale, and Boomhauer are concerned about Hank's constipation and try to give him tips to relieve the problem. If that happened in a later episode (examples being Hank suffering hysterical blindness, his dolphin encounter, and him needing a cushion for his buttocks), the guys would all laugh and joke about it.

* CannotKeepASecret: Peggy, concerned for Hank's well-being, expresses her worries to Nancy, who then proceeds to tell Dale, who then tells the guys, which culminates with Nancy wishing him well on live TV during the weather report.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Peggy makes Hank an ice cream dessert with laxative chocolate sauce. Hank enjoys it at first until Bobby slips out what it really was. Hank gets appalled and leaves, letting Bobby finish the rest of it.
* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Hank takes no action to try and alleviate his constipation, such as taking laxatives or changing his diet, and expects the problem to resolve itself. It eventually does and Hank learned no health-related lesson.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Peggy makes Hank an ice cream dessert with laxative chocolate sauce. Hank enjoys it at first until Bobby slips out what it really was. Hank gets appalled and leaves, letting Bobby finish the rest of it.

* ExactWords: Luanne suggests he sees an acupuncturist, where they stick needles in the body and light them on fire, with Hank saying if anyone tried that on him, he'd kick his ass. Later on, he sees the acupuncturist and lights them on fire. Cue Hank walking in and kicking him in the ass.

Hank struggles with constipation, which Peggy tries to help him and her loose lips makes that secret spread across Arlen.

** Discussed by Hank after the doctor tells Bobby the human intestines are long enough to reach around the world, which he argues is impossible, saying a piece of steak would have to shoot through them faster than the speed of light. Hank isn't wrong, as the small intestine is 20 feet long and the large intestine 5 feet long, not even close to covering the whole world, and as a doctor, he should know that.
** The doctor wouldn't have been able to do a sigmoidoscopy without Hank's bowels being empty first, which would have solved his problem.
** No responsible doctor would even think of removing the colon to treat constipation.

* HumiliationConga: This episode is one big one for Hank. First, Peggy and Bobby try to give him advice, then Peggy speaks to Nancy about it, which she blabs to Dale, who then tells the neighborhood, culminating in Nancy wishing him well during the weather report. And it doesn't get much better when he finally agrees to go to the doctor. He gets a sigmoidoscope inside him to see the problem, with a doctor who's a little too friendly for his liking and Bobby and a
a medical student seeing everything. Plus Peggy babying him, giving him faux-fu and vegetables, enforcing a schedule for bathroom visits and at a restaurant with his friends, is reduced to using a ladies' bathroom. Plus he almost ends up needing surgery to have his colon removed.

** Discussed by Hank after the doctor tells Bobby the human intestines are long enough to reach around the world, which he argues is impossible, saying a piece of steak would have to shoot through them faster than the speed of light. Hank isn't wrong, as small intestines are 20 feet long while long intestines are 5 feet long, not even coming close to covering the whole world. And as the doctor, he should know that.

* CannotKeepASecret: Peggy, concerned for Hank's well-being, expresses her worries to Nancy, who then proceeds to tell Dale, who then tell the guys, and culminates with Nancy wishing him well on live TV during the weather report.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bill, Dale and Boomhauer are concerned over Hank's constipation and try to give him tips to relieve the problem. If that happened on a later episode (examples being Hank suffering hysterical blindness, his dolphin encounter, and him needing a cushion for his buttocks), the guys would all laugh and joke about it.

* ElevatorButtonsMash: Bobby does this before he leaves the elevator, which a couple who's about to have their baby born get on. As a result, the baby is indeed BornInAnElevator.
* ExactWords: Luanne suggests he sees an acupuncturist doctor, where they stick needles in the body and light them on fire, with Hank saying anyone tried that on him, he'd kick his ass. Later on, he sees the acupuncturist and lights them on fire. Cue Hank walking and and kicking him in the ass.

* HumiliationConga: This episode is one big one for Hank. First, Peggy and Bobby try to give him advice, then Peggy speaks to Nancy about it, which she blabs to Dale, who then tells the neighborhood, culminating in Nancy wishing him well during the weather report. And it doesn't get much better when he finally agrees to go to the doctor. He gets a sigmoidoscope inside him to see the problem, with a doctor who's a little too friendly for his liking, Bobby seeing everything as well as a medical student. Plus Peggy babying him, giving him faux-fu and vegetables, enforcing a schedule for bathroom visits and at a restaurant with his friends, is reduced to using a ladies' bathroom. Plus he almost ends up needing surgery to have his colon removed.

* MistakenAge: Dr. Morley talks to Bobby about a "fact" about the intestines, he refers to Hank as his grandfather, which Hank corrects him.

* RecognitionFailure: Peggy watches a documentary with C. Everett Koop talking about constipation. Hank walks in, disgusted by Peggy revealing everything, sees Koop and ask if that's Creator/HowardStern.
* RiddleForTheAges: What exactly is Dale's cure for constipation involving bacon grease? All we know is it doesn't involving eating it.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bill, Dale and Boomhauer are concerned over Hank's constipation and try to give him tips to relieve the problem. If that happened on a later episode (such as Hank suffering hysterical blindness and his dolphin encounter), the guys would all laugh and joke about it.

** Discussed by Hank after the doctor tells Bobby the human intestines are long enough too around the world, which he argues is impossible, saying a piece of steak would have to shoot through them faster than the speed of light. Hank isn't wrong, as small intestines are 20 feet long while long intestines are 5 feet long, not even coming close to covering the whole world. And as the doctor, he should know that.

** No responsible doctor even think of removing the colon to treat constipation.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Discussed by Hank after the doctor tells Bobby the human intestines are long enough too around the world, which he argues is impossible, saying a piece of steak would have to shoot through them faster than the speed of light. Hank isn't wrong, as small intestines are 20 feet long while long intestines are 5 feet long, not even coming close to covering the whole world. And as the doctor, he should know that.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bill, Dale and Boomhauer are concerned over Hank's constipation and try to give him tips to relieve the problem. If that happened on a later episode, the guys would all laugh and joke about it.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Peggy makes Hank an ice cream dessert with laxative chocolate sauce. Hank enjoys it at first until Bobby slips out what it really was. Hank was appalled and leaves, letting Bobby finish the rest of it.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Bill, Dale and Boomhauer are concerned over Hank's constipation and try to give him tips to relieve the problem. If that happened on a later episode, the guys would all laugh and joke about it.

** The doctor wouldn't have been able to do a colonoscopy without Hank's bowels being empty first, which would have solved his problem. Also, Hank wouldn't have been awake to talk to everyone.

* BadDreams: Peggy has one where Hank dies of complications relating to his constipation, which ends with Cotton flushing the coffin into the ground. This scares Peggy when she wakes up and finally convinces Hank to see a doctor.