History Recap / KingOfTheHillS8E21TheRedneckOnRaineyStreet

* HardTruthAesop: Sometimes, life just ''sucks''. Even if you work your hardest, your efforts may not be noticed by those higher up or, even worse, your attempts to work hard in order to get a head will actively be ''exploited'' by those higher up. And there ''will'' be people who will discriminate you entirely based on your race. However, despite how hard it can get, you still ''should not'' give up, or you may risk losing everything you ''have'' accomplished in your life so far.

* StoppedCaring: After a series of setbacks that are entirely out of his control despite working hard all his life, Kahn (and later Minh) ends up giving up on trying to get a head in life and fully embracing the red neck trailer trash lifestyle. Ultimately [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that they very nearly end up losing everything they ''had'' accomplished in the process of "being truly free".

** Khan comes in late for work for reasons entirely out of his control. Despite arriving early for ''five hundred'' business days in a row, he immediately gets a pay deduction for it.

* {{Determinator}}: Connie, in the face of her parents having a mid-life crisis breakdown and trying to get her to give up studying to just have fun, continues to study hard to get good grades in school. As Hank points out, Khan's breakdown couldn't drag her down no matter how bad it got. This makes Khan realize that this is Connie's edge, and deliberately uses the red neck appearance he developed during his breakdown and everything Connie was put through because of it to get her into the fancy private school. (The chairmen is moved by how she 'overcame so much'.)

** Minh may be okay with going along with Khan's "live for today, no cares" redneck lifestyle, she draws the line when Khan attempts to break into a record store to steal some [=CDs=].

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Dissatisfied that all he's accomplished in life hasn't paid off majorly like he was promised despite working hard for it, and Connie being discriminated against when it comes to applying for a fancy private school due to "being an(other) overachieving Asian", Khan is convinced by Elvin to embrace the redneck life style and live free for today. This involves him purchasing an El Camino, among many other things.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The episode introduces Lucky Kleinschmidt, Luanne's eventual husband and baby father, as one of the redneck "friends" Khan brings in.

* StoppedCaring: After a series of setbacks that are entirely out of his control despite working hard all his life, Khan (and later Minh) ends up giving up on trying to get a head in life and fully embracing the red neck trailer trash lifestyle. Ultimately [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in that they very nearly end up losing everything they ''had'' accomplished in the process of "being truly free".
* UngratefulBastard: Khan's boss docks his pay even though he's stuck in traffic and has been early for work for more than five hundred business days in a row.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While Hank and Peggy may dislike Kahn and Minh for acting like arrogant jerks at times, they don't deserve to lose their home and become homeless; not to mention poor Connie will be dragged along with them, and she ''definitely'' doesn't deserve that.

* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Kahn wins a brief fistfight against Elvin using Pencak Silat, which originated in Indonesia.