History YMMV / KingOfTheHill

* AcceptableTargets: The ''bullied kids,'' at least according to Hank. He's never going to scold any bully who goes after Bobby because he sees bullies as a rite of passage for kids to grow a spine, and he wants Bobby to be able to fend for himself, even if he may get seriously injured. And if you're not bullied, you're still okay, since he himself was never bullied (because ''he'' was the bully, but he won't admit it). [[{{Hypocrite}} But then Hank becomes bullied by a little kid and he becomes desperate enough to ask Bobby for help to drive the kid away.]]

** In a similiar vein, there's the sexual harassment Luanne faces as a drink girl from a group of male golfers in "Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta", and the aftermath of Hank being humped by a dolphin at the resort. Luanne starts blaming herself for being harassed, saying it was her fault for 'taking the putt in the first place' (and subsequently groped). Hank tries to convince her to report the men, but him refusing to talk about the dolphin incident makes her believe she should just ignore her harassment as well. She then goes to work wearing baggy clothing and large glasses, as 'looking pretty in public is asking for trouble'. Both Luanne and Hank are also triggered by various things regarding their trauma, and Hank eventually admits to Peggy what happened, saying, "I thought ignoring it would make it better but it just made it worse... for everyone. You know, I've never said this about anything before... but it feels good to talk about it." Afterwards, as he tells the guys about it ("I don't know what I'm going to do but it starts with not lying about what happened. It's the dolphin who ought to be ashamed of himself."), they laugh at him... until Bill starts sobbing and admits it happened to him too-- ''twice''. At the end of the episode, when Hank witnesses Luanne ''still'' being harassed (despite dressing 'unattractively'), he grabs the ring leader by the ass (as he had spanked Luanne) and drags him to the dolphin tank, before dumping him in the water with the 'frisky' dolphin Hank was attacked by previously. Luanne then regains her confidence and sheds the baggy clothing, saying that she wasn't afraid anymore, and she's going to dress how she wants no matter what. While some of Hank's side is PlayedForLaughs, it's still a very relevant commentary on rape culture and its consequences, especially post the #[=MeToo=] movement gaining traction.

** In a similiar vein, there's the sexual harassment Luanne faces as a drink girl from a group of male golfers in "Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta", and the aftermath of Hank being humped by a dolphin at the resort. Luanne starts blaming herself for being harassed, saying it was her fault for 'taking the putt in the first place' (and subsequently groped). Hank tries to convince her to report the men, but him refusing to talk about the dolphin incident makes her believe she should just ignore her harassment as well. She then goes to work wearing baggy clothing and large glasses, as 'looking pretty in public is asking for trouble'. Both Luanne and Hank are also triggered by various things regarding their trauma, and Hank eventually admits to Peggy what happened, saying, "I thought ignoring it would make it better but it just made it worse... for everyone. You know, I've never said this about anything before... but it feels good to talk about it." Afterwards, as he tells the guys about it ("I don't know what I'm going to do but it starts with not lying about what happened. It's the dolphin who ought to be ashamed of himself."), they laugh at him... until Bill starts sobbing and admits it happened to him too-- ''twice''. At the end of the episode, when Hank witnesses Luanne ''still'' being harassed (despite dressing 'unattractively'), he grabs the ring leader by the ass (as he had spanked Luanne) and drags him to the dolphin tank, before dumping him in the water with the 'frisky' dolphin Hank was attacked by previously. Luanne then regains her confidence and sheds the baggy clothing, saying that she wasn't afraid anymore, and she's going to dress how she wants no matter what. While some of Hank's side is PlayedForLaughs, it's still a very relevant commentary on rape culture and its consequences, especially post the #MeToo movement gaining traction.

** Dale with regards to John and Nancy's affair and Joseph's true parentage: is he ''really'' truly oblivious to it all, or has he known about it all along and just didn't say anything about it? And if it is the latter, is it because he's ambivalent to it all (for lack of options, money, Joseph's upbringing, or some other reason), actively screwing with everyone, intentionally playing dumb because he loves his family too much to risk losing them by confronting Nancy, or has he ([[https://66.media.tumblr.com/77ae8ed8b175837e26009cdcc54ba57d/299b371f16190aae-11/s500x750/e50582af41e9ac6985682d54fdf76accad3d3eb7.jpg as this mini-fanfic]] postulates) been secretly long getting his revenge on John by being such a loving and devoted dad to Joseph, ensuring Joseph will see Dale as his dad and thus deprive John the chance to ever be close to the son he sired? [[WordOfGod Mike Judge himself hypothesized]] that Dale probably knows what the truth is deep, deep, ''deep'' down and all of the other conspiracy theories he's obsessed with are just a way of keeping himself in denial.