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* AmbiguouslyAutistic: You could make a very solid case for Hank. He has difficulty discussing human affection, let alone sex, even with his own family. Total slave to routine and doing things properly, and is distressed ("Bwaaaahhh!") when anything doesn't go according to plan. Has extreme trouble accepting or even ''understanding'' things that are new. Fits awkwardly into any area of interest outside his comfort zone of sports, tools, Texas, and propane. Shows more affection to, and prefers the company of, his lawn and pet dog to humans.
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* AmbiguouslyAutistic: You could make a very solid case for Hank. He has difficulty discussing human affection, let alone sex, even with his own family. Total slave to routine and doing things properly, and is distressed ("Bwaaaahhh!") when anything doesn't go according to plan. Has extreme trouble accepting or even ''understanding'' things that are new. Fits awkwardly into any area of interest outside his comfort zone of sports, tools, Texas, and propane. Shows more affection to and prefers the company of his lawn and his pet dog to humans.

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* AmbiguouslyAutistic: You could make a very solid case for Hank. He has difficulty discussing human affection, let alone sex, even with his own family. Total slave to routine and doing things properly, and is distressed ("Bwaaaahhh!") when anything doesn't go according to plan. Has extreme trouble accepting or even ''understanding'' things that are new. Fits awkwardly into any area of interest outside his comfort zone of sports, tools, Texas, and propane. Shows more affection to to, and prefers the company of of, his lawn and his pet dog to humans.

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* KnightOfCerebus: Chip Larson for [[spoiler: his insanity making him believe Luanne was the Larson Pork Girl and him thinking he was the prized pig on the labels from implied psychological abuse form his mother]]. Also the Omega House from "Fun with Jane and Jane" for basically the above and pulling a KarmaHoudini.



* TearJerker: The relationship of Bill to the other three main leads. In the headscratcher section its stated they're not really joyed by being his friends and are his friends for the sole purpose of him being a man among men in high school. [[FrideBrilliance This might explain how much annoyed they become when he's drunk with power.]] This becomes FridgeHorror if you consider that his relationship to Leonore became so toxic it shattered his mind and made any siggnificant rise to power give him an inflated ego.

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* TearJerker: The relationship of Bill to the other three main leads. In the headscratcher section its stated they're not really joyed by being his friends and are his friends for the sole purpose of him being a man among men in high school. [[FrideBrilliance [[FridgeBrilliance This might explain how much annoyed they become when he's drunk with power.]] This becomes FridgeHorror [[FridgeHorror sad if you consider that his relationship to Leonore became so toxic it shattered his mind and made any siggnificant significant rise to power give him an inflated ego.]]
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** Realistically, Hank period. He just as often makes the problem worse as he does pull people out of the mess.



* TheWoobie: Bill is fat, pathetic, and probably smells, which is exactly why you can't help but feel great pity for him.

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* TheWoobie: Bill is fat, pathetic, and probably smells, which is exactly why you can't help but feel great pity for him.him.
** At least until he CrossesTheLineTwice. We've seen Bill act like a stalker more than once.
* WhatTheHellHero?: Hank, repeatedly. Probably the worst is [[spoiler: running away in fear when John Redcorn has a complete and total emotional meltdown over his lack of connection to his son]], closely followed by his actions ''causing Bill to have a psychotic break.''
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* TearJerker: The relationship of Bill to the other three main leads. In the headscratcher section its stated they're not really joyed by being his friends and are his friends for the sole purpose of him being a man among men in high school. [[FrideBrilliance This might explain how much annoyed they become when he's drunk with power.]] This becomes FridgeHorror if you consider that his relationship to Leonore became so toxic it shattered his mind and made any siggnificant rise to power give him an inflated ego.
** A big bit in the second part of the "Turning Japanese" two-parter. When Cotton's old flame regales the story of [[spoiler: Cotton's son]]. In her tone of voice, it sounds like she [[StepfordSmiler holds him accountable for her life that is now]]. In the end though she forgives him with exact tone of voice.
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*** It's worth noting that the doctors in Arlen all seem to be bitter, hostile burnouts who fully expect their patients to have done or are about to do incredibly stupid things and then lie about them...and the show often bears them out in this regard. It may be a subtle bit of LampshadeHanging.
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* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: By the second season, everybody takes turns being this. It's hard to feel bad for Hank when his problems are often caused by his own naivete or even flat-out ignorance, or Peggy when her problems are caused by her ego, or the rest of the cast, who apparently juggle [[IdiotBall Idiot Balls]] whenever they're offscreen.
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** Certain episodes will have Hank being told he's wrong and treated as the ButtMonkey, even though he's right. When Arlen is threatened by a flood, Hank somehow winds up at the Arlen dam, where the guy who is supposed to be watching the dam has abandonded his post. Hank has to use his best judgment and choose between opening a flood gate in case the cracks in the dam get bigger, thereby flooding South Arlen, or leaving it closed and the dam breaks. Hank opens the flood gate and South Arlen gets flooded. When Hank gets to the flood shelter, everyone finds out that he's "the Arlen Flooder" and chew him out, including the guy who was supposed to be at the dam watching the controls. Hank points this out, but everyone else tells him not to pin it on someone else. This doesn't get better by the episode's end.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Peggy sabotaging Lucky's chance at earning his GED.
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** skip to 2:41 in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcWzHdpaXRo This]] YouTubePoop. (no its not edited, although after that it is.)

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** skip to 2:41 in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcWzHdpaXRo This]] YouTubePoop. (no its (No, it's not edited, although after that it is.)
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*** One episode in particular involves Peggy Hill accidentally kidnapping a Mexican girl. When she brings her back and everyone acts happy (because the girl had been returned)Peggy assumes that they're ''praising her.'' Yes, Peggy does have an incredibly huge ego but even a child knows that correcting a horrible mistake doesn't result in praise.

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*** One episode in particular involves Peggy Hill accidentally kidnapping a Mexican girl. When she brings her back and everyone acts happy (because the girl had been returned)Peggy returned) Peggy assumes that they're ''praising her.'' Yes, Peggy does have an incredibly huge ego but even a child knows that correcting a horrible mistake doesn't result in praise.
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* MagnificentBastard: In one episode, Luanne and Bobby get involved in a prank war between each other. Bobby replaces Luanne's birth control pills with sweet tarts, and when Luanne figures this out immediately, she decides to screw with Bobby's head and tells him that women have to take birth control every day or they get pregnant. A horrified Bobby tells his parents that he got Luanne pregnant, and when they discuss this prank with her, Hank and Peggy decided to go along with it to teach Bobby that messing with her medicine was inexcusable and dangerous. They tell Bobby he now has to marry Luanne, and stage a mock wedding in their backyard with Bill as the minister. When Luanne asks if they can reveal the prank to Bobby, Hank and Peggy tell her that Bill is an actual minister, and she's now legally married to Bobby. Hank and Peggy didn't forget to teach Luanne a lesson as well.
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*** Which actually comes from an off-screen parody of ''[=KotH=]'' from an episode of ''TheSimpsons''.
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* GeniusBonus: In one episode where everyone at Strickland Propane is trying to get in on the Americans with Disabilities Act, one employee claims he has a priapism and requires a roomier workstation and a view of [[MsFanservice Debbie]]. "Priapism" is a medical term for an erection[[hottip:*:Specifically, one that doesn't go away as normal]].
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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown-out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.

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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown-out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity self-absorbed, skirt chasing Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.
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* {{Squick}}: During the episode when Peggy is the substitute sex ed teacher, she's discussing with her friends their respective experiences in learning about the birds and the bees. Basically, they're all very repressed, and think that what was good for them is good enough for their kids. Since they themselves grew up not knowing the proper names for "your ding dong and your woohoo". One mentions a book her mom gave her, ''The Loveliness of Women'', which was nothing but pictures of flowers. Peggy discredits the book as "worthless". One of Peggy's friends mentions that she got something out of it: whenever her husband crawls over her at night and "does his business", she just lies back and thinks about those flowers.
-->'''Peggy''': Oh Bonnie. You poor, poor woman.
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** "Bobby is breathing through his mouth - I'm afraid if I feed him, he'll suffocate".
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* AmbiguouslyAutistic: You could make a very solid case for Hank. He has difficulty discussing human affection, let alone sex, even with his own family. Total slave to routine and doing things properly, and is distressed ("Bwaaaahhh!") when anything doesn't go according to plan. Has extreme trouble accepting or even ''understanding'' things that are new. Fits awkwardly into any area of interest outside his comfort zone of sports, tools, Texas, and propane. Shows more affection to and prefers the company of his lawn and his pet dog to humans.
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* FridgeHorror: In the episode when Bill gets involved with a bunch of over-enthusiastic body builders in order to get in shape for his army physical, he injures himself after putting on too many weights for a work-out machine. We don't know exactly what injury the machine caused until the end of the episode. The doctor states that Bill had ruptured his rectum, causing his internal systems to become external. Think about that for a minute.
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** The problem lies more in Bobby not beating up a girl or getting beat by a girl.
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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.

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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown out thrown-out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Many who haven't watched the show seem to figure that's nothing but white trash humor and something similar to SquidBillies. [[CaptainObvious It's not.]]

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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Many who haven't watched the show seem to figure that's nothing but white trash humor and something similar to SquidBillies.''SquidBillies''. [[CaptainObvious It's not.]]
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* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: Many who haven't watched the show seem to figure that's nothing but white trash humor and something similar to SquidBillies. [[CaptainObvious It's not.]]


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* DesignatedHero: Hank in "Get Your Freak Off". He was so laughably old timey it wasn't funny. Granted it turned out he was right in a sense, he still kinda acted overprotective.

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** This also happens on fairly regular occasion with Hank who's naivety or old fashioned nature will lead him into trouble when he should really know better.

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** This also happens on fairly regular occasion with Hank who's whose naivety or old fashioned nature will lead him into trouble when he should really know better.



** In fact, the ''entire show'' seems to run off of the main cast being entirely composed of dumbasses. Dale has even admitted on at least one occasion that if it weren't for Hank, they'd have gotten themselves killed long ago.



* {{Spoiler}}: In "Strangeness On a Train", Peggy has her birthday party as part of a murder-mystery party on a train. Dale ([[{{Jerkass}} who enjoys seeing the disaster that Peggy's birthday parties inevitably become]]) shouts out the identity of the killer when [=LuAnne=] accidentally reveals it.
* UnfortunateImplications: In the episode were Connie joins the wrestling team, they have to "find a way out of hurting her" when she faces Bobby instead of actually competing.

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* {{Spoiler}}: In "Strangeness On a Train", Peggy has her birthday party as part of a murder-mystery party on a train. Dale ([[{{Jerkass}} who enjoys seeing the disaster that Peggy's birthday parties inevitably become]]) shouts out the identity of the killer when [=LuAnne=] Luanne accidentally reveals it.
* UnfortunateImplications: In the episode were where Connie joins the wrestling team, they have to "find a way out of hurting her" when she faces Bobby instead of actually competing.
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** Inverted with in the specific case with Hank's desire to make Bobby potential boyfriend material, in which Bobby does basically nothing Hank recommends in that regard, yet is regarded well romantically by many girls and had a longtime girlfriend who is considered attractive (according to Joseph and Chang Wasanasang), despite Bobby being overweight and of low-social status in school. On the other hand, Joseph is basically the embodiment of what Hank wants Bobby to be like in that regard (an athletic football star who sticks up for himself), yet he does very poorly in attracting girls, Lori seems to be his only real girlfriend the whole series.
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** For a while, there was a YouTubePoop fad in which the music from the scene in which Hank Listens to Bobby's walkman is replaced with whatever the filmmaker believes to be AcceptableTargets.
** And, in some circles, there's the catchphrase conglomerate "There's propane in my urethra."
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** People who actually do have advanced educations like the archeology professor and Bill's doctor are still often portrayed negatively, so the portrayal as self-important but unqualified may just be another aspect of the treatment of intellectuals, rather than unqualified intellectuals being the target itself.
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* MemeticMutation: Hank Hill sells [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FA__4fLBos propane and propane accessories]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdPFmMyryc Wait a minute, I have a wife!]]
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: One episode has a scene in which a character is brutally killed by a giant sausage grinder ([[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]], of course). This is [[WallBanger played for laughs]], though it's lampshaded a couple of times by Peggy.

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: One episode has a scene in which a character is brutally killed by a giant sausage grinder ([[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]], of course). This is [[WallBanger played for laughs]], laughs, though it's lampshaded a couple of times by Peggy.
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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.

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*** One episode had Hank get a thrown out back. During this, he attends a Yoga session that helps him, but he dislikes the fruity Yoga teacher (though softens slightly once he realizes the Yoga is helping). Eventually, the guy in charge of disability finds out about this, and when he reports Hank to court, Hank's defense is that if he wasn't in agonizing pain, he would have punched the Yoga instructor out. This instantly convinces the judges.judges.
* BlackHoleSue: [[GoodOlBoy Hank Hill]], the universe bends over time and time again to make him right. For example, Bobby becomes a Plus Sized model and is loving it, and Hank is embarrassed and thinks Bobby is going to be made fun of. Then, at the end of the episode after dragging Bobby away, several bullies began pelting the models with donuts, and Bobby said Hank was right.
* ContinuityPorn: The series finale was initially going to be Luanne's wedding. Which explains why the episode's closing scene featured characters from throughout the series who only appeared in one or two episodes attending the wedding.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Now has [[Awesome/KingOfTheHill its own page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Now has [[Funny/KingOfTheHill its own page.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Now has--[[RuleOfThree you guessed it]]--[[Heartwarming/KingOfTheHill its own page.]]
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The theme song by the Refreshments. Seriously, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAvGUIvQblg listen to it]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: A lot of them appear through the series, "Husky Bobby" stands out in particular.
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The tragic premature death of BrittanyMurphy has turned many of Luanne's moments into this, especially the two-parter where the Megalo-Mart blows up and Luanne is feared to be dead ([[spoiler: she survived, but lost her hair]]), the final season episodes where Luanne has a child (before her death, Brittany Murphy stated that she wanted to have children in 2010) and the episode where Luanne is visited by the ghost of her dead boyfriend, Buckley (not just because of Brittany Murphy's death, but because of the death of her husband five months later).
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: One episode has a scene in which a character is brutally killed by a giant sausage grinder ([[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]], of course). This is [[WallBanger played for laughs]], though it's lampshaded a couple of times by Peggy.
** Even worse in that the character in question is voiced by MichaelKeaton, aka THE GODDAMN {{BATMAN}}!!!!!
* IdiotPlot: A lot of the episodes aren't possible without Bobby acting like a dumbass. Sometimes he's downright unlikable because of this.
** This also happens on fairly regular occasion with Hank who's naivety or old fashioned nature will lead him into trouble when he should really know better.
*** One episode in particular involves Peggy Hill accidentally kidnapping a Mexican girl. When she brings her back and everyone acts happy (because the girl had been returned)Peggy assumes that they're ''praising her.'' Yes, Peggy does have an incredibly huge ego but even a child knows that correcting a horrible mistake doesn't result in praise.
* NightmareFuel: King of the Ant Hill, seeing Bobby and, later, Dale, covered in fire ants.
** skip to 2:41 in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcWzHdpaXRo This]] YouTubePoop. (no its not edited, although after that it is.)
** "Pigmalion", the Larson Pork Products episode. Young woman forced to live out a creepy older man's fantasy. Creepy older man gets turned into a pork product.
* TheScrappy: A lot of people seem to really dislike Peggy, especially in the later seasons when her personality changed.
** Not many people like Lucky either.
* {{Spoiler}}: In "Strangeness On a Train", Peggy has her birthday party as part of a murder-mystery party on a train. Dale ([[{{Jerkass}} who enjoys seeing the disaster that Peggy's birthday parties inevitably become]]) shouts out the identity of the killer when [=LuAnne=] accidentally reveals it.
* UnfortunateImplications: In the episode were Connie joins the wrestling team, they have to "find a way out of hurting her" when she faces Bobby instead of actually competing.
* TheWoobie: Bill is fat, pathetic, and probably smells, which is exactly why you can't help but feel great pity for him.

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