The "middle aged failure who peaked in high school" trope is usually reserved for jerks or bullies. Bill was a real good guy back then so his fall from grace feels less deserved and all the more tragic
And yet, look at what happens every time things start actually going well for him again, or especially if he gets ahold of even a little bit of power. He turns into a jackass before ultimately sabotaging himself in some way. See: That Youth baseball league he joined as an Administrator, and his short-lived relationship with Reverend Stroup.
@@Maw0 I know you're trying hard to troll but this was an early episode and we of course find out in multiple later episodes how Hank actually ended up in the propane business...
@Garrett the better part is to siphon then fill it up that the next night then do it for a couple days then when they start complaining about their floating gas gauge.
Out of the whole quartet, Bill had the most potential for greatness. He's shown to be a world class salesman, world class athlete, world class hairy stylist, world class chef, he is extremely gifted when it comes to working with his hands, on top of that he has a natural drive to protect the innocent and do what is just and righteous. Imagine how much better his world could have been had Lenore never come into his life.
@@thisisntsergio1352 He literally said it aloud though. lol You usually run a play by knowing what it is before formation. He changed the entire play by telling everyone what it was.
I'll say and the part where he says that play chipped his spine is all the more accurate. I mean he had 5-6 men piling up on him,he had to carry their entire weight plus his to make that play. The man was a beast!
@@GideonWallace "To fall from grace is an idiom referring to a loss of status, respect, or prestige" Not everyone falls from grace. Nothing is 100% except death
Andrew the Amazing M denied himself education and then got denied the glory of duty and got denied the glory of love. Which led to him being a real world version of Icarus. Long story short he tried to have it all at once too soon and life kicked him in the ass for it. It’s something that happens to a lot of people.
Happens in real life all the time. A good friend I grew up w/, his dad was the greatest. He was incredibly caring, had a great family, very athletic, a highly successful architect, designed & built their family home himself as well as a number of buildings in the region. Then a divorce happened & he went from that to living on the streets homeless w/ an addiction. One wouldn't even recognize him. Sadly it can happen to anyone.
@@newerest1 They weren't really in a small town. But they did grow up in Garland when it was a small town. Garland had 80K people in 74, so not really a small town even by todays standards but in 64 it had 20K. A good comparison would be Plano and Frisco. Just 15 years ago Plano went from 30K to 200K in a flash. But they still would have felt out of place going to -what looks to be DEEP ELLUM.
@@newerest1 I don’t think Arlen is near Dallas. All of those towns, Lewisville, Grand Prairie, Irving, Plano, etc are basically Dallas. Unless youre from there, youll never know when youve left one “city” and entered another.
I agree, the drunk, young, a little more reckless Hank and the young awesome Bill dynamic would be a interesting contrast. They could explore more of the Peggy/ Hank young years and tell tales of how Hank Bill Jeff Boomhauer and Dale got to be close friends.
The episode where Bill loses his mind, tries to kill himself, and dresses up as Lenore really made me tear up. Because Hank went through so much to help and old friend that would've done the same for him and was able to pull him out of a dark place.
I relate to that episode way too much, for years I was just like bill, still attached to an abusive former best friend I haven't spoken to since 2018, I ended up moving on in late 2020.. I too have abandonment issues, bill is a decent man and deserved so much better than lenore
That episode really horrified me and I felt terrible for Bill, thinking what the hell did Lenore do to him? So seeing him moon her was super satisfying in that Ann Richards episode.
@@jonathanaugustin647 Well do you believe in your dreams that anything can happen. I mean come on dreams do come true. We all wish to be young in our minds you know. But, life gose on and theres nothing you cant stop life or time.
@John Barber Interesting, though it's tough to say when Bill became a barber. In flashbacks it appears he was in a tank unit in his early years. Thank you for your service, I hope you enjoyed your time and wore your BDUs with pride.
@John Barber That part I can relate we had to shine our black boots like that in the fire academy, and my captain who did the uniform inspection was a Coastie in the 90s, if they weren't up to par the whole class owed 20 pushups.
The residents of Arlen, not just Bill, are sad examples of what it can be like when your life peaks in High School. Or at least when you treat it that way.
Many American small towns are like that in real life. You can be popular, athletic, and desirable in high school, but don’t let that be when you stop improving yourself
@@fresherturtle1154 And yet many in those small towns are quite content with their lives. I grew up in one, joined the Navy, saw the world and came back home 14 years later. I prefer it, quieter.
The fact they were just winging it with backstories in the early seasons shows they didn't think they'd last long. All us real fans know Hank fell into propane; it was never his dream...
@@ianfinrir8724 If you think of them as people then possibly. He's so in love with propane now that he can't ever remember a time where he didn't. But, I still think Mike Judge and the writers weren't very confident in the show. I'm sure he even said he wasn't sure how a show about a suburban family in a small TX town would go over after Beavis and Butthead...
Hank was selling jeans at Jeans West when Buck Strickland came in, admired his salesmanship and offered him a job selling propane. Hank decided Buck was a better lord to serve. Hank has the ambition and mindset of one of Charlemagne's paladins. He takes tremendous honor in being able to assume an intentionally simple role and serve a simple, universal cause that he believes in. Propane is Hank's little slice of the world, and he'll die to defend it. It's admirable because it's timeless and ultimately impossible to destroy; there will always be Hank Hills, in every culture and every profession, no matter how petty and strange they may seem to outsiders.
@@irvinmorales1409 That is true, but older Bill only is very strong when he's motivated and confident, which is rare for present Bill, but in his prime, he was always confident, so you could imagine all the events throughout the show that would have been resolved quicker or wouldn't even have happened if Bill was still like his younger self.
I love the first clip of Boomhauer as QB. He can tell the other team exactly what’s gonna happen and nobody has any idea what’s going on. Mike Judge is such a legend
Not going to lie. It would be dope if we had a spin of show about hank and the guys in their highschool/college years. Like all the adventures they had.
Bill canonically met Lenore at a Molly Hatchet concert ("passed out in his lap" another instance of Bill protecting the vulnerable and helping people in need...at great personal cost). Arguably Molly Hatchets most famous song "Dreams I'll Never See" is a song where the protagonist wakes up feeling washed-up and sad, like everything is falling apart. stuck thinking about dreams that will never come true. He constantly tries to pull himself together but can't stop thinking about the love he once had, struggling to move on. It's so quintessentially Bill Dauterive. I think of Bill "dragging this fat old bald bastard out into the Alley every day" whenever I hear it
I like the episodes where old Bill shows the strong traits of his younger self. It shows that no matter how far you fall, you still have that badassery inside you. Billdozer ftw 🤘
Like when Bill steals a tank and manages to pull rank on the cops that try to pull them over and even managed to convince the female officer to go out with him on Saturday.
Somewhere in an alternate universe where in the series he married the right woman who truly loved him for who he was and was encouraging and faithful to him instead of that succubus piece of shit Lenore. He ended up staying in shape, retaining his hair, became a highly decorated soldier in the Gulf War, Grenada, and a highly decorated officer in Iraq and became a very highly respected full-bird Colonel.
According to the showrunners of King of the Hill, the plan was to have Bill get into a relationship and eventually marry Laoma, Khans sister. However, since one of the many running gags of the show was that Bill couldn't find a woman, they ruled this out for comedic purposes. As bad as Bills loneliness was, it was really Nancy's affair with John Redcorn and their resulting love child Joseph that was a pain to watch since Dale was obvious.
@@Dank951 eh, not really. At least Dale is quite happy with his life. And although Joseph is not his biological son, he's definitely Dale's son. And John Redcorn got what he deserved, his biological son not acknowledging him, and the woman that he love wouldn't leave her husband.
Bill was enlisted. If anything he’d be a sergeant major probably. Colonel falls under the officer rank structure where sergeant major and other sergeants fall under the non commissioned officer structure.
@@irvinmorales1409 Actually, no. Because in that episode, Bill realized how bad his life would've been if he and Charlene were together. Granted, it's not bad in anyone else's book but with Bill? Not so much.
The Army, and Lenore took a lot away from Bill. But they could never take away his friends. That's because Hank never let them. Hank and the others may get upset around Bill, but it's because he reminds them of everything they lost. Bill had the most of any of them to lose. I think that's why it hits Bill so much harder then the others. Hank list his father and mother but gained it all back becuase of his dedication to others and ability to put those before himself. Dale never knew what he lost because no one ever told him, becuase of Hank no doubt. Dale eventually got it back because of his ability to look at the positives and help other's rather then fear them, even in the most simplest way he could. Boomhower lost his youth and with it his dignity, he gained them back by subverting expectations and keeping the peace in his neighborhood while no one was watching. Bill did the most for everyone early in his life, becuase of this he was rewarded with more then anyone, unfortunately those who give the most usually never stop giving. Bill is a reminder that this world will only keep taking if you don't stop giving. But Bill's story evens out in the end, mostly because his friends (who would never take from him) are there to help him recover. It can seem like too much sometimes, but we see Bill come to a stand at the end and even out to be less of a burden on his friends.
Lenore may have left bill but she didn't seem to take any money from him, bill still had his house after the divorce he must've did a smart move & had her sign a prenup
@@animefan2454 Bill got a placebo, he wasn't given any real medicine. As for the barber thing, well he enlisted to be a soldier and follow orders. That's army life, that's what he signed up for. You don't get to choose.
I like how you see some of his old personality in some episodes like when he takes care of Boomhauer after Boomhauer gets dumped and when he teaches Bobby how to barbecue. He's not completely gone.
"I'm gonna sell propane and propane accessories, if my grades are good enough." Really got me for some reason. He's living his freaking childhood dream.
If Bill got his confidence back, he would do really well. Him being the one who keeps them all save and being the responsible one makes his downfall all the sadder
For the love of Bill, they need to give him a win when they come back with that time skip. I don't need much, just him being a little healthier. He's clearly happy now being alone.
Bill is the most unfortunate character on the show...... he clearly needs professional help yet he is surrounded by possibly the worst friends on the face of the earth who further torment him, insult him, ignore him and show no sympathy for his situation and speak of him as being lower than dirt.......it’s more sad than funny to be perfectly honest......
Hank Hills cares for Bill. He saved him from three bodybuilders when he was in pain. He even checked on him when he had a bad case of sun burn. Ultimately, he confronted Dale for being a jerk to Bill, because he didn't wanted him to take care of his supposed daughter.
carson11100 they do care for him hank’s own emotional issues make him Largely skirt around bills. Boomhauer is more in different but still cares Dale is largely disgusted with him but it allows him to be more direct with him. When he sees Bill falling for a pitty purpose Like the hot dog eating contest and the choir cult. Making Dale the Closest thing he has to best friend. because by being the asshole he’s mentally and emotionally dragging bill in front of the mirror and making him confronting the questions what the hell am I doing and what the hell happened to me. which is actually a part of addressing his issues brought on by his army training and is cheating ex.
Mat thew Don’t blame the beer them drinking is a social crutch not an emotional. It’s just an excuse for them to socialize without having to act like a Group therapy session.
During the football part all the numbers were named after the Dallas Cowboys greats. Boomhouer wearing 8 for Troy Aikman, Hank wearing 33 Tony Dorsett, 21 Deion Sanders, on the o line someone was wearing 44 Daryl Johnston. Nice little attention to detail I never noticed until now.
I actually feel so bad for bill he cared for his friends and even saved Hank from getting his ass kicked he joined the military to protect and now he lost everything
Lol at Hank and the boys at a punk show! Dallas has/had a lot of music venues. My parents went there to see the Sex Pistols back in the late 70s and they literally said there were a bunch of “good ol boys” who wandered in and started booing and throwing beer cans at them. It’s crazy how accurate this is.
You can mourn it for a while and it's kind of therapeutic but I saw after 1 year get out of the house. Change something, anything. It's the only way sometimes you can get knocked loose from a rut
@Jacob Dorvinen forgetting your shoes when you are running from danger is out of panicking. What Dale was doing (while I do love him acting like an idiot) was if you make a nine year old boy a firefighter and deal with a burning building on his first day.
The "middle aged failure who peaked in high school" trope is usually reserved for jerks or bullies. Bill was a real good guy back then so his fall from grace feels less deserved and all the more tragic
😭
It usually is
To think that the love of his life leaving him managed to break him to the point of no return.
Reminds me of uncle Rico from napoleon dynamite.
And yet, look at what happens every time things start actually going well for him again, or especially if he gets ahold of even a little bit of power. He turns into a jackass before ultimately sabotaging himself in some way.
See: That Youth baseball league he joined as an Administrator, and his short-lived relationship with Reverend Stroup.
Young Hank Hill: "I am going to sell propane and propane accessories."
The most consistent man in America.
Get yourself a man that can get his goals.
That's not true though. We all know Hank never dreamed of being in the propane business...
@@AutoYoung His young version said so though.
@@Maw0
I know you're trying hard to troll but this was an early episode and we of course find out in multiple later episodes how Hank actually ended up in the propane business...
@@AutoYoung I was just joking, yes... But I think so was that line.
I love how Hank's morals are so strong that filling up his friends gas tank is a prank to him.
That is a good prank ngl
Same thing when He and the guys mowed the football field just to confuse the groundskeeper
@@PsychoChuckGreene and mowing the Canadians yard
"How'd that happen??"
@Garrett the better part is to siphon then fill it up that the next night then do it for a couple days then when they start complaining about their floating gas gauge.
“I’m so depressed I can’t even blink” Bill is really nailing the adult experience.
... And the Army life.
@@salvadorchavarria2508 well you gotta be an adult to be in the army. So they're just covering all basis
Yooo that shit hit hard and was soo relatable 😂 I was crying in tears laughing
@@manofmagic1803 really Sherlock i didn't know that considering i was in the Army.
That was such a great punchline to the flashback.
I'm so depressed I can't even blink
I’m so depressed I can’t even blink
@@person534 I'm so depressed I can't even blink
I’m so depressed I can’t even blink
I’m so depressed I can’t even blink
I’m so depressed I can’t even blink
Out of the whole quartet, Bill had the most potential for greatness. He's shown to be a world class salesman, world class athlete, world class hairy stylist, world class chef, he is extremely gifted when it comes to working with his hands, on top of that he has a natural drive to protect the innocent and do what is just and righteous. Imagine how much better his world could have been had Lenore never come into his life.
“This, my son, is why you choose your woman carefully.”
@John Barber I mean in the show he was depicted as being minimum college potential. Why would he be born a loser?
You can say that about MOST men.
Women will do that
His downfall is his own fault. But usually when men fail the women around them get the blame
i like how the other team didn’t know what boomhauer was saying
The best defense is the other team not knowing your offense.
"That's what we all tell ourselves Boomhauer."
He may have had a great throwing arm, but I'm sure most of their yards gained was from Boomhauer getting the other team offsides.
Lol that was pretty dope how he audibled out of that tho "Dang ol look like a blitz, change plan, fake handoff to Hank, reverse pass blah blah"
@@thisisntsergio1352 He literally said it aloud though. lol
You usually run a play by knowing what it is before formation. He changed the entire play by telling everyone what it was.
I like Hanks idea of a prank involves doing nice things to freak people out
Hank is a solid guy
I did a similar thing too, my dad's truck was low in gas and I filled it up with gas.
He really is a boy scout.
Had a Military Training Instructor who was like that. Scared the shit out of everybody
@@Nameless82284 I bet he was like, “how’d that happen?” Lmaooo classic comedy
Young Bill Dauterive : Living the American dream .
Old Bill Dauterive : Look what they did to my boy.
@BillG Dontjabme lol sugar pills
Young Bill Dauterive : Living the American dream .
Old Bill Dauterive : Living the American reality.
Scoffs in Brando tears
Bobby really does look like him
@@boccs9925
*"Reality is often disappointing...."*
“The billdozer” is probably the most empowering cartoon moment ever
For real!
I'll say and the part where he says that play chipped his spine is all the more accurate. I mean he had 5-6 men piling up on him,he had to carry their entire weight plus his to make that play. The man was a beast!
@@Off-with-a-bang . the billdozer could not quit.
Sabbath playing in the background
It hurts my soul seeing Bill's fall from grace. I really enjoyed the character development of this show.
We all fall from grace, how we find peace is act 2.
@Mat thew Enjoy your perfect carefree life then.
@Mat thew enjoy
@@GideonWallace "To fall from grace is an idiom referring to a loss of status, respect, or prestige"
Not everyone falls from grace. Nothing is 100% except death
Why did everybody have long hair
Seeing young Hank drunk is a rare and funny moment
Seeing Bill as the alpha and responsible one instead of Hank is weird too
@@FinalMythology , Hank was depressed because the army didn’t take him in because of his narrow uretra
Hank was also upset that bill was leaving
Billdozer was an understatement. Dude was a tank.
Lol no he was an entire army
Holy shit, catching a punch like that and holding three giants back on his own. Bill truly was a hero.
One word - “Billdozer”
As a high schooler
Such a bad ass scene....
Nobody beats the Billdozer
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw I think he was a little older by then. They're drinking at a bar openly and bill is already in the army as an E3
Love that their football strategy is literally “boomhauer tells them what to do and the other team can’t understand him.”
Boomhauer calling audibles with only his teammates able to understand him is genius
I know right, I was thinking the same thing
Loved how the opposing team just looks at each other in confusion. Upon hearing Boomhauer speak 😂
How can one guy who defended and cared for his drunk friends turn into someone who goes through people's trash at night like a deer
So many things can tear a man like Bill down.
Andrew the Amazing M denied himself education and then got denied the glory of duty and got denied the glory of love.
Which led to him being a real world version of Icarus.
Long story short he tried to have it all at once too soon and life kicked him in the ass for it. It’s something that happens to a lot of people.
Happens in real life all the time. A good friend I grew up w/, his dad was the greatest. He was incredibly caring, had a great family, very athletic, a highly successful architect, designed & built their family home himself as well as a number of buildings in the region. Then a divorce happened & he went from that to living on the streets homeless w/ an addiction. One wouldn't even recognize him. Sadly it can happen to anyone.
@@Dang3rMouSe That is truly tragic. Did he ever seek help?
Depression
I love how the all american small town boys are so out of place in the big city of Dallas. Such a genuine and realistic portrayal
Lol no it's not at all, I see you have neither lived in a small town or visited dallas. arlen is literally a suburb of dallas called garland
@@newerest1 alright mr expert. i'm not talking about texas specifically, just the cultural clash of town folk and the night scene of a large city.
@@stproducciones9140 I got what you meant brother I was in a small town and going to a shopping center was the best thing out there
@@newerest1 They weren't really in a small town. But they did grow up in Garland when it was a small town. Garland had 80K people in 74, so not really a small town even by todays standards but in 64 it had 20K. A good comparison would be Plano and Frisco.
Just 15 years ago Plano went from 30K to 200K in a flash.
But they still would have felt out of place going to -what looks to be DEEP ELLUM.
@@newerest1 I don’t think Arlen is near Dallas.
All of those towns, Lewisville, Grand Prairie, Irving, Plano, etc are basically Dallas. Unless youre from there, youll never know when youve left one “city” and entered another.
Hank has been the same since he was eight
Not really. When he was a teen, he was a lot more rebellious.
Hank worked at Jeans West.......Buck came in and bought jeans from him and introduced him to propane......
“I’m gonna grow up and sell propane & propane accessories…. If my grades are good enough.”
Instead of rebooting King of the Hill they should make a prequel
Hell yeah id love to see more of the younger versions of the OG 4
That would be cool!
Any updates on the reboot of the king of the hill show
I agree, the drunk, young, a little more reckless Hank and the young awesome Bill dynamic would be a interesting contrast. They could explore more of the Peggy/ Hank young years and tell tales of how Hank Bill Jeff Boomhauer and Dale got to be close friends.
@@macsteezywayz4603 yeah but Bobby wouldn't be in the show 😞
The episode where Bill loses his mind, tries to kill himself, and dresses up as Lenore really made me tear up. Because Hank went through so much to help and old friend that would've done the same for him and was able to pull him out of a dark place.
I relate to that episode way too much, for years I was just like bill, still attached to an abusive former best friend I haven't spoken to since 2018, I ended up moving on in late 2020.. I too have abandonment issues, bill is a decent man and deserved so much better than lenore
That episode really horrified me and I felt terrible for Bill, thinking what the hell did Lenore do to him? So seeing him moon her was super satisfying in that Ann Richards episode.
Poor Bill he looked like he was destined for greatness.
Happens a lot. People think their youth and their glory days will last forever.
@@jonathanaugustin647 Well do you believe in your dreams that anything can happen. I mean come on dreams do come true. We all wish to be young in our minds you know. But, life gose on and theres nothing you cant stop life or time.
If he didn't marry Lenore he probably would have been an E8 in the Army.
@John Barber Interesting, though it's tough to say when Bill became a barber. In flashbacks it appears he was in a tank unit in his early years. Thank you for your service, I hope you enjoyed your time and wore your BDUs with pride.
@John Barber That part I can relate we had to shine our black boots like that in the fire academy, and my captain who did the uniform inspection was a Coastie in the 90s, if they weren't up to par the whole class owed 20 pushups.
The residents of Arlen, not just Bill, are sad examples of what it can be like when your life peaks in High School. Or at least when you treat it that way.
Yeah Hank peaked in High School. Too. He's just too humble a guy to realize it.
@@yummyyum36719 He's the only one of the 4 to achieve his childhood dream of what he wanted his life to be. I don't think he peaked in HS.
@@GmKaiser Yeah, Hank's "issue" is not dreaming bigger. At least he is content with his life.
Many American small towns are like that in real life. You can be popular, athletic, and desirable in high school, but don’t let that be when you stop improving yourself
@@fresherturtle1154 And yet many in those small towns are quite content with their lives. I grew up in one, joined the Navy, saw the world and came back home 14 years later. I prefer it, quieter.
Despite Bill's fall he was, and remains, a true rarity: a genuinely good man.
The fact they were just winging it with backstories in the early seasons shows they didn't think they'd last long. All us real fans know Hank fell into propane; it was never his dream...
Maybe he rediscovered that dream
It could be simply Hank looking back through rose colored glasses and getting confused as to what his childhood dreams were.
@@ianfinrir8724
If you think of them as people then possibly. He's so in love with propane now that he can't ever remember a time where he didn't. But, I still think Mike Judge and the writers weren't very confident in the show. I'm sure he even said he wasn't sure how a show about a suburban family in a small TX town would go over after Beavis and Butthead...
@@AutoYoung eh maybe
Hank was selling jeans at Jeans West when Buck Strickland came in, admired his salesmanship and offered him a job selling propane. Hank decided Buck was a better lord to serve.
Hank has the ambition and mindset of one of Charlemagne's paladins. He takes tremendous honor in being able to assume an intentionally simple role and serve a simple, universal cause that he believes in. Propane is Hank's little slice of the world, and he'll die to defend it. It's admirable because it's timeless and ultimately impossible to destroy; there will always be Hank Hills, in every culture and every profession, no matter how petty and strange they may seem to outsiders.
Damn!
Bill held back 3 men like nothing.
Prime Bill was something else.
Imagine how many problems in the show would have been solved, if Bill was still like that.
They don't make just anyone an all-city offensive lineman, after all
@@sgtvirus6696
Even in his forties, he's shown to be insanely strong. He held back multiple pieces of furniture while it was headed towards him.
@@irvinmorales1409 That is true, but older Bill only is very strong when he's motivated and confident, which is rare for present Bill, but in his prime, he was always confident, so you could imagine all the events throughout the show that would have been resolved quicker or wouldn't even have happened if Bill was still like his younger self.
@@sgtvirus6696
If he hadn't married Lenore, he probably would've became the leader of his group or at least second in command.
I love the first clip of Boomhauer as QB. He can tell the other team exactly what’s gonna happen and nobody has any idea what’s going on. Mike Judge is such a legend
The billdozer
IROONNN MANNN
Pushhhhhhh
*coach kisses bill*
I loved this show except for 1 thing: They should have let Bill marry Kahn's mother. He deserved to finally be treated with gentleness and love.
Or Ann Richards
I agree!!
You're right about that
He also had a shot with the former governor of Texas
Then start writing fanfics y'all cause that's the only way we are gonna get it
Fun fact, their coach was drugging the entire team the whole season.
"go pills"
PCP yo
Dang ol' horse crank?
Was that an episode?
just a one off joke
Not going to lie. It would be dope if we had a spin of show about hank and the guys in their highschool/college years. Like all the adventures they had.
No more spin offs, leave the legacy intact
None of the guys went to college.
King of the Hill: Does America!
@@primeevantv6487 Netflix doesn’t even own king of the hill??? The show ended because of the death of one of the voice actresses too.
na, it would add too much weird history.
I’m dying on the part with dale not knowing how to drive stick 💀💀🤣
I love Donkey Kong
The left brake isn’t working!!!
Best theft deterrent in the United States. Millions of people don't know how to drive manuals lol
How he got the car moving in the first place is beyond me...🤣🤦🏾♂️
My great Uncle told me about the time he shipped off to Vietnam to fight the Donkey Kong. One of your Punji sticks barrel trap killed his best friend.
6:38 Bill’s most badass moment
No, that was when he got Boomhauer out of his stump.
Bill was a freaking badass. Shows the devastation the wrong woman can wreak on a man.
Amen
Also his abusive dad.
I believe Bill's father locked him in a rabbit cage and made him wear dresses as punishments. Papa Eric makes Lenore look slightly more like an angel.
Lol at Dale being the towel manager because of course he'd never play the actual game
What's beautiful is that the didnt look at him any different. They still considered him just as much apart of the team as everyone else.
Towel manager was very Crucial even in their modern day when Bobby played the role.. the team started failing without him there
Bill canonically met Lenore at a Molly Hatchet concert ("passed out in his lap" another instance of Bill protecting the vulnerable and helping people in need...at great personal cost).
Arguably Molly Hatchets most famous song "Dreams I'll Never See" is a song where the protagonist wakes up feeling washed-up and sad, like everything is falling apart. stuck thinking about dreams that will never come true. He constantly tries to pull himself together but can't stop thinking about the love he once had, struggling to move on.
It's so quintessentially Bill Dauterive. I think of Bill "dragging this fat old bald bastard out into the Alley every day" whenever I hear it
That flashback when Bill was on the field and they started playing Iron Man by Black Sabbath? Gooood shit! Great memories!
Hank: im gonna sell propane and propane accessories depending if my grades go up
4:53 Whattaburger? NOW it's Texas.
Is that a real place?
@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 yes its so good. Especially their honey butter sauce.
@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 Yes
Perfect song as well. Love it!
@@TheAllSeeingEye2468 I like their onion rings a lot.
Who else wants to see an entire series covering the life of the guys when they were younger like this?
Sounds good. Plus middle age Cotton would be fun to see too.
I like the episodes where old Bill shows the strong traits of his younger self. It shows that no matter how far you fall, you still have that badassery inside you. Billdozer ftw 🤘
Like when Bill steals a tank and manages to pull rank on the cops that try to pull them over and even managed to convince the female officer to go out with him on Saturday.
I love when he boosts Boomhauer up after a breakup. He knows what it's like. ✌🏾
Somewhere in an alternate universe where in the series he married the right woman who truly loved him for who he was and was encouraging and faithful to him instead of that succubus piece of shit Lenore. He ended up staying in shape, retaining his hair, became a highly decorated soldier in the Gulf War, Grenada, and a highly decorated officer in Iraq and became a very highly respected full-bird Colonel.
Amen
According to the showrunners of King of the Hill, the plan was to have Bill get into a relationship and eventually marry Laoma, Khans sister. However, since one of the many running gags of the show was that Bill couldn't find a woman, they ruled this out for comedic purposes. As bad as Bills loneliness was, it was really Nancy's affair with John Redcorn and their resulting love child Joseph that was a pain to watch since Dale was obvious.
I love it!!
@@Dank951 eh, not really. At least Dale is quite happy with his life. And although Joseph is not his biological son, he's definitely Dale's son. And John Redcorn got what he deserved, his biological son not acknowledging him, and the woman that he love wouldn't leave her husband.
Bill was enlisted. If anything he’d be a sergeant major probably. Colonel falls under the officer rank structure where sergeant major and other sergeants fall under the non commissioned officer structure.
Bills whole life story really teaches a important lesson that marrying or dateing the wrong person can really fuck up your life
I wish the creators gave him a permanent partner in the end... :(
He's gotta fix himself first.
@@gastonbell108 He was originally supposed to be shown to have moved pn from Lenore in the final season.
He was supposed to end up with Kahn's mother but the creators thought it would be funnier to keep him single and miserable.
@@EclecticallyEccentric pn ???
I wish they didn't just erase Laoma from existence. They were kinda cute.
“I’m so depressed I can’t even blink” I feel you dude.
Man, I’d like to think Bill had a happy ending... Dude was a great friend
Yeah when he wasn't on top of the world if you get what I mean.
@Jack Pluth Not really. When it comes to women, it always ends in disaster. Usually because of himself.
@@dnmstarsi
He actually would've ended well with Charlene had Dale not gotten involved.
@@irvinmorales1409 Actually, no. Because in that episode, Bill realized how bad his life would've been if he and Charlene were together. Granted, it's not bad in anyone else's book but with Bill? Not so much.
Crazy to think that the adults (minus Khan) would be almost 70 years old now. Bobby, Joseph and, Khan jr. Would be 36ish.
I often think about how old the characters from my cartoons would be today if they were real. It really reminds me of my age.
I don’t know how boomhaur remained friends with the guys after they did that to his car
well I’m guessing since he had moved on it wasn’t that bad since he found out like 20 years later
Didn't he find out years later that they did it? Meaning that at the time it happened he thought it was stolen?
Hank Hill's the kind of guy would steal a car and return it better than it was before.
then will say you just got prank hahahahaha
5:30 Dale: "Dallas! Can we see where Lee Harvey Oswald was framed?" LMFAOOO
The Army, and Lenore took a lot away from Bill. But they could never take away his friends. That's because Hank never let them. Hank and the others may get upset around Bill, but it's because he reminds them of everything they lost. Bill had the most of any of them to lose. I think that's why it hits Bill so much harder then the others. Hank list his father and mother but gained it all back becuase of his dedication to others and ability to put those before himself. Dale never knew what he lost because no one ever told him, becuase of Hank no doubt. Dale eventually got it back because of his ability to look at the positives and help other's rather then fear them, even in the most simplest way he could. Boomhower lost his youth and with it his dignity, he gained them back by subverting expectations and keeping the peace in his neighborhood while no one was watching. Bill did the most for everyone early in his life, becuase of this he was rewarded with more then anyone, unfortunately those who give the most usually never stop giving. Bill is a reminder that this world will only keep taking if you don't stop giving. But Bill's story evens out in the end, mostly because his friends (who would never take from him) are there to help him recover. It can seem like too much sometimes, but we see Bill come to a stand at the end and even out to be less of a burden on his friends.
Lenore may have left bill but she didn't seem to take any money from him, bill still had his house after the divorce he must've did a smart move & had her sign a prenup
@@supernaturalsupremeslayer8152 or hank made him do it
What exactly did the Army take from Bill? He enlisted and got a job, what's the problem?
@salsamancer they injected him with walrus DNA without his consent and treated like a loser barber for the last 20 years
@@animefan2454 Bill got a placebo, he wasn't given any real medicine.
As for the barber thing, well he enlisted to be a soldier and follow orders. That's army life, that's what he signed up for. You don't get to choose.
we just gonna ignore the fact that the coach just kissed him on the lips
Damn that man could coach.
Twice
Not gay if you still have socks on
No. I mean, can't the coach just do a "good game" slap?
@@Agent1W that’s not how it works
All fun and games until a cartoon makes you more conscious of your youth slipping away at 10,000 knots.
I like how you see some of his old personality in some episodes like when he takes care of Boomhauer after Boomhauer gets dumped and when he teaches Bobby how to barbecue. He's not completely gone.
He doesn't have much left and is afraid of losing that
"My God, what happened to you?"
Happens to the best of us, champ.
"I'm gonna sell propane and propane accessories, if my grades are good enough." Really got me for some reason. He's living his freaking childhood dream.
The show runners didn't think the show would last as long as it did so when it did they changed his story
Can't imagine if they made a series of them in highschool till the first episode of King of the Hill.
it wouldn't be good, because we already know how it would end up...
@@michaelcohen9363that’s what would make it interesting. the question isn’t what happens to them, it’s how did they get there?
I literally joined the Army with the same position that bill is in as a tanker
4:53 slow fade to a whataburger.
You realize this really is a Texan Anime.
Bill Dauterive.
Built for Greatness from a young age,
Yet his flaws got the best of him in the end.
1:11-1:18 That HAD to be a Butthead moment for young Hank.
😂
Too nice to he butthead
3:25 It’s The Bwaaaaha as he’s kneeling for me
When he was body building that the Old Bill coming back, his ego just took over
If Bill got his confidence back, he would do really well. Him being the one who keeps them all save and being the responsible one makes his downfall all the sadder
Bill doesn't deserve this misfortune in his life 😔 he deserves to be happy .
Nobody deserves anything
@@giocrypt5148 Bill does
3:47 gives me chills every time what a boss and great song for him
For the love of Bill, they need to give him a win when they come back with that time skip. I don't need much, just him being a little healthier. He's clearly happy now being alone.
As a huge Who fan, I love how they not only have him say his hair was like Roger Daltrey's but play "Baba O'Reily" in the BG when he does. XD
"I'm so depressed i can't even blink" LMAO
3:28 Wow. The man couldn't control himself.
If they bring back KOTH they need to have bills redemption arc. He deserves a happy ending. He's a good man.
He should’ve married Khan’s mother
I love how their child voices are the same as their adult ones
We all love bill...
The Billdozer will always hold a special place in my heart.
Bill is the most unfortunate character on the show...... he clearly needs professional help yet he is surrounded by possibly the worst friends on the face of the earth who further torment him, insult him, ignore him and show no sympathy for his situation and speak of him as being lower than dirt.......it’s more sad than funny to be perfectly honest......
Hank Hills cares for Bill. He saved him from three bodybuilders when he was in pain. He even checked on him when he had a bad case of sun burn. Ultimately, he confronted Dale for being a jerk to Bill, because he didn't wanted him to take care of his supposed daughter.
carson11100 they do care for him hank’s own emotional issues make him Largely skirt around bills. Boomhauer is more in different but still cares Dale is largely disgusted with him but it allows him to be more direct with him. When he sees Bill falling for a pitty purpose Like the hot dog eating contest and the choir cult. Making Dale the Closest thing he has to best friend.
because by being the asshole he’s mentally and emotionally dragging bill in front of the mirror and making him confronting the questions what the hell am I doing and what the hell happened to me. which is actually a part of addressing his issues brought on by his army training and is cheating ex.
@Mat thew "Don't go blaming the beer."
Mat thew Don’t blame the beer them drinking is a social crutch not an emotional. It’s just an excuse for them to socialize without having to act like a Group therapy session.
Noone even kicks a mangy dog
Bill, Bobby and Luanne are my fav characters
"and that's when coach called in *THE BILLDOZER!!!* "
"I'm so depressed, I can't even blink" - Bill
My heart aches at that last shot of Bill eating straight from a can.
Hank was a 40 year old man even in high school. His voice didn’t even change
“BWAH!”
During the football part all the numbers were named after the Dallas Cowboys greats. Boomhouer wearing 8 for Troy Aikman, Hank wearing 33 Tony Dorsett, 21 Deion Sanders, on the o line someone was wearing 44 Daryl Johnston. Nice little attention to detail I never noticed until now.
That Iron Man needle drop is one of the coldest I've ever seen in an animated show.
It's sad see a man with so much potential ending up like this.
“My god, what happened to you!?” Lmfao Bobby’s bluntness kills me
I actually feel so bad for bill he cared for his friends and even saved Hank from getting his ass kicked he joined the military to protect and now he lost everything
Lol at Hank and the boys at a punk show! Dallas has/had a lot of music venues. My parents went there to see the Sex Pistols back in the late 70s and they literally said there were a bunch of “good ol boys” who wandered in and started booing and throwing beer cans at them. It’s crazy how accurate this is.
Damn.. I had my own Lenore completely shatter my life 5 years ago. Its hard to bounce back poor Bill never quiet got it
You can mourn it for a while and it's kind of therapeutic but I saw after 1 year get out of the house. Change something, anything. It's the only way sometimes you can get knocked loose from a rut
"The left brakes's not working."
How did you graduate high school, Dale?
@Jacob Dorvinen forgetting your shoes when you are running from danger is out of panicking. What Dale was doing (while I do love him acting like an idiot) was if you make a nine year old boy a firefighter and deal with a burning building on his first day.
They did say he can’t drive a stick shift
We know Bill’s 5’8” so for him to be an all city O-Lineman meant he must’ve been as strong as a tractor
Well, 4:05
the other episode where he's holding all the furniture in in the u-haul
he's got a real big heart
William Fontaine de La Tour Dauterive
Everyday I feel more and more like bill
Dale shouting "The left brake's not working!" Kills me every time.
Man Bill is a real friend. Holding back three guys from beating the tar out of his drunk friend.
If things went right for bill, working for 1SG Dautrive might’ve made me stay in the army
Iron Man + Based Bill running the ball gave me chills.
0:25 I've been there
We've all been there it's basically a mood now
Bill relates to me so well I was once quite popular but an fixation on a girl ruined me.
I’m so depressed I can’t even blink . A Bill D. classic reaction.
Only thing I want from the Revival is Bill to be happy
Yup and him to be back to his old self again
Having Boomhauer play quarterback is genius