My favorite line out of the Gnome episode is from the cop: "let me know when you find Winklebottom!" "Lady, to be honest, after the teens get their hands on them, you won't want it anymore"
Peggy can be a pain, but her speech to Hank’s dad before he passes in one of the later seasons is one of the most badass moments I ever seen on TV. Give that a look if you haven’t seen it yet.
As a person who went to high school in Texas I can 100% confirm that the show is accurate in the lengths a school will go to keep their football players eligible, although it wouldn't be so bad as to land them on the honor roll strings get pulled and its basically an open secrete
The more popular the show gets, the higher the budget in the animation department gets as it gets renewed, but as it goes on the original writers move on to other things and lackluster writers jump on to take their place.
I think "Church Hopping" absolutely deserves to be on here at least as an honorable mention. This is a prime example of Hank getting his way because he's the protagonist even when he's in the wrong or being an awful person. The entire conflict stems from the fact that Bobby forgot to set the clocks back for Daylight Savings and they show up late to church where their "usual" seats have been taken. Mind you this family has a baby with them and yet Hank still tries to tell them to move somewhere else. When he complains to the pastor about it she rightfully tells him there's no assigned seats and to get over it. So how does this episode end? He convinces the family that "took" his seats to attend the Megachurch he and his family attended for a bit until it started to occupy too much of their time and blackmails the pastor that unless his family doesn't have that pew reserved specifically for them he will tell all the loyal church goers to attend the Megachurch instead. What an entitled jerk. The worst part is that we're supposed to sympathize with Hank acting so spoiled over a damn seat. He feels somewhat ooc and it's another episode that messes with continuity because we've clearly seen the Hills sit at different pews before in previous episodes despite him saying they've sat at that exact spot for 12 years. This entire conflict would have been over had Hank and his family simply went to church earlier the next time around. And we're supposed to feel good when Hank pretty much threatens the small time pastor? The redeeming qualities of this one are that at least the montage of the Hills looking for a new church is hilarious and it does capture the feel of a Megachurch. Not to mention the Megachurch people seemed like decent people and I appreciate that it's pastor basically begged Hank to go back to his old church because he was so fed up with Peggy. Otherwise, a an easy skip-it episode.
Honestly I thought Reverend Stroop was just as bad. She was so afraid of losing more people she turned the last few pews in to a smoking section according to Dale. She used the Church sign to be just as petty with the "there's no assigned seating in Heaven". I mean that episode just showed how terrible most of them were. Like you said the new pastor, partly because he couldn't stand Peggy, was the best one there. Oh I think his point about why he made the Church he did would have still held and would have still explained it to Hank like that, but yeah he really wanted to get rid of her(and to be fair to him it was because she didn't fit).
The pork factory and Hank pet sitting a cat are other honorable mentions I add. Cotton is another mention. His death that far in the series and flushing his ashes being a middle finger to continuity when he fought for a veterans grave.
Another problem in "life a loser's manual" peggy decides not to tell luanne about her father at the end in order to protect her, the problem with this plan is since her dad is now in prison for life that means he will eventually die in prison and that is something she cant cover up by saying "oh he died on the oil rig" the prison would contact both peggy and luanne and she would learn the turth eventually and would hurt even worse than just ripping the band aid off.
My issue with the episode Is it missed the point of the lean saga, I dont blame her getting drunk, but the episode showed luanne was smart and she saw her mom's true colors, she accepted peggy as her true mom. This episode just made luanne dumb and oblivious
Luanne was the 1st to b notified about her parents fight that tipped over the trailer and her mom went to prison, and in a later episode she testify at her mom's trial, and another episode after that she was notified that her mom got paroled, that same day she notified her father about it, meaning she was keeping in touch with him after the fight, how was she not aware that her father was in prison too? Because someone else at the oil rig or prison would've picked up the phone and say who it was.
So true because she's basically sugar coating the fact that her dad was in prison which is something Luanne deserves to know because after all, she already knows her mother was in prison, why would they not mention her father being in prison too.
@ILoveSamba27 , i just saw this episode today and I agree with Peggy keeping her brothers secret from Luanne. Look at how Hank reacted when she told him. JMHO,
What made the early episodes so good was the blend of realism and exaggerated parody of real world situations. I had no idea a new writer came in at season 7 and that explains so much. It went from being a grounded show to pretty insane nightmare episodes where the side characters are suddenly mindless zombies turning on people for literally no reason. Bill and Peggy both go bat-shit crazy and its hard to even see them as characters anymore. At least Manic Kahn was a good sendoff, but I found myself skipping a lot of late season episodes.
Very much so. I was actually watching the tornado episode last night with my husband he pointed out how different the humor was in earlier seasons. It happens a lot with shows that go on for a long time and onboard new writers while the core writers leave to other shows. There are some gems in the later seasons, some that surprisingly hold up even today (the MySpace episode in particular calling out how creepy it is to have your personal life so public), but the latter seasons are not nearly as good. I find myself disinterested in later season episodes as well.
Just Another Manic Kahnday was NOT a good sendoff. I liked it as on its own, but it was not series finale material. To Sirloin With Love was written to be the series finale.
I really hated the episode where lucky tried to get his high school diploma and peggy failed him on purpose, i was so hoping that this will be redeemed with peggy confessing that she failed lucky on purpose, but no, they decided to stick with that all luckys family members tried to acomplish something before mareiage but failed and they married anyways with a traditional shotgun wedding
What made that episode silly is that Lucky's goal was more realistic than his other relatives. Getting a GED is an achievable goal as long as you put in the effort. There is no law that says he had to pass it the first time.. He could take it again with proper help.
It isn't. Hank doesn't want Bobby to play baseball because he feels embarrassed by it. If Bobby enjoys playing he should whether he is good or not. The episode is just silly because the coach while being encouraging is also insane in thinking that it alone will make Bobby a superstar. Its a horrible episode with no moral payoff at all. If you're bad at something, just give up and don't bother. Thanks king of the hill
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end." -David "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Kalaiki-Ali'i That "essay" is genuinely hilarious and elevates the episode. Good job critiquing the themes of eps. However, at least comedy-wise, "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" holds up (although it should be noted it may have lacked more plot due to the additional voice acting of the FOX NFL team at the time of James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, and Howie Long).
David has to be one of the best one shot characters in the series, if only for how well he accept his slice of humble pie. PEGGY: Did you poop your pants? DAVID: I deserve that.
Some of the positives I would give to “New Cowboy on the Block” is one of the rare moments where we see Hank and Khan join forces. Khan being horrified at Hank being punched by Big Willie Lane and a nice moment at the end with Khan saying thank you to Hank and passing him a beer. The biggest highlight of the episode was when Khan called his father in law to hire a hit man to kill Big Willie Lane and throwing in Dale as a bonus. Damn Khan. Some episodes I remembered not at all liking was when Bobby dressed up as Cupid to win back Connie. The whole thing was feeling second hand embarrassment for Bobby making a fool of himself and jeopardizing his friendship with his two best friends. The other one being the magician episode where Hank was being unreasonably petty and spiteful the whole episode.
You are _not_ alone on not liking "I'm With Cupid" I personally like it, but I have heard others take issue with it. I have also heard others not like the magician episode "Sleight of Hank", and I actually agree on that one. The only things I like about it are Hank's increasingly bizarre "speculations" on how the trick worked, and how the magician superbly got out of Hank's attempt to use Luanne to figure out the trick. Other than those parts though, it is a very hard episode to watch.
FOr me the worst thing Peggy ever did was spike Hank with increasing amounts of testosterone. No only was she going behind her husbands back, but she was ignoring medication instructions because she liked the results.
Yeah that was a really bad thing to do. I'm still going to put some blame on the doctor the way he was pretty much telling Peggy to take the prescription when Hank already outright refused it.
@@HarveyMcCloud he never told her to drug him. He’s a doctor if that is what’s going to help the patient then of course he’s going to push the issue. But she drugged him.
For the “Untitled black McCormick Project” episode, Dale was an asshole for getting John Redcorn to sleep with the woman Bill was dating just so Bill couldn’t raise his (but actually John Redcorn’s) child. But in the end, it was a bit of an unintended service to Bill since it didn’t take much for her to cheat, and he could’ve gone on to marry her & ended up in denial about her actions like Dale. It was better to cut her off early. But the fact that Dale tells John Redcorn that he has another child, but his first thought isn’t to try to be a father to her, he just wanted to sleep with his ex, messing up another man’s relationship.
I’m sorry you wrong, about Luanne’s Father it is mentioned several times in earlier seasons that her father is in prison it’s mentioned threw “ DUH” moments like when the get stuck at the airport when there trying to visit Peggy’s family in Montana it’s noted that Luanne stated when there missed there flight due to weather “ my daddy’s on a day pass “
That makes sense, but how does Hoyt not know what Luann looks like then? Why did he think she was just a little girl when she was living with the Hills for only like four years at this time?
I can understand why it would be frustrating to watch Peggy Makes the Big Leagues. Though it never frustrated me personally, because despite my lack of knowledge on how highschool players manage to work through their grades. I assumed it was a commentary on that, namely that in school if your good enough in football that you dont need to be good at the actual work. More or less their skill compensate their lack of work ethic off the field. And in this case he was the star player, and as you mentioned earlier football fans can be very aggressive and the teachers in that episode felt more like a comedic extreme. Most of the time when Peggy is doing what she thinks is right, she tends to go to extremes but in this case, her genuine want for David to get a passing grade and not coast solely on his football ability. But again I never thought to much about that episode because it seemed to be too ridiculous but funny enough for a lot of bits in it. And it honestly the only pick on your list I dont agree with but I agree with your points none the less.
The line lucky has " were you in the state or federal oil rig" was the giveaway. It wasnt supposed to be known. But I do agree she'd be old enough to know. I actually enjoy alot of these episodes, but its king of the hill. Flood episode is hands down the worst
I liked #4 a bit because of how it ends up concluding, how Willy dug his own grave, but I can agree that it is a bit hard to watch the cops not care about his blatant felonies.
Dale be not proud was one of the funniest Dale-centered episodes in the series. The part I found unbelievable about it was Hank’s willingness to abide by Dale’s demands (Shouldn’t Nancy take on power of attorney responsibilities?). One of season 8’s better episodes
I’ll still say it but “What Makes Bobby Run?” is still the worst KOTH episode. It’s so mean spirited that it puts “Boys of Bummer” to shame. What irks me the most is Hank, the same man who literally kicked Jimmy Wichard’s ass for making Bobby cross a race track, is ok with son getting a beating from a rival school because of “tradition”
I recently did a marathon of the series, and I have to say that my least favorite episode was Racist Dawg. It's one of those episodes where the entire town turns on Hank through no fault of his own, this time for Ladybird targeting a black repairman. This includes Peggy who turns on him after passing an online "are you racist" test that she previously believed to be bogus. While this plotline is enraging enough on its own, the episode's most egregious flaw to me is that NOBODY LEARNS ANYTHING. Hank doesn't wind up reexamining his life to determine whether his behavior actually has affected Ladybird (any hope of that evaporated as soon as the "Everyone hates Hank now" subplot started up), and the townsfolk never reexamine their unjustified mob behavior towards Hank. Instead, there's a gag ending where it turns out that Lasybird just doesn't like repairmen. You just can't have a dumb gag ending on an episode involving themes this serious. TLDR; Racist Dawg sucks because it involves heavy subject matter but lacks the spine to actually tackle it, instead wasting my time with a frustrating plot about Hank becoming a pariah
OMG yes! That episode is so annoying! Something I always liked about King of the Hill is that they never really cite race as something worth mentioning. Recall the episode where Hank goes to traffic school and Budda Sack makes a bunch of racial jokes. Hank's visibly uncomfortable, but not because he's white, it's because the jokes have no place in a education environment. The only time race is even brought up is either when Cotton is on the screen, and his 'racism' is undermined by the fact that he had a close relationship and son with a Japanese woman, or when Khan first moves into the neighborhood and everyone suspects Hank's dislike of him is because of his race, not the fact that he and Minh came off as rude. Basically Racist Dawg's plot point was already done and was done better in the first season. I HATED how the repairman immediately jumped on playing the race card. I absolutely can't stand when people just up and throw their 'card' out, be it female card, race card, status card. It's such a cheap tactic and it served nothing to the situation. It's also grating on me that towards the end, Ladybird starts attacking a white guy and all of a sudden it's okay that his dog is attacking. As far as not learning a lesson, this one is about halfway. He does take Ladybird to the man's house and he's able to prove that the man was wrong. Though at no point is it seen that any is apologizing to Hank, saying they were sorry for thinking of him that way. Also I have a very dim view of people that think they can "stop racism" by identifying someone as racist and then proceed to either bully him or sit outside of his house and chant, as if that's going to do anything. Everyone jumps on him to prove how not racist they are. It's like meeting someone that doesn't know how to read. Is you being a jerk to him and chanting outside his house going to suddenly teach him how to read? Also this was season 7. Recall what I had to say about season 7 in the video ;)
Good write up. Yeah Peggy and the entire town who normally love Hank just flipping on a dime felt like some terrible family guy or modern Simpsons writing. It's so incredibly out of character for everyone involved, they all just back-stab him with no second thought. Everyone comes off as a completely unlikable asshole.
I can’t stand the gnome episode how Peggy acted towards Bobby was so un-justified she basically disowned him and started being cold towards Bobby even though he is sorry.
You have to make more king of the hill videos!!! They're so good. You should make one with all the continuity errors. Like Peggy's mom being different in season 9
Bobby Goes Nuts is a hilarious episode, but the ending makes no sense. Bobby kicks Peggy in the crotch and she feels no pain because "women do not have testicles". It doesn't matter what you've got between your legs - getting kicked anywhere hurts! It would've been more on-brand for Peggy if she pretended she wasn't in pain and once Bobby was out of sight, she limped back to the house in agony - similar to an earlier episode where she hurt her groin trying to lift Bobby in a fireman's carry.
Being someone who hates bullies but loves this show it’s odd to me that you chose basically all episodes where someone is bullying some else. Mostly because though some characters are just unbelievably irritating it usually is what drives a lot of the jokes. I would judge for different criteria is what I’m saying I guess. Either way this was a fantastic video!
I thought the bill was his absolute worst when he became a bodybuilder and was just being a bully to his best friends and you had those cartoonish bodybuilders just invading his house and forcing him to “get jacked” as they put it. Just a terrible episode and Bill has worst.
Tbh Bill is my least favorite character in the series. I get that he’s supposed to be a loser and all but, in a lot of ways he’s terrible along with Peggy and Nancy who people tend to shit on. Bill always turns on his friends SPECIFICALLY HANK and even tries (and miserably fails) to get with Peggy whenever he thinks that Hank isn’t going to be around. He’s a pathetic loser and a shitty friend
I actually like the mascot episode. Also the David episode sounds exactly like the type of things that actually DO happen in Texas high schools when it comes to star football players.
Yeah, I feel you. Overall I agree with most of this list, but who doesn’t love the Flyin’ Hawaiian?! I think what I appreciate most about the episode, is the fact that hank is so conflicted between doing what he knows is right & between his love for Arlen High football
Regarding the lack of passports in the Lupe episode, they weren’t necessary back when it aired. Before 9/11, Americans could pretty much just waltz right into Canada or Mexico if it was only for a short stay. Even now, there are special cards you can get that allow you to go to Mexico or Canada without getting a full passport and visa. I live in an Arizona border town, and a lot of people I know have them. I don’t know the specifics of a situation like that (it still DOES seem a bit farfetched), but the lack of passports isn’t unrealistic per se.
The ones I hated the most were Hank's Bully (due to how realistic it was, and how constricting the use of johnny law was, all because Hank dared to not tolerate some new kid trespassing on his property and trying to destroy his house for shits and giggles) and Mrs. Wakefield (one of my nightmares is home invasion, and I'm pretty sure I'd get a heart attack screaming at my friends and family if they went 'how dare you not let this person you don't know in your house.') What particularly gets me about Hank's Bully is that the end of the episode is not going to be that simple. That kid will need *years* of conditioning before he can be let out to society. He needs years to unlearn behavior that, were he to try it to the wrong person, would get him shot. (Because, there are *definitely* people who will shoot you to death for walking onto their grass, they'll also shoot you for, I dunno, sticking a hose through their mail slot or stealing, or vandalizing.)
The whole time watching hanks bully I just kept thinking how my mama would have grounded me and my grandmother have swatted me with a hairbrush if I done half the things Caleb did
#1 reminds me of my private school's incident between myself and one of the basket ball teams, I caught him watching porn on his laptop, and tried to tell the teacher in private, instead he said if it was so important I should tell it infront of the whole class, leading to the student to make a death threat twords me when I awkwardly told him, violating the schools so called "zero tolerance" bulling policy, in the end they moved me to do my work alone in the computer lab, while doing their best to keep him from coming in contact with me because assaulting a fellow student, let alone one of the "special needs" kids would you know ruin their precious basketball teams chances, If I had the spine i had now i'd of told my family the truth and gone to the police. and entire classroom of students saw him scream that at me. Instead of letting them punish me.
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your KOTH content. You should create more video essays on media you enjoy, find your niche! There's way too few women creators who are eloquent and real, that you shouldn't give up on YT. Great work!
Another note about "Sweet Smell of Excess" is that Bobby being interested in football seems like a setup for something else, but then it turns out he actually is interested in football. Seems way out of character for Bobby. I think they could have gone a similar route but with some more focus on Bobby.
I thought the “Oil rig” story was a cover for prison? I thought it was Peggy’s way of protecting Luanne from the pain of having both parents in prison.
That was a retcon. Originally the oil rig was just an oil rig that Luanne's dad was hiding on until Leanne died. As mentioned in this video, Luanne's dad being a jailbird was something made up just for that episode and was never the writer's intention before that.
Bill is depressingly realistic. He's a sad-sack who basically depends parasitically on Hank to stay alive. The moment he gains any autonomy or power, though, he immediately becomes very abusive toward his friends, reserving his very worst for Hank, the one man he can truly count on. I've known many Bills. And like it or not, the football episode is pretty goddamn accurate.
Great video - but I am a huge fan of A Rover Runs Through It. It is such a beautiful ending seeing Bobby on the horse. It's such a beautiful and subtle ending
How are they out of character? They hadn't fully _developed as characters_ yet, or to say it another way, they weren't in any way intended or close to being, the way they became later. Bobby was, by my recollection a quirky but mostly "typical" boy, and Luanne wasn't quite brain-dead stupid like she became later, but still naive and short-sighted, and a bit too prone to simple emotion-based behavior and decisions. I didn't see anything out of character with them at all in that episode.
To be honest I think the incredible hank should have been on here or at least in the honorable mentions. Not only did Peggy drug Hank with testosterone pills but I felt like Bobby was getting shit on in this episode too because he didn't feel comfortable showering after gym class and even Hank thought he was wrong for feeling this way. But in reality I don't think this is something Bobby should have been forced to do if it made him uncomfortable because after all, it's his body.
I always wondered if the teacher could fail Bobby just for not showering. If he took part in the activities wouldn't that be enough? I never had to shower after gym so I wouldn't know. I thought the doctor was being irresponsible as well. He never gave Hank a proper exam and assumes he has low t. Um...Hank was overworked because he had to do everyone's job. Of course he'd' be grumpy.
@@joetophat2121 I never had to either but I did change into my gym uniform though. However I used to not feel comfortable changing into my gym uniform infront of the other girls and especially on those days where I forgot to wear a bra ( I know that It's just girls but I still didn't want them seeing my bare chest). I wanted to change in a bathroom stall but my friend wouldn't let me do that and thought I was ridiculous for not being comfortable getting dressed around the other girls, exactly the same reaction Hank had. Yeah I get that Hank was probably grumpy but still, he should have talked to the gym teacher about that instead of thinking Bobby was being ridiculous for feeling uncomfortable about showering after gym class.
@@yogalover2753 Sorry you had to go through that. I never enjoyed changing for gym either. Hank needed to learn to have empathy for Bobby. The gym teacher seemed unreasonable in failing Bobby just because of the shower. That always came off as an extreme reaction. When I was in gym we were graded on participation. As long as you participated you were fine. There were occasions when certain kids didn't have the right clothes or shoes, but they didn't automatically get an F as long as they participated. The worst was they got a lower grade. .
@@joetophat2121 Yeah I agree, plus it's his body. If he doesn't want be naked infront of other kids, the gym teacher should have respected his decision.
@@joetophat2121 That seemed to be the problem, the gym teacher, and the school presumably, and _Hank_ considered the showering as _part_ of the participation. I'd say that that's stupid, but that seemed to be their thinking.
I just saw number 2 on your list before watching this video and it left an actual bad taste in my mouth not only for how nobody took Hank's side when he explained himself, but even more so with how Bill seemed horribly out of character. And absolutely no vindication for Hank at all. I can only hope whoever wrote that episode wants it erased from existence as much as I do.
I agree with ALL of your choices, but the order would be different. I hate ‘Hank’s Bully’ soooo much it’s be Number One. Very good knowledge of KOTH. Thought I was the only Super Fan of this series.
I understand alot of people dont like the origional series finale but for me it seemed like a correct way to end the series with the writers holding on the the personalities of all the characters and that last scene with luanne and lucky walking out really got to me.
Minh also commented about soccer in Orange County and wearing the sweater around her waist, they really stuck that storyline. Yes, Peggy is a horrible human being...
Fun video and while I don't agree with all these it was still enjoyable. I think a lot of the episodes that upset people tend to be ones where something frustrating and relatable happens, the number one episode on this list being something I've sadly seen happen in real life a few times.
another continuity thing: the season 11 finale which was supposed to be the end, there's an alternate ending where the guys in tuxes talk about all the events that happened throughout the series...events that happened over the PAST YEAR!!! there were 7 Christmas, 3 Thanksgiving, and 2 Bobby's birthdays, that last one I can actually understand. and if Pigmaleon (did I even spell that right?) counts as a Halloween episode then you got 2 of those. as well as Buck in season 2 describing Hank as "15 years I've promoted him 15 times" to all the later seasons saying 20+ years.
What I don't get is the mascot beating episode is just fine, but the Simpsons episode where the entire town drives Bart to suicide over a baseball game is considered a bad episode. They're practically the same thing.
I've seen an example of comparison between the two, look around in here, particularly the second folder-tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DethroningMoment/KingOfTheHill
I really enjoy the video. Just a something I would like to touch on I'm from North East Texas and probably ten years or so older than you so with that said in the 70's for sure and up into the late 80's a mascot get beat up would have happened up into the 90's we got away with very questionable things. Some I'm proud of others not so much but by God I have memories. I hope this finds you well it's been a long time since you've uploaded a video. Well I have taken up enough of your time thank you for the video.
Bro, I have a crazy mom, and I can relate to the Peggy gnome episode. Getting screamed at and overkill punished for stuff I didn't do. Bad memories. What I'm getting at though, is I think it's kinda realistic.
Good video and analysis of the episodes. It was a little different from those lists that always have the same few episodes. One criticism would be to put something behind you when recording. The sound just seems off or slightly far away.
Awesome video! King of the Hill is one of the best shows ever made... too bad the shows gone tho 😪. You should make more KOTH videos, they're really good!
"Chasing Bobby" let's face it, the whole reason I hated the episode was that Peggy didn't give two shits about solving Hank's little crisis and just wants brownie points for it.
To be honest I honestly thought Hank's back story was gonna be on here or at least in the honorable mentions. The way that Hank was treated by his friends in this episode was really awful.
Yeah that episode was not one of the better ones. Cotton and Topsy tried to assassinate Castro at a baseball game in New York by using pregnant Tilly as a cheap excuse to gain access? This is just contrived
@@reneedubuc3712 Um when did that happen in this episode because I was talking about the episode where Hank found out he had DGS and everyone made fun of him for it, including his own friends.
I was really surprised not seeing the Halloween one with Trip Larson where he basically kidnaps Luanne. I always liked that one but since the start of the video I really thought that was gonna be #1 because the fandom universally hates it.
"Dusty old bones full of green dust" plays in my head on repeat sometimes
Same 😂
Great. Now you got it stuck in my head. 😒
@@MayMay-qr1yc Hank's voice: Green dust?
My favorite line out of the Gnome episode is from the cop: "let me know when you find Winklebottom!"
"Lady, to be honest, after the teens get their hands on them, you won't want it anymore"
Yes!
you had me with the "that's my purse" fake out. great video
me too. i was enjoying this video thinking 'seems like a decent content creator' then....got me.
Quite the lol!😆
I was screaming, “That’s a great episode!” She fooled me
Peggy can be a pain, but her speech to Hank’s dad before he passes in one of the later seasons is one of the most badass moments I ever seen on TV. Give that a look if you haven’t seen it yet.
Completely agree. Changed my view of her
Peggy and Cotton hated each other but she did always try to get them to be on good terms. Like the Jimmy Carter episode.
Bro proceeds to die out of spite.
As a person who went to high school in Texas I can 100% confirm that the show is accurate in the lengths a school will go to keep their football players eligible, although it wouldn't be so bad as to land them on the honor roll strings get pulled and its basically an open secrete
This proves my long-standing theory: the more polished the animation got, the worse the show became.
Agreed.
I think that almost all cartoons are like that.
I think that almost all cartoons are like that.
The more popular the show gets, the higher the budget in the animation department gets as it gets renewed, but as it goes on the original writers move on to other things and lackluster writers jump on to take their place.
Much like the simpsons
"maybe if I hadn't left my post, we'd still have an outlet mall" - in other words, "this is entirely my fault but I'm going to blame you to save face"
You Blockhead Why Would You Abandoned Your Post and Knows You Was Supposed Do Your Job?
I think "Church Hopping" absolutely deserves to be on here at least as an honorable mention. This is a prime example of Hank getting his way because he's the protagonist even when he's in the wrong or being an awful person. The entire conflict stems from the fact that Bobby forgot to set the clocks back for Daylight Savings and they show up late to church where their "usual" seats have been taken. Mind you this family has a baby with them and yet Hank still tries to tell them to move somewhere else. When he complains to the pastor about it she rightfully tells him there's no assigned seats and to get over it.
So how does this episode end? He convinces the family that "took" his seats to attend the Megachurch he and his family attended for a bit until it started to occupy too much of their time and blackmails the pastor that unless his family doesn't have that pew reserved specifically for them he will tell all the loyal church goers to attend the Megachurch instead. What an entitled jerk.
The worst part is that we're supposed to sympathize with Hank acting so spoiled over a damn seat. He feels somewhat ooc and it's another episode that messes with continuity because we've clearly seen the Hills sit at different pews before in previous episodes despite him saying they've sat at that exact spot for 12 years. This entire conflict would have been over had Hank and his family simply went to church earlier the next time around. And we're supposed to feel good when Hank pretty much threatens the small time pastor?
The redeeming qualities of this one are that at least the montage of the Hills looking for a new church is hilarious and it does capture the feel of a Megachurch. Not to mention the Megachurch people seemed like decent people and I appreciate that it's pastor basically begged Hank to go back to his old church because he was so fed up with Peggy. Otherwise, a an easy skip-it episode.
That entire problem could've been avoided if Hank and family just got to church earlier lol
Honestly I thought Reverend Stroop was just as bad. She was so afraid of losing more people she turned the last few pews in to a smoking section according to Dale. She used the Church sign to be just as petty with the "there's no assigned seating in Heaven". I mean that episode just showed how terrible most of them were. Like you said the new pastor, partly because he couldn't stand Peggy, was the best one there. Oh I think his point about why he made the Church he did would have still held and would have still explained it to Hank like that, but yeah he really wanted to get rid of her(and to be fair to him it was because she didn't fit).
Reborn to be wild should be up there as well
The pork factory and Hank pet sitting a cat are other honorable mentions I add. Cotton is another mention. His death that far in the series and flushing his ashes being a middle finger to continuity when he fought for a veterans grave.
Another problem in "life a loser's manual" peggy decides not to tell luanne about her father at the end in order to protect her, the problem with this plan is since her dad is now in prison for life that means he will eventually die in prison and that is something she cant cover up by saying "oh he died on the oil rig" the prison would contact both peggy and luanne and she would learn the turth eventually and would hurt even worse than just ripping the band aid off.
My issue with the episode Is it missed the point of the lean saga, I dont blame her getting drunk, but the episode showed luanne was smart and she saw her mom's true colors, she accepted peggy as her true mom. This episode just made luanne dumb and oblivious
Luanne was the 1st to b notified about her parents fight that tipped over the trailer and her mom went to prison, and in a later episode she testify at her mom's trial, and another episode after that she was notified that her mom got paroled, that same day she notified her father about it, meaning she was keeping in touch with him after the fight, how was she not aware that her father was in prison too? Because someone else at the oil rig or prison would've picked up the phone and say who it was.
So true because she's basically sugar coating the fact that her dad was in prison which is something Luanne deserves to know because after all, she already knows her mother was in prison, why would they not mention her father being in prison too.
@ILoveSamba27 , i just saw this episode today and I agree with Peggy keeping her brothers secret from Luanne. Look at how Hank reacted when she told him.
JMHO,
What made the early episodes so good was the blend of realism and exaggerated parody of real world situations. I had no idea a new writer came in at season 7 and that explains so much. It went from being a grounded show to pretty insane nightmare episodes where the side characters are suddenly mindless zombies turning on people for literally no reason. Bill and Peggy both go bat-shit crazy and its hard to even see them as characters anymore. At least Manic Kahn was a good sendoff, but I found myself skipping a lot of late season episodes.
Very much so. I was actually watching the tornado episode last night with my husband he pointed out how different the humor was in earlier seasons. It happens a lot with shows that go on for a long time and onboard new writers while the core writers leave to other shows. There are some gems in the later seasons, some that surprisingly hold up even today (the MySpace episode in particular calling out how creepy it is to have your personal life so public), but the latter seasons are not nearly as good. I find myself disinterested in later season episodes as well.
Just Another Manic Kahnday was NOT a good sendoff. I liked it as on its own, but it was not series finale material. To Sirloin With Love was written to be the series finale.
I feel like the oil rig story could have been a lie Peggy made up. It suits her character.
I really hated the episode where lucky tried to get his high school diploma and peggy failed him on purpose, i was so hoping that this will be redeemed with peggy confessing that she failed lucky on purpose, but no, they decided to stick with that all luckys family members tried to acomplish something before mareiage but failed and they married anyways with a traditional shotgun wedding
I hated Peggy here too
She admitted it at the end dude did you even watch it lol
@@bussinmaneuvers4494 i did
@@bussinmaneuvers4494 it’s still shit
What made that episode silly is that Lucky's goal was more realistic than his other relatives. Getting a GED is an achievable goal as long as you put in the effort. There is no law that says he had to pass it the first time.. He could take it again with proper help.
“This episode seems unnecessarily harsh on Hank…”
Yeah that happens a lot in this show.
Especially in later seasons
It isn't. Hank doesn't want Bobby to play baseball because he feels embarrassed by it. If Bobby enjoys playing he should whether he is good or not. The episode is just silly because the coach while being encouraging is also insane in thinking that it alone will make Bobby a superstar. Its a horrible episode with no moral payoff at all. If you're bad at something, just give up and don't bother. Thanks king of the hill
1:36 the best screw you Bill I’ve heard lmao
"Strickland Propene does not have a vending machine. It smells, and I thank God every day I get home that I didn't get exploded. The end."
-David "The Flyin' Hawaiian" Kalaiki-Ali'i
That "essay" is genuinely hilarious and elevates the episode.
Good job critiquing the themes of eps. However, at least comedy-wise, "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" holds up (although it should be noted it may have lacked more plot due to the additional voice acting of the FOX NFL team at the time of James Brown, Terry Bradshaw, Jimmy Johnson, and Howie Long).
That _was_ pretty dope.
"MacMayenerberry, Hank! MACMEYNERBERRY!"
One day Bobby is being Bobby. Yep.
David has to be one of the best one shot characters in the series, if only for how well he accept his slice of humble pie.
PEGGY: Did you poop your pants?
DAVID: I deserve that.
Some of the positives I would give to “New Cowboy on the Block” is one of the rare moments where we see Hank and Khan join forces. Khan being horrified at Hank being punched by Big Willie Lane and a nice moment at the end with Khan saying thank you to Hank and passing him a beer.
The biggest highlight of the episode was when Khan called his father in law to hire a hit man to kill Big Willie Lane and throwing in Dale as a bonus. Damn Khan.
Some episodes I remembered not at all liking was when Bobby dressed up as Cupid to win back Connie. The whole thing was feeling second hand embarrassment for Bobby making a fool of himself and jeopardizing his friendship with his two best friends.
The other one being the magician episode where Hank was being unreasonably petty and spiteful the whole episode.
You are _not_ alone on not liking "I'm With Cupid" I personally like it, but I have heard others take issue with it.
I have also heard others not like the magician episode "Sleight of Hank", and I actually agree on that one. The only things I like about it are Hank's increasingly bizarre "speculations" on how the trick worked, and how the magician superbly got out of Hank's attempt to use Luanne to figure out the trick. Other than those parts though, it is a very hard episode to watch.
I used to think that this show was boring as a kid, but now I think that it’s super funny. It’s funny in creative ways and very subtle lol
FOr me the worst thing Peggy ever did was spike Hank with increasing amounts of testosterone. No only was she going behind her husbands back, but she was ignoring medication instructions because she liked the results.
Yeah that was a really bad thing to do. I'm still going to put some blame on the doctor the way he was pretty much telling Peggy to take the prescription when Hank already outright refused it.
@@HarveyMcCloud he never told her to drug him. He’s a doctor if that is what’s going to help the patient then of course he’s going to push the issue. But she drugged him.
Dude I hate Peggy with a passion because of that and some earlier episodes
@@gh0rochi363 he didn't but he shouldn't have allowed her to take it when Hank already said no. He was complicit in Peggy taking it. Very bad.
@@HarveyMcCloud lol ok. Watch it ladies this guy might find a way to justify why he rufied you.
For the “Untitled black McCormick Project” episode, Dale was an asshole for getting John Redcorn to sleep with the woman Bill was dating just so Bill couldn’t raise his (but actually John Redcorn’s) child. But in the end, it was a bit of an unintended service to Bill since it didn’t take much for her to cheat, and he could’ve gone on to marry her & ended up in denial about her actions like Dale. It was better to cut her off early. But the fact that Dale tells John Redcorn that he has another child, but his first thought isn’t to try to be a father to her, he just wanted to sleep with his ex, messing up another man’s relationship.
True. John Redcorn trying to play victim is just the worst.
ZZ Top episode was the worst for me.
Best was when they smoke, lose insurance, and Bobby is a better homemaker than Peggy.
I thank God everyday I didnt get esploded. The End.
Brings a tear to my eye
Move over, Mark Twain.
I’m sorry you wrong, about Luanne’s Father it is mentioned several times in earlier seasons that her father is in prison it’s mentioned threw “ DUH” moments like when the get stuck at the airport when there trying to visit Peggy’s family in Montana it’s noted that Luanne stated when there missed there flight due to weather “ my daddy’s on a day pass “
That makes sense, but how does Hoyt not know what Luann looks like then? Why did he think she was just a little girl when she was living with the Hills for only like four years at this time?
2:32 Love how the animators captured that old school “big league chew” baseball cartoon style.
I can understand why it would be frustrating to watch Peggy Makes the Big Leagues. Though it never frustrated me personally, because despite my lack of knowledge on how highschool players manage to work through their grades. I assumed it was a commentary on that, namely that in school if your good enough in football that you dont need to be good at the actual work. More or less their skill compensate their lack of work ethic off the field. And in this case he was the star player, and as you mentioned earlier football fans can be very aggressive and the teachers in that episode felt more like a comedic extreme. Most of the time when Peggy is doing what she thinks is right, she tends to go to extremes but in this case, her genuine want for David to get a passing grade and not coast solely on his football ability. But again I never thought to much about that episode because it seemed to be too ridiculous but funny enough for a lot of bits in it. And it honestly the only pick on your list I dont agree with but I agree with your points none the less.
Fair enough. Thank you for your insight :)
Fun fact: The football player in “Peggy makes the big leagues” was voiced by famous actor Brendon Fraser
The line lucky has " were you in the state or federal oil rig" was the giveaway. It wasnt supposed to be known. But I do agree she'd be old enough to know. I actually enjoy alot of these episodes, but its king of the hill. Flood episode is hands down the worst
The one where Bill becomes a leader at the shelter pisses me off so much
I liked #4 a bit because of how it ends up concluding, how Willy dug his own grave, but I can agree that it is a bit hard to watch the cops not care about his blatant felonies.
Dale be not proud was one of the funniest Dale-centered episodes in the series. The part I found unbelievable about it was Hank’s willingness to abide by Dale’s demands (Shouldn’t Nancy take on power of attorney responsibilities?). One of season 8’s better episodes
I’ll still say it but “What Makes Bobby Run?” is still the worst KOTH episode. It’s so mean spirited that it puts “Boys of Bummer” to shame. What irks me the most is Hank, the same man who literally kicked Jimmy Wichard’s ass for making Bobby cross a race track, is ok with son getting a beating from a rival school because of “tradition”
“SqUiRrEl TaCtIc!”
13:36 Should’ve called your penguin Sir Reginald like Luanne’s manger babies puppet!
"I say, you look good in red, Comrade Hill, wot wot!"
~Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third, Perils of Polling
WELL DONE !!!!! Your analysis is on point, and I found watching this just as humorous as watching an actual full KOTH episode in all its Glory.
I recently did a marathon of the series, and I have to say that my least favorite episode was Racist Dawg. It's one of those episodes where the entire town turns on Hank through no fault of his own, this time for Ladybird targeting a black repairman. This includes Peggy who turns on him after passing an online "are you racist" test that she previously believed to be bogus. While this plotline is enraging enough on its own, the episode's most egregious flaw to me is that NOBODY LEARNS ANYTHING. Hank doesn't wind up reexamining his life to determine whether his behavior actually has affected Ladybird (any hope of that evaporated as soon as the "Everyone hates Hank now" subplot started up), and the townsfolk never reexamine their unjustified mob behavior towards Hank. Instead, there's a gag ending where it turns out that Lasybird just doesn't like repairmen. You just can't have a dumb gag ending on an episode involving themes this serious.
TLDR; Racist Dawg sucks because it involves heavy subject matter but lacks the spine to actually tackle it, instead wasting my time with a frustrating plot about Hank becoming a pariah
OMG yes! That episode is so annoying! Something I always liked about King of the Hill is that they never really cite race as something worth mentioning. Recall the episode where Hank goes to traffic school and Budda Sack makes a bunch of racial jokes. Hank's visibly uncomfortable, but not because he's white, it's because the jokes have no place in a education environment. The only time race is even brought up is either when Cotton is on the screen, and his 'racism' is undermined by the fact that he had a close relationship and son with a Japanese woman, or when Khan first moves into the neighborhood and everyone suspects Hank's dislike of him is because of his race, not the fact that he and Minh came off as rude.
Basically Racist Dawg's plot point was already done and was done better in the first season. I HATED how the repairman immediately jumped on playing the race card. I absolutely can't stand when people just up and throw their 'card' out, be it female card, race card, status card. It's such a cheap tactic and it served nothing to the situation. It's also grating on me that towards the end, Ladybird starts attacking a white guy and all of a sudden it's okay that his dog is attacking.
As far as not learning a lesson, this one is about halfway. He does take Ladybird to the man's house and he's able to prove that the man was wrong. Though at no point is it seen that any is apologizing to Hank, saying they were sorry for thinking of him that way. Also I have a very dim view of people that think they can "stop racism" by identifying someone as racist and then proceed to either bully him or sit outside of his house and chant, as if that's going to do anything. Everyone jumps on him to prove how not racist they are. It's like meeting someone that doesn't know how to read. Is you being a jerk to him and chanting outside his house going to suddenly teach him how to read? Also this was season 7. Recall what I had to say about season 7 in the video ;)
Good write up. Yeah Peggy and the entire town who normally love Hank just flipping on a dime felt like some terrible family guy or modern Simpsons writing. It's so incredibly out of character for everyone involved, they all just back-stab him with no second thought. Everyone comes off as a completely unlikable asshole.
Are we not gonna talk about Peggy spanking duley in front of the entire class and then almost doing it to Joseph in front of his own parents?
Fr!! Nobody mentions this when they talk about Peggy's worst moments!
@@katc2040 Probably because they agree with it!
Yeah what’s wrong with spanking?
@@frenchtoast2319 you don't hit other peoples kids lol
@@KB-313 and people wonder why all kids are entitled snowflakes nowadays.
Your #1 gag made me sit bolt upright and verbally exclaim "you monster".
Totally got me, there.
I can’t stand the gnome episode how Peggy acted towards Bobby was so un-justified she basically disowned him and started being cold towards Bobby even though he is sorry.
I always figured the oil rig story was a lie to cover for Hoight going to prison
I think the prison part was heavily implied even in the beginning
You have to make more king of the hill videos!!! They're so good. You should make one with all the continuity errors. Like Peggy's mom being different in season 9
My mother works at an oil and propane distributor. I always ask to this day, Do you thank god you didn't get exploded?
Bobby Goes Nuts is a hilarious episode, but the ending makes no sense. Bobby kicks Peggy in the crotch and she feels no pain because "women do not have testicles". It doesn't matter what you've got between your legs - getting kicked anywhere hurts!
It would've been more on-brand for Peggy if she pretended she wasn't in pain and once Bobby was out of sight, she limped back to the house in agony - similar to an earlier episode where she hurt her groin trying to lift Bobby in a fireman's carry.
Being someone who hates bullies but loves this show it’s odd to me that you chose basically all episodes where someone is bullying some else. Mostly because though some characters are just unbelievably irritating it usually is what drives a lot of the jokes. I would judge for different criteria is what I’m saying I guess. Either way this was a fantastic video!
I thought the bill was his absolute worst when he became a bodybuilder and was just being a bully to his best friends and you had those cartoonish bodybuilders just invading his house and forcing him to “get jacked” as they put it. Just a terrible episode and Bill has worst.
Tbh Bill is my least favorite character in the series. I get that he’s supposed to be a loser and all but, in a lot of ways he’s terrible along with Peggy and Nancy who people tend to shit on. Bill always turns on his friends SPECIFICALLY HANK and even tries (and miserably fails) to get with Peggy whenever he thinks that Hank isn’t going to be around. He’s a pathetic loser and a shitty friend
I actually like the mascot episode. Also the David episode sounds exactly like the type of things that actually DO happen in Texas high schools when it comes to star football players.
Yeah, I feel you. Overall I agree with most of this list, but who doesn’t love the Flyin’ Hawaiian?! I think what I appreciate most about the episode, is the fact that hank is so conflicted between doing what he knows is right & between his love for Arlen High football
Regarding the lack of passports in the Lupe episode, they weren’t necessary back when it aired.
Before 9/11, Americans could pretty much just waltz right into Canada or Mexico if it was only for a short stay. Even now, there are special cards you can get that allow you to go to Mexico or Canada without getting a full passport and visa. I live in an Arizona border town, and a lot of people I know have them. I don’t know the specifics of a situation like that (it still DOES seem a bit farfetched), but the lack of passports isn’t unrealistic per se.
The ones I hated the most were Hank's Bully (due to how realistic it was, and how constricting the use of johnny law was, all because Hank dared to not tolerate some new kid trespassing on his property and trying to destroy his house for shits and giggles) and Mrs. Wakefield (one of my nightmares is home invasion, and I'm pretty sure I'd get a heart attack screaming at my friends and family if they went 'how dare you not let this person you don't know in your house.')
What particularly gets me about Hank's Bully is that the end of the episode is not going to be that simple. That kid will need *years* of conditioning before he can be let out to society. He needs years to unlearn behavior that, were he to try it to the wrong person, would get him shot. (Because, there are *definitely* people who will shoot you to death for walking onto their grass, they'll also shoot you for, I dunno, sticking a hose through their mail slot or stealing, or vandalizing.)
The whole time watching hanks bully I just kept thinking how my mama would have grounded me and my grandmother have swatted me with a hairbrush if I done half the things Caleb did
#1 reminds me of my private school's incident between myself and one of the basket ball teams, I caught him watching porn on his laptop, and tried to tell the teacher in private, instead he said if it was so important I should tell it infront of the whole class, leading to the student to make a death threat twords me when I awkwardly told him, violating the schools so called "zero tolerance" bulling policy, in the end they moved me to do my work alone in the computer lab, while doing their best to keep him from coming in contact with me because assaulting a fellow student, let alone one of the "special needs" kids would you know ruin their precious basketball teams chances, If I had the spine i had now i'd of told my family the truth and gone to the police. and entire classroom of students saw him scream that at me. Instead of letting them punish me.
I just wanted to say that I really enjoy your KOTH content. You should create more video essays on media you enjoy, find your niche! There's way too few women creators who are eloquent and real, that you shouldn't give up on YT. Great work!
What a lovely comment. Thank you! :)
Another note about "Sweet Smell of Excess" is that Bobby being interested in football seems like a setup for something else, but then it turns out he actually is interested in football. Seems way out of character for Bobby. I think they could have gone a similar route but with some more focus on Bobby.
koth is such a well paced show. and some episodes are quotable from front to back.
Keep making these type of lists I was trying to find more of these kind of videos on your chanel but this is the only one. (From what I can tell)
I thought the “Oil rig” story was a cover for prison? I thought it was Peggy’s way of protecting Luanne from the pain of having both parents in prison.
That was a retcon. Originally the oil rig was just an oil rig that Luanne's dad was hiding on until Leanne died. As mentioned in this video, Luanne's dad being a jailbird was something made up just for that episode and was never the writer's intention before that.
It's a crime how little views this has. I loved it!
Oh my fucking god, that’s my high school. That kid sued and won, it was wild
Good on him! Hope he's doing okay now.
Stumbled upon your video and great stuff. Glad UA-cam reccomended it. You got yourself a new subscriber
Bill is depressingly realistic. He's a sad-sack who basically depends parasitically on Hank to stay alive.
The moment he gains any autonomy or power, though, he immediately becomes very abusive toward his friends, reserving his very worst for Hank, the one man he can truly count on.
I've known many Bills.
And like it or not, the football episode is pretty goddamn accurate.
The flood episode pissed me off so much as a kid. I just wanted Hank to punch the hell out of everyone there.
Great video - but I am a huge fan of A Rover Runs Through It. It is such a beautiful ending seeing Bobby on the horse. It's such a beautiful and subtle ending
Yeah I liked that episode too
Most of these episodes taught as an important life lesson; people will pick football over you.
Worst KOtH episode: The Hallelujah house. it has that gross fundamentalist lady, and relies on Bobby and Luann to be out of character to function.
The Halloween episode in earlier seasons? That's one of the best ones!
That one's hilarious
How are they out of character? They hadn't fully _developed as characters_ yet, or to say it another way, they weren't in any way intended or close to being, the way they became later. Bobby was, by my recollection a quirky but mostly "typical" boy, and Luanne wasn't quite brain-dead stupid like she became later, but still naive and short-sighted, and a bit too prone to simple emotion-based behavior and decisions. I didn't see anything out of character with them at all in that episode.
A small Texas town definitely would try and do everything to get their star player back on the field
It's more difficult nowadays, but it's still done
I'm from Texas n yeah the love of football is real to a insane level. I do see events from the last episode happening.
I'm from Texas too. And yeah... the love of football is real.
The entirety of the flood episode sounds like something season 1 or 2 would write as a nightmare Hank had.
Bruh that football drama happens irl. They riot over losing a game. I watched people shoot their TVs over losing a game
Is it weird to say that I'm glad I'm not really into sports because of stuff like that?
People here in Kentucky burn couches when they WIN.
@@lightspeedmurphy7546 No, that isn't weird in the slightest, and I am _right there with you_
Stay _out_ of that mess.
BIIIG disagree on #8 that last moment where Bobby wants to go to another game is so wholesome
I disagree with everything she said. There are no bad episodes period !!! I love every single episode !!
Yeah when I tell people that King of the Hill is one of my favorite shows of all time, I mean only seasons 1-6
These episodes aren’t even bad they’re just not the greatest. That’s how good king of the hill is.
To be honest I think the incredible hank should have been on here or at least in the honorable mentions. Not only did Peggy drug Hank with testosterone pills but I felt like Bobby was getting shit on in this episode too because he didn't feel comfortable showering after gym class and even Hank thought he was wrong for feeling this way. But in reality I don't think this is something Bobby should have been forced to do if it made him uncomfortable because after all, it's his body.
I always wondered if the teacher could fail Bobby just for not showering. If he took part in the activities wouldn't that be enough? I never had to shower after gym so I wouldn't know. I thought the doctor was being irresponsible as well. He never gave Hank a proper exam and assumes he has low t. Um...Hank was overworked because he had to do everyone's job. Of course he'd' be grumpy.
@@joetophat2121 I never had to either but I did change into my gym uniform though. However I used to not feel comfortable changing into my gym uniform infront of the other girls and especially on those days where I forgot to wear a bra ( I know that It's just girls but I still didn't want them seeing my bare chest). I wanted to change in a bathroom stall but my friend wouldn't let me do that and thought I was ridiculous for not being comfortable getting dressed around the other girls, exactly the same reaction Hank had. Yeah I get that Hank was probably grumpy but still, he should have talked to the gym teacher about that instead of thinking Bobby was being ridiculous for feeling uncomfortable about showering after gym class.
@@yogalover2753 Sorry you had to go through that. I never enjoyed changing for gym either. Hank needed to learn to have empathy for Bobby. The gym teacher seemed unreasonable in failing Bobby just because of the shower. That always came off as an extreme reaction. When I was in gym we were graded on participation. As long as you participated you were fine. There were occasions when certain kids didn't have the right clothes or shoes, but they didn't automatically get an F as long as they participated. The worst was they got a lower grade. .
@@joetophat2121 Yeah I agree, plus it's his body. If he doesn't want be naked infront of other kids, the gym teacher should have respected his decision.
@@joetophat2121 That seemed to be the problem, the gym teacher, and the school presumably, and _Hank_ considered the showering as _part_ of the participation. I'd say that that's stupid, but that seemed to be their thinking.
I just saw number 2 on your list before watching this video and it left an actual bad taste in my mouth not only for how nobody took Hank's side when he explained himself, but even more so with how Bill seemed horribly out of character. And absolutely no vindication for Hank at all. I can only hope whoever wrote that episode wants it erased from existence as much as I do.
I'm Hank Hill and I sell propane and propane accessories
The "Dia Bill ic shock" episode made me aware of my diabetes. So that one sucked as well
Ditto. The only difference is Bill is type 2, and I'm type 1.
I agree with ALL of your choices, but the order would be different. I hate ‘Hank’s Bully’ soooo much it’s be Number One. Very good knowledge of KOTH. Thought I was the only Super Fan of this series.
VERY CORRECT in that the writing quality is really bad after season 7.
Agree with Hank's bully being the worst.
There's thousands of us! It really is the greatest show ever.
I understand alot of people dont like the origional series finale but for me it seemed like a correct way to end the series with the writers holding on the the personalities of all the characters and that last scene with luanne and lucky walking out really got to me.
Minh also commented about soccer in Orange County and wearing the sweater around her waist, they really stuck that storyline. Yes, Peggy is a horrible human being...
Fun video and while I don't agree with all these it was still enjoyable. I think a lot of the episodes that upset people tend to be ones where something frustrating and relatable happens, the number one episode on this list being something I've sadly seen happen in real life a few times.
I think you really don't like second hand embarrassment haha, thats my problem with a lot of the "bad" episodes
another continuity thing: the season 11 finale which was supposed to be the end, there's an alternate ending where the guys in tuxes talk about all the events that happened throughout the series...events that happened over the PAST YEAR!!! there were 7 Christmas, 3 Thanksgiving, and 2 Bobby's birthdays, that last one I can actually understand. and if Pigmaleon (did I even spell that right?) counts as a Halloween episode then you got 2 of those. as well as Buck in season 2 describing Hank as "15 years I've promoted him 15 times" to all the later seasons saying 20+ years.
Yeah, I'm glad they scrapped that.
@@HarveyMcCloudI heard this was supposed to be satirical of KOTH continuity however it kinda looks dumb in perspective
I'm shocked that the episode where Cousin Dusty shows up isn't at the top of this list. That was a shark jumping moment in the series for sure.
What I don't get is the mascot beating episode is just fine, but the Simpsons episode where the entire town drives Bart to suicide over a baseball game is considered a bad episode. They're practically the same thing.
I've seen an example of comparison between the two, look around in here, particularly the second folder-tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/DethroningMoment/KingOfTheHill
I really enjoy the video. Just a something I would like to touch on I'm from North East Texas and probably ten years or so older than you so with that said in the 70's for sure and up into the late 80's a mascot get beat up would have happened up into the 90's we got away with very questionable things. Some I'm proud of others not so much but by God I have memories. I hope this finds you well it's been a long time since you've uploaded a video. Well I have taken up enough of your time thank you for the video.
Bro, I have a crazy mom, and I can relate to the Peggy gnome episode. Getting screamed at and overkill punished for stuff I didn't do. Bad memories.
What I'm getting at though, is I think it's kinda realistic.
I personally think season 8 is where the show began to slip. Season 7 has a lot of good episodes, including my all time favorite, Maid in Arlen.
You think Adults would not be okay with seeing a child being beaten in Texas for a football tradition? Are you sure you’re from Texas?
Right?
Ray Roy I assure you that will lead you to assualt charges now.
@@Scythescor you’re not from Texas either
@@reyrey7775 hmmm I'm not from San Antonio then 🤔
@@Scythescor I guess not.
Good video and analysis of the episodes. It was a little different from those lists that always have the same few episodes.
One criticism would be to put something behind you when recording. The sound just seems off or slightly far away.
Working on it! :)
Your state doesn't have a creepy obsession with football, the rest of America just isn't dedicated enough.
I love when hank says oh god theirs a cage!?! Lol
Awesome video! King of the Hill is one of the best shows ever made... too bad the shows gone tho 😪. You should make more KOTH videos, they're really good!
Sure! Give me a topic :)
Mike judge said he wants to resurrect the series, with the characters being aged up. I’d love to see that.
"Chasing Bobby" let's face it, the whole reason I hated the episode was that Peggy didn't give two shits about solving Hank's little crisis and just wants brownie points for it.
“One day Bobby is being Bobby, and breaks a piece off” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
To be honest I honestly thought Hank's back story was gonna be on here or at least in the honorable mentions. The way that Hank was treated by his friends in this episode was really awful.
Yeah that episode was not one of the better ones. Cotton and Topsy tried to assassinate Castro at a baseball game in New York by using pregnant Tilly as a cheap excuse to gain access? This is just contrived
@@reneedubuc3712 Um when did that happen in this episode because I was talking about the episode where Hank found out he had DGS and everyone made fun of him for it, including his own friends.
KOTH is definitely a show that should have used a continuity writer.
As someone who got participation trophies before I promise you they mean nothing to most kids xD
Pigmalion is another honorable mention. Not only being dark, but being uninteresting.
I was really surprised not seeing the Halloween one with Trip Larson where he basically kidnaps Luanne. I always liked that one but since the start of the video I really thought that was gonna be #1 because the fandom universally hates it.
Trust me, that episode could be a lot worse. Making Peggy the character people don't believe fits with her character as a narcissist.
This is the best Murder Case video I seen!
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As much as I dislike Peggy she did get my respect for failing David and trying to help him pass but I do agree with your list