King of the Hill (1997)
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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Episode 1 - How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
Release Date: 1997-09-21When Bobby discovers the one sport he is good at, marksmanship, he and Hank decide to enter a father & son tournament. As it turns out Hank is a terrible marksman.
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Episode 2 - Texas City Twister
Release Date: 1997-09-26Luanne moves back into her home, a trailer, just as a twister is about to hit.
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Episode 3 - Arrow Head
Release Date: 1997-10-19After Hank finds an arrow head in his lawn, Peggy gives a archaeologist permission to have an archaeological dig their yard.
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Episode 4 - Hilloween
Release Date: 1997-10-26Hank is excited about Halloween until someone complains and has the holiday canceled.
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Episode 5 - Jumpin' Crack Bass (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)
Release Date: 1997-11-02In an effort to catch more fish than his friends, Hank decides to buy special "bait" from a street vendor. He soon finds himself in trouble with the law.
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Episode 6 - Husky Bobby
Release Date: 1997-11-09Much to Hank's dismay, Bobby becomes a plus sized model.
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Episode 7 - The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg
Release Date: 1997-11-16Hank and the guys seek vengeance after a group of teenagers beat them at paint-ball.
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Episode 8 - The Son That Got Away
Release Date: 1997-11-23Bobby and Connie get in trouble at school. They skirt their ensuing punishment and are joined by Joseph, as they head to "The Caves". Hank and Kahn quickly pursue them, knowing that the caves are Arlen's make-out point.
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Episode 9 - The Company Man
Release Date: 1997-12-07Hank struggles to portray himself and his life as that of a stereotypical Texan cowboy's for a Hollywood cowboy movie fan in order to secure a business deal for Strickland Propane.
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Episode 10 - Bobby Slam
Release Date: 1997-12-14Bobby joins the wrestling team and is caught in a dilemma when he has to fight Connie in order to make the team.
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Episode 11 - The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
Release Date: 1997-12-21Hank's mother bring home her new boyfriend, an affectionate Jewish man named Gary. After Hank sees the two of them having relations, he goes blind.
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Episode 12 - Meet the Manger Babies
Release Date: 1998-01-11After seeing that Luanne is depressed, Hank volunteers to buy her some hand puppets at a rummage sale. Luanne starts doing a Christian puppet show, The Manger Babies. Hank agrees to play God in the televised version of the puppet show. When it turns out that the show will be on at the same time as the Super Bowl, Hank has to choose between helping Luanne or watching the game.
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Episode 13 - Snow Job
Release Date: 1998-02-01When Hank's boss, Buck Strickland, has another heart attack, Hank expects to be put in charge of the company while Buck is recuperating. Instead Buck picks Lloyd Vickers, a business-school graduate, and puts Hank in charge of feeding his dogs. At Buck's house, Hank discovers that Buck's stove is electric, not propane. Realizing that Buck is just in propane for the money, Hank considers leaving the propane business and opening up a general store instead.
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Episode 14 - I Remember Mono
Release Date: 1998-02-08On Valentine's Day, Peggy finds out that Hank lied to her when they were dating: he told her he was at home one week with a football injury, when he actually got mono from kissing another girl. She sets out to uncover the whole truth, and finds herself face to face with the past.
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Episode 15 - Three Days of the Kahndo
Release Date: 1998-02-15Hank and his family go with Kahn and his family to spend a weekend in a duplex condo in Mexico. When Kahn discovers that only the bottom half of the condo has been rented, he breaks into the top half and lets Hank stay there. Dale shows up to stay with the Hills, and when Hank, Kahn and Dale are arrested for breaking into the upstairs condo, they have to sneak back across the border.
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Episode 16 - Traffic Jam
Release Date: 1998-02-22After Hank has a car accident, he has to go to traffic school. The teacher of the traffic school is a comedian, Booda Sack, who gets laughs by insulting the audience. Inspired by Booda Sack, Bobby tries developing a stand-up act of his own. Booda Sack tells Bobby that to be funny, he needs to get in touch with his roots as a white man. Looking for something about "white roots" on the internet, Bobby comes across all the material he needs on a site called the White Nationalist Brotherhood.
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Episode 17 - Hank's Dirty Laundry
Release Date: 1998-03-01When Hank tries to buy a new dryer, he is told that his credit is no good because he owes money to Arlen Video. The video store's computer says he rented and never returned a pornographic movie, Cuffs and Collars. Hank refuses to pay for a movie he never rented, and sets out to prove that the computer was wrong.
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Episode 18 - The Final Shinsult
Release Date: 1998-03-15When Cotton learns that the U.S. government is giving the artificial leg of General Santa Ana back to Mexico, he teams up with Dale to steal the leg from the Arlen Museum.
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Episode 19 - Leanne's Saga
Release Date: 1998-04-19When Luanne's mother, Leanne, is released from prison, she starts living in the Hills' garage, and becomes romantically involved with Bill. Bill is busy fighting a foot fungus, with every last dime.
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Episode 20 - Junkie Business
Release Date: 1998-04-26After Hank realizes that his new employee at Strickland Propane is a drug addict, he can't fire him, because drug addiction counts as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Episode 21 - Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
Release Date: 1998-05-03To teach his son the value of a dollar, Hank makes Bobby get a job selling drinks at the racetrack, and tells Bobby to do everything his boss says. What Hank doesn't know is that Bobby's boss, Jimmy Witchard, is a complete moron who makes Bobby do humiliating and even dangerous tasks. Meanwhile, Boomhauer competes for the right to drive the pace car in the NASCAR race.
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Episode 22 - Peggy's Turtle Song
Release Date: 1998-05-10After Bobby eats too much sugar one morning, he is mistakenly diagnosed with attention deficit disorder. Feeling guilty about not spending enough time with her son, Peggy decides to give up teaching and be a stay-at-home mother, a decision Hank fully approves of. But Peggy is so bored at home that she starts taking guitar lessons, and composes a symbolic song about a turtle trapped in her shell. Meanwhile, Bobby takes pills for his ADD, and Luanne becomes convinced that she caught ADD from Bobby.
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Episode 23 - Propane Boom
Release Date: 1998-05-17When Mega Lo Mart starts selling propane, Strickland Propane can't compete with their prices, and Hank loses his job. He winds up working in the propane department at Mega Lo Mart, under the supervision of Luanne's boyfriend Buckley. Hank and other Mega Lo Mart employees decide to protest the way the company destroys small businesses, by disrupting a concert by the company spokesman, Chuck Mangione. Meanwhile, Luanne, who wanted Buckley to give her the job that he gave to Hank, tells Buckley she's breaking up with him. And Hank, Luanne and Buckley are the only people in the Mega Lo Mart when Hank notices a leak...