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 - The Perils of Polling
Release Date: 2000-10-01Bobby's act of heroism leads the Hills to a meeting with candidate George Dub-Ya, who turns Hank's vote from sure to tentative with the shake of a hand.
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Episode 2 - The Buck Stops Here
Release Date: 2000-11-05Bobby becomes Strickland's personal caddy and picks up some bad habits. Meanwhile, Peggy and Minh compete to donate the most blood.
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Episode 3 - I Don't Want to Wait...
Release Date: 2000-11-12As Hank builds coffins for his family, Bobby struggles with the fact that he's still treated as a child even as Joseph laments how awkward adulthood is for him.
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Episode 4 - Spin the Choice
Release Date: 2000-11-19Bobby rejects Thanksgiving after history lessons from John Redcorn, who longs to be a real father to his illegitimate son Joseph.
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Episode 5 - Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
Release Date: 2000-11-26The Booster Club sends a distraught Hank to talk to Peggy after she fails the football team's star fullback and gets him suspended from the team.
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Episode 6 - When Cotton Comes Marching Home
Release Date: 2000-12-03Cash-flow problems plague Hank's father, who's forced to work a menial job on Veterans Day instead of marching in the parade.
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Episode 7 - What Makes Bobby Run?
Release Date: 2000-12-10Bobby goes all-out to become school mascot, a high-profile post that suffers a low blow when he avoids a time-honored tradition.
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Episode 8 - 'Twas the Nut Before Christmas
Release Date: 2000-12-17Bill counters his holiday loneliness by becoming a generous Santa, attracting a nice single mother and a young slacker who takes advantage.
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Episode 9 - Chasing Bobby
Release Date: 2001-01-21Peggy thinks Hank's tears are indicative of a father-son void, but they're really about his truck, which looks headed for pickup-truck heaven.
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Episode 10 - Yankee Hankie
Release Date: 2001-02-04While a distraught Hank tries to deal with the fact that he wasn't born in Texas, Cotton and his buddies once again make plans to assassinate Fidel Castro.
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Episode 11 - Hank and the Great Glass Elevator
Release Date: 2001-02-11Bill and former Texas governor Ann Richards hit it off after a chance meeting resulting from Hank's reluctant prank in an Austin hotel.
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Episode 12 - Now Who's the Dummy?
Release Date: 2001-02-18Bobby's ventriloquist's dummy gets more of Hank's attention than Bobby, but it's Dale who harbors a grudge against the wooden being.
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Episode 13 - Ho Yeah!
Release Date: 2001-02-25Unaware that the new employee at Strickland Propane is a prostitute, Peggy becomes her best friend and even offers her a place to stay--Hank's den.
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Episode 14 - The Exterminator
Release Date: 2001-03-04Repeated exposure to poisons forces Dale out of extermination and into a desk job that leads him back into extermination--of careers.
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Episode 15 - Luanne Virgin 2.0
Release Date: 2001-03-11As Luanne's sponsor in a sexual-abstinence program, Peggy has to testify about her lifetime total of sexual partners--and it's more than one.
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Episode 16 - Hank's Choice
Release Date: 2001-04-01When Bobby develops an allergy to Ladybird, Hank builds a doghouse, an elaborate accommodation that's perfect--for Bobby.
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Episode 17 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Release Date: 2001-04-08Hank joins Bobby's environmental effort, but only to preserve a long-time cover-up concerning a mishap with Boomhauer's car in high school.
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Episode 18 - The Trouble with Gribbles
Release Date: 2001-04-22Dale plans to buy Nancy a face-lift by suing a tobacco company, which countersues--and carelessly bugs his home.
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Episode 19 - Hank's Back Story
Release Date: 2001-05-06Wearing a prosthetic rump relieves Hank's back pain, but makes him the butt of friends' jokes as they all prepare for a riding-mower race.
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Episode 20 - Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story
Release Date: 2001-05-13Bobby avoids a beating by high schoolers by pretending to be one of them.