King of the hill appreciation thread - Yup.

[Evil Peter Griffin]

I think I oughta kick your ass you piss shitten excuse for a loony toon.

If you are a cow how do you type with hooves?

 

[Samuel Fuller]

If you are a cow how do you type with hooves?

They have made AMAZING strides with dictation software, thanks to AI.

 

[Hijo de D. Woodchucks Jr.]

It is already starting.
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I see Arlen's on the part of Texas that's now California.

The show's probably ending with Hank killing himself. Or moving to Tennessee, and honestly I don't know which is worse.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

I see Arlen's on the part of Texas that's now California.

The show's probably ending with Hank killing himself. Or moving to Tennessee, and honestly I don't know which is worse.

wasnt there some historical quip going back colonial times about a guy choosing the death penalty over Virginia because at least it didn't take thirty days to get to hell

 

[I Hate The Disabled]

That pretty much sums up why I absolutely hate Lucky. I'm not kidding, I despise him and he ruins the later seasons for me.

His ugly, he's old enough to be Luann's father and his income is from insurance over claims from a shady lawyer. He had nothing to offer to her and was clearly a lazy stupid man with low morals. He sucked and his "efforts" to improve himself were too little too late. I don't care about him finishing high school. That's kids stuff and he's a grown man, get a job looser.

A part of this is propably because I was quite young when I started to watch King of the Hill. At the time didn't know much about US, let alone Texas culture. Lot of the humor went over my head and I basically only watched it if nothing better was on. The show was occasionally fine, mostly boring, but I did like Luanne. She was energetic and decent looking despite the art style so I found her entertaining. Later on when I actually got into the show Dale became my favorite but I still held fondness for Luanne so watching her character growth go backwards with the beauty school stuff was sad and then with the Lucky. Ugh.

Modern feminism boils down to:

1) women want agency, but don't want to be held accountable for their decisions.

2a.) when you get old, hate on younger and prettier women for dating men that are in your age range.

2b.) shame men for not wanting to 'settle down' for a 38 year-old woke scold.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

Modern feminism boils down to:

1) women want agency, but don't want to be held accountable for their decisions.

2a.) when you get old, hate on younger and prettier women for dating men that are in your age range.

2b.) shame men for not wanting to 'settle down' for a 38 year-old woke scold.

What? We are talking about fictional characters here. Luanne didn't choose to date Lucky, writers decided that. This isn't about female responsibility unless we are talking about female writers of King of the Hill. If Lucky was their idea or they pushed for Lucky-Luanne romance they suck ass just as much as male writers doing the same thing.

I dislike Lucky because he's written as an unpleasant person that was for some godawful reason pushed on as a great dude and a win for Luanne. The show doesn't hold him to a reasonable standard like they do with other highly flawed characters like Cotton, Dale or Nancy. If the romance had been written with more tragedy tone like they did with Cotton's love life or Dale/Nancy/John Redcorn triangle I could have stomached it but no.

Also his character designs is unpleasant to look at even on King of the Hill standards and he isn't funny enough to make up for it. Seriously what good jokes Lucky had? Slipping on peepee?

 

[Colon capital V]

>Erm... did I just catch you smoking a cigarette?
>That's it boy, to teach you that smoking is bad, I'm gonna have you smoke an entire cart of sticks because filling your bloodstream with nicotine will surely NOT get you addicted to i-ACCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! *dies from lung cancer*

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

>Erm... did I just catch you smoking a cigarette?
>That's it boy, to teach you that smoking is bad, I'm gonna have you smoke an entire cart of sticks because filling your bloodstream with nicotine will surely NOT get you addicted to i-ACCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! *dies from lung cancer*
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My dad gave me the biggest cigar you can think of on vacation before I was legal to smoke. I got through half of it, glad to be part of the man's club, and spent HOURS sitting on the bathroom floor just WISHING I could throw up.

I never touched a cig after that, rarely smoked cigars only when I was with my dad just for an excuse to hang out with him, and many MANY years later bought a pipe to smoke tobacco maybe once every 3-6 months when I needed some stress relief that only smoking and whisky can provide.

The strategy works.

 

[Brenda Holiday]

>Erm... did I just catch you smoking a cigarette?
>That's it boy, to teach you that smoking is bad, I'm gonna have you smoke an entire cart of sticks because filling your bloodstream with nicotine will surely NOT get you addicted to i-ACCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! *dies from lung cancer*
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START

PUFFIN

BOY

 

[Flexo]

One of my favorite moments on the show. It just works on multiple levels.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

>Erm... did I just catch you smoking a cigarette?
>That's it boy, to teach you that smoking is bad, I'm gonna have you smoke an entire cart of sticks because filling your bloodstream with nicotine will surely NOT get you addicted to i-ACCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! *dies from lung cancer*
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Its an old boomer idea (maybe just through old media perception) that fits with Hank's character. If you aren't used to smoking the nicotine overdose fucking sucks and makes you want to throw up with gnarly headaches. Of course in typical KotH fashion it backfired and will power is shown to be the better method of dealing with it.

 

[Peep Plops]

Its an old boomer idea (maybe just through old media perception) that fits with Hank's character. If you aren't used to smoking the nicotine overdose fucking sucks and makes you want to throw up with gnarly headaches. Of course in typical KotH fashion it backfired and will power is shown to be the better method of dealing with it.

Hell Donald Duck made his nephews smoke a whole box of cigars because he didn't realize the box was a gift for him. It's a pretty old trope, like washing a kids mouth with soap if they swear.

 

[Flexo]

Hell Donald Duck made his nephews smoke a whole box of cigars because he didn't realize the box was a gift for him. It's a pretty old trope, like washing a kids mouth with soap if they swear.

Even simpsons did it.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

These people have clearly never been in hick relationships, or relationships period. Lucky's shown to be a good man with morals and principles behind him, he may not be a millionaire but he's way better than the countless sleazeballs Luanne met up with that's mainly for her looks.

The comments seem to be mad that he got Luanne pregnant and stopped her from fulfilling her destiny of becoming a neurosurgeon astronaut.

 

[Kulee Baba]

My dad gave me the biggest cigar you can think of on vacation before I was legal to smoke. I got through half of it, glad to be part of the man's club, and spent HOURS sitting on the bathroom floor just WISHING I could throw up.

I never touched a cig after that, rarely smoked cigars only when I was with my dad just for an excuse to hang out with him, and many MANY years later bought a pipe to smoke tobacco maybe once every 3-6 months when I needed some stress relief that only smoking and whisky can provide.

The strategy works.

Because you undoubtedly inhaled the cigar fumes. With cigars and pipe tobacco you just puff away. If you treat it like a cigarette you will get sick to your stomach.

Hank and and any parent would be retarded making a kid smoke a carton. Jesus Christ how long that would take? But it’s a cartoon and the point was to show how Hank got back into smoking.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

The comments seem to be mad that he got Luanne pregnant and stopped her from fulfilling her destiny of becoming a neurosurgeon astronaut.

I will say they did Luanna dirty in showing that she was an ace mechanic and then dropped that trait for some reason.

In the episode "Hank's On Board" when the gang get stuck in open water because they didn't put the boat's ladder down. I'm honestly surprised that there isn't a basic built in safety features on boats to prevent that. Something like built in foot holds or a rope off the side or something.

 

[Jace on ice]

I will say they did Luanna dirty in showing that she was an ace mechanic and then dropped that trait for some reason.

In the episode "Hank's On Board" when the gang get stuck in open water because they didn't put the boat's ladder down. I'm honestly surprised that there isn't a basic built in safety features on boats to prevent that. Something like built in foot holds or a rope off the side or something.

Doesn't Luanne love being a stylist though?

There's nothing wrong with following your passion. One of my sisters has a graduate degree in neurochemistry, worked in a lab, hated it, and took a much lower paying NGO job working with animals.

Doing something you enjoy even if it's somewhat self limiting doesn’t make you a bad feminist or a gender traitor or whatever these crazy people think.

Not everyone wants to be an astronaut.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

Doesn't Luanne love being a stylist though?

There's nothing wrong with following your passion. One of my sisters has a graduate degree in neurochemistry, worked in a lab, hated it, and took a much lower paying NGO job working with animals.

Doing something you enjoy even if it's somewhat self limiting doesn’t make you a bad feminist or a gender traitor or whatever these crazy people think.

Not everyone wants to be an astronaut.

Modern beauticians also work now with some tech stuff that might need someone handy to keep them working or fix them quick when they're broken. Luanne's skills is something not all beauticians have.

But the point is, Luanne always seemed like someone who, at the end, wanted a quiet family life. Like many women who work not because some feminist ambition, but because they want to contribute to their homes with some money, while not sacrificing taking care of the family. She's doing exactly what she wants to do now.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

Doesn't Luanne love being a stylist though?

There's nothing wrong with following your passion. One of my sisters has a graduate degree in neurochemistry, worked in a lab, hated it, and took a much lower paying NGO job working with animals.

Doing something you enjoy even if it's somewhat self limiting doesn’t make you a bad feminist or a gender traitor or whatever these crazy people think.

Not everyone wants to be an astronaut.

Yes but in the early seasons she was consistently written to be extremely bad at styling. Like failing at rinsing the hair bad. She maybe intrested but no talented. Her dropping out of beauty school wasn't because it's a bad career but because it was a bad fit for her. She had other things she was good at like fixing cars and performing so there was places for her to go but no. Suddenly she just good at hair and can finnish beauty school no problem.

 

[Travoltron]

I will say they did Luanne dirty in showing that she was an ace mechanic and then dropped that trait for some reason.

It always seemed to me like the writers could never agree on what to do with her. In the commentary track, they explained that the joke was that she had a marketable talent, but Hank and the gang were too conservative and close-minded to even recognize that a woman could be a mechanic and that she was wasting her talent in beauty school. (Which she sucked at.)

They had Buckley come back from the dead and tell her that Jesus wants her to go to community college. At the time I was thinking, "Whoa, where are they going with this!" But it really went nowhere.