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Propane and bad judgment don't mix! Join us as we count down the moments when Arlen's most principled man made some questionable choices. From endangering his son with cigarettes to flooding South Arlen, Hank proves that even good men make terrible decisions. Which of these mishaps made you shake your head the most?
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00:00I'm gonna kick your asses.
00:02Why is it always about asses with you, Hank?
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo,
00:08and today we're counting down our picks for the most misguided or even malicious acts
00:13by the mild-mannered lead on King of the Hill.
00:16But you don't understand, that wasn't the real flame.
00:19You don't understand!
00:22Number 20. Built Engagement to be Engaged on a Lie
00:26Peggy remembers her and Hank's disastrous first Valentine's Day in high school
00:31as the moment they fell in love.
00:34After they bonded over the phone while Hank was supposedly nursing a back injury,
00:38they got engaged to be engaged.
00:40I'm sorry I ruined your Valentine's Day.
00:43You didn't? I mean, I'm just so glad you're okay.
00:47Uh, but I'm not okay.
00:49Uh-huh.
00:50I bet I'm missing a great dinner, huh?
00:52But today's Valentine's turns downright catastrophic
00:55when Peggy learns through her husband's permanent records
00:58that he was actually out with mono.
01:00He says he contracted it from drinking someone else's soda
01:03when in fact he was forcibly kissed by another girl.
01:07No.
01:08Stop.
01:09No.
01:10Stop.
01:11No.
01:11Stop.
01:13Oh.
01:14Although Hank is blameless in that regard,
01:17his decision to lie to Peggy then and now
01:19corrupted the foundation of their marriage.
01:21Thankfully, the Hills have had many more legitimately romantic moments since then.
01:26That's right.
01:27And I baked you a cherry pie with a golden brown cross.
01:32Boy, I tell you what, Peggy, that's my favorite.
01:35Mm-hmm.
01:36No.
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01:51They end up leaving Hank as the only one literally with his pants down.
01:55Yeah.
01:56Yeah.
01:57Yeah.
01:57Ha ha ha ha ha.
02:01Little did anyone realize, one level facing the elevator is hosting an event with Ann Richards.
02:07Bill taking the blame works out for him when it leads to a brief romance with the former
02:11governor of Texas.
02:13I had a teacher once that served during World War II and he mooned Eleanor Roosevelt.
02:17No.
02:18Yeah.
02:19He had the opportunity and he took it.
02:21Still, the whole mutually humiliating stunt exposes Hank's bad luck with impulsive behavior.
02:28I'm doing it.
02:29I'm a mooner.
02:30I'm part of it.
02:32No.
02:3318.
02:34Trapped Peggy in a crate.
02:36Hank Rutherford Hill does not like magicians.
02:39Go figure.
02:40He also, equally unsurprisingly, does not believe in magic.
02:44So, when Peggy, ever the egomaniac, participates in an elaborate magic trick, Arlen's most practical
02:51man wants to know how it was done.
02:53After brainstorming solutions involving mirrors, a rotating stage, and hearing out Dale's twin
03:09Peggy theory, Hank resorts to simply claiming to have cracked it, and sealing Peggy into
03:14a crate until she reveals the secrets.
03:16I have sealed the box.
03:19Okay.
03:20Now what?
03:21Now you tell me how that trick was done.
03:23What?
03:24You're not getting out till you tell me.
03:26Hank Hill.
03:27I can wait.
03:28However, it's Hank who caves instead, letting her out, lest they be late for church.
03:32Peggy, I'm sorry.
03:34I didn't.
03:35Thou shalt not speak to me.
03:37Number 17.
03:39Gave Bill some tough love.
03:41It's an especially hard Christmas for Bill, as he marks the seventh anniversary of Lenore
03:45leaving him.
03:47After he jumps off his roof, his friends begin monitoring him around the clock.
03:52The man is clearly in need of professional help.
03:54We've just gotta watch him constantly until he snaps out of it.
03:58Instead, Hank gets fed up and destroys all the Christmas presents Bill accumulated for
04:02his ex-wife. Rather than snap him out of it, this outburst just makes Bill snap.
04:08He comes to believe that he actually is Lenore, until Hank also adopts the persona to convince
04:13Bill that he deserves better.
04:15I am Lenore and I don't love you.
04:18No, Hank!
04:19The difference with this rant is that it's about supporting Bill instead of berating him.
04:24Though Hank crucially learned the difference, he's surely no qualified therapist.
04:29I hit rock bottom there, didn't I, Hank?
04:31Hard.
04:32Then it's all uphill from now on.
04:36Yep, the wind's at your back, buddy.
04:38Merry Christmas.
04:39Number 16.
04:41Extinguished the Olympic Flame
04:43Hank's friends may have entered him into a contest to carry an Olympic torch across through
04:47Arlen, but he doesn't take the honor lightly.
04:50In fact, he takes it seriously enough to sacrifice his own honor.
04:54After dropping the torch in a puddle away from the crowd, Hank begrudgingly lights a new flame.
04:59Is everybody clear on the plan?
05:01That's not the real flame, that's just fire.
05:04It's cheating!
05:06No, no, it's fine.
05:07His conscience ultimately gets the best of him just before the handoff.
05:11Thankfully, Bobby is able to use a cigarette that Dale lit with the original flame to transfer it legitimately.
05:17This also vindicates Bobby after his father scolded and then beat his efforts in the contest.
05:32Hank, meanwhile, had to threaten the integrity of the Olympic Games to learn his lesson about sportsmanship.
05:38I hereby award this trophy to Bobby Hill.
05:44I guess if you wanted to do a celebration dance, that'd be alright.
05:48Number 15.
05:49Blamed a Dead Man
05:50Hank has a strict sense of right and wrong, but his moral guidelines can be bent to save a friend.
05:56When the gang join the fire department, it goes…well, it doesn't live up to Hank's standards, to say the least.
06:02It's stuck.
06:04That's because you're turning it the wrong way.
06:06Give me the wrench.
06:07No!
06:08No!
06:09Wait!
06:10Wait!
06:11Incompetent to a level just shy of their Simpson and Griffin network peers, the guys wind up burning down the fire station.
06:17Where is it?
06:19Oh my god.
06:21Hank realizes that the fire was caused by a shoddy neon sign that Dale installed in tribute to its recently deceased owner, Chet Elderson.
06:33Ultimately, Hank opts to let the dead man take the blame, getting Dale off the hook and bringing the matter to a close.
06:40Chet Elderson.
06:41I did not…Chet Elderson!
06:43Yep, Chet was always trying to plug it in.
06:46He loved that sign.
06:47Number 14.
06:49Made Luanne Move in Time for a Tornado
06:52This episode sees Hank get off to a bad start.
06:55Without his glasses on, he nearly kisses Luanne, and adding to his embarrassment, he's naked, at least by his standards.
07:03Worse still, he soon learns that she's washed her lacy underoos with his cotton grippies.
07:08Will you look at what your niece has done?
07:11She's got my drawers spinning around with her unmentionables.
07:15Yeah, oh, scandalous.
07:17Where's my coffee?
07:19But when a bill collector comes knocking, Hank realizes Luanne's not homeless after all, and promptly gives his niece the old heave-ho.
07:27Sure, he winches her trailer upright first, and gives a lead on a sweet propane discount, but his timing, well, that couldn't be worse.
07:43Not only does Luanne not want to move out, there's a twister on the way, and a trailer is as unsafe of a place as she could possibly be.
07:50I love you and Bobby and Luanne to a lesser extent!
07:59Number 13. Got Khan Fired
08:02Khan can't help but show off to Hank when he lands a big promotion with a classified contract.
08:07But of course, Hank should know better than to cave to his friends about golf club material that could be adapted by the U.S. Army.
08:14After swinging that club, I literally felt like dancing.
08:18When Bill mentions this information to a general over a haircut, Khan loses the contract and his job.
08:24Hank feels this is entirely Khan's fault, until Peggy makes him realize that he shouldn't have betrayed his neighbor's trust.
08:30Hey, don't try to make me into the bad guy. Khan's the bad guy. He leaked government secrets. He's lucky they didn't shoot him.
08:37You know who's responsible for gossip? Gossipers.
08:40Khan ultimately finds a better job, albeit with a three-hour commute to Houston.
08:45The whole ordeal puts his connection with Arlen into perspective, but suggests that Hank may not respect Khan's work that much after all.
08:53Well, you got me there, Khan. My trunk is not like a movie star trunk. It's just a family man trunk.
08:59Number 12. Tricked Bobby and Luanne
09:02When Bobby gets the opportunity to house-sit for Boomhauer, it seems like the perfect way to teach the boy a lesson in responsibility.
09:09Instead, Bobby becomes co-host of a Boomhauer-grade party, and when it goes south, he holds Luanne responsible.
09:16Because of you, I'm problemless. Hey, you can't throw those out. This CD is all I've got left of rad.
09:24A prank war ensues, resulting in Bobby sabotaging Luanne's birth control pills, and Luanne tricking him into thinking she's pregnant.
09:32Mom! Dad! I've gotten Luanne pregnant!
09:36Tapping in Hank and Peggy, Luanne takes part in a fake wedding conducted by Bill to further prank Bobby.
09:44Only Hank takes it to the next level. He convinces Luanne that Bill really is a minister and that her marriage is legally binding.
09:52It wasn't his battle, but Hank won all the same.
09:56No!
10:02Number 11. Took advantage of Khan's condition
10:05While times are changing, bipolar disorder is still a very misunderstood condition.
10:10Likewise, Hank isn't all that hip to the signs, or the jargon, and advises Khan, frenemy, and neighbor to skip his meds.
10:19Listen, if you're not sick, don't worry about it. Wives have turned us into pill popping, baby wearing, teeth whitening sissies.
10:26With Khan's condition unregulated, his mood swings toward the positive and productive.
10:31Which works out very well for Hank and his super grill.
10:34Khan's ideas come fast and furious.
10:37Trouble is, that high doesn't last forever.
10:39And when his mood crashes, so does Project Super Grill.
10:42Khan?
10:44Sadness covers me like a blanket.
10:48I like a blanket. Tuck me in. Let me die.
10:53Backed into a corner, Hank hunts down some medication.
10:56But before it has the chance to kick in, he once again takes advantage of Khan's mania to get his grill finished.
11:02Let's get to work! Oh, can you help me move my couch too?
11:05Actually, Khan, we were able to get your...
11:07Glad to see you're feeling better, Khan. No use in wasting this good mood, huh?
11:11Number 10. Severed Dale's finger.
11:14Dale only begins to push Hank over the edge by building a tunnel that causes the Hill's house to be condemned.
11:20Their irritating stay with the Gribbles comes down to Dale disrupting Hank's construction work until his finger gets cut off by a circular saw.
11:28Aren't you supposed to be inside the line? You're outside the line. See?
11:33Oh no! Oh my god!
11:35It was a terrible accident. Or was it?
11:38A lawsuit forces Hank to take anger management classes when he maintains that Dale was the one being reckless and that living with him could break anyone.
11:46Take it easy, Parcheesi. That is exactly the kind of anger that leads you to cutting off people's fingers.
11:52Peggy, you of all people know I didn't do that on purpose.
11:55That's a poor excuse for the usually cautious handyman's inattentiveness with dangerous equipment.
12:01Maybe he did want to harm his obnoxious friend, at least subconsciously.
12:05Hey, we're not here to point fingers.
12:07And to show you that we're best buds again, I'm going to connect our houses with a rope bridge.
12:14Shasha!
12:20Dale!
12:21Number 9. Inspired Environmental Extremists
12:25It's bad enough when Hank pays sticker price for a new car after Peggy had negotiated a good price.
12:30He's somehow never figured out that Tom Hammond, his preferred car salesman, has been ripping him off for 25 years.
12:37I don't believe this. You know what, Tom? I'm going to teach you what loyalty means.
12:43Mark my words.
12:45This sparks a feud that Hank hopes to end by posting disparaging flyers throughout Tom's dealership overnight.
12:51Instead, after he invites a radical environmentalist to join in the vandalism, the kid and his friends end up burning down the lot.
12:58This implicates Hank in an act of eco-terrorism.
13:11Although Tom drops the charges to protect his own dishonest brand, Hank learned the hard way how justice can get carried away with the wrong comrades.
13:20So what say we just leave this all behind us, Hank?
13:23Let's go home, Peggy.
13:28Number 8. Reckless Scout Leadership
13:31Rugged traditionalist that he is, Hank is displeased with Wesley Cherish's overly protective leadership style with the order of the straight arrow.
13:40So when Hank takes over for a library camp-in, he and Peggy let the kids indulge in adventure.
13:46Wesley's coddled sons particularly get carried away.
13:50Everything that moves through the woods leaves a trail, whether you're a deer or a 13-year-old boy.
13:56Robin gets lost in the woods while Carrie overeats sweets.
14:00When Wesley returns after things have settled down, he informs the hills of Robin's ADHD and Carrie's hypoglycemia.
14:08Oh, so you think you know what's best for my kids?
14:11Robin has ADHD and Carrie's hyperglycemic.
14:16Hank and Peggy's meddling leniency not only insulted Wesley as a parent, but endangered his kids.
14:22It just goes to show that there is no straight path with effective and responsible leadership.
14:27I feel terrible, Hank.
14:29I had no idea how emotionally involved I'd become with my welcome wagon families.
14:33I cannot take the stress.
14:35I am out.
14:36Number 7. Bad Faith Environmentalism
14:39Sure, Hank likes the environment and all.
14:41It's traditional.
14:42But newfangled, hippy-dippy environmentalism?
14:45Not so much.
14:46That is, until it suits his needs.
14:48I thought you said tree-huggers like me and Mr. McKay were a bunch of noodle-brained communists.
14:54No.
14:55No.
14:56No.
14:57No.
14:58No.
14:59No.
15:00Learning that the town's quarry is to be drained, thus exposing the fact that Hank, Dale,
15:04and Bill crashed Boomhauer's old Mustang, Hank opts to throw in with the Enviro Posse in
15:09an effort to stop it.
15:10Doing so, he inadvertently bonds with Bobby on the Younger Hill's terms.
15:14Drain the quarry.
15:15You'll be sorry.
15:17Oh.
15:18Now that is good.
15:21But all this means is that when the jig is up, not only does Boomhauer learn the truth
15:25about his friends and what happened to his old beloved, but Hank also hurts and betrays
15:30Bobby in the process.
15:32Pull it together, guys.
15:33I haven't spent all this time acting like an environmental nut job just so Boomhauer could
15:38find out we dumped his car here.
15:41Ugh.
15:42Ugh.
15:43Number 6.
15:44Made Bobby work for Jimmy Wichard.
15:46Bobby just doesn't get the value of a dollar.
15:49And so, ever on a quest to improve his son, Hank pushes Bobby into a part-time job at the
15:54local racetrack with Jimmy Wichard.
15:56The job is simple enough.
15:58People are hot and dry and they want something cold and wet.
16:00So, if I understand you correctly, you're saying you'll teach my boy the value of a dollar.
16:05If you work for Jimmy, you're gonna work hard.
16:07You make money.
16:08The people are hot and dry.
16:09That sounds just fine.
16:11The downside?
16:12The boss is hostile and incompetent.
16:15Smash!
16:16Yeah!
16:17Good, I said!
16:18Don't be afraid of them bottles.
16:20They pop good.
16:21Make them pop good.
16:22Smash!
16:23Beyond knowing he's in charge, Jimmy Wichard doesn't know much.
16:26And Bobby is trapped in the situation due to Hank and Hank logic.
16:30It's only when Jimmy puts Bobby's life at risk that Hank finally accepts that Bobby is
16:35right, and that Jimmy really is a moron.
16:37Go to here, go to, boy!
16:39I want a soda!
16:40Go to now, you!
16:42Oh!
16:43Number 5.
16:48Flooded South Arlen.
16:50Hank talks a big game when he takes over the dam during a massive rainstorm.
16:54But when he suspects that it's giving out, he's the one who cracks under pressure.
16:59Hank opens the floodgates to relieve water pressure on the dam, consequently destroying
17:03many evacuated homes and businesses in South Arlen.
17:07Had he not acted, the damage could have been much more severe.
17:17Without certainty, however, evacuees in the local shelter condemn Hank and nickname him
17:23Flutter.
17:24The ensuing panic further proves that Hank is not as good at managing crisis as he thinks.
17:28All right, people, easy.
17:30I'm sure Hank has a good explanation for destroying your homes and outlet mall.
17:35Whether he was right to open the floodgates, that's hard to explain to the people whose
17:39livelihoods were still devastated.
17:41I was not afraid.
17:42I had a difficult decision to make, but I weighed the choices and I acted.
17:46In other words,
17:48Hey, you take that noise back.
17:50You don't know anything about this because you left your post.
17:53Yeah, well, maybe if I'd stayed at my post, we'd still have an outlet mall.
17:57Number 4.
17:58Misled Police.
18:00When Hank goes to Debbie Grun's apartment to confront her,
18:03he finds her roommate Gail alone.
18:06Hank tries to take the edge off with the slacker's cigarette, only to realize it contains marijuana.
18:11It's clearly an inferior tobacco.
18:13So is your wife party too?
18:15Party?
18:16Uh, we throw a party for 4th of July and Labor Day.
18:19Nah, I mean party, you know, get high, get stoned.
18:23Ahhhh!
18:25Meanwhile, Debbie is found dead in a nearby dumpster.
18:28Police arrest Gail for murder, as Hank is too worried about people finding out about the pot to explain that he was with the suspect on the night in question.
18:36But Gail couldn't have done it. He was…
18:39He was what, Dad?
18:41Uh, nothing.
18:43Only when police start looking at Hank does he provide the alibi.
18:47His stuck-up ways very nearly landed an innocent man on death row.
18:51One can argue that Hank could have prevented Debbie's actually accidental death if he was initially honest about her harassment of him.
18:59Well, I guess I let you down, son.
19:01Number 3. Accidentally Mugged Someone
19:05Hank doesn't play around when he suspects Barry Rollins of stealing his wallet after they bump into each other.
19:11Give me that wallet!
19:12Okay, okay, I oughta tear your head off!
19:16Yeah, you better run!
19:17Peggy then arrives to reveal that she had grabbed Hank's wallet when he accidentally left it at home.
19:23He insists on explaining the situation to Barry in person after calling his phone.
19:28Little does Hank realize this mugging was the last straw for the meek pushover.
19:33He attacks Hank and his friends when they come by Barry's house.
19:37I wonder if it'll fit in the mail slot.
19:39What the…
19:42Wanna come in?
19:45For a beer?
19:47Only during his arrest is his wallet finally returned.
19:51The whole thing could have been avoided if Hank didn't hesitate in talking things out with Barry.
19:56That doesn't stop the otherwise apologetic Hank from pressing charges.
20:00Anyway, I'm sorry.
20:03Are you pressing charges?
20:06Hell yeah.
20:07Number 2. Gender Discrimination
20:11As a potential employee, Maria Montalvo's got it all.
20:14Skills, confidence and plenty of experience in the field of propane and propane accessories.
20:19Trouble is, she doesn't know football.
20:22Excuse me, who's Troy Aikman?
20:27Oh, and Hank's afraid that she'll accuse him of harassment.
20:30So he plays it safe and hires someone with substance use disorder.
20:34Leon, where have you been?
20:36You're over 3 hours late.
20:37I wasn't late.
20:38I was early.
20:39I got here at…
20:41When's time are we open?
20:42Leon is a disaster from the get-go,
20:44but is unfireable due to Hank's ignorance of the labor code regarding disability.
20:49Additionally, passing over Maria creates problems at home,
20:52since it only confirms Peggy's suspicion that Hank found her attractive.
20:56Oh, you don't have to worry about that.
20:58I passed her over.
21:00So you were attracted to her.
21:03What?
21:04Oh, you must think she's one hot tamale
21:06if you couldn't even stand to have her in the office.
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21:231. Carton of Cigarettes
21:27Only 10 episodes into the series, and Hank has already made a major lapse of judgment.
21:32Stumbling upon Bobby enjoying his first-ever cigarette,
21:35Hank gets typically heavy-handed and old-fashioned with this punishment.
21:39Now look here.
21:40You are gonna smoke this entire carton.
21:44Huh?
21:46I thought you said you didn't want me to smoke anymore.
21:49However, his plan to make Bobby sick of cigarettes
21:52only results in the boy being nine packs deep into his new fixation on nicotine.
22:01Come on, only one pack left.
22:03Plus, as a result of Bobby never doing anything quite right in his eyes,
22:07Hank feels the need to coach him on how to correctly smoke a cigarette.
22:11This inadvertently rekindles his own dormant vice,
22:14and drags Peggy down with him.
22:16I'm begging you, put out your cigarettes and keep them out.
22:20She's right, Hank.
22:22How can we expect Bobby to quit when we won't?
22:25What are some other character actions on King of the Hill that just ain't right?
22:29Give them a grilling in the comments.
22:31Well, Bazooms is a public place.
22:34We can go there and figure out what we should do next.
22:36We will see you next.
22:37We will see you next.
22:38We will see you next.
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