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The Best Episodes of King of the Hill

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The Best Episodes of King of the Hill

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,...
  1. Background image for Ho Yeah!
    8.9/10(753 votes)

    #1 - Ho Yeah!

    S5:E13

    Unaware 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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    Director:Tricia Garcia
  2. Background image for Bobby Goes Nuts
    8.9/10(807 votes)

    #2 - Bobby Goes Nuts

    S6:E1

    Bobby goes from bullied to bully after learning a counterattack move in a self-defense class--for women.

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  3. Background image for A Firefighting We Will Go
    8.7/10(784 votes)

    #3 - A Firefighting We Will Go

    S3:E10

    Hank and his friends become volunteer firefighters. They manage to wreck a fire hydrant, ruin a funeral, and finally burn down the Arlen firehouse. When the Fire Captain comes to ask what happened, the trio turns the story around to match each of their scenarios.

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  4. Background image for Aisle 8A
    8.6/10(592 votes)

    #4 - Aisle 8A

    S4:E5

    Hank is the only one home when houseguest Connie has her first encounter with menstruation--and neither knows what to do. Meanwhile, someone has to explain PMS to Bobby.

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  5. Background image for High Anxiety
    8.6/10(575 votes)

    #5 - High Anxiety

    S4:E14

    Hank becomes the prime suspect in an investigation led by Sheriff Buford.

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  6. Background image for Returning Japanese (1)
    8.5/10(532 votes)

    #6 - Returning Japanese (1)

    S6:E21

    The Hills are off to Japan so Cotton can apologize to the widow of a soldier he killed in WWII, but something about Cotton's story doesn't quite add up.

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  8. Background image for To Sirloin with Love
    8.5/10(510 votes)

    #7 - To Sirloin with Love

    S13:E20

    Thankful to finally have something in common with his son, Hank is proud when Bobby’s knowledge of beef earns him a spot on a college team bound for the State Championships.

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  9. Background image for A Beer Can Named Desire
    8.4/10(631 votes)

    #8 - A Beer Can Named Desire

    S4:E6

    Bill meets Cajun relatives and Hank competes for $1 million in a beer promotion at a football game in New Orleans.

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    Director:Unknown
  10. Background image for Naked Ambition
    8.4/10(515 votes)

    #9 - Naked Ambition

    S4:E15

    Bobby's accidental glimpse of a naked Luanne has Joseph yearning to get his own look. But Connie catches them trying to peep, and thinks she's the target.

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    Director:Anthony Lioi
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Hank's Dirty Laundry
    8.3/10(660 votes)

    #10 - Hank's Dirty Laundry

    S2:E17

    When 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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    Director:Shaun Cashman
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Hanky Panky
    8.3/10(541 votes)

    #11 - Hanky Panky

    S4:E13

    Hank and Peggy are caught in the middle after Strickland's wife catches him with his girlfriend.

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  13. Background image for Keeping Up with Our Joneses
    8.2/10(871 votes)

    #12 - Keeping Up with Our Joneses

    S1:E10

    Hank and Peggy's love of cigarettes is rekindled after Hank catches Bobby smoking, but Luanne is determined to nip their habit in the butt.

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  14. Background image for Propane Boom
    8.2/10(620 votes)

    #13 - Propane Boom

    S2:E23

    When 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...

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  15. Background image for The Wedding of Bobby Hill
    8.2/10(579 votes)

    #14 - The Wedding of Bobby Hill

    S3:E14

    Angry that Luanne cost him his job house-sitting Boomhauer's house, Bobby replaces her birth control pills with candy.

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    Director:Unknown
  16. Background image for Jon Vitti Presents: "Return to La Grunta"
    8.2/10(519 votes)

    #15 - Jon Vitti Presents: "Return to La Grunta"

    S3:E16

    Hank gets Luanne a job as a golf course drink girl at the La Grunta resort. In gratitude, Luanne gets Hank a chance to swim with a dolphin. Hank pets the dolphin, and the dolphin becomes aroused and tries to become sexually intimate with him. In return for his silence, the hotel pays him off, and Hank tells Luanne never to talk about what happened. Luanne gets sexually harassed by one of the golfers, she decides to follow Hank's example and not talk about it.

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    Director:Gary McCarver
    Writer:Jon Vitti
  17. Background image for Love Hurts... and So Does Art
    8.2/10(547 votes)

    #16 - Love Hurts... and So Does Art

    S3:E18

    Worried at the prospect of going to a school dance with Connie, Bobby starts overeating at the local deli, and develops gout. Meanwhile, Hank goes to an art gallery in Dallas and finds that they are displaying an X-ray of his constipated colon.

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    Director:Adam Kuhlman
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for As Old as the Hills...
    8.2/10(499 votes)

    #17 - As Old as the Hills...

    S3:E25

    Peggy and Hank's 20th-anniversary party leaves the missus missing their youth; and a bottle of tequila is the highlight of their private revelry.

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    Director:Adam Kuhlman
  19. Background image for Little Horrors of Shop
    8.2/10(488 votes)

    #18 - Little Horrors of Shop

    S4:E4

    Forced to take a vacation, Hank becomes a substitute shop teacher, and a popular one, rousing jealousy in Peggy.

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    Director:Adam Kuhlman
    Writer:Kit Boss
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    8.2/10(472 votes)

    #19 - Nancy Boys

    S4:E21

    After joining the Hills for a free romantic dinner, the Gribbles sleep together, and guilt grabs Nancy for cheating on her lover, John Redcorn.

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    Director:Tricia Garcia
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Exterminator
    8.2/10(478 votes)

    #20 - The Exterminator

    S5:E14

    Repeated 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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    Director:Shaun Cashman
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Hank's Back Story
    8.2/10(455 votes)

    #21 - Hank's Back Story

    S5:E19

    Wearing 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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  23. Background image for Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane
    8.2/10(466 votes)

    #22 - Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane

    S8:E7

    Hank and Bobby take an 18-wheeler to Arizona, with Dale, Bill and Boomhauer as stowaways.

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    Director:John Rice
  24. Background image for Texas City Twister
    8.1/10(745 votes)

    #23 - Texas City Twister

    S2:E2

    Luanne moves back into her home, a trailer, just as a twister is about to hit.

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  25. Background image for Hilloween
    8.1/10(773 votes)

    #24 - Hilloween

    S2:E4

    Hank is excited about Halloween until someone complains and has the holiday canceled.

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    Director:John Rice
  26. Background image for Peggy's Headache
    8.1/10(564 votes)

    #25 - Peggy's Headache

    S3:E3

    When Peggy starts writing "musings" for the local newspaper, the pressure gives her a headache, so she goes to John Redcorn for a therapeutic massage. When she finds out that Dale's wife Nancy is having an affair with John Redcorn, she is so horrified that she decides to tell Dale about it.

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Ho Yeah!" is the best rated episode of "King of the Hill". It scored 8.9/10 based on 753 votes. Directed by Tricia Garcia and written by Peter Huyck, it aired on 2/25/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bobby Goes Nuts".