King of the Hill Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

=The Game= King of the Hill is a game, the object of which is to stay on top of a large hill or pile (or any other designated area). This is available as a mode of gameplay in many video games. In this mode, a player or team of players must keep control of a specific area or object for a predetermined amount of time. = The Animated Series = King of the Hill is also the title of a long-running, satirical US television comedy animated series in a similar vein to The Simpsons. It depicts a typical American family, the Hills, a conservative, God-fearing family of proud Texans in the fictional town of Arlen. Unlike most other animated series, it attempts to retain realism; it is something of a dramedy. It is broadcast weekly on the Fox Network. Its almost cultlike following allows King of the Hill to be re-run by Fox on Monday through Friday, sometimes twice a day.

King of the Hill deals with different aspects of the modern world, including women's liberation, female pastors, sex education, proctological examinations, Asian American neighbors, social workers, traffic school, and addiction support groups.

The series is the brainchild of Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, a former resident of Garland, Texas, which is possibly the inspiration for the fictional town name Arlen. After a successful run of Beavis and Butthead on MTV, he went on to co-create King of the Hill with former The Simpsons writer, Greg Daniels.

Table of contents

1 Characters (Voice Performers) 2 Recurring Settings 2.1 Arlen 2.2 Strickland Propane 2.2.1 Mega Lo Mart 3 External links

Characters (Voice Performers)

• Hank Hill, (Mike Judge), assistant manager at Strickland Propane, sells "propane and propane accessories."
• Peggy Hill, (Kathy Najimy), wife of Hank, substitute teacher.
• Bobby Hill, (Pamela Segall), son of Hank and Peggy, wants to be a prop comic.
• Luanne Platter, (Brittany Murphy), niece of Peggy, creator of Manger Babies, student of the beauty academy and later, local college.
• Jeff Boomhauer, (Mike Judge), womanizing friend of Hank who mutters incomprehensibly.
• Dale Gribble, (Johnny Hardwick), chain smoking neighbor to the Hills, insect exterminator, conspiracy theorist.
• Bill Dauterive, (Stephen Root), overweight neighbor of the Hills, a barber and sergeant in the United States Army whose wife left him.
• Joseph Gribble, (Brittany Murphy/Breckin Meyer), son of Dale (although John Redcorn is the biological father, unbeknownst to Dale).
• Nancy Gribble, (Ashley Gardner), wife of Dale, weather girl on local television station, had an affair with John Redcorn.
• Cotton Hill, (Toby Huss), Hank's coarse and politically incorrect father, "had his shins blown off in WWII", resulting in his short height and stumpy gait.
• Kahn Souphanousinphone, (Toby Huss), Hill's Laotian American neighbor.
• Minh Souphanousinphone, (Lauren Tom), Kahn's wife.
• Kahn, Jr "Connie, (Lauren Tom), daughter of Kahn and Minh, violin player, A-student, former girlfriend of Bobby.
• Buck Strickland, (Stephen Root), owner of Strickland Propane, compulsive gambler, womanizer.
• Buckley, (David Herman), boyfriend of Luanne, died in a propane explosion while working at Mega Lo Mart. With tiny angel wings, Buckley came back and visited Luanne after his death.
• John Redcorn, (Jonathan Joss), Nancy's Native American 'healer' and adulterous lover, biological father of Joseph Gribble; drives a Jeep
• Stuart Dooley, Bobby's thin classmate.
• Clark Peters, Bobby's fat classmate.
• Eustis, (David Herman), moustached neighbor and successful patent lawyer, father of Bobby's friend, Randy.
• Chuck Mangione, playing himself, who promoted Mega Lo Mart until he got tired of going to every Mega Lo Mart opening and hid himself in the Arlen Mega Lo Mart.
• Lenore, Bill's ex-wife (also the name of his iguana).
• M. F. Thatherton, former employee of Strickland Propane who struck out on his own and opened up Thatherton Fuels across the street from Strickland. He is a foil to Hank Hill. Thatherton joked that he sold propane to nursing homes by telling them it was oxygen.

Recurring Settings

Arlen

Arlen is a fictional town located in the equally fictional Heimlich County, Texas. Arlen is loosely based on the real-life town of Garland, a suburb of Dallas, where series creator Mike Judge lived for some time.

Arlen's primary education schools are named after Dallas Cowboys legends ("Tom Landry Middle School" and "Roger Staubach Elementary School." The town features a giant discount department store called Mega Lo Mart, and other similar 'jabs' at American cultural icons.

Strickland Propane

Strickland Propane, owned by businessman Buck Strickland, its founder, is where Hank Hill "sells propane and propane accessories."

Mega Lo Mart

The town of Arlen features a giant discount department store called Mega Lo Mart, a satirical creation lampooning Wal-Mart, Costco, and other similar American business landmarks.

External links

• FOX Broadcasting Company: King of the Hill
• King of the Hill at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• IMDb:King of the Hill
• King of the Hill FAQ
• King of the Hill images via Google

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