King of the Hill (disambiguation)

King of the Hill is a satirical US television animated series in a similar vein to The Simpsons and depicts the life of a typical American family, the Hills, in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas. Unlike most other animated series it attempts to retain realism. It is broadcast weekly on the Fox Network.

The series follows the life of the Hills, a conservative God-fearing family, and proud Texans, dealing with different aspects of the modern world -- women's liberation, female pastors, sex education, proctological examinations, Asian American neighbors, social workers, traffic school, addiction support groups, et al.

The series is the brainchild of Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge, a former resident of Garland, Texas, 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 Simpsons producer/writer, Greg Daniels.

Characters

Hank Hill, assistant manager at Strickland Propane. Sells "propane and propane accessories."
Peggy Hill, wife of Hank, substitute teacher.
Bobby Hill, son of Hank and Peggy, who wants to be a prop comic.
Luanne Platter, niece of Peggy, creator of Manger Babies, student of the beauty academy and later, local college.
Boomhauer, womanizing friend of Hank who mutters incomprehensibly.
Dale Gribble, chain smoking neighbor to the Hills, insect exterminator, conspiracy theorist.
Bill Dauterive, overweight neighbor of the Hills, a barber and sergeant in the United States Army, whose wife left him.
Joseph Gribble, son of Dale (although John Redcorn is the biological father, unbeknownst to Dale).
Nancy Gribble, wife of Dale, weather girl on local television station, had affair with John Redcorn
Cotton Hill, Hank's coarse and politically incorrect father, veteran of WWII, had his shins blown off, resulting in this short height
Kahn Souphanousinphone Hill's Laotian American neighbor
Minh Souphanousinphone, Kahn's wife
Kahn, Jr "Connie", daughter of Kahn and Minh, violin player, A-student, former girlfriend of Bobby
Buckley, boyfriend of Luanne, worked at Megalomart, died in explosion
John Redcorn, Native American whom Nancy cheated with, drives a Jeep
Stuart Dooley, Bobby's thin classmate
Clark Peters, Bobby's fat classmate
Eustis, moustached neighbor and successful patent lawyer, father of Bobby's friend Randy
Chuck Mangione, playing himself, who promoted Megalomart until he got tired going to every Megamart opening and hid himself in the Arlen Megamart
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 claims he sold propane to nursing homes by telling them it was oxygen.

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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) for a predetermined amount of time. 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.