King of the Hill/Aisle 8A

Aisle 8A
Season 4, Episode 5
Airdate	November 7, 1999
Production Number	4ABE04
Written by	Garland Testa
Directed by	Allan Jacobsen
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King of the Hill — Season Four

Aisle 8A is the fifth episode of the fourth season of King of the Hill, and the sixty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Joseph Gribble), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble, Receptionist), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone)

Also Starring: Beth Grant (Tillie Hill, Nurse), Lauren Tom (Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

Kahn and Minh leave Connie with the Hills as they go on a business trip to Hawaii. How this complicates Bobby's relationship with Connie gets worse when she gets her first period.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Peggy: Do you want to be in charge, Hank?
Hank: No.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Connie experiences her first period, indicating she is going through puberty, leaving Bobby behind.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Bobby's pyjamas has Raphael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on them.

• The song Bobby raps with Connie is the song "My Name Is" by Eminem.

Goofs

• Dale lifts the lid on the garbage can, but when the truck lifts it and empties it, it flips open the opposite way.

Memorable Moments

• A relieved Hank's face changes when Connie asks how to change a tampon as it then smash cuts to Peggy being escorted away by police.

Quotes

• Kahn: My boss wants me to give big-time speech. I get five whole minutes. Peons only get three. You ever make five-minute speech, Hank? No! Only three!

• Kahn: This Maui speech could be my stepping-stone from systems analyst to senior systems analyst!

• Connie: This is a great dinner, Mrs Hill.

Peggy: Well, we have your mother to thank for that. She recommended that I stir the macaroni with a spoon. No more burned hands, Hank.

• Connie: You know what I've always wondered. Propane is called liquid petroleum, but isn't it a gas, Mister Hill?

Hank: Please, Connie, call me Hank.

• Joseph: So, are your lips numb?

Bobby: A gentleman does not kiss and tell.

Joseph: You chickened out.

Bobby: Yes, sir, I did.

• Connie: Ugh. How many cows do you people eat in a year?

Hank: Wait, we figured this out once.

• Hank: I need to speak with Mrs Peggy Hill.

Receptionist: I'm sorry. District policy prohibits disturbing a teacher in the classroom.

Hank: Peggy is my wife and I want her disturbed right now.

• Nurse: I've taken care of things for now, but here's a list of products for Connie which you can pick up at any pharmacy.

Hank: (groans reading list) Couldn't you just give her this stuff? You are a hospital.

Nurse: No, you have to go and buy them.

Hank: I mean, let's say I got stitches. You might send me home with a box of Band-Aids if I asked for 'em, right?

Nurse: Band-Aids aren't going to work in this situation. Please, don't try Band-Aids.

• Hank: Aisle 8A. Boy, we sure are a long way from automotive.

• Connie: (getting tampons) You know, Mister Hill, maybe this isn't such a big deal after all.

Hank: Nope. Not such a big deal. In fact, this is such a little deal that we won't have to talk about it anymore.

Connie: Now... how do I change one of these things?

• Peggy: Where's Bobby?

Hank: It's Connie.

Peggy: Hank, what is it?

Hank: You know, the special time in girls' lives and the freshness and all that.

Peggy: Oh, my Lord. Oh, poor Connie.

Hank: Poor Connie? Poor me! I had to learn about Megalabsorbency.

Peggy: You went down Aisle 8A? We have been married for twenty years and I can't get you past Aisle 5.

Hank: I wasn't joyriding, Peggy. It was a medical emergency.

Peggy: Well, why didn't you call me sooner?

Hank: I tried calling you. I tried calling Minh and Kahn. I even hung up on my own mother. And she's such a nice woman.

• Peggy: Well, Hank, you did your best, but I'm in charge now. You keep trying Minh and Kahn. I'll talk to Connie and then I'll talk to Bobby.

Hank: I don't think Bobby should know about this. It's bad enough that I know about this.

Peggy: Do you want to be in charge, Hank?

Hank: No.

• Bobby: Uh oh. Last time you were waiting for me, I learned about goldfish heaven.

Peggy: Come on, Bobby. Let's go to Whataburger.

Bobby: All right. (looks around) Oh, god. Where's Ladybird?

• Joseph: Word is Connie's Aunt Flo is in town.

Bobby: Yeah, probably because she started her period.

• Hank: You know, you can thank me for taking care of this, Kahn. It wasn't exactly easy.

Kahn: Thank you? You're lucky I don't sue you.

Hank: Luck has nothing to do with it. You've got no case.

• Connie: Mom, I was really mean to Bobby and I don't know why.

Minh: He annoying little boy.

Connie: Mom!

• Connie: Mom, you don't know Bobby. He's not like all the other boys.

Minh: All men are the same. But now you are different. And you must act different, like an adult. Except at movie theatre, where you child and your father and I students.

• Hank: Bobby, every woman has a period... uh, of time, every month.

Bobby: Even mom?

Hank: Bobby, if we're gonna get through this, you cannot ask me questions like that.

Bobby: My bad.

Hank: Now, every month, a woman has this time when she gets very angry, at everything. And usually, men are the everything. It's like a tyre fire. Trying to put it out only makes it worse. You just gotta let it burn. Grab a beer and let it burn.

• Kahn: Hank Hill. You ruin my life. What can I do for you?

• Connie: Hey, Mister Hill. Thanks for letting me stay with you. Sorry it was so boring.

Hank: Yep.

Kahn: What the hell was that?! Why didn't she cry at you? All she ever does is cry at me. It's not fair. I make more money than you.

Hank: I think it's been a long day for all of us. Tomorrow'll be easier. For me, anyway.

Kahn: Sure, everything easy for you. You world's best father. I seen the mug! Me? I'm nothing. I want mug, too, Hank Hill.

• Connie: My mom says we shouldn't be alone together anymore and that you only want one thing.

Bobby: Did she say what that was? Because I am so confused.

• Bobby: So now you're a woman.

Connie: Technically, I think I'm only a woman four days a month.

Bobby: Only four days? Well, that's for most people, but you're super-organised. I bet you can get through it in two days.

Connie: I don't think that's how it works.

Bobby: You know, if I was becoming a man, I wouldn't dump you.

Connie: I don't want to dump you, Bobby. I still want to be your girlfriend. But for those four days when I'm a woman, I don't want to be anywhere near you.

Bobby: Deal. I'll see you in two days!