King of the Hill/Father of the Bribe

Father of the Bribe
Season 6, Episode 5
Airdate	January 6, 2002
Production Number	6ABE06
Written by	Dean Young
Directed by	Cyndi Tang-Loveland
← 6x04 The Father, the Son, and J.C.	6x06 → I'm with Cupid
King of the Hill — Season Six

Father of the Bribe is the fifth episode of the sixth season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred ninth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Octavio), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (credit only)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone)

Also Starring: Dennis Burkley (Principal Moss), David Herman (Mr. Peterson), Lauren Tom (Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone)

Plot Overview

Kahn attempts to bribe Bobby into breaking up with Connie. Instead, the two plot to fake a break-up in order to spend more time together, only for it to backfire.

Meanwhile, Dale starts a pirate radio show.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Kahn: Fat white lump!

Seen, But Not Heard

• Dooley

• Clark Peters

• Joseph Gribble

• Boomhauer

• Bill Dauterive

Music

• The Drifters - "Under the Boardwalk"

• The Trammps - "Disco Inferno"

Arc Advancement

Characters

• After finally being able to spend more time together, Bobby and Connie realise they're not right for each other and break up, although it ends amicably.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Kahn says Bathtub of Blood 2 stars Julia Roberts's brother. While not named, this is obviously Eric Roberts.

Quotes

• Bobby: I'm sick of only seeing you in between classes. I am this close to cracking open a book and taking Honors English.

Connie: Let's not waste these two minutes talking about what can never be.

• Mr Peterson: Hey, you two! You know the school policy. No violence, no affection.

• Dale: I got a pirate-radio set at the swap meet. So I will bring to this neighbourhood a non-stop talk alternative. A constant barrage of eye-opening conspiracies and ad-libbed innuendi. Too bad there's only 24 hours in a day... or is there? Tune in to 84.372 to find out!

• Connie: Bobby, you better go. If my dad catches you here, he'll make me play that song he wrote about you.

Bobby: "Fat White Lump"'s about me?

• Peggy: Dale is a terrible radio personality.

Hank: Hey, we're listening to him. He must be doing something right.

• Hank: Whoa, whoa, hey, hey. I wouldn't allow that non-conforming putter on the golf course and I certainly won't let you beat my son with it.

• Kahn: (shouts in Laotian)

Hank: Yeah, yeah. I know. I'm a broiled ox penis.

• Connie: I can't believe my dad tried to bribe you. Someday I'm gonna put him in such a second-tier nursing home.

• Connie: Mom! Dad! Bobby broke up with me!

Kahn: Wow. You have taught me the meaning of total surprise.

Connie: He said he liked me, but he wasn't "in like" with me.

• Minh: I don't know about this. It's one thing to bribe a judge. But--

Kahn: Don't you go soft on me! Better she cry now for 10 minutes than spend 45 years crying that Bobby Hill still not get promotion at dirt factory.

• Connie: Let's see how my dad likes it when I'm too sad because you dumped me to pass my bio midterm.

Bobby: You're gonna fail a test on purpose? You have never been more beautiful to me than you are right now.

• Hank: C, C-plus, two B-minuses. (sighs) You really did it this time, son. You set realistic goals and you reached them. Way to go!

Peggy: With grades like that, you could become governor and then president someday.

• Kahn: An F? A-minus is unacceptable in this house. Even regular A, we're not so crazy about. What's going on?

Connie: I'm so upset. I can't concentrate. The frog I had to dissect was looking at me just like Bobby used to. But don't worry. Pretty soon I'll be getting much better grades. They're taking me out of Honors Bio and putting me in life-skills class.

(Kahn screams)

Hank: Huh. There it is again.

• Hank: This isn't a suicide note. Connie's just bored.

Mr Peterson: I hope this is just a harmless note. It's possible that Connie, for some reason, just wasn't interested in my ear-hygiene lecture. But isn't it more likely that she is a deeply troubled little girl and this is her cry for help?

• Kahn: It's because Bobby dumped Connie!

Hank: What? They broke up? Did you know about this?

Peggy: Hank, I am not on trial here. Kahn and Minh are. And possibly Bobby and Connie, but not me.

• Peggy: I am not even sure Bobby should take her back. As a person who has worked with children for many years, I can tell you this: the suicidal ones are trouble.

Hank: Connie's not suicidal; she was just upset. It's not like when we were kids, Peggy. Teenagers in love today can get very emotional.

• Dale: Well, folks, earlier I made some comments that were deemed insensitive by one of my key sponsors - Dale's Dead Bug - who pulled all his ads. Coward.

• Hank: You look like you're thinking, son. There something you want to talk to your mother about?

• Hank: Bobby, ladies don't like mind games and drama. They like predictability.