King of the Hill/Trans-Fascism

Trans-Fascism
Season 12, Episode 11
Airdate	February 10, 2008
Production Number	CABE02
Written by	Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh
Directed by	Kyounghee Lim
← 12x10 Doggone Crazy	12x12 → Three Men and a Bastard
King of the Hill — Season Twelve

Trans-Fascism is the eleventh episode of the twelfth season of King of the Hill, and the two hundred twenty-fourth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill, Donna, Angry Citizen), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland, George Washington)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Ted Wassanasong, Joe Jack, Elvin)

Special Guest Voice: Phil Hendrie (Little John, Tom Landry, Pilot, Construction Worker #1)

Special Guest Voice: Tom Petty (Lucky)

Special Guest Voice: Fred Willard (Officer Brown)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble, Councilwoman), David Herman (Businessman #2, Rooster), Scott Klace (Councilman #2, Abraham Lincoln), James Sie (Businessman #1, Councilman #1, Nguc Phong), Danny Trejo (Enrique)

Plot Overview

When Arlen enforces a ban on trans-fat, Buck runs an illegal lunch truck to take advantage of the demand. Helping because he believes it's the right thing, it isn't long before Hank becomes morally conflicted.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Hank: But I thought you'd be proud.
Tom Landry: We're not.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Minh Souphanousinphone

Music

• The O'Jays - "Give the People What They Want"

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• During Nancy's news report about trans-fats, we see "tastefully-cropped" footage of overweight people, the last clearly being Bill.

Quotes

• Lucky: Oh, Luanne, this is the best half-birthday ever.

Hank: Wait. It's not even your real birthday?

Lucky: My people die young, Uncle Hank. I gotta get in all the celebratin' I can.

• Hank: The last thing Arlen needs is a food ban.

Councilwoman: Are you saying you are for childhood obesity?

Hank: No, of course not.

Councilman #1: I'll have you know my son is obese!

(audience gasps)

Hank: Calm down. I'm not saying trans fats are good for you, but banning them isn't gonna solve all those problems.

Angry Citizen: Tell that to that guy's poor, pathetic fat kid!

• Dale: I wish the government would just ban itself! Wrap your head around that, fellas.

• Buck: We in the illegal food business!

Hank: Uh, I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Buck: Nah, it's a great idea! I'll be just like Joe Kennedy running whiskey during Prohibition. Which helped him become the father of a President.

Hank: Well, I - I like the sound of that.

• Bobby: Doughnuts were one of my little joys. If the government takes away puppy breath and really good yawns, I'll have nothing left to live for.

• Peggy: So you'll be a criminal. And I'll be the wife of a criminal.

Hank: Well, uh, I - I guess, technically, but, uh...

Bobby: And all the while we'll be living a typical suburban life. It's just like The Sopranos commercials.

• Bill: They banned that food to save us! Think about it, Hank! If the government isn't deciding what we can and can't eat, who will, huh? Who?!

• Tom Landry: We don't think you should be breaking the law, Hank.

Hank: What? But that's what you all did. (to George Washington) Mister President, you were a loyal British subject until they pushed you too far. (Abe Lincoln) And you suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. And, Tom, you broke all the rules with your revolutionary flex defence.

• Dale: (throwing up) Raw ceviche from a moving truck. What went wrong?

• Buck: Thanks to Rooster, half this town is hugging their toilets!

Hank: Yeah, must be some kind of food poisoning.

Buck: I guess your constant whining about hygiene and refrigeration actually served a purpose.

Hank: I don't recall whining.

• Hank: Do you know why these hush puppies taste so good, Bobby?

Bobby: Trans-fat?

Hank: Because you're not breaking the rules to eat 'em.