The King of the Hill Iceberg Explained Part 2

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I read an interesting theory about why Hank cried over his truck finally going out. Hank in his adulthood got really attached to his truck because it was very reliable and dependable, unlike Cotton and Tilly. It finally dying made Hank break down in tears because his truck was unreliable now too, like his parents.

Regarding "Tilly is a bad parent" - "Escape from Party Island" established that Tilly would focus on her collection of glass miniatures as a psychological escape from Cotton's verbal abuse. The same episode establishes that Hank hates miniatures, in part because of how Tilly's collection seems to affect her mental state. It's probably not a stretch to assume that, if Cotton turned his ire to young Hank, Tilly would have probably done the same: ignore her child and focus on her collection. Hank's hatred of miniatures might also stem from having to face Cotton without her protection, abandoned in favor of her glass menagerie.

I remember that Boomhauer admits to dying his hair at some point in the series, so the "Bobby is also blonde" thing holds absolutely no water whatsoever

My theory on cottons character was that he's lost so many people, that he decided he didn't want anyone to miss him when he died so he wanted to make sure everyone hated him. Peggy saying that was the final thing he needed to know nobody was going to miss him, so she technically gave him the peace he wanted.

Cotton definitely killed at least a few men. There is an episode where Cotton, Hank, Bill, Dale, and Boomhaur go to a sweat lodge. They have visions as a result, with Cotton's being a PTSD induced hallucination where he's confronted with the dead corpses of the men he killed come back.

The black and white pencil sketch animation was Mike Judge literally animating his pitch for the show for the studio. He wanted Hank to introduce the show to the studio instead of himself Mike Judge doing it which is absolutely brilliant and very original especially for pitching a show and it absolutely work and it’s a fantastic show

There’s an episode that shows a flashback where cotton starts smashing plates in a fit of rage and hank starts telling tully to do something but she instead is consumed in her miniatures. That should count as bad parenting because she didn’t try to stop cotton from inflicting mental damage to hank and is probably why he’s so neurotic now

Honestly, I 10000% could see Cotton purposely stopping his heart just to spite Peggy

The final theory that Peggy killed Cotton, I can't remember if Peggy knew if Cotton could voluntarily start and stop his heart or not, but I could 1000% see Peggy using that to kill him, and I can 10000% see Cotton being petty enough against Peggy to kill himself just to spite her.

I think the "with the ancestors" comment, I think that was the thing that really got Peggy thinking about it. She thought she was dead so it was possible for her to become his girlfriend/wife.

Actually Boomhauer generally follows the law, in the episode order of the strait arrow, he specifically tells the game warden about the Whooping crane for example.

Honestly my theory is that cotton died specifically to spite Peggy, makes sense for his character. No one can tell him what to do and he sadly didn’t care about hank’s feelings

I've always wondered how Peggy got to Arlen while still a child when her parents have lived in Montana the entire series. It's never been explained as far as I know. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Also for the hank ISNT straight-laced theory, hank has ran from the police multiple times.

I rewatched the season one episode about Peggy's feel being exploited and Hank said Boomhauer has known Peggy longer than him.

Why is everyone so convinced "shi-sha" means anything?! Its just a weird noise dale makes like Wembley with his "mmnnt"

The episode where Hank is fishing with crack is hilarious!

Hank is 'straight laced' but he also isn't completely set in his ways. He is more concerned about doing what is right than doing what is expected.

Those theories were so pants-on-head stupid I feel dumber for having listened to this. The behind the scenes content and obscure trivia were interesting, though.