King of the Hill (TV series)

:This article is about the TV series. For other uses see King of the Hill (disambiguation).

Major characters

(Characters listed in "families")

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Hills (including Platters)

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• Hank Hill, (Mike Judge), assistant manager at Strickland Propane, sells "propane and propane accessories." He sounds (and looks) almost exactly like Anderson from Beavis and Butthead, a character also voiced by Judge. Hank is a generally well-meaning father, but is often frustrated and confused by modern trends and the antics of his friends and family members.
• Bobby Hill, (Pamela Segall (Also as Pamela Segall Adlon)), The chubby 13-year-old son of Hank and Peggy, who wants to be a famous prop comic when he is older.
• Peggy Hill, (Kathy Najimy), wife of Hank, bad substitute teacher, bad Spanish teacher, freelance newspaper columnist, Notary Public, and Boggle champion. Though generally well-meaning, she is often quite ignorant, and she believes herself to be smarter than she really is.
• Luanne Platter, (Brittany Murphy), college-age niece of Peggy, creator of Manger Babies, student of the beauty academy and later, junior college. She is often portrayed as dumb, though she has also shown herself to be an expert mechanic and good with logic puzzles. Although she was consistently shown to be promiscuous during the first half of the show's run, she settled down after enrolling in college, and started a Bible Study class.
• Leanne Platter, is Luanne's mom which is only seen in the end of the Second Season in the episode entitled "Leanne's Saga". Luanne is excited about her mom getting out of prison but when she becomes highly intoxicated and goes nuts after Bill asks her to marry him, she is not so sure she wants her around.
• Cotton Hill, (Toby Huss), Hank's coarse, politically incorrect, and homicidal father. Had his shins blown off and his feet reattached to his knees in WWII, resulting in his short height and stumpy gait. Has recently remarried his nurse, Didi, and fathered an infant child, "Good" Hank (or G.H.).
• Didi Hill, Cotton's second wife and nurse. She went to kindergarten with Hank.
• Lady Bird (Hill), the Hills' old hound dog. She is 14 years old. Her acquisition helped Peggy and Hank conceive Bobby. Named after famous Texan U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's wife Lady Bird Johnson. Her mother was involved in the manhunt for James Earl Ray.

Gribbles

• Dale Gribble, (Johnny Hardwick), chain smoking neighbor to the Hills, insect exterminator, conspiracy theorist, borderline maniac. He is also president of his gun club and a licensed bounty hunter, though the latter seems to be for prestige, as his bravado fails during confrontations when he thinks he may be in physical danger.
• Joseph Gribble, (Brittany Murphy/Breckin Meyer), muscular 13-year-old son of Dale (although John Redcorn is the biological father, unbeknownst to Dale). The running joke is that despite Joseph's obvious Native American features, Dale is unaware he is a cuckold.
• Nancy Gribble, (Ashley Gardner), wife of Dale, weather girl on local television station, had a lengthy affair with John Redcorn.

Souphanousinphones

• Kahn Souphanousinphone, (Toby Huss), the Hill's rich, Laotian American, materialistic next-door neighbor. Harbors a prejudice against Whites, and American Southerners in particular.
• Minh Souphanousinphone, (Lauren Tom), Kahn's wife.
• Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr., (Lauren Tom), daughter of Kahn and Minh, violin player, A-student, dates Bobby for the latter majority of the show's run.

Other main characters

• Bill Dauterive, (Stephen Root), overweight, divorced, clinically depressed neighbor of the Hills, and a barber and sergeant in the United States Army.
• Boomhauer, (Mike Judge), womanizing friend of Hank who mutters incomprehensibly. Example: "Dang-ol'-dang-ol'-one-two-three, man, dang-ol', mumble mumble." Boomhauer apparently supports his bachelor lifestyle through disability insurance payments.
• John Redcorn, (Jonathan Joss), Nancy's former Native American 'healer' and adulterous lover, biological father of Joseph Gribble, and former lead singer of Big Mountain Fudgecake; drives a Jeep Wrangler.
• Buck Strickland, (Stephen Root), owner of Strickland Propane, Hank's boss, compulsive gambler, alcoholic, adulterer, womanizer.

Trivia

• All the main Caucasian characters worship at the United Methodist Church as does John Redcorn. The Souphanousinphones are Buddhists and follow the Dalai Lama. Hank's mother had a Jewish boyfriend for a while.