King of the Hill/It Came from the Garage

It Came from the Garage
Season 12, Episode 21
Airdate	May 11, 2008
Production Number	CABE12
Written by	Blake McCormick
Directed by	Robin Brigstocke
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King of the Hill — Season Three

It Came from the Garage is the twenty-first episode of the twelfth season of King of the Hill, and the two-hundred and thirty-fourth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Monsignor Martinez), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Adlon (Bobby Hill, Clark Peters, Ramon Alejandro), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Sales Clerk)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Nancy Gribble), Breckin Meyer (Joseph Gribble)

Plot Overview

Bobby wants to help Hank on building a boat for this year's Arlen Homemade Boat Regatta. However, Hank can't bring himself to step foot in the garage when a bat is found to living in there, leaving Bobby to do all the work by himself.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Bill: Somehow I always knew it would come to this.

Seen, But Not Heard

• Boomhauer

• Dooley

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Bobby is still 13, even though he's been this age since at least Season Five's "'Twas the Nut Before Christmas".

• It's revealed Hank has a fear of bats.

• It's also revealed Bill has a fear of balloons, curious given his subplot in "The Miseducation of Bobby Hill".

Quotes

• Bobby: I love watching those crazy boats! It's like the river's filled with giant bath toys!

Hank: Well, we set the bar pretty high last year. How do you top a Cowboys helmet? Huh. I wonder if I could make Tom Landry's head from two-by-fours.

• Dale: I can feel it. This is the year we crush the competition and take home the gold... coloured trophy.

• Peggy: Wait a second. Is that an -ology?! Oh, yeah! Sociology 101! Wait, there's more! Anthropology, psychology, chemistrolo-- Oh, no, chemistry. (tosses book back into the bin)

• Hank: Bobby, this is a team boat. That means we work together every step of the way.

Bobby: Every step? Even the boring ones?

Hank: Especially the boring ones.

• Peggy: You have what psychology textbook writers refer to as a controlling personality.

• Peggy: Hank, you have to let Bobby learn from his own mistakes. Will he lose a finger? Maybe. But he will gain a finger of knowledge in his brain.

• Peggy: Bobby, please! Your father would never leave you alone with a bat! Hank, why did you leave Bobby alone with a bat?

• Dale: Amazing. Bobby has taken over as man of the house. You've been demoted to Bobby of the house. At this rate it won't belong till he's... mowing your lawn.

• Peggy: It is an important step in development, Hank, for a child to see a parent as human, with weaknesses and vulnerabilities. I'm glad it was you and not me.

• Hank: You know, I'm hogging all the attention. We've all got fears. What about Bill's fear of balloons?

Bill: Where?!