King of the Hill/Movin' On Up

Movin' On Up
Season 4, Episode 16
Airdate	February 27, 2000
Production Number	4ABE16
Written by	Garland Testa
Directed by	Klay Hall
← 4x15 Naked Ambition	4x17 → Bill of Sales
King of the Hill — Season Four

Movin' On Up is the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of King of the Hill, and the seventy-sixth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall Adlon (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (Luanne Platter), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble), Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Topsy)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Husband, Cotton Hill)

Also Starring: Lauren Tom (Minh Souphanousinphone)

Special Guest Voice: Andy Dick (Griffin)

Special Guest Voice: Vicki Lewis (Kate, Realtor, Wife)

Special Guest Voice: Maura Tierney (Tanya)

Plot Overview

When Topsy dies, the guys decide to rent out his place as a clubhouse, only to discover Luanne has beat them to it, having moved out after getting fed up with Hank's rules. Unfortunately, her roommates are terrors that drive her crazy.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Dale: Truth or dare?
Bill: Dare.
(Hank groans)

Arc Advancement

Characters

• It's established that Luanne is working as a waitress.

• Luanne moves out of the Hill home and into the house across the street.

• Hank reveals that mowing the lawn helps him getting away from the annoyances of his life. He encourages her to find her own project, which she discovers is cleaning and maintaining her pool.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The title comes from the lyrics to the theme song for The Jeffersons.

Quotes

• Hank: Boy, I'll tell you, it's sad, but at least he went doing what he loved.

Bill: Well, we should all be so lucky. You know how I want to go? Right here in the alley with you guys. Yeah, it'll probably be my heart the way things are going.

• Hank: A clubhouse? I don't know. Isn't that something you do when you're in your 30's?

• Dale: Welcome to the clubhouse, Hank.

Bill: What do you want to be called?

Dale: How 'bout Rudy?

Hank: How 'bout Hank?

Dale: Hank it is... Rudy.

• Hank: Luanne, we have rules in this house.

Luanne: Why are you guys getting so upset? I didn't see anything.

Peggy: You saw your uncle's nipples.

• Hank: The way I see it, you are in direct violation of four of our rules. (hands her list of rules)

Luanne: You had it notarised?

Hank: No water usage after 10 PM. 9 PM curfew on school nights. Entering the master bedroom without verbal permission. And you're barefoot in the kitchen! Ladybird eats off that floor!

Luanne: God only has ten rules, Uncle Hank, and His house is much bigger.

• Hank: All right, Dale, for the last time, I can't turn in this rental application without your social security number.

Dale: Fine: 5-5-5-5-5.

(beat)

Hank: That's not even enough numbers.

Dale: 5. (beat) 5.

Hank: Okay, I'm leaving your name off, but you're still responsible for 1/4 of the rent.

• Hank: So I figure if we knock down that wall and build a new wall over there, that'd be fun.

• Bill: Look, Pops's last beer.

Hank: (opens can) To Pops. (notices) That son of a bitch had a swimming pool?

Bill: I thought I heard splashing.

Hank: How could you not know? You lived next door to him for 18 years.

Bill: I thought he lived on a lake.

Hank: What lake?

Bill: It was none of my business!

• Dale: Young lady, you better march right back into Hank's den. That's your home and that will always be your home. Right, Hank?

Hank: Luanne, welcome to your new home.

• Luanne: It's not that I want to move. It's just that I hate living here.

• Bill: She's dating a jarhead, huh? Well, my first choice was the Marines, but I couldn't do enough sit-ups to be a Marine Corps barber. Semper Fi.

• Hank: I have unplugged your house from my house!

Griffin: Mm. That's not very neighbourly of you. You know, when it hits 105 degrees and you want to use my pool and drink my soy shakes I'm going to remember this.

Hank: Yeah? Well, there goes your welcome-wagon tool set. You happy?

• Luanne: I already went to the store and Sir Reginald noticed how expensive food is these days.

• Luanne: Hey, guys, I figured out all the bills. I used additions and subtractions.

• Hank: It's nice to see Luanne once in a while. Knowing she'll be leaving kind of makes it like a fun game.

Peggy: There is nothing funny about starvation. Except for Comic Relief, of course.

• Peggy: Now, Luanne is very proud and may not accept our charity, but she's also very hungry, so who knows.

• Bobby: Guys can shave their legs, too? That's very interesting.

Hank: Peggy!

Peggy: Bobby!

Bobby: Sorry, Dad.

• Luanne: Griffin! Ew! We said no shaving in the living room unless it was an emergency.

• Luanne: We have rules in this house. We all agreed to them, people. I'm counting at least (stammers) twelve - twelve violations! (stops) Oh... my... God! I have become... (pointing at Hank) you. I hate myself!

• Hank: I'm worried about Luanne. She hates herself because she's become Bobby? I mean, what's that all about?

Peggy: Hank, she was pointing at you. She's become you and that is why she hates herself.

Hank: Oh, well, then she's just crazy.

• Hank: You see, Luanne, a lot of good stuff happened in the world when people were like me. Sure, they'll never write a Hollywood musical about a fella who keeps his yard free of debris and pays his bills on time, and the MTV won't put on a video about a man who requires shoes in the kitchen, but it's because of people like us --

Luanne: But I'm not like you! This is just too much for me! And, oh, and all the bills, and they mooch my food, and they're always on the phone, and I just can't take it any more! I can't stand one more day! They're wearing my socks, Uncle Hank! They're... Oh, God! Oh... Oh, God, I need a paper bag!

Hank: Now, take it easy. You didn't see me getting all huffy every time you made me mad.

Luanne: I made you mad?

Hank: Sure! And you were three times the pain in the butt these kids are.

• Dale: Hello. I'm with the electric company. Don't mind me. I'll only be a minute. (takes out beer can) I'm on break. Please continue with your private conversation. Do not worry. I am deaf and cannot hear what you are saying.

• Dale: I couldn't help but overhear your uncle's bad advice.

Luanne: What?

Dale: (rips off moustache) Aha! Sh-sh! It is, I, Dale Gribble, master of a thousand faces. You just met face number two: the deaf electrician.

• Dale: The only thing your roommates - i.e. enemies - will understand is fear - i.e., psychological warfare - i.e. dirty tricks. It worked for Dick Nixon.

Luanne: Well, but--

Dale: For example, get a hold of some goat's blood, taint that blood. Then when your roommates need blood, give them the tainted goat's blood. It's a perfect plan.

Luanne: I don't want to hurt anyone. I just want them to do the dishes.

Dale: Oh, well, in that case, stack the dishes in the shower. That's the way Nancy gets me to do them.

• Hank: Yep.

Luanne: Yep.