King of the Hill/Pregnant Paws

Pregnant Paws
Season 3, Episode 4
Airdate	October 13, 1998
Production Number	3ABE02
Written by	Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger
Directed by	Chris Moeller
← 3x03 Peggy's Headache	3x05 → Next of Shin
King of the Hill — Season Three

Pregnant Paws is the fourth episode of the third season of King of the Hill, and the thirty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Boomhauer), Kathy Najimy (Peggy Hill), Pamela Segall (Bobby Hill), Brittany Murphy (credit only), Johnny Hardwick (Dale Gribble)

and Toby Huss (Dr. Downes, First Guy, Bail Bondsman)

Also Starring: Jim Cummings (Bounty Hunter, Jimmy Helstrom)

Special Guest Voice: William H. Macy (Dr. Rubin)

Special Guest Voice: John Ashton (Instructor)

Uncredited: Stephen Root (Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland)

Plot Overview

As Hank desperately tries to breed Ladybird, Dale attempts to become a bounty hunter.

Notes

Seen, But Not Heard

• Luanne Platter

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Dale becomes a licensed bounty hunter.

• It's revealed that after failing to get pregnant, Hank got Ladybird as a puppy for Peggy. This relaxed him enough for them to conceive. After Peggy expresses her preference for another child than a puppy, Hank reveals that this is why he's been trying to get Ladybird pregnant.

Trivia

Allusions and References

• When Dale gets into Helstrom's home, the TV is playing Sanford and Son. During the closing credits, the two are watching What's Happening!!.

Goofs

• During the flashback at the doctor's office, Hank's sideburns change length.

Quotes

• Peggy: This could be Ladybird's last heat. If you don't do something and fast, she is gonna spend the rest of her life childless and lonely, sulking about the house in soiled underwear like Bill.

• Instructor: We don't have much time, so let's get right to it. (turns on tape)

Instructor: (on tape) We don't have much time, so let's get right to it.

• Instructor: Okay, you have 15 minutes to complete the ethics exam. Good luck and try to remember what I taught you: A, A, B, A, C.

• Doctor Rubin: I can prescribe a specific series of sexual techniques.

Hank: A series? Are you suggesting I break the law?

• Hank: I'm sorry, Peggy. I know you're disappointed, but that's just how I was raised - by my mother and father, not a test tube.

• Dale: I had my hand up first. Why do you keep giving all the cases to these other guys?

Bail Bondsman: Because they're experienced, professional bounty hunters. You're just some deluded bug sprayer who took a four hour course, learned a few choke holds, and got a hat.

Dale: Hmm. You are familiar with my credentials, yet you still refuse to give me a case?

• Peggy: You're blaming me? I would have to be pretty passive-aggressive to do something like that and spit in your coffee every day for a week.

• Jim Helstrom: (to Dale) Why are your arms shaking, Mister Bounty Hunter? If that is your real name.