King of the Hill/Reborn to Be Wild

Reborn to Be Wild
Season 8, Episode 2
Airdate	November 9, 2003
Production Number	8ABE02
Written by	Tony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca May
Directed by	Dominic Polcino
← 8x01 Patch Boomhauer	8x03 → New Cowboy on the Block
King of the Hill — Season Eight

Reborn to Be Wild is the second episode of the eighth season of King of the Hill, and the one hundred fifty-first episode overall.

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

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone)

Special Guest Voice: Gene Simmons (Jessie)

Special Guest Voices (Sum 41): Deryck Whibley, Stevo 3200, Cone, Dave Baksh (Christian Youth Group)

Also Starring: Norwood Cheek (Speck, Singer), Ashley Gardner (Reverend Stroup), David Herman (Pastor K)

Plot Overview

Worried about Bobby imitating rock star behaviour, Hank takes him to a Christian Youth Group who perpetuate the same image he's trying to keep Bobby away from.

Meanwhile, the guys start a Last Meal Club.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Pastor K: Amen!

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Complaining about the noisy rock music, Boomhauer compares it to Garbage, conceding that the lead singer is kind of cute.

• When coming up with the idea of a breakfast club, Boomhauer says it won't have Judd Nelson, referring to the 1985 film The Breakfast Club.

• Hank shows Bobby a picture of him dressed as one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Goofs

• The controllers Bobby and Peggy use for the Moses games appears to be for a Nintendo 64. However, in the final shot of the scene, the controllers look distinctly different.

Quotes

• Dale: I let Joseph listen to whatever he wants. 'Course, I'm afraid of Joseph.

• Bobby: But, dad, it's after school. What if I want to join a sports team?

Hank: Nice try.

• Dale: If it were me, I'd choose the world's rarest truffle. Then, while they were searching for it, I'd tunnel my way to freedom. 'Course then I'd miss eating the world's rarest truffle. Quite the quandary.

• Hank: Sorry I'm late. The Weather Channel's got some pretty exciting stuff goin' on in Missouri.

• Peggy: Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather Bobby be in a Christian gang than one of those murdering gangs.

• Luanne: Thanks for having me over for dinner. Mine was a disaster. I thought hot dogs never went bad.

• Hank: I don't know what to make of this youth group of Bobby's. Last night he broke curfew, but he was up reading the Bible. What do you do with that?

Dale: Maybe you should punish him Old Testament style. A religious boy like Bobby would appreciate the irony.

• Hank: Bobby, take that off. You can't wear a T-shirt with that word on it.

Bill: Such vulgarity! Wait, which word, Hank? "Satan" or "sucks"?

Hank: Well, either.

Bobby: Why not, dad? Satan does suck.

Hank: I know, but--

Dale: He's right, Hank. What does your shirt say, "Satan Rules"?

• Dale: So I was thinking. Why do criminals get to have all the good food and we get nothing? Bill, you pay taxes, aren't you outraged?

• Bobby: Dad, it's okay. This is what you do now when you want to give mad respect to the Lord.

Hank: The Lord has been getting mad respect since the beginning of time. He doesn't need you defacing your body.

• Bill: You know that comedian's joke about how you always get the cart with a wobbly wheel? It's so true.

Dale: I love that comedian.

• Youth Club boy: Why didn't Jesus catch me?

Pastor K: He has a plan for you. The Miller Flip just isn't part of it yet.

• Pastor K: Don't you think Jesus is right here on this half pipe?

Hank: I'm sure He's a lot of places He doesn't want to be.

• Pastor K: What's more important: that Bobby's a Christian or that he has a proper haircut?

Hank: I'm not giving up on either.

• Hank: When I was young, you went to rock and roll concerts on Saturday night and asked for forgiveness on Sunday. Now it's all mixed together.

• Bill: I don't know, Hank. Something about scraping off that bumper sticker seems a little sacrilegious.

Dale: Bobby loves God, you worship the devil. Dinners must be tense.

Hank: This has nothing to do with religion. I've always been against vandalism, be it on my bumper or in my son's ear. I'm just setting things right. Now I'm going to finish the job in Bobby's room. How many Footprints posters does a kid need?

• Luanne: Well, I better go now. One of the bands asked me to leave before I give them impure thoughts.

• Hank: Can't you see you're not making Christianity better? You're just making rock and roll worse.

• Pastor K: Come on, even Jesus had long hair.

Hank: Only because I wasn't his dad.

• Jessie: Now go finish your show before they start mashing out of anger instead of jubilation.