King of the Hill/What Makes Bobby Run?

What Makes Bobby Run?
Season 5, Episode 7
Airdate	December 10, 2000
Production Number	5ABE07
Written by	Alex Gregory & Peter Huyck
Directed by	Cyndi Tang-Loveland
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King of the Hill — Season Five

What Makes Bobby Run? is the seventh episode of the fifth season of King of the Hill, and the ninety-first 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, Jeerer)

and Toby Huss (Kahn Souphanousinphone, Dub Taylor)

Also Starring: Ashley Gardner (Nurse Jennings, Security Guard), Ryan Janis (Various), Lauren Tom (Connie Souphanousinphone)

Special Guest Voice: John Ritter (Eugene Grandy)

Plot Overview

Bobby successfully becomes the Landry Longhorn mascot. Unfortunately, a traditional beating leaves him a pariah when he cowardly runs away.

Notes

Stinger Quote

Dub Taylor: We are the Landrymen! Fight, fight, fight!

Seen, But Not Heard

• Minh Souphanousinphone

• Nancy Gribble

Music

• Young MC - "Bust a Move"

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The title of the episode is play on the 1941 novel What Makes Sammy Run?

Goofs

• The Belton kids stealing the Longhorn costume seem oblivious to Bobby inside despite his weight being obvious compared to that of the costume.

Quotes

• Connie: The PTA say we can't do the eighth-grade poll anymore.

Bobby: What? Why not?

Connie: Last year's "worst dresser" turned out to be really poor.

• Hank: Have you seen my duct tape? Not the shiny silver, but the matte gray?

• Hank: And Dub Taylor. Boy, he was the best mascot Arlen's ever had. What a wild man. (chuckles) And all the nicknames we had for him. Daffy Dub. Rub-a-Dub-Dub. (stops chucking) Uh, I guess those were the only two.

• Bobby: Dad, I was thinking of taking some blind kids bowling.

Hank: Bobby, that's not funny.

• Hank: That mirror is for practising golf swings in; not your prop comedy.

• Bobby: That dang Mike Soto! Where does he find the time? I'll give him this: he is flexible.

• Bobby: Maybe McMaynerbury will take an early lead and hold it for the rest of the game.

Dale: Yeah and maybe I'll file a federal income tax return. (laughs) That goes in my big book of So Theres.

• Bobby: McMaynerbury's gonna kill me. I'm a lover, not a - I'm not even a lover!

• Bobby: Woman, I can't get out of this. Imagine telling your dad you were quitting violin.

Connie: I do. All the time. I hate that violin.

• Hank: (as Bobby runs away) Wait, no. No. This is some kind of comedy bit. He's gonna turn around any second. Maybe he's just going to the car to get a... Ah. He's gone.

• Hank: God, I needed to use the restroom, but I couldn't face the guys at the trough.

• Bobby: Mister Gribble, what would you say if I told you I am going to steal the Belton Armadillo tonight?

Dale: I would say you're a madman. Or a genius. Maybe a little of both. I'll go 60/40.

• Dale: That middle school is impregnable. Cannot be pregnated. Except by me. But I don't come cheap.

Bobby: I don't have a lot of money.

Dale: Fine, I'll come cheap. You got five bucks?

Bobby: I can get four.

Dale: I'm in.

• Peggy: It just seems that every time that Julia Roberts is on TV it is only to yap about her movie.

• Hank: Now, don't let them tease you too much. Remember, you're the mascot; not the placekicker.

• Dale: There's four kids in there and tough ones, too.

Bobby: Don't you have some poisons in your truck you can pump in there to make 'em fall asleep?

Dale: I do. But the amount of poison that can put four kids to sleep might also kill an armadillo. And the kids might not wake up.

• Bobby: Mister Gribble, help!

Dale: How? Be specific, Bobby. I'm not a mind-reader here.

• Peggy: I think I see Bobby. I - Oh, wait. No, no. That's a smudge on my glasses. Hmm. Hank, look at this smudge. It looks just like Bobby.

• Dub Taylor: Oh, my God! It's Peggy Platter from West Arlen. West Arlen sucks!

• Peggy: Wait, you were with him? Well, where is he? Where's my baby boy?

Hank: Don't worry, Peggy. He probably camped out in some bushes. No, that takes guts. He probably spent the night at Denny's.

• Hank: Let's get out of here before Dub gets back.

Peggy: How many days is he staying with us?

Hank: (sighs) Three.

• Hank: If anyone yells, "There's Bobby Hill's parents" just start to look around, saying, "Where? Where?"

• Bobby: Bobby Hill-o got the 'dillo!