List of characters in King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an American animated series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels.^[1][2]

Main Characters

• Hank Hill (voiced by Mike Judge) - Hank is a main protagonist who proudly sells "propane and propane accessories" as the assistant manager at Strickland Propane. He resembles — in both voice and appearance — the Tom Anderson character from Beavis and Butthead, a character also voiced by Judge. Hank is generally a well-meaning father, but is often frustrated and confused by modern trends and the antics of his friends and family members. Hank suffers from a narrow urethra, which made Bobby's conception difficult. He is uncomfortable with intimacy and discussing sex and it is made clear he tries very hard in many ways to prove his masculinity and tends to be somewhat homophobic, though not in a mean-spirited way. Despite all this, he has a healthy relationship with his family. He hopes for his son Bobby not to fall for any of the modern trends and hopes to raise him the way he wants. His middle name is "Rutherford." He also tries to put up with his wife's conceitedness. When someone wrongs him, he often responds with the phrase "I'm gonna kick your ass!" Dale Gribble is by far the most frequent recipient of this threat. In addition to propane, Hank enjoys car repair and yard work, and is shown in some episodes doing his neighbor's yard work or surreptitiously creating more for himself to do. Hank's trademark wail of distress in times of discomfort (sounding like "Bwaaaah!") and his phrase "I tell you what (which he pronounces "h-what") " are running gags on the series.
• Margaret 'Peggy' Platter Hill (voiced by Kathy Najimy) - Hank's wife. Peggy was born in Montana and raised on her family's cattle farm. Peggy is now a substitute teacher in Arlen, Texas. She specializes in teaching Spanish, but will jump at the chance to sub for any subject that becomes available. Peggy's knowledge and pronunciation of the language is lacking, and she refers to it phonetically with her Texas drawl as "es-pan-ole". Peggy is also a freelance newspaper columnist, notary public, a Boggle champion, and has started a career in real estate. Although well-meaning and open-minded, she is bossy and a bit of a blowhard, often unintentionally displaying her naïveté and ignorance without realizing it; she considers herself far more knowledgeable, clever, and attractive than she actually is; for example, she claims that her IQ is 170, but once revealed this was an "educated guess" made by herself, and in a number of episodes, this gets her into trouble. Peggy is self-conscious about her larger than normal (size 16 1/2) feet. Peggy frequently speaks the phrases "Oh, yeah!" when she exerts effort into a task and "Oh, Peggy!" a self-compliment after she says something that she finds to be especially clever.
• Robert 'Bobby' "Butch" Jeffrey Hill (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - Hank and Peggy's husky 13-year-old son (He will be turning 14 in the last few episodes) and best friend to Joseph and Connie. Although friendly and generally well-liked, he isn't very bright and often prone to making bad decisions even when basic comprehension would suggest otherwise. He wants to be a famous prop comic and move to New York when he is older. Bobby displays little interest in gender roles and dislikes playing football. Despite Hank's discomfort with Bobby's sensibilities, it is a regular narrative element in the series. "That boy ain't right."
• Dale Gribble (voiced by Johnny Hardwick) - Dale is the Hills' chain-smoking neighbor who is also an insect exterminator, conspiracy theorist, who believes in most conspiracies, including the BEAST, aliens, and JFK. He is also parinoic of the government, in which he doesn't vote, pay taxes, or use his real identity. He also claims to have the birth certificate of a child that died in 1953. It is hinted in some episodes, but in "Hank's Dirty Landury" that it is Rusty Shackelford, an old classmate of Dale who believes died in the third grade. It is also hinted that Dale has his drivers licence which he uses for everything from ordering pizza to signing government documents. He is also a borderline maniac. Dale is also his gun club's president and a licensed bounty hunter. Though boastful, he is a coward who recoils in the face of violence. Dale remains completely oblivious to the fact that his wife, Nancy, has cheated on him with John Redcorn for 14 years and his son Joseph is not actually his biological son. Everyone else knows but chooses not to tell him because of his total obliviousness, the loving, trusting relationship he has with Joseph and Nancy, and the fact that Dale is more of a father to Joseph than John Redcorn is. Hank considers Dale a close friend, but he often becomes very annoyed with his schemes and conspiracies. Dale closely resembles Hunter S. Thompson in appearance and mannerisms, such as spouting random phrasings, i.e. claiming he is actually a super-warrior from the year 2087 and believing that aliens impregnated his wife with his own semen, which explains how Nancy was impregnated while he was away.
• William "Bill" Fontaine Delatour Dauterive (voiced by Stephen Root) - Bill is the Hills' overweight, divorced, clinically depressed, involuntarily celibate neighbor. Bill had a tough childhood with an abusive father who often locked Bill in a rabbit hutch, which Bill recalls in later years, saying, "I deserved it." He was formerly a rugged and attractive star defensive lineman on Arlen High's football team, nicknamed the "Billdozer". When on the goal line, Bill would take Hank's place at running back and push his way forward for a touchdown. Bill once had a bright future in the Army, but ended up ruining his life after marrying Lenore, whom he found passed out in his lap after a Molly Hatchet concert. Bill is often attracted to people who abuse him; after suffering under his father and Lenore, Bill feels no self-worth. He obsesses about his ex-wife, and his loneliness and suicidal tendencies are a running gag on the series. He is a sergeant barber in the United States Army. He frequently tries to flirt with and woo Peggy, and even steals, tapes together, and plays Boggle with Peggy's body cast after she gets it taken off following a skydiving accident. His last name is often phonetically mispronounced by characters who do not know him. Despite coming across as a loser, however, Bill has enjoyed several romantic successes (or near-successes), including Khan's mother, former Texas governor Ann Richards, and the young widows of two of his dead cousins. Named after executive producer and writer Jim Dauterive.
• Luanne Platter Kleinschmidt (voiced by Brittany Murphy) - The Hill's college-age niece, daughter of Peggy's scheming brother Hoyt. She moves in with the Hills after her mother Leanne stabs Hoyt with a fork during a drunken fight and tips over their trailer. Hank initially makes frequent attempts to encourage her to move out on her own, but later begins to accept her as a member of the family. She is a student at the beauty academy and later at Arlen Community College. She is often portrayed as an airhead, but is shown to be an expert mechanic in the first two seasons and is good at logic puzzles. Luanne is promiscuous, but she settles down after attending a church-sponsored "second virginity" program and starts a Bible study class. In the 10th season finale, Luanne revealed that she was pregnant with the child of Lucky, whom she married in the 11th season finale. In the 13th Season, she has a baby girl named Gracie Margaret Kleinschmidt (which she almost named Lasagna because Luanne was high on epidurals during the pregnancy).
• Jeff Boomhauer (voiced by Mike Judge) - Boomhauer is a slim, young-looking womanizer whose mutterings are nearly incomprehensible to the audience but easily understood by his friends. A running joke is when his friends fail to understand him for some reason other than his incoherence. His speech is usually heavily littered with the phrases, "Dang", "Dang ol'" and "I'll tell you what". Boomhauer is a classic-car aficionado, and, despite his incoherent ramblings and womanizing, often displays himself to be more intelligent and philosophical than his three friends. In episode 18 of season 13, the Canadian woman who trades houses with him for the summer calls him Jeff, finally revealing his first name. He occasionally displays hints of chivalry, such as when he allowed Luanne to sleep on his couch when she had a falling out with Hank and made no attempt to take advantage of her, or when he broke up an old flame's engagement to his unfaithful brother. Boomhauer once fell in love with a woman who would jog by his house every morning. Bill first showed interest in her, so in order to meet her, he dug several holes in the street, hoping she would trip and need assistance, which Bill would administer. However, Bill falls victim to his own trap and it is Boomhauer who comes to the rescue, when the woman tripped and fell. Boomhauer goes on to propose to this woman, even offering her his grandmother's wedding ring, which is rejected. In the end, Boomhauer learns a lesson about treating women after suffering rejection. Throughout the series it is never known what he does for a living, but at the end of the final episode of the series, it is revealed that Boomhauer is a Texas Ranger.

Other Hill and Platter Relatives

• Cotton Hill (voiced by Toby Huss) - Hank's father, Cotton was a deranged, politically incorrect misogynist with a hair-trigger temper. His shins were blown off in World War II by a "Japan man's machine gun" and his feet were reattached to his knees, resulting in a short height and stilted gait. Despite his disability, he eventually reached the rank of Colonel in the State Militia, and is addressed as such by his friends. After divorcing Hank's mother, he marries a much younger, softspoken, busty blonde candy striper named Didi who gives birth to his son and later divorces him. He calls Peggy "Hank's Wife" and makes frequent references to his (perhaps dubious) wartime heroism, including his killing of "fiddy [fifty] men". Cotton spent most of his free time playing checkers and hatching absurd schemes (such as rowing to Cuba and killing Fidel Castro) with his war buddies at the VFW. However, by the middle of the series, all of his war buddies had died. Cotton himself died, not once but twice, in episode #218, "Death Picks Cotton", after suffering severe burns and an allergic reaction to shrimp during a tirade at a Japanese restaurant. In the episode "Chasing Bobby," Peggy stated that Hank's greatest fear was his father dying without telling him how much he loved him, which is exactly what happened. His dying wish of destroying Hank's new shed was carried out by Dale after Cotton's death.
• Didi Hill (voiced by Ashley Gardner) - Didi is Cotton's second wife and a candy striper. She has breast implants and suffers from postpartum depression following the birth of Cotton's third son "G.H.". She is generally depicted as docile and unintelligent, although she has a degree in optometry. Didi speaks in a voice reminiscent of Ginger from Gilligan's Island and was once a student in Hank Hill's kindergarten class (in her first appearance, she asks Hank if he still likes finger painting). She was absent when Cotton died. In the episode "Daletech," Cotton indicates that she was going to spend many months with her parents and without him. She often incorrectly calls Peggy her stepdaughter. She makes an appearance one year later in the episode "Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key" and reveals that she is getting married to a wealthy professional wrestler.
• G. H. Hill - G.H. is Cotton's and Didi's infant son, and Hank's younger half-brother. G.H. is an abbreviation for "Good Hank," implying that the original Hank was unsatisfactory to his father. Hank feels envious of the new Hank being his father's favorite, and he does not consider him his brother, who most strongly resembles his son Bobby. G.H was also nowhere to be seen at the time of his father's death and is not mentioned again.
• Junichiro (voiced by David Carradine) - Junichiro is Hank's elder half-Japanese half-brother who has lived in Japan all his life. Hank and Junichiro have the same father, due to Cotton's affair with a Japanese nurse during his war days, and share many similarities in appearance and mannerisms (this in spite of the fact that Hank actually shares more of his mother's features) one of these is that when he is shocked, like Hank, he yells "BWAH!". Like Hank, Junichiro also has a narrow urethra and is an assistant manager at the company for which he works, making robots and robot accessories. He is initially uncomfortable with the idea of meeting either Cotton or Hank, and his comments send Cotton on a rampage through Japan; but with Hank's help the family reconciles before Hank returns to the U.S. Since Junichiro was raised Japanese, he does not have cultural problems talking about the sexual issues Hank does like his narrow urethra. In "Lucky's Wedding Suit," he made a cameo at Luanne and Lucky's wedding.
• Tilly Hill (voiced by Tammy Wynette in 1997-1998, Beth Grant in 1999, and K Callan in 2000-) - Tilly is Cotton's first wife and Hank's mother. She divorced Cotton after suffering years of verbal abuse. A kind woman who collects miniatures, Tilly lives in Arizona with her Jewish boyfriend Gary (voiced by Carl Reiner); Hank was initially unhappy with her dating Gary and went blind when he walked in on them making love, but later expressed his approval of her new man when Gary threatened to kick Cotton's ass if he insulted Tilly in his presence. Hank has trouble emotionally connecting with Tilly, but is a loving son who defends his mother in spite of Cotton's insults. Tilly has facial features virtually identical to Hank, indicating his mother is the source of his looks and general physical appearance. K Callan assumed the role after Wynette's death.
• Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt (voiced by Tom Petty) - Elroy is Luanne's dimwitted, itinerant, but generally benign redneck husband. He lives on the remainder of the $53,000 "settlement monies" he received after "slipping on pee-pee at the Costco" (which he almost always refers to as "mah pee-pee money"), and is the father of Luanne's child. Peggy tried very hard to break him and Luanne apart, but after Luanne's pregnancy was revealed, she and Hank reconciled the two, giving them a shotgun wedding on Lucky's request. He is also a former guitarist for John Redcorn's band, Big Mountain Fudgecake, and occasionally plays gigs in biker bars. His favorite band is Brownsville Station. Surprisingly, he has moments of insight that prove he isn't quite as stupid as he appears, which may stem from his being consistently drunk. Despite how he may come off, he loves Luanne very much, and is very involved with her family. He enjoys the "gentlemanly pursuits" of mudding, stickin', cat-fisting, stumping, and Truck Racing.
• Gracie Margaret Kleinschmidt - Daughter of Lucky and Luanne. She was born in the season 13 episode "Lucky See, Monkey Do." Luanne originally wanted to name her Lasagna Kleinschmidt (stating that lasagna was their favorite food), but Peggy intervened and came up with a more appropriate name.
• Leanne Platter (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - Leanne is Luanne's violent alcoholic mother, who was imprisoned for stabbing her husband in the back with a fork. Though she is often mentioned during the course of the series, she appears only in the episode "Leanne's Saga," visiting Luanne in Arlen after her release from prison. According to Hank, Peggy's brother Hoyt had planned to marry a pharmacist, but wound up marrying Leanne instead after she entertained at his bachelor party. She and Bill are soon engaged, though their relationship rapidly degenerates once she starts drinking again. Everyone, except initially Bill and Luanne, sees her as an un-ladylike, psychotic menace to society; once these two recognize the truth as well, Leanne steals Bill's truck and drives out of Arlen, presumably for good. Although for an unknown reason she can be seen at Luanne and Lucky's wedding.
• Hoyt Platter (voiced by Johnny Knoxville) - Hoyt is Luanne's father and Peggy's twin brother who ran from Arlen after Leanne stabbed him. It was later found out that he never worked on an oil rig, but was in jail for most of Luanne's life and the oil rig story was a cover so Luanne wouldn't know her father was a convict. He appears in only one episode "Life: A Loser's Manual." After being released from jail, Hoyt continues his larcenous ways to the point of bullying Lucky into confessing to a robbery Hoyt committed. Thanks to some crafty work by Hank and Peggy, Hoyt was nabbed for another crime and convinced to take the rap for the robbery. He was put back in jail presumably for life with Luanne believing the false story that he "signed a lifetime contract to return to the oil rig."
• Ladybird Hill - The Hills' 14-year-old purebred bloodhound. Her companionship temporarily relieved Hank's stress (and narrow urethra), allowing him to impregnate Peggy. She is named after the famous Texan and Democratic U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's wife Lady Bird Johnson. Her mother was alleged to be one of the bloodhounds who tracked down James Earl Ray. Hank is skeptical about breeding her until her thirteenth year, when he finally breaks down and attempts to stud her with one of Mr. Strickland's hounds. However, he then discovers that Ladybird has a narrow uterus—a gag to coincide with Hank's narrow urethra. It is also suggested in Doggone Crazy that Ladybird had gone deaf.
• Dusty Hill (voiced by Himself) - Dusty is Hank's cousin who received Cotton's Cadillac in the episode Hank Gets Dusted. He is a member of the rock band "ZZ Top."

Other Gribbles

• Nancy Hicks Gribble (voiced by Ashley Gardner) - Nancy is Dale's wife and the weather girl turned reporter for a local television station. She had a 14-year affair with John Redcorn, which produced her son, Joseph, although she eventually broke off the affair and became a more faithful wife to Dale. She frequently addresses other characters as "sug" (phonetically "shʊg"), which is short for "sugar." Her mother Bunny (voiced by Rue McClanahan) was also unfaithful to Nancy's father, but did not reveal her own long-term affair until Nancy began suffering from stress-induced hair loss.
• Joseph John Gribble (voiced by Brittany Murphy as a prepubescent in 1997-2000, Breckin Meyer as a pubescent in 2000-2009) - born in ca. 1986, Joseph is Dale and Nancys 13-year-old son and one of Bobby's best friends. Despite Joseph's obvious Native American features, being strikingly similar in appearance to John Redcorn, and the fact that his middle name is "John," neither he nor Dale is aware that Redcorn is his biological father, the result of a 14-year affair. Dale refers to his Jamaican grandmother to explain Joseph's dark complexion. Redcorn's occasional awkward attempts to get closer to Joseph (against Nancy's wishes) lead Joseph to regard him as strange and creepy. Joseph is something of a pervert, objectifying almost all girls with the exception of Connie. In some episodes, he's had a small infatuation for Connie, particularly when she and Bobby are at odds.
• Bug Gribble (voiced by David Herman) - Dale's father, who was estranged from his son for many years for making a move on Nancy on the day of Dale and Nancy's wedding. Bug was actually gay and making a move on the Filipino catering boy, and kissed Nancy to cover for it, but was unable to tell Dale the truth afterward. When Dale and Nancy renew their wedding vows years later, she arranges to invite Bug, and Dale initially suspects his odd behavior and his "partner" as meaning that Bug is a government agent, but finally accepts the truth when shown that his dad works for a gay rodeo. Dale mentions that the name of his exterminating service "Dale's Dead-Bug" has a double meaning relating to his father. In an early season episode, Bug is shown to be the source of Dale's fear of ventriloquist dummies, due to a prank played at a birthday party. He made a cameo in "Lucky's Wedding Suit" as one of the attendees of Luanne and Lucky's wedding. In earlier episodes' flashback scenes, Dale's father just looks very similar to how Dale looks now, but the "gay rodeo performer" persona seems to have retconned this. Despite this, even in this older style of depiction, he was still called "Bug."

Other Dauterives

• Gilbert Dauterive (voiced by David Herman) - Pronounced "Jeal-bear," in the French manner, Gilbert is Bill's cousin (based on Tennessee Williams) who shows some signs of literary insight and a knowledge of philosophy. He is Bill's only living blood relative after his cousin and aunt die very suddenly in the night, though he seems to care very little for Bill and has a rather sadistic sense of humor. He publishes a poetry magazine to perpetuate the Dauterive family name, selling his family's estate to pay for the costs of running it. It is strongly implied that he is gay, as he laments the ending of the Dauterive bloodline despite being single. This is also evidenced by his flirtatious comments toward Buck Strickland when Strickland was attempting to capitalize on the Dauterive family's barbecue sauce recipe. He lives in a mansion on the Bayou of Louisiana.
• Lenore Dauterive (voiced by Ellen Barkin) - Lenore is Bill's ex-wife (also, in one episode, the name of his iguana). They met at a Molly Hatchet concert, at the end of which she passed out in his arms. She is mentioned frequently throughout the course of the series, but only appears twice - one of which was just Bill and Bobby watching Bill's wedding video. She enjoyed cheating on and mistreating Bill, starting her affairs a mere two weeks after their wedding, but with help from Former Texas Governor Ann Richards, Bill was finally able to tell her off and move past her toxic influence.
• Unnamed Father (voiced by Stephen Root) - Bill's father was said to be an abusive man, and was largely responsible for Bill's emotional instability. Bill claims that his father spanked him every day from the ages of 4-16, and that he often humiliated Bill by making him wear dresses. At one point, Bill called his father a bastard when the subject came up. Bill's father was revealed to have died at some point, seen when Bill wanted to have a party to celebrate the school's homecoming victory (he says that he can have the party at his house because his parents are dead). This is confirmed by revealing that Bill and Gilbert are the only surviving Dauterive males. He was seen only once (in a flashback) in the episode "Order of the Straight Arrow". He resembled an older, more rugged Bill. His only line of dialogue consisted of some snickering.

Souphanousinphones

• Kahn Souphanousinphone (voiced by Toby Huss) - Kahn is a mean, racist, materialistic, villainous Laotian next-door neighbor. "Kahn" is an anagram of "Hank", as well as an anagram for "khan", a word for "king" in certain Central Asian languages. He believes he is better than his neighbors, often referring to them as "hillbillies" or "rednecks." He frequently boasts his superiority to the others, but Hank bails him out in several episodes, and Kahn has made it clear that he strongly respects Hank (though he also has made it clear this respect does not extend to Bill, Boomhauer, and especially Dale). Upon recollection of the story of how Minh and Kahn met, it is revealed that he was a former rebel and playboy Minh chose over the straight-laced intellect her father set her up with. Kahn also occasionally wrestles with the fact that he has a daughter, and once, when very angry with her, stated, "You lose, you no longer my son." ^[3]
• Minh Souphanousinphone (voiced by Lauren Tom) - Kahn's wife. Minh is a housewife who enjoys making catty comments about the neighbors, particularly Peggy. She sometimes has disapproving, rude, snobbish attitude toward the neighbors, but in reality, she is a more understanding parent and a better neighbor than Kahn, which often allows her to connect with Connie in a way her dad never could (as seen in "Father of the Bribe"). She also has a fondness for adding nutmeg to everything she cooks to make it taste better. She's a crack shot, with championship-level skills, and at one point joined Dale's gun club, exerting a positive effect on its members. She is highly competitive, going so far as to cheat on The New York Times crossword puzzle. Like her husband, Minh grew up in Laos, where her father was a powerful general in the army who was not happy with her decision to marry Kahn.
• Chong Li Souphanousinphone, Sr. (Lauren Tom) - Chong Li was Connie's happy fun-loving biological mother. Unlike her enemies Kahn and Minh, she's not so strict and she admires Connie.
• Chong Li "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. (Lauren Tom) - Connie is the biological daughter of Chong Li Souphanousinphone, Sr., the adopted daughter of Kahn and Minh, and one of Bobby's best friends, as well as on-and-off girlfriend. She's a violin player, A-student, and general overachiever pressured by her adoptive mother and adoptive father, who hold her to very high standards. Though it is implied that she works hard because of her overbearing adoptive parents, in reality, she does it for herself which, according to her, is the product of a deep psychological compulsion she cannot explain. She reveals to Bobby that she has a secret desire to physically assault, and or harm, her father. Connie is named after her biological mother because she wanted a girl.
• Doggie Kahn Souphanousinphone - Doggie is their West Highland White Terrier, who has the uncanny ability to turn backflips, and is a competitive dancer. He once ran away with Ladybird. His name is a play on "Donkey Kong."
• Tid Pao Souphanousinphone (voiced by Lucy Liu) - Tid Pao is Connie's delinquent cousin from Los Angeles, who was sent to stay at Kahn's for a semester because her grades had been slipping. She attended Tom Landry Middle School in the meantime. She seduced Bobby with a kiss and tricked him into creating a meth lab by pretending to help him with building a candy machine for his group science project, and persuaded him to steal gas tanks from Strickland Propane to complete it. Upon seeing a policeman grading projects during the science fair, she told Bobby he could take all the credit and ran off; Connie saved him by shooting the lab to pieces with a spud gun. Tid Pao was sent away by Kahn to Exeter, Wisconsin to work on her last uncle's dairy farm at the end of the episode because of her delinquency, with a warning that she would be sent back to Laos if she misbehaved again.
• Laoma Souphanousinphone (voiced by Amy Hill) - Laoma is Kahn's mother. She is kind and hardworking and thoroughly enjoys housekeeping. She is disliked by Minh because of her criticism of Minh's housework skills. The status conscious Souphanousinphones are horrified when Laoma, bored and unwanted in her son's house, becomes the Hills' housemaid, and even more horrified when she begins a love affair with Bill Dauterive. Laoma is briefly mentioned in the following episode "The Witches of East Arlen", but is not seen. After this there was no mention of their relationship, nor has Laoma herself been seen since her first episode, mainly because the creators nixed the original plan for her and Bill to become a regular couple, preferring for Bill to remain his usual single and miserable self. Although she doesn't appear in later episodes, it is implied in a later episode that she gave household tips to Minh via phone, to give to Peggy in exchange for New York Times Crossword Puzzle answers.

Strickland Propane

• Buck Strickland (voiced by Stephen Root) - Buck is the overweight, balding, over-the-hill owner of Strickland Propane, and Hank's boss. Buck is a compulsive gambler, chauvinist, alcoholic, cheat, adulterer, and womanizer. Hank is blindly loyal to Buck, preferring to view his boss as the idealized American entrepreneur while turning a blind eye to his failings, except when Buck's behavior threatens the immediate welfare of Hank's family.
• Joe Jack (voiced by Toby Huss) - Joe Jack is a fuel-truck driver and co-worker with Hank at Strickland Propane. He has a drinking problem, as seen when he is a member of the Propaniacs, and it has also been stated that he has a gambling problem as well. He has a habit of calling people "honey", regardless of gender. His voice and "honey" tagline is modeled after a backstage character from the Jack Benny Radio Program, who had a similar sound to his voice and also called everyone "honey" regardless of gender, something Jack Benny had to explain to guests, including in the April 28, 1948 episode "Charlie's Aunt." (citation and name of Benny character needed).
• Enrique (voiced by Danny Trejo) - Enrique is a good-natured but annoying Hispanic truck driver at Strickland Propane. In the episode "Enrique-cilable Differences," Hank and Enrique had hardly ever talked to each other before, much to Hank's satisfaction, but suddenly Enrique forcibly befriends Hank after a nasty fight with his wife. Enrique ends up moving in with the Hills for a short time, but quickly patches things up with his wife after a fed-up Hank kicks him out. He has since made several appearances.
• Debbie Grund (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) - Debbie was an employee of Strickland Propane and was Buck Strickland's mistress. When Strickland ended their relationship, she plotted to murder him and his wife, but accidentally killed herself when she inadvertently discharged her shotgun into her own torso while attempting to climb into the dumpster she was using as a hiding place.
• Donna (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - Donna is the accountant at Strickland Propane. Everyone who talks about her always refers to her as "Donna from Accounting". In one episode she was promoted to Assistant Manager along side Hank.
• Roger "Booda" Sack (voiced by Chris Rock in the first appearance, Phil LaMarr in later appearances) - He first appeared in "Traffic Jam" as a comedian and traffic school instructor. His abrasive and insulting style of humor infuriates Hank, who ends up having him fired. However, Bobby idolizes him. When Roger saves Bobby from an crowd angry at Bobby's unintentionally racist stand-up act, Hank helps him become an employee of Strickland Propane.
• Elizabeth "Miz Liz" Strickland (voiced by Kathleen Turner) - Elizabeth is the deep-voiced, long suffering wife of Buck Strickland. Buck claimed in "Hanky Panky" that "she could tolerate my drinking, my gambling, and my infidelity, but not all once... and not on her birthday!" Her hair is always pulled up tightly in a bun. It is shown that Buck Strickland has a shotgun with her name engraved on it. Miz Liz once attempted to seduce Hank in a propane-powered hot tub when she and Buck were separated, but the interest was not reciprocated. She and Buck ended up back together, but a later episode in which Buck takes Bible classes from Luanne implied that their relationship had ended permanently.

Tom Landry Middle School

• Carl Moss (voiced by Dennis Burkley) - Carl is the principal of Tom Landry Middle School and one of Hank's high school classmates. Like most school administrators, his twin concerns are tight budgets and maintaining discipline, and he tends to follow procedure to avoid trouble, even when it conflicts with his friendship with Hank. He suspends Hank from temporarily teaching shop class while on vacation after Hank gives the students tools, due to a school policy to prevent students from carrying "weapons" around campus. He also once fired Peggy after she spanked Dooley in class when he pulled her pants down, despite Dooley's parents forgiving and even thanking her. He tries to stay out of conflict as much as possible, even going as far as faking a heart attack to get out of being the tie-breaking vote in a PTA meeting, as in the episode "No Bobby Left Behind." Unsurprisingly, the antics of his students (and their meddling parents) often frustrate him.
• Stuart Dooley (voiced by Mike Judge) - Stuart is Bobby's deep-voiced, laconic classmate. He has shaggy red hair. He always sardonically intones something obvious after witnessing an event (for example, to Bobby after witnessing Mega Lo Mart exploding, "Your Dad got blown up.") He seems to be something of a sadist and a putdown artist, taking quiet pleasure in saying things to people to sadden or anger them (e.g., when Bill is having fun at Bobby's birthday party, Dooley mentions that Bill's wife divorced him). His character also seems to be loosely based on the character Butt-head of Beavis and Butt-head.
• Clark Peters (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - Bobby's overweight bully at Tom Landry Middle School. He has a blond ponytail and speaks as though he has a perpetual head cold. He sometimes forces Bobby to do homework for him, except when Bobby writes down that his favorite hobby is to knit. (As his teacher remarked, "The Clark Peters I know likes to burn things.")
• Randy Miller (voiced by Cheryl Holliday in 1997-1999, David Herman in 2000-) - Randy is the quintessential "nerd," and loves to tattle on people, then see them being punished. Bobby, Connie, and Joseph don't like him very much. He is very proud of his father being a successful patent lawyer. Although once a rather prominent character, he largely vanished after the fifth season. He later returned in "Talking Shop" being bullied by Dooley, but Bobby persuades him to leave him alone because he wants attention. In this appearance Randy is noticeably taller and has a deeper, scratchy voice, having seemingly entered the early stages of puberty.
• Chane Wassonasong (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - Chane is a smart but obnoxious and socially inept classmate of Bobby and Connie. Connie's parents are constantly trying to fix her up with Chane, also Asian-American, as they see him as a very preferable alternative to Bobby, despite the fact that she finds Chane to be annoying. He is a member of his school's track and field team, and used to bully Bobby, but after a fight between the two—which resulted in Chane receiving a rather painful groin injury—he settled for verbally abusing Bobby rather than physically.
• Emily (voiced by Ashley Johnson) - She is a sixth grade blonde pony-tailed hall monitor who takes her position quite seriously. She often serves as the gatekeeper of Principal Moss' office, whom he always refers to as "Em'ly."
• Ramon Alejandro (voiced by Pamela Adlon) - A classmate of Bobby's of Hispanic descent he is among the more popular students and is very popular with the girls.

Arlen VFW

• Sergeant "Topsy" Toppington (voiced by Stephen Root) - Toppington (nearly always referred to as "Topsy") is an old wartime buddy of Cotton Hill. He often acts as an accomplice to Cotton's inane hate/revenge-driven schemes. He could inflate his cheeks in a manner similar to Dizzy Gillespie, and according to Cotton, he had to have all his teeth pulled out because they were badly decayed. He also has not slept in twenty years, according to "Unfortunate Son". It is unknown whether this refers to a full night of sleep or sleep in general. In a later episode, he is left for dead after a failed scheme by Cotton who declares "He's playing checkers with the worms." In "Death Buys a Timeshare," his death is confirmed as Cotton is left his estate.
• Stinkey (voiced by Edward Asner) - Stinkey is one of Cotton Hill's wartime friends who was overweight and had suffered from diabetes. He later died at some point.
• Irwin Linker (voiced by Jack Carter) - Irwin is one of Cotton Hill's wartime friends who is often seen with an oxygen tank. He was one of the few to not be named Stinky, Fatty, or Brooklyn.
• Ted "Pops" Popazito (voiced by Jim Cummings) - One of Cotton's war buddies he lived next to Bill for 18 years. He often criticized Hank and his friends for using modern tools for housework. In "Movin' On Up," he died of a heart attack on his lawn mower and his house was rented by Luanne and some college friends. During the credits of the episode, Cotton and Topsy come to visit him only to be greeted by Griffin (one of Luanne's rude roommates) whom they attack for suspicion of murdering Pops and calling them Nazis.

Other recurring characters

• John Redcorn (originally voiced by Victor Aaron in 1997, later by Jonathan Joss in 1997-2009) - John is Nancy's former Native American "healer" and adulterous lover, and the real father of Joseph. A former roadie for Winger and lead singer of Big Mountain Fudgecake, Redcorn enjoys classic rock music and "hair" bands. He works out of his trailer as a masseur, though his clients are generally only women. It is implied that he has a history of sleeping with them, as Hank is horrified when Peggy goes to see him, and John Redcorn even states to him, "Hank, I consider you a friend. I would never heal your wife the way I heal the wives of others." He is also active in Native American rights campaigns, and Dale once helped him with a lawsuit that netted him several acres of land from the Federal government. In Season 9, he began writing and performing his own children's music. He is almost always referred to by his full name (no character typically calls him simply "John"). In the episode "My Own Private Rodeo", it is revealed that Dale believes John Redcorn to be gay (this may be a reason he never suspected Nancy and John Redcorn having an affair).
• Ted Wassonasong and Cindy Wassonasong (voiced by Mike Judge and Lauren Tom, respectively) - Ted and Cindy are affluent Asian-American acquaintances of the Souphanousinphones. Kahn and Minh envy and resent them, but go to great lengths to gain their favor, such as inviting them over for dinner. They live in the upscale, gated community of Arlen Heights, and are prominent members of Nine Rivers Country Club. Ted and Cindy tolerate the Souphanousinphones but, in reality, look down upon them. The Wassonasongs are friendly toward the Hills only when they need something from them, such as when Ted persuaded Hank to become the first non-Asian member of Nine Rivers so that a PGA tournament could take place there (Hank ultimately refused when Ted could not prove his "friendship" to Hank by answering his question, ("What, and what accessories do I sell for a living?"), and when Cindy offered Peggy a contract to sell their house if she would take over Cindy's Cozy Kitchen sales job, which sucked Peggy into a pyramid scheme. They also joined the Episcopal Church despite being Buddhist because it was "good for business." This does call into question Ted's Laotian pride and scorning of Kahn as a 'banana.' Ted is also a member of The Arlen Booster club.
• Octavio (voiced by Danny Trejo) - Octavio is a Hispanic quasi-mercenary who does various bizarre favors for Dale when paid enough money. On his chest is a large Rob Zombie tattoo. His appearance was modeled after his voice actor, Danny Trejo. His most recent appearance was a brief cameo in Nancy Does Dallas. In a case of art imitating life, Trejo worked with Rob Zombie on the director's horror film The Devil's Rejects.
• M.F. Thatherton (voiced by Burt Reynolds in the first appearance, Toby Huss in later appearances) - M.F. is a former employee of Strickland Propane who strikes out on his own and opens up the crooked Thatherton Fuels company across the street from Strickland. He dresses like a old school rich cowboy with a 10-gallon hat and cowboy boots. An untrustworthy type, Thatherton is a sometime foil to Hank Hill and/or Buck. Whenever Thatherton does something devious, Hank or one of his family members is usually heard exclaiming "Thatherton!" (similar to "Newman!" in Seinfeld).
• Reverend Thomason (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - A reverend at Arlen First Methodist. He was replaced by Reverend Karen Stroup upon retiring to start an online ministry.
• Reverend Karen Stroup (voiced by Mary Tyler Moore in 1999, Ashley Gardner in 2000 -) - The first female minister of Arlen First Methodist. She is originally from Minnesota, but is assigned to Arlen after Reverend Thomason left to start an online ministry. She is also an avid Minnesota Vikings fan. She has shown hints that she had a crush on Bill where they finally became a couple in a later episode, yet he broke up with her when she moved in and felt like everything was moving too fast. She didn't take it well but there has been no talk about their relationship since that episode.
• Jimmy Whichard (voiced by David Herman) - Jimmy is a violent moron who is the town imbecile. He has had several jobs, including concession manager at the racetrack and outsider artist. Bobby worked for him at the racetrack, and Hank wasn't sympathetic to Bobby's horror stories until he visited the track and saw Jimmy's mistreatment of Bobby that endangered his life; Hank then chased down Jimmy and literally kicked his ass. Dale notes that he may have given himself brain damage from staring into the sun for too long, although "he can't have been too bright to do it in the first place". When Peggy was scammed by an internet test that "proved" she was a genius, she only believed it to be a scam upon learning that Jimmy was also proclaimed a genius. When Peggy's propane tank sculptures were on display at an art gallery, Jimmy had an exhibit of googly-eyed figures made from aluminum cans; he was upset that they were being sold for money instead of more cans to keep making them with. A running gag during his appearances is his use of the phrase "smash(ed) 'em good."
• Chuck Mangione (voiced by Himself) - Chuck is a famous jazz trumpeter, and his hit song "Feels So Good" is played frequently on the show. He shamelessly promotes Mega-Lo Mart until he grows tired of going to every Mega-Lo Mart opening (there are 400 per year) and becomes a hermit, living within the Arlen Mega-Lo Mart in a "Toilet Paper Castle" (a giant tower made out of stacked packages of Mega Wipe toilet paper) and stealing stocked items. He also apparently defecates on the floors in order to "stick it to the man." Chuck Mangione is apparently a big karaoke fan, as he is impressed by Kahn's rendition of "The Morning After" in "Pour Some Sugar on Kahn".
• Monsignor Martinez (voiced by Mike Judge) - The Monsignor is the gun-toting priest hero of the fictional TV series Los Dias y Las Noches de Monsignor Martinez, a favorite of many of the principal characters. Clips of his program are often inserted into episodes as part of a running gag. In one of the episodes, Hank mentions that Martinez is an undercover cop. The clips of his episodes which appear on the series usually feature him just about to kill one of his nemeses while solemnly uttering his catchphrase, Vaya con dios. In the 8th season episode "Flirting with the Master," the actor who plays Martinez invites Peggy to Mexico City to tutor his children, and she mistakes his interest for romantic passion.
• Lane Pratley (voiced by Dave Thomas) - Lane is a sleazy car dealer who owns "Pratley Ford" and "Pratley Hyundai," and as he says, "I got my eye on Pratley Cadillac —- my daddy ain't doing so good." Lane once owned a women's roller derby team that Peggy and Luanne skated for, before Peggy organized the skaters into a buyout and quit.
• Buckley (voiced by David Herman) - Buckley was the slacker boyfriend of Luanne who was killed in a propane explosion while working at Mega-Lo Mart in the second season finale. The character did return once (as an angel) on the episode "Wings of the Dope," where Kahn buys Buckley's trampoline for his backyard and Luanne (who has been stressed over beauty school finals) begins seeing Buckley's angel, who appears to her and (in his own way) tries to guide Luanne to a better calling (which eventually leads to Luanne dropping out of beauty school and enrolling in community college).
• Officer Brown (voiced by Fred Willard) - Officer Brown is a local police officer in Arlen who is commonly called upon by the main characters. In the episode "Cops and Robert," he became a security guard at Bobby's school due to massive corruption.
• Jack (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) - Jack is Hank's mentally unbalanced barber. Eventually, his distress affects his ability to style hair, once causing Hank great embarrassment. Jack was almost forced out of business when a trendy salon named Hottyz opened across the street, but he was able to secure Luanne and Bill's services after Hottyz fired them when they learned Bill was not the homosexual hairstylist he'd been posing as.
• Eustis Miller (voiced by David Herman) - Eustis is a wimpy, mustachioed patent lawyer and father of Bobby's classmate Randy. Hank and the gang often poke fun at him when they are forced to interact with him.
• Bob Jenkins (voiced by Henry Gibson) - Bob is a one-eyed veteran reporter for The Arlen Bystander and is Peggy's main rival there. When Peggy thinks the "Waffle House" beat is beneath her, Bob takes it over and breaks the story of Dale as "The Smoking Bandit".
• Anthony Page (voiced by David Herman) - Anthony is an arrogant, uptight employee with a by-the-book sense in Arlen Child Services and later an Americans with Disabilities Act advocate. In the first episode he tries to get Bobby taken away from Hank due to his perception of Hank's temper. In a later season, he allows a drug addict to work at Strickland Propane, claiming his addiction is a "disability," preventing him from being fired. On both occasions, it is quickly made obvious that he cares more about blindly enforcing policies than actually doing the right thing. Hank doesn't care for him, calling him "Twig Boy."
• Miss Kremzer (voiced by Jennifer Coolidge) - The teacher at the beauty school Luanne went to.
• Sharona Johnson (voiced by Dawnn Lewis) - A girl that goes to the same beauty school that Luanne went to.
• Chris Sizemore (voiced by Chris Elliott) - A real estate agent that Peggy once worked for after she wrote a scathing article about him in the Bystander.
• Gary Kasner (voiced by Carl Reiner) - An elderly Jewish man who serves as Tilly Hill's new love interest following her separation from Cotton. He served on a submarine during Korea, but tells Bobby he didn't see any action during the conflict. Hank (who was temporarily blinded by the horrible sight of seeing Gary and Tilly making love on the kitchen table) was initially not happy with her mother's decision to pursue a relationship again, but Hank changed his mind when Gary threatened to kick Cotton's ass if he kept talking bad about Tilly. Later, Gary appearances include a rather comical scene in which he walks in front of Tilly naked as a Valentine's present, and Bobby visiting him and being allowed the use of his bachelor pad and golf cart.
• Tom Chick (voiced by Phil Hendrie) -
• Nguc Phong (voiced by James Sie) -
• Mrs. Kalaiki-Alii (voiced by Amy Hill) - An insurance agent Hank visits when Kahn backs into Hank's truck with his van. A later episode revolved around her son David who was a star football player at Arlen High and was doing poorly in his classes.
• David Kalaiki-Alii (voiced by Brendan Fraser) - David is a football player in Arlen High in the episode "Peggy Makes The Big Leagues." He was proclaimed to have a learning disability in order to circumvent a rule that required footballs players to pass their classes in order to play as Peggy had given him an "F".
• Fred Ebberd (voiced by Chelcie Ross) - A member of the city council who also works at a movie theater. He appeared in only two episodes, but is mentioned by Hank in several others.

Other characters

• Jody "Ray Roy" Strickland (voiced by Diedrich Bader) - Jody is the illegitimate son of Buck Strickland who lives in Memphis. Buck meets him at the National Propane Gas Convention. Affectionately dubbed "Ray Roy" by Buck when he cannot remember his real name, he gladly accepts the nickname. Like his father, Jody also runs a propane company named Strickland Propane that's based in Tennessee. Also like Buck, Jody is a compulsive gambler, chauvinist, alcoholic, cheat, and womanizer.
• Wesley Cherish (voiced by Andy Richter) - Wesley is a new neighbor that moved to Arlen from Fort Worth in the episode Straight as an Arrow. Wesley's wife is Annette. They have six children (only two of which have been named, boys Robin and Carey, one of which has ADHD, and the other hyperglycemia). The children are home schooled by Annette. Wesley does not allow his children to play video games or watch TV (although they do have a TV, which is mainly used as an end table) and are not allowed to participate in "predatory sports" such as football, basketball and tag.
• General Gum (voiced by James Sie) - Usually referred to as "The General," he appeared only in the episode "Pour Some Sugar on Kahn." He is Mihn's father, and greatly dislikes Kahn. He served under several Laotian dictators and was put on trial for war crimes at The Hague. While he constantly ordered Kahn to do his errands, he grew angry as Kahn gained confidence from karaoke and started to stand up to him. After singing Kahn's only practiced song, he quickly regained dominance over his son-in-law. However, striking a deal out of pity for Kahn, he said that he would leave if Kahn admitted he was better than him in every way. Before leaving, the general offered Kahn a small amount of praise, but still refused to shake his hand. He has not yet returned to Arlen.
• Spongy (voiced by Toby Huss) - Spongy is a hobo that was "Kicked out of his mental hospital by Reagan." He "lives" in downtown Arlen. He first appered in "The Texas Panhandeler." His second, and last, appearance was in The Boy Can't Help It where he refuses a project/gift from Dale and Boomhauer as too conspicuous and therefore likely to cause him trouble.
• Donnie Vatriguez (voiced by Alanna Ubach) - Donnie Vatriguez is a 12-year-old Mexican country singer and a guitarist. He was Bobby Hill's favorite singing celebrity. Unlike Bobby, he was skinny and Hispanic, and he has black raggy hair. He was a young boy parody of Johnny Rodriguez. In the 1997 music video, he sings "Hiding A Plum In Mexico"; a parody of Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico.
• Patch Boomhauer (voiced by Brad Pitt) - Patch is the sleezy, womanizing younger brother of Jeff Boomhauer. His only speaking episode was the 150th episode (8th season primere) titled "Patch Boomhauer." In the episode, Patch is going to marry Jeff's old flame, Katherine (voiced by Laura Dern). Jeff sulks as he is still in love with Katherine. The wedding is later called off after a misunderstanding involving strippers. Patch appears only one other time: at Luanne and Lucky's wedding, but he has no dialogue.

References

External links

• Official website for King of the Hill
• King of the Hill at the Internet Movie Database
• King of the Hill wikia