one thing i like about King of the Hill is how the show always stayed rooted in reality, unlike other adult-oriented animated sitcoms
like, anything that happened in King of the Hill could happen in real life and there was always a realistic justification for what was going on
like, ok, the Hills go to Japan on vacation. Why do they do that? Hank’s father, a WW2 veteran, was invited to a sort of post-war reconciliation event and Hank’s family was invited to join him. The episodes B-Plots are about Hank learning he has a Japanese half-brother and Bobby making friends with a Japanese girl by playing DDR with her. All of these things are grounded in reality, everything makes sense, nothing is outlandish about it.
Plus, the show was always super good-natured and respectful despite starring a conservative Texan white family.
like, yeah, the Hills were a bit ignorant, but they were always willing to learn and accept new things even if they were a bit reluctant at first. again, very grounded in reality.
king of the hill was a really good natured show. i like it a lot.
