"Doggone Crazy" is the two hundred-twenty-third episode of "King of the Hill". It was first aired on January 6, 2008. The episode was written by Dave Schiff and directed by Michael Loya.
Summary[]
When Lady Bird starts to become aggressive at hearing thunder and is put on the Vicious Dog's list after biting Hank, Hank does whatever he can to keep his beloved pet from being put down.
Plot[]
On a cloudy day, Bobby's baseball team is in the middle of a game and in the lead when Hank and Peggy notice that Bobby is next up to bat. They both start to hope that it will start raining before he goes to bat as it would mean his team would automatically win and Bobby would not embarrass himself. After goofing around, Bobby goes to bat, but Boomhauer ends the game as it starts raining. The Hill family returns home but are shocked to find their house in disarray and believe they have been robbed. The police ask Hank if he knows who may have caused the mess and not so subtly drop suspicion toward Lucky, but Hank fails to pick up the signs; most likely because Lucky was with the family at the game.
That night, during another storm, Peggy voices how she thinks they need more security even though Hank says that Lady Bird is all the security they need. Lucky and Luanne arrive and request to stay the night since they are too nervous about possibly being robbed at their own home. Hank allows them to stay and everyone heads to bed. During the night, Peggy is woken up by Ladybird barking and alerts Hank. The two arm themselves with a golf club and butcher knife and, with the rest of the family, find Lady Bird tearing up the couch.
At breakfast, Hank wonders what has caused Lady Bird to behave this way and thinks he has not been paying her enough attention. During Lady Bird's next walk, Hank notices Lady Bird become aggravated when hearing thunder and tries to calm her down but is bitten in the process. At Arlen Medical Plaza, Hank has his hand taken care of but becomes incredibly nervous when the doctor reveals he must report Lady Bird's actions so she is put on the Vicious Dog's list.
Determined to get Lady Bird off the list, Hank takes her to Dr. Yandell at his office to have the claim reversed only to hear that there is almost nothing that can be done since Lady Bird's behavior is most likely resulted from her old age and the only real hope Hank has left is to call Oskar de Vries, a dog spiritualist. Although Hank is extremely uncomfortable at some of the things Oskar asks him to do, he still goes through with it. When Oskar eventually thinks that Lady Bird is trying to find her own pack, the group eventually ends up at the Shady Hills Nursing Home.
As Luanne talks to an elderly woman about being reborn as her newborn, Hank and Peggy see that Lady Bird appears very happy around the elderly residents. When one of the residents takes Ladybird for a walk, Peggy asks if this is a good idea as she is concerned Lady Bird may bite someone. Oskar agrees with her concern and says how they will need to keep the visit short since there is a chance that Lady Bird could be overwhelmed like never before. Hank becomes upset that he was not told this beforehand and soon learns from Channel 84 of a large storm heading their way. Wanting to get Lady Bird away from the residents, Hank and Peggy become on edge when she is discovered to have slipped away from the man walking her and is now loose in the home.
When the clerk announces that she has called animal control, the Hills push Oskar aside and rush off to find Lady Bird. When Bobby is cornered by a group of elderly women, he urges his parents to continue searching for Lady Bird. Hank, Peggy, and animal control eventually find Lady Bird as she finds a woman reading. They nervously watch as Lady Bird approaches the woman but relax when Lady Bird merely lies on the woman's lap. Animal control deems Lady Bird non-vicious and leaves.
Hank then tries to get Lady Bird to leave, but notices she is not responding to verbal commands. Hank concludes that Ladybird has gone deaf and was acting erratically because of it. Hank takes Ladybird Home, where Hank switches the TV off when a commercial for Megalo-Mart comes on.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Luanne Platter
- Lucky Kleinschmidt
- Oskar de Vries
- Ladybird
- Officer Brown
- Animal Control officer (voiced by Toby Huss)
- Dr. Yandell
- Arlen Medical Plaza doctor (voiced by Scott Klace)
- Nancy Gribble
- Kirk
- Kahn Souphanousinphone
- Minh Souphanousinphone (non-speaking)
- Eustace Miller (non-speaking)
- Randy Miller (non-speaking)
- Doris
- Doris's friend
- Doris's daughter (mentioned)
- Doggie
Stinger Quote[]
- Oskar de Vries: (imitating Hank) "Maybe this nut job actually knows what he's doing!"
Trivia[]
- The elderly woman, who the Hills think Lady Bird will bite at the retirement home, is reading the fictional book A Dinner Of Onions. The same book can be seen in the Season 7 episode "Full Metal Dust Jacket" and the Season 8 episode "Stressed For Success".
- The Megalo-Mart commercial that comes on at the end of the episode is the same one from season one's "Luanne's Saga," with the jingle, "At Megalo-Mart, you're shopping for the rest of your life!"
Quotes[]
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Goofs[]
- Right after the Hills discover that their house has been trashed, the frame of their neighbors standing outside accidentally includes a duplicate Randy Miller with his mother putting her arm around him.
- Hank tells the doctor that Lady Bird has never acted up and bitten anyone before, even though the Season 7 episode "Racist Dawg" involved people accusing Hank of being a racist who trains his dog to bite and attack anyone who was not white. However, it was not until Ladybird bites a white man that Hank concludes his dog dislikes anyone but Hank fixing the water heater.
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