Fun with Jane and Jane

Fun with Jane and Jane
Air date	April 21, 2002
Written by	Garland Testa
Directed by	Adam Kuhlman
Episode guide
Previous	"Beer and Loathing"
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"Fun with Jane and Jane" is the 121st episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on April 21, 2002. The episode was written by Garland Testa and directed by Adam Kuhlman.

Summary

Luanne and Peggy join a cult disguised as a college sorority. Meanwhile, Hank tries to get rid of Buck Strickland's emus.

Plot

It is closing time for Strickland Propane and Hank has made plans for a dinner with Peggy, which was claimed with a "coupon" made by Hank. However, before Hank can leave, Buck Strickland comes from his office and requests Hank to handle an errand, involving his shotgun. It is revealed that Buck was involved in a pyramid scheme that had him purchase a farm of emus and is seeking money from his insurance company to reclaim the money he lost at the start, by having Hank kill off the emus. Meanwhile, while preparing for the night, Peggy explains to Luanne, who willingly wants to play board games with Peggy, that she must have friends and is suggested to try joining sororities on her campus. Peggy soon receives the phone call and is left disappointed and alone after Bobby leaves for Joseph's home. Hank, now accompanied by Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer, arrive at the ranch, armed and ready to kill off the emus. But after feeding and admiring the birds, the group cannot proceed, leaving Dale wanting and unwilling to kill the birds.

At the college, Luanne finds a sorority to join, all filled with seemingly popular and wealthy girls, and unintentionally humiliates herself. Soon, Luanne, now sitting alone and drinking, is approached by a girl who claims to understand Luanne's problems and invites her to a sorority known as the "Omega House". Luanne reluctantly joins. As Luanne is seen entering the Omega house, Jane, the girl Luanne was introduced to the Omega house, is seen taken away by two men and a woman in the van, revealing her real name is "Lisa" and that the sorority is a cult. On the same night, Hank also stops by Buck's house and tells him the emus are killed, showing feathers as proof.

In the Omega house, an initiation rite proceeds and starts to induct new members; the members are told to be named "Jane", claiming their names are their "old lives". A member decides to call herself Jane, only with Luanne excited about being a member. The next day, Hank and the group are seen driving around town with the Emus now hiding in Dale's van. After stopping to decide what to do, Bill pets one of the emus, but one of them kicks Bill in the stomach and then escapes. Dale, Hank, and Boomhauer try to stop the other three from escaping but fail. The group is now forced to recapture the emus before Buck finds out they have lied about killing them. Back in the Omega house, the entire house is fed only rice, with the Jane in charge explaining the reasons why. Soon, it is revealed that the group is destined to head to a farm where the house will work to produce jams and to meet "old Jane".

However, Luanne disobeys the Jane in charge and orders a pizza delivered to the house, resulting in her being locked in a closet. Later, Hank and Boomhauer end up capturing an emu and run into Luanne, who is caught selling jams on the freeway with other members. Luanne, delirious, tells Hank about what the house is doing, only Hank believes Luanne is drunk and selling jams for alcohol. Fortunately, Luanne is told to come home and stows away with the emu in the trunk. Luanne is fed a plate of meat and explains what the house is doing, only with Peggy believing the house is hazing new members. When Hank leaves to capture the emu that Bobby accidentally let out, Peggy explains to Luanne that she made the mistake of not joining any sororities and had little friends in the past, and encourages Luanne to continue being a member of the Omega house. When arriving at the Omega house, Peggy convinces the Jane in charge to let Luanne back, only to be persuaded to join the house herself.

Back at Strickland Propane, Hank is seen making calls and asking about the emus, only to be told by Buck that the insurance company needed actual proof of the dead emus by bringing the carcasses to the company. Now distressed, Hank receives a phone call from Peggy about a weekend trip to a ranch where the Omega house is taking the Janes. With no choice left, Hank proceeds to head to a butcher and requests 75 pounds of steak to convince Buck that he did kill the emus as requested. Back at the house, Peggy and Luanne are now hungry and brainwashed and believe the retreat will be amazing and are packing to leave by bus. While driving, Hank is told by Dale that the Omega house is a cult that recruits unsuspecting girls from campus, deprives them of protein, bathroom breaks, contact with friends and family, and is planning on sending girls to a ranch for slavery to produce jams and jellies. Alarmed, Hank drives to the house and attempts to convince Luanne and Peggy by grilling the steaks purchased earlier. Peggy soon awakens from her trance and realizes that she is not Jane, but Peggy Hill and that she loves meat. The rest of the house is attracted to the meat and leaves the Jane in charge angered.

Later at night, Buck is seen opening his car, when from behind, he is attacked by the emus that he wanted dead. The episode stinger features four emus standing in the alley just like Hank, Dale, Bill, and Boomhauer do.

Characters

• Hank Hill
• Peggy Hill
• Bobby Hill
• Luanne Platter
• Dale Gribble
• Jeff Boomhauer
• Bill Dauterive
• Buck Strickland
• Lisa
• Jane
• Bonnie
• Kathryn
• Ellie
• Amy
• Lucy
• Sue
• Dee
• Cult deprogrammer
• Jane (Founder of Omega House) (pictured)
• Jane #2
• Jane #3
• Jane #4
• Jane #5

Stinger Quote

• Dale: "Autonomatonomonapotons."

Trivia

• The episode title is a reference to the popular children's series Fun with Dick and Jane, written by William S. Gray and Zena Sharp.
• Pro Bono (Latin for "the public good") as Dale says, is the term generally used to describe professional work done voluntarily (usually legal defense work).
• Despite being portrayed as aggressive, emus rarely attack humans.
• Although Buck gave Hank a gun to kill the emu, he states he wants them to look like they died of a heart attack.
• Even though Lisa was abducted after letting Luanne in, no one questions her disappearance and Luanne never brings up her missing luggage.
• Although Peggy states she regrets never joining a sorority, most colleges have sorority members who are attending college full time for a minimum of four years and Peggy has a 2-year college degree, her short time at college most likely being the reason why she was not invited to a sorority.

Goofs

• When Luanne ordered the pizza, the delivery man somehow got past the gate that needed the code to open; although it is possible Luanne gave the code when she ordered the pizza. It is also unclear why Luanne ordered a pizza before the girls were served breakfast.
• When Hank arrives at the sorority house, only Dale and Hank are in the truck when they ask the women if they are with the cult. When the frame changes to the women and back to Hank, Bill and Boomhauer suddenly appear in the backseat.

Quotes

Dale: "Autonomatonomonapotons."

Ellie: "My mother and grandmother were sisters at Texas Tech.
Luanne: Your mother and grandmother were sisters? Shoot, your family's more messed up than mine!
Kathryn: So, was your mother in a house?
Luanne: Well, she's been in a halfway house, and the big house..."

Bill: "Why does everything I love run away from me?
Hank: Because you have to pet everything like an idiot!"

"Omega House helps Luanne with her luggage. Luanne goes inside but another one of the Omega sisters is abducted by two men, who force her into a van.
Deprogrammer #1: Lisa, we are here to help you.
Lisa: I'm not Lisa. My name is Jane. Let me go!
Mother: Oh, my baby, we finally found you!
Deprogrammer #2: We gotta move. This cult has lawyers out the yin-yang, and they know how to use them!
Van speeds away from Omega house"

Luanne: "Rice for breakfast? But we had rice for dinner! I'm losin' weight 'cause I haven't had any meat! And I lose weight in my chest first!
Head Jane: You think you are hungry, but you're not. Your body lies to you, just like your parents. But you can trust us. We will tell you when you're hungry. We will tell you when you're tired.
Luanne: Will you tell me if I have to go to the bathroom right now? Because I think I do, but a lot of the times when I get there, I don't, and I just sit there and hum.
Head Jane: No! No bathroom! Number one and number two is something you did before you became an Omega!"

Peggy: "Now, I have never had the need to join a formal society to make friends. But then again, I've never used a dating service or a cookbook."

Head Jane: "Your mother is in jail? Wow! It's amazing that you're in college and not trying to mug me or sell me drugs right now.
Luanne: I think so too!"

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