"Peggy, there's nothing in here."
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Good Hank "G.H." Hill is the teenage son of Cotton and Didi Hill. He first appeared in the Season 4 episode "Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall," but was introduced through Didi's pregnancy in Season 3 episode "Next of Shin". After a prolongued absence, he made his return as a teenager in the revival episode "No Hank Left Behind".
Appearance[]
As an infant, G.H. has fair skin and short blond hair, and bears an uncanny resemblance to his older half-nephew Bobby. As a teenager however, he has midlength dirty-blonde hair and has completely lost any resemblance to his Hill heritage, now taking more after his mother.
Name[]
After Didi couldn't bear to think of a name for him, Cotton wanted to name his newborn son Hank, which was the name he wanted for any son he desired. However, he already had a grown son named Hank. Rather than use a more conventional means such as "Hank Rutherford Hill II", Cotton decided to pick the name G.H., short for "Good Hank", out of spite because he didn't like his first-born Hank and considered him a sissy. Upon G.H.'s arrival, Cotton once mockingly referred to Hank as "B.H." ("Bad Hank"), to Hank's displeasure.
History[]
G.H. was born when Bobby was visiting Cotton and Didi. Didi went into labor while Cotton was at a strip club, forcing Bobby to drive Didi to the hospital himself and assist with the birth. At the same time, Peggy was severely injured while skydiving, and Didi came down with postpartum depression. Peggy's injuries and Didi's depression led to deep tension in the Hill family, leaving no one truly willing or capable of taking care of G.H., except for Bobby. Eventually, however, the family issues were resolved. Although completely trapped in a body cast, Peggy managed to deal with the depression of her accident by rocking G.H. to sleep in his carseat using only her big toe. Peggy's effort seemed to influence the others to put aside their own problems for G.H.'s sake.
Due to being a baby during the original run of the show, G.H.'s importance is more measurable in how he affects others than in his own actions. Cotton is perhaps the one who has grown the most because of G.H. In "When Cotton Comes Marching Home," G.H. makes Cotton contemplate suicide when he's unable to provide for his family. Later, however, Cotton seems to realize that G.H. needs him alive, and decides to bond with G.H. instead (by having the baby play with the gun he was planning to shoot himself with). Nevertheless, Cotton eventually dies ("Death Picks Cotton") while G.H. is still a baby. G.H. was last alluded to in "Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key" when Didi brought Hank some of Cotton's stuff, but quickly drove off again. She now lives with another man closer to her own age. Despite the insinuation as a result of Didi's appearance, G.H. did not make an actual appearance in this episode.
In the intro to Season 14, G.H. makes a brief cameo as toddler, happily riding on an older Bobby's shoulders, implying the two stayed in touch and had had a close relationship over the past few years. G.H. finally makes his full return in "No Hank Left Behind", where it's shown he's become a rude and cynical preteen, in a standoffish relationship with his mother and obsessed with "macho" internet influencers, due to his lack of a male role model. After briefly attending an estate meeting with his mother Didi, his brother Hank and their brother Junichiro, Hank agrees to let G.H. stay over at his home and help him with his issues, which eventually leads to them staying at a "manliness camp" that promotes bullying and sexism. G.H. developed a crush on one of his female classmates, but she only saw him as a friend, causing him to believe she led him on and making him feel hurt and rejected. Hank encouraged him to accept her as a friend, though G.H. seemed disinterested. Hank publicly objects to the leader's teachings, only to get yelled at by G.H. in a tone that perfectly resembles Cotton.
However, with Dale's help, Hank is able expose the camp leader as a fraud and inspire all the attendees, including G.H. to renounce him and leave. G.H. says they should "do something nice for our bitches." Later, he reconciles with his mother and Hank reveals he used his share settlement money to buy a car for him and G.H. to work on together.
Trivia[]
- G.H. is the first character to be born in the series.
- G.H. is the third character to have the same name as a relative, the first being Luanne Leanne after her mother, Joseph John after his biological father, and Gracie Margaret after Peggy.
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