"Lost in MySpace" is the 4th episode of Season 13 and 239th episode overall in King of the Hill. It was first aired on November 2, 2008. This episode was written by Judah Miller and Murray Miller, and directed by Tony Kluck.
Summary[]
Strickland Propane turns to social networking to boost business, but Donna from accounting uses the company's MySpace page to post everyone's idiotic and sexual antics. At the same time, Dale rents a pig to hunt truffles, loses it, and has to borrow Ladybird in order to track the pig and the truffles down.
Plot[]
Strickland Propane creates a MySpace page in order to boost business, despite Hank's objections to the idea, preferring his "down-to-business" fact sheet. Buck gives Donna full control over the page, and she fills it with videos of the employees doing non-businesslike activities, such as getting drunk and kicking each other in the groin. Hank, again, strongly objects to this, and continues countering that they should let him do his business his way. Buck is impressed by the business the page is bringing in, ignores Hank's objections and appoints Donna as another Assistant Manager. As the employees get in fights over the Internet, retaliating in their blogs, Hank posts an entry against Donna stating that she is an idiot. Donna claims her numerous online friends won't like it, and Hank sarcastically asks if those "friends" are going to come through the computer and attack Hank. The next day, a crowd of angry people forms around Strickland Propane. Donna reveals that this is her flash mob that she organized online. But Donna is then fired when the mob mistakes Buck for Hank and beat him up. The employees then decide to take down the page after Donna leaves, but she has already converted the page into an anti-Strickland site. The team can't fix the page because the passwords were changed, so they must reach Donna and convince her to change it back. Unfortunately, none of the workers know where she lives, not even Buck, who paid her in cash.
Hank asks Peggy for assistance, and she contacts Donna's own page, impersonating Ted Danson. Donna sees through this and refuses to chat. Hank, turning down several of Donna's online friends, notices her journal that she has been keeping for four years. After sifting through all of the entries, Hank discovers that she has a date that night, and the team meets her at the restaurant Goobersmooches. Hank and Donna speak face-to-face. When he confronts Donna about her behavior, she contends that she was doing those things because Hank gave her too much mundane jobs which makes it boring and kept holding her back from her creative potential. Hank defends himself stating that the stuff she puts up about him and Strickland on MySpace is disrespectful. He also finds the site very creepy and wants her to give the jobs he gave her a chance. They make amends, with Donna agreeing to take down the anti-Strickland content and Hank agreeing to go easy on her. After getting her job back, Donna redesigns the page to be down-to-business, just like Hank prefers.
Meanwhile, Dale discovers the taste and allure of truffles after an experience at That's Amore. After clarifying that they aren't the chocolate kind, he goes with the guys with a rented pig to hunt them down in the local forest. Unfortunately, the pig runs off. Seeking an alternative, they borrow Ladybird. After she finds an interesting spot in the forest, Bill digs up the fungus, which Dale identifies as a "magic" mushroom. The loose pig returns and snatches the fungus and eats it, then begins to hallucinate.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Donna
- Buck Strickland
- Enrique
- Melinda Grab
- Roger "Booda" Sack
- Joe Jack
- Maria Montalvo
- M.F. Thatherton
- Pat Ritchie
- David
- Lady Bird
- Hector (pictured)
- Stu (pictured)
- Tom (pictured)
- D.C. (pictured)
- Nancy Gribble (mentioned)
- Joseph Gribble (mentioned)
- Kahn Souphanousinphone (mentioned)
- Ted Danson (mentioned)
- Willie Nelson (named)
- Chuck Mangione (named)
- Tammy Wynette (named)
- Green Day (named)
- Ani DiFranco (named)
- Dwight Yoakam (named)
- Clint Black (named)
- Dixie Chicks (named)
- Randy Travis (named)
- Brooks and Dunn (named)
- Charlie Daniels (named)
- Wynonna Judd (named)
- Vince Gill (named)
- James Brown (named)
- Snoop Dogg (named)
- No Doubt (named)
- Kid Rock (named)
- Sum 41 (named)
- KISS (named)
- George Strait (named)
- Travis Tritt (named)
- Tom Petty (named)
Stinger Quote[]
- Donna: "Who wants to get kicked in the ding-dong?"
Trivia[]
- The initial airing on FOX and reruns on Adult Swim have this episode rated as TV-14 for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), and violence (V)[citation needed], though there are also scenes of crude humor and bullying/harassment. All other reruns and the Hulu version have this episode as TV-PG for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), and violence (V).
- This episode reveals that Kahn has manic depression (and Peggy knows about it). The final episode of the series' original run (by syndicated broadcast), "Just Another Manic Kahn-Day", would explore this in more detail.
- All the music listed on Donna's page contain bands and artists that have guest-starred on the show. The only exception being James Brown, though a sportscaster of the same name voiced Digby Wilkins in "Peggy Makes the Big Leagues", which likely caused confusion when animating the scene.
- This is one of the few times Buck is seemingly frustrated with Hank's old-fashioned behavior and tells him to get with the times.
- Hank reveals he and Donna are the same age.
- Peggy created her own MySpace page and pretended to be actor Ted Danson. Danson voiced Tom Hammond in the Season 12 episode "The Accidental Terrorist".
- This is Maria's first speaking appearance since "Pretty, Pretty Dresses".
Quotes[]
To be added.
Goofs[]
- Melinda's name is incorrectly spelled "Malinda" on the Strickland Propane MySpace page.
- Dwight Yoakam's name is incorrectly spelled "Dwight Yokam" on Donna's MySpace page. Likewise, Snoop Dogg's name is incorrectly spelled "Snoop Dog" on Donna's MySpace page.
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