"Lucky See, Monkey Do" is the 243rd episode of the 13th season of King of the Hill and features the birth of Luanne's child. This episode is the first to be produced in high-definition widescreen. It was written was written by Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, and directed by Kyounghee Lim.
Summary[]
Lucky's sister comes to visit, and gets into a fight with Peggy over how Luanne should raise her baby. Meanwhile, Bill goes on a road trip to track down the voice of a Whataburger drive-through employee.
Plot[]
When Peggy plans a baby shower for Luanne, Lucky invites his sister Myrna and her children to the party. Myrna has conflicting parenting information to give Luanne, and is described by Peggy as a "modern mother". Myrna later decorates the baby's room and makes it look (according to Peggy) "depressing" and "creepy". Myrna suggests to Luanne to birth the baby "naturally" at home with little assistance so the baby is born into a better environment, while Peggy argues to have the baby at a hospital, specifically under the heavy influence of pain killers. Luanne then attends Childbirth classes at Heimlich County Hospital along with Peggy and Myrna. Peggy states that she relieved Bobby's teething by applying scotch on his gums. The instructor and other people find this preposterous, making Luanne trust Myrna more. During a scuffle between Myrna and Peggy on where to birth the baby, Luanne's water breaks.
Subsequently, Luanne goes to The Birthing Circle LLC to give birth, but she is frustrated that Myrna wants her to give birth in a pool without painkillers. She decides to do it "her way" and take Peggy's advice about going to the hospital to give birth. Bobby creates a distraction to allow Luanne to leave with Lucky and the others to the hospital. When Luanne and Lucky's baby is born, they first want to name her Lasagna. Hank immediately makes an objection, and Peggy assures him she will handle it, leading to the name Gracie being given. The baby's full name from then on is Gracie Margaret Kleinschmidt, Peggy's real name being Margaret.
Meanwhile, Bill has fallen in love with the voice at the Want-A Burger drive-through. When he discovers that the voice does not belong to someone on-site but that "Jane" works out of a call center in Buckeye, Arizona, he drives out to C.O.S. Communication Outsource Solutions to meet her, only to discover that Jane is a seventeen-year-old. The age difference cools whatever affection they had for each other, and Bill subsequently leaves.
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Bill Dauterive
- Jeff Boomhauer (non-speaking)
- Luanne Platter
- Lucky Kleinschmidt
- Myrna Kleinschmidt
- Nancy Gribble
- Joseph Gribble
- Minh Souphanousinphone
- Kahn Souphanousinphone
- Jane Tattersall
- Gracie Kleinschmidt
- Gloria
- Sharona Johnson (non-speaking cameo)
- Jason (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Lucky: "What would a monkey do?"
Trivia[]
- The episode title is a reference to "Monkey See, Monkey Do".
- The restaurant Want-A Burger is a reference to the fast-food chain Whataburger. In all earlier episodes (including the previous one) of the show, the restaurant's real name is used.
- The children's magazine Hank was reading was titled "Wee Street Journal" which is a pun on "Wall Street Journal".
- Despite being pregnant for close to two seasons, this is the only episode where Luanne shows any physical signs of pregnancy.
- This episode is not only the first episode to be produced in High Definition (16:9), but it is also the first HD episode to be aired.
- This is the first King of the Hill episode of the following:
- Starting with this episode, due to the new HD and 16:9 format, a brand-new, reanimated HD version of the King of the Hill opening sequence is used in this episode (replacing the once used since the very first episode) and will continued to be used throughout the rest of the series.
- The first King of the Hill episode was produced in a full screen format for its 4:3 prints, following the show switched to high-definition widescreen.
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