Souphanousinphone Family

The Souphanousinphone family (Lao: ສຸພານຸສິນພອນ) is a major family featured in all seasons of the King of the Hill series. Their home is located on Rainey Street next door to the Hill residence and they are neighbors to Hank, Peggy, Bobby, Luanne, and Lady Bird. The Souphanousinphone family immigrated to the United States from Luang Prabang, Laos after previously living in Orange County, Portland and Mississippi. They are a Buddhist family that believes in karma and reincarnation. They celebrate Pimai, the Lao New Year, and Magha Puja, a religious Theravada Buddhist festival. They are friends with the Wassanasong family members Ted, Cindy, and Chane; another Laotian American family in the series. They are active within the Laotian community such as that in Little Laos in Arlen, Texas.

Family Tree[]

Kahn's grandmother^[1]

Unnamed man
(deceased)^[2]

Laoma
Souphanousinphone

General Gum

Unnamed wife

Unnamed man^[3]

Unnamed man

Kohng Koy "Kahn"
Souphanousinphone
(1957- )

Minh
(1960- )

Unnamed woman [4]

Unnamed man
Souphanousinphone
(1981- )

Tid Pao
Souphanousinphone
(1985- )

Kahn "Connie"
Souphanousinphone, Jr.
(1985- )

Doggie
(family pet)

History[]

Season 1[]

The Souphanousinphones own a pet West Highland Terrier named Doggie, introduced in Season 1 episode "Westie Side Story".
Connie and Bobby share their first on-screen kiss in the Season 1 episode "Plastic White Female".

Season 2[]

In "Three Days of the Kahndo", Minh boasts of her family's upcoming luxury trip to Mexico, where they will stay in a beautiful "mitad" duplex condo with Kahn's brother and family. However, it is never determined which brother they are going with, as it could either be Tid Pao's father or Kahn's nephew's father.

Season 3[]

Connie begins dating Bobby Hill in the Season 3 episode "Take Me Out of the Ball Game".

Season 4[]

The Souphanousinphones are shown to be friends with the Wassanasong family members Ted, Cindy, and Chane as of the Season 4 episode "Naked Ambition".
- The Souphanousinphones own a boat named Laotian in Motion.
The Souphanousinphones celebrate Pimai (Lao: ປີໃໝ່), the Lao New Year in the Season 4 episode "Won't You Pimai Neighbor?".

Season 5[]

Connie and Joseph Gribble share their first on-screen kiss in the Season 5 episode "I Don't Want to Wait...", causing Bobby to temporarily break up with Connie. Joseph plants a kiss on Minh as she is tending to his bloody nose, upsetting Connie.
Connie attends the Arlen High School prom with Joseph as her date, in the episode "Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story", she confirms that she is still Bobby's girlfriend, but clarifies that Bobby failed to get tickets for prom, so is going with Joseph.

Season 6[]

General Gum debuts in a flashback in the Season 6 episode "Father of the Bribe".
- Minh mentions her unnamed sister.
- Phoukong Vivarad is Minh's ex-boyfriend, who General Gum loved as a son.
- Connie and Bobby officially break up as girlfriend and boyfriend.
In the episode "The Bluegrass is Always Greener", Tim Woo is likely family friends with the Souphanousinphones.

Season 7[]

Tid Pao Souphanousinphone, one of Kahn's unnamed brother, and Kahn's brother's farm debuts in the Season 7 episode "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do".
- Kahn's unnamed brother is implied to be Kahn's nephew's father as he informed Tid Pao, "I'm the last uncle you got. You screw up here we ship you back to Grandma in Laos." As the "last uncle", it is implied that Laoma has no more than three sons.
The Souphanousinphones are active members of the Laotian community in Little Laos, as shown in the Season 7 episode "Board Games".
Laoma Souphanousinphone debuts in the Season 7 episode "Maid in Arlen".
- It is revealed that Laoma's husband/Kahn's father passed away from a heart attack.
- Laoma is Buddhist, as she references reincarnation in her disclosure to Bill that "a heart attack took my husband away from me to the next life. But I believe he returned as the gentle wind that blows through this meadow, even now."
Bill Dauterive is Laoma's ex-boyfriend as of the Season 7 episode "The Witches of East Arlen".

Season 8[]

Kahn has a grandmother who sent him a birthday check; however, it was not in his mailbox in the Season 8 episode "New Cowboy on the Block".

Season 10[]

Laoma Souphanousinphone is back living in Laos as of the Season 10 episode "Bystand Me".
The Souphanousinphones celebrate Magha Puja in the Season 10 episode "Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana?".

Season 11[]

Kahn's cousin Trang is mentioned in the Season 11 episode "Glen Peggy Glen Ross".
Kahn's nephew debuts in "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow".

Season 12[]

General Gum debuts in the Season 12 episode "Pour Some Sugar on Kahn".

Season 13[]

It is mentioned that Kahn suffers from manic depression in the Season 13 episode "Lost in MySpace", which is later confirmed in the episode "Just Another Manic Kahn-Day".

Season 14[]

It is revealed that Kahn and Minh have been divorced for two years prior to the events in Season 14 episode "Kahn-scious Uncoupling".
Connie and Chane Wassanasong break-up in "Kahn-scious Uncoupling".

Quotes[]

Kahn: "We are Laotian—from Laos, stupid! It's a landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It's between Vietnam and Thailand, okay? Population: 4.7 million."

Gallery[]

References[]

[1] "New Cowboy on the Block"

[2] "Maid in Arlen"

[3] "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do"

[4] "Father of the Bribe"

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