King of the Hill

10 Best Episodes of King of the Hill - Season 3

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.

Written by Sophie and last updated on jul 24, 2023.

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King of the Hill - S3E6

#15 - Peggy's Pageant Fever (Season 3 - Episode 6)

A beauty pageant offers Peggy the chance to win a truck. If she can endure a series of rigorous makeovers to impress the judges.

The episode was rated 7.59 from 151 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E18

#14 - Love Hurts and So Does Art (Season 3 - Episode 18)

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Worried at the prospect of going to a school dance with Connie, Bobby starts overeating at the local deli, and develops gout. Meanwhile, Hank goes to an art gallery in Dallas and finds that they are displaying an X-ray of his constipated colon.

The episode was rated 7.59 from 139 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E4

#13 - Pregnant Paws (Season 3 - Episode 4)

Hank wants to breed Ladybird, but the veterinarian says that she has a narrow uterus and probably can't have children. Hank becomes obsessed with finding a way to get Ladybird pregnant, which annoys Peggy, because she's the one who really wants another baby. Meanwhile, Dale becomes a bounty hunter and is assigned to hunt down a man with several unpaid parking tickets. He decides that he needs a hound to accompany him on his first bounty, so he nabs Ladybird, to Hank's horror.

The episode was rated 7.60 from 161 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E3

#12 - Peggy's Headache (Season 3 - Episode 3)

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When Peggy starts writing "musings" for the local newspaper, the pressure gives her a headache, so she goes to John Redcorn for a theraputic massage. When she finds out that Dale's wife Nancy is having an affair with John Redcorn, she is so horrified that she decides to tell Dale about it.

The episode was rated 7.63 from 178 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E24

#11 - Take Me out of the Ball Game (Season 3 - Episode 24)

When Thaterton stacks his Company softball team with Pro sports stars, Hank pulls Peggy off of her own Softball team to become the Ace pitcher for Strickland Propane. Unfortunately, Hank's over-managing causes her to lose her stuff, and cause her to lose the love for the sport.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 142 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E8

#10 - Good Hill Hunting (Season 3 - Episode 8)

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All the kids in the neighborhood are going on their first hunt, but Hank is unable to get a hunting license for him and Bobby. Bobby is so upset about being denied the chance at a rite of passage that he starts to regress into acting like a little kid. Hank reluctantly decides to take Bobby hunting at the La Grunta Resort.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 157 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E21

#9 - Revenge of the Lutefisk (Season 3 - Episode 21)

Arlen's new minister is a woman, which everyone except Cotton seems to accept. When Bobby eats all of a Midwestern fish dish prepared by the minister, it somehow leads to him accidentally burning down the church. Everyone assumes that Cotton did it, and he is arrested for a hate crime.

The episode was rated 7.66 from 131 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E2

#8 - And They Call It Bobby Love (Season 3 - Episode 2)

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Bobby starts dating Marie, a girl who's two years older than him. Bobby takes the relationship more seriously than Marie does, and is heartbroken when she dances with other guys. Marie decides to "move on" leaving Bobby an emotional wreck. Meanwhile, Hank and the guys find an abandoned couch in the alley, and grow to depend on it.

The episode was rated 7.70 from 165 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E20

#7 - Dog Dale Afternoon (Season 3 - Episode 20)

When Dale brings home a new 'Super Mower' the neighbors are jealous, but his attitude leaves everyone with a bad taste in their mouths. To knock him down a few notches, the crew decides to hide his new mower, & make it look like a conspiracy, Peggy gets involved and it goes too far. Dale gets pushed over the edge & it is Hank that goes to help him back down.

The episode was rated 7.70 from 151 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E25

#6 - As Old As The Hills (1) (Season 3 - Episode 25)

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On their twentieth wedding anniversary, Hank and Peggy get depressed about all their unfulfilled dreams. After getting drunk and passing out, they decide to try something exciting: skydiving. Meanwhile, Cotton's wife Didi goes into labor and Bobby has to drive her to the hospital, and Luanne tries to remain at home without Hank and Peggy finding out she's there.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 136 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E10

#5 - A Fire Fighting We Will Go (Season 3 - Episode 10)

Hank and his friends become volunteer firefighters. They manage to wreck a fire hydrant, ruin a funeral, and finally burn down the Arlen firehouse. When the Fire Captain comes to ask what happened, the trio turns the story around to match each of their scenarios.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 163 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E16

#4 - Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta (Season 3 - Episode 16)

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Hank gets Luanne a job as a golf course drink girl at the La Grunta resort. In gratitude, Luanne gets Hank a chance to swim with a dolphin. Hank pets the dolphin, and the dolphin becomes aroused and tries to become sexually intimate with him. In return for his silence, the hotel pays him off, and Hank tells Luanne never to talk about what happened. Luanne gets sexually harassed by one of the golfers, she decides to follow Hank's example and not talk about it.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 150 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E9

#3 - Pretty, Pretty Dresses (Season 3 - Episode 9)

At Christmastime, Bill becomes even more depressed than usual, because it's the anniversary of when his wife Lenore left him. Bill tries to commit suicide, and when that doesn't work out, he dresses up in Lenore's old clothes and declares that he is Lenore.

The episode was rated 7.84 from 175 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E11

#2 - To Spank with Love (Season 3 - Episode 11)

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After being taunted and pantsed by one of her students, Peggy loses it and spanks him. She is immediately fired, but Cotton and his old buddies start a campaign to get "Paddlin' Peggy" reinstated. Once she is back teaching, Peggy uses her reputation for violence to scare her students, and takes things too far, in true Peggy fashion.

The episode was rated 7.86 from 147 votes.

King of the Hill - S3E7

#1 - Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men (Season 3 - Episode 7)

After a Thanksgiving dinner where Cotton constantly insults Hank's mother, Hank, his neighbors, and his father attend a lawn mower focus group. The company announces that it is retiring its old model and introducing a new, "yuppified" version. Hank is the only one on the group who defends the old mower -- but is he trying to defend the mower, or his mother?

The episode was rated 7.93 from 182 votes.

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