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King of The Hill

The Accidental Terrorist

Season 12, Episode 13, Aired Mar 02, 2008

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Hank buys Peggy a new car, and like he has always done he pays sticker price for it. However, after he realizes that he has been ripped off for years, he plots revenge against the car salesman.

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Fred Willard

Officer Brown
GUEST STAR
Ted Danson

Tom Hammond
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James Sie

Pamela Adlon

Bobby Hill
Toby Huss

Kahn Souphanousinphone
Kathy Najimy

Peggy Hill
Johnny Hardwick

Dale Gribble
Mike Judge

Hank Hill, Boomhauer
Stephen Root

Bill Dauterive

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By futuramarama, Dec 17, 2010

hank is furious when he learns he has been overpaying for all his cars for 25 years and plots revenge on the dealership. he meets a couple other people who plan on helping him (his plan is to put stickers on cars that explain how the dealership cheats people), but the other guys' blow up some of the dealership. but everyone else thinks hank did it. can he clear his name?

decent episode. it had a funny ending and a good plot. my overall grade for this episode would be somewhere in the "B" range, good episode but not greatmoreless
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Hank tries to teach Bobby how to shop for stuff, but gets in trouble after learning he has been overpaying for his car.

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By DragonBlazer200, Jun 09, 2008

This episode just continues to prove how naive Hank is. Not only is he overpaying for a car, but is trusting a random teen while being oblivious to his true motive: mischieve making. While there are some great lines, seeing Hank not noticing the obvious. Furthermore, everyone assume he is lying instead of telling the truth. Dale is kinda crazy, yet his part annoying at best. This is one of many episodes that depicts Hank as a naive chump who believes everyone is honest and caring. At the end, Hank gets off the hook, yet everyone continues to believe he is a dangerous torrorist. Perhaps if they just watched the end of the tape, Hank could have gotten his name cleared and those that actually did the exposion get arrested. Sadly, that is not the case. What an absloute shame.moreless
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Hank finds out he has been cheated by his "car guy" for the last two decades, and Arlen thinks he has taken revenge by blowing up the car lot.

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By darlingdarcy, Apr 16, 2008

One of my favorite episodes of the 12th season (thought not quite as great as "Untitled Blake McCormick Project"), this episode has a funny storyline that veers a little out of character for Hank. Despite not being a typical King of the Hill episode, it had some great one-liners - one of my favorite lines this season is Boomhauer's line about what he would say when the cops came to ask about Hank - "Talkin' bout, Hank was always a quiet guy...". It was also a nice turn of character for Peggy to be the one that is right in their marriage - she does the research so she can get her coveted convertible while Hank just walks in and pays sticker price. The best part of this episode was the kids that blow up the car lot, and all the energy they put into it - coming up wth nicknames, sneaking around in all black...

One of the only things that detracts from this episode is the continuity mistakes - in a previous episode Hank buys a track not only from a different salesman, but also tells Bobby to "pretend not to like it" when they get in front of the car salesman, proving he knows how to bargain when buying a new car. However, the episode is still funny and definitely worth watching multiple times.moreless
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TRIVIA (1)
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- In this episode, Hank states that he has a "guy" for everything he buys, in particular, the guy he buys his cars from. However, in the season 5 episode "Chasing Bobby" Hank decides to get a truck from another dealer. Not only that, but he also tells Bobby to pretend he doesn't love the truck when they get back to the dealership, maybe he was hoping to get sticker price there too? Also, when he was talking to that salesman, you'd think he'd wonder why this guy he doesn't know is going to give him the same special deal that Tom Hammond has been giving him for years.
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- (Hank is thinking back to the first time he bought a car) Hank: This is my first car, so I don't really know what I'm doing... Car Salesman: (smirks) You see the price on that sticker? Well, that's the price you're going to pay for this car, not a dime more for the football star!
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- Peggy: The car died. Again. Luckily Bill was right behind me when it happened, so, he gave me a lift. Hank: Huh, he was behind you the last time it broke down. That was lucky.
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- International Airdates: Denmark: August 6, 2008 on TV3
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- Tagline: "Hank always seemed like a very quiet man, you know." - Boomhauer
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- The title is a reference to the 1985 novel by Anne Tyler titled The Accidental Tourist . The book was made into a movie in 1988.
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