The Inevitable Nancy Video 

She chose Dale because she didn’t want to wind up living in Redcorn’s trailer supporting him on her salary. Then, there is the little problem of having to share Redcorn with other women.

Dale deserved better, but he stuck with her. She doesn't deserve any of him, or his child.

Nancy is definitely evil. But I love fan theory that Dale knows Joseph isn't his son, and is intentionally keeping him away from Redcorn, making Joseph give him son's love instead of John getting it. Then seducing Nancy away from John just to ad insult to injury. Oh, and since Nancy makes much more $, than Dale he encourages her career to benefit from it. Dale's not evil, he's just getting even. This episode where Dale encourages her to be away, proves this even more.

“Hey look green paper!” *”GREEN PAPER!”* That bit of comedy was gold.

Funny how Nancy laughed at Peggy and said Hank was a good man but not sexy at all, but when Peggy drugged Hank with testosterone and he gained a bit of muscle, Nancy was checking him out and giggling flirtatiously whenever he spoke to her. That woman was open for business.

I took the "I just want to make the world a better place" line as her tricking herself into believing she has good intentions. She justifies what she did out of greed by telling herself it's for the greater good, which is definitely something real people do all the time. I don't think you're supposed to sympathize with her, it's just a way of communicating that she's in denial about her intentions. A good line to make her even more hateable.

They weren't trying to make her have good intentions. they were highlighting the humans ability to justify their morally reprehensible behavior to themselves in exchange for something they want.

Peggy's comedic narcissm is why she's actually one of my favorite characters, like seriously her voice actor totally captured the tone in the best way. It's hilarious. My fav is Luanne though.

No foreshadowing of Nancy's drinking?! Bruh, _the entire series shows she's an alcoholic!_ The subtext is she's a high functioning alcoholic and curbing Dale's insane shenanigans keeps it in check. This episode just hamfistedly feeds us this info.

"You're a genius at making something from nothing! You made Joseph!" It's lines like that which make me think Dale knew more than he was letting on about that affair.

Nancy fits more of Narcissistic Personality Disorder than Peggy and I will die on this hill

I love Dale's shenanigans. Partly because I'm not the one dealing with them.

Anyone who cheats is scum. But people who have children and cheat on their spouse are completely irredeemable.

Please do your next episode about Hank's Japanese Brother

11:02 Hank’s been calling Dale a “gibblet-head” since I think the very first episode…and it’s awesome they kept that as the preferred insult for the entire series! Dale’s in the alley talking about global warning, to which he concludes to just let it happen-“they could grow oranges in Alaska”. Hank: Dale, you gibblet-head, we live in Texas! It’s already 110 degrees here in the summertime, and if it gets one degree hotter, I’ll kick your ass!

As someone who honestly doesn't prescribe to the "Dale knew" theory, I always liked to take the "you're a genius at making something out of nothing" line as Dale either: 1. Referencing his possible belief that Joseph as conceived by aliens 2. Dale is being more heartfelt in saying that he attributes all of Joseph's good point to Nancy (i.e. Joseph is worthless as 'Dale's son,' but as 'Nancy's son,' he is worth his weight in gold) It would make a cute amount of sense either way, since it shows Dale's unwavering, religious confidence in his wife's talent as miracle worker, potentially literally. I genuinely love how Dale is the most childish person here, but also the most loving and affectionate, and is willing to ruin himself several times over to make his wife and child happy, and it is equally as moving to see Joseph pick up on that and follow suit.

Dale and Joseph are victims of both Nancy and John Redcorn. I liked the crazy alien theory episode where Hank reminded Dale that he’s been a better father figure to Joseph than John Redcorn even though Hank vaguely implied it so Dale wouldn’t get hurt from the truth. Plus Dale deserves better than Nancy’s two-timing ass.

"Did it bite someone?" "No, it's a baby and it's cute. _Go film it."_ Fair enough reason to send her out.

The line about Nancy being concerned: I think she is lying to other people so they see her as a good person

I think the best Nancy moment was when she reported that forest fire. “I DON’T WANNA DIE! I JUST WANNA READ THE WEATHER!!!”.

"hey look green paper" "GREEN PAPER" "That paper wasn't edible" First time an advertisement made me laugh

i find it disturbing that you didn't notice the fact that Dale "monitors all incoming calls" but hasn't put two and two together on john redcorn. who has likely called the house many times to flirt with nancy.

And Nancy's saving grace is that I really do believe she loves Dale and Joseph and that she feels remorse for what she's doing to them. There's never scenes of her talking about how much she hates them or resents them or regrets marrying Dale or anything. John Redcorn doesn't have that sort of empathy

When I saw the title, I thought you were gonna talk about the episode where Nancy slept with Dale and spent the bulk of the episode acting like an ass because "she cheated" on John Redcorn. (Holy hell, that set my teeth on edge.)

"Never let a tragedy go to waste" about sums up my opinion on modern journalism.

People say that Dale is a bad friend, but the fact that his “friends” have kept this secret from him for over a decade make them infinitely worse than he has ever been.😬

I believe Dale COMPLETELY KNOWS that Joseph is Redcorn's son. And he plays dumb and uses the alien abduction story for his own sanity and some sort of personal dignity.

I thought Nancy's fake concern for safety was a joke on people who say they aren't doing things for attention in real life

You know... Nancy's news story reminded me of one... A young boy brings a gun into school because he felt threatened by bullies. But the whole news report focused on the horrifying fact a gun was brought into a school and something like that will never happen again with new metal detectors and extra security. Meanwhile I'm sitting there thinking: "How bad is that poor kid bullied to think he needed a gun for protection?"

The whole point of Nancy is that she is a bad person with a charming personality on the surface but does have some selfless moments with her family. She feels more like a real person. I enjoy when shows make a character who is a despicable person actually interesting to follow as a protagonist. Protagonists don’t necessarily have to be wholly good but interesting enough to care about their journey. Nancy and Redcorn are awful people but their antics are entertaining and make you want to follow through and learn more. Same goes for Peggy. Not all characters should be “likable or Morally upright” just interesting.

@7:33 you totally missed the joke. The fact that she said "in as many markets as possible" was a clever joke making it clear she was still worried about fame

Mike Judge needs some kind of medal for giving birth to this brilliant show.

"never ever hide under someone's bed" F IS FOR FAMILY FLASHBACKS! F IS FOR FAMILY!!!

Neither Peggy or Nancy are good people, but their flaws stem from opposite issues of eachother. Peggy is heavily insecure because of her apperence and shortcomings. Nancy thinks she's always right and better than others around her. They're Foil charecters representing two different families.

"You! The person eating while watching this video..." I nearly choked on my pretzels laughing at that. You really know your audience lol

She married Dale two years before she met Redcorn. Also Dale choking on the hot dog was on purpose to let Joseph win, he likes doing stuff like that to make his boy happy.

I think Nancy’s comment about making the world a safer place was supposed to be self aggrandizing rather than actual concern

I don’t think Nancy saying she wants to “make the world safe” was meant to make her look like she had good intentions, she said in as many markets as possible, it sounded more like it was a gag meant to convey that Nancy is just trying to get as much attention as possible

Actually, I recall they did at least drop one bit of foreshadowing of Nancy's alcohol problem. I recall either Peggy or Minh made a comment about about being taken a-back by the smell of alcohol on Nancy's breath after meeting her at the party.

“Do not hide under someone’s bed, I did that trick in college and the things I saw cannot be unseen…” F

Dale was way too good for Nancy and that is honestly one of the craziest things about this. You would think that Dale would be one of the last ones to be considered good partner material, but we see time and time again just how fiercely loyal, loving, and supportive he is of his wife and kid. I've always loved that kind of thing about King of the Hill, people were at once exactly as they seemed to be, but also so much more when you got to know them.

On the topic of the opossum, something I consistently love about King of the Hill is how they accurately design their animals.

I can especially relate with Nancy: even small towns like Arlen probably have way more crime than cute animals (especially if there's oil exploration nearby), and she should be covering that by this point in her career.

Dale is so sweet to Nancy tho, that "I missed you" was cute aw.

I don't believe that Nancy is the worst character ethically. That distinction belongs to Buck Strickland. I remember hearing about an episode that featured a female exterminator of whom Nancy was jealous because she was afraid he might cheat on her. And Nancy realizes that, because of her past actions, she really deserves it. He doesn't cheat on her. Buck never comes to the conclusion that he has ever done anything wrong, only that others don't approve.

I personally despise Nancy because, having been cheated on, I can't stand people who would do it to others. I admit it: I'm biased. Cheaters are objectively horrible selfish people who do so because they want to and do not want to deal with the ramifications of discussing their feelings / desires with their significant others. I also despise her because she does so for years to a man who, while a walking dumpster fire, is still fundamentally a good person with morals and usually (this episode's somewhat selfish reason nonwithstanding) is a devoted, supportive spouse. She's also shown, several times in the show, to be a TERRIBLE mother, again because she's selfish and focused on what she wants more than what's best for her son. Uggggh....Nancy is just the freaking worst.

I wish Nancy had a better arc that actually helped her improve who she was as a person. I like a good redemption story and she needed one.

I love how emotive your cartoon guy is.

13:35 i like to think Peggy switched sides due to minh being there and she doesn't want to promote Nancy's ruthless behavior with anyone outside of her close friends or family near her

You should do one on Hank's Japanese brother and Boomhauer.

Dale knew about the affair but was unable to except or confront it, ive seen this situation happen in real life too.

I was deadass eating tater tots when he called me out for eating while watching the video lol.

Dale monitoring the phone calls is how we know Dale knows about the Redcorn affair.

"You, person eating while watching this video..." Look, Shady, I didn't vote on this! Let me eat my French dip in peace!!

Hank is so flawless that he had his son smoke cartons of cigarettes 😂😂😂

Nancy has to be the evilest character out the series but only right after John Redcorn.

Dale is the best character, I just love him so much. Crazy bastard deserves much better

I love the fact that everyone agreed just to never tell Dale about this , knowing what he’s capable of.

Whoa, somehow after all these years I never put two and two together that Nancy wasn't just drinking drunk but drunk on power too. Props, Bro.

"Hey you can't just waltz onto my video and start saying-" "Hey look, green paper!" "Green paper?!" *Dives off screen* I'll admit that's the funniest ad I've seen in a while

" I'm just happy to be making the world safer in as many markets as I can." This line totally makes sense because Nancy realizes that what she's doing is shameless self-promotion and that it *looks* like shameless self-promotion so she says something that will signal her "noble intentions" to others but ends up using the term "markets", revealing her true designs.

You hate Nancy in ‘Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow’? I actually think it’s one of her better John Redcorn episodes, since she’s incredibly hesitant to rekindle the relationship. The only reason she even considers doing it again ends up being because she finds out the stress is causing her hair to literally fall out, and her career as a weather woman would be in jeopardy if she went bald. But, in the end, her love for Dale prevented her from being able to go through with it, and she ultimately chooses potential baldness over Redcorn. Idk, always felt she was pretty reasonable in this one. If anything, John Redcorn is the problem with that episode. After they gave him a whole arc about getting over Nancy and choosing to let her go after growing a genuine connection, it just seems weird that he’d suddenly come on so strong and insistent on her cheating on Dale with him again. ESPECIALLY after Dale had just helped him find his new career as a children’s singer just an episode or so before. Just seemed like they kinda erased all that development for the sake of the story, since it doesn’t really work the same if John Redcorn is also hesitant to rekindle the affair

SO appreciate it when utubers make the effort to make advertisement entertaining. Such a rare thing, and this is the best example I've seen by far!

I honestly think this episode was supposed to make you a bit sympathetic towards her. To make her feel a little more human and less like a purely terrible person. More like they wanted to make Nancy out to be a deeply flawed character who's narcissism and alcoholism gets her in trouble but show that she's a pretty capable person if she could only keep that in check. I'd also say it makes Dale way more likable, or at least it did for me.

the whole premise of this ep, is nancy was ALWAYS a big fish in a little pond and she just drowned in being in the big lakes. it was an inevitable just desserts😅

Shady you should do one about Hanks relationship with his truck

I like that the tall white guy in the Mav’s uniform on the picture behind Nancy when she’s getting the drama for the co-anchor could be Dirk OR Luka. It’s definitely WAS Dirk when it was drawn but it’s funny how it still reads in 2022.

"The person eating while watching this video." I feel personally called out

Should’ve been 1) When Nancy was worried or scared Peggy should’ve given her a beer or wine and so she’s always drinking when she’s nervous 2) The male news anchor overheard Nancy’s plans and persuades her to keep drinking so she’s so drunk and cues the float scene 3) She continues to lie for views and so people start giving her backlash for it and she’s eventually fired to avoid the controversy

9:33 I mean she does have a point, dale is an indestructible Demi-god who can survive every poison and even a propane explosion similar to the one that killed Buckley.

"I'm sorry the house smells like Walrus" "Me too Sug... Me Too"

I have a lot of history with this episode, I’ve watched “Debbie does Dallas” at least 10 times.

I always felt that this episode was originally written as a two parter but the writers were then told to cut it down to make it a single episode. Also I feel the whole Nancy drinking thing was because she didn’t have her normal home life responsibilities so she was cutting loose but didn’t realize she was taking it to far.

I figured the episode where Dale gets an apprentice and Nancy gets all jealous would be proof enough

In these harrowing times 1 in every 20 students has a possum

Huh, what a fun and well designed video. Maybe this episode would of done great as a two-parter? Dale steadily growing more unhinged as he does crazier and crazier things, and Nancy becoming drunk with power. Could've even used their kid as a crux point for Peggy to show the inevitable downfall of both Dale and Nancy recklessly pursuing their own ideas.

I actually think you hit the head of the nail earlier: "Drunk on power." I think the alcohol has been a symbol throughout the entire episode to show how intoxocated she has been getting, not just on liquor, but on power. I just found your videos. They are pretty entertaining.

Shady: "YOU, THE PERSON EATING WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO, THIS IS YOUR FAULT" *Me with 3 chicken nuggets in my mouth*: mhm

The Simpsons: "We can predict the future" KotH: "Hold my propane accessories"

I think the A story is both Nancy and Dale reacting to her new job and move. The B story is the Bobby self defense stuff.

“YOU. The person eating while watching this video” How’d you know? He’s too powerful to be left alive…

the few times I ever saw this show I always thought that the dribbles balanced each other out. nancy balanced out dale's sheer need for his insane schemes and ideas by keeping him from killing himself and in return his everything kept her more grounded in reality and kept her from becoming absolutely hellbound to destroy the lives of her "competition" while trying to get higher and higher in her field of work. it is a co-dependence relationship that for all the horror of what it is works because of it.

This is by far the best way I’ve seen someone tell about their sponser

The lack of journalistic integrity isn't a conspiracy, it's an observable fact. RU-vid doesn't like it since they're heavily involved in the shenanigans.

The scene with Dale listening in on Nancy's call, establishing that he monitors ALL incoming and outgoing house calls, lends the biggest credence to the theory that dale has known about nancy's affair with John Redcorn from the very start.

“You! The person eating while watching this video!”. That caught me off guard, I was actually eating while watching this.

the episode that made Nancy despicable for (apart of the obvious) was the episode where the lady bug exterminator shows up and she freaks out at the thought of dale cheating on her with a woman that might actually deserve him/ he deserves.

Huh, I am in fact eating while watching this video several years after it was posted. I am impressed with Shady's power of prediction.

So basically: Nancy is EVIL, but... Cares for her family. It's well written if you ask me, It shows that there are more dimensions behind her character and her ambition. Kind of ashamed that she got cancelled by one small mistake that costed her career.

Nancy is the definition of wanting your cake and eating it too

“YOU! EATING WHILE WATCHING THIS VIDEO-“ made me choke on my food i was not expecting that callout lmao

“If lose lips really does sink ships you caused 5 more Titanics.” 🤣 Dude, I’m keeping that line.

Now all we need is a Buck Strickland episode review and the list should be complete!

I will say, the one thing I love about Nancy and Dale's relationship is it's not what it appears on the surface which definitely makes it feel more real. On the surface, one might think that Nancy is out of Dale's league because she's a beautiful, smart woman who has a good head on her shoulders whereas Dale, while not exactly ugly, is a scrawny, balding weirdo who is erratic and boorish. However, when you look into it, it's actually Dale that's out of Nancy's league - he's a fantastic father and husband and would do anything for her and Joseph, whereas Nancy appears to be a charming, kind person but she really isn't. She's self-absorbed, manipulative, narcissistic and cheats on Dale with John Redcorn and feels no remorse, despite Dale's constant love and affection towards her and Joseph (despite Joseph not being his biologically). Despite the fact that I hate Nancy and John Redcorn, they're good characters because they add realism and complexity to the show - there are plenty of love triangles like this in real life, and it makes you admire Dale more despite his flaws (though admittedly I'm a little biased because I love Dale, he's my favorite character). It makes the show better because it shows just how brilliant King Of The Hill really is. The characters all feel real and human, and even the characters who you're supposed to hate (Nancy, Peggy, John Redcorn, Cotton, Kahn, etc.) are relatable because they have a backstory and their entire characters don't revolve around them being assholes just for the sake of being assholes. Every character serves a purpose to tell a story as opposed to entertain in an over the top, shallow and offensive way with nothing but sex, gore and humor that relies on shock value like say, Family Guy.

I always love when a RU-vidr can make their ad-read entertaining! Well done!

*shoving a taco into my mouth* "You, the person eating while watching this video." 😮

"Never hide under someone's bed. I did that once in college for a prank. The things I seen I can never unsee." Shit that was funny.

"It sure is great that you're home, and not just for fire retardant purposes. I missed you." I have actually said that to my wife before.

Rather than making me hate Nancy, this episode just makes me like Dale more. A despicable person like Nancy, can in fact find love within two people. Her husband loves her as a husband would, her son is a caring and supportive son. She's nasty, but not entirely irredeemable.

Also, if this was years later, people would probably find it weird that Dale would want Nancy to be a part of a major news station.