Unaired King of the Hill Series Finale from Season 11 

Final ending was much more satisfying

@@milliefleur Early ending is more in tune with the tone of the show

@@anthonyshepherd265 I know, but it’s nice to see hank and Bobby have a common ground.

Hiiii mikeee

@@joemother7601 hi

What episodes were those?

@@saberiandream316 Bill stealing the tank is Tanking to to the Streets, Hank being born in NY is Yankee Hankee, Peggy watching a man die is Pigmalion

And was oddly unfazed by it...

Well, Hank wasn’t there to see it…and they likely told nobody.

or the one where Hank drops the Olympic torch and Dale lights it up with his cigarette or the one where Peggy gets all uppity about a stolen garden gnome the tank one was normal compared to that crap

Cotton dies in season 12 this is season 11

Yea, that’s what I meant by “the following season”, maybe it wasn’t clear enough

@@lesliea.1019 yeah I misread your post. I'm sorry

@@kk8037 that’s okay

That was the joke

Yep, that's John "No Scoring" Redcorn for ya.

He can also go from spiritual to metalhead at the drop of his pants Not sorry

@@WxIxLxLxIxAxMxS depends on if Nancy's game.

@@Birch_ON Nancy wasn't his only "patient"~

“Maybe that’s because it does Feel So Good - to be alive.”

@@ddog9301 no that's not it.

I was about to say the same thing. Mike Judge is a hilarious writer.

CHICK Mangione I'm not a chick I'm a dude.

Lol after that explosion he hasn’t been able to play a song without it turning into feels so good

It was, but Bobby being a meat pro just felt out of nowhere since he always wanted to be a standup comedian. This feels more in line with the entirely of the show. Hank may not always agree with what Bobby does, but, he knows Bobby is a good kid and will be alright.

and the fact everyone sitting down for a meal and showing their adventure was over was that message that it was time to go and have something to eat kind of ending

Hank and Bobby find a common ground at multiple points in the series tho. This felt more natural

@@anthonyshepherd265 In the episodes where Bobby takes Home-Ec and Bill tries to market his family sauce, Bobby was revealed to be an extremely talented chef. So it's not just out of the blue, Bobby's greatest talent is his skill with food even if he doesn't know it yet.

Well it's cause that was the soul of the show, the relationship between Hank and Bobby

I like to think that, because to make that episode non-canon would be a little disappointing.

I can see why you'd say that. Hank saying that they agree not to talk about those things again instead of explaining that those events were just dreams of Bill make more sense. I mean in Yankee Hankee, Hank was going through a identity crisis after finding out that he wasn't born in Texas, so it make sense for him wish it was a dream instead of actually happening in real life.

nahm mike judge wanted to retcon those because he felt they were too shark jumpy

@@mizv4043 Ironically I feel like Yankee Hankee was less ridiculous than the plane jump episode or the 2 parter where the mega low mart blew up.

That's how I perceived it. His facial expressions pretty much confirm it.

Granted some make no sense .. Why tf is the social worker there?

I hope they don't recast them in the revival. Just say the family moved.

@Justin Pullen it's hard to say what th e y will do, but I agree. Don't recast them.

I can’t believe that now Johnny Hardwick has passed away now no less.

@@MiggyRules I know! It's heartbreaking. It's like losing friends! Very sad!

​@@RumbleFish69agreed 😞

Or an entire episode about the 2000 presidential election 😂

@@claymathewselevator8121 and y2k

@@Zak-bv4qm I know both of you are right but those 2 examples in particular could have happened the same year if the year was 2000 going into 2001.

All but one of them were just a dream

@@animal245533 No. Y2K episode had to happen at the tail end of 1999. Otherwise they would've already known that nothing happened.

Also how is her mom here after the whole ordeal of her staying at Bills?

Patch made it too for some reason as did Bernie Mack.

The good cousin

And the social worker from the Pilot episode and Miss Kremser and Charice Johnson from the Beauty Academy and the dude who plays Monsignor Martinez and Eustace from Hank's childhood Straight Arrow Troupe and Maddy Pladder

@@joshedwards5311 A wizard did it

Not so much of a fourth wall break, but, more along the lines of them remembering and acknowledging past events and how its shaped them. Hank saying “that boy ain’t right, but he’s a good kid” feels more in line with the show and part of what it’s always been about. Hank and Bobby’s relationship.

Also feels like something they'd say after having a big grand adventure like in a movie

"Been a crazy year, but it FEELS LIKE 10" I'd say its a fine ending for a decade long show! (seriously though, all that was in a a year..!?)

Probably why it wasn't the "real" ending to the show. I enjoyed how for the four main characters, it all happened in a year, but for us, it was over 10 years. I know Mike Judge likes to have fun with his shows and sometimes play with reality and fiction, but maybe he realized it would have seemed like a cop-out to just pass it off as more of the viewer experience rather than the character experience, so what we saw in the finale was the real deal all along.

It isn’t a fourth wall breaking

How many Thanksgivings and Christmas' does Texas have a year!? that was a lot of specials

@@Spearmphs_Personal_Acc it’s those dang ol’ Hungarian restaurants making people sick and hallucinate

Still, it would've been ridiculous to believe that the event of the WHOLE series up until this episode took place in the course of just ONE freaking year. Cause how would that explain all the Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes? Also the fact that Yankee Hankee and Tankin' It to the Streets would've been consider non-canon and actually never really happen and that they were just dreams that Bill imagine were real due to eating to much Hungarian foods is something real funny cause you wouldn't expect the show to try to retcon an entire episode and claimed that they never actually happen in Canon. That's something you expect The Simpsons and Family Guy to do.

Also not to mention that in the episode where Luanne works at Hottyz, it was mentioned that Luanne spent 2.5 years at Arlen Community College.

Luanne doesn't go from full head of hair to bald back to full head again in a year.

The series was actually originally going to end with season 10.

I'm glad the show got at least one additional season, if not just because I could see Cotton die.

Or could just say those were non-canon also. continuity be damn says jim deautrieve the writer for king of the hill.

They didn’t air it because Fox renewed the show last minute, so, they scrapped this ending. And honestly no one would question it because almost every animated show does this. This ending would’ve been perfect had it aired if Fox did go though with axing the show.

Those other Christmases were just dreams. Halloweens and Y2K too.

Those were all in Bill’s head

And multiple Thanksgiving episodes.

Well, Bobby was also "right" when he shot a rifle (more right than Hank!)

Hank & Bobby would be the right note for it to end on, but my issue with the finale is exactly that Bobby achieves rightness according to Hank's preconceived standards. It'd have been better if Hank learned to love the ways Bobby isn't like him.

@@VelvetVexations Yes! Right on! Exactly what I was always thinking!

​@@VelvetVexations3:13 kinda happened here

I'm also not a big fan of the idea of certain events being revealed to have never actually happened. Like the whole affair with the tank hijacking during the wargames. That's one of my all time favorite episodes of KOTH, and to have it decanonized for no reason at the end of the series really rubs me the wrong way. For that alone I'm kind of glad that we got a different ending.

@@kayokango To be fair, that was because Mike Judge wasn't a fan of that episode because he felt it was a bit too sharkjumpey.

@@kayokango I don't get everyone taking what Hank said as serious. I more interpreted it as a "Let us never speak of this again" sort of thing, and not something to be taken seriously.

It honestly feels like they knew it and were rolling with these callbacks as a joke.

Yeah, that was pretty lame. but at least they didn't try to turn it into some lame clip show like the Seinfeld finale.

*Brittany Murphy.

what!

It just means that Lucky and Luanne are in heaven together.

It’s Brittany Murphy

Who the fuck is Kimberly Murphy? It's Brittany Murphy. She was actually a pretty well-known actress before she died. She wasn't just Luanne Platter. She was in several movies some of which were pretty big deal like remember The 8 Mile?

Hopefully he can make an appearance in the new king of the hill sequel series.

@@eduardoflores1503 oh no dude

Junty Joe 💯🤣🤣

Man that Japan episode was one of the best

Maybe we get some “The Hill brothers are on the case!” On the sequel

Hell yeah, Big Mountain Fudge Cake.

Is that why many people have stories of Texas?

Yep

That sums up why the kids never age in animated shows over the years.

Super Cereal

It had to have been more than a year, because the time Luanne drank Hank's beer she was 19.5, but a few season later turned 21, and even legally drank a beer in the alley to celebrate

Yeah, but in the final ending, Hank says he's proud of him. That holds more emotional weight.

@@notsyzagts7967 Very true I think both hold great weight imo It shows that despite Bobby being well…a weird kid No matter what he does in the future Hank will be proud of him. Really shows that Hank is the best cartoon dad

Like Andy Taylor and Opie from The Andy Griffith Show...

That’s because this scene was made as the finale only to be scrapped at the last minute.

I definitely didn't like the whole "Its only been a year deal" the series had several Thanksgiving AND Christmas episodes plus some of the characters do in fact age

@@davisthegamelord A lot can happen in a year

@@davisthegamelord those were all dreams bill had after eating at a revolting hungarian restaurant

I like the real one better

@@Blackstaar52 bruh 💀

Makes me wonder if it will stick since the series had many episodes with Hank and Bobby connecting (Meet the Propaniacs was my favorite episode for this reason).

But they are several Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes. Plus Bobby for from 10 to like 14

Bobby stayed same age. Also the Yankee stadium episode was good

@@shibbyjim Bobby's age progresses throughout the series. He starts out aged 11, turns 12 in "Shins of the Father" (the episode came out in 1997, putting his birthdate in 1985), turns 13 in "I Don't Want To Wait For Our Lives To Be Over", and is aged 13 for the rest of the series.

@@captainluke562 all dreams of Bill's.

I really thought that was where they were going when I saw the mosquito.

Considering they aired them in a different order than they produced them, that’s a pretty accurate way to view the show!

They do that in the final ending

@@syndrette It's not really the same though.

Well, there were only 259 episodes. So if every episode only lasts a day it’s possible. Although I do think most last 2-3 days, so probably not, but Someone would have to go and count to be certain. I do like the idea though that it’s not a super long time, maybe a year and a half, two tops. It would explain why Bobby never went past middle school

@@gentlemancharmander4411 but also there have been multiple holiday episodes which would be very hard to explain

@@superIBM1231 the holiday episodes happen within the same week maybe?

@@superIBM1231 don't forget about the episode involving Y2K and later an episode involving about MySpace

I believe the series began with Bobby being 11 and ended with him being 14. I could be wrong though

AT LEAST THE FINAL FILM IS OVER RIP HARDWICK

No. I absolutely hate this garbage ending

@@3starperfectdeer233 Eh, I personally like the symbolism with the mosquito and the sort of good reminiscent feeling it has. I understand why some people might not like it but that doesn't change that it still would of been a great ending had it been used.

I didn't really like this scene. It felt like it was trying too hard to nod to everyone in the show and it felt weird that that it was focused around the wedding. King of the hill has the strong theme of Hank struggling to deal with a changing world and eventually coming to terms. Many episodes start with Hank having one position and slowly transitioning to another over the episode. For example, the sex ed episode and his struggle with helping out Connie. The To Sirloin with Love ending is just great because it meshes with one of the catchphrases of the show, "That boy ain't right." Its the culmination of Hank trying to deal with Bobby being so different from what he thought he wanted only to realize that Bobby was just fine.

If this aired it would've pissed a lot of people off and tainted the legacy of the show. It was a good thing they got renewed for more seasons so they stopped them from making this weird ending canon.

Apparently, the reason for it was because Mike Judge wasn't a fan of Hank being born in New York and felt Bill stealing a tank was too sharkjumpy.

this season was made before Cotton died

I got some serious deja vu reading this.

one piece is trash compare to this masterpiece.

@@greed42o Lol. King of the Hill holds a special place in my heart, save for when it ran out of steam at the end and added Lucky.

@@Poet482 nah if we didnt have lucky we will never got that great epsiode where khan gose hillbilly.

Or how the early Buu arc in DBZ is one day long. Everything went horribly wrong in just a single day!

@@greed42o tell me you’ve never read one piece without telling me you haven’t read one piece.

It can be assumed that off screen and in between the events of several episodes, Junichiro and Hank kept in touch through phone calls or maybe emails. Junichiro perhaps even took a trip to the United States a few times and got to know more of Hank's friends and family.

That’s beautiful.

Definitely not still love koth

It’s coming back this year on Hulu 😊

I tell ya what!

I think Hank is just lying to himself.

@@stephenking5852 I get Hank lying to himself about being born in the ladies room of Yankee Stadium. But why would he lie to himself about something that Bill did?

@@Sewblon I thought he was lying about it for Legal reasons. Bill:"Remember that time I stole a Tank from the Military?" Hank:"That never happened..." Bill:"But-" Hank:"Bill, if that DID happen, you'd be dishonorably discharged and most likely executed... which is why it did NOT happen...and even if it did, we shouldn't talk about it like it did..."

Hank was "gaslighting" him self more like, lol.

I vote true for the tank and gaslighting for New York...