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** Its not the first time where she became a jealous prick. There's a very infamous episode where Hank volunteers to be a substitute woodshop teacher at Bobby's school and his hands-on approach wins over his students. However this winds up affecting Peggy as she was in the running for an honor-y award for best substitute and Hank was starting to steal her thunder. I don't remember the details but she actually gets Hank fired from the job. And even worse, wins said award. This troper took so solace at the end where the students were cheering for Hank while Peggy was accepting "her" reward. And promptly went silent when he left, making Peggy look more like a fool then she already was. |
** Its not the first time where she became a jealous prick. There's a very infamous episode where Hank volunteers to be a substitute woodshop teacher at Bobby's school and his hands-on approach wins over his students. However this winds up affecting Peggy as she was in the running for an honor-y award for best substitute and Hank was starting to steal her thunder. I don't remember the details but she actually gets Hank fired from the job. And even worse, wins said award. This troper took so solace at the end where the students were cheering for Hank while Peggy was accepting "her" reward. And promptly went silent when he left, making Peggy look more like a fool then she already was. |
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* The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[Not So Different|that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[Continuity Nod|Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]] where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end.Excuse me?! There was a very real threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it then? |
* The episode where it turns out Kahn has manic-depressive disorder. Basically, Hank and Kahn find out [[Not So Different|that they both love grilling]] and work together to make a "super-duper grill" or something for a show. However, it turns out [[Continuity Nod|Kahn is on medication]]; Hank dismisses the importance of the pills, convinces Kahn to stop taking them, and then puts off getting new ones since the energy exuded by Kahn's manic side is speeding their grill-building along. However, it's obviously not long before Kahn becomes depressed and suicidal, and Hank has to scramble to get him new pills. There's a very loosely-interpreted [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]] where Kahn "has to" choose whether he's going to take the medicine and become crabby again for the day, or hope he swings back to manic to help Hank finish the grill. He turns out manic, and Kahn says everything he went through was worth it in the end.Excuse me?! There was a very real threat he was going to kill himself! The entire episode reeked of this patronizing attitude towards people with disorders, especially when medicine is required, like it's not a horrible experience in real life. Hank was exploiting someone with severe emotional problems for the sake of a grill! What if Kahn had gone back to being depressive and killed himself, huh writers? Would the precious grill be worth it then? |
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* For me, it was the episode about the magic show, or, as I like to call it "Hank acts like an ass and sucks the fun out of everything for the entire half-hour". Long story short, Nancy is having a birthday party at a magic show and Hank is bitter about it (He doesn't like magicians because, surprise-surprise, David Copperfield made the Statue Of Liberty disappear once. Grow up, Hank. You sound like some spoiled brat who just had his "bwankie" taken away). Anywho, throughout the magic show, Hank pretty much acts like that kid who didn't get the toy he wanted by complaining through the show and saying how everyting is done with "smoke and mirrors" or "wires" (think of it like that guy has to point out every single scene in a cheesy ''[[Godzilla]]'' movie is done with [[Special Effects Failure|old-fashioned effects]], it makes it hard to enjoy either). Oh, but it gets worse. When Peggy is called on stage to participate in the "Pinata Of Death" trick, Hank actually walks onto the stage and grabs the flaming stick the magician is using for the trick. (Beat) Excuse me for a moment...[[Designated Hero|Are you serious, Hank? Did you really just do something that foolish?]] This isn't some cutesy "Pull a rabbit of of my hat" magic trick, the "Pinata Of Death" was shown to be a very dangerous trick. Hank's immature behavior could've gotten people (including his own wife) seriously injured or even killed. I mean, it's one thing to whine and bitch like some f-ing toddler, but to actually endanger innocent lives? It's a miracle Hank wasn't thrown in jail. I said it once and I'll say it again... [[ |
* For me, it was the episode about the magic show, or, as I like to call it "Hank acts like an ass and sucks the fun out of everything for the entire half-hour". Long story short, Nancy is having a birthday party at a magic show and Hank is bitter about it (He doesn't like magicians because, surprise-surprise, David Copperfield made the Statue Of Liberty disappear once. Grow up, Hank. You sound like some spoiled brat who just had his "bwankie" taken away). Anywho, throughout the magic show, Hank pretty much acts like that kid who didn't get the toy he wanted by complaining through the show and saying how everyting is done with "smoke and mirrors" or "wires" (think of it like that guy has to point out every single scene in a cheesy ''[[Godzilla]]'' movie is done with [[Special Effects Failure|old-fashioned effects]], it makes it hard to enjoy either). Oh, but it gets worse. When Peggy is called on stage to participate in the "Pinata Of Death" trick, Hank actually walks onto the stage and grabs the flaming stick the magician is using for the trick. (Beat) Excuse me for a moment...[[Designated Hero|Are you serious, Hank? Did you really just do something that foolish?]] This isn't some cutesy "Pull a rabbit of of my hat" magic trick, the "Pinata Of Death" was shown to be a very dangerous trick. Hank's immature behavior could've gotten people (including his own wife) seriously injured or even killed. I mean, it's one thing to whine and bitch like some f-ing toddler, but to actually endanger innocent lives? It's a miracle Hank wasn't thrown in jail. I said it once and I'll say it again... [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Grow. Up. Hank!]] |
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** Baronobeefdip- What about the "Painting Scene" (and it's the very start of the episode). Basically, Bobby and Peggy painted "white puffy clouds" on the walls in Bobby's room. Hank sees this and...immediately starts re-painting the wall plain ol' blue saying that a "boy's room should be blue" (Um, Hank? What if Bobby doesn't like blue? What if he likes green or orange or red?) and "Bobby is a big boy now! If he wants to look at clouds he can look out the window!". Um, Hank? Bobby is what? Twelve? That's the age of the kid you're pretty much dictating. It makes you wonder if Hank's reaction would be any different if Bobby wanted to paint a life-sized portrait of the Dallas Cowboys on his wall instead of "white puffy clouds". |
** Baronobeefdip- What about the "Painting Scene" (and it's the very start of the episode). Basically, Bobby and Peggy painted "white puffy clouds" on the walls in Bobby's room. Hank sees this and...immediately starts re-painting the wall plain ol' blue saying that a "boy's room should be blue" (Um, Hank? What if Bobby doesn't like blue? What if he likes green or orange or red?) and "Bobby is a big boy now! If he wants to look at clouds he can look out the window!". Um, Hank? Bobby is what? Twelve? That's the age of the kid you're pretty much dictating. It makes you wonder if Hank's reaction would be any different if Bobby wanted to paint a life-sized portrait of the Dallas Cowboys on his wall instead of "white puffy clouds". |
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* The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not Nightmare Fuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to create a little bit of [[Mood Whiplash]]. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[Wall Banger|wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, all sororities have hazing." Why do I get the feeling [[Unfortunate Implications|not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]? |
* The episode "Fun With Jane and Jane." The cult activity in that episode was rather creepy for my tastes. Not Nightmare Fuel kind of creepy, fortunately, but still creepy enough to create a little bit of [[Mood Whiplash]]. Plus I'm sure this line from Peggy caused a lot of [[Wall Banger|wall-banging]]: "Now now, Luanne, all sororities have hazing." Why do I get the feeling [[Unfortunate Implications|not a whole lot of college students took that line well]]? |
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