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* The end of the Christian rock episode. Despite his discomfort with the faddish nature of Christian rock, Hank actually makes a reasonable argument by showing Bobby the fads that Bobby (and Hank himself) had been obsessed with when he was younger.
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* In "Texas City Twister", Hank has been called out by Peggy for being way too stiff and way too in control of his emotions. They spat and Hank tells her to go to hell, but just after she leaves a tornado is announced to be heading toward the trailer park (where Hank was making Luanne go back to). What does Hank do in response? Rush to the trailer park just to let her know he was sorry. Even when the tornado hits, Hank holds onto a telephone pole just long enough to let go of his emotions and let Peggy know how much he loves her.
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* And the episode when Nancy chose Dale over John Redcorn.
* Any moment that shows that Dale truly and honestly loves his wife, using his genuine and... psychotic ways.
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* "I've been disappointed in a lot of things, son. Dale, Bill... this entire town. But you? ''Not once.'' You're my boy. Dang it, Bobby, ''you're my boy!''"
* The episode where Bobby has the opportunity to become a Lama. He's faced with doubt because he's told he can't marry if he goes through with it, so during his final test, when he's told to choose "anything he sees on the rug", he chooses Connie, whose reflection he can see in a mirror. Made even better by a conversation between two monks afterwards:
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'''Older Monk''': I know. He did not pick it.
'''Younger Monk''': But he used it!
(beat)
'''Older Monk''': It's a tough call. But it's mine, and I made it. }}
* In "Propane Boom II: Death of a Propane Salesman", {{spoiler|Luanne, the most happy-go-lucky character, goes through one of her darkest moments in the series after being caught in a propane explosion that killed her boyfriend and singed off her hair, causing her to put on a Sinéad O'Connor act to hide her pain. After reading the last birthday card she received from Buckley, she breaks down and grieves, but she is able to console herself by using the puppets from her Manger Babies show.}}
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'''Obadiah the Donkey''': EE-AAWWW! No, you're not.
'''Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third''': You're right as rain, what what. And such a pretty young thing as well.
'''Luanne''': But I don't want to look pretty anymore...
'''Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third''': Oh, that's just rubbish. Every girl wants to look pretty, right ho.
** The scene then quickly turns humorous as she convinces herself to try on a wig made from multi-colored hair her friends at beauty school made for her. }}
* The end of the two-parter "Returning Japanese". Cotton makes peace with the woman he fell in love with after [[World War II]] and with whom he fathered Junichiro, and just before they leave for the airport, Cotton (of all people!) encourages Bobby to say goodbye to the little Japanese girl he became friends with during his vacation.
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* The final episode is a fairly standard episode, but the last couple of minutes, as the smell of Bobby and Hank grilling wafts through the neighborhood, does have a couple. Kahn telling his daughter to knock of the studying so they can go get some steak because "You're smart enough already," and Dale giving his wife a massage to remove her headache are two of my favorites.
** 4chan's /co/ has this touching copypasta on the matter;
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[[Tear Jerker|You truly were the king of the hill, Hank]]. }}
* My personal favorite has to be the episode "Happy Hank's Giving", where Hank and his neighbors all get stuck at the airport at Thanksgiving. The first one comes when the Hills finally manage to get a bus to take them to an another airport, but give up their seats to another family. The second one comes near the climax of the episode, when Thanksgiving has come and gone and none of their flights have managed to leave, after constant trouble, getting caught in the rain, having no food, etc. Having been determined to get to their plane, but now having all missed the events they were hoping to get to, the Hills and all their neighbors share Boomhauer's pizza and the bits and pieces of food they can scrounge up to have their own personal Thanksgiving dinner.
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* At the end of "A Man Without A Country Club", we learn that Kahn has been shunned by the prestigious Nine Rivers Country Club yet again. So what do Hank and co. do? They invite Kahn into their ''own'' country club, the Rainey Street Country Club.
* The Veterans Day episode where Cotton, unable to participate in the Veterans Day parade since he has to work a crappy job as a restaurant greeter (that he actually is competent at, he's just criticized for helping out in places outside of his duties), begins to contemplate suicide, when Didi (oblivious to Cotton's state of mind) asks him to watch Good Hank. Hank, who knew that Cotton was depressed, rushes to his house, and is shocked when he hears a gunshot; turns out Cotton had G.H. just fire a gun into a mattress (and don't worry, G.H. was earmuffed and enjoying himself), which also led to this [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] between Cotton and Hank.
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** The best part is that Cotton was going to kill himself so Didi and G.H. would get his life insurance money, literally giving his life to support his family. Then theres the implication that being forced by Didi to spend sometime with G.H. made him decide to swallow his pride and let Hank help him out. Cotton was depressed not just because of his money troubles but because he felt his glory days were long behind him and he didn't have anything to live for and G.H. reminded him what he still has: A son who ain't a sissy like Hank.
* Cotton, after having escaped to Las Vegas after finding out that Didi was pregnant, is chased down by Hank and crew. When Hank, who had spent most of the episode trying to be able to have another kid, finally catches up and says that Cotton wins as a father, Cotton says this:
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* ''The Father, the Son, and J.C.'': Hank tells Buck "I love you", something he never told Cotton. Cotton is mad through most of the episode, especially when Hank can't stomach it to tell his dad that he loves him and instead says "I hate you". But at the end, when Hank apologizes for making Cotton mad and [[It Makes Sense in Context|Cotton shoots President Carter's limo with a nail gun]], we get this.
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Hank: I love shooting a nail gun too, Dad. }}
* In "Naked Ambition", Bobby and Connie are about to see each other naked when Kahn enters, freaks out, and grounds Connie while banning Bobby from his property. When Hank hears about this, he's actually quite happy. At the end of the episode when Connie steals her father's ladder to peek over the fence and see Bobby, Hank helps him pick out which ladder to use so he can get up to Connie for some kissing.
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** Turns into a CMOF with "Not in the face! That's how I make my livings."
* "Dog Dale Afternoon" has an odd example, but a definite example of Hank and Dale's friendship. [[Long Story Short]], Dale is mistaken for a clocktower sniper and Hank convinces the police to let him talk Dale down. Hank confesses to the prank that started all of this and Dale says that Hank was one of the few people on the extremely tiny list of those he trusts - "I'm not even on that list!" As they leave the tower, a member of Dale's gun club tries to snipe Dale, but Hank [[Taking the Bullet|takes the bullet]] for him. Dale swears to dedicate his life to propane and watch over Peggy and Bobby...until Hank reveals that he had a bullet-proof vest, leading to this exchange.
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'''Hank:''' Well, that or spray me with some chemical.
'''Dale:''' Oh.
'''Hank:''' But I knew that if you did, you'd shoot yourself right after.
'''Dale:''' ''(smiling)'' ...I would. }}
* Subverted in "Bills Are Made to Be Broken"; a promising young football player ties Bill's record for most career touchdowns, but suffers a [[Game-Breaking Injury]] that will put him out for the season. At the next game, the opposing team ''lets'' him score the record-breaking touchdown, which is a CMOH for everyone except Bill and his friends, who see it as unfair since the player didn't earn it.
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* In "De-Kahnstructing Henry", Khan gets fired because he blabs company secrets to Hank in his endless desire to prove himself superior. His pride causes him to run off until he can find a better job than Hank, leaving it to the Hills to take care of Minh and Connie. Eventually Hank finds Khan and convinces him that taking care of his family is much more important than being the better man. At the end of the episode, Khan comes by the Hills' house to brag about his awesome new job, and Hank allows him to boast before saying "Glad to have you back, Khan. Good night." After he closes the door, Khan blusters a bit more, then quietly adds "Thank you, Hank."
* In "Movin' On Up", Luanne moves out but ends up having to contend with [[Jerkass]] roommates who don't contribute and call her a rules Nazi for having any form of discipline. She goes to Hank for help, but he says [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself|she has to do it herself]], explaining the old metaphor of "teach a man to fish", but encouraging her to find her own [[Happy Place]] like his lawn. At the end of the episode she's carefully maintaining the house's pool, which has become her [[Happy Place]]. She reveals the rather clever manner in which she dealt with the roommates<ref>She closed the accounts on all the utilities, meaning they'll have to get off their asses and open new ones if they want power, phone, heat, etc</ref>, and Hank asks if she wants to come over for a beer. She says "No thanks Uncle Hank, you taught me how to fish" and proceeds to pull a cooler out of the pool, sharing an Alamo with him.
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