Rich Hank, Poor Hank

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“Rich Hank, Poor Hank”
King of the Hill episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 8
Written by	Etan Cohen
Directed by	Tricia Garcia
Production no.	7ABE21
Original airdate	January 4, 2004
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Rich Hank, Poor Hank is the one hundred and fifty seventh episode in the FOX comedy King of the Hill.

[edit] Plot

Hank takes Bobby wallet-shopping, and Bobby quizzes him about how much money he makes. Hank feels threatened and tells Bobby to mind his business. Later, Bobby hears Hank telling Peggy about his $1000 bonus at work and mistakenly receives the idea that Hank is wealthy.

Bobby tells everybody the rumor, and it spreads like wildfire. Hank is completely in the dark about this until John Redcorn comes into his office with a blueprint for a Native American recreational center. Hank responds to this by explaining to Bobby how his allowance is spent, but he doesn't get the clue. Shortly afterwards, Bobby stumbles across Hank's emergency credit card and goes on a reckless shopping spree.

The credit card company calls Hank, and he goes to the mall to catch Bobby redhanded. Frustrated, he explains to Bobby that he is not a millionaire, and gives him a list of recent bills. They return all but one of the items Bobby bought, which was a jet-ski. They comtemplate selling it at the nearby lake, but the one customer who was interested in buying the vehicle does not come off as a pleasent person. Hank and Bobby take a ride on the jet-ski, agreeing to sell it sometime within the next three months.

[edit] Trivia

• This was the last King of the Hill episode to use traditional cel animation. From this point on, the show remains hand-drawn but all painting and coloring is done digitally. King of the Hill was the last animated show to go digital (The Simpsons, the other holdout, went digital the year before).