KING OF THE HILL · CHARACTER
played by Stephen Root · Operator of Strickland Propane (retired)
Buck Strickland
73 episodes · drives 61 scenes · first seen "The Company Man"
01

Character DNA

genes over the scenes they drive
tense 26%scheme 24%absurd 13%misunderstanding 9%awkward 7%escalation 5%social rule violation 5%cheerful 4%confession 2%angry 2%sad 2%triumphant 2%
02

Defining scenes

highest-gene scenes they drive
The Good Buck · otherBuck's Proposal

Buck proposes to Luanne.

Hank Fixes Everything · Strickland PropaneStrickland Propane

Price war discussion

Hank Fixes Everything · Strickland PropaneJoe Jack Fired

Joe Jack loses job

Hank Fixes Everything · Strickland PropaneHank and Enrique

Hank and Enrique discuss

Hank Fixes Everything · Strickland PropaneAmerican Chopper

Teutuls arrive

Hank Fixes Everything · Arlen ExpoExpo Performance

Teutuls perform

Hank Fixes Everything · Arlen HospitalArlen Hospital

Men argue at the hospital

Hank Fixes Everything · Propane ExpoBuck's Desperate Plan

Buck plans to seduce Jerry Sandoval's wife to win the price war

Hank Fixes Everything · Hank's housePrice-Fixing Proposal

Buck proposes a price-fixing scheme to end the price war

24 Hour Propane People · BuffetBuck Gets Banned

Buck gets kicked out of a buffet

24 Hour Propane People · Strickland PropaneBuck's Morning

Buck spends morning at work

03

Episodes

73 appearances
08
S01E0815.89M viewers
Shins of the Father
20 scenes
09
S02E0918.17M viewers
The Company Man
18 scenes
13
S02E1315.2M viewers
Snow Job
18 scenes
17
S02E1718.6M viewers
Hank's Dirty Laundry
23 scenes
20
S02E2015.97M viewers
Junkie Business
16 scenes
23
S02E2316.03M viewers
Propane Boom (1)
19 scenes
01
S03E01
Death of a Propane Salesman (2)
30 scenes
04
S03E047.75M viewers
Pregnant Paws
21 scenes
06
S03E069.11M viewers
Peggy's Pageant Fever
17 scenes
09
S03E097.9M viewers
Pretty, Pretty Dresses
18 scenes
13
S03E139.65M viewers
De-Kahnstructing Henry
13 scenes
18
S03E188.02M viewers
Love Hurts and So Does Art
14 scenes
24
S03E247.24M viewers
Take Me Out of the Ball Game
22 scenes
04
S04E049.76M viewers
Little Horrors of Shop
21 scenes
06
S04E0610.2M viewers
A Beer Can Named Desire
22 scenes
10
S04E108.07M viewers
Hillennium
17 scenes
13
S04E139.5M viewers
Hanky Panky (1)
16 scenes
14
S04E1410.88M viewers
High Anxiety (2)
17 scenes
19
S04E198.16M viewers
Hank's Bad Hair Day
16 scenes
20
S04E206.83M viewers
Meet the Propaniacs
21 scenes
02
S05E0211.53M viewers
The Buck Stops Here
20 scenes
05
S05E058.44M viewers
Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
17 scenes
09
S05E0910.33M viewers
Chasing Bobby
18 scenes
10
S05E1011.46M viewers
Yankee Hankie
20 scenes
11
S05E119.68M viewers
Hank and the Great Glass Elevator
19 scenes
13
S05E1311.55M viewers
Ho Yeah!
17 scenes
17
S05E177.66M viewers
It's Not Easy Being Green
20 scenes
19
S05E198.54M viewers
Hank's Back Story
21 scenes
20
S05E208.17M viewers
Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story
19 scenes
04
S06E049.09M viewers
The Father, the Son and J.C.
23 scenes
08
S06E085.77M viewers
Joust Like a Woman
22 scenes
11
S06E118.07M viewers
Unfortunate Son
20 scenes
12
S06E127.17M viewers
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
18 scenes
16
S06E169.65M viewers
Beer and Loathing
21 scenes
17
S06E177.69M viewers
Fun with Jane and Jane
20 scenes
03
S07E0311.17M viewers
Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do
17 scenes
08
S07E0811.86M viewers
Full Metal Dust Jacket
17 scenes
09
S07E097.02M viewers
Pigmalion
17 scenes
11
S07E119.55M viewers
Boxing Luanne
21 scenes
14
S07E148.84M viewers
Board Games
15 scenes
16
S07E167.72M viewers
The Miseducation of Bobby Hill
18 scenes
17
S07E177.46M viewers
The Good Buck
13 scenes
01
S08E0112.28M viewers
Patch Boomhauer
18 scenes
09
S08E096.5M viewers
Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill
19 scenes
10
S08E105.57M viewers
That's What She Said
17 scenes
17
S08E176.36M viewers
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo
23 scenes
20
S08E204.5M viewers
Hank's Back
14 scenes
21
S08E215.13M viewers
The Redneck on Rainey Street
19 scenes
S09E076.06M viewers
Enrique-cilable Differences
17 scenes
11
S09E113.87M viewers
Redcorn Gambles with His Future
17 scenes
14
S09E144.85M viewers
Bobby on Track
19 scenes
03
S10E037.7M viewers
Bill's House
17 scenes
04
S10E046.62M viewers
Harlottown
20 scenes
07
S10E075.06M viewers
You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)
20 scenes
09
S10E095.13M viewers
The Year of Washing Dangerously
20 scenes
10
S10E104.45M viewers
Hank Fixes Everything
18 scenes
11
S10E114.47M viewers
Church Hopping
18 scenes
12
S10E123.66M viewers
24 Hour Propane People
18 scenes
02
S11E026.99M viewers
SerPUNt
20 scenes
03
S11E037.19M viewers
Blood and Sauce
19 scenes
05
S11E056.39M viewers
Hank Gets Dusted
18 scenes
08
S11E084.14M viewers
Grand Theft Arlen
21 scenes
09
S11E094.19M viewers
Peggy's Gone to Pots
14 scenes
12
S11E125.22M viewers
Lucky's Wedding Suit
21 scenes
11
S12E116.06M viewers
Trans-Fascism
13 scenes
14
S12E146.25M viewers
Lady and Gentrification
14 scenes
15
S12E156.03M viewers
Behind Closed Doors
20 scenes
02
S13E026.59M viewers
Earthy Girls Are Easy
17 scenes
04
S13E048.5M viewers
Lost in Myspace
18 scenes
06
S13E067.08M viewers
A Bill Full of Dollars
18 scenes
09
S13E095.41M viewers
What Happens at the National Propane Gas Convention in Memphis Stays at the National Propane Convention in Memphis
21 scenes
S13E185.22M viewers
Uh-Oh Canada
22 scenes
24
S13E24
Just Another Manic Kahn-Day
19 scenes

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