KING OF THE HILL · CHARACTER
played by Johnny Hardwick · Exterminator · President of the Arlen Gun Club · Bounty hunter · Smoker · Camp counselor · Patient · Paint gunner · Usher · Teacher · Conspiracy theorist · Waiter · Keyboardist · Mayor of Arlen (formerly)
Dale Gribble
254 episodes · drives 363 scenes · first seen "Pilot"
01

Character DNA

genes over the scenes they drive
tense 25%absurd 20%misunderstanding 15%social rule violation 9%scheme 9%escalation 7%angry 5%awkward 3%coincidence 2%tender 2%lie 2%humiliating 2%
02

Defining scenes

highest-gene scenes they drive
S09E08 · 12 ▸ 12:49
Mutual of OmAbwah · otherDale's Honey Business

Dale starts his honey business.

S09E08 · 17 ▸ 15:29
Mutual of OmAbwah · otherDale's Bee Venom Talk

Dale discusses bee venom.

S09E08 · 18 ▸ 17:57
Mutual of OmAbwah · otherDale's Honey Sale

Dale sells honey.

Dog Dale Afternoon · AlleyDale's Mower Trouble

Dale's mower goes missing

Dog Dale Afternoon · Dale's houseDale's Mower Trouble

Dale's mower is taken

To Kill a Ladybird · Hill yardHank and Dale Talk

Hank and Dale discuss the raccoon

S04E09 · 14 ▸ 16:46
To Kill a Ladybird · Hill yardDale's Plan

Dale reveals his plan to Hank

S04E16 · 17 ▸ 18:08
Movin' on Up · Hill's houseDale's Advice

Dale advises Luanne to use psychological warfare

Spin the Choice · Strickland PropaneHank and Dale Discuss Joseph's Insult

Hank and Dale confront each other about Joseph's comment.

Hank's Back Story · outdoorsDale's Mower Racing Challenge

Dale challenges Hank to a mower race and mocks his potential pit crew.

My Own Private Rodeo · Bug's houseHank Meets Bug

Hank meets Dale's father, Bug

03

Episodes

254 appearances
S01E0119.92M viewers
Pilot
18 scenes
S01E0214.32M viewers
Square Peg
20 scenes
S01E0318.93M viewers
The Order of the Straight Arrow
21 scenes
S01E0415.3M viewers
Hank's Got the Willies
18 scenes
S01E0517.49M viewers
Luanne's Saga
15 scenes
S01E0615.05M viewers
Hank's Unmentionable Problem
23 scenes
07
S01E0716.25M viewers
Westie Side Story
22 scenes
S01E0815.89M viewers
Shins of the Father
20 scenes
09
S01E0915.42M viewers
Peggy the Boggle Champ
20 scenes
S01E1017.37M viewers
Keeping Up with Our Joneses
18 scenes
S01E1112.64M viewers
King of the Ant Hill
21 scenes
S01E1213.25M viewers
Plastic White Female
21 scenes
S02E0117.34M viewers
How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
22 scenes
S02E0215.81M viewers
Texas City Twister
18 scenes
S02E0313.58M viewers
The Arrowhead
18 scenes
S02E0417.92M viewers
Hilloween
16 scenes
05
S02E0519.64M viewers
Jumpin' Crack Bass (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)
18 scenes
S02E0620.04M viewers
Husky Bobby
18 scenes
S02E0721.56M viewers
The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg
18 scenes
08
S02E0818.3M viewers
The Son That Got Away
18 scenes
09
S02E0918.17M viewers
The Company Man
18 scenes
S02E1018.27M viewers
Bobby Slam
20 scenes
S02E1117.21M viewers
The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
18 scenes
S02E1219.71M viewers
Meet the Manger Babies
18 scenes
S02E1315.2M viewers
Snow Job
18 scenes
S02E1416.38M viewers
I Remember Mono
15 scenes
S02E1516.77M viewers
Three Days of the Kahndo
18 scenes
S02E1616.81M viewers
Traffic Jam
18 scenes
S02E1718.6M viewers
Hank's Dirty Laundry
23 scenes
S02E1815.57M viewers
The Final Shinsult
17 scenes
S02E1914.49M viewers
Leanne's Saga
21 scenes
S02E2015.97M viewers
Junkie Business
16 scenes
S02E2115.27M viewers
Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
16 scenes
S02E2214.32M viewers
Peggy's Turtle Song
18 scenes
S02E2316.03M viewers
Propane Boom (1)
19 scenes
S03E01
Death of a Propane Salesman (2)
30 scenes
S03E027.49M viewers
And They Call It Bobby Love
20 scenes
S03E037.7M viewers
Peggy's Headache
22 scenes
S03E047.75M viewers
Pregnant Paws
21 scenes
S03E058.24M viewers
Next of Shin
22 scenes
S03E069.11M viewers
Peggy's Pageant Fever
17 scenes
S03E078.23M viewers
Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men
17 scenes
08
S03E089.15M viewers
Good Hill Hunting
16 scenes
S03E097.9M viewers
Pretty, Pretty Dresses
18 scenes
S03E109.04M viewers
A Fire Fighting We Will Go
18 scenes
11
S03E119.27M viewers
To Spank with Love
19 scenes
S03E128.47M viewers
Three Coaches and a Bobby
13 scenes
S03E139.65M viewers
De-Kahnstructing Henry
13 scenes
S03E148.05M viewers
The Wedding of Bobby Hill
18 scenes
S03E158.52M viewers
Sleight of Hank
24 scenes
S03E167.88M viewers
Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta
23 scenes
S03E177.71M viewers
Escape from Party Island
18 scenes
S03E188.02M viewers
Love Hurts and So Does Art
14 scenes
S03E197.08M viewers
Hank's Cowboy Movie
18 scenes
S03E208.81M viewers
Dog Dale Afternoon
18 scenes
21
S03E217.41M viewers
Revenge of the Lutefisk
15 scenes
22
S03E227.94M viewers
Death and Texas
4 scenes
23
S03E236.76M viewers
Wings of the Dope
18 scenes
S03E247.24M viewers
Take Me Out of the Ball Game
22 scenes
S03E257.18M viewers
As Old as the Hills
22 scenes
S04E019.74M viewers
Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall
12 scenes
S04E027.54M viewers
Cotton's Plot
11 scenes
03
S04E036.68M viewers
Bills Are Made to Be Broken
17 scenes
S04E049.76M viewers
Little Horrors of Shop
21 scenes
05
S04E058.53M viewers
Aisle 8A
17 scenes
S04E0610.2M viewers
A Beer Can Named Desire
22 scenes
S04E089.6M viewers
Not in My Back Hoe
22 scenes
S04E0910.77M viewers
To Kill a Ladybird
17 scenes
S04E108.07M viewers
Hillennium
17 scenes
11
S04E1110.25M viewers
Old Glory
15 scenes
S04E1211.63M viewers
Rodeo Days
21 scenes
S04E139.5M viewers
Hanky Panky (1)
16 scenes
S04E1410.88M viewers
High Anxiety (2)
17 scenes
15
S04E1510.24M viewers
Naked Ambition
21 scenes
S04E1610.95M viewers
Movin' on Up
18 scenes
17
S04E179.35M viewers
Bill of Sales
18 scenes
S04E189.37M viewers
Won't You Pimai Neighbor?
20 scenes
19
S04E198.16M viewers
Hank's Bad Hair Day
16 scenes
S04E206.83M viewers
Meet the Propaniacs
21 scenes
21
S04E217.81M viewers
Nancy Boys
22 scenes
22
S04E226.86M viewers
Flush with Power
20 scenes
S04E237.93M viewers
Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet
9 scenes
24
S04E247.22M viewers
Peggy's Fan Fair
20 scenes
S05E019.59M viewers
The Perils of Polling
20 scenes
S05E0211.53M viewers
The Buck Stops Here
20 scenes
S05E0410.22M viewers
Spin the Choice
23 scenes
05
S05E058.44M viewers
Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
17 scenes
06
S05E069.53M viewers
When Cotton Comes Marching Home Again
16 scenes
07
S05E0711.87M viewers
What Makes Bobby Run?
17 scenes
S05E0811.71M viewers
'Twas the Nut Before Christmas
18 scenes
S05E0910.33M viewers
Chasing Bobby
18 scenes
S05E1011.46M viewers
Yankee Hankie
20 scenes
S05E119.68M viewers
Hank and the Great Glass Elevator
19 scenes
S05E1210.07M viewers
Now Who's the Dummy?
22 scenes
S05E1311.55M viewers
Ho Yeah!
17 scenes
S05E1410.39M viewers
The Exterminator
18 scenes
15
S05E159.29M viewers
Luanne Virgin 2.0
17 scenes
S05E167.52M viewers
Hank's Choice
21 scenes
S05E177.66M viewers
It's Not Easy Being Green
20 scenes
S05E187.85M viewers
The Trouble with Gribbles
20 scenes
S05E198.54M viewers
Hank's Back Story
21 scenes
S05E208.17M viewers
Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story
19 scenes
S06E0111.14M viewers
Bobby Goes Nuts
20 scenes
S06E028.19M viewers
Soldier of Misfortune
24 scenes
S06E036.26M viewers
Lupe's Revenge
19 scenes
S06E049.09M viewers
The Father, the Son and J.C.
23 scenes
S06E057.92M viewers
Father of the Bribe
18 scenes
S06E068.12M viewers
I'm with Cupid
16 scenes
07
S06E077.16M viewers
Torch Song Hillogy
14 scenes
S06E085.77M viewers
Joust Like a Woman
22 scenes
S06E097.97M viewers
The Bluegrass is Always Greener
22 scenes
S06E109.24M viewers
The Substitute Spanish Prisoner
18 scenes
S06E118.07M viewers
Unfortunate Son
20 scenes
12
S06E127.17M viewers
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Hill
18 scenes
S06E136.61M viewers
Tankin' It to the Streets
22 scenes
S06E147.09M viewers
Of Mice and Little Green Men
21 scenes
S06E155.93M viewers
A Man Without a Country Club
23 scenes
S06E169.65M viewers
Beer and Loathing
21 scenes
S06E177.69M viewers
Fun with Jane and Jane
20 scenes
S06E189.36M viewers
My Own Private Rodeo
17 scenes
S06E194.95M viewers
Sug Night
16 scenes
S06E206.57M viewers
Dang Ol' Love
23 scenes
S06E214.91M viewers
Returning Japanese (1)
22 scenes
S07E0113.01M viewers
Get Your Freak Off
21 scenes
02
S07E0210.74M viewers
The Fat and the Furious
23 scenes
S07E0311.17M viewers
Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do
17 scenes
S07E0412.92M viewers
Goodbye Normal Jeans
18 scenes
S07E0511.68M viewers
Dances with Dogs
18 scenes
S07E0610.84M viewers
The Son Also Roses
13 scenes
S07E0713.41M viewers
The Texas Skilsaw Massacre
18 scenes
S07E0811.86M viewers
Full Metal Dust Jacket
17 scenes
S07E097.02M viewers
Pigmalion
17 scenes
10
S07E1010.84M viewers
Megalo Dale
23 scenes
11
S07E119.55M viewers
Boxing Luanne
21 scenes
12
S07E128.25M viewers
Vision Quest
22 scenes
S07E138.9M viewers
Queasy Rider
18 scenes
14
S07E148.84M viewers
Board Games
15 scenes
S07E159.72M viewers
An Officer and a Gentle Boy
20 scenes
16
S07E167.72M viewers
The Miseducation of Bobby Hill
18 scenes
17
S07E177.46M viewers
The Good Buck
13 scenes
18
S07E186.51M viewers
I Never Promised You an Organic Garden
21 scenes
S07E197.39M viewers
Be True to Your Fool
15 scenes
S07E207.32M viewers
Racist Dawg
21 scenes
S07E217.68M viewers
Night and Deity
15 scenes
S07E224.84M viewers
Maid in Arlen
15 scenes
S07E237.04M viewers
The Witches of East Arlen
18 scenes
S08E0112.28M viewers
Patch Boomhauer
18 scenes
S08E027.41M viewers
Reborn to Be Wild
18 scenes
S08E038.92M viewers
New Cowboy on the Block
18 scenes
S08E047.39M viewers
The Incredible Hank
18 scenes
S08E056.97M viewers
Flirting with the Master
19 scenes
06
S08E066.1M viewers
After the Mold Rush
19 scenes
S08E077.94M viewers
Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane
21 scenes
S08E087.52M viewers
Rich Hank, Poor Hank
18 scenes
S08E096.5M viewers
Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill
19 scenes
S08E105.57M viewers
That's What She Said
17 scenes
11
S08E114.84M viewers
My Hair Lady
14 scenes
S08E126.43M viewers
Phish and Wildlife
12 scenes
13
S08E135.65M viewers
Cheer Factor
20 scenes
S08E145.92M viewers
Dale Be Not Proud
13 scenes
S08E156.95M viewers
Après Hank, le Deluge
21 scenes
S08E166.29M viewers
Daletech
21 scenes
S08E176.36M viewers
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Alamo
23 scenes
18
S08E186.14M viewers
Girl, You'll Be a Giant Soon
20 scenes
19
S08E196.3M viewers
Stressed for Success
20 scenes
S08E204.5M viewers
Hank's Back
14 scenes
S08E215.13M viewers
The Redneck on Rainey Street
19 scenes
S08E226.14M viewers
Talking Shop!
18 scenes
01
S09E016.84M viewers
A Rover Runs Through It
9 scenes
S09E024.46M viewers
Ms. Wakefield
19 scenes
03
S09E034.38M viewers
Death Buys a Timeshare
18 scenes
S09E045.24M viewers
Yard, She Blows!
20 scenes
S09E055.21M viewers
Dale to the Chief
18 scenes
S09E064.69M viewers
The Petriot Act
16 scenes
S09E076.06M viewers
Enrique-cilable Differences
17 scenes
S09E084.48M viewers
Mutual of OmAbwah
9 scenes
09
S09E095.42M viewers
Care-Takin' Care of Business
15 scenes
10
S09E103.77M viewers
Arlen City Bomber
9 scenes
11
S09E113.87M viewers
Redcorn Gambles with His Future
17 scenes
S09E124.21M viewers
Smoking and the Bandit
21 scenes
13
S09E135.71M viewers
Gone with the Windstorm
20 scenes
14
S09E144.85M viewers
Bobby on Track
19 scenes
15
S09E154.51M viewers
It Ain't Over Till the Fat Neighbor Sings
19 scenes
S10E017.15M viewers
Hank's on Board
20 scenes
02
S10E025.65M viewers
Bystand Me
21 scenes
S10E037.7M viewers
Bill's House
17 scenes
04
S10E046.62M viewers
Harlottown
20 scenes
S10E056.62M viewers
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clown
20 scenes
S10E067.04M viewers
Orange You Sad I Did Say Banana
19 scenes
07
S10E075.06M viewers
You Gotta Believe (In Moderation)
20 scenes
08
S10E085.77M viewers
Business is Picking Up
18 scenes
S10E095.13M viewers
The Year of Washing Dangerously
20 scenes
10
S10E104.45M viewers
Hank Fixes Everything
18 scenes
S10E114.47M viewers
Church Hopping
18 scenes
S10E123.66M viewers
24 Hour Propane People
18 scenes
13
S10E135.7M viewers
The Texas Panhandler
15 scenes
S10E144.99M viewers
Hank's Bully
23 scenes
S10E155.15M viewers
Edu-macating Lucky
15 scenes
01
S11E017.27M viewers
The Peggy Horror Picture Show
17 scenes
S11E026.99M viewers
SerPUNt
20 scenes
03
S11E037.19M viewers
Blood and Sauce
19 scenes
04
S11E046.08M viewers
Luanne Gets Lucky
13 scenes
S11E056.39M viewers
Hank Gets Dusted
18 scenes
S11E063.34M viewers
Glen Peggy Glen Ross
21 scenes
S11E073.51M viewers
The Passion of the Dauterive
19 scenes
S11E084.14M viewers
Grand Theft Arlen
21 scenes
S11E094.19M viewers
Peggy's Gone to Pots
14 scenes
S11E114.05M viewers
Bill, Bulk, and the Body Buddies
18 scenes
S11E125.22M viewers
Lucky's Wedding Suit
21 scenes
S12E017.82M viewers
Suite Smells of Excess
16 scenes
S12E027.27M viewers
Bobby Rae
18 scenes
03
S12E036.22M viewers
The Powder Puff Boys
12 scenes
S12E047.53M viewers
Four Wave Intersection
21 scenes
S12E057.6M viewers
Death Picks Cotton
21 scenes
S12E069.23M viewers
Raise the Steaks
17 scenes
07
S12E073.99M viewers
Tears of an Inflatable Clown
19 scenes
08
S12E086.58M viewers
The Minh Who Knew Too Much
21 scenes
09
S12E097.76M viewers
Dream Weaver
21 scenes
S12E106.94M viewers
Doggone Crazy
16 scenes
11
S12E116.06M viewers
Trans-Fascism
13 scenes
13
S12E137.75M viewers
The Accidental Terrorist
18 scenes
S12E146.25M viewers
Lady and Gentrification
14 scenes
S12E156.03M viewers
Behind Closed Doors
20 scenes
16
S12E166.07M viewers
Pour Some Sugar on Kahn
21 scenes
S12E175.28M viewers
Six Characters in Search of a House
18 scenes
18
S12E186.07M viewers
The Courtship of Joseph's Father
18 scenes
S12E196.53M viewers
Strangeness on a Train
21 scenes
S12E205.71M viewers
Cops and Robert
22 scenes
21
S12E215.04M viewers
It Came from the Garage
17 scenes
S12E225.4M viewers
Life: A Loser's Manual
17 scenes
S13E017.1M viewers
Dia-bill-ic Shock
19 scenes
S13E026.59M viewers
Earthy Girls Are Easy
17 scenes
03
S13E037.41M viewers
Square-Footed Monster
18 scenes
S13E048.5M viewers
Lost in Myspace
18 scenes
05
S13E056.79M viewers
No Bobby Left Behind
12 scenes
S13E067.08M viewers
A Bill Full of Dollars
18 scenes
S13E076.33M viewers
Straight as an Arrow
21 scenes
S13E084.75M viewers
Lucky See, Monkey Do
20 scenes
S13E095.41M viewers
What Happens at the National Propane Gas Convention in Memphis Stays at the National Propane Convention in Memphis
21 scenes
S13E105.74M viewers
Master of Puppets
15 scenes
S13E114.95M viewers
Bwah My Nose
22 scenes
S13E125.48M viewers
Uncool Customer
20 scenes
S13E135.51M viewers
Nancy Does Dallas
18 scenes
S13E143.39M viewers
Born Again on the Fourth of July
19 scenes
S13E152.89M viewers
Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key
23 scenes
S13E165.14M viewers
Bad News Bill
19 scenes
S13E174.17M viewers
Manger Baby Einstein
21 scenes
S13E185.22M viewers
Uh-Oh Canada
22 scenes
S13E196.26M viewers
The Boy Can't Help It
19 scenes
S13E206.04M viewers
To Sirloin with Love
22 scenes
S13E21
The Honeymooners
19 scenes
S13E22
Bill Gathers Moss
20 scenes
S13E23
When Joseph Met Lori, and Made Out with Her in the Janitor's Closet
19 scenes
S13E24
Just Another Manic Kahn-Day
19 scenes

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