Bobby Hill

Robert Jeffrey Hill, also known as Bobby Hill, is one of the main characters from the King of the Hill series.
== Charactah Account ==
Bobby is Peggy and Hank's 13-year-old son, who wants to break into the entertainment business. Since he's kind of effeminate and has some strange interests (by his family's standards), Hank fears for the boy's future. He'll be all right, though.
Bobby is a very kind, innocent, caring, lovable, gentle, and good-hearted character. While he has many admirable traits, some of Bobby's weaker points are that he is quite lazy, not too bright, clumsy, quick to tire/give up/run away, impatient, a heavy eater, and is very nervous around girls despite always trying to gain their romantic attention.
At times, Bobby has been shown to be manipulative to work things to his advantage but quickly becomes overwhelmed by the situation or riddled with guilt and will admit to his mistakes, although it usually takes a while or until the last minute in most cases.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* King of the Hill
* King of the Hill Season 2
* King of the Hill Season 3
* King of the Hill Season 4
* King of the Hill Season 5
* King of the Hill Season 6
* King of the Hill Season 7
* King of the Hill Season 8
* King of the Hill Season 9
* King of the Hill Season 10
* King of the Hill Season 11
* King of the Hill Season 12
* King of the Hill Season 13
=== Video Games ===
* Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
* King of the Hill
* Warped Kart Racers
== Trivia ==
* Bobby is one of the few characters to appear in every episode, along with Hank and Peggy.
* It is revealed in "I Don't Want to Wait..." that Bobby is a few months older than Joseph and that Bobby is a late bloomer since he has yet to hit puberty unlike his friends.
** Episode commentary reveals that Bobby was never written to go through puberty because the cast and crew could not imagine anybody other than Pamela Adlon voicing him.
* It is revealed in “Bobby Slam” by a drunk Peggy that she wanted to name Bobby "Jeffrey", which Hank refused. It was later revealed that Hank had planned to give Bobby the nickname "Butch" by pre-etching it onto a trophy shelf, which ultimate ended up unused after Bobby turned out deeply unathletic.
* Bobby often wears a top hat and cape when "performing" at home, which deeply displeases Hank, although Peggy encourages it.
* Occasionally seen when scenes show the interior of Bobby's room, there is a Bart Simpson doll sitting on his shelf, a possible reference to the show's co-creator, who worked on The Simpsons before co-creating King of the Hill.
* Bobby is possibly named after Bobby Beavis, someone from Mike Judge's youth who was also the namesake of one of the title characters on Beavis and Butt-Head.
* Despite having such athletic parents, Bobby himself is completely un-athletic and does not enjoy sports at all. Despite this, he is gifted in both riflery and golf, though he openly dislikes the latter sport. He does, however, own a letterman's jacket for Track and Field. Despite being fully aware of Bobby's lack of athletic skill, Hank continuously forces him into playing them in an effort to turn this around. Despite this, Hank is well aware it is an uphill battle, and knows not to rely on Bobby in make-or-break situations during games.
* Besides his father Hank and his mother Peggy, Bobby seems to interact with Bill the most out of all of the adults in the show. This unfortunately has a tendency to backfire on Bobby due to Bill's multiple personality flaws and poor luck in life, as well as his deep envy for Hank's life and Bobby's tendencies to mimic the behavior of others which often led to Hank and Peggy telling Bobby to stay away from and not talk to Bill on numerous occasions.
* Bobby really enjoys rock and rap music, much to the dismay of his father.
* In a family portrait in Hank and Peggy's bedroom, Bobby has brown hair.
* Bobby lasted three days in solitary confinement at the military academy he was sent to. He did so after seeing his grandfather Cotton lasted only two days in the same situation.
* The school which Bobby Hill attends, Tom Landry Middle School (named after the Dallas Cowboys football coach), is based on an elementary school that really does exist by the same name. It is located in Irving, Texas in the sub-division of Valley Ranch, just a few blocks down MacArthur Blvd. from the Dallas Cowboys' Office and Training Facility (most of the streets in the neighborhood are also named after Dallas Cowboy greats).
* Bobby was taught to speak the Southern Dialect of the Laotian language taught to him by Minh but it is unknown if he still uses/knows the language.
* Bobby appears to be a gamer and/or a Nintendo fan as he owns a Gameboy and a Nintendo 64.
* Hank bought a 1978 Ford Falcon XC junker to restore with Bobby for his first car, although it was never seen again following the episode "Talking Shop".
* It was shown in the episode "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do" that Bobby does not know the simple terms/nicknames used to describe methamphetamine despite his extensive pop culture knowledge.
* Despite his heavier build, Bobby is a skilled dancer.
* In "Shins of the Father", Bobby is the first one in the series to call Connie by that nickname, although it is spelled 'Kahny' in the official episode transcript in the DVD subtitles.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Bobby Hill at King of the Hill Wiki
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