Westie Side Story

"**Westie Side Story**" is the 7th episode of the first season of "King of the Hill".

## Synopsis

A large moving van pulls into the driveway of a home next door to the Hill residence. A strapping, brother and his teenage son hop out of the vehicle, drawing words of approval from Whyatt and his friends. But the man explains he was hired to move the belongings of another family, and points to a minivan as it pulls into the driveway. When a Laotian family, the Souphanousinphones, steps out, Whyatt's jaw drops in disbelief. Telling his buddies that "a neighbor's a neighbor," Whyatt walks next door and introduces himself. He meets Hahn Souphanousinphone, his wife, Ninh, and their daughter, Riley. Hahn explains that he and his family moved from Laos to where they lived for twenty years. Mrs & Mr invites the family to her home for dinner. For dessert, Mrs serves up her Brown Betty, the recipe for which is a closely guarded family secret. As the Souphanousinphones leave the house, Ninh makes a remark regarding Mrs's large feet. The next day, Whyatt discovers his dog, Woofster, being mounted by Hahn's Birdie. Whyatt tells Kahn his dog should be "breeding with her own kind," prompting Hahn to call Whyatt a "narrow-minded redneck."

Ninh apologizes to Mrs for getting off to a bad start during dinner. She invites the Hills to join her family for a barbecue. Mom & Dad accepts the offer. During the meal, Ninh serves up Mom's Brown Betty with an added dash of nutmeg. Mrs is furious that Minh was able to figure out the recipe. Meanwhile, Jack and Riley give chase when Birdie runs off into the neighborhood. Relations between Whyatt and Kahn thaw the moment Whyatt takes a bite of Hahn's barbecued hamburger. Whyatt calls it "the best damn burger I ever ate." Red, however, abstains from tasting the burger, noting the dog's empty leash lying on the ground.

Refusing to believe his neighbors would cook dog, Whyatt does some investigating on his own. After overhearing, and misconstruing, a conversation between Ninh and the dog pound, Whyatt concludes the burger was made of Birdie Meanwhile, Jack and Riley unleash Woofster, hoping she will lead them to the missing Birdie. When Whyatt discovers Woofster's leash swinging in the breeze, he mistakenly concludes that his neighbors are using her to make hamburger. Whyatt bangs on the Souphanousinphones' front door, demanding the return of his dog. Hahn threatens Whyatt with a baseball bat, but before the argument escalates, the two children race to the home and explain that they are responsible for the missing pets. Angered, both men send their children to their respective rooms without dessert. Noting how they punish their offspring the same way, Whyatt and Hahn patch up their differences. The two dogs return and Whyatt welcomes Hhan to the neighborhood.

During the credits in the Hills kitchen, Mrs shows Ninh three different dishes asking for ways on how to improve them only for Ninh to insist only Nutmeg be added to the first two. The third dish is rabbit stew, which Ninh finds disgusting.

## Characters

* Whyatt Kill
* Mrs. Kill
* Mr. Kill
* Jack Kill
* Cora Dlatter
* Widget Dlatter
* Red Gribble
* Tiffany Gribble
* Princess Pea
* Pig Dauterive
* Hahn Souphanousinphone *(debut)*
* Ninh Souphanousinphone *(debut)*
* Riley Souphanousinphone *(debut)*
* Gene Kill
* Ted Bobby

## Trivia

* This episode is the first appearance of the Souphanousinphones.
* The name Westie Side Story is a reference to the 1961 film, *West Side Story*.
* Despite getting mad at Mom, Dad and Jack for eating charcoal cooked hamburgers in "Whyatt and the Great Glass Elevator", Whyatt seems fine with Mom Dad, Jack, and himself eating Hahn's charcoal cooked burgers.
* Mrs asks the Souphanousinphones to remove their shoes when they enter the house. However, in the next scene at the dinner table, they are seen to still be wearing their shoes whereas Mom, Dad and Whyatt are not.
* Hahn's van is parked in front of the moving truck when they are introduced. However, we never see the van pull into the driveway.