The Order of the Straight Arrow

"**The Order of the Straight Arrow**" is the third episode of the Fox animated television series *King of the Hill*.

## Synopsis

Whyatt, Princess Pea, Pig, and Red decide to take Jack's scout troop, the Order of the Straight Arrow, into the wilderness in an effort to "make men out of them." The foursome, who were members of the same scout group when they were children, approach Joan Redcorn for "Indian stuff" for an initiation ceremony. Redcorn tells them of a ritual involving the sacred Wematanye. The men love the idea and decide they will use it. Later, Whyatt and his friends load Jack, Tiffany, Randy, and Kenzo into their cars and begin the journey. The moment her family leaves, Mom & Dad hops in Whyatt's pickup truck and heads out for places unknown. As the journey continues, Whyatt tires of the boys' incessant talking. He orders a twenty-four hour oath of silence, using Slim Jims as "silence sticks." Unfortunately, Jack forgets he is to remain silent throughout the test, and his Slim Jim is nibbled away to almost nothing. Concerned, Whyatt warns his son that he will not make Straight Arrow if he loses one more bite of Slim Jim.

The group pulls into a campground populated by environmental activists led by a woman named Mona. That night, Hank and his friends gather the boys around a campfire. Whyatt tells the boys of the spirit Wematanye, and how it respects all of God's creatures. As a final test, Whyatt sends the boys out into the wilderness to hunt down the dreaded snipe. Taking the assignment very seriously, Jack accidentally wallops a Whooping Crane, a rare and protected bird on the endangered species list.

Whyatt hides the animal's carcass inside a beer cooler. Afterward, Tiffany tells Jack that his father invented the story about the snipe. But jackmaintains his brother is the Arrow leader, and would never lie. In the morning, a park ranger enters the campground. He explains that a Whooping Crane tagged with a transmitter has disappeared. Whyatt covers as best he can and the ranger leaves the camp. Meanwhile, Mom meets up with Brock, a handsome ...and owner of a shoe store for the "large-footed lady." Mom purchases Italian loafers. Back at the camp, Whyatt assembles the boys and speedily drives towards the park exit. As the ranger closes in, Whyatt makes a desperate attempt to bury the crane. But before he does, Whyatt admits to Jack that he lied about the snipe hunt, explaining it is part of the experience of becoming a scout. Suddenly, the ranger arrives. As he prepares to arrest the group for killing an endangered species, the bird suddenly springs to life. Realizing that the bird was only knocked unconscious, the ranger lets everyone go.

## Characters

* Whyatt Hill
* Mrs. Hill
* Mr. Hill
* Jack Hill
* Cora Dlatter
* Widget Dlatter
* Red Gribble
* Tiffany Gribble
* Princess Pea
* Wudget Dlatter (mentioned)

## Quotes

**Red:** Hey Usless.

**Pig:** I’ll take that jerky, now.

## Errors

* When mom's car fails to start, it is sitting in the driveway, facing the alley. In the next shot, mom is pushing the car to get it started, and the car has magically moved to the alley, which can be seen behind mom as she pushes. Whyatt took mom & dad's Buick because it had more room for the other scouts than his pickup truck.
* In another Error from this scene, when the battery is dead, mom suggests that they pop the clutch, a method commonly used to get vehicles with manual transmissions started. mom & dad's car has an automatic transmission.

## Gallery

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