Narcissistic Insecurity: The Peggy Hill Story | King of the Hill

King of the Hill has countless fun and memorable characters, but I don’t think any are quite as polarizing as Peggy Hill. This is honestly, very understandable, given some of her more outrageous escapades, but despite some of her stubborn, self centered tendencies, I think Peggy is an incredibly nuanced and interesting character. So let’s explore exactly what makes Peggy Hill tick.

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Video Used:
King of the Hill (1997-2010)
The Last Dance (2020)

Music:
Johnny 2 Cellos Theme Music - Norman Marston

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[staryuraepskids]

I think the most definitive Peggy quote, in terms of her characterization, is, "Believe me, I prayed on it, Hank, and God said to me, 'Don't do it.' But you know what? I knew better."

[Thanatos]

It's rarely mentioned that Peggy is the one invented the Substitute Teacher of the Year award just so she could win it.

[RustySshackleford]

Peggy Hill: ‘The day after thanksgiving, in my opinion, is the busiest shopping day of the year.’

[gnc]

What I love about Peggy is how she kind of makes you experience every emotion in regard to her character. I've liked her, disliked her, felt sorry for her, couldn't stand her, wanted her to win, wanted her to lose....while my emotions toward all the other characters are pretty much consistent, for Peggy it often changes, which does make her unique. She's King of the Hill's most complex character, and honestly, overall, I think she's a great character.

[LetsGoGetThem]

How calmly Hank says "Uh peggy, there is a little Mexican girl in the utility closet" always gets me.

[buckyjr]

Hank: you know Dale suggested we ‘swing’?
Peggy: yea right. You get Nancy and I get stuck with Dale? Who’s the clear winner there, huh? Dale! 😆😆😆

[dapimp]

100% she got brain damage after falling out of the plane. Make no excuse of her actions before but after the plane fall she seemed to get worse.

[mdalie]

12:28
"you were gonna steal his car, that woulda been a felony"
Gotta love the voice acting of this show, that line was hilarious

[lilymay]

I appreciated the episode where Peggy told off Cotton right before he died and then told Hank
That cotton had said loving things about Hank being a good son. That redeemed her for me.

[doesitmatterwhoiam]

I've always had a soft spot for Peggy because she treated Luanne like she was her own child. I was foster child, and it would have been so nice to if just one woman would have done that for me.

[LadyBern]

I like analysing Peggy's character, the narcissism brought on by an inferiority turned superiority complex due to her never doing well enough to please her mother. I can imagine after all is that that feeling of having your efforts acknowledged by someone is addictive.
Another thing is how Peggy and Bill are sorta alike yet opposites. they both want the same thing in a way, bill had it and lost it as he grew, Peggy gained it and tries to hold on to it and relish it. That happiness of achievement and acceptance from those around you.
Bill is fluent in cajun french but we see little of that, whereas Peggy speaks "spanish" and it's gratuitous with it. They want to be useful and needed, Peggy sabotaged Thanksgiving and smuggled drugs for it and well Bill took in a freeloader and um... Was willing to poison the Hill family. These two are in different levels of the same issue.

[Anonarchist]

When you tell Peggy Hill she can't do something, she's like "Escúchame!?"

[matthewhall]

The only time I’ve ever said “Yeah, Peggy is a genuinely bad person” is when she drugged hank for weeks with a testosterone drug without his consent.

If my partner was drugging me, that’s an insta-divorce

[StrayNebarius]

Honestly I like the fact that Peggy isn't just a female version of Hank. She is her own character. And honestly Bobby is a perfectly flawed mix of his parents.
He is confident like his mom and yet willing to listen to reason like his Dad.
Confident yet reasonable.

[GodzillaX]

The fact people have such strong reactions & feelings to Peggy shows how great the writing was for her

[dankableart]

I still cant forgive her for supporting Bobby in everything he does even if its considered "girly" in Hanks eyes, but because Bobby was excelling at household chores and doing much better than Peggy cooking since hank preferred eating Bobby's 'homework' instead of Peggy's pork chops, sewing his dads pants with Peggy's old sewing machine and she claims the seams never come out that straight and inspecting the pants, instead of her being proud and saying "Well of course he's wonderful he learned from the best." She felt so absolutely threatened that she had to sabotage and compete with her own child for the love of her husband. Honestly I could over look her flaws because who doesnt have them. but for her to be supportive of her child as long as it doesnt interfere with her feelings or "status" in the house just doesnt sit with me right.

[Doodlebob]

Is Peggy a good person? Nah. Is she a good characters? Absolutely, I love her.

[tarag]

In defense of Peggy, Randy Travis DID steal her song. Earlier in the episode, Peggy got a letter that her song wasn't selected, just for her to get to the concert and hear Randy Travis on stage singing her song. Quite honestly, I would have punched him too. To me, you're stealing recognition, money, and royalties from me.

However, the rest of the hijinks she did to him was just unjustifiable.

[getsu]

I love how Peggy's played so differently from other shows' mother character. She's sort of the anti-hero of king of the hill, I love how willing they are to make her so outlandish yet fitting in the realism of the show, and I love how they balance her extreme intellect and competence w/ her arrogance and outright ignorance. They let her be a good character, and the worst aspect to her is that her annoying qualities are very quick to overpower all else in certain plots. Like that thanksgiving episode that was just like "look how insecure and out of touch this character is lol" and it's so painful.

[goobrious]

My favorite Peggy episode is the one where we meet her mother.
Not only do we get a good look at the environment she was raised in but we see her struggling for approval the same way Hank has done with Cotton.
Even after Peggy outright saves her family ranch her mother still refuses to see her as capable and Peggy has to learn how to be okay with never getting that pride from her mom. It's a good moment for her.