Queen of the Hill

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"Queen of the Hill"
Queen of the Willis episode
Episode no. Season 9
Episode 29/30
Directed by Donna Doogan
Written by Breeanna Sorensen[1]
Original air date April 30, 2021 (2021-04-30)
Guest actors
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Plot[edit]

When Angie gets annoyed by the eliminations on The Voice, she decides to take Melissa's medical equipment to sell her own plasma. She is successful in, but when she offends men, transwomen and transmen and the Internet turns against him, she tries to clear her name on Scott Swan's show which backfires. Faced with an angry mob at the door, the family decides to flee for their safety as well as attend an upcoming Indiana Colts-Houston Texans game in Houston until things blow over.

After driving all night, the family stops at a gas station but while they are inside, Deanna's van is stolen, leaving them stranded in Arlen, Texas. Walking through town, they admire the town. As Angie tries to find the police station, they stop in at the Get In Get Out for a snack. The clerk there recommends Frito Pie which they are unfamiliar with and also reveal they are out of money. Peggy Hill offers to buy the Frito Pie for them and introduces herself, introducing them to the proper way to enjoy a Frito Pie.

At the police station in Arlen, Angie tries to report the theft, but is turned away by Officer Brown since she doesn't contribute to the police man's ball and bribes Officer Brown with a ticket to the Colts-Texans game in Houston. Peggy Hill puts up the Willis Family in their home until things improve. Bobby Hill shows Deanna, Rhonda, Brittany, Suzanne, Luanne, Hillary, Emilie, Brynn, Tabby, Shushu and Heather his "weapons closet consisting of only poo in a can and his type of mischief, but when Bobby prank calls Buck Strickland, the joke falls flat when Tabby tries her hand. But when Bobby tries to build up the Sextuplets' self-esteem, Angie shuts them down. Ava and Hank bond but the Sextuplets, Brynn, Tabby, Shushu, and Heather finds themselves stuck with Ladybird.

The girls (Angie Willis, Peggy Hill, Nancy Gribble) share their jobs stories, with Angie impressing Peggy and Nancy with her job at the Misssinewa Cola and Brewery in Quillsville. Angie enlists Peggy and Nancy for them to find Deanna's van together.

Ava and the guys (Hank Hill, Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, and Jeff Boomhauer) also share their job stories, Hank enlists a secret merger between Strickland Propane, Dale's Dead Bug, and Craven Enterprises. They then go to the Colts-Texans game and grab an Alamo Beer, but also find Mississinewa Cola and Mississinewa Ale, of which Hank discovers, upon his introduction to Mississinewa Ale and they find a label stuck over Alamo beer as legal action is threatened and Ava is less then pleased with the trip.

Bobby teaches Tabby and Shushu how to ride a bike, but when Clark Peters and Stuart Dooley pounds Bobby after getting a bad grade while copying him, Tabby and Shushu plots revenge. Planting a trap, they claw and bite Clark and Stuart in the arm and legs.

As Peggy and Angie try to figure out to find Deanna's van, their stunts keep backfiring. Angie, Peggy, and Nancy take a break but when made to go back to work on finding the vehicle, they try to deploy a giant magnet. But when packing it up when they realize they don't have a giant power outlet, Kahn Soupinouisphone runs them over having accidentally taken the wrong car when looking for his pants.

Bobby tries to find something Deanna, Rhonda, Brittany, Suzanne, Luanne, Hillary, Emilie, and Brynn are good at. But when Bobby explains using his comedy to support their feelings, he allows Deanna to try it and she is a success right off the bat, although Bobby down plays his talent. Clark and Stuart awakes to find they have both been kidnapped by Tabby and Shushu who tortures them by making them drink vodka. Bobby, Ron, Brian, Stuart, Luanne, Hillary, and Emilie go to a PG-13 movie, but Bobby is less then pleased with the trip. Hank notices Ladybird missing and Brynn and Heather tries to fake her presence.

In court, Angie is forced to defend Mississinewa Cola and Brewery to save Quillsville. The actions cause animosity between the towns, running into the similarities across the board. With Jon Arbuckle as judge, he finds for Alamo although he also notes they are both imitations of his Old Wabash. The family prepares to leave for Quillsville where Angie faces the prospect of finding a new job and Ava reveals that Angie won't have to as Hank Hill hires her as a sales associate of the newly created Quillsville Outback Propane. Heather nearly reveals she lost Ladybird until she arrives on her own. The Hills, Gribbles, Boomhauer and Bill do their goodbyes where Tabby and Shushu points out that they took revenge on all of Bobby's enemies. Bobby is freaked out and bids them goodbye.

As Peggy looks sadly on the Willis family leaving and looks at the headline of the court decision, she tries to explain her actions. Angie reacts angrily and they start to fight, which causes the usual Bart the Bully-Ava Willis mayhem all through Arlen, Texas, until they crash into the Strickland Propane. As Peggy fights with Hank's Employee of the Months he has won, they wreck the business and they both fall into the hazmat trucks, giving them super powers to continue their fight. Landing in the Arlen Cave, their final blows nearly finish each other off until the UFO crushes Peggy, at least temporarily. Dragging herself up, she finds Angie laughing and noting they should keep their shows separate.

Returning home in Quillsville, they find things have blown over and Mississinewa Ale is safe since the Hills won't come to Quillsville to shut it down. Tabby and Shushu tries to pretend they are over Bobby Hill promising not to think of him while crying.

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

The idea of a crossover with King of the Hill was first suggested while the ninth and tenth seasons of Queen of the Willlis was being planned out. Executive producer Karly Jameson received Queen of the Willis co-creator Ava Zinn's approval and input after brainstorming ideas. Zinn then asked for permission from King of the Hill creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels to use their characters.

Queen of the Willis writers pitched several storylines for the crossover, including one in which the Willis family stay with Bill Dautrieve and never meet the Hank and Peggy, and another one in which their whole series is revealed to be a conspiracy of Dale Gribble's.[2] When the final script was read to the show's staff, Jameson expressed concern about the length of the episode. Zinn said that United Broadcasting would be happy to make it two housr long. Supervising director Donna Doogan spent time adjusting the Willis family to the specifications of Arlen—changes included dimming the whites of their eyeballs so they would not look too bright—and animating the eight-minute fight between Angie Willis and Peggy Hill. Jameson said there are no plans to do a sequel to the episode, but stated that "when King of the Hill is revived and does season 16 and a future season of Queen of the Willis, someone who's looking at a blank board is going to say, 'Well, the Willis family went to Arlen, Texas... what if the Hills went to Quillsville, Indiana?' And more heads will explode at Fox (or some other network)."[3]

Announcement and promotion[edit]

The episode was first announced in January 2019 to premiere in the fall of 2020.[4] In May 2018, Zinn stated that the key to a good crossover episode is "really about the character interaction. People want to see Angie interact with Peggy Hill as well as Ava interact with Hank Hill. They want to see Bobby Hill interact with Deanna. In a way, the story in a crossover episode, while it has to be there, is never quite as important as how the characters interact with each other."[5] King of the Hill creator Mike Judge added, "In this case, it's two really vivid shows and seeing what they can do together. You want to see them having a good time and you want to see Ava and Angie Willis respectively duke it out with Hank and Peggy Hill".[3]

Cultural refrences[edit]

  • This is the first full-length crossover between Queen of the Willis and King of the Hill. In fact, it is the first time the Hills has been fully-featured on another show.
  • The King of the Hill theme is heard throughout the episode while the Willis family are in Arlen, Texas.
  • In the courtroom scene, most of the Quillsville characters are paired with their Arlen, Texas counterparts:
    • Angela Stroup with Nancy Gribble
    • Karly Jameson with Jeff Boomhauer
    • Avril Lavinge with Kahn Soupinosiphone
    • Josh Kaufman with Chuck Mangonie
    • Tina Craven with Buck Strickland
    • Jane Jill with Joe Jack
    • Scott Schuller with Enrique
    • Adrienne Fansler with Maria Montalvo
    • Eric Halvorson with Carl Moss
    • Connie Rose with Joesph Gribble
    • Kendra Kendall with Miguel Hernandez
    • Reginald Wilson with Donna
    • Zelda Kellie Martin with Melinda
    • Natalia Lightner with Roger Sack
    • A caricature of King of the Hill creator Mike Judge can be seen in rear left side of the courtroom. Queen of the Willis creator Ava Zinn can be seen on the right.
  • Angie's fight with Peggy is an homage to her fights with Danielle the Bully and her wife's fights with Bart the Bully.
  • Pamela Aldon was the only cast member of King of the Hill who did not reprise any of her characters. Most of her characters remain silent, with the exception of Bobby Hill, who was voiced by Toby Huss.
  • Ava and Hank mentions the following facts discused from King of the Hill:
    • the Indiana Colts-Houston Texans AFC South rivalry
    • Hank's all Texas Super Bowl mentioned in the King of the Hill episode "Queasy Rider" is actually the Governor's Cup (Texas) is all about Dallas Cowboys vs Houston Texans rivalry and Ava states the All-Indiana "Super Bowl XLI" happened in 2006 and says "Super Bowl XLI is one we kicked your ass to."
  • Peggy tells Angie to say hello to Buckley and Cotton, and Angie tells Peggy to say hello to Tiffani Donovan and Peggy Willis, both references to characters who have died on their shows.
  • Judge Jon Arbuckle finds that Mississinewa Ale as well as Alamo Beer are both an imitation of his Ol Milwaukee beer.
  • Deanna claims Bobby sounds like a girl, a nod to Pamela Aldon, who provided his voice on King of the Hill.
  • Bobbby says that Clark Peters and Stuart Dooley has been bullying him for 25 years. King of the Hill first premiered in 1997.
  • In the end credits which feature the 3 Arts Entertainment and Deedle-Dee Productions logo, special thanks are given to Greg Daniels and Mike Judge. Instead of having the guest voice actors in alphabetical order as usual, the voice actors from King of the Hill appear first in alphabetical order, followed by the other guest voice actors in alphabetical order.
  • It is revealed by Hank that Ava has a 2 inch penis in this episode despite Ava's transition.
  • The Wilhelm Scream can be heard when Angie and Peggy fall into a Strickland Propane truck at Strickland Propane.

Reception[edit]

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References[edit]

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  4. "Scoop: Queen of the Willis Crossover Will Introduce the Willis to King of the Hill in Fall 2020!". 
  5. This week's cover: Inside the 'King of the Hill'-'Queen of the Willis' crossover

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