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Development

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. 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)."

Announcement and promotion

The episode was first announced in January 2019 to premiere in the fall of 2020. 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." 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".

Cultural refrences

• 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.

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