"Lady and Gentrification" is the two hundred-twenty-seventh episode of King of the Hill. It was first aired on March 9, 2008. The episode was written by Judah Miller and Murray Miller, and directed by Anthony Chun.
Summary[]
While Hank helps out with Enrique's daughter's Quinceanera celebration, Peggy threatens to run Enrique's family out of its neighborhood by introducing it to the Arlen artistic community.
Plot[]
Enrique encourages his daughter, Inez, to ask Hank to speak at her quinceañera and Hank reluctantly agrees to her request. He starts spending time with Inez so he has something to write about in his speech. Hank begs Peggy to accompany him on his first visit, so Peggy meets Hank at Enrique's with a real-estate client in the car waiting, a 30-year-old hipster who has not been satisfied with any of the homes he's been shown because they've all been in white neighborhoods. The hipster becomes enchanted with Enrique's Mexican neighborhood, and Peggy closes a deal with him. But when a slew of hipsters follow and buy up homes in the neighborhood, the fruit stands and Goodwill clothing stores are soon replaced by trendy salons and art galleries. At the quinceañera, Enrique publicly blames Peggy for the gentrification of his neighborhood and explains that the rent on his home has skyrocketed such that they will have to move. Feeling horrible, Peggy tricks the hipsters into believing that the simpler, down-home white folks of Arlen (like Dale and Boomhauer) are moving into the neighborhood and the disgusted hipsters soon move out. Enrique's neighborhood is restored to its former glory and Enrique is able to buy his home.
Enrique's daughter Inez
Characters[]
- Hank Hill
- Peggy Hill
- Bobby Hill
- Dale Gribble
- Nancy Gribble (non-speaking)
- Joseph Gribble
- Jeff Boomhauer
- Bill Dauterive
- Inez
- Enrique
- Asa
- Chester
- Hipster girl
- Buck Strickland
- Yolanda (non-speaking)
- Luanne Platter (non-speaking)
- Lucky Kleinschmidt (non-speaking)
- Kahn Souphanousinphone (non-speaking)
- Minh Souphanousinphone (non-speaking)
- Various hipsters
- Gabriella, Amelia, Anna and Carlos (mentioned)
- DJ Donkey-Oats (mentioned)
Stinger Quote[]
- Enrique: "They put salmon in the fish tacos, Hank!"
Trivia[]
- The title of this episode is a play on the phrase "Lady and Gentleman."
- When Peggy says in her broken Spanish "Sus osos son como placas," meaning "Your bears are like plates," her actual intention was likely the sentence "Sus ojos son como platas," meaning "Your eyes are like silver."
Goofs[]
- In the Season 9 episode "Enrique-cilable Differences", Enrique tells Hank that after their kids left, his and Yolanda's marriage was falling apart. However, in this episode, Enrique has a fourteen-year-old daughter.