Editing Hank Hill (section)

==Character analysis==
Describing Hank physically, Jo Johnson has written, "In keeping with [Mike] Judge's tradition of subtlety, the character of Hank Hill is only slightly overweight, not to satisfy the stereotype of the boorish husband, but because he eats a lot of meat and drinks a lot of beer."<ref>{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Jo |title=Mediating Moms: Mothers in Popular Culture |editor=Elizabeth Podnieks |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |year=2012 |pages=63 |chapter="Won't Somebody Think of the Children?": The Nineties Subversion of the Animated Mother |isbn=9780773539792 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DPT3Z7lAWIC&q=%22hank+hill%22+%22king+of+the+hill%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA63}}</ref>

Palmer-Mehta notes that Hank's "fervor for selling propane and propane accessories is nearly apostolic."<ref name="Palmer-Mehta">{{cite journal|last=Palmer-Mehta|first=Valerie|year=2006|title=The Wisdom of Folly: Disrupting Masculinity in King of the Hill|journal=Text and Performance Quarterly|volume=26|issue=2|pages=181–198|doi=10.1080/10462930500517899|s2cid=219641922}}</ref>  During their development of the character, the show's writers did substantial research on the propane business. Over time, members of the propane industry came to view Hank Hill as a largely positive image.<ref>{{cite news |last=Richesson |first=Brian |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-195134558.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113070955/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-195134558.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2012 |title=Farewell, 'King': 'King of the Hill' is leaving a lasting impression on the propane industry. |work=LP/Gas |date=1 February 2009 |access-date=2014-09-26 |via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>

Ethan Thompson writes that although Hank Hill is similar to other [[sitcom]] father figures, such as [[Archie Bunker]] from ''[[All in the Family]]'', he is different due to his "ability to acknowledge that the values and beliefs he grew up with are no longer sufficient to guide him in his roles as father, husband, friend, and employee."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thompson|first=Ethan|title="I Am Not Down with That": King of the Hill and Sitcom Satire|journal=Journal of Film and Video|year=2009|volume=61|issue=2|pages=38–51|doi=10.1353/jfv.0.0029|s2cid=194026643|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jfv/summary/v061/61.2.thompson.html|access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref>

''[[New York Times]]'' contributor [[Matt Bai]] discussed Hank's political perspective in 2005, writing, "[L]ike a lot of the basically conservative voters you meet in rural America ... Hank never professes an explicit party loyalty, and he and his buddies who sip beer in the alley don't talk like their fellow Texan [[Tom DeLay]]. If Hank votes Republican, it's because, as a voter who cares about religious and rural values, he probably doesn't see much choice. But Hank and his neighbors resemble many independent voters, open to proposals that challenge their assumptions about the world, as long as those ideas don't come from someone who seems to disrespect what they believe."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/magazine/26WWLN.html?pagewanted=print&_r=0 |title='King of the Hill' Democrats? |last=Bai |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Bai |date=2005-06-26 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref>

In 1997, ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' included Hank Hill on its annual "Texas Twenty" list of "the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans".  He was the first "non-human" to make the list.  An accompanying mock interview described him as "perhaps the most recognized Texan in the world".<ref name="TexasTwenty1"/><ref name="TexasTwenty2">{{cite news |last=Patoski |first=Joe |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/television-%E2%80%A2-hank-hill?fullpage=1 |title=Television: Hank Hill: Like other suburban Texans, he's a real character. |work=[[Texas Monthly]] |date=24 September 2014 |access-date=2014-09-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Susana |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1412136791.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328142052/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1412136791.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2015 |title=Long Live the King |work=[[The Texas Observer]] |date=14 December 2007 |access-date=2014-09-26|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>

Ten years later, [[Associated Press]] television critic [[Frazier Moore]] described Hank as "more than ever ... a man on the spot, torn between squabbling, widening extremes. . . the man politicians always glorify in campaign speeches, but conveniently forget once they win: the ordinary guy, just trying to get by."  Moore opined that Hank "was a remarkable invention 10 years ago" and the fact that the show was "still funny and savvy" a decade later was "even more notable".<ref>{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Frazier |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21769564.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113070935/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21769564.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2012 |title=The Return of the 'King'-- In 11th season, Hank Hill still clings to how things should be, taking a stand on his patch of turf. |work=[[Associated Press]] in [[The Commercial Appeal]] |date=27 January 2007 |access-date=2014-09-26 |via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>