In the entire run of king of the hill Cotton was rude and disrespectful to every woman who entered his field of vision except for Michiko, that is very telling.
"I have a brother. I really wish we could've grown up together and hear people say, 'Look out for those Hill Brothers!'" As someone who always wanted a sibling close to his age, I feel that.
I grew up with a younger brother about 1.5 years apart. I want to say the relationship has been rocky. He's always been better at everything. People liked him more than me. He got to experience things I couldn't. Life has just been easier on him. We rarely see eye to eye. Frankly, I can't help but to recent him for it. Even though I don't blame him for it. I blame autism. Sure, not everyone experiences this sort of relationship, but some do and it sucks.
This episode hit different for me as someone who had been an only child with an estranged sibling living an ocean away who I'd only met about twice in my life.
@@mantistoboggan8740 sameish . And worse when I wanted a sibling my mom got pregnant with my sister and miscarried. That was bad enough, but then she had to remove her uterus which was tumor ridden (hence the miscarriage), so no chance to try again either
Sub. Totally. I used to live in Japan (for 4 years), had a crew over there. I showed them some American tv on occasion. My favorite was getting them to watch the chinpokemon episode of South Park (I thought they'd kick my ass; they loved it, thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw), and a lot of Japanese, particularly younger folks, know enough English from school and movies that they prefer subs. I think mainly so they can hear the English slang/curses, they think it's hysterical.
@@erdrickcapet3945 honestly I always prefer watching a show with the original language. There is never not something awkward about the translation. Monolingual but I assume the Japanese dubs have a similar awkwardness going in reverse. There is also cultural/linguistic things that while I can’t fully comprehend I can see what’s happening. And it makes me wonder exactly how the joke was meant to go. But whenever translated those untranslatable moments get lost and can even end up changing the scene entirely. Like I can tell in the Subbed version there was a miscommunication caused by a word with 2 or more meanings. But because English doesn’t have that problem with that word, and they can’t manufacture a similar miscommunication, we get a guy overreacting to literally nothing. Or character changes their personality for a few seconds to make the reaction make sense and say something they would never say.
@@miguelruiz4613 I’m aware of all of that too, but even when they are being professional and trying their best things will inevitably get lost or changed
I think it’s pretty valid for Junichiro to feel the way he does. Without any kind of warning he was forced to meet his deadbeat father along with his half brother who had a life he was denied. That’s gonna stir up some strong emotions.
I mean but then again look at josuke higashikata in JJBA while a little similar Josuke did it in a much more honorable way that to me personally I like, he waits for them to be away from other people while still majorly confronting him about being left at birth. To me family issues unless violent needs to be kept within the family.
I think Hank would have had a way better experience if Cotton met Junchiro by himself at first. Then let Junchiro meet hank seperately on that trip and seperate the cotton resentment from how Hank genuinely had no idea. I don't resent my half siblings for having the father who bailed. I hate him though. But if he showed up with them, that resentment might transfer.
@@jameskosusnik1102 Keeping family issues in the family leads to people never getting over trauma. It shouldn't be screamed out to every stranger. But we should talk to our friends about what's going on in our lives.
@@kyleellis1825 yes cause the entire world needs to hear about every families issues and that's just a load of crap but it's to be expected from someone who acts like a redditor
Also, I think Junichiro (Juunichiro?) only said 'Robots' because he thinks Hank is dumb. He's probably also annoyed at Hank talking loud and slow at him and making hand gestures, like he thought Junichiro wouldn't know what propane tanks and such were.
I don't tell someone I'm a system's analyst. Too vague and boring. I just say I write reports to automate them. Or, if it's a donor to the school, so the college knows when to ask you for more money. :)
It also could just be the language barrier. Sure he would know how to say "Robots" in english, but that doesn't necessarily mean he can translate exactly what he does (I know he speaks perfect English, but even fluent people don't know very specific industry nomenclature.
@@henrypeters5291 dare i say that most people who come from non-english speaking countries learn english when they are children and are decently, if not perfectly, fluent in english by the time they are adults.
He says "Robots" in the same way Hank says "Propane." Hank is only an assistant manager, but is involved with the whole business. But when you wanna impress, you say "Propane and Propane Accessories."
@101Volts technically that was the manager. He was checking the propane status, noticed a mess, followed it to the freezer, and saved the manager. That's the Nancy and Dale episode where Nancy finally ends the affair with John Redcorm
This is one of favorite Cotton episodes, alongside with the one where he took the fall for Bobby, inspired Peggy to walk again and the one where he needed to get the Vietnam vets to join his group.
@@EmptyMan000 still 273,that man must of had either some really good pills or he was Ritcher then then trump-then again any women would love a man that can lick carpet while still standing up😜 lol jk jk (Its a joke and as such,should not be taken seriously)
I always found that joke a bit flat as something like that would only exist in higher end hotel and would be at the back of the room next to a window not the front. Don't know about airing dates but I feel they were just trying to copy the punchline from futurama when Fry is looking for an apartment.
I read a theory that the reason Cotton treats Hank so poorly is because of his Japanese lover. He was in love with her, and then was abruptly sent back to America to a lacklustre life. He settled with marrying someone he didn’t love and had Hank. The family is a constant reminder of what Cotton could have had.
I think that he just hate what America did to him. I don't know if he met Hank's mom before or after the war, but, Cotton is just bitter for the what he became, and that bitterness push him to hate everything in his life, specially knowing he left Michiko. He think he deserved more for what he did, but America doesnt care about him or any veteran.
Hmm, you know, that kind of makes sense. Since he conflates his love/hate for Japan with the relatives he has there, it would follow that he'd conflate his 'loved ones' in America with the country as well...
The Japan episode is one of my all time favorites, and i liked that Junichiro was pretty much the Japanese version of Hank too bad he only appeared 2 times in the show...but on a related note, i sometimes wonder what the Japan episode would've been like if they made it so that Junichiro had 3 friends that were the Japanese parodies of Bill, Dale and Boomhauer.
I always assumed he just said “Robots”, because he felt Hank, this slack-jawed yokel who was raised by his deadbeat dad, was too stupid to understand his real job title, and didn’t want to get into it, with him.
I imagine Junichiro just said "robots" because he didn't think Hank would understand anything more complicated than that. Likely because Hank was talking like an idiot when he asked.
I’m more upset that you didn’t mention more about the brief yet loving relationship between Bobby and the Japanese girl, especially towards the end when Cotton tells Bobby he has to go after her and say goodbye or else he’ll have regrets like he did.
My shot in the dark is that Boomhaur is absent most of the episode as he's trailing Cotton to ensure foreign relations with the Republic of Texas go smoothly.
@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt Boomhauer has been shown to have access to some pretty confidential and incredibly advanced government technology. There have been other instances in the show where he has travelled to places at speeds impossible to naturally produced. So naturally, the most obvious answer is that boomhauer has access to some sort of teleportation device created by the government. That’s the only way to explain how he travelled so quickly between countries. Although, it could be his government issued decoy clone, which has also been shown at points throughout the series.
See I think Junichiro is as proud of his work with his robots as Hank is with propane. So when someone asks what business he's in he wants them to be sure what he does.
While Junichiro was bitter at Cotton for not being there for him when he grew up it probably was for the best that he wasn't considering how difficult and a jerk he was to Hank as a boy.
It seems like cotton really had a big attachment to the Asian lady though. Like maybe in an ALT timeline where he goes back to see her and his son he actually acts happy and loving? Maybe tilly and Hank were just a way for cotton to try and regain what he lost, what he could've had in Japan and that's why he's always been so bitter especially to them. Because tilly wasn't who he truly loved and Hank wasn't the son he really wanted. He actually wanted to raise a kid with the Asian lady. I forget her name sorry. Idk just an idea.
@@alysin2439 It seems to me that Cotton was a more pleasant person right after the war ended but as the years went by the horrific memories of what he went through during the war gradually degraded his personality. I suspect he wasn't so much of a jerk yet when he met Tilly.
I will point out that Michiko was one of the few women cotton treated like a person, for argument, he may have become a better man there, it would be amazing if Mike judd gave us at least a what if script (I'd accept even a rough draft)
The one thing I found the most frustrating is the ending part when Peggy and Hank realize the room they were staying and was much bigger and they all cramped themselves and a little room instead of pulling the partition aside and see that it's a whole suite 🙄
Someone who works on robots probably has a degree in computer science or electrical engineering, with specialization in robotics. I imagine more tech-oriented universities might have degrees in robotics, as well. But in the scene where Hank busts into the factory, it kinda looks like Junichiro's position is a bit more blue-collar than that, and that he keeps it dumb to avoid seeming more like Hank than he wishes to be.
-Since it's Cotton who says that, I have always assumed he's just got a thing for downplaying how his sons get there builds and looks from him, positive and negative. With Hank, he doesn't like how Hank is, so he blames it on "He gets that from his mother", and he -_-likes-_- Junichiro and Michiko, so he attributes the positives he sees to them instead of himself.- -The only one he doesn't say it about is G.H. but he's just a baby, though Cotton does mention what he thinks is behavior that he is proud comes from him, so there's that.- EDIT: Ignore that, someone pointed out to me that they do have a resemblance, I just didn't notice.
Finally, that's the first time I've seen someone else mention that. I loved this saga, but that always bothered me in the back of my mind the whole time
What I love most is how when Junichiro starts to confront Cotton, though Michiko is shocked and knows what's coming next, Cotton is actually impressed and compliments his son for having a spine. It isn't until after Junichiro denounces his paternal heritage that Cotton goes on his rampage. Another aspect I think could've gotten more attention was that not only was Junichiro a child of wedlock, but also the mixed-race bastard of an American soldier growing up in 1950/60s Japan, which puts his contempt for Cotton in more of an understandable light. Love your videos Shady; have you ever thought of covering the Venture Bros.?
Could be worse. Due to Anti-miscegenation laws in the US, Michiko would have been forced to have an abortion by the US military, and then sterilised. Japanese war brides came at a cost, at least compared to German or Italian.
The point you made about Junichiro's mixed racial heritage and that he was born out of wedlock, I was thinking the same thing. Its possible that the other kids may have teased and bullied him for it, because children are real good at picking up on things that makes a person "different." Here's hoping he has his own gang, a Japanese version of Hank's friends.
I read somewhere that they were kind of racist to mixed race children in Japan after the war, I can't quote the source because I can't remember where I read it, but if that's true then that would explain ol' Junty-Joe's anger and resentment to Ging-Ging
12:35 Junichiro was pouring his own sake. He was _beyond_ pissed. 15:10 Nah man, they take workplace safety incredibly seriously in Japan, they made Hank wear the hard hat and goggles before coming in.
So, are ya Chinese or Laotion? Anyway, the most physically painful part of the episode was when Junichiro asks, "Surely you did not spend whole week in sitting room?"
I always read it as Dale was being insanely sarcastic towards Bill with his “you look great” comments and it’s so so funny. Also, Bill’s cry through the door “WE’RE DOING IT”- funniest part of the episode for me.
I really like this episode. I really liked the part when Jenichiro said you didn't think this was your whole room? Then he opens up a door and the hills see rotten fruit and a gorgeous view of mount Fuji.
When I was a kid. I rented a N64 game called Mystical Ninja: Goemon. after the opening cutscene Goemon is inside his house and must go outside to start the adventure. As a little kid, I didn't know about the sliding paper doors, so to me it just looked the paper walls. So I had no idea what to do to get the game to start. I had to return the game before even getting out of the house. A year later I rented it again and discovered the door. The game was pretty kick-ass.
I cried when Bobby didn’t say bye to the Japanese ddr girl cause I’ve literally had an experience like that at my arcade in Cali back when I was young so I felt his pain
In my mind, Cotton lying to Bobby makes decent sense. We have established that Cotton is fairly old fashioned and coming from the Boomer generation, admitting you killed a Japanese woman's husband for decades would be a much easier and accepted explanation in Texas than sleeping with her or loving her. When you consider the multiple forms of shame he probably feels associated with this situation, lying about it is probably just second nature. This would especially be the case with Bobby. In Cottons mind and raising, he did something horrible and the last thing Cotton would want is Bobby to be disappointed or ashamed of him
Hank - “How many women have you slept with? 5? 6?”. Cotton - “273”. Lol Do any men who have slept with over 20 women remember their exact number? I suspect his number is probably meant to be an exaggeration like his “I killed fitty men.”. Cotton was a character you loved and hated. Man, I miss this show.
Random thought I think cotton may have had undiagnosed dementia. Not only was he very forgetful, if often found himself confused very often and would get very angry when he would be contradicted. Especially when it came to him remembering the war. Could be why he lost character development towards the end of his life since dementia isn't a straight decline, but a rocky road with some days being smoother than others. Also lets not forget that cotton died just to spite Peggy. That's some big ball energy right there
Um, about Cotton choosing to go to war: "I was 14, but I knew Uncle Sam needed me, so I lied and signed up." - Cotton Hill …But Cotton's been caught "exaggerating" about his military career many times.
@@matthewgallaway3675 propane is clean burning and more efficient than gasoline or diesel but the motor(s) would have to be fitted to handle the heat and pressure. The tanks would have to be rather large so a 100 gallon tank would be a good choice and those aren't small as a standard propane tank for a grill is about 20 lbs.
The plot hole that strikes me is Hank looks like his MOTHER, not Cotton. So it is awkward to have Junichiro look so much like Hank. Granted, this was probably done to simply introduce the half-brother aspect as a sudden surprise instead of working its way in through another route; but it might have been an opportunity for the two brothers to come together despite their differences if they weren’t already so physically similar.
-Cotton is the one who said that, so I assumed even before this episode that he was just not acknowledging the part he played in how his sons look.- Never mind me, someone pointed out the actual resemblance Hank has to his mother, and I see it now where before I missed it.
@@jacobpeterson4071 Logos, ethos, and pathos are three contrasting modes of appeal. Logos is appeal to logic, that which must be, according to reason. Ethos is appeal to ethics, that which ought to be, by shared understanding. Pathos is appeal to emotion, that which feels right. Junichiro is a logos guy and Hank is an ethos guy.
The only thing that really saddened me about king of the hill was Bobby and Connie not going back to dating. In my opinion they were a good couple, he helped her have fun and she helped him learn. The gout episode really shows this off.
I honestly think that Hills should have just lived permanently in Japan, and Bobby starting a family with the Japanese girl he met through playing DDR, and out of any character in the series she’s the only person in that whole series that has the most romantic chemistry with Bobby.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr though I respect your opinion I disagree with your answer. Bobby played a game with her and she kissed him, they can not speak to one another, Hanks to set in his ways to live outside his state let alone country, now had King of the Hill aired a few years later, a long distance realtionship would of been great with Bobby having a cell phone. So many episode possibilities, like what if a girl starts to like Bobby in Texas does he go for what's closer or stay true to the connection he had in Japan.
There was an episode focused on Bobby and Connie's relationship. However, they found that they were incompatible with one another and decided to remain friends.
@@irvinmorales1409 Pretty sure that was when they broke up. There were a couple episodes afterwards that hinted that they still had feelings for each other, but then the storyline was just dropped and Connie started appearing a lot less.
@@irvinmorales1409 only because it was written that way, which contradicts the clear and obvious compatibility they had together in previous episodes. They have always had similar interests, and even compatible personalities. The only difference is Connie's preference for studying, but she still has interests and hobbies outside of that which are consistent with Bobby's. The writers basically just decided they didn't want Bobby and Connie together anymore.
I think, even with some backsliding on his character development, Cotton has a really excellent character arc over the entirety of the series, with his tragedy in how every time you see him, there are fewer and fewer of his war buddies until he's finally the last to go. Also, well played on that joke at the start.
I've always wondered if perhaps it was the deaths of his war buddies that led to the backsliding in Cotton's character development. Cotton was warming up to Hank and even to Peggy up until Topsy's death, and then he gradually becomes meaner and more sadistic than ever, pushing away all his loved ones except Bobby.
i laughed when you got to Dale's hallucination and brought up Nancy because it's pretty accurate when you take into account that praying mantis's eat their mates.
I like how king of the hill doesn't exaggerate its racial humor. It's usually complete ignorance on the part of one party (the hills not knowing anything about Japanese people) or its just cold accuracy (redcorn).
One of the best episodes on the show. Junichiro seemed to not only be resentful at Cotton as he was with Hank. It should have been written to where both could have explained their upbringing. While Junichiro felt that Hank was the "wanted" child, Hank could have explained that this wasn't the case. He could have said how Cotton wasn't really there for him either and how Hank looked at his boss as a father figure. Junichiro could mention that he had a similar experience with his factory boss and how both men wanted to be better men than their father. Junichiro saying "I no longer have ill feelings towards the Hill name, I'm proud of it cause of Hank" was one of the most powerful lines on the show. Both men effectively acted like adults in the situation that were amazing men born out of dysfunction.
"Someone says it's exactly right, and someone else says it's offensive." I'm thinking a little bit of both, from what I know of Japan. The introduction seems right enough, but you shouldn't hand over your business card with just one hand. You use both.
I think it also depends on the situation. Casual, informal introductions do happen there (especially among young people), but when you're a professional with a busy schedule, you don't want to be bothered by a random stranger unless they're at least going to introduce themselves and explain what they want. At the same time, Hank is obviously a tourist, and many people in a city would recognize this in his peculiarities and perhaps offer some help if they had the time.
Also maybe it was more accurate for the early 2000s to exchange business cards with strangers. I live in Japan and business cards are still a thing but not in the way it was portrayed here, I only receive them occasionally when I might be working with someone or seeing them again but not everyone has one for themselves.
@@rayvenkman2087 the people over there are really nice. I always got a kick out of walking into a music store and them being able to recognize the music I was playing. I also miss the Cherry Blossoms when they were in bloom. Beautiful country. My family lived on an Air Base in the Fussa area. It has become a bit of a goal to return someday for a visit. As I said with Bobby, there were times when I'd be off base and have local girls smiling at me. If I hadn't been so shy at the time, I would have struck up a conversation.
@@RexWort they mostly want a Caucasian foreign American... although some Japanese girls want some Chocolate. I really want to go to vacation in Japan an South Korea, although I heard from a British guy, him an his girlfriend who is Indian an she grew up in Singapore got nasty stares, comments from Asian women jealous an kept flirting with her boyfriend. So I hope whenever me an my boyfriend an our baby (might be a toddler by the time we have the money) have enough money for a vacation I don't spend the trip crying since I'm half black an no matter how much I prepare for discrimination I'm very sensitive an was homeschooled so I wouldn't get bullied.
Agreed! Speaking as an American citizen, ethnically born half-Japanese half-white, born in Tokyo, and visited Japan time to time (except during these COVID times), the girls in Japan are actually nicer than in Western society.
Growing up in the early 2000s watching king of the hill on adult swim was like my sneak into adult animated shows because it the was the only one my mother would let me watch I’ve rewatched it probably 50 times since being able to make “grown” decisions now still love the show and Dale will always be my favorite character
My Drafting teacher who was Japanese and also an electrical engineer/Architect would always joke that because "we" use 90% "we" put in an extra 10% because it takes 110% to build a freaking Gundam. Fyi, they did build a Gundam I'm still excited about.
God king of the hill is such a good show, love your breakdowns. Hank reminds me so much of my own dad the show has always been more comedically relevant than almost any other show.
“I didn’t say a thing about that one joke because spoiling every joke in a review is tacky.” Absolutely, what you did was far more hilarious, showing snippets of the jokes here and there and letting the people who knew enjoy it
I love this show so goddamn much. Living in the north Texas suburbs that it’s based in makes it 1000x funnier. “I’d rather go to Denton to fix this problem but there’s no Japanese there, I looked” 😂
YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME!!! ONE of my top 10 episodes, around the 5s... Now I just need a video on the Episode with Boomhour and his brother wedding.
Fun fact about Dale's vision: he was sleeping with a Praying Mantis, a species known for eating their mate's head off after mating. I wonder what that says about his wife...
Honestly I know it’s not on topic but Hanks little brother is one of the saddest things to me, hank will never be there in his life due to the huge age gap and the fact that he’s even taken away from hank a life after his dad passes. I feel like he knows that and that’s why he was so excited to have another brother around his age
My favorite Cotton Hill move was in the episode where he tries to dupe Hank into taking him and his war buddies to finish off Castro. Theyre on a dock and Hank has jumped in the boat in front of them. Cotton approaches Hank calmly then abruptly in mid sentence says, " - sucker punch" and swings on Hank. Its my favorite King of the Hill moment of all time actually.
This is in my top 5 of favorite King of the Hill episodes, I really enjoyed seeing Cotton actually have emotions and not just being a dick, I loved meeting Hanks japanese brother, and I really really loved the new setting, most stories take place in Texas so it was nice to see the Hill family go all the way to Japan also that slavery joke really caught me off guard, but holy shit the "most of ya'll picked cotton' punchline had me laughing pretty goddamn hard hahahaha
I love all of your videos! Your King of the Hill analysis, is so spot-on! I have loved the show since it first came out (1997, I think?), and in every episode you do, it never fails that you always seem to mention a thing or two, about each episode, that I may have noticed, but did not appreciate the significance and/or irony of, at the time, but every video you do on this show is so spot-on! On a side-note, I met my wife in 2005, and upon meeting my in-laws, who have resided in North Carolina since the mid-1980s, I *IMMEDIATELY* realized that my father-in-law *IS* Hank Hill! Though he's not from Texas, and didn't sell propane or propane accessories, he was actually Nevada state trooper for many years, but I digress. He is an absolute craftsman, particularly when it comes to woodworking, and he always says "I'll tell you what!" Plus he has the same eyeglasses and mannerisms of Hank Hill, which I always joked about with my wife. Thankfully he took kindly to me, and I got his approval upon meeting him!
Loved this episode especially seeing how they play on the idea of Japan like with Peggy thinking she knows anything like the cramped rooms as japana does habw things like pod motels which is a thing but not in the way she thought Same with hank having a brother before too hank who is a baby and didn't do much. Overall cotton is a good character to see experience his PTSD
Few things give me as much serotonin as you laughing at King Of The Hill jokes. Never stop showing appreciation when you feel it's due, it's delightful.
I love this two part episode, one of the reason it shows the human side of Cotton he suppressed. it shows not only he’s haunted by what he saw and did in the Pacific theatre of the war, it shows he does have genuine love for this women in Japan 🇯🇵 probably the only women he Actually loved. And he uses he’s attitude to suppress his emotional side even lvoe so he doesn’t have to feel the guilt and fear form his PTSD.
I love knowing that theres many Japanese King of the Hill fans. I'm from Louisiana so I can confirm how accurate the characters are to people you'll meet in the south, so many little details that make it realistically southern. So its cool to know people in Japan are getting a taste of what Texas is really like.
3:40 Don't you DARE insult giant hideous bug creatures by comparing them to Nancy. Also, what are your feelings on TH-cam possibly hiding of the downvote? I know they say are going to do that every couple of years but it seems like they might actually do it this time.
I have to say these were some of my favorite episodes growing up. I remember always liking the interactions between Hank and Junichiro, as well as rooting for Bobby because I identified with him down to his taste in girls. Along with Cotton having a two part episode and being my favorite character these were perfect episodes to me.
You pay such close attention to each episode. I just put this show on before bed. I’ve seen this episode dozens of times, and I appreciate you explaining all the subtle details of it.
I've been a fan of King of the Hill since it was released in 1997 when I was ten years old. I love watching your episode and character analysis on the show.
Okay I was on the fence about subscribing and continuing to watch your videos until 15:33 and your comment on when talking to a logos guy, ethos and pagos arent gonna cut it. You got up on that soapbox for both of us and I love it! XD
Thank you Shorty Doorags for reviewing this episode. I have been wanting Alpha Jay to review this episode. Though I feel the Hill family missed so much of what Japan has to offer. I would head to the pokemon centers and eat so much food.
Junichiro's initial rejection of cotton is a lot more relatable when you look at the fact that junichiro most likely grew up with a lot of prejudice being half American and blames cotton directly for killing the father he should have had and destroying the normal life he felt he was robbed of.
In the entire run of king of the hill Cotton was rude and disrespectful to every woman who entered his field of vision except for Michiko, that is very telling.
I can understand why he's like that with American women
@@mrc6808 damn but true
We all have that one that got away…
@@mrc6808 I can understand why you can’t get a good American woman and are messed up about it.
@@MrRyan-wu4jx i can't get an American woman and I am messed up. Sure if you say so 😂😂 at least I don't have to be a beta white knight to get one.
"I have a brother. I really wish we could've grown up together and hear people say, 'Look out for those Hill Brothers!'"
As someone who always wanted a sibling close to his age, I feel that.
As someone with two half siblings who don't live with me, I felt it too.
I grew up with a younger brother about 1.5 years apart. I want to say the relationship has been rocky. He's always been better at everything. People liked him more than me. He got to experience things I couldn't. Life has just been easier on him. We rarely see eye to eye. Frankly, I can't help but to recent him for it. Even though I don't blame him for it. I blame autism. Sure, not everyone experiences this sort of relationship, but some do and it sucks.
@@azazelgrigori9244 grow up and stop being a victim
This episode hit different for me as someone who had been an only child with an estranged sibling living an ocean away who I'd only met about twice in my life.
@@mantistoboggan8740 sameish . And worse when I wanted a sibling my mom got pregnant with my sister and miscarried. That was bad enough, but then she had to remove her uterus which was tumor ridden (hence the miscarriage), so no chance to try again either
I really hate how Cotton's death episode ignored the character development in this episode and the one where Cotton took over Peggy's rehab.
Retcons man.
Yeah same
Did it though? Going from an old memory, it felt like he just didn't want pity and would rather have hate.
That episode isn’t in my head canon along with many other of the later episodes!
I hate how Cotton fought so hard to get a spot in Arlington only to be cremated and want to be flushed down a toilet.
King of the Hill is apparently so popular in Japan, that they have dub vs sub fights.
Further reinforces the claim that KOTH is Texan Anime
Sub. Totally. I used to live in Japan (for 4 years), had a crew over there. I showed them some American tv on occasion. My favorite was getting them to watch the chinpokemon episode of South Park (I thought they'd kick my ass; they loved it, thought it was the funniest thing they ever saw), and a lot of Japanese, particularly younger folks, know enough English from school and movies that they prefer subs. I think mainly so they can hear the English slang/curses, they think it's hysterical.
@@erdrickcapet3945 honestly I always prefer watching a show with the original language. There is never not something awkward about the translation.
Monolingual but I assume the Japanese dubs have a similar awkwardness going in reverse. There is also cultural/linguistic things that while I can’t fully comprehend I can see what’s happening. And it makes me wonder exactly how the joke was meant to go.
But whenever translated those untranslatable moments get lost and can even end up changing the scene entirely.
Like I can tell in the Subbed version there was a miscommunication caused by a word with 2 or more meanings.
But because English doesn’t have that problem with that word, and they can’t manufacture a similar miscommunication, we get a guy overreacting to literally nothing. Or character changes their personality for a few seconds to make the reaction make sense and say something they would never say.
@@woodlefoof2 dude you should check out the disasters that have been happening with translators and how they've inserted their politics into stuff
@@miguelruiz4613 I’m aware of all of that too, but even when they are being professional and trying their best things will inevitably get lost or changed
“Most of ya’ll picked Cotton” Jesus that one caught me off guard 😂
Same
It was very well timed hahah
Omg shady for real. Had me coughing up my vape while listening
That was dark but funny
Bruh seriously, I busted out laughing in public! Good stuff
Having Junichiro and Hank both be stereotypes of their home cultures, and also stereotype other cultures, only makes them a better match.
I think it’s pretty valid for Junichiro to feel the way he does. Without any kind of warning he was forced to meet his deadbeat father along with his half brother who had a life he was denied. That’s gonna stir up some strong emotions.
Junichiro was beyond pissed at the family dinner.
I mean but then again look at josuke higashikata in JJBA while a little similar Josuke did it in a much more honorable way that to me personally I like, he waits for them to be away from other people while still majorly confronting him about being left at birth. To me family issues unless violent needs to be kept within the family.
I think Hank would have had a way better experience if Cotton met Junchiro by himself at first. Then let Junchiro meet hank seperately on that trip and seperate the cotton resentment from how Hank genuinely had no idea.
I don't resent my half siblings for having the father who bailed. I hate him though. But if he showed up with them, that resentment might transfer.
@@jameskosusnik1102 Keeping family issues in the family leads to people never getting over trauma. It shouldn't be screamed out to every stranger. But we should talk to our friends about what's going on in our lives.
@@kyleellis1825 yes cause the entire world needs to hear about every families issues and that's just a load of crap but it's to be expected from someone who acts like a redditor
Hank being the middle child makes so much sense it hurts
Hank has joined our legion my friend
Grow up
@@wolfhernedez7739 Grow down!
@@wolfhernedez7739grow left.
@@normanmai7865 Grow laterally!
Also, I think Junichiro (Juunichiro?) only said 'Robots' because he thinks Hank is dumb. He's probably also annoyed at Hank talking loud and slow at him and making hand gestures, like he thought Junichiro wouldn't know what propane tanks and such were.
I don't tell someone I'm a system's analyst. Too vague and boring. I just say I write reports to automate them. Or, if it's a donor to the school, so the college knows when to ask you for more money. :)
It also could just be the language barrier. Sure he would know how to say "Robots" in english, but that doesn't necessarily mean he can translate exactly what he does (I know he speaks perfect English, but even fluent people don't know very specific industry nomenclature.
@@henrypeters5291 dare i say that most people who come from non-english speaking countries learn english when they are children and are decently, if not perfectly, fluent in english by the time they are adults.
@@henrypeters5291 Robot is the same in Japanese. ロボット （robo to)
He does work with robots though. He talks to Hank in the second episode about how he was always fascinated with robots.
He says "Robots" in the same way Hank says "Propane." Hank is only an assistant manager, but is involved with the whole business. But when you wanna impress, you say "Propane and Propane Accessories."
Well, we've seen Hank act as a salesman and preform service checks a few times.
@@ianfinrir8724 Lemme just go ahead and change that "isn't" to "is" lol
@@ianfinrir8724 One service check being just before he saves the waiter from freezing to death, right?
@101Volts technically that was the manager. He was checking the propane status, noticed a mess, followed it to the freezer, and saved the manager. That's the Nancy and Dale episode where Nancy finally ends the affair with John Redcorm
My favorite part is Junichiro screaming, "I kick-a your ASS!"
"Look out! Here comes Ronald Reagan Mike Tyson!"
‘Does Junichiro oversee literally everything about robots?’
Knowing Japanese work ethic/work culture, probably.
Especially considering he was right in the middle of the factory floor and not in an office.
I mean he did say he's one of 30 assistant managers.
He could have also been dumbing it down for the Hills since it's when he's still looking down on him that he first states his job
Japanese people have TERRIBLE work ethic. They work long hours with low productivity.
Wonder if he is married.
This is one of favorite Cotton episodes, alongside with the one where he took the fall for Bobby, inspired Peggy to walk again and the one where he needed to get the Vietnam vets to join his group.
I always thought that Cotton was probably the best character on the show.
I always enjoyed the episode where he sent bobby to military school.
Find the stinky man!
I like the one where he kidnaps hank and tries to kill Fidel castro
Dude has flaws but has class at times and moments of humanity. Plus, he's not the worst in-law to have when compared to kahn's father in-law.
Ive always loved the fact that Cotton Hill's body count is substantially higher than his kill count but he always brags about the lower number.
He killed 50 men and made 100 more
@@AYVYN This. Is such an underrated comment.
@@AYVYN Imagine them being reincarnated
That Time I Got Reincarnated As My Killer's Illegitimate Son
"You slept with her, didn't you?"
"A lot!"
"Did you even kill her husband?"
"Wasn't married!"
Hank:"how many women have you slept with?,5?,6?"
Cotton:"two hundred and seventy-three."
me:"two hundred and-WHAT?-COTTON HILL-YOU LUCKY BASTA#&!!!!!"
@@Anxiety-Badger Most of those were prostitutes so luck wasn't a factor, money was.
@@EmptyMan000 still 273,that man must of had either some really good pills or he was Ritcher then then trump-then again any women would love a man that can lick carpet while still standing up😜 lol jk jk
(Its a joke and as such,should not be taken seriously)
@@Anxiety-Badger If a women said something like that,you guys would literally k1ll her and call her wh0re.
“You have an awful, awful, AWFUL wife!”.
Oof, you could feel his anger on that one.
You gotta love how Junichio shows Hank and Peggy that they had a actual hotel room beyond the sitting room LOL
I always found that joke a bit flat as something like that would only exist in higher end hotel and would be at the back of the room next to a window not the front. Don't know about airing dates but I feel they were just trying to copy the punchline from futurama when Fry is looking for an apartment.
@@C0ldIron true.
I read a theory that the reason Cotton treats Hank so poorly is because of his Japanese lover. He was in love with her, and then was abruptly sent back to America to a lacklustre life. He settled with marrying someone he didn’t love and had Hank. The family is a constant reminder of what Cotton could have had.
I think that he just hate what America did to him. I don't know if he met Hank's mom before or after the war, but, Cotton is just bitter for the what he became, and that bitterness push him to hate everything in his life, specially knowing he left Michiko. He think he deserved more for what he did, but America doesnt care about him or any veteran.
Hmm, you know, that kind of makes sense. Since he conflates his love/hate for Japan with the relatives he has there, it would follow that he'd conflate his 'loved ones' in America with the country as well...
The Japan episode is one of my all time favorites, and i liked that Junichiro was pretty much the Japanese version of Hank too bad he only appeared 2 times in the show...but on a related note, i sometimes wonder what the Japan episode would've been like if they made it so that Junichiro had 3 friends that were the Japanese parodies of Bill, Dale and Boomhauer.
Did you used to be The Commenter Brony? Your profile reminds me of there’s. If not sorry for the trouble
Oh man, I didn't know I needed a Japanese Bill, Dale and Boomhauer until now, but now you have my imagination running wild!
That be a interesting spin-off.
@@mrpizzacat8273 The short answer is yes i used to be, But as you can see i stopped going by that name a long time ago. lol
@Sunset's Channel Yeah, he makes a cameo in the Lucky and Luanne wedding episode.
I always assumed he just said “Robots”, because he felt Hank, this slack-jawed yokel who was raised by his deadbeat dad, was too stupid to understand his real job title, and didn’t want to get into it, with him.
Except Hank comes off anything but slack jawed. That jaw has no slack, nothing on the man does.
I imagine Junichiro just said "robots" because he didn't think Hank would understand anything more complicated than that. Likely because Hank was talking like an idiot when he asked.
I’m more upset that you didn’t mention more about the brief yet loving relationship between Bobby and the Japanese girl, especially towards the end when Cotton tells Bobby he has to go after her and say goodbye or else he’ll have regrets like he did.
My shot in the dark is that Boomhaur is absent most of the episode as he's trailing Cotton to ensure foreign relations with the Republic of Texas go smoothly.
but he's there when Dale and Bill get arrested...
@@InfernosReaper it's a very convincing cardboard cut out
@@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt Boomhauer has been shown to have access to some pretty confidential and incredibly advanced government technology. There have been other instances in the show where he has travelled to places at speeds impossible to naturally produced. So naturally, the most obvious answer is that boomhauer has access to some sort of teleportation device created by the government. That’s the only way to explain how he travelled so quickly between countries. Although, it could be his government issued decoy clone, which has also been shown at points throughout the series.
FBI is inside America. CIA is outside America.
Sad reality is that it was likely budgetary :/
It's a little thing but my favorite part is Junichiro going "Bwaaaaah" like Hank. David Carradine really nailed that line...sound...thing
See I think Junichiro is as proud of his work with his robots as Hank is with propane. So when someone asks what business he's in he wants them to be sure what he does.
Exactly, it's not about what he does, but the commodity that he provides.
Plus, English isn't his first language. And robots are pretty much well known and it was easiest to say, and required little explanation.
@@Amins88 yep, just like how Hank constantly talks about how he's in the propane business, but not specifically what he does in said industry
"You slept with her, didn't you!?"
"A lot."
Damn, I love Cotton
While Junichiro was bitter at Cotton for not being there for him when he grew up it probably was for the best that he wasn't considering how difficult and a jerk he was to Hank as a boy.
Mostly his mother
Great point. And based on how Cotton treated Tilly and Deedee, Michiko dodged a bullet (so to speak).
It seems like cotton really had a big attachment to the Asian lady though.
Like maybe in an ALT timeline where he goes back to see her and his son he actually acts happy and loving?
Maybe tilly and Hank were just a way for cotton to try and regain what he lost, what he could've had in Japan and that's why he's always been so bitter especially to them.
Because tilly wasn't who he truly loved and Hank wasn't the son he really wanted.
He actually wanted to raise a kid with the Asian lady.
I forget her name sorry.
Idk just an idea.
@@alysin2439 It seems to me that Cotton was a more pleasant person right after the war ended but as the years went by the horrific memories of what he went through during the war gradually degraded his personality. I suspect he wasn't so much of a jerk yet when he met Tilly.
I will point out that Michiko was one of the few women cotton treated like a person, for argument, he may have become a better man there, it would be amazing if Mike judd gave us at least a what if script (I'd accept even a rough draft)
The one thing I found the most frustrating is the ending part when Peggy and Hank realize the room they were staying and was much bigger and they all cramped themselves and a little room instead of pulling the partition aside and see that it's a whole suite 🙄
So funny tho
" i feel that someone who works on robots wouldn't say he works in robots"
Cue one of my math teachers in university "I have a doctorate in numbers"
Sometimes it's just easier to dumb down what you do for other people.
Someone who works on robots probably has a degree in computer science or electrical engineering, with specialization in robotics. I imagine more tech-oriented universities might have degrees in robotics, as well.
But in the scene where Hank busts into the factory, it kinda looks like Junichiro's position is a bit more blue-collar than that, and that he keeps it dumb to avoid seeming more like Hank than he wishes to be.
Always thought it was weird that Hank takes after his mother more in the looks department yet his Japanese half brother looks exactly like him.
-Since it's Cotton who says that, I have always assumed he's just got a thing for downplaying how his sons get there builds and looks from him, positive and negative. With Hank, he doesn't like how Hank is, so he blames it on "He gets that from his mother", and he -_-likes-_- Junichiro and Michiko, so he attributes the positives he sees to them instead of himself.-
-The only one he doesn't say it about is G.H. but he's just a baby, though Cotton does mention what he thinks is behavior that he is proud comes from him, so there's that.-
EDIT: Ignore that, someone pointed out to me that they do have a resemblance, I just didn't notice.
Finally, that's the first time I've seen someone else mention that. I loved this saga, but that always bothered me in the back of my mind the whole time
Probably wasn't planned from the start.
What I love most is how when Junichiro starts to confront Cotton, though Michiko is shocked and knows what's coming next, Cotton is actually impressed and compliments his son for having a spine. It isn't until after Junichiro denounces his paternal heritage that Cotton goes on his rampage. Another aspect I think could've gotten more attention was that not only was Junichiro a child of wedlock, but also the mixed-race bastard of an American soldier growing up in 1950/60s Japan, which puts his contempt for Cotton in more of an understandable light.
Love your videos Shady; have you ever thought of covering the Venture Bros.?
Could be worse. Due to Anti-miscegenation laws in the US, Michiko would have been forced to have an abortion by the US military, and then sterilised. Japanese war brides came at a cost, at least compared to German or Italian.
The point you made about Junichiro's mixed racial heritage and that he was born out of wedlock, I was thinking the same thing. Its possible that the other kids may have teased and bullied him for it, because children are real good at picking up on things that makes a person "different." Here's hoping he has his own gang, a Japanese version of Hank's friends.
StarViewer68 *cracks open an ice cold Sapporo 16* “hai.” “hai.” “hai.” “sou desu.”
@@nrmnthompson gonna need some credible citations on that.
I read somewhere that they were kind of racist to mixed race children in Japan after the war, I can't quote the source because I can't remember where I read it, but if that's true then that would explain ol' Junty-Joe's anger and resentment to Ging-Ging
12:35 Junichiro was pouring his own sake. He was _beyond_ pissed.
15:10 Nah man, they take workplace safety incredibly seriously in Japan, they made Hank wear the hard hat and goggles before coming in.
I take it pouring your own sake is considered out of the norm?
@@terminallumbago6465 It's considered impolite at best and rude at worst, in a formal setting like that at least.
So, are ya Chinese or Laotion?
Anyway, the most physically painful part of the episode was when Junichiro asks, "Surely you did not spend whole week in sitting room?"
20 years and thats the line that stuck with me
It physically hurts me to see or even think about that scene.
Your Laotian... aren't cha Mr. Khan
When I first saw that Scene I was blown away but I felt it at the same time like if I was in that room I’d be looking all over for some space
God that has always gutted me. I would be SO disappointed if I just wasted my entire vacation thinking we got a shitty hotel room.
I always read it as Dale was being insanely sarcastic towards Bill with his “you look great” comments and it’s so so funny. Also, Bill’s cry through the door “WE’RE DOING IT”- funniest part of the episode for me.
I really like this episode. I really liked the part when Jenichiro said you didn't think this was your whole room? Then he opens up a door and the hills see rotten fruit and a gorgeous view of mount Fuji.
Looking at it just makes me wish I could live there.
Pisses me off every time
That fruit would've made an awful stink after a week.
When I was a kid. I rented a N64 game called Mystical Ninja: Goemon. after the opening cutscene Goemon is inside his house and must go outside to start the adventure. As a little kid, I didn't know about the sliding paper doors, so to me it just looked the paper walls. So I had no idea what to do to get the game to start. I had to return the game before even getting out of the house. A year later I rented it again and discovered the door. The game was pretty kick-ass.
The rotted fruit is such a great detail
I cried when Bobby didn’t say bye to the Japanese ddr girl cause I’ve literally had an experience like that at my arcade in Cali back when I was young so I felt his pain
Tell me more
@@MASTEROFEVIL he never did :(
In my mind, Cotton lying to Bobby makes decent sense. We have established that Cotton is fairly old fashioned and coming from the Boomer generation, admitting you killed a Japanese woman's husband for decades would be a much easier and accepted explanation in Texas than sleeping with her or loving her. When you consider the multiple forms of shame he probably feels associated with this situation, lying about it is probably just second nature. This would especially be the case with Bobby. In Cottons mind and raising, he did something horrible and the last thing Cotton would want is Bobby to be disappointed or ashamed of him
Cotton fought in WW2, making him part of the greatest generation, not a boomer. Hank is the boomer
That does sound at the time makes sense.
You know: I buy that.
Cotton wasn't a Boomer, though. Hank was a Boomer.
He is not a boomer. Hank is a boomer. Cotton is a member of the greatest generation. Read your history.
Hank - “How many women have you slept with? 5? 6?”.
Cotton - “273”. Lol
Do any men who have slept with over 20 women remember their exact number? I suspect his number is probably meant to be an exaggeration like his “I killed fitty men.”.
Cotton was a character you loved and hated. Man, I miss this show.
It gets hazy after around 30. Mostly because I was drunk. Remember their names? Hell no! I only remember the names of the ones I loved.
@@zachjones6944 disgusting.
Random thought I think cotton may have had undiagnosed dementia.
Not only was he very forgetful, if often found himself confused very often and would get very angry when he would be contradicted. Especially when it came to him remembering the war.
Could be why he lost character development towards the end of his life since dementia isn't a straight decline, but a rocky road with some days being smoother than others.
Also lets not forget that cotton died just to spite Peggy. That's some big ball energy right there
Um, about Cotton choosing to go to war:
"I was 14, but I knew Uncle Sam needed me, so I lied and signed up." - Cotton Hill
…But Cotton's been caught "exaggerating" about his military career many times.
Could a robot actually run on propane?? I mean, Bender runs on alcohol.
I don’t see why not
@@leezard7696 The propane or the robot?
@@matthewgallaway3675 propane is clean burning and more efficient than gasoline or diesel but the motor(s) would have to be fitted to handle the heat and pressure. The tanks would have to be rather large so a 100 gallon tank would be a good choice and those aren't small as a standard propane tank for a grill is about 20 lbs.
@@Nomed38 thank u hank
@@Nomed38 hey I need to buy some Propane. You got any left at strickland?
The plot hole that strikes me is Hank looks like his MOTHER, not Cotton. So it is awkward to have Junichiro look so much like Hank. Granted, this was probably done to simply introduce the half-brother aspect as a sudden surprise instead of working its way in through another route; but it might have been an opportunity for the two brothers to come together despite their differences if they weren’t already so physically similar.
-Cotton is the one who said that, so I assumed even before this episode that he was just not acknowledging the part he played in how his sons look.-
Never mind me, someone pointed out the actual resemblance Hank has to his mother, and I see it now where before I missed it.
"If you're talking to a logos guy, ethos and pathos _aren't_ going to work."
Yes! Preach!
That's such a logos argument too.
God damn, that was good wisdom
I literally read this right as he said this. Weird.
I didn't get it would anybody mind explaining it to me?
@@jacobpeterson4071 Logos, ethos, and pathos are three contrasting modes of appeal. Logos is appeal to logic, that which must be, according to reason. Ethos is appeal to ethics, that which ought to be, by shared understanding. Pathos is appeal to emotion, that which feels right. Junichiro is a logos guy and Hank is an ethos guy.
I have four siblings that are "half" but it's never been real thing we go with. We never introduce one another as half-brothers or half-sister.
Depends if you have a bond then they are siblings
The only thing that really saddened me about king of the hill was Bobby and Connie not going back to dating. In my opinion they were a good couple, he helped her have fun and she helped him learn. The gout episode really shows this off.
I honestly think that Hills should have just lived permanently in Japan, and Bobby starting a family with the Japanese girl he met through playing DDR, and out of any character in the series she’s the only person in that whole series that has the most romantic chemistry with Bobby.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr though I respect your opinion I disagree with your answer. Bobby played a game with her and she kissed him, they can not speak to one another, Hanks to set in his ways to live outside his state let alone country, now had King of the Hill aired a few years later, a long distance realtionship would of been great with Bobby having a cell phone. So many episode possibilities, like what if a girl starts to like Bobby in Texas does he go for what's closer or stay true to the connection he had in Japan.
There was an episode focused on Bobby and Connie's relationship. However, they found that they were incompatible with one another and decided to remain friends.
@@irvinmorales1409 Pretty sure that was when they broke up. There were a couple episodes afterwards that hinted that they still had feelings for each other, but then the storyline was just dropped and Connie started appearing a lot less.
@@irvinmorales1409 only because it was written that way, which contradicts the clear and obvious compatibility they had together in previous episodes. They have always had similar interests, and even compatible personalities. The only difference is Connie's preference for studying, but she still has interests and hobbies outside of that which are consistent with Bobby's. The writers basically just decided they didn't want Bobby and Connie together anymore.
I was so hoping for him to bring up the "I kicka your ass" line when Hank and his brother were running through the crowd
I think, even with some backsliding on his character development, Cotton has a really excellent character arc over the entirety of the series, with his tragedy in how every time you see him, there are fewer and fewer of his war buddies until he's finally the last to go.
Also, well played on that joke at the start.
I've always wondered if perhaps it was the deaths of his war buddies that led to the backsliding in Cotton's character development. Cotton was warming up to Hank and even to Peggy up until Topsy's death, and then he gradually becomes meaner and more sadistic than ever, pushing away all his loved ones except Bobby.
5:10 "Oh no! Racial jokes...my weakness!"
Best line, ever. 🤣
12:40 Side note, Robotics is a discipline of Engineering outside of mechanical engineering.
Thanks, Imperial Guard-chan
i laughed when you got to Dale's hallucination and brought up Nancy because it's pretty accurate when you take into account that praying mantis's eat their mates.
I like how king of the hill doesn't exaggerate its racial humor. It's usually complete ignorance on the part of one party (the hills not knowing anything about Japanese people) or its just cold accuracy (redcorn).
And even with John Redcorn, it's pretty clear he's exploiting stereotypes for seduction/business purposes.
One of the best episodes on the show. Junichiro seemed to not only be resentful at Cotton as he was with Hank. It should have been written to where both could have explained their upbringing. While Junichiro felt that Hank was the "wanted" child, Hank could have explained that this wasn't the case. He could have said how Cotton wasn't really there for him either and how Hank looked at his boss as a father figure. Junichiro could mention that he had a similar experience with his factory boss and how both men wanted to be better men than their father. Junichiro saying "I no longer have ill feelings towards the Hill name, I'm proud of it cause of Hank" was one of the most powerful lines on the show. Both men effectively acted like adults in the situation that were amazing men born out of dysfunction.
Hank saying that his half brother had a better upbringing
"Someone says it's exactly right, and someone else says it's offensive." I'm thinking a little bit of both, from what I know of Japan. The introduction seems right enough, but you shouldn't hand over your business card with just one hand. You use both.
I think it also depends on the situation. Casual, informal introductions do happen there (especially among young people), but when you're a professional with a busy schedule, you don't want to be bothered by a random stranger unless they're at least going to introduce themselves and explain what they want. At the same time, Hank is obviously a tourist, and many people in a city would recognize this in his peculiarities and perhaps offer some help if they had the time.
This is a dumb social rule.
@@danielhart7435 Its simply a sign of humbling yourself to the other person. It's a sign of respect.
Also maybe it was more accurate for the early 2000s to exchange business cards with strangers. I live in Japan and business cards are still a thing but not in the way it was portrayed here, I only receive them occasionally when I might be working with someone or seeing them again but not everyone has one for themselves.
You missed the fact that Cotton literally swallows his pride before apologizing.
As someone who got the chance to live in Japan, I can confirm Bobby hitting it off instantly with a local girl is accurate.
How is it over there?
@@rayvenkman2087 the people over there are really nice. I always got a kick out of walking into a music store and them being able to recognize the music I was playing. I also miss the Cherry Blossoms when they were in bloom. Beautiful country.
My family lived on an Air Base in the Fussa area. It has become a bit of a goal to return someday for a visit.
As I said with Bobby, there were times when I'd be off base and have local girls smiling at me. If I hadn't been so shy at the time, I would have struck up a conversation.
Of course
Everyone want to hook up with a foreigner
American do that allot here
@@RexWort they mostly want a Caucasian foreign American... although some Japanese girls want some Chocolate. I really want to go to vacation in Japan an South Korea, although I heard from a British guy, him an his girlfriend who is Indian an she grew up in Singapore got nasty stares, comments from Asian women jealous an kept flirting with her boyfriend. So I hope whenever me an my boyfriend an our baby (might be a toddler by the time we have the money) have enough money for a vacation I don't spend the trip crying since I'm half black an no matter how much I prepare for discrimination I'm very sensitive an was homeschooled so I wouldn't get bullied.
Agreed! Speaking as an American citizen, ethnically born half-Japanese half-white, born in Tokyo, and visited Japan time to time (except during these COVID times), the girls in Japan are actually nicer than in Western society.
Growing up in the early 2000s watching king of the hill on adult swim was like my sneak into adult animated shows because it the was the only one my mother would let me watch I’ve rewatched it probably 50 times since being able to make “grown” decisions now still love the show and Dale will always be my favorite character
The line with Peggy about Japanese frequencies is right they use 90 voltage instead of the standard 100 v in the us
Yeah but it doesn't actually change how stuff cooks, the time might be a little longer that's all. Still funny
I know it's the going to cook the pork pockets the same way as any microwave
My Drafting teacher who was Japanese and also an electrical engineer/Architect would always joke that because "we" use 90% "we" put in an extra 10% because it takes 110% to build a freaking Gundam. Fyi, they did build a Gundam I'm still excited about.
Voltage is not related to current
Also fun fact, the volts in our modern ovens (unless very older models, 1970's/80's) are lower than the volts in most European ovens/cookers.
11:40 the pure confusion on the police face shouldn’t be this hilarious 😂
I hope you eventually cover the episode where bill helps boomhour when a lady breaks his heart and he gets depressed
Did he mention this in the King of the Hill: Character Alignment stream? Or maybe that was someone in the comments.
God king of the hill is such a good show, love your breakdowns. Hank reminds me so much of my own dad the show has always been more comedically relevant than almost any other show.
"Sounds more like Portland..." at 16:20 just about made me aspirate my lunch!
lmao same! hes so right too.
“I didn’t say a thing about that one joke because spoiling every joke in a review is tacky.” Absolutely, what you did was far more hilarious, showing snippets of the jokes here and there and letting the people who knew enjoy it
It's also acts incentive to watch the actual episode.
To be fair, Dale razzing Bill, he doesn't really hate Bill.
Also, the Dale vision explanation was right, in both accounts.
I love this show so goddamn much. Living in the north Texas suburbs that it’s based in makes it 1000x funnier. “I’d rather go to Denton to fix this problem but there’s no Japanese there, I looked” 😂
The Japanese Brother that is never seen or mentioned again.
He shows up for Luanne's wedding.
@@matthewgallaway3675 for some reason that’s hilarious 😆
@@gorillacookies3171Why?
That "most of y'all picked cotton" joke fucking winded me. Holy shit.
I love you man
I always wish junichiro could've been revisited later in the series
King of the Hill is by far and yonder my favorite animated show. I just really wish they had come back to Junichiro and G.H. before the show ended.
YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME!!! ONE of my top 10 episodes, around the 5s... Now I just need a video on the Episode with Boomhour and his brother wedding.
Fun fact about Dale's vision: he was sleeping with a Praying Mantis, a species known for eating their mate's head off after mating. I wonder what that says about his wife...
Honestly I know it’s not on topic but Hanks little brother is one of the saddest things to me, hank will never be there in his life due to the huge age gap and the fact that he’s even taken away from hank a life after his dad passes. I feel like he knows that and that’s why he was so excited to have another brother around his age
By far, this is one of your best King Of The Hill episode reviews yet! Great work! Keep it up Shady Doorags!
My favorite Cotton Hill move was in the episode where he tries to dupe Hank into taking him and his war buddies to finish off Castro. Theyre on a dock and Hank has jumped in the boat in front of them. Cotton approaches Hank calmly then abruptly in mid sentence says, " - sucker punch" and swings on Hank.
Its my favorite King of the Hill moment of all time actually.
I don’t know why, but I always laugh out loud at the part where Junichiro yells “I KICK YOUR ASSES!”
This is in my top 5 of favorite King of the Hill episodes, I really enjoyed seeing Cotton actually have emotions and not just being a dick, I loved meeting Hanks japanese brother, and I really really loved the new setting, most stories take place in Texas so it was nice to see the Hill family go all the way to Japan
also that slavery joke really caught me off guard, but holy shit the "most of ya'll picked cotton' punchline had me laughing pretty goddamn hard hahahaha
I love all of your videos!
Your King of the Hill analysis, is so spot-on! I have loved the show since it first came out (1997, I think?), and in every episode you do, it never fails that you always seem to mention a thing or two, about each episode, that I may have noticed, but did not appreciate the significance and/or irony of, at the time, but every video you do on this show is so spot-on!
On a side-note, I met my wife in 2005, and upon meeting my in-laws, who have resided in North Carolina since the mid-1980s, I *IMMEDIATELY* realized that my father-in-law *IS* Hank Hill! Though he's not from Texas, and didn't sell propane or propane accessories, he was actually Nevada state trooper for many years, but I digress. He is an absolute craftsman, particularly when it comes to woodworking, and he always says "I'll tell you what!" Plus he has the same eyeglasses and mannerisms of Hank Hill, which I always joked about with my wife. Thankfully he took kindly to me, and I got his approval upon meeting him!
Loved this episode especially seeing how they play on the idea of Japan like with Peggy thinking she knows anything like the cramped rooms as japana does habw things like pod motels which is a thing but not in the way she thought
Same with hank having a brother before too hank who is a baby and didn't do much. Overall cotton is a good character to see experience his PTSD
This is the most heartwarming episode in the series. I know this, because I grew up watching it in the 2000s.🙂
Few things give me as much serotonin as you laughing at King Of The Hill jokes. Never stop showing appreciation when you feel it's due, it's delightful.
I love this two part episode, one of the reason it shows the human side of Cotton he suppressed. it shows not only he’s haunted by what he saw and did in the Pacific theatre of the war, it shows he does have genuine love for this women in Japan 🇯🇵 probably the only women he Actually loved. And he uses he’s attitude to suppress his emotional side even lvoe so he doesn’t have to feel the guilt and fear form his PTSD.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR ANOTHER KING OF THE HILL VID GOD BLESS
I love knowing that theres many Japanese King of the Hill fans. I'm from Louisiana so I can confirm how accurate the characters are to people you'll meet in the south, so many little details that make it realistically southern. So its cool to know people in Japan are getting a taste of what Texas is really like.
I absolutely love this one. My favorite scenes are when Bobby and that girl dance together. Also woah there s word alert.
Even though I already liked king of the hills, this channel made me appreciate the serie all over again and in a new light.
Good show sir.
5:54-5:57 Cotton is no man. He's a living legend. That's why he survived.
I know your character is wearing sunglasses, but once I looked at his eyes as big googlie eyes always looking down to the right, I can never unsee it.
3:40 Don't you DARE insult giant hideous bug creatures by comparing them to Nancy.
Also, what are your feelings on TH-cam possibly hiding of the downvote? I know they say are going to do that every couple of years but it seems like they might actually do it this time.
Pretty much every creator, including yours truly, does not want the dislike change. Negative feedback is good for both the creator and the audience.
@@ShadyDoorags wholeheartedly agree. And they said polictics is down wind from culture....
You'll still be able to see the dislikes as the creator, it's the other viewers who won't be able to see them. Still stupid though
Someone is going to make a "Dislike" comment and everyone will like it. Never underestimate the will of the people
@@ShadyDoorags your dislikes are 81
This is one of my favorite King of the Hill episodes!
I have to say these were some of my favorite episodes growing up. I remember always liking the interactions between Hank and Junichiro, as well as rooting for Bobby because I identified with him down to his taste in girls. Along with Cotton having a two part episode and being my favorite character these were perfect episodes to me.
I remember taking a DNA test and learning I was 7.23% Japanese and I had 3.9% Scottish blood in me. That explains my love of kilts and anime.
This just confirms King of the Hill is a spin-off Anime from My Ordinary Life As Junichiro
I'll admit it, I'm a Pleb who only watches your vids Shady. But I enjoy hearing how much you enjoy this stuff. So that isn't gonna change
Luanne babysitting Ladybird exists for the sole purpose of Hank's phone call.
You pay such close attention to each episode. I just put this show on before bed. I’ve seen this episode dozens of times, and I appreciate you explaining all the subtle details of it.
0:38 I choked on my water, I wasn’t ready for that 😂
I've been a fan of King of the Hill since it was released in 1997 when I was ten years old. I love watching your episode and character analysis on the show.
10:12 As a senior in high school, that hurt a lot Shady, especially considering it's true.
Okay I was on the fence about subscribing and continuing to watch your videos until 15:33 and your comment on when talking to a logos guy, ethos and pagos arent gonna cut it. You got up on that soapbox for both of us and I love it! XD
Thank you Shorty Doorags for reviewing this episode. I have been wanting Alpha Jay to review this episode. Though I feel the Hill family missed so much of what Japan has to offer. I would head to the pokemon centers and eat so much food.
Junichiro's initial rejection of cotton is a lot more relatable when you look at the fact that junichiro most likely grew up with a lot of prejudice being half American and blames cotton directly for killing the father he should have had and destroying the normal life he felt he was robbed of.