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| Episode no. | Season 9 |
| Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
| Original air dates | May 3, 1998 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | None |
| Couch gag | The family appears in a snow globe |
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| The Simpsons season 9 | |
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"King of the Hill" (not to be confused with the animated series of the same name), is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons' ninth season. The episode first aired on May 3, 1998.
Synopsis
The family goes to the church picnic, but when Homer plays capture the flag, he fails to make it. Feeling terrible about being unfit, he decides to exercise, running and doing his exercises in a gym late at night. He has trouble at first in the gym, but thanks to a visit from Rainier Wolfcastle, Homer becomes a strong man. This prompts two men—Brad and Neil—from a health bar company, Powersauce, to enlist Homer to do a publicity stunt for Powersauce by climbing Springfield's tallest mountain, the Murderhorn, because, according to Bart, Homer "eats $50 worth of Powersauce bars a day". Although Grampa suggests that Homer not do the stunt, he manages to do it anyway, with two sherpas chosen to be Homer's guides.
When Homer climbs the mountain, he has trouble climbing, and can only reach the mountain's halfway point. He sleeps in his sleeping bag, and is surprised to find out that the sherpas have dragged him in his sleeping bag up the mountain while Homer sleeps. In response, he fires the sherpas and goes up the mountain alone, until Brad and Neil inform Homer that Powersauce is just junk, and are actually made of old apple cores and Chinese newspapers, and that he should not depend upon the bars. He still continues up the mountain, and almost makes it to the top. Feeling like he wants to give up and impress Bart, he plants a flag saying "Simpson" (the same one Homer used when he played Capture the Flag) at a point on the mountain. The peak collapses, and he slides back down to the ground (using the body of the late C.W. McAllister, Grampa's partner when he climbed the Murderhorn in 1928), with Bart telling Homer that he is the "coolest dad ever".
Cultural references
- The PowerSauce bar is similar to the real-life PowerBar.
- Homer getting egged is like a scene in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- The episode has the same name as the television show King of the Hill, a show co-created by Greg Daniels a former producer and writer for The Simpsons.
- The Murderhorn is a play on the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps.
Quotes
- Ralph: (he taps Mr. Burns through the sunroof of his car) You're it!
Mr. Burns: We'll see about that. After him, Smithers! (he uses his car to go after Ralph)
Ralph: (cries) You're not it!
- Comic Book Guy (after Homer knocks away the walls and ceiling of the portable toilet he's using): It appears I will have to find a new Fortress of Solitude.
- Marge: (after Homer calls Marge's food "filth") Homer, stop insulting us and eat your filth—food—I mean, food.
- Grampa: Son, don't go up that mountain-you'll die up there, just like I did!
- Bart: Dad, wait. You're not risking your life just to impress me, are you?
Homer: Well, yeah.
Bart: Oh, cool! Now get going, chop, chop!
- Neil: Wake up, Homer! These bars are just junk! They're made of apple cores and Chinese newspapers!
Homer: (reading the bar, as if he was reading a newspaper) Hey, Deng Xiaoping died!
- Lisa: Family to Dad. Family to Dad. Come in Dad.
Brad: Oh, I'm sure he's dead, little girl. Here, have a Powersauce bar. It's on the house.