I'm Sorry, But... I Don't Hate Cotton
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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My favorite Cotton moment is when he motivates Peggy to climb a hill after she had a major injury by telling her he'd allow her to dance on his grave if she made it up.
He's got a lot of moments like that, because of how he often acts, when he does something nice but having it masked with the same layer of salty curmudgeonly attitude, it makes the moment stand out.
The best part for me was the ending of the episode. Where Peggy does reach the top of the hill, extends her hand to Cotton and asks him for a dance. And he smnilingly agrees :D Cotton and Peggy may hate and resent each other but at that instance I think they genuinely respect one another.
Brings tears to my eyes every time. Also, I love how much he loves Bobby.
"Ging-ging" & "Bing-bing" so cuteee
oop btw..."Peggy" Yall mean "Hank's Wife" right?
Then he proceeds to share a dance with her on his own grave.
Dale: "He's Japanese..."
Cotton: "No he aint." **looks at Kahn** "He is Laotian."
I'm 1/4 Japanese and it's pretty much undetectable if you just look at me, but I'm convinced he'd be the only person who could see me for a sec without knowing my family and know without a doubt.
That was a good one.
He killed 50 men. I imagine most of them were of Japanese desecent. He knows Japanese when he sees em.
@@alfredhinton8792i think back then people in the army were trained to identify different ethnicities (idk if that’s the right word)
“Ain’t ya Mr. Kahn?”
"If its a contest whos the better dad, you win. Hell, you made bobby, I only made you"
Best Cotton Hill moment
how to compliment and insult your son in the same sentence.
@@pforgottonsoul There is no insult to Hank there at all.. He insulted himself while simultaneously complementing both Hank and Bobby. If you told a father that their son was better than them, that wouldn't be an insult. That is the literal goal. If your son isn't better than you, you failed as a father
It reminds me of Moral Orel when he asks
'Tell me something honorable about my father"
"Well he made you"
@@pforgottonsoul he was taking responsibility for his sons failures because he didn't do the job he thinks he should have as a father
I just don’t understand if hank is conservative why does he like bobby more
I just love the moment when Cotton is introduced to Hank's new neighbors.
Dale: "This is Kahn. He's Japanese."
Kahn looks indignant because he's been repeatedly correcting them about his country of origin. Cotton looks up at him and squints.
Cotton: "You're not Japanese. You're Laotian, ain't you, Mr. Kahn?"
Kahn's expression just sells it.
Kind of implies that Cotton killed a Laotian or has been trained to see the difference
@@guilhermehank4938 It's meant to show that Cotton despises the Japanese so much that he knows how to identify one by mere sight, almost supernaturally so.
@@guilhermehank4938they had guidelines to tell a chinese from japanese during ww2
@@Can_O_Crayola No the US specifically trained troops deployed to the Pacific Theater the how to identify the visual differences between Japanese and other Asians, that's why he knew.
@@VaporeonEnjoyer1 Do either of you have a source to see what the training was like? I am really curious! and could use the information too...
Cotton is a terrible father, but he's a pretty good grandfather
He is a terrible father to Hank, he is a surprisingly good father to GH. He was also a pretty good dad to Junichiro in the short amount of time you see them together in the series.
Basically both of my grandpas
@@morganyoung3557 i wonder if it has to do with some form of PTSD where slowly he healed from a bit as he got older ?
Most awesome grandparents where either Crappy or lousy parents!! My Dad wasnt the greatest but ever since he became a Grandpa he is Ned Flannders and i was raised by Homer Simpson!!
I've actually found this very true in my own family. I think it's both a mellowing from age and because grandparenting is less stressful, so it's easier to keep mellow.
Cotton is great
Peggy: cotton did you hand him a loaded gun.
Cotton: well you don’t give someone a toy without batteries
My favorite line from king of the hill
Come and get your tootsie rolls.
Yeah, he's got some good one liners.^^
God damn it I was gonna post this comment! It's my favorite quote. XD
I mean HE ISN'T WRONG. Plus I think that episode was after Bobby and Hank did that shooting tournament together. So I mean Bobby knows proper trigger discipline. ((Hank made him take a firearms safety course during that episode.)) So I doubt Bobby would've accidentally slipped his finger, especially since he was shown to be QUITE the gunslinger in that episode.
Cotton always shows more genuine interest and affection for Bobby, who, lets face is, is one weird-ass kid, than either of his parents.
Grandparents love thiere grandkids no matter what and also get releif from there sins. My grandpa used to make fun of the fat people and guess who always brought me seconds and thirds hahaha
@@Doors067 Your grandpa probably just didn't want you to starve lol
I doubt he saw bringing you food as "making up for his sins" against fat people, especially since he probably never changed his mind about them in the first place.
Grandparents are just like that, man. They don't want their grandkids to go without. It's because a lot of them grew up during the Great Depression and food was scarce in their time, so they subconsciously want to always make sure their grandkids are well-fed.
It's why a lot of old people also end up becoming hoarders. They didn't have a whole lot during their time, so they become attached to basic things to a point of becoming destructive to their lives.
I'm weird, too. Is weirdos here to stick together.
Bobby's only weird compared to the people who surround him. Bobby is probably the most mentally healthy person in the show.
@@Doors067
*laughs* Oh my god...that's rich. That's like saying ALL parents have unconditional love for their kids regardless of blood. If that was true? We wouldn't have child protection services.
Hanks obliviousness and genuine innocence is what's great , "it sure does get hot in the summer" is a great example.
Just like the "clove cigarette" moment.
Nothing beats Cotton constantly referring to Peggy as "Hank's Wife"
I liked the episode, where Cotton becomes the honorary ‘cop’ of Rainey Street.
NOTHING
@@bornwithclass2365 Whips butterfly 🤣🤣🤣
@@leociresi4292 "Sergeant Whippy!" also "I'M NOT SLEEPY!!"
I have also loved that about him.
Dont forget that Cotton is the reason Peggy learned to walk again after her skydiving accident. By using her hate as a motivator for her to * dance on his grave* only then to be cremated and flushed as his final request.
The man knew what he was doing the whole time.
Lol. No way. That's hilarious.
Cotton is playing 6D chess.
Yeah I seriously doubt that was intentional In any way.
The grave was just to be somewhere for GH to visit his dad cause cotton knew he'd be dead before he was grown.
Shi-shi sha! Dale is my favorite :)
I think the reason why Cotton is likeable compared to Peggy is that he knows what he is, whereas Peggy pretends she's a good person and uses her supposed higher moral code to excuse her behavior.
I think Peggy is a flawed and emotional individual, but mostly a good woman nonetheless. She's not perfect, but not a bad person either.
This was an excellent analysis!
"Except boomhauer for some reason"
The reason is actually really simple, he's actually a really down to earth accepting guy, at least comparatively to the rest of the shows characters.
He's only worried about P
He's a fed.
@@austinmccon2759 and that dang dog that wont shut up
I just thought he wasn't religious
He also makes pornos - remember the camcorder in his bedroom in the Canadians episode
The best Cotton moment was when Khan moved into the neighborhood, and they were asking him whether he was Chinese or Japanese. Cotton looks him and down and says “he’s Laotian.” He didn’t ask him any questions, he didn’t make any assumptions, he flat out knew Khan was Laotian.
That, in my humble opinion, has to be the irony that the other people who are usually more accepting just doesn't accept that they are ignorant of some facts, they try to fit what they know do constantly asking if japanese or Chinese because that is what they know. Cotton, being one racist (I heard, I haven't seen that many episodes of this show) and an asshole to others sometimes, and a Vietnam veteran who fought many Is the only one that addressed correctly to Mr. Kahns country of origin and so in theory by just this little thing he was the one who was respectful on this... Being by the character who doesn't respect anyone.
Sorry I don't know. I wish I could see more episodes of king of the hill because they are all awesome.
EDIT: I got corrected about cotton. He was a WW2 veteran, focused on the Japan front. Sorry for the misinformation. Now I want to see the show more.
@@fernandouseodysee5027 Cotton's a World War II veteran, he respects the Laotians because they also fought the Japanese. I assume.
@@SSFhighcommandJOHN Oh, I made a mistake. Thanks. I need to see the show. I forgot that detail. Because I asume of 2010s 2020s like timeline [brain freeze] so an old person would be a vietnam war veteran. The show is on the 90s so it is normal to have a ww2 veteran. But yeah, Maybe he distinguish because of his ww2 experience; maybe in some of the island in wish he fought there could have been more distingtions, or in a place like the philipines in with I assume there could be people from many places around all southeast asia. [Maybe also fought on korea? with that he could discard japanese and chinese very easily] Thanks for remind me that fact. But yeah, I find it funny that the most disrespectful character is the one respectful to mr khan, while others trying to be respectful fails in that regard. [But I haven´t seen the show, I don´t know how they speak to eachother]
It does make it confusing knowing that and then in his final episode he mistakes a Mexican for Japanese.
@@theanarchangel9163 sign of demencia, or maybe he doesn't care who is the group he cares... But more probably inconsistency in writing...
But also there are some Mexican with Chinese heritage... I am like a 1/8 or 1/16 Chinese, also 1/16 black but the rest is a distribution of Mexican (I don't know the ratio Spanish-indigenous, I am more or less white with little tone, a cousins has a darker tone. I have another cousin with dark tone and his brother is totally white, so in term of race "Mexican" isn't like a specific color). I have a brother that studied in Europe, Europeans thought he was from Georgia or near the Caucasus. I don't know why I wrote all of this; I haven't seen that part of the show so I don't know if it is clear that the Mexicans on that case were drawn as the stereotype of working inmigrant with a darker tone so it is clearly distinctive.
Cotton won me over when he taught Peggy how to walk again.
"You're going to dance on my grave"
Yeah, he was immediately sympathetic toward Peggy, in his own weird way.
I love how he unflinchingly lets her punch him in the face since it let her release pent up aggression, rewarded her hard work, and motivate her to keep pushing herself. They barely touch on it in the show but after his WW2 service he was in the army and later national guard so its possible that he was a trainer or instructor of some kind and he shows a real drill instructor personality and his "piss off the recruit, push them to breaking, rebuild them stronger than before" is classic drill instructor behavior and it worked.
I think this channel refers to their relationships as antagonistic symbiosis, and that seems accurate
felt this man's pain when he said, "church started at 7 in the morning and ended at 5 in the evening thats a whole days worth of video games out the window" my heart breaks for that.
And I thought Mirmon church lasting 3 hours was bad. But with travelling there being over an hour sometimes plus adults talking to one another hefore and after, getting ready to go to church... It did last all day 😢
What denomination is this? Im a catholic and mass NEVER goes this long, unless its a special mass like easter or christmas. Also never found a women priest.
@pewpewpew7824 I think Episcopalian churches let female ministers but I have no idea which denomination has an entire day's worth of mass lol. I consider myself a religious guy but even I don't think I could handle that.
I’m pretty sure it’s a black church thing.
My favorite cotton line in the whole series is “he’s Chinese….” “No he ain’t, he’s Laotian… ain’t ya mr Kahn”
Right haha
Bonus points for Khan's reaction, Man was a loss for words.
Dale said Japanese, not Chinese.
@@xxfalconarasxx5659 which is quite an important distinction here.
"I know why Bobby is the least conservative in the show, because 'that boy ain't right'" is an amazing joke on like 3 levels
Dude, seriously though. Pure genius
i didn't even think about it like that wow so good haha
Never thought about it like that, but now I'll never forget it for as long as I hear "That boy ain't right"
it's very funny, but it's literally just basic double meaning wordplay
came to the comments to find this XD
Being a bad person doesn't make a character bad. Infact it makes their good moments even better due to contrast
I agree. Cotton has his moments.
dude awful characters are amazing
Look at the Joker, Venom, stewie Griffin, or Rick. Awful people but extremely likeable.
@@KingVegeta300 yeah fr
@Raspian Kiadoalot of people could argue he's not a good person... it's just mostly those moments that make him look good
Cottons most redeeming quality is his love, enjoyment, and support of Bobby. Hank is always embarrassed or disgusted by Bobby but cotton loves him and all his weird quirks
In some ways they do act pretty similar to each other but I love that
Probably reminds him of himself before he went off to war. The Hole broke Cotton Hill... It didn't break Bobby.
You imagine that in war?
My grandfather is 76 and served in Vietnam. Their generation especially military men at the time were quite strict and private with their affection. I don’t think cotton is bad, he is just stuck in his ways like a lot of older people. He may seem brash and abrasive but I think he shows his affection in his own way, especially with Bobby
Dale certainly is a Daddy’s boy for a guy who isn’t his father.
Kinda analogous to Hank's relationship with Buck, I feel.
@@Amins88 Ditto. Hank like me has daddy issues.
I think it's because since he shut his dad out of his life because of the whole wedding misunderstanding, he long for a parent, but since his mom's dead and he is no longer talking to his dad he latched on to Hank's dad. Since they have been friends for so long they are practically family, he naturally gravitated to cotton, especially since he respects him so much for being a veteran.
@@riverbanzachamploo9725 True. Plus, his relationship with Nancy is a lot like that of a Mother/Son as well. At least Hank has a living, loving mother in his life.
So is Joseph
I hate aspects of Cotton Hill. He’s a terrible person at times, but he knows when to own up and take responsibility. My favorite episode of his was him letting Peggy dance on his grave after she barely survived a sky diving accident.
He's a strict father, ans his mottos aren't always the best, but he always tries to do what he knows best.
Yup. Cotton is far from a good man, but he takes responsibility, owns up to what he says, and hell this episode shows he's even willing to protect others.
Honestly I think Buck Strictland is one of the worst characters on the show.
Is it wrong... that I wanted Peggy to just fucking die in that episode.
@@aienma6660 maybe, I don't like her either
@@aienma6660 not... really
Okay, I’m gonna say this: grandchildren change people. A lot. My dad and I have never had a great relationship and he was fairly abusive to me as a kid. But I think he’d burn the world down for my child. It’s helped our relationship. I still have issues, but I’d rather him care for my child, then him be abusive to us both. And I think that’s cotton. He was a terrible father and person, but he’s willing to protect his grandchild.
Ya gotta love the Grandad Redemption arcs
Man that's rough, I'm sorry to hear that
But so long as you're happy
I wonder why that is, but yeah it was similar for my family too, my mom always used to say how awful and abusive my grandma was to her and all of us grandkids were always shocked and in denial when mom or my aunts would say bad stuff about our grandmother cause she literally was THE best grandma ever, and her kids would say grandkids did change her.
You got it pal. That's usually the way it works out in Millions of houses. Welcome to probably the biggest club on the planet.
I think this has to do with two things. First it's much easier to be patient with a kids bs for a couple hours a week as opposed to every day (like the parent). Second they've had a chance to reflect on how their parenting affected their children and can course correct with their grand children (while still holding onto their bad habits with their children)
King of the Hill's biggest success was not trope-izing its characters. Every single character had an overall character trait but they also had other angles that made them actual people as opposed to Flanderizing them to the point of being boiled down to JUST that trait. Its what made the show so endlessly relatable to just about everyone.
cotton is one thing that is highly rare these days and extremely valuable, honest. Not true, but honest. He may be vile and wretched, but he isnt hiding anything, and you know 100% who he is and what he is about.
In other words...he's based.
@@UnprofessionalProfessor exactly
People hide and manipulate so much nowadays, Cotton is from a much better time where men were far more honest and up front without worrying about the fees fees of others
@@guilhermehank4938 I wouldn't say it was a better time
@@speltcaster3186 Well it sure is looking better then the times we are in now lol.
Cotton is a bastard, but he's a great character. He also hates Peggy, and for that he has my undying respect.
Anyone who hates Peggy is a respectable person in my eyes
Dont forget that he gave Peggy a dance on his grave
I haven't seen the show in age's why does everyone hate Peggy again
Peggy is a 90s karen
@@yourdad-xf4gv My reason is she's an arrogant bitch that almost always got what she wanted in the end.
"If the baby turns out like you, he will not abandon it." That made me howl. 😅
I could NEVER hate him, because whenever I saw him in an episode I knew it was going to be a fun entertaining ride.
One of my favorite moments in KotH is when Hank and friends worry about how Cotton will react to Kahn, considering he's (Cotton) a WWII veteran, so they assume the worst. Cotton meets Kahn and casually deduces that he is Laotian based on appearance and it no point shows animosity. I can't tell you how many veterans I met that served overseas who were EXCELLENT with noticing this sort of stuff, so it always got a hearty chuckle out of me.
They had to be able to tell who's an enemy and who's an ally.
The best part is, is no one else knew what the hell a loatian was. Cotton gets there and just comes over looks him up and down, and says no he's a loatian. The look on Kahn's face is priceless
@@betenoire1145 LAOTIAN
So, are ya Chinese or Japanese?
That's definitely one of my favorite Cotton moments. It subverts the trope in media where travel to and knowledge of exotic countries somehow makes you a better person.
Cotton is so comedically hateable he’s lovable, much like how Cartman ends up being for South Park
love me some cotton! especially when hes up to shenanigans with his best good buddy Topsy!
This is the best analogy 💯💯💯
Also he killed fitty men
Except Cartman isn't a veteran and hasn't done anything redeemable
@@Totentanz2440 He plays with Clyde frog
I know cotton did this in the show to show character but it’s wild none of the characters realized Bobby would get no punishment for admitting what happened other than a bit of embarrassment and honestly I think Bobby needed it
The episode where he tells Hank he did his best when he tried to defend him from the Vietnam vets going through PTSD and him helping Peggy walk again after her skydiving accident was sweet.
Cotton Hill: awful human being, great character. I'll never not love the fact he *literally* died to spite Peggy. I mean, he was a gonner anyway but he actually got her to declare her sincere condemnation of him to a long, miserable life and only then did he let go just to spite her. Fucking legend.
Spiting Peggy is a virtue.
You ever die just to flex on someone?
@@andrewjenkins1914 you can only do it once
@@davidjones3165 sadly
I love how in one episode, Cotton legit screams at Peggy "get up here woman, and dance on my grave!" To motivate her to crawl up a hill and dance with him on the land he will be buried under.
“Church started at seven in the morning and ended at five in the evening”.
I’m kinda stunned at what church last for 10 hours. My church used to last for like 2 hours
Mine was 1 lol
@@lilflip272 Same.
catholics
Been there, done that. I'm sure a pot luck lunch was included in the deal.
@@lilflip272 , I’ve been at churches before where it goes from breakfast hours at restaurants/fast food places to lunch hours at restaurants/fast food places, so the idea of church lasting as long as 5 PM in King of the Hill isn’t the far fetched that people claim it to be.
Oh but my favorite Cotton moment is when Bobby said “ you want to watch me dance ding ding” and cotton was like “alright” and just kept the beat encouragingly to Bobby’s moves to a pop song. It was so sweet.
Cotton is probably the best family member. He's seldom what the family wants, but he's always what they need. He represents a time when thats all that mattered.
My favorite Cotton Hill line will always be from the very first episode he is featured in. He gifts Bobby a shotgun for his birthday and proceeds to shoot the pinata and proceeds to state "Well you don't give a toy without batteries!" after Peggy asks why he gave Bobby a loaded shotgun for his birthday
"Come and get yer tootsie rolls!"
Hi Dale!
@@ianfinrir8724 Filled with buckshot.
@@Grey_World1 bye, Dale...
Does nobody remember when he literally coached Peggy on how to walk and literally encouraged her in his own mean war hero way?
Pretty sure he helped her dance on his grave in that episode.
That episode had one of my favorite monologues in the show
"6'4, when he left for the war he was 6'4 when he came back, he was 5ft. The doctor said he'd never walk again, so the first he did was reach up and punch the doctor in the kidneys. I don't know how many men he killed, I don't even know if the doctor story is true. But I know what he gave for his country."
@@ChrisSuperDude yeah dude especially the fact that it comes from Hank himself
Cotton taking the fall for Bobby was a great moment, it proves there's a human in there
the animators really deserve a lot of credit. cottons facial expressions before the confession change as bobby reacts, he angrily calls him "stinky" then as bobby reacts to it you can see his eyebrows instantly lift and his face change in a remorseful way, without pause, while continuing speaking. An absolutely beautiful animation transition for a man with literal dots for eyes.
I can't hate the man, he's just too dang funny and for heaven's sake he somehow managed to flip several Peggy episodes on their head and turn them into some of the most hilarious in the series. His relationship with Bobby is certainly interesting, as is the juxtaposition between that relationship and that between him and Hank. At the end of the day at least Cotton lives with the consequences of exactly who and what he is, he doesn't expect anymore sympathy from others than that he gives others (which interestingly enough almost seems to be a part of the friction between him and Hank, Hank constantly giving him an undeserved benefit of the doubt rather than stand up for himself) and he stays consistent with that philosophy, no matter how toxic it might be, right up to his death bed. Does any of that make him a good person, absolutely not, but he's still one of the best king of the hill cartoon character.
Mr... Shackleford is it? We've been meaning to contact you about your outstanding credit card debt.
There's no Peggy Hill when it comes to Cotton. It's Hank's wife
Love the episode when he returns to Japan and finds out he has a Japanese son who looks like Hank.
@@EZOnTheEyes *pocket sand!* Shh shaw!
I loved Cotton the moment he called out Kahn for being Laotian. His eagle eye there appealed to me.
That scene was great since it proved that Cotton may be a hate filled bastard but he's not a racist. Despite his not so poltiically correct way of speaking (like calling Japanese people "Tojo's") and despite having his shins shot off he doesnt hate Asians in general or even Japanese people specifically. His identification of the Lao makes sense too since Laos was against the Japanese in WW2 and until the Vietnamese and Chinese started pushing into the region Laos was anti communist as well.
@@arthas640 A lot of WW2 vets that served fighting the Japanese can tend to sound racist, but it's not really that simple. It's that the hate for PH and the things the Japanese did to their friends pushed this way of speaking about certain peoples. Even today there are US vets who still have a bloodboiling hate for the Japanese, and will use language like 'Nip' or "Jap" since that's what they used so long and know how to identify them as their enemy.
I could honestly care less about PC culture, I'll never say that to someone whom I meet and see as a friend or neighbor, but if I think they do bad things or are bad influences, and am brought to such a level of hate, I'll probably use such words. Same thing I have with blacks, if they're going to use racist words on me, I will fire back at them cause I'm a person who is tired of conforming and letting them get away with such bs.
Which is why I like Cotton, yeah he's an A-hole, but he's seen a lot and done a lot, so him being able to still tell different asians apart is nothing short of hard learning and seeing what happens when you can't tell the difference.
@@arthas640 Which brings up the question which is worse: being racist or being generally filled with hate?
@@digitalminimalism9083 Being filled with general hate would mean you disperse it equally and no one group is getting away scott free, so therefore all people are sharing the pain together and it can be of bitter comfort. Being racist and sexist and transphobic and every other specific hate-type out there is just putting one specific group down to advance the agenda of another, a lonely suffering that can be more easily systemized due to less hassle overall.
Ah yes, racism is a wonderful quality. Cuz it does so much fucking good doesn't it? How is the KKK helping our world these days?
Cotton has always been one of my favorite characters. The way he’s portrayed makes him entertaining to watch and funny as well.
Cotton: "...but not in the face. That's how I makes my livin'!"
Hank: "How you make your..."
Cotton: "Send 'em in!"
Cotton is a terrible father, but interestingly he raised a better one because of it. I do not encourage that scenario. Still, Cotton is a top contender for best character in this show if you ask me. He's funny, he's terrible, he's aware of it and sometimes makes up for it.
Cotton said as much to Hank. Basically, Hank is the better father because of Bobby.
Believe it or not, sometimes kids with bad paren't do actually grow into good parents, out of a determination to be better than their parents were.
It’s interesting how good can be drawn from the bad. You don’t wanna justify the bad because of it. But there is hope to be found in it as well.
And he’s a great grandfather
@@pleaseshutup7053 who's his great grandchild?
One thing a lot of people miss about this episode, Arson is up to 30 years in prison. Cotton was willing to spend the rest of his life in prison to protect his grandson. He may have been a terrible father to Hank, but Hank never fucked up this bad, can't say he wouldn't have made a sacrifice like this to protect his son.
Not to mention the fact that since people thought he burned down a church due to sexism that's an added hate crime which makes things even worse for him.
@@arthas640 is it a hate crime against the woman or the church or both ?
@@painvillegaming4119 church. Targets an entire group (Christian's or protestants in general, Methodists specifically), he wasn't targeting women in general even if he is sexist. Burning religious buildings (on purpose) is a hate crime in most places whereas just targeting a singular person is just a crime crime
@@arthas640 Aight am just asking
@@painvillegaming4119 when it aired the church, now both (I don't agree with it, but that's just the way it is)
Hulk Hogans theme when Cotton walked through the door had me dying for 10 minutes 😂
I think that’s the case for anyone that knows the song as it’s surprisingly fitting in a really messed up way and we all love it for all the wrong reasons.
7:54 that’s one reason why I don’t like Peggy that much because she does not say her Spanish correctly.
Cotton is the "hidden heart of gold" character done right. He's genuinely abrasive and an asshole, but he has enough virtues and is funny enough that you feel "yeah, but he's OUR asshole"
In other episodes the joke with Cotton is you’re expecting him to say something bigoted and then he does the opposite. The funniest being when he corrects the other guys that Kahn is Laotian not Japanese without Kahn even making that correction first.
You almost get the feeling he is doing out of spite towards us.
"He's Laotion. Ain't ya, Mr Kaaaaan?"
I liked how even Kahn was impressed/surprised by that, because Hank, Dale, and everyone else always gets his nationality wrong.
And then he does another 180 and starts treating Kahn like a servant, because Laotians are servants in his view.
@@LauncherSpiderMk7 I think it's more because it has always been a stereotype where middle and upper class white families have hired foreign servants, usually those who are Hispanic or Asian. I for one actually think it's kind of funny Cotton did that with Kahn. 😂🤣😂 The look on Kahn's face kills me.
You cut out the best line!
Cotton - “If I can take a bullet for my grandson I’ll do it! Just not in the face, that’s how I makes me livings.”
Hank - “How you make your livings?”
Cotton walking into the church to Rick Derringer's Real American is Shady's best joke ever
I was looking for this comment. If only he started flexing lol.
I’d be lying if I said I could take seeing that without rolling on the ground laughing uncontrollably it’s already hard not to laugh with the music alone.
oh man, Deedee's line "he said if the baby turned out as good as you, he would not abandon it" being played as a sentimental moment did not strike me as hilarious until now for some reason
Cottons relationship with Bobby is the candle light in the darkness. It’s the one redeeming factor for Cotton. He was a terrible guy but he genuinely loves Bobby and at least he has that right.
Whatcha mean? Cotton is an all around, all American badass
@@wulfkriger3356 I don’t deny that at all, but as a father he was absolutely dreadful. He abused Hank and Tillie for years. He touches random women without permission and is just generally a sullen guy. His accomplishments in the war make him a badass but not a good guy.
@@lex4111 yeah but it had three desired affect in Hank's case. He became a good (although rigid and stuffy) man. And let's be honest, his mom probably had it coming🤷
@@wulfkriger3356 that’s fair enough. Hank is doing a great job at breaking the cycle he was apart of and I can only imagine the torment Cotton went through with his dad for him to act like that. But this is why KOTH is the shit, these are well written characters that have depth. I love Cotton but he is flawed as hell. I love Hank and he is flawed but you can see positive improvement from just Cotton to Bobby and that’s really all that counts at the end of the day.
@@lex4111 indeed. Great characters.
... Except ol' peg leg 😂
Cotton pulled out my favorite moment from Season 1. He was the only one that could tell where Khan was from due to his wartime training, and it shocked Khan speechless.
5:41 Every time Cotton makes an entrance/appearance this should be played on earrape level
The most important thing Cotton Hill does is disprove that disgusting "Bill is Bobby's real father" theory...
Disgusting? Maybe. But I wholeheartedly believe the characters of Peggy and Bill would do that
@@ninjafaceify Bill for sure, and Peggy, quite possible. Though thats not a jab at Bill so much hes just pathetic and will literally take anything he can get
@@LYNN-id9rb it did lead to an amazing fan fiction where Bill loses it and physically and emotionally breaks the Hill Family in one night.
How does he disprove it? I've never heard that theory.
@@GirlsBravoFan21 Because Bobby doesn't look like Hank and is an awkward kid people took to saying that Bill was his real dad, because he is awkward like Bobby. But Cotton looks like an older, wrinkled, tanned, white haired Bobby. So Bobby took after his grandfather in appearance and not his direct parents, which happens all the time in real life.
"Had to eat rats, kept the last one alive to eat it's droppings. Called it 'jungle rice', tasted fine." is just one of many things Cotton says that never fail to make me laugh.
"And I beat the last of em to death with a big piece of Fatty!"
He's a veteran, he had to go through survival training which includes catching wild rabbits and eating their intestines. The rats would be nothing to veteran.
@@diegobrando3409 I don't know, I'd rather eat a rabbit than jungle rice
"Those Tojos took my shins!"
I'm relatively new to this channel, i like to listen to videos like this at work work with my headphones in (I work overnight and generally by myself) when not listening to music, and and this channel popped up randomly a week or so ago, loved every video i listened to, and even subscribed just from listening not even watching, but i gotta say after watching instead of listening, keep it up Shady Doorags, even though i've only clicked on the king of the hill videos, you try and it shows, kudos to you my friend
11:33 Wow. That would have actually been...really beautiful.
I can't hate Cotton either. He reminds me a lot of my grandfather, both men were flawd and both were disfigured from their military service. My grandfather broke his back as a door gunner in Vietnam twice and was still able to walk, I'm pretty sure he killed more than fitty men.
Don't forget the women and children
@@gunnermurphy6632 war is hell
@@gunnermurphy6632 And babies.
@@robertsauceda4757 especially when you go out of your way to commit war crimes
@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 gotta do what you gotta do
He's a great example of hard men and hard times. They aren't the best morally, and they don't pretend to be. But they do the job that most people can't and that's admirable in its own right. He's a piece of shit, but he's human and nobody is the moral pillar of their society.
Oh great blimp turtle
The sound of her voice as her dish is pulled from the trash and she says " did anyone get to try some?🥺🥺🥺" just BROKE MY FREAKING HEART! Don't worry sweetie I'll have some 🥺🥰💔🥺🥺🥺
Imma be real, I would have tried it out of curiosity.
I’m not the biggest fan of fish but I would like to try it
i don't know how i never realized it before but at 12:45 i noticed Bobby and Cotton have the same hair just different colors
I always loved how Dale straight up abandons his family when he hears Hank shout fire. Or maybe he thought they would be in better hands with John Redcorn?
I might not have liked Cotton, but I loved him a lot more than I do Dale. Dale fucking grated my nerves on almost every episode he was on.
I love how you share my pain hearing Peggy butcher the name of a Mexican dishs
I mean everyone has an over the top hatred of Peggy I'm sure the majority share your pain lmao
As someone who's first language is spanish, listening to peggy try to speak spanish hurts everytime.
As someone with a Mexican mother I hate it whenever someone does, or just Spanish words in general
What makes it worse is that Peggy's ego makes her think her pronunciation is correct. Anyone else who would mispronounce the words only do so because it would be the first time seeing/saying the word and just needs practice.
I'm not offended mainly because all the Mexican dishes my relatives and people in my community (yes there's alooot) taste crappy. Like so bad that I've gone against the culture norm and cook for myself. But yeah her Spanish is ass
1:47 I know that feeling. Church started at 7 AM for us as well. The main service ends at 12 or 1 PM but there's usually afternoon to evening events that the church tends to pull on us. And my church is the Haitian SDA types that won't let us watch tv (unless it's Christian programming) or play video games until it's sundown.
Cotton had some real street smarts in the exchange between Hank, Hank's wife and Bobby.
Cotton was an abysmal father and just not a very nice person in general, but he was quite the grandfather for Bobby. To him, Bobby is what Tv Tropes calls a "morality pet", someone that a villain or jerk is constantly nice to.
I like how Peggy has the cooking skills of a college student and takes great pride in her dishes. She's like the living embodiment of the Dunning-Kreuger effect.
I love it when people try to "debunk" Dunning-Kruger. It just makes them prime examples of it's findings lmao
Ey don't diss us college kids lol, the only reason we don't cook well is because we don't have the cash to get the ingredients. Except for those frat people. They can't cook
No peggy sucks at cooking college students are much better.
@@thallium.81 there was one year of college I could make a bow of ramen look like it came from the capital grill
@@thallium.81tbh when you're on a strict budget and care enough you start to get even more creative
One of the things I like bout King of the Hill is that it gives you that 90’s Texas country feel in cartoon form
"You have my forgiveness and love."
"Thanks. I hate it."
How can u hate Cotton ? He's supposed to be awful, that's what makes him so hilarious .
Because he does that very very well.
Facts
Ah yes the "it's always sunny in Philadelphia" problem
I think those that hate him take his racism and the things he does seriously. Like they treat him like he real.
Edit: I don't care if he racist or not, I'm fine with him. I'm just referring to what the easily offended people say about him or characters like him, they usually throw all sort of accusations real and fake to justify hating something.
@@Underworlddream fr I don't get how people actually HATE this character, it's almost as if they take what he does personally which is dumb af
I don't hate any character in King of the Hill, they're all complex characters that are realistic, not just pure villains or heroes. You can understand how all the characters are the way they are through their backstories. This is just good writing.
I can agree with that sentiment with the main cast of characters I think. The principal for bobbys school of all people I detest pfft.
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@@GreaterGrievobeast55 cant stand john redcorn
I dunno man. I can't stand John Redcorn and his victim complex or Nancy and her lying, cheating ways.
Except Buck Strickland, I can't find any redeemable qualities of him, he even tried to frame Hank after he'd been the most loyal and dedicated employee you could ask for. Could be forgetting something though.
Favorite cotton moment is when hank introduced him to khan and said “dad this is my Japanese neighbor Khan” and cotton said “he ain’t no Japanese he’s Laotian, ain’t you mr khan”
How bobby and cotton interact with each other in the minute of the video, its so funny and so real, this show can bring tears to my eyes because of how good it is.
Boomhauer wasn't suspicious about a woman being the reverend because he respects women. It's well documented that he's very popular with the ladies and that they feel understood and appreciated by him
He also picks up women by repeatedly harassing them in a shoe store. Not exactly a feminist icon.
@@KnivingDispodia that is true, since he is also insecure and superficial
@@KnivingDispodia I wouldn't call that harassing; he asks them out, they either turn him down, they both move on with their lives; or ho out with him
@@DarkhalfBreed Except for the parts where he is making sexual innuendo, and he straight up grabs a woman's foot to put a shoe on it.
@@vulcanhumor oh right he did do that, I need to watch that episode again I just remembered him hitting on girls, walking away and trying again with someone else
My favorite episode with Cotton is when he and Peggy find common ground through disability.
"Come on up here."
"No thanks, I'm tired today."
"Woman, you make it up here and you can dance on my grave!"
The character arcs over the course of the show, including Cotton's, are one of the reasons it's so good! they are complex characters
The veggie tales refrence was everything. I just found your channel and king of the hill is probably my all time favorite show but I kind if got burnt out on it but now i want to watch it again! My daughter is growing out of veggietales and I'm sad though think I'll go watch some king of the hill after this.
Karen became part of the Church to talk to the Manager, God
Sad I did not think of this joke when writing the script.
"Good God, you've got a fat neck Hank!"-Cotton Hill
Bruh cotton is easily the best character, love that people can get all bent out of shape about him but those same people would NEVER be as good a grandfather or person. Cotton literally told everyone to shut up and not snitch so he could help his grandson. Best character
Recently decided to binge this show. I remember growing up and seeing a few episodes here and there around dinner time but never actually watched it. I just got done with the episode where he passed away last might and I lowkey kinda miss him ngl
i don't hate cotton either. Strictly on the bases that he's a veteran, and he has PTSD and never got the help he needed as most vets of his era.
People/Characters don’t have to be “Good” especially by modern standards to be loved. Negative attributes doesn’t mean they should be constantly attacked/ridiculed but it also doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t be stood up to.
Two big events I remember of Cotton throughout the show is him personally training Peggy, a person he doesn’t seem to respect much, how to walk again following her skydiving accident. Second, and maybe more impactful when Khan first moved to Arlen he was the only one to properly identify that he was Laotian without Khan telling him, while the other guys were still trying to figure out if he was Chinese or Japanese.
Always called him Mr. Kahn too.
The ocean? What ocean?
@@ZorroCeleste1 La-otian Stupid! We're from Laos. It's a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, located between Vietnam and Thailand okay?!
@@joeshmoe5169 - So are you chinese or japanese?
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I find myself rewatching your videos way too often
One thing I've always wondered about Cotton was what his upbringing was like because if we consider how poorly he treated Hank you can only imagine what Cotton's father was like.
Considering his age and the reality of the Great Depression....Well let's just say I doubt it was sunshine and rainbows.
@@LanMandragon1720 That's an understatement. Some people had to sell their own children just to survive.
@@supremecaffeine2633 Yeah it wasn't a pleasant time to be alive.
Cotton's most redeemable quality is how much he loves his grandson.
And GH
Actually insanely relatable tobme my grandfather Is a bit of a manipulative asshole but hed do anything for me and my family hes just misguided from a rough past.but I'm forever grateful for him.
8:40 honestly made me have to pause because I was laughing too hard
You know, I find it so weird that I got recommended this video on exactly the 10th anniversary since my church got burned down.
Peggy: I left lasana in the fridge.
Cotton: and I left it on the floor.
Legendary
The retiring minister looks awful young to be retired.
He's just retiring from the church. He goes on to minster via the internet.
@@ShadyDoorags He made an OnlyJesus
@@VagabondRetro You sir, need to stop!
@@kingdisasterdracula2017 Can't stop me, I got the Lord's Holy Bathwater
@@VagabondRetro Where can I find it? Askin' for a friend.
I love your idea for how the episode should have ended
9:21 what is there to take offense to?
I think something else that helps someone's perception of a character is how the show frames it. Characters like Cotton and Bender are funny because their behavior is deliberately framed as terrible and they kind of revel in it. But then you get characters like John Redcorn who I think the show would rather have us sympathize with, though God knows why. That's what tends to get under my skin at least.
In a way, yes, I can sympathize with a man who can never have a relationship with his child. I can at the very least respect John for not revealing his affair with Nancy to Dale or Joseph.
Yes, it's entirely by his own doing. But I can at least understand how he can feel the way he does.
The only time I felt bad for John was the one where dale helped him with his FOIA request, and he realized how f'ed up what he was doing was.
Were they trying to make John sympathetic? I thought it was just showing us what John thought of his own situation and was leaving it to the audience as to if we thought he deserved more or not.
I think Redcorn is a subversion of expectations, because Native Americans are typically portrayed in American media this way (sympathetic, especially in the 90s). However, John is incredibly flawed and I actually think we are NOT supposed to sympathize with him, except for key character developing moments. But initially not so much. I think John is a character a lot like the others in this show, incredibly human and flawed, a constant balancing act of good and bad, to various degrees. Just like Cotton actually lol
@@Amins88 understandable, though it's also a child he conceived with a woman who has no apparent regard for loyalty so I'm not sure why he thinks the same wouldn't apply to him. No idea why Nancy felt obligated to stay with Dale considering she was the bread winner and couldn't have cared about him that much. What gets me is that everyone knows about John redcorn and Nancy but no one says anything, Hank, Bill, and boomhauer know, Peggy knows, and hell even Bobby knows that something is up with Joseph looking nothing like Dale and a lot like John...some friends.
For me the moment I fell in love with Cotton was when Peggy was partially paralyzed and he used tough love to make her find the strength to walk again. I found that episode to be quite moving.
I think Cotton did that because it let him spite Hank as not as good at helping Peggy recover.
@@hariman7727 I don't think so. He never once gloated over Hank in that regard. I think he just hates incompetence and seized on an opportunity to see something done right
My favorite Cotton episode
Cotton being the best grandfather in this episode had me look at him in a different way and light plus he may not have been the best dad but he could be trying his best to do better
OH MY GOD. Your revision to the ending got me emotional.