I just heard that again and I realized Mike Judge recycled that line in Idiocracy at the beginning when Frito is interrupted by Joe while watching Ow My Balls.
There’s also the implication of Ward being an incel, as he considers getting a girlfriend the normal way to be a waste of his “seed,” and would rather claim one as property through a mail order bride service.
Ward is a good example of "Your classmates didn't make fun of you because you liked d&d and anime, it was because you hissed at people in the halls.". Trust me, I was a huge dork in middle and high school (i still am), but I wasn't frikin creepy.
Yea ward is the kinda person parents don’t want there kids to be Mean I’m a massive dork to love anime and manga even went through the whole goth emo thing in Highschool but was never like these people fear me because of my power Guys like ward give geeks and dorks a bad name honestly kinda like some aspects of the Big Bang theory not all geeky nerdy people act like them or have delusions of superiority
Reincarnated people don’t recall their past lives generally unless they died quite violently and unexpectedly young. Not the case with the erstwhile Rinpoche-he lived to a good age before dying and showing up in Arlen
This is a crazy episode. Ward is a sad guy who really thinks he is all powerful when he’s just a guy who read some books and is able to do some magic. I like how Hank is able to see through this guy and half heartedly says he’ll kick his ass as the guy is so pathetic he doesn’t even deserve to be threatened like Hank normally would to anyone else.
Well, honestly, he knows human nature. Such as seeing how this guy landed where he is now in life it’s like yeah he can understand that. It’s definitely something he did not ask for. Hank used to be a jock in high school. Now, considering how he used to be a jerk to anyone who was overweight. It’s hard to say but he may have been a jerk to those like that. But now that he’s an adult all grown up, he understands that it’s wrong to pick on someone for being a geek. Like you can see when he’s using diplomacy, he doesn’t like make a straight up threat like he’s gonna kick the ass until the end. He says it like in a more sympathetic way understanding that this is the road you are in you didn’t ask for this. But ends with stay away from my boy or I’ll kick your ass
ward is a sad guy?? he's the leader of the coven of artemus, and he took the time to mentor bobby and all he asked for in return was a bag of potato chips. and more like ward saw through hank as some propane obsessed idiot who's afraid of the dark arts. hank can take his gas and blow up balloons or do whatever he does with it. good luck to you ward is right, YOU HERO
@@monkeycat48 The clip of Hank going "Yeah, High school bullies can be mean.." and then it cuts to HANK yelling "HAHA Fatty! You are FAT!" - cracks my ass up every time. I do appreciate that as an adult Hank has grown a lot though to the point where he realizes some nerd is just having a bad life. Hilarious, and cool detail.
Imagine if in the revival Ward did get a maiden from the east and his kid rebels against him thinking he’s weird and admires Hank. I’d be laughing so hard by Ward trying to cast spells to manipulate his kids mind and failing miserably.
I've seen debate on what the line meant, does it mean mail order bride, or an asian woman. I lean towards the latter due to the pattern between nerdy white dudes and fetishizing asian women
With Ward and da boys, it definitely feels like this whole thing started as a game when they were kids but they kept the game going for too long and they're in too deep to stop playing so they've resigned themselves to keep playing.
@judai24 😂😂😂 facts, when I was in Highschool some of the Metal guys got into with the Football players. Didn't end well for the jocks! Metal Heads were always chill ngl.
Idk if you count Wiccans as occultists, but most modern NeoPagans think the same way about dudes like this too. I am a Wiccan and if I had magical powers I wouldn't be a Pharmacy Technician xD
Seeing as king of the hill only has 2 halloween episodes I consider this an honorary halloween episode. at least it's more than always sunny's one halloween episode.
I knew a guy who claimed to do magic with the "ck" and he was really chill about it. He didn't bring up his specific beliefs/practices but he acknowledged that he does magic and while I can't say I fully believe in that stuff, I can't deny, literally everything works out in that dudes favor.
As a practicing witch who does magick, thanks for not being a jerk. Lots of people assume we all act like the dude in this episode when 99% of us are just rolling around in our herb gardens, collecting crystals (because magick but mostly because shiny), drinking tea, and making little protection wards or doing a spell to attract some money so we can make rent or Christmas shopping or smth. It’s genuinely a really chill lifestyle with most people who are actually interested/believe in it (which it’s perfectly fine and understandable when people don’t as long as they aren’t unnecessarily hostile).
You know, Ward could really benefit from being in a theater group. I know he genuinely believes all of the stuff he says about his “power”, but I think if he had a place to really express that creative energy he CLEARLY never got to share as a child he could probably thrive.
ward is the man and it's obvious hank was scared of his magick. that's why hank only threatened to kick wards ass instead of actually doing it, he knew all about wards terrible powers. ward also took the time to train bobby and all he asked for in return was a bag of potato chips. good luck to you ward and happy 5020 this year, YOU HERO
ive seen too many youtube mini-docs about Discord and Twitter groomers to not see this episode and be incredibly worried about Bobby hanging out with these older social rejects. Almost drinking dog blood was the least awful thing that could've happened to him.
I hung out with someone about this guy's age when I was Bobby's. He was chill as fuck, introduced me to dbz bt3 and other games lile Borderlands. Got me into more anime, gunpla. Just a really cool dude.
@@iwriteseoarticlesin12hours25he also isn't the best translator but still made a ton of money translating old books, taught botany101, and promoted the goth band Radio Werewolf online when it counted.
11:55 interestingly it seems like everyone in the magick circle but Bobby are lacking father figures, something this line and the earlier ward's mother scene explicitly point out
I'm wondering if Ward maybe has manic depression. Like he's actually so miserable that his life is so pathetic, that he's deluded himself into thinking he's a powerful sorcerer as a coping mechanism.
funny thing I just picked up on a few minutes ago. the Asian kid who wins the role from Bobby, Ken Hayashi. I noticed his name in the credits of a few episodes and after researching found out Ken Hayashi, Ward Rackley, a few other names on the list Bobby checks at the beginning, they're all staff members. don't ask me what exactly they did but they're in the credits for something.
That one nerd who brought the blood and who’s mom is dating a veterinarian sounds like kind of veterinarian I wouldn’t trust too take care of my dog’s.
That ending quote was the occasional proof Peggy was right. Ward was a fun character that should live rent free in the part of our social mind to remind gents to get a grip and a life when things get bad, REALLY BAD.
This had one of my favourite Carl Moss lines *Bobby starts "conjuring a spell" Carl: "I can't have him praying in my office, the school board's VERY clear on that"
I am a Wiccan. And I love this episode because I've known so many Wards. I always tell them: "If Wicca gave you empirically real supernatural powers, I wouldn't work in a Pharmacy."
I knew this witchy girl in highschool. Her boyfriend was being creepy so she and her friends decided to hex him. I told her to get a restraining order and beat the crap out of him.
Yeah. This is one of those episodes where in real life Hank would've just called the cops if that weird guy kept hanging around his son. I liked it in that one where that guy that blocked a kick bullied Khan, they actually DID call the police, and they only had to take matters into their own hands once the police proved to be useless.
I freaking loved this episode as a kid. And, yes, growing up I am a wiccan now and have been for about 10 years. These guys feel more like LARPers who get their spells from a dnd manual. Makes me laugh though.
Yeah, Dan and Dave are just producers. They’re not actually the creators of the whole song of ice and fire thing. The only problem is George R Martin plays trust in those guys in making his story a show. Such as they started doing things their own way, even making the story shorter because they wanted to go on and do other things. So they decided to rush it instead of taking their time making longer episodes they decided to make the episodes much faster like season eight was a disaster. I could not believe what I was watching. They focus all this hyped up attention that the army the dead is on the loose that we need everybody to stand against it. All of a sudden they’re defeated in episode three. That makes no sense that already I had to be the Arya stark had to be the one to do it. the writing the change, Daenerys went through in the end having Jon go back to the wall. Yeah, that is stupid like literally stupid. I feel like the season. Eight finale was done by children. As bad as it says, that show the finale wasn’t as worth compared to the start of the halo TV show
What I wonder is, were Ward and his crew delusional? Or did they all know they were powerless and just enjoyed playing pretend? If the former, I wonder how he reconciled that he was busting his butt at a video store instead of ruling a mansion or cursing anyone who threatened to give him a wedgie?
This definitely feels like a game they started as kids but they kept it going way too long and now they're in too deep to stop playing, because to stop playing means they wasted their lives.
One of my all-time favorites. There’s this really chilled-out atmosphere to it. KotH really excelled at small details, and all the ones in this episode evoke so much nostalgia. The Coven’s lair in a wood-panel basement with heavy metal posters and fantasy decorations, the video store, the punks who took their spot at the bonfire in the woods…Man what a time capsule.
Could not click the video fast enough. This is in my top four episodes, I worked at a Godfathers Pizza with s guy JUST like Ward, named Kenneth. Complete gatekeeper, anime, videogames, music you name it. He was an asskisser who thought himself a manager. He couldn't hold a broom, mop, or any stick longer than three ft without spinning it around doing ninja moves like a discount Donatello. Even the long hair and arrogant personality despite never working a job above minimum wage. He's still there a decade later. He was even there in the mid 2000s when I was in high school getting water cups id fill with Mr. Pibb
God, yes. It’s always fun when a future Ward joins our server and is like “who is the most powerful one here” and everyone reacting to the LARPer like a LARPer makes him go “ah so it must be me then” Like, gtfo. Also the people who act like they were born with more innate talent. I’ve done tons of spells, all of them worked fantastically, some of them achieving seemingly impossible feats. Literally anybody else could have done them too, I’m not special. The spells worked because everything in them was meant to work like that. These people would bake a cake from Betty Crocker and then claim to have been blessed by the baking gods to be a Master Baker, no certs required. The people who act like Ward, the people who demand spells with no respect towards actually figuring out what they are or why they work (thus using crappy spells they found online because they don’t understand anything about associations), and the people whose interest literally starts and ends at baneful should all go sit in a box together and fight it out.
This reminds me of the time as a college Freshman when I visited a group that did "Dagorhir", which was sort of like LARP but more focused on the fencing than the D&D stuff. I liked the idea of learning how to sword fight like a Cossack or a Samurai or something, so why not? So I met them at the park on one fateful Saturday, after I had done my studying. They got unreasonably pissed any time someone accidentally hit them in the head during a sword fight, which was kind of hard to avoid because everyone basically left their heads exposed, so people would always be grazing each other's faces left and right, even the experienced warriors who weren't even aiming for the head. I was told that in a real match, someone might punch me in the face for an accidental headshot with a foam toy sword. A group of older guys at the park trolled us by having kids run up to hit us with foam pirate swords, which was pretty hilarious. One of the older "paladins" yelled at a kid for hitting him in the head, and the based boomer who unleashed the kids on us mocked him. It was very hard not to laugh. I just pretended to die when the kids "attacked" me and played along with it, but apparently there was some kind of ongoing beef between the normal people and this club I was with. They also spent a surprising amount of time debating whether or not a man can be raped, as well as discussing Stephen Universe lore. I quickly decided that I would rather spend my free time doing something more worthwhile, like reading a book or being asleep.
"Whether or not a man could be r*ped" Yeah, you definitely could spend your time better by reading a book or sleeping. I can't believe that's even a debate anyone still has.
"He's going to live with his mother until she dies... maybe for a few weeks after." So, Chris-Chan if news of the Barb situation didn't happen when it did? XD Another great vid, ST!
That part when Hank says how wards future will be...about living with his mom and that chances are his mom's rotting body will remain with him, is literally how I picture Chris chan the day barb dies.
My absolute favorite episode of the entire series - known many Wards, known many people on the path to becoming Ward, known many people who, by just a bit of positive social interaction did not become Ward. Sadly, casting a spell on someone's a** with your foot will only push someone down the path to attaining Ward-hood even faster. Though it is still the best, most Texas line in the entire show, bar none.
Wow, I actually just watched this episode today. This is some crazy coincidental timing. Also, any chance you could do a video on Buck Strickland’s long-suffering wife, Miz Liz?
4:54 Nutmeg contains myristicin which produces unique hallucinogenic and deliriant effects when consumed in large amounts and is sometimes taken recreationally
As someone who actually is involved in occult stuff, this episode is one of my favorites. I've met so many wards in my life, good video as always brotha
Wow, tell us more about your novel writing days. I'm currently writing my first novel, and i did my research for 1,5 years, and since you mentioned you are obsessed with researching things, i'd be very interested to hear more
This episode absolutely cracks me up no matter how many times I see it. I’m a pagan, I even own three tarot decks myself for funsies and I’m gonna tell you I have 100% met too many dudes like the guys in this episode 😂 it’s crazy how far some people take obvious fiction and not actual religion. They think they look so cool when in reality actual “witches” are just idiots like me who think crystals and cards are cool and prob smoke too much weed in the backyard LOL
I have had quite a few Pagan friends over the years. Mostly they became avid hikers. While they were... odd, the spices and tarot and stuff, they were and are some of the coolest and most interesting people I've met.
@@cultreader9751 oh fr! People who keep it chill are the best, a little odd (even I’ll admit im a weirdo LOL) but we ain’t here to hurt nobody! A lot of it’s just really interesting stuff!
@@avrilisrockqueen I don’t think you’d call them a witch then since that IS the term for practicing pagans/wiccans, but I’m also not gonna knock someone for it either really. I’m not sure if it’s like, offensive to others? I can’t really speak for all tho
There’s a somewhat popular rightwing RUclipsr named Styxhexenhammer666 who reminds me of Ward Rackley. If Ward had come of age in the 2010s he would be like Styx
@@squirreltacticsthe resemblance is uncanny, at least based on appearance. I’ve never been able to sit through a whole video, and I don’t know if he’s as into the occult anymore, but I heard the comparison Once and it’s always stuck with me.
Styx is a published author under his real name, Tarl Warwick. He does strike me as a Ward Rackley, but a relatively successful one who has his own place and is married with children (and cats)
Ward would get along so well with Dale. I mean imagine if they made an episode where Dale had to hire an assistant and ward was the only person who applied cause he got fired from his old job.
ward reminds me of all of those weird friends all had at some point of our lives. the weird friends that have you facepalming at the end of everything they say and you deny knowing them in public but at the same time you dont want to end the friendship because despite their weirdness they arent bad people just weird and embarrassing.
When I first saw this episode I thought Hank's objection would be the magick thing since basically all Christian denominations are pretty clear "don't engage in sorcery, that's worshiping Satan and a 1-way ticket to Hell," especially considering how he was so distraught over Bobby being the Dalilama and exploring Buddhism (a faith that isn't completely incompatible with Christianity, unlike Wiccan and the Occult).
Wiccan isn’t actually non compatible. There are plenty of Christian who use magick and you can always find them. It’s mostly Pagans who aren’t as compatible
Artemis being the eternal virgin is just the best joke in this whole episode.
Artemis is the Greek goddess of the Hunt and if you seen her fate incarnation she has this toxic relationship with Orion 🏹🧸
I mean, he ain't wrong.
@@ezekielburgos7800im confused what really happened ?
@lordkiza8838 she is sometimes referred to as the God of chastity its one of those lesser titles that gods sometimes get glued with
Bobby at 14:10 summarized my opinion on Akatsuki cosplayers.
Ward is the kind of nerd that other nerds make fun of.
He's more like the kind of nerd who tries to call other people nerds who are objectively nowhere near his level.
Example: Styxhexenhammer
@@skyjelly9790they even look similar
For real, though. Like Bobby says in the episode: even *I* want to give these guys a wedgie.
@@skyjelly9790I've seen someone else reference that person. Who is that?
Edit: nevermind. I looked him up. Yeesh!
@@skyjelly9790styxhexenhammer666 at least is smart in politics and has a wife and kid 🤷🏿♀️
“I cast a spell on his ass with my foot” has me rolling every time this ep comes up
I love that scene 😂
I just heard that again and I realized Mike Judge recycled that line in Idiocracy at the beginning when Frito is interrupted by Joe while watching Ow My Balls.
like fairy tail wizard
I can totally hear Red Foreman's voice in my head saying that line!
That was brilliant XD
The creepiest thing about Ward is that almost every member of the covenant are really young with Mitchell seemingly being the only other adult.
There’s also the implication of Ward being an incel, as he considers getting a girlfriend the normal way to be a waste of his “seed,” and would rather claim one as property through a mail order bride service.
A Peter Pan character basically
You just know that these days ward must have some creepy discord going in some dark corner of the internet
@@JS-wp4gs Or, for maximum entertainment purposes: on 90 Day Fiance, after finally finding his "maiden from the east"
@@JS-wp4gsthis takes place in the 90s
Clearly ward is responsible for the hills not aging despite Luanne having a baby.
His magic must be real
You may just be on to something.
@@squirreltactics the blood(tomato) spell was almost complete. Bobby gave up immortality for time looping
🤣
Fun fact: in a alternate ending in the season 12 finale hank reveals all the events that happened in the show took place in one year
@@J-RS21lies
Ward is a good example of "Your classmates didn't make fun of you because you liked d&d and anime, it was because you hissed at people in the halls.". Trust me, I was a huge dork in middle and high school (i still am), but I wasn't frikin creepy.
Exactly. When they are so divorced from reality and behave like deviants, then they shouldn’t be surprised when they get picked on.
One of my friends in highschool would wear ninja boots and a kilt to school, like at least once a week. Even this dude would give Ward a wedgie.
Yea ward is the kinda person parents don’t want there kids to be
Mean I’m a massive dork to love anime and manga even went through the whole goth emo thing in Highschool but was never like these people fear me because of my power
Guys like ward give geeks and dorks a bad name honestly kinda like some aspects of the Big Bang theory not all geeky nerdy people act like them or have delusions of superiority
Accurate. I spent grade three being a velociraptor when I stopped wow I made friends lol
@BR2225_ I have some Q's, would like a few A's, why did you do that for 3 grades
Seeing as Bobby is the reincarnation of a Buddhist monk, he should’ve known that coven was up to no good.
since he has no memory of his past life I think it would make it more difficult for him to know this
Maybe that's why ward saw so much in bobby, the power of the lama would make for a useful ally
To be fair, Bobby did know that coven was up to no good by the end of the ep, skipping the dog blood drinking and all, so Bobby still is wise :)
Reincarnated people don’t recall their past lives generally unless they died quite violently and unexpectedly young. Not the case with the erstwhile Rinpoche-he lived to a good age before dying and showing up in Arlen
The contempt Hank says when he’ll kick his ass is icing on the cake.
I get the feeling even Hank would give it a half kick, not a full kick
He'll do it solely out of duty
This is a crazy episode. Ward is a sad guy who really thinks he is all powerful when he’s just a guy who read some books and is able to do some magic. I like how Hank is able to see through this guy and half heartedly says he’ll kick his ass as the guy is so pathetic he doesn’t even deserve to be threatened like Hank normally would to anyone else.
Well, honestly, he knows human nature. Such as seeing how this guy landed where he is now in life it’s like yeah he can understand that. It’s definitely something he did not ask for. Hank used to be a jock in high school. Now, considering how he used to be a jerk to anyone who was overweight. It’s hard to say but he may have been a jerk to those like that. But now that he’s an adult all grown up, he understands that it’s wrong to pick on someone for being a geek. Like you can see when he’s using diplomacy, he doesn’t like make a straight up threat like he’s gonna kick the ass until the end. He says it like in a more sympathetic way understanding that this is the road you are in you didn’t ask for this. But ends with stay away from my boy or I’ll kick your ass
ward is a sad guy?? he's the leader of the coven of artemus, and he took the time to mentor bobby and all he asked for in return was a bag of potato chips. and more like ward saw through hank as some propane obsessed idiot who's afraid of the dark arts. hank can take his gas and blow up balloons or do whatever he does with it. good luck to you ward is right, YOU HERO
@@monkeycat48 The clip of Hank going "Yeah, High school bullies can be mean.." and then it cuts to HANK yelling "HAHA Fatty! You are FAT!" - cracks my ass up every time. I do appreciate that as an adult Hank has grown a lot though to the point where he realizes some nerd is just having a bad life. Hilarious, and cool detail.
@@michaelmagic988 _Your first test.. refill my Root, BEER_ like it's some magical root lmao
Imagine if in the revival Ward did get a maiden from the east and his kid rebels against him thinking he’s weird and admires Hank. I’d be laughing so hard by Ward trying to cast spells to manipulate his kids mind and failing miserably.
And he is still living with his mom.
"Probably from the East."
This line is so goddamn hilarious and incisive that I'm surprised nobody else has brought it up.
I've seen debate on what the line meant, does it mean mail order bride, or an asian woman. I lean towards the latter due to the pattern between nerdy white dudes and fetishizing asian women
With Ward and da boys, it definitely feels like this whole thing started as a game when they were kids but they kept the game going for too long and they're in too deep to stop playing so they've resigned themselves to keep playing.
Yeah, this is something me and my friends did when we were in Highschool.
I love how the metal heads kicked them out of their usual spot.
Same 😂
Good for them!
Ya you don’t wanna piss off or mess with metal heads
@judai24 😂😂😂 facts, when I was in Highschool some of the Metal guys got into with the Football players. Didn't end well for the jocks! Metal Heads were always chill ngl.
That dude Hank talked to: "Warlocks?!" *All bug-eyed and paranoid*. Lol
At the risk of offending real people;
This might be the most accurate depiction of modern occultists I have ever seen. Or at least the most honest
Not all occultists are Styxhexenhammer though.
@@skyjelly9790 no, most are just Ward Rackley
As someone who’s known people like this, I agree. Most of them aren’t dangerous sociopaths, just a bunch of harmless weirdos
@@skyjelly9790no but they are all cringe though
Idk if you count Wiccans as occultists, but most modern NeoPagans think the same way about dudes like this too. I am a Wiccan and if I had magical powers I wouldn't be a Pharmacy Technician xD
It's entirely possible we never see them again because they went to prison pouring the blood on a car and causing a crash.
😂😂😂😂😂
Seeing as king of the hill only has 2 halloween episodes I consider this an honorary halloween episode. at least it's more than always sunny's one halloween episode.
Shi sha!
I’d definitely agree with you on that, because outside of the Christmas and Halloween episodes, it’s the only one that shows the season changing.
The Pig Man episode is pretty much a Halloween episode as well.
@@Michael-590 definitely. That shit was dark.
I knew a guy who claimed to do magic with the "ck" and he was really chill about it. He didn't bring up his specific beliefs/practices but he acknowledged that he does magic and while I can't say I fully believe in that stuff, I can't deny, literally everything works out in that dudes favor.
As long as he didn’t get you to drink caninus spiritus…
@@Eric_1991 Tom Green tried to make me drink elephantias jizzicus.
@Eric_1991 no dog blood but he was really good at making tea. He had this blueberry tea I've never seen before or since that was crazy good
As a practicing witch who does magick, thanks for not being a jerk. Lots of people assume we all act like the dude in this episode when 99% of us are just rolling around in our herb gardens, collecting crystals (because magick but mostly because shiny), drinking tea, and making little protection wards or doing a spell to attract some money so we can make rent or Christmas shopping or smth. It’s genuinely a really chill lifestyle with most people who are actually interested/believe in it (which it’s perfectly fine and understandable when people don’t as long as they aren’t unnecessarily hostile).
@@tisvana18I used to have this book called "Modern Magick" by Donald Michaek Kraig, I think? I still remember how to do the LBRP.
You know, Ward could really benefit from being in a theater group. I know he genuinely believes all of the stuff he says about his “power”, but I think if he had a place to really express that creative energy he CLEARLY never got to share as a child he could probably thrive.
My favorite line in this episode: "Why do you always test me, Mitchell?"😆
"Not even close, I am 5,000." 🤣
Ward is probably my favourite David Cross character of all time.
"I want grandchildren! Will you fix this?" Is the greatest Peggy Hill line of all time.
ward is the man and it's obvious hank was scared of his magick. that's why hank only threatened to kick wards ass instead of actually doing it, he knew all about wards terrible powers. ward also took the time to train bobby and all he asked for in return was a bag of potato chips. good luck to you ward and happy 5020 this year, YOU HERO
I would joke how he grew up to run the channel Forgotten Weapons, but that would be doing Ian dirty.
ive seen too many youtube mini-docs about Discord and Twitter groomers to not see this episode and be incredibly worried about Bobby hanging out with these older social rejects. Almost drinking dog blood was the least awful thing that could've happened to him.
If one of them offers you a chalice, don't drink it. It'll be FAR worse than dog blood...
I hung out with someone about this guy's age when I was Bobby's. He was chill as fuck, introduced me to dbz bt3 and other games lile Borderlands. Got me into more anime, gunpla. Just a really cool dude.
@@derpdadouch3654 koth came from 3 decades ago the world you grew up in is gone
Yeah, weirder stuff could involve actually sacrificing an animal and then drinking the blood.
*Friendly reminder that Ward is NOT StyxHexenHammer666, and he HATES when this comes up, so DO NOT mention it to him* 🤣
Yeah, that guy got a wife out of his league, a happy family, and was early to a global pandemic.
@@iwriteseoarticlesin12hours25he also isn't the best translator but still made a ton of money translating old books, taught botany101, and promoted the goth band Radio Werewolf online when it counted.
Yeah but Styx is still a dipshit and a fashion criminal.
I absolutely love Styx! But I always used to think this exact thing, I'm glad he grew out of his more "shocking" phase. That's about all, peace out.😂
Hahahaha
11:55 interestingly it seems like everyone in the magick circle but Bobby are lacking father figures, something this line and the earlier ward's mother scene explicitly point out
I'm wondering if Ward maybe has manic depression. Like he's actually so miserable that his life is so pathetic, that he's deluded himself into thinking he's a powerful sorcerer as a coping mechanism.
Bingo! And not just in Magick, but a lot of people such as them from subcultures and scenes that I’ve encountered.
Yeah bipolar is a Weirdly common theme in my old covens
ward is the man. he's the leader of his crew and is a 14th level sorcerer. hank was also to scared to kick his ass
That or he has bpd
I saw it as he was mixing and matching occult and pagan so he could make his own cult
funny thing I just picked up on a few minutes ago. the Asian kid who wins the role from Bobby, Ken Hayashi. I noticed his name in the credits of a few episodes and after researching found out Ken Hayashi, Ward Rackley, a few other names on the list Bobby checks at the beginning, they're all staff members. don't ask me what exactly they did but they're in the credits for something.
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That one nerd who brought the blood and who’s mom is dating a veterinarian sounds like kind of veterinarian I wouldn’t trust too take care of my dog’s.
Honestly tho they probably have some dog blood in storage in case of transfusions, it's blood that's probably very close to expiration
3:18 "really? the great value chips?"
Yes! Great Value chips for Great Value wizards and sorcerers.
That's fair,. plus the BBQ ones are actually pretty good.
@@squirreltactics I do enjoy them occasionally as well lol
Finding out he was voiced by David Cross was wild. I'm a big fan of KotH and Mr. Show
Mike Judge & the producers had many celebs, singers do VOs 🎤
He's awesome in Arrested Development and Megamind. 😂
a fuckton of nutmeg will supposedly make you trip out. Never tried it. But that might explain the "Invincibility." They are Great Value Berserkers.
Great Value Berserkers 😂
FINALLY my fav episode! I’ve dated so many “Ward”s that it’s impossible not to laugh 😂
You have my sympathy.
Sounds like some interesting stories
One wasn't enough? Why keep going back to the same buffet?
@@WinterRaven25that humble pie was too tempting.
@@WinterRaven25 probably didn’t show the full ward till later
That ending quote was the occasional proof Peggy was right. Ward was a fun character that should live rent free in the part of our social mind to remind gents to get a grip and a life when things get bad, REALLY BAD.
This had one of my favourite Carl Moss lines
*Bobby starts "conjuring a spell"
Carl: "I can't have him praying in my office, the school board's VERY clear on that"
I am a Wiccan. And I love this episode because I've known so many Wards. I always tell them: "If Wicca gave you empirically real supernatural powers, I wouldn't work in a Pharmacy."
I knew this witchy girl in highschool. Her boyfriend was being creepy so she and her friends decided to hex him. I told her to get a restraining order and beat the crap out of him.
Were they as bad as Ward or even worse?
You are a heathen and will pay for it with your soul.
"I cast a spell on his ass with my foot" 😂😂😂
Ward and Mitchell give me Megatron and Starscream vibes 😂
... Now I have to rewatch this episode.
the fact that bobby was hanging out with a group of adults was pretty unsettling!
Yeah. This is one of those episodes where in real life Hank would've just called the cops if that weird guy kept hanging around his son.
I liked it in that one where that guy that blocked a kick bullied Khan, they actually DID call the police, and they only had to take matters into their own hands once the police proved to be useless.
Mitchell Jefferson is, of course, the most hilarious way to end a phrase like "the master of disaster".
I freaking loved this episode as a kid.
And, yes, growing up I am a wiccan now and have been for about 10 years. These guys feel more like LARPers who get their spells from a dnd manual. Makes me laugh though.
He’s the kind of guy who holds D&D sessions with his friends.
Yeah, Dan and Dave are just producers. They’re not actually the creators of the whole song of ice and fire thing. The only problem is George R Martin plays trust in those guys in making his story a show. Such as they started doing things their own way, even making the story shorter because they wanted to go on and do other things. So they decided to rush it instead of taking their time making longer episodes they decided to make the episodes much faster like season eight was a disaster. I could not believe what I was watching. They focus all this hyped up attention that the army the dead is on the loose that we need everybody to stand against it. All of a sudden they’re defeated in episode three. That makes no sense that already I had to be the Arya stark had to be the one to do it. the writing the change, Daenerys went through in the end having Jon go back to the wall. Yeah, that is stupid like literally stupid. I feel like the season. Eight finale was done by children. As bad as it says, that show the finale wasn’t as worth compared to the start of the halo TV show
He's the kind of guy that tries to hold a D&D session every minute of his life.
What I wonder is, were Ward and his crew delusional? Or did they all know they were powerless and just enjoyed playing pretend? If the former, I wonder how he reconciled that he was busting his butt at a video store instead of ruling a mansion or cursing anyone who threatened to give him a wedgie?
My opinion is that they believed it.
This definitely feels like a game they started as kids but they kept it going way too long and now they're in too deep to stop playing, because to stop playing means they wasted their lives.
A mix between pretending and believing because they pretended so often. They’re trying to hide from their mediocre lives, and take it too seriously.
I think they all saw it as a game except for ward
It’s too bad Bill Dauterive didn’t drive Hank to Ward’s place instead of John Redcorn. He would have got to meet Ward’s mom!
She might have been out of Bill's league.
@@squirreltactics I gotta disagree with you, bro. The Bill Dozer had that.
David Cross was perfect for Ward
One of my all-time favorites. There’s this really chilled-out atmosphere to it. KotH really excelled at small details, and all the ones in this episode evoke so much nostalgia. The Coven’s lair in a wood-panel basement with heavy metal posters and fantasy decorations, the video store, the punks who took their spot at the bonfire in the woods…Man what a time capsule.
Could not click the video fast enough. This is in my top four episodes, I worked at a Godfathers Pizza with s guy JUST like Ward, named Kenneth. Complete gatekeeper, anime, videogames, music you name it. He was an asskisser who thought himself a manager. He couldn't hold a broom, mop, or any stick longer than three ft without spinning it around doing ninja moves like a discount Donatello. Even the long hair and arrogant personality despite never working a job above minimum wage. He's still there a decade later. He was even there in the mid 2000s when I was in high school getting water cups id fill with Mr. Pibb
Not to shout out the competition, but I'm just realizing how surprised I am shady doorags hasn't covered this episode.
Ever since this episode aired, ived been on record saying " I cast a spell on his ass with my foot!"😂
There are so many Wards in Pagan communities, it becomes infuriating to read through them at all.
God, yes. It’s always fun when a future Ward joins our server and is like “who is the most powerful one here” and everyone reacting to the LARPer like a LARPer makes him go “ah so it must be me then”
Like, gtfo. Also the people who act like they were born with more innate talent. I’ve done tons of spells, all of them worked fantastically, some of them achieving seemingly impossible feats. Literally anybody else could have done them too, I’m not special. The spells worked because everything in them was meant to work like that. These people would bake a cake from Betty Crocker and then claim to have been blessed by the baking gods to be a Master Baker, no certs required.
The people who act like Ward, the people who demand spells with no respect towards actually figuring out what they are or why they work (thus using crappy spells they found online because they don’t understand anything about associations), and the people whose interest literally starts and ends at baneful should all go sit in a box together and fight it out.
This episode was my first knowledge of occult practices and tarot cards and started a rabbit hole when I was 14.
I'm kinda surprised this channel hasn't blown up, you make great videos
He’s awesome
Squirrel Tactics 2024!
He'll be the best Alderman our district ever had!
Great episode dude! Your work is getting better and better.
Thank ya
This reminds me of the time as a college Freshman when I visited a group that did "Dagorhir", which was sort of like LARP but more focused on the fencing than the D&D stuff. I liked the idea of learning how to sword fight like a Cossack or a Samurai or something, so why not? So I met them at the park on one fateful Saturday, after I had done my studying.
They got unreasonably pissed any time someone accidentally hit them in the head during a sword fight, which was kind of hard to avoid because everyone basically left their heads exposed, so people would always be grazing each other's faces left and right, even the experienced warriors who weren't even aiming for the head. I was told that in a real match, someone might punch me in the face for an accidental headshot with a foam toy sword.
A group of older guys at the park trolled us by having kids run up to hit us with foam pirate swords, which was pretty hilarious. One of the older "paladins" yelled at a kid for hitting him in the head, and the based boomer who unleashed the kids on us mocked him. It was very hard not to laugh. I just pretended to die when the kids "attacked" me and played along with it, but apparently there was some kind of ongoing beef between the normal people and this club I was with.
They also spent a surprising amount of time debating whether or not a man can be raped, as well as discussing Stephen Universe lore. I quickly decided that I would rather spend my free time doing something more worthwhile, like reading a book or being asleep.
"Whether or not a man could be r*ped"
Yeah, you definitely could spend your time better by reading a book or sleeping. I can't believe that's even a debate anyone still has.
they should have worn football helmets or something lol
I Remember This Guy From The Episode "The Witches 🧙♀️ Of East Arlen".
"He's going to live with his mother until she dies... maybe for a few weeks after."
So, Chris-Chan if news of the Barb situation didn't happen when it did? XD Another great vid, ST!
I'm honestly the most surprised that Ward and Mitchell knew where the Shortstop would stand...
I though the same thing. Probably got bullied to do sports and sucked at them
Can you belive ward was wearing socks with his sandals
YOOOOO IM LOVING THE KOTH CONTENT! Thank you for all your time and effort it's really allowing me to take a trip down memory lane!
I'm glad I am not the only one who quotes "Today, Merlin!" way too often.
all David Cross characters are great, no matter what
I said it somewhere else, but David Cross is really good at playing characters you want to smack upside the head.
Another really well written episode. Such a hilarious offering. Love it!
"I cast a spell on his ass with my foot."
Red Foreman nods approvingly.
That part when Hank says how wards future will be...about living with his mom and that chances are his mom's rotting body will remain with him, is literally how I picture Chris chan the day barb dies.
So many "Wards" in the Pagan/Wiccan community. Makes finding and/or joining covens a challenge when so many have a "Ward" or more.
If you think your coven doesn't have a Ward, that's because you are the Ward.
Ward is the kind of pagan that other pagans stay away from
Destroyus...Bobyist....Hillist!
Me: 😂😂😂
🤣
Ward is the a more stable version of Chris Chan.
My absolute favorite episode of the entire series - known many Wards, known many people on the path to becoming Ward, known many people who, by just a bit of positive social interaction did not become Ward.
Sadly, casting a spell on someone's a** with your foot will only push someone down the path to attaining Ward-hood even faster.
Though it is still the best, most Texas line in the entire show, bar none.
"About to cast a spell on his ass with my foot!"😂😂😢
This was a weird time for me
You ain't right.
Even Dale would say Ward is weird
Wow, I actually just watched this episode today. This is some crazy coincidental timing.
Also, any chance you could do a video on Buck Strickland’s long-suffering wife, Miz Liz?
She's on the list.
MIZ LIZ! TWO HOT TODDIES!
@@squirreltacticsthanks, Sugarfoot.
Best episode in the series in my opinion. More laughs and memorable lines than any other.
4:54 Nutmeg contains myristicin which produces unique hallucinogenic and deliriant effects when consumed in large amounts and is sometimes taken recreationally
As someone who actually is involved in occult stuff, this episode is one of my favorites. I've met so many wards in my life, good video as always brotha
Know when to hold 'em, Squirel Tactics.
King of the Hill had a magickal ability (with a -ck) to remove the pomp and prestige of life, revealing the humanity and absurdity of everything we do
Ward went on to have a lucrative RUclips career as Styxhexenhammer666.
Wow, tell us more about your novel writing days. I'm currently writing my first novel, and i did my research for 1,5 years, and since you mentioned you are obsessed with researching things, i'd be very interested to hear more
One of my favorite episodes 🤩
I wished king of the hill was still on the air. I would have loved how this show would have handled bobby being a brony/furry or such.
5:12 im suprised this isnt a meme yet
13:58 god what ward does here deserves a GIF
Honestly when I saw this episode as a teenager I wished I was in the king of the hill universe so I could find these guys and kick their A$$es
Great performance by the comedian David Cross as Ward in this episode.
This episode absolutely cracks me up no matter how many times I see it. I’m a pagan, I even own three tarot decks myself for funsies and I’m gonna tell you I have 100% met too many dudes like the guys in this episode 😂 it’s crazy how far some people take obvious fiction and not actual religion. They think they look so cool when in reality actual “witches” are just idiots like me who think crystals and cards are cool and prob smoke too much weed in the backyard LOL
I have had quite a few Pagan friends over the years. Mostly they became avid hikers. While they were... odd, the spices and tarot and stuff, they were and are some of the coolest and most interesting people I've met.
@@cultreader9751 oh fr! People who keep it chill are the best, a little odd (even I’ll admit im a weirdo LOL) but we ain’t here to hurt nobody! A lot of it’s just really interesting stuff!
@@avrilisrockqueen I don’t think you’d call them a witch then since that IS the term for practicing pagans/wiccans, but I’m also not gonna knock someone for it either really. I’m not sure if it’s like, offensive to others? I can’t really speak for all tho
@@avrilisrockqueen True! Thanks for the info!
This is my FAVORITE episode. It ironically made me wish I could find a coven of nerds to play D&D with.
the Rush music is so true to life
There’s a somewhat popular rightwing RUclipsr named Styxhexenhammer666 who reminds me of Ward Rackley. If Ward had come of age in the 2010s he would be like Styx
Never heard of them, but based off the name, I could see them being like Ward.
@@squirreltacticsthe resemblance is uncanny, at least based on appearance. I’ve never been able to sit through a whole video, and I don’t know if he’s as into the occult anymore, but I heard the comparison Once and it’s always stuck with me.
Styx is a published author under his real name, Tarl Warwick.
He does strike me as a Ward Rackley, but a relatively successful one who has his own place and is married with children (and cats)
"What's wrong with wearing socks with sandals?"
Love John Redcorn
I honestly didn't know why it was a problem for a period of time. I get it now, of course.
Ward Rackley and the Coven of Artemis sounds more like a middle-grade novel. "Dog Blood" sounds like a YA novel.
Ward would get along so well with Dale.
I mean imagine if they made an episode where Dale had to hire an assistant and ward was the only person who applied cause he got fired from his old job.
6:17 the fact the whole restaurant looks at them with weird expressions was something I didn’t notice until I took a closer look.
That short conversation is full of quotable moments. One of the best KOTH writing
First time I saw this episode, my mom thought they were going to tell Bobby to get blood from Ladybird...
Just noticed the visual design of Ward’s Coven resemble young, nerdy versions of Dale, Bill, Boomhauer and Hank. Heh.
Is Ward, Dale?
@@maxb5201he’s basically Dale if he got into medieval fantasy
@kademcarthur5362
Only Dale will make it, and himself more pathetic than normal
"And waste my seed on a common harlot!?"
I'm gonna use this if my wife ever accuses me of cheating.
"if you practice Magick with a CK, more power to you..."
*I see what you did there* 😂
ward reminds me of all of those weird friends all had at some point of our lives. the weird friends that have you facepalming at the end of everything they say and you deny knowing them in public but at the same time you dont want to end the friendship because despite their weirdness they arent bad people just weird and embarrassing.
When I first saw this episode I thought Hank's objection would be the magick thing since basically all Christian denominations are pretty clear "don't engage in sorcery, that's worshiping Satan and a 1-way ticket to Hell," especially considering how he was so distraught over Bobby being the Dalilama and exploring Buddhism (a faith that isn't completely incompatible with Christianity, unlike Wiccan and the Occult).
Wiccan isn’t actually non compatible. There are plenty of Christian who use magick and you can always find them. It’s mostly Pagans who aren’t as compatible