Rich Hank, Poor Hank

Infobox Television episode
Title = Rich Hank, Poor Hank
Series = King of the Hill


Caption =
Season = 8
Episode = 8
Airdate = January 4, 2004
Production = 7ABE21
Writer = Etan Cohen
Director = Tricia Garcia
Guests =
Episode list = List of King of the Hill episodes
Prev = Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane
Next = Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill

Rich Hank, Poor Hank is the 157^th episode in the FOX animated comedy "King of the Hill". It was broadcast as the 8^th episode in the 8^th season, and was the last "King of the Hill" episode to use traditional cel animation. From this point on, the show remains hand-drawn but all painting and coloring is done digitally.Fact|date=June 2007 The episode's title is a parody of the novel Rich Man, Poor Man.

Plot

Hank takes Bobby wallet-shopping, and Bobby quizzes him about how much money he makes. Hank feels threatened and tells Bobby to mind his business. Later, Bobby hears Hank telling Peggy about his $1000 annual bonus from work and mistakenly gets the idea that Hank makes that much per day and is wealthy.

Bobby tells Joseph and Connie about his suspicions, and the rumour that Hank is wealthy spreads like wildfire. Hank is completely in the dark as everyone asks him for money; even John Redcorn comes into his office with a blueprint for a New Age Retirement Home for aging baby boomers. Hank tries to teach Bobby the value of a buck by giving him his allowance and then taking it away by charging him for expenses. Bobby is peeved and takes Hank's emergency credit card and goes on a reckless shopping spree, thinking that whatever he spends is only "a drop in the bucket".

The credit card company calls Hank, and he goes to the mall to catch Bobby red handed. Frustrated, he explains to Bobby that he is not a millionaire, and finally shows him the family finances. They return all but one of the items Bobby bought, which was a jet-ski. They contemplate selling it at the nearby lake, but the one customer interested in buying the vehicle is a bratty rich kid. To show that it's not broken Hank takes for a ride and discovers how fun it is. He decides not to sell it to the spoiled kid, right away, but rather carry it on his credit card for a while.