![]() ![]() Because over the course of the next several seasons, we were treated to a pregnancy out of wedlock because of Elroy and Luanne, a marriage by the show’s 11th season, and finally, the final season when we were introduced to Gracie Margaret Kleinschmidt. As a result, when Luanne begins her tryst with Lucky, it’s the Hills that had to put up with the consequences.īecause of this, it was the VIEWERS who became the winners. Luanne was a very young girl, forced to move out of her parents’ house because of domestic violence and into the home of Hank and Peggy Hill. Written with way more vigor and importance, the Luanne-Elroy arc was one of the best-written storylines in the entire 13 season run of King of the Hill. In the show, Elroy aka “Lucky” was a stereotypical redneck with no education that just happened to “slip” into some money. As a matter of fact, ABC aired the latter half of the third season out of order anyway, and as such, the show’s finale still featured a childless Flintstones family. Now technically, The Flintstones did the whole “we have a baby on the way” bit first, but when Fred and Wilma were pregnant with Pebbles, the arc literally lasted only for a few weeks and aside from a few gags, the franchise never really dealt with some of the hardship that comes with having a kid. For those that don’t know, Elroy would marry Peggy Hill’s (the matriarch of the Hill family of which the show is based on) niece Luanne (voiced by the deceased Brittany Murphy) and the two would have a baby kicking off one of the most important arcs in primetime animation history. Not only was “Elroy” an important character in the lexicon of King of the Hill, Elroy was important in the history of animated television. ![]() Yes, I know, a lot of people remember him on The Simpsons in the episode “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” where he serenaded Homer Simpson in a lyric writing class, but by far and away, Tom’s acting voice should be known forever and always as “Elroy” from King of the Hill. ![]() Along with being one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, the recently departed Tom Petty was also a solid voice actor. ![]()
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