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Margaret "Peggy" Hill (née '''Platter''') is the wife of Hank Hill and the mother of Bobby Hill in the Animated Series '' King Of The Hill '', voiced by Kathy Najimy . She is also the Paternal Aunt of Luanne Platter . She is a substitute Spanish teacher (though her Spanish-speaking abilities are marginal at best) at Tom Landry Middle School and a Freelance Writer for the local Newspaper , the ''Arlen Bystander.'' Mike Judge developed the likeness for this character from former first lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson . Born in Montana to cattle ranchers in 1967, she moved to Texas for High School . Her mother was extremely critical of her, while her father was aloof and spoke in obtuse nature Metaphor s. These portrayals of her parents, from the episode "A Rover Runs Through it", are actually a Retcon ned version differing quite noticeably from the homemaker mother – and presumably equally suburban father – displayed in flashbacks in earlier episodes, "I Remember Mono" and "Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet". In early episodes, Mrs. Platter is seen visiting in the Hills' home, implying that she lives in or near Arlen, TX, and is on speaking terms with her daughter. These appearances are discarded by "A Rover Runs Through It" In fact, the suggestion in the later episode is that Peggy left her parents behind when she went to Texas, which is a significant alteration. A commonality is that in both versions her mother tends to be critical of her, albeit for different reasons. As a child, she was teased constantly for her unusually large feet and she remains insecure about them to this very day. Although she has a very normal height for a woman, her feet are abnormally large for someone of her height. She has great difficulty shopping for shoes, to the point where she often has to resort to men's shoes. Very big men's shoes. In one episode, when Minh and Kahn showed up to the Hills' for a housewarming party, Minh walked around in Peggy's shoes, pretending to be a little girl walking around in her mother's shoes. This, unsurprisingly, provoked a negative response from Peggy. Hank, trying to comfort her, accidentally stepped on her feet, even though they were standing roughly a foot apart. In one particular episode, it was revealed that Peggy's feet are even bigger than Hank's. In one episode she has to drive to Lubbock to buy a new pair of size 16 shoes after the specialty store where she usually buys them closes. In that episode, after being informed by a clerk that she now needs a size 16 and 1/2, and that she quite possibly could reach the "Big 2-0," she is approached by a woman (who is a sister of the "bigfoot gals" club, apparently) who gives her the card of a man who will make her feel "secure" about her huge feet. The man helps her to realize that her incredible feet are responsible for her athletic ability, great confidence and perfect posture (she has no back problems). He even makes movies about her considerable feet, promising to make her a star. It turns out he is a Pornographer specializing in Foot Fetish es, displaying her feet on the internet. By episode's end, Peggy comes to accept her large feet. In another episode, Peggy's abnormally large feet proved useful in defeating Luanne's unstable mother, Leanne, when Leanne became violent at what was supposed to be an engagement party for her and Bill. She eventually finds a shoe store that caters to transvestites, which leads to an uncomfortable situation in which she is mistaken for a man by one of the customers, although it does allow her to find feminine shoes in her own size. Peggy unseated Cissy Cobb (voiced by Laurie Metcalf ) as the Boggle champion of Texas. Peggy claims high intelligence, though she is often naive and impractical. Interestingly, Peggy's intelligence swings wildly, depending on the situation. Her Spanish (she mispronounces the 'favor' in "por favor" as in 'do me a favor') is one of the series' Running Jokes , and would make her appear to be something of a simpleton. However, in several episodes, Peggy has saved the day through some quick thinking, as in the episode where she finds the loophole in Robert's Rules Of Order that allows Hank to filibuster a town meeting to prove his point about low-flow toilets. Similar scenes occur in the aforementioned Cissy Cobb episode, when Peggy wins with a 16-letter Boggle word, and in an episode where she gets the Alamo beer company (a series staple) to recall a batch of tainted beer. As the series progressed, increased emphasis was put on Peggy's superiority complex and her egotism. She frequently aggrandizes her own accomplishments and is often unintentionally encouraged by others (such as her continual recognition as substitute teacher of the year). Her belief that someone can do anything if they put their mind to it often leads her into trouble when she takes the philosophy too literally; she often believes she can do something which she has no skill or background in doing. It is perhaps not the fact that Peggy thinks so highly of herself, but in her assumption (and expectation) that everyone else thinks equally highly of her, which leads her into predicaments. In one episode, Peggy assumes that an Actor , Eduardo Felipe, star of TV's Monsignor Martinez is madly in love with her and wants to have an affair with her not because of anything he does, but because of her presumption that she herself is irresistible. She also has the habit of using the phrase "in my opinion" when stating well known facts. Such as, "In my opinion, the day after Thanksgiving is one of the busiest shopping days of the year." She also has a problem of stating facts that are not true in any way such as "Swiss Cheese is not Mexican, its American". Proud and egocentric, in later episodes she tends to come off as arrogant and a know-it-all, and quite often has to be taken down a notch. Although she once became extremely jealous that Hank kissed another girl (from whom he caught Mono ) in high school before they were married, she was forced to confess in a later episode to have lost her virginity to a Gay male friend. She also was the last on the block (except for Dale Gribble and Joseph Gribble ) to realize Joseph's true parentage (and even then required Hank to spell it out for her), and would have told him, but for a last-minute change of heart upon seeing Dale and the boy interact and realizing that sperm may make a man a father, but a heart makes him a dad. She also tends to be gullible enough to fall for various scams. For instance, Cindy Wassanasong tricked her into taking over as Cozy Kitchen representative. An archeology professor once tricked her into signing off her property as a legalized dig site. Another time a scam artist tricked her into paying $999 for a fake PhD degree. Along with Luanne, she was even lured into a cult that wanted her to work in a jelly factory. She once claimed her song lyrics were stolen by country singer Randy Travis , though Mr. Travis (who was a guest star on the same episode) claims to have written them independently. It is later revealed that the lyrics (and the story which Peggy tells Mr. Travis inspired her to write it) were, in fact, Peggy's. Travis also steals an anecdote about her large feel and tells it to his audience during a performance. Peggy Hill is incapable of riding a bicycle as seen in the "Bill's House" episode. Peggy once ran for the School Board , along with Minh Souphanousinphone and Nancy Gribble to save the After-school Program . However, as the episode continued, Peggy, Minh, and Nancy began to turn on each other to win. In a classic example of her self-aggrandizing nature Peggy treats her run for local school board as though she were a candidate for national office, using a backgammon set as a fake briefcase and answering her cellphone with "War room". In the end, they all lost to a Christian Zealot , who plans to get rid of Biology , Geometry , the after-school program, and all "offensive" Encyclopedia s. After not having seen her parents for years, Peggy went to Montana at the request of her mother to see her childhood home one last time. To save the ranch from Henry Winkler , and in an attempt to win her mother's favor, Peggy was able to locate an old law that allowed them to transfer their cattle through the main street of town. Afterwards, Winkler allows them to use his land for their cattle drive. In what appears to be a moment between mother and daughter, Peggy expects a warm thank you from her mother but is instead blamed for the whole thing, her mother saying it would have never happened had she stayed on the farm. Peggy leaves accepting the fact the her relationship with her mother is moot, realizing instead that she should be focusing on her relationship with Bobby. |
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