William Fontaine DeLaTour "Bill" Dauterive^[1] (born Guillaume Fontaine de la Tour d'Haute Rive) is a character in the animated series King of the Hill (voiced by Stephen Root). He is a sergeant in the United States Army, and serves as a barber at Fort Blanda near Arlen. The character is named after King of the Hill writer and producer Jim Dauterive. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Pilot is the first episode in the FOX animated television series King of the Hill. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... For other uses, see Army (disambiguation). ... A boy visiting a barber A barber (from the Latin barba, beard) is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves, and trim beards. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... King of the Hill is a satirical American animated television series produced by Deedle-Dee Productions, Judgemental Films, and 3 Arts Entertainment for 20th Century Fox. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... For other uses, see Sergeant (disambiguation). ... The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. ... A boy visiting a barber A barber (from the Latin barba, beard) is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaves, and trim beards. ...

Biography

Bill was born in 1960 to a wealthy Cajun family, and lived in Louisiana until he was six years old. In Episode 66 “A Beer Can Named Desire”, Bill and his friends visited his family’s estate, “Château d’Haute Rive” (“Manor of the High (river) Bank”). Bill is fluent in Cajun French but was unaware of this until he went home to visit and instinctively began to speak it. Later, he learned from his cousin Gilbert and his Aunt Esmé that the husbands of his cousin Violetta and in-laws Rose and Lily have died (Esmé, Violette, Rose, and Lily later die, as well, leaving Bill and Gilbert as the last surviving members of their family). However, Esme Dauterive was said to have a husband named Alfonse Dauterive who "lingeres in a room in the back." After "A Beer Can Named Desire," nothing is ever heard of this uncle again. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles and peoples of other ethnicities with whom the Acadians eventually intermarried on the semitropical frontier. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Cajun French (sometimes called Louisiana Regional French [2]) is one of three varieties or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation). ... lily is the best name in the whole wide world. ...

In high school, Bill, nicknamed “The Billdozer”, was Arlen High’s career leader in touchdowns, and held the distinction for over twenty years. He lost the record to running back Ricky Suggs in the fourth season episode “Bills Are Made to Be Broken,” which was inspired by the true story of University of Connecticut basketball star Nykesha Sales. Suggs breaks Bill’s record on a broken leg when the other team sympathetically allows Suggs to score the record-breaking touchdown. This causes Bill a great deal of distress since he feels his crowning achievement in life, that record, was lost unfairly. Since he never finished high school (he joined the U.S. Army in the fall of 1974, before that season ended), Bill is allowed back on the team for one game in order to try for the record. In a game-winning drive, he scores one final touchdown to tie the record with Suggs. He was given the opportunity to break the record again, but refused, saying that he only wanted to make things fair again (he had also broken and bruised several parts of his body during the drive for the goal line). For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Texas Longhorn quarterback Vince Young (center top of picture), now with the Tennessee Titans, rushing for a touchdown vs. ... P.J. Daniels was a star running back for Georgia Tech from 2002-2005. ... The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticuts land-grant university. ... Nykesha Sales on the Connecticut Sun Nykesha Simone Sales (born May 10, 1976 in Bloomfield, Connecticut) is a professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. Her primary position is the small forward. ...

Bill’s life can be described simply: What football and the Army did not take from him was siphoned off by his trampy ex-wife, Lenore, who he met passed out in his lap at a Molly Hatchet concert. Bill is little more than the shell of the person he was in high school, and his friends are rather protective of him (with the exception of Dale, who very much enjoys making fun of Bill's faults). Bill is overweight, bald, and socially awkward. He has poor hygiene and even worse self-esteem. He has often been seen openly weeping, displaying inappropriate behaviors such as dancing with a mop, burying pornography in the Hills’ backyard, and rooting through trash cans; he has even gone through some suicidal periods although an Xmas Eve 1998 breakdown over Lenore seemed to mark a rock bottom and he has been somewhat more stable since then. He also got involved with The Harmonoholics, an all-men's singing group that consumed his life and would have destroyed his Army career had it not been for Hank's intervention. In flashbacks and stories, it is implied that Bill was much more popular in his high school days. Lenore mentions that he was king of the homecoming dance on the day they got together; however, this may be suspect since he claims that the two met at Molly Hatchet concert where Lenore was passed out in his lap. Both stories can't be true. Hank even got a long-forgotten tattoo because of how much he admired Bill (that, and he was completely drunk). Molly Hatchet is an American Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1974, known primarily for their hit song Flirtin with Disaster from the album of the same title. ...

Bill’s slovenly and overweight condition was briefly thought to have been caused by his involvement as an Army test subject from 1982-1984. The drugs administered in the test were intended to create an elite group of Arctic commandos with walrus-like capabilities (excess body hair and fat, poor personality, etc.) that would be deployed in the event of war if the Soviet Union were to invade the United States via Alaska. It was later discovered that Bill was injected with placebos. Bill was then doubly horrified because his friends had listed many other negative traits that could be blamed on the drug tests, including his B.O. and his boring personality, but felt redeemed when they thought he'd been killed and they all tearfully said he was a great guy and they'd miss him, and after they found him alive they said happily that everything good they said about him was 100% true. The French Navy commando Jaubert storm the Alcyon in a mock assault. ... For other uses, see Walrus (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Placebo (disambiguation). ...

Relationships

Much like the narrator in The Raven, Bill pines for his ex-wife, Lenore. For many years, Bill held on to the faint hope that the man-eating, selfish Lenore would come back to him before finally coming to terms with his wife’s departure. As a consequence of his divorce, Bill becomes extremely attached to people or objects for whom he has affection, almost to the point of suffocation. In the episode “Bill of Sales,” Peggy learns that Bill can only respect people who are verbally abusive to him. When Peggy actually started being nice to him (even to the point of giving him a kiss), he lost interest. Also, because of his low self-esteem, he also has something of a foot fetish, so he is naturally in awe of Peggy's whopping 16 1/2 feet. Bill has such low self-esteem that anyone who's this disgusted by and indifferent to him is someone he wants to be with. Despite having a pathetic reputation, Bill has had several romantic escapades which include: For other uses, see The Raven (disambiguation). ... 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. ...

• Kahn’s mother Laoma Souphanousinphone ("Maid in Arlen"). The producers originally planned to have Bill and her in a long-term relationship, but ditched this plan because it was funnier to have Bill as his normal, single, self.
• Luanne’s psychotic mother Leanne ("Luanne’s's Saga")
• A woman who had been released from prison ("Dang Ol' Love")
• Former Texas Governor Ann Richards ("Hank and the Great Glass Elevator").
• A drunk woman in a car that crashes into a tree. He asks her if she is alright then she insists he goes with her. They drive away after this.
• The widows of two of his deceased cousins and his flesh-and-blood cousin ("A Beer Can Named Desire"), even though Peggy strongly told him to not sleep with any of them, as one of the three women was a distant cousin.
• A police officer whom Bill talked into a date, surprising himself and his friends with his effortless confidence, especially since he was trying to return a stolen Abrams M1A1 tank at the time.
• Reverend Karen Stroup. She was willing to become estranged from her congregation to date Bill, but he realized he was not in love with her after she moved in and broke up with her.
• Almost had a relationship with a mother of two. However, she became disgusted by him for refusing to take off his stained and shrunken Santa Claus costume by the middle of January.
• Dated Charlene, a single mother of two, and asked her and her kids to move in with him. This relationship was sabotaged by Dale Gribble and John Redcorn when Dale discovered genetic similarities between Charlene's daughter Kate and his son Joseph, leading him to believe that Kate was his biological daughter (not realizing that Joseph was conceived during his wife Nancy's affair with John Redcorn). Bill took the news of the breakup surprisingly well, having come to the conclusion that parenthood wasn't for him.
• Bill also has a long-standing infatuation with Peggy Hill (though in “Bill of Sales” he was repulsed by a kiss on the cheek from her, probably due to fear that she would subsequently abandon him like all the other women who showed attraction to him); however, his affection is unrequited.

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Getting Over Lenore

Bill once became severely depressed around Christmas, as it was the time Lenore left him. He even got to the point of becoming suicidal. Hank came to his house and outright told him Lenore was never coming back, destroying everything Bill kept for her. This sent him into a nervous breakdown, and he ended up believing that he himself was Lenore. He wore dresses and spoke in a high voice. At the Hills' Christmas party, he showed up wearing high-heels and a fancy new dress. The real Lenore called, but refused to speak to Bill, making him feel even more miserable. Hank had to put his own dress on, and he pretended to be an arrogant Lenore. His uncaring demeanor showed Bill that he is better off without her, as she had no respect for his feelings whatsoever. For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life. ...

Personality

In spite of his drawbacks, Bill can be inspirational at times. Boomhauer was once pulled out of a deep post-break-up depression by an encouraging speech from the veteran dumpee. Bill also manages, after a very long time, to get over Lenore. At his lowest point, after too many Christmases without her, he has a mental breakdown and "becomes" Lenore, dressing in her clothes and speaking in a falsetto voice. Finally, after running into Lenore one last time, as she returns to him after discovering he's developed a friendship with the ex-Governor of Texas Ann Richards (who voiced herself). Under the guidance of Richards, Bill finally accepts that Lenore's no good. In parting, he moons her at a cookout. Boomhauer (voiced by Mike Judge) is a character in the animated series King of the Hill. ... Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false) is a singing technique that produces sounds that are pitched higher than the singers normal range, in the treble range. ... This article is about the American politician/teacher, for the Australian-American actress, see Ann Richards (actress). ...

Bill is deeply loyal. This is often demonstrated towards his friends, especially Hank Hill, although this trait often has to struggle with his fears, depression and self-destructive behavior. He remains loyal for years to his family, ex-wife and the army, despite their poor treatment of him.

Bill can often be surprisingly articulate and worldly. He is more informed on current popular culture and fashion than Hank and his neighbors in the alley.

Bill has a hair fetish. When he cuts Hank’s hair after his barber goes insane, the only payment he asks is that Hank lets him keep the hair. In the episode "Who's the dummy now?" , Hank mentions that Bill has bags of hair at his house.

When Bill becomes disgusted and frightened after Peggy's kiss and praise, Hank explains that due to his life of nonstop hardship and abuse from everyone around him, Bill is highly confused and uncomfortable with any form of affection.

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