The Simpsons episode
"King of the Hill"
Episode no.	201
Prod. code	5F16
Orig. Airdate	May 3, 1998
Writer(s)	John Swartzwelder
Director	Steven Dean Moore
Chalkboard	None
Couch gag	The family appears in a snow globe
Guest star(s)	Brendan Fraser as Brad and Steven Weber as Neil
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Season 9 September 21, 1997 – May 17, 1998
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson The Principal and the Pauper Lisa's Sax Treehouse of Horror VIII The Cartridge Family Bart Star The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons Lisa the Skeptic Realty Bites Miracle on Evergreen Terrace All Singing, All Dancing Bart Carny The Joy of Sect Das Bus The Last Temptation of Krust Dumbbell Indemnity Lisa the Simpson This Little Wiggy Simpson Tide The Trouble with Trillions Girly Edition Trash of the Titans King of the Hill Lost Our Lisa Natural Born Kissers
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"King of the Hill" (not to be confused with the animated series of the same name), is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons' ninth season. The episode first aired on May 3, 1998. The Simpsons is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Network, becoming one of the first hits for the network, and is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed television shows ever produced. ... Image File history File links 5F16. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... John Swartzwelder (born November 16, 1950) is a writer for the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Steven Dean Moore is an animation director who has helmed about 30 episodes of The Simpsons. ... 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Synopsis

The family goes to the church picnic, but when Homer plays capture the flag, he fails to make it. Feeling terrible about being unfit, he decides to exercise, running and doing his exercises in a gym late at night. He has trouble at first in the gym, but thanks to a visit from Rainier Wolfcastle, Homer becomes a strong man. This prompts two men—Brad and Neil—from a health bar company, Powersauce, to enlist Homer to do a publicity stunt for Powersauce by climbing Springfield's tallest mountain, the Murderhorn, because, according to Bart, Homer "eats $50 worth of Powersauce bars a day". Although Grampa suggests that Homer not do the stunt, he manages to do it anyway, with two sherpas chosen to be Homer's guides. Homer Jay Simpson is one of the main characters in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Capture the flag is a traditional outdoor game often played by children where two teams each have a flag and the objective is to capture the other teams flag, located at the teams base, and bring it back to their own base. ... Rainier Wolfcastle on his short-lived Fox talk show Up Late with McBain accuses his booing audience of being homosexuals in The Simpsons episode Cape Feare. ... Springfield is the fictional city in which the TV series The Simpsons is set. ... Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson (born April 1, 1981, remains 10 through the series), better known as Bart, is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See at the bottom of this page for other meanings of the word Sherpa. ...

When Homer climbs the mountain, he has trouble climbing, and can only reach the mountain's halfway point. He sleeps in his sleeping bag, and is surprised to find out that the sherpas have dragged him in his sleeping bag up the mountain while Homer sleeps. In response, he fires the sherpas and goes up the mountain alone, until Brad and Neil inform Homer that Powersauce is actually made of apple cores and Chinese newspapers, and that he should not depend upon the bars. He still continues up the mountain, and almost makes it to the top. Feeling like he wants to give up and impress Bart, he plants a flag saying "Simpson" (the same one Homer used when he played Capture the Flag) at a point on the mountain. The peak collapses, and he slides back down to the ground (using the body of the late C.W. McAllister, Grampa's partner when he climbed the Murderhorn in 1928), with Bart telling Homer that he is the "coolest dad ever".

Cultural references

• The PowerSauce bar is similar to the real-life PowerBar.
• Homer getting egged is like a scene in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• The episode has the same name as the television show King of the Hill, a show co-created by Greg Daniels a former producer and writer for The Simpsons.
• The Murderhorn is a play on the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps.

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Quotes

• Ralph: (he taps Mr. Burns through the sunroof of his car) You're it!
  Mr. Burns: We'll see about that. After him, Smithers! (he uses his car to go after Ralph)
  Ralph: (cries) You're not it!

• Comic Book Guy (after Homer knocks away the walls and ceiling of the portable toilet he's using): It appears I will have to find a new Fortress of Solitude.

• Marge: (after Homer calls Marge's food "filth") Homer, stop insulting us and eat your filth—food—I mean, food.

• Grampa: Son, don't go up that mountain-you'll die up there, just like I did!

• Bart: Dad, wait. You're not risking your life just to impress me, are you?
  Homer: Well, yeah.
  Bart: Oh, cool! Now get going, chop, chop!

• Neil: Wake up, Homer! These bars are just junk! They're made of apple cores and Chinese newspapers!
  Homer: (reading the bar, as if he was reading a newspaper) Hey, Deng Xiaoping died!

• Lisa: Family to Dad. Family to Dad. Come in Dad.
  Brad: Oh, I'm sure he's dead, little girl. Here, have a Powersauce bar. It's on the house.

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