A judge issues a restraining order against Hank and sentences him to anger management, believing him to have rage issues. Hank tells anyone who will listen that it was Dale who carelessly put his finger in front of the blade, but no one believes him. Hank insists that it was an accident, but Dale refuses to believe him. Hank tries to ignore him, but Dale gets too close to him while he is cutting wood with a circular saw, causing Hank to accidentally cut off Dale's right index finger. While Hank is working to fix his kitchen, Dale arrives with complaints about him and his family living in his house. After their house is deemed structurally unfit, the Hills are forced to stay with the Gribbles, forcing Hank to have to endure more of Dale's annoying habits. Outraged, Hank forbids Dale from helping to repair the damage. Dale admits to building the tunnel and calls it a "two-way friendship tube" connecting their houses. The episode begins with Hank falling through his kitchen floor into an underground tunnel. In "The Texas Skilsaw Massacre" Dale and Hank's friendship is stretched to breaking point. He fails at everything Hank excels at and is successful at everything that Hank struggles with. Dale, on the other hand, is selfish, childish, boastful, lazy and paranoid. He is stern, conservative, holds traditional family values and is known for his old-fashioned viewpoints. Hank is a hard-working, traditional American. This is amusing since the two of them could not be more different. Hank and Dale have been best friends since they were kids in school together. When he wrestles with a man for the case and throws a pocketful of sand in his face, it is pure Gribble madness. His crazed antics while collecting the briefcase on behalf of "Mr Big" is one of his most memorable moments in King of the Hill. He has a habit of getting caught up in far fetched and extreme conspiracy theories and likes to tell stories about himself that paint him as braver and smarter than he actually is in real life. "Solider of Misfortune" is a great episode that shows what a paranoid and delusional character that Dale can be. Dale must use all of his skills as a Soldier of Fortune to save his friends and his gun club from Mad Dog. In all of the chaos, Hank and the rest of Dale's friends get captured by Mad Dog and held prisoner at the gun club. Unable to control his anxiety, he becomes convinced that the briefcase must contain drugs and that Mr Big is out to kill him. ![]() He gives Dale a task to pick up a briefcase and deliver it somewhere, but Dale messes the job up. To help Dale gain his confidence back, his friend Hank pretends to be someone named "Mr Big" and hires Dale as a Soldier of Fortune. His confidence shaken, Dale is no longer certain that his friends will vote for him after he acted reckless with his gun. ![]() The next day, Dale discovers that his rival at the club, Mad Dog, has decided to run against him for president. One day, while telling his gun club friends the story about the time he assassinated a Central American dictator, Dale starts gesturing animatedly and accidentally discharges his gun. He is popular and has several friends in the club that he likes to entertain with exaggerated stories of his own bravado. In "Soldier of Misfortune" Dale is running for re-election at his local gun club. Dale Gribble: "Pocket sand!"ĭale Gribble, "Soldier of Misfortune", King of the Hill
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