Yard, She Blows!

Infobox Television episode
Title = Yard, She Blows!
Series = King of the Hill


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Season = 9
Episode = 4
Airdate = January 23, 2005
Production = 8ABE19
Writer =
Director =
Guests =
Episode list = List of King of the Hill episodes
Prev = Death Buys a Timeshare
Next = Dale to the Chief

Yard, She Blows! is the 175^th episode in the Fox animated
situation comedy series King of the Hill and was the 4th episode of the 9th season. The episode's title refers to the whaling expression "thar she blows".

Plot

Hank takes pride in telling stories about how he maintains the lawn and the house, and Peggy's jealousy prompts her to try to plant a garden up front. She fails miserably and all the plants die. Desperate for something of her own, Peggy buys a garden gnome named Winklebottom, and much to Hank's dismay displays him right out front. Winklebottom attracts the eye of Sally, another gnome enthusiast who bonds with Peggy, but Hank gets tired of the constant teasing from Bill, Dale and Boomhauer, along with the delivery man.

Bobby accidentally knocks Winklebottom over while playing with it and breaks its ear. He runs to Hank to fix it, but Hank takes the opportunity to get rid of the gnome, taking Bobby out at night and burying the gnome before running over the grave. He swears Bobby to secrecy, and acts disappointed when Peggy finds Winklebottom missing. Sally calls the police, making Bobby nervous, but the officer dismisses it as a teenage prank.

Hank feels guilty after seeing how hard Peggy takes the disappearance, and tells Bobby that he'll take all the blame. He confesses, but Peggy doesn't believe him, and suspects that he's covering for Bobby, even after Hank tells her his true feelings about the gnome. Bobby convinces Hank to get a replacement to make it up to Peggy, and he ends up wrangling a similar gnome named Figgleforth from another gnome fan. Peggy gives Hank credit for Bobby's idea, and agrees to keep the gnome inside to keep it safe. Hank is happy that it's no longer on his lawn, but ends up having to take his clothes off in the closet to avoid the gnome's creepy stare.

Quotes

*Dale: "So is that a ceramic gnome, or did Peggy kill a real gnome and take it to a taxidermist?"

*Minh: "Listen to your husband Peggy Hill! If there's one thing Brillo-haired hillybilly can do, it's farm!":Kahn: "Angel of death meet Old MacDonald! E-I-E-I-Auuuuughhh!"