08/07/2026
From the Cracked Vault:
Since National Propane Day has already come and gone this year, Hulu decided to drop a new trailer for the upcoming King of the Hill reboot on Father’s Day, one that highlights the relationship between Hank and his now 21-year-old son Bobby. And just because he’s older doesn’t mean that Hank doesn’t still prefer handshakes to hugs.
The only real clip of the show that we’ve seen up until this point has been the information-packed opening credit sequence. But that obviously didn’t include any vocal performances, nor did it give us a real sense of the vibe of the reboot. So this 48-second “Father’s Day” ad is the best look that we’ve gotten at King of the Hill 2.0 so far — and, perhaps not surprisingly, fans have notes.
While most of the jokes in the new trailer seemed to gel nicely with the tone of the original series, over on Reddit, King of the Hill devotees all seemed to have one common complaint: the animation. “Oh man… I can’t say I love the new animation,” one fan shared. “The animation looks stiff and cheap,” someone else complained, while another more frankly declared that “the animation looks like ass.”
The new season of the show was clearly created with digital animation. And while the original run of King of the Hill eventually incorporated digital animation to some extent as well, clearly the aesthetic of the 2025 version is different. As one user pointed out, “even when the (original) show went to digital it didn’t look so stiff.”
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