Peggy Makes the Big Leagues

Infobox Television episode
Title = Peggy Makes the Big Leagues
Series = King of the Hill


Caption =
Season = 5
Episode = 5
Airdate = November 26, 2000
Production = 4ABE12
Writer = Johnny Hardwick
Director = Dominic Polcino
Guests = Brendan Fraser
Episode list = List of King of the Hill episodes
Prev = Spin the Choice
Next = When Cotton Comes Marching Home

"Peggy Makes the Big Leagues" is the 89^th episode in the FOX animated television series "King of the Hill" and is the 5^th episode of the fifth season.

Plot

Peggy gets the opportunity to teach high school when another teacher goes on maternity leave, but her middle school humor fails to impress the class. To make matters worse, she has a particularly disinterested student who arrives late with no homework, and suggests she give him whatever passing grade she feels is best. David Kala'iki Ali'i (voiced by Brendan Fraser), also known as "The Flyin' Hawaiian", is Arlen High's star fullback and is used to being passed in his classes, but when Peggy finds herself unable to motivate him and he blows her off for tutoring, she fails him on a test. Under the Texas "No Pass No Play" mandate, David is suspended from the team for 3 important games, including a rivalry with McMaynerbury.

The suspension earns Peggy the ire of her fellow teachers, as well as the football booster club, including Dale and Buck. They threaten Hank to get Peggy in line but she refuses to change the grade. Buck arranges for David to participate into a work-study program at Strickland Propane to get him back on the team. Despite Hank's enthusiasm to teach him about propane (and propane accessories), David turns in a poorly spelled and off-topic essay, which misspells propane and thanks God that he "didn't get exploded". Hank reluctantly gives it an "A" anyway for the good of the team.

Peggy is furious over Hank's behavior, and goes to see David's mother, who shows her a child's chalkboard in David's room and explains that he is slow and has a learning disability. When Peggy leaves, this is quickly revealed to be a ruse to make her feel sorry for him. Back at the school, Peggy speaks slowly and condescendingly to David, and the realization of how easy it was for her to believe he was slow finally embarrasses him enough to admit that he's been lazy. Peggy insists on finding a way to teach David so that he can play, and cleverly comes up with the idea to teach him propane facts as if they were football plays. David turns in a barely passable paper, and thanks Peggy before going out to win the game.