26 Facts About Peggy Hill

Margaret J "Peggy" Hill is a fictional character in the Fox animated series King of the Hill, voiced by Kathy Najimy.

Peggy Hill is the matriarch of the Hill family and the wife of the series protagonist Hank Hill, mother to Robert Jeffrey "Bobby" Hill, and aunt to Luanne Platter.

The character of Peggy was born in Billings, Montana to cattle ranchers.

Peggy Hill moved to Texas during high school, where she meets her future husband Hank Hill.

Peggy Hill wears glasses and is generally seen wearing sleeveless blouses and culottes.

Peggy Hill is a gifted pitcher in softball, and talented in other sports as well, including roller derby.

Peggy Hill is skilled at playing the dice-based word game Boggle and once won the Texas State Boggle Championship.

Peggy Hill has taken Hank to task about their relationship, or the lack thereof.

Peggy Hill freely encourages Bobby and Luanne to express themselves, sometimes to Hank's distress.

Peggy Hill usually considers herself smarter than everyone she meets and knows; more attractive than Luanne, Nancy, and many other more conventionally attractive women; and constantly takes credit for things she has never done.

Peggy Hill assumes that everyone else thinks as highly of her as she herself does.

Peggy Hill believes that she can do anything if she commits herself.

Ironically, Randy Travis did indeed steal the song, but because Peggy Hill often takes credit for things she never did, not even her own husband could believe her.

Peggy Hill began trying and failing to outdo him, culminating in her stealing the Thanksgiving turkey he prepared.

Peggy Hill is completely devoted to her husband and family.

Peggy Hill refers to Hank as the love of her life and has demonstrated her love for and protectiveness of him several times.

However, Peggy makes no secret of her contempt for her father-in-law, Cotton Hill, particularly because of his neglectful, cruel behavior toward Hank.

Cotton shows even more disrespect towards Peggy Hill herself, including only referring to her as "Hank's wife" instead of her name.

Peggy Hill thinks of Luanne as a surrogate daughter and does her best to give her guidance and encourage her, always wanting the best for her.

But, in the end, Peggy Hill accepts the relationship, realizing that Lucky makes Luanne happy and is a genuinely good man.

Peggy Hill is protective of Luanne, and has defended her niece from her abusive and alcoholic mother, Leanne.

Peggy Hill has a brother named Hoyt, who is Luanne's father.

Peggy Hill lied to Luanne by telling her that Hoyt was working on an oil rig when he was actually in prison.

When Hoyt returns to Arlen, Peggy Hill tried to help him out and gave him money, but eventually realized Hoyt was an incorrigible criminal and would destroy the entire family.

Peggy Hill is a somewhat successful real estate agent who is prepared to go to extraordinary measures to make a deal, including overzealous self-promotion on her part.

Lara Karaian of Fireweed states that the characters of King of the Peggy Hill represent stereotypes of working class southern communities.