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One is never truly broke if they sale propane and propane accessories.

There is a difference between broke and everythings paid broke.

One critical calculation you forgot: the lawn/mowers... and beer

He ain't broke. He's just like every other Dad, talking bout how he's broke lol.

Hank actually tells peggy "There's a reason I didn't get an apartment with Dale after high school." So I don't think he ever lived with Dale.

Hank Hill isn't broke at all. He's doing better than 80% of us.

Honestly Hank has always seemed like the most intelligent cartoon dad, and it makes sense he'd be doing okay financially. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's never had the level of impulsiveness or lack of common sense that afflict Peter, Stan, Homer and Randy

There's an episode where Hank claims to have perfect credit, which is later shown to most likely be true when the negative report on his credit is reversed. He also owns a beautiful house, he's able to afford a new truck when his old one dies in season 4 or 5, he has a whole garage full of expensive tools and the Hills never really seem to deal with poverty problems like wondering where their next meal is coming from or what'll happen of Hank's truck shits the bed. I think they're just firmly in the middle class, not rich and flashy but certainly comfortable and not broke. Hank is just responsible, and it's kind of a running gag that he's cheap like when Khan loses his job and Minh wants to sell them Laotian lessons, and Hank says "I suppose we could throw a couple of bucks their way... And by a couple of bucks, I mean TWO bucks."

I really just watched an 11-minute video speculating a cartoon character’s finances.

You should do how broke Is Charlie buckets family from Charlie and the chocolate factory. Apparantly they all chipped in to buy him one chocolate bar lol

Hank made $1.40 an hour me: Jesus Christ Rent for an apartment was roughly $100 a month me: JESUS CHRIST!

The “many stickerprice cars” that car salesmen sold to hank over the years were for Peggy obviously, because hank had his Ford for 20 years before it was totaled

hank would never spend 5k on a wedding, esp in 1980. that asinine.

At least Hank's wife, Peggy, works and he only has 1 child, Bobby, to raise. Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Stan Smith, Bob Belcher, and several other animated television dads can't say the same thing.

I've never seen someone do so much work about something that doesn't matter at all, and I respect it!

He's not broke, he's responsible.

I think his truck looks more like a ford Ranger than an f150

I came here expecting a YTP, however this information is relevant to my interests.

When Mike Judge first was involved in the show he wanted it to be contiguous, for the characters to age, but as he got less involved at a certain point the contract changed and that went out the window.

His truck was a Ford ranger not an f150

That boy's finances aint right...

Answer: Less broke than a charcoal salesman

7:54 - I know this is probably a shifting house just like The Simpsons house, but the Den has to have a window to the outside.

5:18 that’s just his bonus from one year. In the scene where he mentions his $1000 bonus, he mentions it’s not as good as last year’s bonus because people aren’t grilling like they used to.

Pretty sure hank specifically said "Dale drives me nuts living next door There's a reason he and I didn't get an apartment together after high school." so toss that out right away

He wasn’t even that broke at all. He was doing way better than most people nowadays.

I never pictured Hank being broke. He always seemed in the average category in my eyes.

Peggy was not fired as a substitute teacher, she was fired as a newspaper journalist.

Your math doesn't seem to ever include miscellaneous medical expenses such as when Peggy fell out of the plane. Edit: Hank got a nosejob at one point after having his nose broken. He also started sending his dad money at some point after the birth of his brother.

“I’m going to ignore pop culture references” “This song means it was 1980”

Hanks first truck is actually a Ford Ranger but still a good vid.

This is an absolutely amazing break down. So impressed with the time out into this. Great work man. As a lifelong fan, I found this more than riveting,

Hank drives a ranger for a majority of the series and his bonus isn’t always $1000

We all know the Hill family is loaded remember hanks "oil records"

I think we could all be happy having what Hank has.

"Hank hill, everybody's friend man, dang ol richest man in the world" -Boomhaur

*Does it look like i know what a jpeg is i just want a picture of a god dang hotdog*

how rich is buck strickland? he told a spa worker he makes in a week what that guy makes in a year. Min wage, thats like 15k a year. So 15k a week = 720,000 a year. Nice.

Small correction: Hank never lived with Dale. Bill and Boomhauer, yes, but he specifically says to Peggy at one point, "this is why Dale and I never got an apartment together"

Hank isn't broke. He picked a career he loves and it's enough to support his family. He's rich where it matters.

Hank is rich in propane and propane accessories, so he is never broke.

You forget that in Texas especially in Arlington Texas housing is dirt cheap

One thing you forgot to take into account was when he had his truck hit by the train that insurance would pay him some cash for it's worth, as he's good about having insurance for every eventuality so he had full replacement coverage

Hank may be broke but he is the richest man ever created

You also didn’t account that he changes his oil every 2-3 thousand miles or when he gets bored

You didn’t factor in his time as a tractor salesman

Hank is from the gen that thought graduating high school was an accomplishment.

being from the town this show is based on, its so funny seeing how easy it is to calculate the Hills finances because of how accurately the show depicts life here.

It’s 5:30am, I’m drunk, and this was in my recommended. Watched the whole thing and didn’t follow anything. 10/10 subscribed

If Hank Hill was making $45000 a year in 1980 he was loaded.

Wow this is crazy in-depth and interesting!! Holy cow you put some work into this!!

The time line on the show is very inconsistent. In "Luanne Virgin 2.0" Hank states that he married Peggy at age 18 (between 1971-1972). However, Peggy supposedly still lived in Montana in the early 70s.

Their house absolutely would not have cost $100K in the mid 80s. My guess is that it would've probably been closer to $60K. Homes prices have gone up faster than inflation and having lived through the 80s that's probably what a house that size would've cost in central Oklahoma. I doubt it would've been much different in Arlen, which is a small town and that's going to also keep the price around the same or lower.

Side note, Texas didn't and still doesn't have a state income tax. Also, Texas became right to work in 93. Long story short the cost of living there is very low with very minimal gov.

A sugestion to the video: how broke is Al Bundy (Married with children)

Something tells me Hank's credit score is excellent

How broke is planet express. Thats what I wanna know

My financial problems are non of your concerns! Jk good video👍🏻

Hank actually drove a Ranger for the first 5 seasons, the truck was originally a 1993 Ranger but later changed to a square body 1983 for that specific episode in season 5 afterwards he's generally seen in his 199x-200x F250 Super Duty

Ahhh the 70's and 80's, when a good home cost under 100k, it was easy to get financing, and the minimum wage still sucked but the value of the dollar wasn't miserable. Unless he grew up to be the Stand-Up comic icon he always dreamed of being, I can almost garunteed you Bobby doesn't have a 1/10th of what Hank has. But oh well, if Bobby eventually sells the house at least he'll be able to afford a nice apartment.

2 very, VERY big problems with your math here. You forgot that hank and Peggy bought a new motorcycle, and secondly a brand new ford truck in the late 90's would not cost anywhere near $10,000.00 even the most basic model is well over 20k.

Hank must have graduated in 1975, not 1971. They reference the football season of 1974 practically 100 times throughout the series.

Hank's face when hes being shown his 45k a year w 1k a year bonus is so appropriate hahaha

Hank's yearly bonus changes depending on how much propane he sells. When he says he gets the $1k bonus that it wasn't as high as the previous year, meaning he got more at least the year before. I also think you can glean a lot about their finances from the episode where he adopts the armed forces cat. Their vacation budget is just over $3000.

Damn 50 years ago rent was 100-150 a month, god I wish that could be now

You should do "How broke is Malcom in the Middle's family"

One of my favorite hank moment is where he says he can make 50 dollars last one month! I've been trying that for years!

Hank was dumbfolded that he always paid sticker price on his cars. You should include Dale in which Nancy is the breadwinner, Bill who's in the US Army and divorced, and Boomhauer which we don't know until the end. Hank and his friends can do the truck maintenance that he doesn't have to pay labor. You should include the vacation savings. One episode Hank squandered it on veterinary expenses when petsitting a soldier's cat.

Me: doesn't understand most of what he's saying Also me: still watches

I liked this but I literally called B.S. on Hank's 1980 wedding. No way $5000. Maybe $300 and his buddy let him use the VFW hall for free. Boomhauer provided bootlegged booze. Peggy's gown $99 and two rings for $98 (NOT gold since it was $800 an ounce), but they had to drive 18 hours round trip to Houston to get them.

Hank also used to sell tractors mentioned in the golf with Tiger Woods episode

The first truck we see Hank driving is 1993 Ford Ranger, though in the Chasing Bobby episode, it was retconned into the previous generation(it was more square). Also Hank traded in his Ford Maverick to get his Ranger. The truck that replaced the train hit Ranger, was a 1999 F250 Super Duty.

I think Hank's first truck was a Ranger and then later he had an F-250

Hank never got an apartment with Dale, Bill or Boomhauer after high school. He mentions that because Dale is "different", that is why he never got a apartment with the guys.

just popped in my reccomended. great analysis vid

Don't forget Hank sold tractors and tractor accessories before he worked at Strickland.

DO HOW BROKE IS AL BUNDY!! CMON!!

Having one kid and a jerk of a boss doesn't sound like the American dream.

God I can poke holes in this all day long.. but you did put time into it so good good job... 👍

Good vid. U earned a new subscriber

They definitely had the house before Bobby was born because they got Ladybird before Bobby, Bill says so in the episode where Hank wants to breed Ladybird. Hank also got Ladybird for Peggy because of his narrow urethra, it's in a flashback in another episode.

How broke is Hank Hill? He’s not.

Hanks first truck was actually a 1983 Ford ranger (assuming what hank says about owning it for 20 years is true, which is odd because it's the 1993/1994 model) which would be around $6000

Great analysis, thank you!

Hank’s first truck is a ranger. By the end of the series he’s driving an F250

The Formans from That 70s Show

Thank you man that was fantastic. I love Cotton Hill he's my favorite character in that cartoon. Cotton Hill remind me of an old world war II veteran I used to take care of but the complete opposite of his attitude

I love the work and would like your spreadsheet. You missed one major expense though. Alamo beer.

Hank's got a work ethic and only seems to take major expense due to helping or supporting others.

Hank isn’t broke in love of propane and propane accessories. He’s rich in love there.

Watching this with my king of the hill star wars shirt on. What an epic gamer moment!

This is something I didn’t know I needed to know but now I’m invested

Damn, Hank killed it. Just imagine what you can accomplish with a strict budget and a good work ethic.

In the 2002 episode “A Man Without A County Club” near the end when Hank asks Ted what and what accessories he sells for a living, Ted guesses “Tractors?”, in which Dale reminds Hank “to be fair, you used to sell tractors...” So where does that factor into the timeline?

anyone else nostalgic for the time when wages adjusted with inflation?

Damn even young broke Hank in 1970 was more well off than young broke me now

Hanks first truck is a Ranger not an F150

Do How Broke is Al Bundy?

necro post from a car nerd to say you're off the mark, still entertained though, thanks for the effort you put into this!