Manger Babies
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The Manger Babies are a group of four puppets within the animated series King of the Hill. They compose a Christian-themed puppet show involving the manger created by Luanne Platter, niece of Hank Hill and Peggy Hill. She came up with the idea after seeing the old puppets at a garage sale.
According to the backstory Luanne created, the Manger Babies were the animals present at Jesus's birth, who were at some point put into a magical sleep by King Herod. They awoke in the modern day, and have adventures where they learn moral lessons.
The Manger Babies consist of:
- Obadiah the donkey (he says "Eee-yaa!")
- Hosea the cat ("Meow meow!")
- (Unnamed) octopus ("Gurgle gurgle!") - he only has six legs. Luanne considered changing him to a "sexopus," but thought it would "offend sensabilities."
- Sir Reginald Featherbottom the Third, a penguin and very English/Cockney bird ("Charmed, I'm sure, guv'nor")
Hank and his friends make a stage set for Luanne out of an old refrigerator box, and the puppet show aired on the local TV channel. As well as the Manger Babies episode, they make a cameo in the "The Perils of Polling" episode, and possibly others.
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| Hills and Platter: | Hank | Peggy | Bobby | Luanne Platter | Cotton | Tilly | Ladybird |
| Gribbles: | Dale | Joseph | Nancy |
| Souphanousinphones: | Kahn | Minh | Connie |
| Other characters: | Boomhauer | Bill | John Redcorn | M. F. Thatherton | Chuck Mangione | Monsignor Martinez |
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| Miscellaneous: | Alamo Beer | Manger Babies | Mega Lo Mart | Strickland Propane |
| Media: | King of the Hill DVDs | List of King of the Hill episodes |
