Dale Gribble is one of the main neighbors in King of the Hill, the animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels that premiered on Fox in 1997 and is set in fictional Arlen, Texas. Voiced by Johnny Hardwick, Dale is an exterminator and proud conspiracy theorist whose paranoid confidence made his short lines highly quotable. As episodes circulated in reruns, streaming and fan clips online, his voice became a staple reaction sound, with fans sharing brief Dale moments to punctuate jokes about schemes, neighbors and backyard plans.