John Redcorn

John Redcorn (originally voiced by Victor Aaron, later by Jonathan Joss), is a character in the animated series King of the Hill. He is always, without exception, addressed as or referred to as "John Redcorn" by every character in the series, and is never simply called "John".

A "Licensed New Age Healer", he is Nancy Gribble's Native American masseur, her former 14-year lover and the biological father of Joseph Gribble. Both Nancy's husband Dale and Joseph are completely unaware of this, although this fact is obvious to everyone else in the neighborhood, due to Joseph's close resemblance to John Redcorn. In an early episode, when Joseph refers to "my dad's truck", Bobby reluctantly asked "You mean Dale Gribble's truck?", implying that even he was aware of Joseph's real parentage. Also, in the episode, "The Son That Got Away", Nancy asks Dale, "Do you want a beer babe?" to which both Dale and John Redcorn answer "yes". In reply, Dale says, "How did he know I wanted a beer?" The Souphanousinphones figured it out very soon after moving to Arlen. Peggy was one of the last to realize it; Hank tells her 12 years into the affair, having assumed she knew but, like everyone else, refused to ever mention it. Despite Dale's dedication to various conspiracy theories, Dale is completely unaware of Joseph's true parentage due to his belief that Redcorn is gay, although he once suspected that Joseph's father was an alien. No matter how obvious the affair between John Redcorn and Nancy was, Dale never deduced it; indeed, once, after having caught the two in bed, he merely apologizes for interrupting their "migraine treatment" and rushes out. In one episode, Dale even caught Redcorn sneaking in through the window. At first it appears that Dale has finally figured it out, but he really thought Redcorn was doing something with his (Dale's) new lawnmower. "Get away from my mower and start massaging my wife." John Redcorn then mentions to Nancy that Dale is "taking some of the fun out of this." In "Hank Gets Dusted," John Redcorn, in trying to get filmed on a reality show, actually directly says to the camera that "I slept with [Hank's] best friend's wife for 13 years," with Dale standing inches away. Dale, perhaps in the frenzy of trying to be on television, does not notice and assumes that John Redcorn was referring to Bill's ex-wife.

Joseph seems to be unaware that John Redcorn is his biological father. John Redcorn tries to reach out to Joseph and instill a sense of pride in him, though Joseph has little or no emotional attachment to him; as far Joseph is concerned, Redcorn is just a friend of his parents. In a lot of ways, Joseph is really more Dale's son than he is John Redcorn's.

In the first four seasons, before Nancy rekindled her love affair with her husband, she and John Redcorn were seen almost constantly in each other's company. The implication is that their relationship was more substantial than a purely sexual dalliance.

John Redcorn still cares about Nancy and he was hurt when she ended their affair. During one of his less inspiring moments, John Redcorn lamented to Hank "I can't believe Nancy left me..." [indicates Dale] "for THAT." Hank sadly replied "She didn't leave you for that, John Redcorn. She married THAT two years before she met you." In the Season 5 episode Spin the Choice, John Redcorn accepts the U.S. government's offer of 12 acres (5 ha) of unincorporated land to settle a lawsuit in which he sought to reclaim the 130,000 acres (530 km²) of land taken by the USA from the Anasazi tribe. Dale helped John Redcorn file his lawsuit, using the Freedom of Information Act after the two symbolically settled their differences. John Redcorn willed the land to Dale, as a token of their friendship and as a way to pass something down to Joseph, to whom John Redcorn wishes he could tell the truth. Though he was upset when Nancy broke it off he was given the chance to start it up again (in the same episode). He said no when he realized that Dale was a good (if naive) man, ending it with Nancy.

In a recent episode, John Redcorn had been trying to get back together with Nancy. She was partially receptive to his advances, but later did the right thing and stayed with her husband.

In the episode "Untitled Blake McCormick Project" John Redcorn finds out he had a daughter, named Kate, by a woman named Charlene, during the same period that he was having an affair with Nancy Gribble. At the end of the episode Charlene and her two kids leave Bill and move in with John Redcorn.

John Redcorn drives a Jeep Wrangler, and was the lead singer of the band Big Mountain Fudgecake, for which Lucky played guitar and Dale was briefly the manager. Following the breakup of the band, Redcorn began singing toned-down children's versions of his songs at the Strickland company barbeque and was instantly popular. Spirit bags.