- This article is about the television series. For the restaurant, see Bob's Burgers (restaurant).
Bob's Burgers is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show has been running since January 9th, 2011 with 15 seasons.
A feature film was released on May 27, 2022.
Plot[]
The show centers on a family that runs a hamburger restaurant. Loren Bouchard stated Bob's Burgers came out because of Fox's animation brand centers mostly on family, but that he also wanted to dabble in workplace comedy. The show is said to fill the void created by the cancellation of King of the Hill (which was cancelled in 2010), which former Bob's Burgers executive producer Jim Dauterive worked on for nearly its entire run.
Opening Sequence[]
The Opening Sequence follows the same pattern of events as characters and landmarks are introduced in each episode, and includes two of the show's running gags. The sequence unfolds as follows:
- Burger assembly →
Burger assembly
- Bob introduced
- Family introduced
- Bob's Burgers introduced
- It's Your Funeral Home & Crematorium introduced
- Store Next Door introduced (running gag)
- Grand Opening
- Grease fire
- Grand Re-Opening
- Pests invade (rats, mice, squirrels, snakes, raccoons)
- Pest Control Truck (running gag)
- Grand Re-Re-Opening
- Car crash / telephone pole smashes into Bob's Burgers
- Grand Re-Re-Re-Opening
- (Season 13+) Sinkhole opens and water shoots out
- (Season 13+) Grand Re-Re-Re-Re-Opening
- Zoom into cheese on burger, fade to episode
Running gags[]
| Store Next Door |
Pest Control Truck |
Burger of the Day |
End Credits Sequence |
Cast[]
Main characters[]
- H. Jon Benjamin as Robert "Bob" Belcher – Bob is the husband of Linda and the father of Tina, Gene and Louise. He enjoys owning his burger joint despite the struggle and stress it brings. He wears a white t-shirt and gray pants with black clogs.
- John Roberts as Linda Belcher – Linda is Bob's wife and the mother of Tina, Gene and Louise. She is cheerful and stands by Bob's side through the difficult times they face. She wears a red long sleeved shirt and blue jeans with yellow shoes.
- Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher – Tina is the eldest Belcher child. She is socially awkward and has a fascination with horses, zombies and butts. She wears glasses, a light blue t-shirt and a navy blue skirt with black high tops.
- Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher – Gene is the only son of the Belchers. He is very enthusiastic and likes to pester people by playing his keyboard. He wears a yellow t-shirt and blue shorts with red shoes.
- Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher – Louise is the youngest Belcher child. She has an offbeat sense of humor and enjoys manipulating people she feels are stupid. Louise wears a green dress with black Mary Janes and sports a pink Chullo hat with rabbit ears.
In addition, Benjamin and Roberts both provide the voices for several recurring and minor characters.
Recurring/other characters[]
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Syndication[]
The show entered syndication in 2013. Local television stations have syndication rights to the show. TBS and Cartoon Network's late-night block Adult Swim (both owned by WarnerMedia) currently share the cable syndication rights for the first eight seasons. In 2019, 20th Century Fox announced that TBS/Adult Swim would lose the syndication rights to the show starting in 2023, as part of the Disney acquisition of 20th Century Fox Television. Disney-owned channels FXX and FreeForm (formerly ABC Family) will get rerun rights to the show beginning in 2023. The local television syndication rerun rights are unaffected by the Disney acquisition of 20th Century Fox and will continue to run as normal. The entire series is available for stream on Hulu in the United States. Fox has rerun rights to Season 9 episodes currently. All syndication channels replace the 20th Century Fox Television with the 20th Television (TCFT's former syndication arm) logo.
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