Trivia[]
- He is voiced by actor Kevin Kline, who has won an Academy Award and three Tony Awards. He is the only performer to have won an Academy Award to voice a character on Bob's Burgers and one of only two performers who has won a Tony Award, with the other being Daveed Diggs.
- His first appearance was in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?," although this is going by broadcast order. In production order, he was given a proper introduction, along with several other characters in "Burger War."
- In some episodes, he has an antagonistic role, such as "Torpedo," "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal," "Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town - Part I)," "The Deepening," "The Oeder Games," and "What a (April) Fool Believes."
- His last name is a portmeau on the words, "fish odor."
- Felix Fischoeder took out his brother's right eye ("Ambergris"). The incident likely happened when they were young since he wears an eye patch in an old picture in The Bob's Burgers Movie.
- The Fischoeder family crest features ten snakes ("schlongs" in German) as revealed in "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal." (Note: this is grammatically incorrect, as "snake" is "Schlange" in German, and its plural is "Schlangen.")
- The family's name and Fischoeder's reference to the German language might indicate that the family originates from Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
- Despite knowing Linda's name ("World Wharf II: The Wharfening"), he usually refers to her as "Mrs. Burger" or "Mrs. Bob."
- He often abuses or mistreats restaurants by using the facilities without ordering anything or coming in simply to get a good reception on his smartphone.
- He loves lunch. ("Wharf Horse")
- He was once married for a week as revealed in "The Kids Run the Restaurant."
- He enjoys watching World's Craziest Car Chases with his mansion's maid, Inga. ("The Oeder Games")
- He can play the piano ("Nice-Capades").
- His golf cart's license plate reads "BIGFSCH," a pun on the term "big fish," used to describe someone who is important or powerful, such as a landlord, which he is ("Teen-a Witch").
- The cart he rides in throughout the series previously belonged to his father, who owned it for many years and left it to him when he died. ("What a (April) Fool Believes")
- He has worms. ("World Wharf II: The Wharfening")
- He loves electronic dance music. ("Escape from Which Island?")
- August Scharffenheimer made a friendship bracelet for him. ("Escape from Which Island?")
- He wants to launch missiles at England. ("Wharf Horse")
- He doesn't make any appearances in Season 10 and is the only season he doesn't appear in.
- He doesn’t appear in the "A Fish Called Tina," even though the title is a spoof of the 1988 comedy film A Fish Called Wanda, which is considered to be one of Kevin Kline's (voice actor) most iconic movies (Kline won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film).
- His hair is similar to Krusty the Clown's hair on The Simpsons.