Trivia[]
- Her first name means beautiful, cute, and pretty in Portuguese and Spanish.
- She can fart on command. ("Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School")
- Bob and Linda's wedding anniversary is September 3rd, and Linda uses "9 is divisible by 3" as a way to remember the date. Hugo the health inspector also uses this mnemonic to remember their anniversary.
- While incredibly gregarious and friendly, Linda has a tendency to overstep her bounds, invade other's personal lives and force people to conform to her own opinions and expectations.
- A major source of inspiration for Linda from voice actor John Roberts was his mother, and how he mocked and made fun of her when he was a child.
- She and Tina are the only two female members of the Belcher family who are voiced by a male.
- Linda is voiced by John Roberts.
- Tina is voiced by Dan Mintz.
- She has a tendency to mispronounce uncommon words like foreign words and jargon. She also misremembers phrases.
- She has a crush on Tom Selleck and wants her ashes thrown in his face. ("Burger War")
- Her birthday is June 3rd. ("The Kids Rob a Train")
- She was a member of the class of 1988 at Cardinal Gennaro High School.
- The car she and Bob drive is a Plymouth Volaré.
- She pees standing up. ("The Deepening")
- Her hometown is revealed to be "Hunkawtaway" ("The Pumpkinening"). While there is apparently no actual US city by that name, the word is clearly intended to invoke various actual place names of the north-eastern US derived from Native American languages, such as Pawtuckaway, Manakaway, or Nashawannuck.
- She used to be engaged to Hugo, but broke it off by performing a break-up rap on his answering machine after being unsatisfied with hanging out with him and had started seeing Bob after she accidentally got her engagement ring caught in his mustache.
- Her eyes don't completely close. ("Turkey in a Can")
- She might be an alcoholic, but more likely she just likes drinking. There are many references throughout the series to her being fond of drinking (to the point that the kids joke about it) and seemingly having a high tolerance. She has a clear preference for wine and mixed drinks, and only seems to drink out of the restaurant or after-hours.
- It is assumed that she may also be a high-functioning alcoholic.
- She is a Catholic. She mentions God and heaven in many episodes, and she talks about her experience at Communion in "Bed & Breakfast." It's unknown how devout she is, but she and Bob had a non-religious wedding ceremony at City Hall.
- She had jury duty on St. Patrick's Day and wore a green blazer in celebration. She later gave it to Tina to wear to her Wagstaff School News audition. Tina now currently wears it for her "Tina Table" segment on the program despite it blending in the with chroma-key screen. ("Broadcast Wagstaff School News")
- She tends to talk about Carrie despite never finishing the movie. ("Clear and Present Ginger")
- In "Lobsterfest," she compares Hugo to Carrie White after seeing him wearing a sash.
- In "Purple Rain-union," she states that she hopes she and her band will rock their high school reunion like Carrie White when she was on the stage, but with less blood.
- In "Clear and Present Ginger," she compares Tina to Carrie White after imagining her daughter in a prom dress, saying that Carrie looked gorgeous in her prom dress and betting that she had a great time at her prom.
- Her favorite toilet is at The Royal Oyster Hotel. ("Eat, Spray, Linda")
- She got into the habit of peeing while standing up and "likes it", as mentioned in "The Deepening."
- She wears pink underwear as painted in "Art Crawl" and seen in several later episodes.
- It's implied by Teddy that the areolas around her nipples are brown and asymmetrical in "Beefsquatch."
- She told Bob that she was pregnant with Louise on the Ferris Wheel at Wonder Wharf, to which he replied with long, loud screaming.
- It was implied that she wore braces when she was growing up in "Slumber Party" and later confirmed in "Loft in Bedslation."
- It is implied that she wears glasses because she is near-sighted as in "Housetrap" she raises her glasses to try and look at Helen's ring in a picture up close.
- She has a pair of underwear that is over thirty years old. ("Hawk & Chick")
- She doesn't have a passport. ("Hawk & Chick")
- She was fourth-grade hoop shoot champion. ("Stand By Gene")
- Her favorite Meryl Streep movie is It's Complicated. ("Stand By Gene")
- She loves showers, mornings, bologna, and turtles - and wine! ("Kids Rob A Train")
- She loves the zoo. ("Wag the Hog")
- She sleeps with a mouth guard. ("Secret Admiral-irer")
- She has recurring dreams about meeting Tyra Banks. ("Secret Admiral-irer")
- She has a large wart on her right hand. ("A River Runs Through Bob")
- Her worst fear is Gene turning into a wolf. ("A River Runs Through Bob")
- She used to throw rocks at cars, mentioned in Slumber Party. She did it so much that some people stopped driving down her street.
- She used to wing it at her book reports and for her report "The Catcher and the Rye", she used a catchers' mitt and a loaf of rye bread. She got an "F" on it because she didn't back-cover it. ("Li'l Hard Dad")
- She used Louise's volcano science fair project as a wine coozie.
- She once brought a stuffed animal(s) to the zoo to see how the real animals would react. ("Live and Let Fly")
- She taught herself to dance. ("Bob and Deliver")
- Her blood type is A positive. ("Heartbreak Hotel-oween")
- At some point in her childhood, Alfie Constanelli made a portrait of her using his own hair and toenails. ("The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, & Her Lover")
- She says "vroom, vroom" when she turns on the coffee maker. ("Romancing the Beef")
- A grocery store banned her and her family after biting someone. ("An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth")
- She sings while she drives. ("Mr. Lonely Farts")
- She has a reverse cowlick. ("Seven-tween Again")
- She has coimetrophobia or a fear of cemeteries. ("Show Mama from the Grave")
- She often calls to her daughters in the order of "Tina, Louise." Tina Louise is an actress who played Ginger on Gilligan's Island which also took place by the beach.
- She farted on Bob's lap on their second date. ("Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You")
- She sometimes leaves out a burger for Teddy on the sidewalk on a plate when business is slow. ("The Grand Mama-pest Hotel")
- She can't whistle. ("Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School")
- She likes bowling. ("Long Time Listener, First Time Bob")
- She often has the same dream about a soccer ball with penises around it. ("To Bob, or Not to Bob")
- She and Bob make plans to have sex on Sunday nights. ("The Belchies")
- Her shoe size is 9 1/2. ("The Big Stieblitzki")
- She used to do splits since she was a kid until she tried to do one at her cousin Teresa's wedding and failed ("The Right Tough Stuff"). She manages to do one in "The Right Tough Stuff."
- She can't wink. ("The Lost City of Atlantic")