Pest Control Truck refers to a running gag, often represented by a Ford Econoline commercial van, featured during the opening sequence of every Bob's Burgers episode. Between the Grand Re-Opening, and the Grand Re-Re-Opening, truck pulls up in front of Bob's Burgers accompanied by numerous raccoons, squirrels, rats, and snakes. Similar to the Store Next Door, the truck features clever word play - often in the form of a pun - in the company name on the truck. After season one, a different company name and logo is shown on the side of the truck in every episode; the following is a list of these company names:
Variants[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Demo |  Rat's all Folks! Exterminators |
Play on the catchphrase from the signoff shown at the end of most Looney Tunes cartoons: "That's all Folks!"
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| Fugue and Riffs (Archer) |
 (KGB) |
This is not an episode of Bob's Burgers, and therefore the standard intro is not used. However, as the KGB agents have arrived to "exterminate" Archer/Bob, their vehicle is shown pulling up in front of the restaurant at the beginning of the episode in the same manner the exterminator / pest control truck normally does. |
| My Way or the Highway to Heaven (Simpsons) |
 I SHOO SHOO SHOOSE YOU GENTLE PEST REMOVAL |
A play on the pun "I Choo Choo Choose You from The Simpsons episode "I Love Lisa." Jimmy Pesto appears across the street just before it pulls up. |
| The Oeder Games (Season 5 finale) |
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One of only six episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags, in the opening scene, an ordinary passenger vehicle is seen driving by in place of what would normally be a pest control truck - from the same 'camera angle' the opening sequence is normally viewed. |
| Bob's Burgers Fan Art website |  BLANK |
A blank variant from the Bob's Burgers Fan Art (Fart) competition website opening title sequence clip. Pesto's reflection still appears but no creatures due the creatures changing depending on the name. |
| Disney D23 2022 panel |  NO-BEE-WAN KENOBI |
Appeared in the premiere of the Season 13 onwards title sequence during the show's panel at Disney D23 in 2022. A play on Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars. |
Season 1[]
| Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|
 Rat's all Folks! EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the catchphrase from the signoff shown at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons: "That's all Folks!"
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Season 2[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Belchies |  STAN BERMAN KING OF VERMIN |
Sign includes: Rat with a crown
May be a play on "Stan Berman, King of Doughnuts" |
| Bob Day Afternoon |  THE PEST PESTERER |
Sign includes: Cockroach |
| Synchronized Swimming |  RattyShack |
Play on the title of the film "Caddyshack"
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| Burgerboss |  CHESTER THE DE-PESTER |
Play on the comic strip "Chester the Molester" |
| Food Truckin' |  NO MICE GIRLS |
Barred circle around "MICE GIRLS" - play on the like-styled "NO NICE GIRLS" decal/poster/sign, or the British pop girl group the Spice Girls. |
| Dr. Yap |  Wicked Witch of the Pest |
Play on "Wicked Witch of the West" from The Wizard of OZ
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| Moody Foodie |  MR. STOMPY'S PEST CONTROL |
Sign includes: Boot stomping on a cockroach
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| Bad Tina |  The Vermin Surgeon |
Sign includes: Caduceus, the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology - a widely used symbol of medicine. |
| Beefsquatch |  HOW THE PEST WAS WON |
Play on "How the West Was Won," a title used for: A 1962 western film, a mid-1970s TV series loosely based on the film, and a triple live album by Led Zeppelin.
Sign includes: Sheriff's star with a dead rat's face |
Season 3[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ear-Sy Rider |  NO MORE MR. MICE GUY |
Play on the Alice Cooper song "No More Mr. Nice Guy".
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| Full Bars |  Bats All, Folks! Exterminators |
Very similar word-play to the "Rat's all Folks" used for all of season one, based on the catchphrase from the signoff shown at the end of most Looney Tunes cartoons: "That's all Folks!" Bats fly in instead of vermin scurrying along the sidewalk.
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| Bob Fires the Kids |  MOUSE ARREST |
Play on "House arrest"
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| Mutiny on the Windbreaker |  RAT STEVENS |
Play "Cat Stevens" - former stage name of British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian and education philanthropist, Yusuf Islam.
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| An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal |  THE LAST OF THE MOUSEHICANS PEST CONTROL |
Play on the novel / film "The Last of the Mohicans"
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| The Deepening |  WILD WILD PEST |
Play on the title "The Wild Wild West," first used for the 1921 short Western film directed by Lee Kohlmar and featuring Hoot Gibson. |
| TinaRannosaurus Wrecks |  LaVermin Shirley |
Play on the title of the Happy Days spinoff TV series "Laverne & Shirley."
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| The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene |  Rat Be Nimble Rat Be Dead |
Play on the title of the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble"
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| God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins |  Silent Mice Exterminators |
Play on the Christmas carol "Silent Night"
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| Mother Daughter Laser Razor |  HICKORY DICKORY DEAD EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock"
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| Nude Beach |  HIT THE RODENT JACK |
Play on the Ray Charles song "Hit the Road Jack"
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| Broadcast Wagstaff School News |  SHUT YOUR MOUSE EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the phrase "Shut your mouth" |
| My Fuzzy Valentine |  RAT-SO RID-O PEST CONTROL |
Play on the character name Ratso Rizzo from the movie Midnight Cowboy |
| Lindapendent Woman |  THE MICEMAN COMETH |
Play on the "The Iceman Cometh," a play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939
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| O.T. The Outside Toilet |  ADIOS MICE-CHACHOS EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the Spanish phrase "Adiós muchachos" (bye guys)
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| Topsy |  HUGS NOT BUGS EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the "Hugs not Drugs" anti-drug campaign
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| Two for Tina |  VERMIN'S HEAD PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the early '90s TV series "Herman's Head" |
| It Snakes a Village |  MOUSE ADO ABOUT NOTHING Exterminators |
Play on the title of "Much Ado About Nothing", a comedic play by William Shakespeare |
| Family Fracas |  WORKING FOR THE SQUEAK-END PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the Loverboy song "Working for the Weekend" |
| The Kids Run the Restaurant |  JAKE · AND · THE RATMAN PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the TV series "Jake and the Fatman"
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| Boyz 4 Now |  Rat-a-tat-FLAT Exterminators |
Several possible sources, but presumably a play on "Rat a Tat Tat," a small cartoon rat that makes cameo appearances on Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" LP album art and liner notes. |
| Carpe Museum |  RODENT TO PERDITION PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the graphic novel/film "Road to Perdition"
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| The Unnatural |  Exterms of Endearment Exterminators |
Play on the title of the film "Terms of Endearment"
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Season 4[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A River Runs Through Bob |  The GREAT RATSBY Exterminators |
Play on the title of the novel/film "The Great Gatsby"
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| Fort Night |  Forgetta Bat It Exterminators |
Play on the oft-imitated Italian-American phrase "Forgetta 'bout it" Sign includes: bat |
| Seaplane! |  Cockroach Blockers Pest Control |
Play on the phrase "Cock blocker"
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| My Big Fat Greek Bob |  A MOUSE DIVIDED PEST CONTROL |
Play on the phrase "A house divided." Numerous usages, including a speech by Abraham Lincoln, all likely drawing from the Bible - Matthew 12:25: "[Every] city or house divided against itself shall not stand." |
| Turkey in a Can |  Oh No You Roden't Exterminators |
Play on the phrase "Oh no you didn't!"
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| Purple Rain-Union |  IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A POISON Exterminators |
Play on the title of the children's book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" (which likely derives its title from the proverb "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime") |
| Bob and Deliver |  ANTY MAIM PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the novel/play/movie "Auntie Mame"
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| Christmas in the Car |  Sugar & Spice and a Lot of Dead Mice PEST CONTROL |
Play on "Sugar and spice and everything nice," a line from the nursery rhyme "What Are Little Boys Made Of?"
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| Slumber Party |  YOU NEVER CALL, YOU NEVER RAT PEST CONTROL |
Play on the phrase "You never call, you never write..." |
| Presto Tina-O |  The Pest of Times and the Worst of Times Exterminators |
Play on the opening line from the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." |
| Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial |  ONCE, MICE, THREE TIMES AN EXTERMINATOR |
Play on lyrics from the Commodores song (written by Lionel Richie) "Three Times a Lady" - - "You're once, twice, three times a lady" |
| The Frond Files |  Termite-mare ON ELM STREET PEST CONTROL |
Play on the "Nightmare on Elm Street" film franchise. |
| Mazel Tina |  STUART-A-LITTLE-LESS Exterminators |
Play on Stuart Little, the 1945 children's novel by E. B. White - about a mouse named Stuart Little. |
| Uncle Teddy |  VERM-IN-ENT VACATION Exterminators |
Play on the phrase "permanent vacation" - meaning death. |
| The Kids Rob a Train |  MURDER SHE ROACH Exterminators |
Play on the title of the mystery TV series "Murder, She Wrote" which ran from 1984 to 1996 and starred Angela Lansbury. Writing similar to that of the title font of series. |
| I Get Psy-chic Out of You |  Curiosity Killed The Rat |
Play on the saying "curiosity killed the cat." The only post proudction seasons 1 & 2 truck to not have exterminators or pest control after the business name. |
| The Equestranauts |  Spray Anything Exterminators |
Play on the name of the band "Say Anything" and the film titled "Say Anything...". Font is styled to resemble the band's album "...is a real boy." |
| Ambergris |  RATS GOTTA HURT PEST CONTROL |
Play on the phrase "That's gotta hurt." |
| The Kids Run Away |  MOUSE of CARDS PEST CONTROL |
Play on the "House of Cards" idiom, recently made popular by the Netflix original series House of Cards. |
| Gene It On |  SO YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANTS? Exterminators |
Play on the title of the reality TV series So You Think You Can Dance? |
| Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town - Part I) | 
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This episode marked the first in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
The title of the episode is a play on Michael Morpurgo's 1982 children's novel War Horse, and its 2011 film adaptation. |
| World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town - Part II) | 
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This is one of only seven episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
The title of the episode is a play on "World War II." The subtitle, "The Wharfening," is a play on the title of the second film in the Highlander film franchise, Highlander II: The Quickening. |
Season 5[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl | 
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This is one of only seven episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
Instead, the front of Wagstaff School is shown. Unlike the "World Wharf" episodes, there is no caption displaying the title. |
| Tina and the Real Ghost | 
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This is one of only seven episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
Instead, the front of Wagstaff School is shown. Like the previous episode, there is no caption displaying the title. |
| Friends with Burger-fits |  MICE KNOWING YOU Exterminators |
Play on the phrase "Nice Knowing You". |
| Dawn of the Peck | 
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This is one of only seven episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
The title of the episode is a play on the title of the 1978 zombie-horror film "Dawn of the Dead" by George A. Romero - which was also remade in 2004. |
| Best Burger |  SPRAY IT DON'T SAY IT PEST CONTROL |
Play on the phrase "Say it, don't spray it". |
| Father of the Bob |  Not A Creature Was Stirring Not Even A Mouse PEST CONTROL |
Line from the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore. |
| Tina Tailor Soldier Spy |  THIS OLD MOUSE EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the TV show "This Old House." |
| Midday Run |  Wouldn't it be Mice Pest Control |
Play on the title of the 1966 song "Wouldn't it be Nice" by The Beach Boys. |
| Speakeasy Rider |  MY FAIR LADY EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the 1956 Broadway musical "My Fair Lady". This is the same truck later seen in the episode "Can't Buy Me Math" - the only instance of a pest control company name being repeated after season 1. The Store Next Door is also the same in these episodes. |
| Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise |  DON'T BE BUGGIN' EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the phrase "don't be buggin'." |
| Can't Buy Me Math |  MICE SHARONA EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Knack song "My Sharona." NOTE: Not on all versions, original broadcast versions and some others repeated "Speakeasy Rider"'s gags. |
| The Millie-Churian Candidate |  ANT MISBEHAVIN' PEST CONTROL |
Play on the 1929 song "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Fats Waller. |
| The Gayle Tales |  ANTS NOT IN YOUR PANTS PEST CONTROL |
Play on the idiom to "have ants in your pants" - meaning to not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something. |
| Li'l Hard Dad |  Killing Fleas Softly (With Our Spray) |
Play on the lyric "killing me softly" from the 1971 song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Lori Lieberman. |
| Adventures In Chinchilla-Sitting |  SPRAYS ANATOMY Exterminators |
Play on the ABC TV show "Grey's Anatomy." |
| The Runway Club |  BUGS DONE-Y PEST CONTROL |
Play on the cartoon character "Bugs Bunny". |
| The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee |  DO THE RAT THING EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the 1989 Spike Lee film "Do the right thing." |
| Eat, Spray, Linda |  MAMA SAID THERE'D BY SPRAYS LIKE THESE |
Play on the lyric "Mama said there'd be days like this" from the 1961 "The Shirelles" song "Mama Said." |
| Housetrap |  THE BAITING IS THE HARDEST PART EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the lyric "the waiting is the hardest part" from the 1981 song "The Waiting" by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. |
| Hawk & Chick |  ABRACA-DEAD-BUG |
Play on the incantation "Abracadabra" used as a magic word in stage magic tricks, and (ironically, in this case) historically believed to have healing powers when inscribed on an amulet. |
| The Oeder Games |
|
This is one of only seven episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
In the opening scene, an ordinary passenger vehicle is seen driving by in place of what would normally be a pest control truck - from the same 'camera angle' the opening sequence is normally viewed. |
Season 6[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sliding Bobs |  OF MICE AND MEN WHO KILL MICE EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the 1937 John Steinbeck novella "Of Mice and Men." |
| The Land Ship |  THE MICEANTHROPE PEST CONTROL |
Play on the word misanthrope. |
| The Hauntening |  THE LAST MOUSE ON THE LEFT PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the 1972 film "The Last House on the Left" - which was also remade in 2009.
A skeleton appears reflected on the window as opposed to Jimmy Pesto. |
| Gayle Makin' Bob Sled |  THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE BUGLY PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the 1966 film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" starring Clint Eastwood. |
| Nice-Capades |  THE MICE STORM |
Play on the title of the 1994 Rick Moody novel "The Ice Storm" and its subsequent 1997 film adaptation. |
| The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, & Her Lover |  A SQUEAK BEFORE DYING EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the title of the 1953 Ira Levin novel "A Kiss Before Dying" and its subsequent films adaptations. |
| The Gene & Courtney Show |  SQUISH SQUISH BANG BANG PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the 2005 film "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" starring Robert Downey, Jr. |
| Sexy Dance Healing |  SILENCE OF THE ANTS PEST CONTROL |
Play on the title of the 1988 Thomas Harris novel "The Silence of the Lambs," and the 1991 movie of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster which won 5 Academy Awards. |
| Sacred Couch |  SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING ANTS EXTERMINATORS |
Play on "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" - a series of young adult novels by Ann Brashares - and its 2005 film adaptation of the same name starring America Ferrera and Blake Lively. |
| Lice Things Are Lice |  PEST MORTEM PEST CONTROL |
A play on Post mortem (autopsy). |
| House of 1000 Bounces |  A GOOD MICE BREAKER EXTERMINATORS |
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| Stand by Gene |  WEAPONS OF MOUSE DESTRUCTION EXTERMINATORS |
A play on "Weapons of Mass Destruction." |
| Wag the Hog |  RATTY CAKE RATTY CAKE PEST CONTROL |
A play on the nursery rhyme, Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. |
| The Hormone-iums |  ROACH FOR THE SKY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on "Reach for the Sky." |
| Pro Tiki/Con Tiki |  FINAL PESTINATION PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Final Destination film franchise. |
| Bye Bye Boo Boo |  ANTS LIKE NO ONE IS WATCHING PEST CONTROL |
A play on "Dance Like No One is Watching". |
| The Horse Rider-er |  DEAD BUG WALKING EXTERMINATORS |
A play on "Dead Man Walking". |
| Secret Admiral-irer |  YOU MOUSE REMEMBER THIS EXTERMINATORS |
A play on a line from the song "As Time Goes By." |
| Glued, Where's My Bob? |  PETE THE CENTIPEDE ENEMY PEST CONTROL |
A play on the fact that this is the 100th production episode of the show. Appears in the establishing shot rather than the opening sequence. Jimmy Pesto's reflection not visible. |
Season 7[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Flu-ouise |  INSECT-UAL HEALING EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Marvin Gaye song "Sexual Healing." |
| Sea Me Now |  MOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL PEST CONTROL |
A play on the "House Hunters" spin-off, "House Hunters International". |
| Teen-a Witch |  THE BUGS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the common Halloween movie trope, "The calls are coming from inside the house". |
| They Serve Horses, Don't They? |  I SEE LONDON, I SEE ANTS PEST CONTROL |
A play on playground jingle denoting that someone's underpants are visible. |
| Large Brother, Where Fart Thou? |  TOO BUG TO FAIL EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the phrase, "Too big to fail." |
| The Quirk-ducers |  FROM MY COLD DEAD ANTS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase, "From my cold dead hands." |
| The Last Gingerbread House on the Left | 
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This is one of only eight episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
Instead, an exterior shot of Bob's Burgers at night with snow present appears with the caption "One Week Before Christmas." |
| Ex MachTina |  A MILLION WAYS TO DIE AS A PEST PEST CONTROL |
A play on the 2014 movie, A Million Ways to Die in the West. |
| Bob Actually | 
|
This is one of only eight episodes in the series not to feature the regular opening sequence and its running gags.
The episode begins with Speedo Guy pressing play on his stereo which plays "Stupid Cupid" while he skates around the boardwalk where a couple with a heart-shaped balloon watch on. |
| There's No Business Like Mr. Business Business |  ETHEL VERMIN ETHICAL VERMIN EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the singer Ethel Merman who famously sang "There's No Business Like Show Business", where this episode gets its title from. Also includes the line "Everything's coming up no pests" referencing "Everything's Coming up Roses", another song made famous by Merman. |
| A Few 'Gurt Men |  A FUME WITH A VIEW EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the E. M. Forster novel "A Room with a View." |
| Like Gene for Chocolate |  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MICE PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie, No Country for Old Men. |
| The Grand Mama-pest Hotel |  WHEN A STRANGER CRAWLS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie, When a Stranger Calls. |
| Aquaticism |  DALE'S DEAD-BUG |
Dale's Dead-Bug from King of the Hill. |
| Ain't Miss Debatin' |  HOUSE OF DE-BUGGIN' PEST CONTROL |
A reference to the 1995 Saturday Night Live comedy sketch House of Buggin. |
| Eggs for Days |  TWO CRICKETS TO PARADISE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Eddie Money song, "Two Tickets to Paradise." |
| Zero LARP Thirty |  SPRAYZ-ED AND CONFUSED PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie Dazed and Confused. |
| The Laser-inth |  JIMINY CROAK-IT EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the character Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio. |
| Thelma & Louise Except Thelma is Linda |  THESE ARE A FUME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS PEST CONTROL |
A reference to the song "My Favorite Things" from the musical The Sound of Music. |
| Mom, Lies, and Videotape |  MOTHER KNOWS PEST EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the phrase "Mother know's best." |
| Paraders of the Lost Float |  ME SO HORNET PEST CONTROL |
A play on the quote, "Me so horny", originating from the movie Full Metal Jacket. |
| Into the Mild |  AROUND THE CORNER BUGS ARE SPRAYED EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the line "Around the corner fudge is made" from the children's poem often called "Milk, Milk, Lemonade." |
Season 8[]
Brunchsquatch[]
The Season 8 premiere, "Brunchsquatch" has a title sequence featuring winning submissions from the Bob's Burgers Fan Art contest. These included multiple trucks, they are listed below in order of appearance.
| Business | Notes |
|---|---|
 L- |
Not fully visible. |
 WE'RE THE PEST AROUND!! |
A play on the Joe Esposito song, "You're the Best." |
 MICE GUYS FINISH FAST |
A play on the phrase "Nice Guys Finish Last." |
Other episodes[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Silence of the Louise |  GONE INSECT-Y SECONDS EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Gone in Sixty Seconds. |
| The Wolf of Wharf Street |  POLTER-MICE PEST CONTROL |
A play on poltergeist, a ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances or a 1982 movie. |
| Sit Me Baby One More Time |  DON'T STOP BUGS LEAVIN' PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Journey hit "Don't Stop Believin'." |
| Thanks-Hoarding |  MASHED POTATO BUGS PEST CONTROL |
A play on mashed potatoes and potato bugs. |
| The Bleakening, Part 1 | 
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This episode has no opening sequence. No Pest Control Truck. Also used for hour-long version. |
| The Bleakening, Part 2 | 
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This episode has no opening sequence. No Pest Control Truck. |
| V for Valentine-detta |  SHALL WE ANTS? EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Shall We Dance. |
| Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien |  ANT TOO PROUD TO BUG EXTERMINATORS |
A play on The Temptations song, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." |
| The Secret Ceramics Room of Secrets |  CAPTAIN UNDER ANTS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Captain Underpants books and movie. |
| Sleeping with the Frenemy |  THEY TERMITE BE GIANTS EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the band, They Might Be Giants. |
| The Hurt Soccer |  CRIMES AND MOUSE-DEMEANORS |
A play on the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors. |
| Cheer Up, Sleepy Gene |  RAT HERE RAT NOW PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Right Here, Right Now." |
| The Trouble with Doubles |  I LIKE DEAD BUGS AND I CANNOT LIE PEST CONTROL |
A play on the first line of "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot. |
| Go Tina on the Mountain |  LA FEMME NI-SQUEAK-A EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Canada action/drama series La Femme Nikita. |
| Are You There Bob? It's Me, Birthday |  DON'T TELL MOM THE BABY CRITTER'S DEAD PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. |
| Boywatch |  BIG LITTLE FLIES PEST CONTROL |
A play on the television drama series Big Little Lies. |
| As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps |  FLEAS & THANK YOU PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Please and thank you." |
| Mo Mommy Mo Problems |  IS THAT YOUR FINAL ANT, SIR? EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the phrase "Is That Your Final Answer?" from Who Wants to be a Millionaire. |
| Mission Impos-slug-ble |  BEAST INFECTION PEST CONTROL |
A play on yeast infection. |
| Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You |  THE WAR ON BUGS EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the band The War on Drugs. |
Season 9[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now |  FLEAS JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU PEST CONTROL |
A play on the 2009 movie He's Just Not That Into You. |
| The Taking of Funtime One Two Three |  A FAREWELL TO ANTS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Ernest Hemingway novel A Farewell to Arms. |
| Tweentrepreneurs |  THE WEEVIL DEAD EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the 1981 horror movie The Evil Dead. |
| Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street |  THE BUG-A-DOOK PEST CONTROL |
A play on the 2014 movie, The Babadook. |
| Live and Let Fly |  FLIES WIDE SHUT EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Eyes Wide Shut. |
| Bobby Driver |  I CAN'T GO FOR RATS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Daryl Hall and John Oates song, "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)." |
| I Bob Your Pardon |  TO KILL A SHOCKING BUG EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Harper Lee novel To Kill a Mockingbird. |
| Roller? I Hardly Know Her! |  SENSE & SENSE-A-KILL-A-FLEA PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Jane Austen novel Sense and Sensibility. |
| UFO No You Didn't |  THE VAN THAT ROCKS THE BEETLE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. |
| Better Off Sled |  SILENT MITES PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Christmas carol, "Silent Night." |
| Lorenzo's Oil? No, Linda's |  BUG TO DIFFER PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Beg to differ" meaning to disagree. |
| The Helen Hunt |  IT HAD TO BE GLUE GLUE TRAP EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the song "It Had to Be You." |
| Bed, Bob & Beyond |  THE MOUSE THAT JACK KILL'T EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the 2018 horror movie The House That Jack Built. |
| Every Which Way but Goose |  RATS WHAT SHE SAID EXTERMINATORS |
A play on "That's that she said", a phrase used to denote the exposition of an unintended double entendre. |
| The Fresh Princ-ipal |  I'D TRAP THAT EXTERMINATORS |
Play on the phrase "I'd tap that" |
| Roamin' Bob-iday |  ONE FISH, TWO FISH, THREE FISH, DEAD SQUISH |
A play on the Dr. Seuss book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Doesn't include either 'pest control' 'or exterminators' in business name. |
| What About Blob? |  SQUISH ME BABY ONE MORE TIME PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Britney Spears hit "...Baby One More Time." |
| If You Love It So Much, Why Don't You Marionette? |  DEAD'ER DONE PEST CONTROL |
A play on the catchphrase "Git r done" used by Larry the Cable Guy.
The color of the van is red, the same color as his favorite football team, the Nebraska Cornhuskers. |
| Long Time Listener, First Time Bob |  FOUR NON-BUGS EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the band 4 Non Blondes. |
| The Gene Mile |  SAVE THE LAST ANTS FOR ME PEST CONTROL |
A play on the song "Save the Last Dance for Me." |
| P.T.A. It Ain't So |  INTO THE SPIDER HEARSE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. |
| Yes Without My Zeke |  ANTS ANTS REVOLUTION PEST CONTROL |
A play on the music video games series Dance Dance Revolution. |
Season 10[]
| Episode | Exterminator | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Ring (But Not Scary) |  WORKING ON MY MITE MOVES PEST CONTROL |
A reference to the Bob Seger hit "Night Moves." |
| Boys Just Wanna Have Fungus |  MICE TRY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the phrase "Nice Try." |
| Motor, She Boat |  ARE YOU THERE BUG IT'S ME, MARGARET THE EXTERMINATOR |
A play on the novel Are You There God? It's Me, Maragaret by Judy Blume. |
| Pig Trouble in Little Tina |  THE EXOR-PEST PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie The Exorcist. |
| Legends of the Mall |  CRAWL OF DUTY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Call of Duty video game franchise. |
| The Hawkening: Look Who's Hawking Now! |  BOHEMIAN RATS-SQUISHY PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Queen hit "Bohemian Rhapsody." |
| Land of the Loft |  GNAT ON MY WATCH PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Not on my watch." |
| Now We're Not Cooking with Gas |  IT MUST BE MICE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the lyric "It must be nice" from "Washington on Your Side" as featured in Hamilton. |
| All That Gene |  DEAD MOUSE SAYS WHAT EXTERMINATORS |
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| Have Yourself a Maily Linda Christmas |  BYE, FLEA-CIA PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Bye, Felicia." |
| Drumforgiven |  FLEA WILLY PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Free Willy movie franchise. |
| A Fish Called Tina |  THE RODENT LESS TRAVELED EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the self-help book The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck. |
| Three Girls and a Little Wharfy |  THE USUAL BUGSPECTS PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie The Usual Suspects |
| Wag the Song |  ANT ACID EXTERMINATORS |
A play on antacids, stomach acid neutralizers. |
| Yurty Rotten Scoundrels |  MITE CLUB EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Fight Club. |
| Flat-Top o' the Morning to Ya |  BUGSHEAD RE-SQUISHITED PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited. |
| Just the Trip |  SORRY GNAT SORRY PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "Sorry, not sorry." |
| Tappy Tappy Tappy Tap Tap Tap |  LITTLE VERMIN EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Louisa May Alcott novel Little Women. |
| The Handyman Can |  HIVES OUT BEE REMOVAL |
A play on the 2019 movie Knives Out.
Doesn't include either 'pest control' 'or exterminators' in business name. |
| Poops!… I Didn't Do It Again |  EXTERMINATOR 2 BUG-MENT DAY PEST CONTROL |
A play on 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day. |
| Local She-ro |  IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SPRAY SOMETHING EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the warning phrase "If You See Something, Say Something." |
| Prank You for Being a Friend |  WASPS YOUR PROBLEM? PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase "What's your problem?" |
Season 11[]
| Episode | Business | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dream a Little Bob of Bob |  YOU SHOULD GET THAT MOLE LOOKED AT EXTERMINATORS |
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| Worms of In-Rear-ment |  EARWIGS AND THE ANGRY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the 2001 movie, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. |
| Copa-Bob-bana |  VERMIN DOWN THE HOUSE PEST CONTROL |
A play on the Talking Heads song "Burning Down the House." |
| Heartbreak Hotel-oween |  SHE'S SUPER SQUEAKY PEST CONTROL |
A reference to "Super Freak" by Rick James. |
| Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School |  ANT STOP THE FEELING EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Justin Timberlake song, "Can't Stop the Feeling!" |
| Bob Belcher and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Kids |  SLEEPING WITH THE ANT-EMY PEST CONTROL |
A play on the 1991 movie Sleeping with the Enemy. |
| Diarrhea of a Poopy Kid |  WHEN BUGS CRY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Prince song, "When Doves Cry." |
| The Terminalator II: Terminals of Endearment |  VERMIN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN PEST CONTROL |
A play on the 1988 Pedro Almodóvar movie, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. |
| Mommy Boy |  THE OLD MAN AND THE FLEA EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Ernest Hemingway novel, The Old Man and the Sea. |
| Yachty or Nice |  SLAY RIDE EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the Christmas orchestral standard "Sleigh Ride." |
| Romancing the Beef |  SLAY ANYTHING PEST CONTROL |
A play on the movie Say Anything. |
| Die Card, or Card Trying |  THE PEST IS YET TO COME PEST CONTROL |
A play on the phrase, "The best is yet to come." |
| An Incon-Wheelie-ent Truth |  BOOGIE MITES EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Boogie Nights. |
| Mr. Lonely Farts |  SONG OF THE FLEA EXTERMINATORS |
A play on the movie Song of the Sea. |
| Sheshank Redumption |  EYES ON THE FLIES |
A play on the phrase "Eyes on the Prize." |
| Y Tu Tina También |  THE YOUNG AND THE PESTLESS |
A play on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. |
| Fingers-loose |  A SIMPLE MOUSE-UNDERSTANDING |
A play on the common phrase, "A Simple Misunderstanding." |
| Some Kind of Fender Benderful |  IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING MICE TO SLAY DON'T SLAY ANYTHING AT ALL |
A play on the phrase, "If you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing at all." |
| Bridge Over Troubled Rudy |  WE'RE GNAT GONNA TAKE IT |
A play on the Twisted Sister song, "We're Not Gonna Take It." |
| Steal Magazine-olias |  TERMITEY APHRODITE |
A play on the 1995 movie, Mighty Aphrodite. |
| Tell Me Dumb Thing Good |  TICKS EVASION EXTERMINATORS |
A reference to tax evasion, an illegal activity. |
| Vampire Disco Death Dance |  GNATTY BY NATURE |
A play on the phrase, "Naughty by Nature." |
Season 12[]
| Episode | Business | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Manic Pixie Crap Show |  BUG STORE COWBOY |
A play on the 1989 movie, Drugstore Cowboy. |
| Crystal Mess |  THE BUGLY TRUTH |
A play on the 2009 movie, The Ugly Truth. |
| The Pumpkinening |  FLY-DAY THE 13TH |
A reference to Friday the 13th, a superstition and horror movie franchise. |
| Driving Big Dummy |  DIE-YOU-MITE! |
A play on J. J. Evans' "Dy-no-mite!" catchphrase from the sitcom, Good Times. |
| Seven-tween Again |  IN-GORY-US BUGSTERS |
A play on the 2009 movie, Inglorious Basterds. |
| Beach, Please |  SPIDER OFF DEAD |
A play on the 1985 movie Better Off Dead. |
| Loft in Bedslation |  GNAT SO FAST |
A play on the phrase, "Not so fast." |
| Stuck in the Kitchen with You |  PAGING MR. VERMIN |
A play on a line in Pee-wee's Big Adventure, "Paging Mr. Herman." |
| FOMO You Didn't |  PEST SIDE STORY |
A play on the musical West Side Story. |
| Gene's Christmas Break |  YOU BETTER NOT MOUSE, YOU BETTER NOT FLIES |
References lyrics from the Christmas song, "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town." |
| Touch of Eval(uations) |  GONE SILVERFISHIN' |
A play on the phrase, "Gone Fishing." |
| Ferry on My Wayward Bob and Linda |  BEETLE ROYALE |
A play on the 2000 movie Battle Royale. |
| Frigate Me Knot |  CATCH ME IF YOU ANT |
A play on the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can. |
| Video Killed the Gene-io Star |  FLAMING OF THE SHREW |
A play on the William Shakespeare comedy play The Taming of the Shrew. |
| Ancient Misbehavin' |  FLEA'S COMPANY |
A play on the 1970s sitcom Three's Company. |
| Interview with a Pop-pop-pire |  SEE YA LATER, FUMIGATOR |
A play on "See You Later, Alligator." |
| The Spider House Rules |  BOOM GOES THE DYING MITE |
A play on the catchphrase, "Boom goes the dynamite" coined by Ball State University student Brian Collins. |
| Clear and Present Ginger |  DR. WEEVIL |
A play on the character Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movie franchise. |
| A-Sprout a Boy |  LET'S MAKE A SQUEAL |
A play on the game show, Let's Make a Deal. |
| Sauce Side Story |  A FUME GOOD MEN |
A play on the 1992 movie, A Few Good Men. |
The Bob's Burgers Movie[]
| Business | Notes |
|---|---|
 THE PEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
A play on the 1946 movie, The Best Years of Our Lives. |
Season 13[]
| Episode | Business | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| To Bob, or Not to Bob |  THE MERCHANT OF VERMIN |
A play on the Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice. |
| The Reeky Lake Show |  SMASH MOTH |
A play on the band Smash Mouth. |
| What About Job? |  FLEA TO BE YOU AND ME |
A play on the 1972 childrens entertainment project, Free to Be... You and Me. |
| Comet-y of Errors |  BED BUGS AND BEYOND |
A play on Bed Bath and Beyond. |
| So You Stink You Can Dance |  I'M ONLY FUMIN' |
A play on I'm only Human, from the song "Human" |
| Apple Gore-chard! (But Not Gory) | 
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This episode doesn't contain an opening sequence along with the Store Next Door and Pest Control Truck gags. |
| Ready Player Gene |  NATURAL SWARM KILLERS' |
A play on the 1994 movie, Natural Born Killers. |
| Putts-giving |  BORED OF THE FLIES' |
A play on the William Golding novel, Lord of the Flies. |
| Show Mama from the Grave |  THE FLEASTIE BOYS' |
A play on the hip-hop group, The Beastie Boys. |
| The Plight Before Christmas | 
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This episode doesn't contain an opening sequence along with the Store Next Door and Pest Control Truck gags. |
| Cheaty Cheaty Bang Bang |  THE RED HOT KILLS-BEES BETTERS' |
A play on the rock band, Red Hot Chili Peppers. |
| Oh Row You Didn't |  STILL OF THE GNAT' |
A play on Still of the Night. |
| Stop! Or My Mom Will Sleuth! |  I WANT A NEW BUG PEST CONTROL' |
A play on the Huey Lewis and the News song, "I Want a New Drug." |
| These Boots Are Made for Stalking |  MR. FLEABODY & VERMIN' |
A play on the 2014 movie, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, featuring the characters of Mr. Peabody and Sherman. |
| The Show (and Tell) Must Go On |  NICE FLIES FINISH LAST' |
A play on the aphorism "nice guys finish last." |
| What a (April) Fool Believes |  WELCOME BACK, SWATTER' |
A play on sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. |
| Crows Encounters of the Bird Kind |  HOW THE MITE-Y HAVE FALLEN' |
A play on the phrase, "how the mighty have fallen." |
| Gift Card or Buy Trying |  SO YOU THINK YOU GOT ANTS' |
A play on the reality tv show So You Think You Can Dance. |
| Crab-solutely Fabulous |  CRITTER-ION COLLECTION' |
A play on The Criterion Collection home-video distribution company. |
| Radio No You Didn't |  IT WASPN'T SUPPOSED TO BEE THIS WAY' |
A play on "It wasn't supposed to be this way." |
| Mother Author Laser Pointer |  I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S SQUASHING ME PEST CONTROL |
A play on a lyric from the song "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell. |
| Amelia | 
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This episode doesn't contain an opening sequence along with the Store Next Door and Pest Control Truck gags. |
Season 14[]
| Episode | Business | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral | 
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This episode doesn't contain an opening sequence along with the Store Next Door and Pest Control Truck gags. |
| The Amazing Rudy |  DO THE MITE THING |
A play on the 1989 movie, Do the Right Thing. |
| The Pickleorette |  DO I MAKE YOU HORNET, BABY? |
A play on the phrase "Do I make you horny, baby?" from the Austin Powers movie franchise. |
| Running Down a Gene |  GNAT-URAL BORN KILLERS |
A play on the 1994 movie Natural Born Killers. |
| Bully-ieve It or Not |  SWARM AND FUZZY EXTERMINATORS |
A play on "warm and fuzzy." |
| Escape from Which Island? |  MARE OF FLEAS TOWN |
A play on the crime drama series Mare of Easttown. |
| The (Raccoon) King and I |  GNAT MY PROBLEM |
A play on the phrase, "Not my problem." |
| Wharf, Me Worry? |  SPRAY IT AIN'T SO |
A play on the phrase, "Say It Ain't So." |
| Fraud of the Dead: Zombie-docu-pocalypse |  SOMETHING WEEVIL THIS WAY COMES |
A play on the phrase, "Something evil this way comes." |
| The Nightmare 2 Days Before Christmas |  GNAT IF I CAN HELP IT |
A play on the phrase "Not if I can help it." |
| Mission Impossi-Bob |  BEETLES JUICED |
A play on the 1988 movie Beetlejuice. |
| Jade in the Shade |  TAKE A ANTS ON ME EXTERMINATOR |
A play on the ABBA song, "Take a Chance on Me." |
| Butt Sweat and Fears |  THE ANTS GO MARCHING NONE BY NONE |
A play on the nursery rhyme, "The Ants Go Marching." |
| The Big Stieblitzki |  DAZED AND CON-FUMED |
A play on the 1993 comedy film Dazed and Confused. |
| The Right Tough Stuff |  DAZED AND CON-FUMED |
A play on the 1985 movie, Better Off Dead. |
Upcoming episode
NO-BEE WAN KENOBI(a play on Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars)
Trivia[]
- Season 1 featured the same "Rat's all Folks! EXTERMINATORS" truck in every episode.
Jimmy Pesto's reflection.
- In Seasons 1 and 2 there were only mice running towards the restaurant. From Season 3 until The Runway Club a whole variety of different animals are seen, and from The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee onward the animals change in relation to the pest control company name.
- Starting with 3ASA production season episodes, all trucks have "exterminators" or "pest control" after the business name except for "Curiosity Killed the Rat" from "I Get Psy-chic Out of You," "Dale's Dead Bug" from "Aquaticism," "Once Mice Three Times an Exterminator" from "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial", however, uses exterminator in place of 'lady' and doesn't have "pest control" or "exterminators" after the pun. Only a few 2ASA production season trucks contain the suffixes. All 1ASA trucks were "Rat's All, Folks Exterminators." Starting with AASA14 the suffixes were dropped and have only featured on two trucks since.
- Beginning in Season 3, standard fonts were adopted for the 'Exterminator' and 'Pest Control' suffixes. 'Exterminator' appeared using a font with lower case letters and a capital initial whereas 'Pest Control' appeared in a font with all capitals. Starting with episode 8ASA14, in production order, a new font for both suffixes appears with all letters capitalized.
- The truck appeared to be right-hand drive in production seasons 1-5 with the sliding door facing the road. Starting with the sixth production season (excluding 6ASA01), the door disappears making it appear more like a left-hand drive vehicle with no door on the driver's side with the door hidden from view on the passengers side but the handle is still visible in most episodes.
- The van can be identified as a fourth generation Ford E-Series, a very common fleet vehicle used across North America.