The second season of Bob's Burgers first aired on March 11, 2012, and aired its season finale on May 20, 2012. It consists of nine episodes, so far being the lowest number of episodes in a season. The second season was released on DVD-R media discs via Amazon.com's Manufactured on Demand (MOD) service on May 7, 2013.
Production[]
On April 7, 2011, Fox announced that they had ordered thirteen episodes for a second production season. In July, 2011, at the San Diego Comic Convention, the staff announced that they were given a nine-episode script order in addition to the thirteen episodes, which was ordered for full episodes on October 31, 2011. At the convention, the staff gave out information on what episodes were going on throughout the season, such as a Goonies parody where the kids explore an abandoned taffy factory, Bob getting involved with a hostage situation, learning about synchronized swimming, and entering the food truck industry. They also mentioned that they expected all secondary characters to return.
The second season's DVD cover features a small error in which it shows Gene and Louise in costumes from episodes in the third season. This is most likely because the episodes the costumes are from, have a second season production code.
This is the first season to:
- To be animated overseas at Yeson Entertainment and Hanho Heung Up
- To be animated traditionally using Toon Boom Harmony
- To have the Wilo Productions and Buck & Millie Productions logo at the end. The Buck & Millie Productions logo would remain until Worms of In-Rear-ment.
Producers[]
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Executive
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Co-Executive Supervising Producer Consulting Supervising (Bento Box Entertainment)
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Reception[]
The season received mostly positive reviews from critics, although the ratings were on the edge, as only two episodes received at least four million viewers. The season received an average of 4.18 million viewers. Despite this, the show was renewed for a third season and was nominated for three awards, the Teens Choice Award, the Critics Choice Award, and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for "Burgerboss." The most-watched episode was "Bob Day Afternoon" with 4.40 million viewers and the least watched episode was "Beefsquatch" with 3.57 million viewers.
List of episodes[]
| Screenshot | Title | Original airdate | Production code | Season Episode # | Total Episode # | Viewers in Millions # |
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"The Belchies" | March 11, 2012 | 2ASA01 | 1 | 14 | 4.04 |
| Teddy recounts a tale of hidden treasure inside an abandoned taffy factory that is scheduled for demolition, which prompts the kids to investigate the factory in secret to search for the treasure. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda have a scheduled romantic night for themselves. | ||||||
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"Bob Day Afternoon" | March 18, 2012 | 2ASA02 | 2 | 15 | 4.40 |
| A bank gets robbed across the street, so Bob and Linda seek this as an opportunity to get their restaurant known when the robber orders burgers. | ||||||
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"Synchronized Swimming" | March 25, 2012 | 2ASA03 | 3 | 16 | 3.97 |
| The kids con their way out of gym class with a bogus synchronized swimming independent study. Meanwhile, Bob welcomes a new soft serve ice cream machine to the restaurant. | ||||||
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"Burgerboss" | April 1, 2012 | 2ASA04 | 4 | 17 | 3.66 |
| Bob takes on an old-school video game he brought in the restaurant in order to beat Jimmy Pesto's score, but when he fails, he turns to a video game enthusiast for help. | ||||||
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"Food Truckin'" | April 15, 2012 | 2ASA05 | 5 | 18 | 3.90 |
| Bob buys a food truck to compete with the trucks that are taking his customers, but when he and his family take the truck to the "Lolla-Pa-Foods-A-Festival," the kids' misbehavior results in a riot among the attendees and food truckers. | ||||||
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"Dr. Yap" | April 29, 2012 | 2ASA07 | 6 | 19 | 3.92 |
| While Bob is medicated, he mistakes Gayle for his wife and kisses her. After she falls for him, Bob seeks help from Dr. Yap. | ||||||
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"Moody Foodie" | May 6, 2012 | 2ASA06 | 7 | 20 | 3.72 |
| The restaurant receives a negative review from a vicious food critic. | ||||||
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"Bad Tina" | May 13, 2012 | 2ASA10 | 8 | 21 | 3.69 |
| Tina gets detention on the night that she was supposed to babysit the kids, as Bob and Linda wanted to go out for a night. It starts from Tina turning into a teen as her personality changes. | ||||||
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"Beefsquatch" | May 20, 2012 | 2ASA09 | 9 | 22 | 3.57 |
| Bob gets the chance to appear as a guest chef on a talk show, but things quickly don't go as planned when Gene steals the spotlight and enlightens the crowd by wearing a Sasquatch mask. | ||||||
Trivia[]
- On the DVD cover for this season, Linda wears her swimsuit and is blowing a whistle, referencing "Synchronized Swimming," while Tina is dressed and made up to look like Tammy, as in "Bad Tina." Gene's "tarred and Bob'd" look and Louise's Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume foreshadow the Season 3 episodes "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" and "Full Bars," respectively.
- Season 2 is the shortest season of the series only containing 9 episodes.
- The Region 4 DVD was released on June 10, 2022, the same day that Region 4 copies of seasons 3-10 released.
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