The fourth season of Bob's Burgers refers to the fourth broadcast season. The season started on September 29, 2013 with "A River Runs Through Bob" and ended on May 18, 2014 with "World Wharf II: The Wharfening."
Production[]
On October 16, 2012, FOX announced that the show had been renewed for a full 22-episode order of a fourth season.[1]
It contains episodes left over from the third production season that were not broadcast in Season 3. Fourth production season episodes started airing in the spring of 2014.
Zach Galifianakis returns to voice Felix Fischoeder, and actors like Katie Crown, Rachel Dratch, and Kathryn Hahn make their Bob's Burgers voice-acting debut this season.
This is the first season to have an anthology episode, which is "The Frond Files."
Producers[]
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Executive
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Co-Executive Supervising (Bento Box Entertainment)
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For episodes 3ASA11-22, see Season 3.
Reception[]
In 2014, "Mazel Tina" won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, making it the show's first Emmy win.
List of episodes[]
| Screenshot | Title | Original airdate | Production code | Season Episode # | Total Episode # | Viewers in Millions # |
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"A River Runs Through Bob" | September 29, 2013 | 3ASA11 | 1 | 46 | 4.480 |
| The Belchers' camping trip quickly doesn't go as planned when Bob and Linda get swept down a river, prompting the kids to search for them. | ||||||
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"Fort Night" | October 6, 2013 | 3ASA13 | 2 | 47 | 4.210 |
| On Halloween, the kids end up getting trapped in a fort they made out of refrigerator boxes. | ||||||
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"Seaplane!" | November 3, 2013 | 3ASA14 | 3 | 48 | 3.750 |
| Linda takes pilot lessons with a perverse teacher known as "Upskirt Kurt" when Bob fails date night with her. | ||||||
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"My Big Fat Greek Bob" | November 10, 2013 | 3ASA12 | 4 | 49 | 3.169 |
| Bob gets a temporary gig as a frat house cook and ends up in a prank war headed by alumnus Dr. Yap. Meanwhile, the Belcher kids try to get into the frat's "Room of Secrets". | ||||||
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"Turkey in a Can" | November 24, 2013 | 3ASA16 | 5 | 50 | 4.076 |
| Bob invites Mort, Teddy, and Gayle over for Thanksgiving. After Bob displays major frustration with the family's bizarre requests, someone sabotages the turkey and puts it in the toilet. | ||||||
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"Purple Rain-Union" | December 1, 2013 | 3ASA15 | 6 | 51 | 3.390 |
| Linda tries to get her band back together to sing at her high school reunion. | ||||||
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"Bob and Deliver" | December 8, 2013 | 3ASA18 | 7 | 52 | 4.601 |
| Bob becomes the substitute "Home Ec" teacher at Tina's school and ends up creating a full-scale restaurant in the classroom. Simultaneously, Linda tries to manage Bob's Burgers without her family. | ||||||
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"Christmas in the Car" | December 15, 2013 | 3ASA17 | 8 | 53 | 5.567 |
| Bob gets upset when Linda buys a Christmas tree too early that dies too fast, so the Belchers go to get a new tree. While looking for a new tree, they notice that a man in a candy cane truck is stalking them. | ||||||
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"Slumber Party" | January 5, 2014 | 3ASA21 | 9 | 54 | 5.772 |
| Linda plans to surprise a reluctant Louise by inviting her classmates over for a surprise slumber party. | ||||||
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"Presto Tina-o" | January 12, 2014 | 3ASA20 | 10 | 55 | 4.202 |
| Hoping to win Jimmy Jr's love, Tina enters a young magician's contest. | ||||||
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"Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial" | January 26, 2014 | 3ASA19 | 11 | 56 | 3.240 |
| The Belchers make a Super Bowl commercial for their local station hoping that it will bring more customers into the restaurant. | ||||||
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"The Frond Files" | March 9, 2014 | 4ASA04 | 12 | 57 | 2.198 |
| The Belcher kids are forced to write an essay on why they like Wagstaff Middle School. Each essay focuses on bringing down Mr. Frond in different styles by the kids. | ||||||
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"Mazel Tina" | March 16, 2014 | 4ASA03 | 13 | 58 | 2.440 |
| Tina ends up not being invited to Tina's Bat Mitzvah, but is required to go when Bob's Burgers is hired to cater the event. When Tammy and Louise go missing, Tina takes the center stage. | ||||||
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"Uncle Teddy" | March 16, 2014 | 3ASA22 | 14 | 59 | 2.450 |
| Bob and Linda have Teddy babysit the kids when they go on a romantic getaway at a burger convention. Teddy attempts to earn the title of "Uncle Teddy" by shooing away Tina's crush, who turns out he is using her for free burgers. | ||||||
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"The Kids Rob a Train" | March 30, 2014 | 4ASA01 | 15 | 60 | 2.263 |
| The kids go on a winetasting train to rob chocolate from the chocolate fountain. | ||||||
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"I Get Psy-chic Out of You" | April 6, 2014 | 4ASA02 | 16 | 61 | 2.265 |
| After receiving a bump on the head, Linda believes she has been gifted with psychic powers. Louise and the kids decide to exploit this by asking Teddy to help them win a bet on the horse track. | ||||||
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"The Equestranauts" | April 13, 2014 | 4ASA05 | 17 | 62 | 1.832 |
| Tina goes to a Brony-esque convention for her love of ponies. | ||||||
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"Ambergris" | April 20, 2014 | 4ASA06 | 18 | 63 | 1.552 |
| The kids find a chunk of ambergris and try to sell it on the black market. Mr. Fischoeder's brother, Felix, builds a new customer bathroom for Bob's Burgers. | ||||||
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"The Kids Run Away" | April 27, 2014 | 4ASA07 | 19 | 64 | 2.262 |
| Louise finds out she has a cavity and goes to the dentist, and she runs away to get refuge from Gayle's house. | ||||||
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"Gene It On" | May 4, 2014 | 4ASA08 | 20 | 65 | 2.230 |
| Tina accidentally bits her tongue and loses her voice during her audtion for the cheerleading squad, with Louise stepping in to become her translator. Meanwhile, Gene grows tired of Linda's joyful involvement after making the team. | ||||||
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"Wharf Horse" | May 11, 2014 | 4ASA09 | 21 | 66 | 1.972 |
| Motivated by the promise of a new beachside burger joint, Bob conspires with Felix to convince Mr. Fischoeder to sell Wonder Wharf. Meanwhile, Tina protests the destruction of the wharf’s carousel by chaining herself to it. | ||||||
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"World Wharf II: The Wharfening" | May 18, 2014 | 4ASA10 | 22 | 67 | 1.954 |
| When Felix endangers Bob and Mr. Fischoeder, Linda and her kids must find and rescue them. | ||||||
Trivia[]
- On this season's DVD cover, Bob has his hair braided as in "Slumber Party," Linda wears her rockstar outfit from "Purple Rain-Union," Tina wears her magician costume from "Presto Tina-o," Gene wears his Boxcar Gene getup from "The Kids Rob a Train," and Louise wears her outfit from the "Fart School for the Gifted" sequence in "The Frond Files."
- The first four episodes of the season feature the 20th Century Fox Television closing logo graphic with the byline, "A News Corporation Company," which was retired after following Fox's split from News Corporation in June 2013 and replaced with the same graphic without the byline for all future episodes.
- The Region 4 DVD was released on June 10, 2022, the same day that Region 4 copies of seasons 2-3 and 5-10 released.
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