The Fifth Season of Bob's Burgers refers to the fifth broadcast season. The season started on October 5, 2014 with "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" and ended with "The Oeder Games" on May 17, 2015.
Production[]
On September 26, 2013, FOX announced that the show had been renewed for a full 22-episode order of a fifth season.
The season features the Bob's Burgers debut of actors like Betsy Sodaro and Keisuke Hoashi.
Reception[]
On December 1, 2015, Kristen Schaal received a nomination for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production for "Hawk & Chick." She won the award, making it the first of two Annie Awards wins for the show.[1]
List of episodes[]
Screenshot | Title | Original airdate | Production code | Season Episode # | Total Episode # | Viewers in Millions # |
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"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" | October 5, 2014 | 4ASA14 | 1 | 68 | 3.140 | |
Gene plans his Die Hard-inspired musical with Louise underneath Wagstaff after the school rejects it for the fall musical on the same day as Courtney Wheeler's permitted Working Girl-inspired musical. | ||||||
"Tina and the Real Ghost" | November 2, 2014 | 4ASA13 | 2 | 69 | 2.891 | |
Tina falls in love with the rumored ghost in her basement. | ||||||
"Friends with Burger-fits" | November 16, 2014 | 4ASA11 | 3 | 70 | 3.346 | |
Bob becomes Teddy's workout buddy while Linda and her kids hold ice wrestling competitions in the walk-in. | ||||||
"Dawn of the Peck" | November 23, 2014 | 4ASA16 | 4 | 71 | 1.904 | |
Bob boycotts Thanksgiving when Linda and their kids spend the holiday at the First Annual Fischoeder Turk-tacular Turkey Town Festival, which the birds for the turkey run overtake. | ||||||
"Best Burger" | November 30, 2014 | 4ASA12 | 5 | 72 | 2.232 | |
Bob's black garlic for the Best Burger Contest is missing, and his kids must retrieve it. | ||||||
"Father of the Bob" | November 30, 2014 | 4ASA18 | 6 | 73 | 3.177 | |
Old feuds between Bob and Big Bob result in a competition in the kitchen at his dad's Christmas party while Bob's kids contest for the best present for their dad. | ||||||
"Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" | December 14, 2014 | 4ASA15 | 7 | 74 | 2.541 | |
Tina rejoins her Thundergirls troop to reveal the mole revealing their cookie secrets. Meanwhile, Linda dyes her hair blonde. | ||||||
"Midday Run" | January 4, 2015 | 4ASA17 | 8 | 75 | 3.949 | |
Tina works her hardest and enlist her siblings to get the hall monitor promotion she's rumored to receive. At Bob's Burgers, Linda puts up the napkin artwork of customers on the walls. | ||||||
"Speakeasy Rider" | January 11, 2015 | 4ASA20 | 9 | 76 | 3.336 | |
The Belcher kids join a go-kart league, and Bob and Teddy secretly sell Teddy's home-brewed beer at the restaurant. | ||||||
"Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise" | January 25, 2015 | 4ASA19 | 10 | 77 | 2.486 | |
In return for having access to the local community garden, Bob lets Logan work at his restaurant. | ||||||
"Can't Buy Me Math" | February 8, 2015 | 4ASA22 | 11 | 78 | 1.936 | |
Tina works with Darryl to become Cupid's Couple during the school dance. Bob and Linda do Linda's week-long, planned Valentine's Day activities. | ||||||
"The Millie-churian Candidate" | February 15, 2015 | 4ASA21 | 12 | 79 | 2.010 | |
To prevent Millie from becoming class president, Tina and Louise join Jimmy Jr.'s campaign. Bob falls in love with his new $300 knife. | ||||||
"The Gayle Tales" | March 1, 2015 | 5ASA01 | 13 | 80 | 3.032 | |
The Belcher kids must write the best essay to be Gayle's plus-one on her evening date after it got canceled and avoid the grounded punishment. | ||||||
"Li'l Hard Dad" | March 8, 2015 | 5ASA02 | 14 | 81 | 2.558 | |
Bob buys an automatic helicopter, but when it breaks, he must prove himself to the manufacturer for a refund. Gene joins his father but witnesses it lead to a helicopter fight between the two. | ||||||
"Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" | March 15, 2015 | 5ASA03 | 15 | 82 | 2.237 | |
Linda becomes disappointed at Bob's proposed "trivial" date. Louise must find the class chinchilla after it runs away. | ||||||
"The Runway Club" | March 22, 2015 | 5ASA04 | 16 | 83 | 2.207 | |
The Belcher kids must leave Saturday detention to be at the Cotton Candy Festival. Bob and Linda believe a young girl is trying to scam them in their restaurant. | ||||||
"The Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" | April 26, 2015 | 5ASA05 | 17 | 84 | 2.037 | |
Gene gets kicked out of the band he started with his siblings, Rudy, Peter, and Darryl, which makes him denounce his Casio. Tina and Louise help their brother love music again while Linda faces her disgusting armpit rash. | ||||||
"Eat, Spray, Linda" | May 3, 2015 | 5ASA06 | 18 | 85 | 2.240 | |
Bob doesn't have enough time to plan Linda's birthday surprise, so he has her leave the house as a distraction, yet when she doesn't return, Bob and his kids must go and find her. | ||||||
"Housetrap" | May 10, 2015 | 5ASA07 | 19 | 86 | 2.466 | |
The Belcher family gets stranded at a beach house in Craggy Neck during a terrible storm with the home's mysterious owner. | ||||||
"Hawk & Chick" | May 17, 2015 | 5ASA09 | 20 | 87 | 2.466 | |
Bob and Louise decide to unquestioningly help Shinji Kojima, the actor who played Rising Hawk in their favorite martial arts series, after hearing about family issues. | ||||||
"The Oeder Games" | May 17, 2015 | 5ASA08 | 21 | 88 | 2.440 | |
Bob and the other Ocean Avenue tenants protest Mr. Fischoeder's rent increases. However, he pins them in a competition that turns them against each other and disrupts their strike. | ||||||
Trivia[]
- On this season's DVD cover, Bob is holding the "Baby, You Can Chive My Car Burger" from "Father of the Bob," Linda wears her underground ice wrestling league outfit from "Friends with Burger-fits," Tina wears the racer helmet from "Speakeasy Rider" and holds Jeff from "Tina and the Real Ghost," Gene wears his John McClane musical costume from "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl," and Louise wears her outfit from the Gayle of Thrones sequence in "The Gayle Tales". In the background there is a water balloon from "The Oeder Games," the automatic helicopter from "Li'l Hard Dad," a one-eyed turkey from "Dawn of the Peck" and Princess Little Piddles.