History Foil / BobsBurgers

** When the kids need a favor from Yap, they aren't afraid to be upfront with him and in return he does what he can to come up some decent solutions that while not always helpful he clearly means well and is genuine in his efforts; The kids never ask a favor from Frond because they know how useless he is (Frond even once callously brushed off the ''one'' time they needed help from him), but Louise does have to resort to manipulating him to use his stupidity to benefit her schemes, just to show how completely unreliable Frond is.

** Linda is loved and supported by her family even at their worst; Gayle is looks down on by them (Linda herself being the exception) with even her cats being hostile towards her.

** Linda's family loves and supports her even at their worst; Gayle's family (Linda being the exception) looks down on her and her cats are hostile towards her.

** In regards to their children, Bob has no problem talking about how bad of a dad Big Bob was to him and despite him being his father, Bob has no interest in being around him that much, at least at first until Big Bob started to slowly change for the best; Linda is aware of her parent's flaws but she still talks about them in a cheerful manner while trying not to show negativity about them, and the only reason why Linda bothers to be around them (and even then she's not thrilled about it that much) is out of familial obligation and the belief that because she loves them that she should do things for them and be around them.

** Although Trev wants friends, his only friend seems to be Jimmy and even then, the friendship is hardly a friendship since Jimmy hardly treats him like a person and more like a lackey, with even Trev admitting that Jimmy is pretty much the only person he knows and thus wants him to like him. Although he can get along with Bob and Linda, they don't regard him as a friend. On the other hand, Ron is perfectly capable of befriending people who aren't Hugo (even being friends with the Belchers), and despite Hugo's attitude Ron genuinely likes Hugo, and it is shown at times that Hugo does seem to genuinely like Ron enough to continue working with him.

** Linda has a steady job with her husband's restaurant and is even capable of working additional part-time jobs; Gayle quits whatever job she gets before she can even get a single paycheck.

*** Gene and Louise are both the youngest and most immature siblings overall, and both are obnoxious troublemakers. Louise is not nearly as odd, irresponsible or dim-witted as Gene is, but Gene isn't as mean or as much of a risk-taker as Louise is. Both also hold close relationships with their opposite-sex parent ([[MommasBoy Gene with Linda]]; [[DaddysGirl Louise with Bob]]), and can get very possessive of that parent's attention, but Gene is very vocal about his closeness to Linda while Louise tries to hide her closeness to Bob.

* Big Bob (Bob's father) is this to Gloria (Linda's mother).

** Jimmy is more business-savvy than Bob, but Bob is a borderline SupremeChef while Jimmy is a borderline LethalChef.

** Big Bob and Bob's relationship is quite poor, as Big Bob made Bob work all day, gave him little to no freedom and Bob never had the chance to play outside or express himself in the restaurant; Bob is very close to all of his children, allows them to express themselves and their opinions of him (for better or worse), and gives them plenty (if not too much) freedom out of the benevolent intention to ensure that his kids have a better childhood than he did.

** Linda has decent social skills and a small but loyal group of friends who enjoy her company; Gayle has no friends and the few people she meets tend to be uncomfortable by her mere presence.

* The Belcher kids in general act as foils to each other. The main thing they have in common is that they are all quite eccentric with their own quirks, but they differ greatly in exactly ''what'' those quirks are.

** Although Trev wants friends, his only friend seems to be Jimmy and even then, the friendship is hardly a friendship since Jimmy hardly treats him like a person and more like a lackey, with even Trev admitting that Jimmy is pretty much the only person he knows and thus wants him to like him. Although he can get along with Bob and Linda, they don't regard him as a friend; Ron is perfectly capable of befriending people who aren't Hugo (even being friends with the Belchers), and despite Hugo's attitude Ron genuinely likes Hugo, and it is shown at times that Hugo does seem to genuinely like Ron enough to continue working with him.

*** Gene and Louise are both the youngest and most immature siblings overall, and both are obnoxious troublemakers. Louise is not nearly as odd, irresponsible or dim-witted as Gene is, but Gene isn't as mean or as much of a risk-taker as Louise is. Both also hold close relationships with their opposite-sex parent (Gene with Linda; Louise with Bob), and can get very possessive of that parent's attention, but Gene is very vocal about his closeness to Linda while Louise tries to hide her closeness to Bob.

** Big Bob might be a ControlFreak, but is generally more tolerant of other's quirks and is pretty independent by nature; Gloria judges people while nagging to have all her demands met.

** Big Bob is well-regarded by everyone except for his own child[[note]]and even then Bob's relationship with him starts to improve after "Father of the Bob"[[/note]]; Gloria is disliked by everyone except for one of her own children[[note]]and even then Linda is shown to be in the wrong to put her mother on a pedestal[[/note]].

** Big Bob is humble enough to swallow his pride, regretfully acknowledge how he drove Bob away, and own up about his faults; Gloria doesn't seem to care about how much she inconveniences Linda with her demands and never owns up to her own faults.

** Gene and Louise's friends always have their backs when they get themselves in a jam; Tina's peer group ditches her, makes fun of her and serves as a collective ToxicFriendInfluence to both each other and Tina, with many times Tina's been in trouble being because of them.

*** Tina isn't very smart and doesn't really understand most social cues; Louise is sly, clever, and street-smart.

** Teddy gets jealous quite easily of anyone who gets too close to Bob or Linda, but it's usually portrayed as harmless at best and pathetic at worst and it almost never directly harms Bob (or the rest of the family) in any way other than annoying him; Gayle however, is jealous of Linda because she has a much more stable, fulfilled life, to the point where Linda has to go to great lengths to walk on eggshells around Gayle whether it's denying herself and her family to give Gayle criticism on her art or even letting her pretend to have an affair with Bob just so Gayle can feel better about herself even though it pretty much shows how parasitic Gayle is to Linda and how it negatively affects Bob (and to an extension everyone else in the family) , but Linda doesn't seem bothered by it for the most part.

*** Gene and Louise are both the youngest and most immature siblings overall, and both are obnoxious troublemakers. However, Louise is not nearly as odd, irresponsible or dim-witted as Gene is, but Gene isn't as mean or as much of a risk-taker as Louise is. Both also hold close relationships with their opposite-sex parent (Gene with Linda; Louise with Bob), and can get very possessive of that parent's attention, but Gene is very vocal about his closeness to Linda while Louise tries to hide her closeness to Bob.

** In regards to their children in law, Big Bob treats Linda pretty decently and tolerates her for the most part even when she's being a little too over the top; Gloria has zero respect for Bob, often nagging at him and frequently judging him whenever they're in the same room even when Bob actively avoids saying anything to her.

** Teddy's father was implied to be abusive to him, such as forcing him through toilet training from the ages of 7 to 14. As an adult Teddy hasn't mentioned ever doing anything with his dad the way he interacts with his mom. Meanwhile, Gayle frequently clashes with her mother and is openly hostile towards her (which makes sense considering how similarly grating the two are).

** Although Trev wants friends, his only friend seems to be Jimmy and even then, the friendship is hardly a friendship since Jimmy hardly treats him like a person and more like a lackey, with even Trev admitting that Jimmy is pretty much the only person he knows and thus wants him to like him; Ron is perfectly capable of befriending people who aren't Hugo, and despite Hugo's attitude Ron genuinely likes Hugo, and it is shown at times that Hugo does seem to genuinely like Ron enough to continue working with him.

Recent flashbacks indicate that Big Bob has always been a fairly decent person before starting a family and took care of Bob pretty well (even after his wife passed), although it's implied that his wife brought out his better qualities and he really only became colder to Bob after her passing; Linda's stories about Gloria and a recent flashback only continue to highlight that Gloria's always been rotten to the core as she not only worsened a family feud for a petty reason, but that she was also never a good parent to neither Linda nor Gayle.

** Big Bob is a widower and has been for over three decades—his wife died when Bob was still very young; Gloria and Al still have each other in their old age.
*** Relatedly, Big Bob always talks fondly about his late wife and clearly loved her very much; in contrast, Gloria is almost always annoyed by Al for some reason and their relationship hit quite a rough patch in the past.

** In regards to their children in law, Big Bob treats Linda pretty decently and tolerates her for the most part even when she's being a little too over the top; Gloria has zero respect for Bob, often nagging at him and frequently judging him whenever they're in the same room.

** Trev almost seems dependent on Jimmy, to the point of trying to continue mimicking his taunting of Bob and Linda and Bob try to get him to break out of his dependence and sheep-like mentality towards Jimmy (which doesn't last); Ron is much more independent and can clearly think for himself as seen when he's interacting with the Belchers.