History Headscratchers / BobsBurgers

** May just be a character flaw of Bob's. He has a tendency to not really be the one who wants to further complicate the situation (when he does, it's usually out of anger of others telling him what he can and can't do, and he usually just gets dragged along with his family's schemes) even if it could potentially benefit him, and he may simply consider doing these things a hassle, or the kind of zany nonsense the rest of the family would get up to. Note that in the insurance agent incident, it was TINA who recorded him, without Bob's planning - he was just excited they had proof when he found out. It'd definitely HELP a lot, but Bob seems to prefer keeping things simple, and putting up with annoyances is apparently simpler than long-winded harassment suits to him.

** May just be a character flaw of Bob's. He has a tendency to not really be the one who wants to further complicate the situation (he usually just gets dragged along with his family's schemes) even if it could potentially benefit him, and he may simply consider doing these things a hassle, or the kind of zany nonsense the rest of the family would get up to. Note that in the insurance agent incident, it was TINA who recorded him, without Bob's planning - he was just excited they had proof when he found out. It'd definitely HELP a lot, but Bob seems to prefer keeping things simple, and putting up with annoyances is apparently simpler than long-winded harassment suits to him.

* So if Bob is frequently visited by Jimmy Pesto coming into/around his restaurant to harass and annoy him on a regular basis and Hugo harasses him every time he does an inspection of the restaurant, why hasn't Bob ever secretly set up a tape recorder/Gene's keyboard (which has a sound recorder built into it)/the voice recorder their cell phone almost certainly has (despite being a really cheap, basic model) to record these obvious instances of harassment? Keeping in mind that Pesto is not a paying customer with no intention to order any food and Hugo is straight-up abusing his power as a health inspector. Why doesn't Bob ever do anything about it? Hell, in "Tina-saurus Wrecks," he uses Gene's keyboard to record the bragging of a crooked insurance agent who was trying to extort Bob into committing insurance fraud for him. If he has used this method to stop a harasser before, there is absolutely no excuse to never do that again. He could have gotten Jimmy to back off and leave him alone (or even sue for harassment) and could have gotten the drunk-with-power Hugo fired. Certainly would have solved a lot of problems.

** I think that's because of those things, however, the other bit to that would be that we haven't really seen him exercise.

** I think that's because of those things, however, the other bit to that would be that we haven't really seen him exorcise.

* How is Bob in such terrible shape? He works on his feet, isn't noted to have a terrible diet, and doesn't seem to overindulge. People can totally be overweight in that situation, but he's usually floored by a little exertion or a mild injury.

* How does Bob not know that turkey burgers exist when he specializes in burgers?

* Tina and Gene even thinking of voting for Millie in "The Millie-Churian Candidate" makes no sense! They also were trapped in the fort during "Fort Night", and thus know full well that Millie is certifiably nuts. It can be somewhat hand-waved in the case of the Pesto twins, who were also there and also stated to be voting for Millie but are also TooDumbToLive most of the time, and Daryl, the other victim of Millie's fort prank, doesn't show up in this episode. But Tina and Gene are usually at least a bit smarter than that!

** The main appeal of cooking for Bob is getting to invent his own burgers, something he wouldn't get to do as just an employee--hell, he left his dad's diner over it. Being his own man may not be something he strives for, but the creative freedom that comes with it ''is''.

* Bob's clearly a great cook, but terrible everything else. Why doesn't he become a cook in another restaurant? He doesn't look an especially enterprising type, for whom being his own man is an end goal.

** Presumably, that horse had some weird production flaw that moved his tail to his crotch, making it look like he had long pubic hair.

** You dont see the characters teeth because their gums are in the way. On corpses, the gums are pulled back due to dehydration and decay, exposing their teeth

* The deformities on Mr. Goiter, Lady Big Nose and Henry Human Feet are pretty obvious, but what exactly was unusual about Mr. Down There Hair?

** It's pretty clearly not a middle school. A lot of kids go to the same school from first to eighth grade.

** Uh last I checked, both Gene and Louise are eleven and nine, an age where, in some cases, children might be attending middle school or so I think from experience, as I've attended middle school when I was ten, a year older than Louise and I've had a few friends who was nine and eleven when they've attended. It's kinda regional thing.

* Gene being in middle school is already a stretch but Louise? Or is it an elementary school that goes up to grade 7?

** Maybe to make the zombies look [[UncannyValley creepier]] [[BodyHorror and more mutilated?]]

* I just notices something... Why aren't the characters drawn with teeth... but the zombies in Tina's dreams are?

* I just notices something... Why aren't the characters drawn with teeth... but the zombies in Tina's dreams are?

** Because a lot of times kids who are a Jr, III, IV etc are referred to something different than their father at home, and they get used to it. It's entirely possible Jimmy Jr. always goes by Jimmy Jr.

** Because a lot of times kids who are a Jr, III, IV are referred to something different than their father at home, and they get used to it. It's entirely possible Jimmy Jr. always goes by Jimmy Jr.

* Why do the kids call Jimmy Jr. Jimmy Jr? They aren't on a first-name basis with his dad.

* How is Tabitha Johansson (a.k.a "Oil Spill" Girl) a parody/tribute/{{Take That}} to Tori Amos?

* Okay. The [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK?]] Their restaurant has just been robbed and Linda cares more about her reviews? On that note, the robber is actually CAUGHT and ''she's'' put out cause now he can't star in her show? So Bob has to make it up to ''her''?