History Series / BobHeartsAbishola

** Seeing as Kemi is old enough to have three grown children, grandchildren and a deceased husband, she's likely much older than Chukwuemeka. Kemi mentions that Ogeche objects to her age, further corroborating this.

* HiddenDepths: Ebunoluwa is as deeply religious as the rest of her family, and chafes at any challenge to the status quo. However, Bob brings up the story of Job, who went through a TraumaCongaLine because God made a bet with Satan that his faith could withstand it. Bob wonders why God would make a bet with Satan in the first place, and after a pause, she admits that that's always bugged her, too. The fact that she's willing to admit to questioning the Bible in any capacity is a surprise, given how devout and traditional she is.

* ExiledToTheCouch: A case of being exiled to someone else's couch. Auntie Olu throws out Uncle Tunde for supporting Bob instead of Chukwuemeka. Bob is happy to accommodate him and he even bonds with Dottie.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bob is normally a very kind and understanding man, but when he does get angry, he's downright scary as shown in "I'll sleep when I'm dead".

* WhamEpisode:
** "Ralph Lauren and Fish" Bob and Abishola finally have a real date. And Dottie has a stroke.
** "God Accepts Venmo", the season two finale. Bob and Abishola are set to get married, but [[spoiler:Tayo will not allow Dele to attend and wants to keep him in Nigeria for good.]]
** "Beard in Her Pulpit", the season three finale. [[spoiler:After being denied a large yearly bonus, Goodwin begins to feel unappreciated at [=MaxDot=] and seeks employment from the company Christina now works for.]]
** "Bibles to Brothels", [[spoiler:Bob finally decides to retire from [=MaxDot=]. And Goodwin, who was quickly let go from his new job, is finally named the new president of the company]].

* {{Yandere}}: Christina, full stop. She stabbed her ex-husband and apparently has a Valentine's Day tradition of crying and screaming outside his camper. Then she gets involved with Kofo, which starts out innocently enough, with the two coming up with more enticing names for their products, but it quickly turns to flirting and then to full-on stalking. She even bakes a cake shaped like Kofo's face and is very insistent that he eat it, and he alone (Kofo mentioned that he let Goodwin try some, and Christina was not at all happy about it). This creeps him out so much that Bob and Douglas send her off to a psychiatric resort that she'd already been to at least once before and to keep Goodwin and Kofo quiet, send them on a paid vacation to an island. Then while at the resort, Christina finds a new man named Randy, which makes Kofo jealous.
* UnusualEuphemism: After she and Bob have some ''very'' good sex before she goes to work, Abishola brags to her friends that she had "''two'' good mornings."

* {{Yandere}}: Christina, full stop. She stabbed her ex-husband and apparently has a Valentine's Day tradition of crying and screaming outside his camper. Then she gets involved with Kofo, which starts out innocently enough, with the two coming up with more enticing names for their products, but it quickly turns to flirting and then to full-on stalking. She even bakes a cake shaped like Kofo's face and is very insistent that he eat it, and he alone (Kofo mentioned that he let Goodwin try some, and Christina was not at all happy about it). This creeps him out so much that Bob and Douglas send her off to a psychiatric resort that she'd already been to at least once before and to keep Goodwin and Kofo quiet, send them on a paid vacation to an island. Then while at the resort, Christina finds a new man named Randy, which makes Kofo jealous.

* ObfuscatingDisability: Dottie was disabled for a while due to her stroke, but she continued the charade long after she'd regained her ability to walk. The truth comes out when she's caught by Douglas, though he kept quiet about it for a while.

* HollywoodAtheist: "A Big, White Thumb" centers around Abishola wanting Bob to attend church with her. Bob is hesitant to do so because he's not religious (despite having prayed to God when [[spoiler:Dottie had her stroke]], which he dismisses as a "foxhole" moment). When Tunde asks if Bob's an atheist, Bob says that he wouldn't use that word, instead he'd say he's "sensible" and spends the rest of the dinner taking potshots at their Christian faith. He later apologizes and give church a chance, but still isn't convinced to follow religion. Abishola clearly has a problem with Bob's lack of belief, but Bob tells her that while he's not sure if there's a God, he does believe in miracles, hence how the two ended up together.

* MistakenForCheating: After being thrown out by Olu and crashing at Bob's house, Tunde bonds with Dottie and when Olu finds out, she is not at all happy about it and goes over to demand that Tunde return home. Dottie reassures Olu that nothing like that is going on and since she's just [[spoiler:had a stroke]], Dottie couldn't do anything with Tunde even if she wanted to.

* RacistGrandma: Bob's mother Dottie says very racially insensitive things, such as referring to Asians as "chopstick people" and suggesting that Bob take Abishola out to some place she'd be more comfortable--where they eat with their fingers. [[InnocentBigot None of it is said in a malicious way, though]]. She seems to have overcome this following [[spoiler:her stroke]] and getting to know Abishola, Tunde and Olu. Based on what we hear, Bob's late father Max was pretty racist himself, not allowing non-white workers to be supervisors.

** "Ralph Lauren and Fish" Bob and Abishola finally have a real date. And [[spoiler:Dottie has a stroke.]]

** Goodwin has been promised Bob's position when he retires, but that's probably ages away, and now, he's still a relatively low-level worker who doesn't get a bonus, despite being one of the longest-lasting and most dedicated employees. [[spoiler:At the end of Season Three, he gets sick of it and goes to work with Christina, who completely sympathizes. Unfortunately, Christina was forced to lay Goodwin off mere days later and Bob, due to both guilt and dissatisfaction with his job, decides to finally retire and makes Goodwin the new president of [=MaxDot=]]].

** "Bibles to Brothels" [[spoiler:Bob finally decides to retire from [=MaxDot=]. And Goodwin, who was quickly let go from his new job, is finally named the new president of the company]].

** Goodwin has been promised Bob's position when he retires, but that's probably ages away, and now, he's still a relatively low-level worker who doesn't get a bonus, despite being one of the longest-lasting and most dedicated employees. [[spoiler:At the end of Season Three, he gets sick of it and goes to work with Christina, who completely sympathizes.]]

* FamilyBusiness: [=MaxDot=] Therapeutic Hosiery. The company was created by Max and Dottie Wheeler. Their son Bob is the current president, Douglas is head of Human Resources (at least until Dottie demotes him to the factory floor in order to teach him responsiblity) and Christina is head of sales (until she quit the company altogether because no one took her seriously).

** Abishola's husband Tayo Adebambo. He abandoned Abishola and Dele because he was unable to strike it rich in America and returned to Nigeria, marrying another woman. He comes back eight years later, but only because he's jealous and doesn't want Abishola to move on. He won't divorce her, even though he doesn't love her. At least until Olu and Tunde chew him out and finally drive him to agree to a divorce. He treats Dele even worse than Abishola, Tunde and Olu do. Even though Abishola is against Dele's dream of being a dance choreographer, she still let him dance because he enjoys it as long as it remains nothing more than a hobby. Tayo is against the dancing altogether because it isn't manly and he forbids Dele from doing it. If all that wasn't bad enough, [[spoiler:he convinces Dele to spend the summer with him in Nigeria, but won't let him return home for Bob and Abishola's wedding and wants him to stay in Nigeria for good]]. He is completely unlikable, making it even easier to root for Bob.

* StrawVegetarian: While Bob is being rushed into the hospital during his heart attack, Christina comments that maybe now he'll stop eating defenseless animals. Though she is shown eating chili in "The Cheerleader Leader" and since Bob cooked it for the whole family, it most likely isn't vegetarian chili.

* FamilyBusiness: [=MaxDot=] Therapeutic Hosiery. The company was created by Max and Dottie Wheeler. Their son Bob is the current president, Douglas is head of Human Resources (at least until Dottie demotes him to the factory floor in order to teach him responsiblity) and Christina is head of sales (until she quit the company because no one took her seriously).

** Bob and Abishola. Bob is middle-aged and overweight while Abishola is younger and quite stunning. Bob's personality no doubt helps. Also, he lost a lot of weight in the third season, making their gap in attractiveness less prominent.
** This was also the case with Abishola and her ex-husband Tayo, who is average-looking at best, not to mention very chauvinistic even for Nigerian standards.

* DudeWheresMyRespct: The higher-ups at [=MaxDot=] have an unfortunate habit of not always giving employees their due. Dottie especially, but even the usually-nice Bob isn't immune.

* CoolUncle: Douglas and Christina happily chat about how they'll get to be the fun uncle and aunt to Dele once Bob and Abishola are officially married. They're both more than glad to bend some of Abishola's rules when Dele's with them, such as letting him have junk food or play video games.