History Trivia / BobsBurgers

** After Creator/JayJohnston was discovered to be [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/actor-jay-johnston-banned-from-bobs-burgers-over-capitol-riot]] the January 6th capital hill riots it was announced that there are plans to recast his role as Jimmy Pesto Sr.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: In "Turkey in a Can", the openly gay butcher who flirts with Bob is voiced by the openly gay Tuc Watkins.

** Mickey was played since debut by Creator/BillHader, but was voiced by [[DescendedCreator Loren Bouchard]] himself in "Beach, Please". Bouchard would confirm on Twitter a day after the episode aired that Hader was meant to reprise his role as Mickey, but was unavailable to record; rather than recast the role using another voice actor, Bouchard was left in as a stand-in. Bouchard also confirmed that the recast is not intended as permanent, and that Hader is planned to return to the show.

** Mickey was played since debut by Creator/BillHader, but was voiced by [[DescendedCreator Loren Bouchard]] himself in "Beach, Please". Hader was listed in press releases prior to the episode, suggesting that the recast was a last-minute decision, but the reason why Mickey was recast at all is unknown.

** Big Bob (Bob's father) was voiced by H. Jon Benjamin in "Bob Fires the Kids" via flashback as he slowly realizes that he's putting his kids through the same conditions ''his'' father put ''him'' through. In "Father of the Bob," the actual character was voiced by Creator/BillHader (who already does voice work on the show as Mickey the bank robber).

** Gene's BestFriend Alex Papasian was played by Creator/ThomasMiddleditch in Seasons 8 and 9, but starting in Season 12's "Seven-tween Again", he is voiced by Creator/PaulRust. While not confirmed, the recast was likely due to sexual harassment allegations regarding Middleditch.
* PlayingAgainstType: Gail is a whole different kind of crazy than Creator/MeganMullally usually plays.

* ChannelHop: For syndication, Creator/AdultSwim had held cable rights to the series since June 2013, and has shared them with sister network Creator/{{TBS}} since 2016. For season 9 onward, Creator/{{Disney}}-owned channel [[Creator/FXNetworks FXX]] took over syndication duties. Adult Swim and TBS are set to lose rights to previous seasons sometime in 2023.

* ChannelHop: For syndication, Creator/AdultSwim had held cable rights to the series since June 2013, and has shared them with sister network Creator/{{TBS}} since 2016. For season 9 onward, Creator/{{Disney}}-owned channel [[Creator/FXNetworks FXX]] took over syndication duties. Adult Swim and TBS are set to lose rights to previous seasons sometime in 2020s.

* CrossDressingVoices: About 95% of the female characters on this show are voiced by men (John Roberts as Linda, Dan Mintz as Tina, David Herman as Marshmallow [[note]]though this one is justified, as Marshmallow is a trans woman[[/note]], etc). Only a handful of female characters are actually voiced by women (Louise[[note]]Kristen Schaal[[/note]], Gayle[[note]]Megan Mullally[[/note]] and Tammy[[note]]Jenny Slate[[/note]] are notable examples of female characters voiced by women). Meanwhile, male characters Ollie and Andy Pesto are voiced by Sarah and Laura Silverman. This is also enforced in most foreign dubs, except Brazilian Portuguese.

** Gene, who is voiced by Eugene Mirman.
** In the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original proof of concept]], Tina was originally a [[GenderFlip boy named Daniel]], after Dan Mintz.

* PromotedFanboy: Welsh animator Simon Chong made a ''Bob's Burgers''/''Archer'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jinBlY9BpJ0 crossover video]] using audio clips from the two shows. [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-guys-amazing-fan-made-bobs-burgers-archer-crossov-1797170525 It attracted the interest of Loren Bouchard himself and eventually got Chong a job on the show as a storyboard artist]].

* RealLifeRelative: Real-life sisters Creator/{{Sarah|Silverman}} and Creator/LauraSilverman voice twin brothers Ollie and Andy Pesto.
* RecastAsARegular: Creator/ZachGalifianakis voices the one-off character Chet in the season 3 episode "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E9GodRestYeMerryGentleMannequins God Rest Ye Merry Gentle Mannequins]]". At the tail-end of Season 4, he would return as the recurring character of Felix Fischoeder, who he has voiced ever since.

* SameVoiceTheirEntireLife: The flashbacks of the Belchers in their younger years (teenage Bob, baby Louise and Tina) have them still played by their usual voice actors. Perhaps most jarringly, episodes like "Turkey in a Can", "Hamburger Dinner Theater", and "The Trouble with Doubles" show that Tina had a [[LarynxDissonance deep voice]] even as a toddler.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: During season 5 and until season 9, Creator/{{Fox}} moved the show from 8:30 PM to 7:30 so they can try out new shows in that timeslot. This meant during fall, the show was usually pre-empted by football.

** H. Jon Benjamin voices Jimmy, Jr. and Peter Pescadero in addition to Bob.

* ThrowItIn: Many of the songs, especially Linda's, are improvised by the actors, then handed off to the show's composers to be arranged into real-sounding songs.

* CreatorBacklash: [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/showrunner-loren-bouchard-on-talking-toilets-and-o,102226/2/ In this AV Club retrospective]] of season 3, Loren Bouchard did not like "Family Fracas" because he felt the episode could have been written better and wished the show went with the original ending of [[spoiler:the Belchers dumping silly foam on Jimmy Pesto's car, which he won by cheating]], though he also added that the original ending would have made fans complain that the Belchers were being petty, meaning that there would have been irate fans no matter which ending was used.

* CreatorBacklash: [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/showrunner-loren-bouchard-on-talking-toilets-and-o,102226/2/ In this AV Club retrospective]] of season 3, Loren Bouchard did not like the ending "Family Fracas" (though it was because he felt the episode could have been written better, not because he felt the Belchers should have gotten their revenge on the Pestos) and wished the show went with the original ending of [[spoiler:the Belchers dumping silly foam on Jimmy Pesto's car, which he won by cheating]], though he also added that the original ending would have made fans complain that the Belchers were being petty, meaning that there would have been irate fans no matter which ending was used.

* RecycledScript: The plot of the season 5 episode "Best Burger" is extremely similar to that of the season 3 episode "Family Fracas" in that they both involve Bob and Jimmy Pesto competing against each other in a competition run by Chuck Charles, which [[spoiler:Bob ultimately loses]]. However, "Best Burger" differs from "Family Fracas" by ending on a much better note for Bob; [[spoiler:while "Family Fracas" had a full-on DownerEnding involving the Belchers being cheated off the show with neither the Pestos nor the producers [[KarmaHoudini facing any consequences for doing so]], "Best Burger" has Bob just barely lose to a deserving NiceGuy, Jimmy loses in a humiliating fashion and Bob's restaurant gets more business by the end.]]

* RecastAsARegular: Creator/ZachGalifianakis voices the one-off character Chet in the season 3 episode "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E9GodRestYeMerryGentleMannequins God Rest Ye Merry Gentle Mannequins]]". One season later, he would return as the recurring character of Felix.

* SameVoiceTheirEntireLife: Various flashbacks in episodes (including "Turkey in a Can", "Hamburger Dinner Theater", and "The Trouble with Doubles") show that Tina had a [[LarynxDissonance deep voice]] even as a toddler.

* AuthorExistenceFailure:
** Character designer Dave Creek died in a skydiving accident over New Year's weekend in 2021.
** Dale Baer, who was working on the show's movie, passed away as it was in post-production.

* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman:''

* AsHimself:
** Andre Royo ([[Series/TheWire Bubbles]]) in "Nude Beach".
** Music/CarlySimon in "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl".

* CreatorCameo:
** One of the show's writers, Wendy Molyneux, voices Jen the babysitter.
** Loren Bouchard plays the ukulele for the opening theme.

** John Roberts originally auditioned to be a cast member for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' during the 2008-2009 season (when Creator/AmyPoehler left to have her baby and do other projects, so Lorne Michaels hired Bobby Moynihan, Creator/AbbyElliott, and Michaela Watkins). Had he been chosen, not only would John Roberts be the second male homosexual cast member (and the first one hired since 1985), but he wouldn't have been the voice for Linda.

** Series creator Loren Bouchard announced on Twitter that David Herman and Katie Crown will no longer play the black characters, the transgender sex worker Marshmallow and the student Harley in the future after replying to a tweet about recasting Marshmallow and Harley with "Yes. On it." The replacements has not yet been found.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/Bob%27s_Burgers_Wiki Bob's Burger Wiki]].