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* {{Adaptational Villainy}}: Invoked in 'The Gayle Tales', as the kids are angry at Linda for grounding them (not without good reason however), and when she makes the kids write stories in order to go with their Aunt Gayle to get out of the house, in each of their versions, Linda is portrayed in a ''much'' more unflattering manner, with her worst traits (her shrillness, hogging the spotlight and alcoholism) played UpToEleven.
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* {{Adaptational Heroism}}: Invoked in 'The Gayle Tales', much like with Linda above, in order to get out of the house from being grounded by Linda, the kids each write stories about Gayle and as a means to butter her up, in all their stories Gayle is portrayed as a kind and gentle heroine who all the men (especially Scott Bakula) find attractive, which contrasts to her actual neurotic, weird and selfish personality.
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* HopelessWithTech: Bob's not very good with modern tech. In "Uncle Teddy", he angered other members of a burger forum because he didn't know how to typing works, as he left some messages in all caps, making them think he was being a jerk. In "Boywatch", the wi-fi is named by the kids as [=KidsTrappedSendHelp=] and Bob doesn't know how to change the name.
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* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Linda's Abel. Downplayed, as apart from her tendency to lust after Linda'sboyfriends boyfriends, they get along great.
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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Zig-Zagged. While Louise is pretty off her rocker herself, she's definitely the smartest sibling and the one who has to be the leader between her, Gene and Tina, as she often has to reel them in when they get distracted. Which makes sense because both [[TheDitz Gene and Tina]] are both pretty absent-minded and dim when they're on their own.
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* {{Foil}}: To her sister Linda, while they're both eccentric and artistic in different ways, Linda is much more optimistic, happy and emotionally stable, as she has a steady job, is HappilyMarried to Bob, and is a loving mother of three kids who love her and whom she takes pretty good care of, has decent socials skills complete with a small but loyal group of friends who enjoy her company and overall leads a comfortable, fulfilled life, while Gayle is a borderline crazy, unstable and occasionally sad woman with no luck finding a boyfriend, nor a husband or kids of her own and while she does have three cats, she casually mentions that they all don't like her very much, has no known friends outside of her family and she also implies that she isn't really happy with her lot in life.
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* {{Foil}}: To her sister Linda, while they're both eccentric and artistic in different ways, Linda is much more optimistic, happy and emotionally stable, as she has a steady job, is HappilyMarried to Bob, and is a loving mother of three kids who love her and whom she takes pretty good care of, has decent socials skills complete with a small but loyal group of friends who enjoy her company and overall leads a comfortable, fulfilled life, while Gayle is a borderline crazy, unstable and occasionally sad woman with who has no luck in finding a boyfriend, steady job, and especially not a boyfriend as none of her relationships ever really last, nor does she have a husband or kids of her own and while she does have three cats, she casually mentions cats that they all don't she loves she isn't a very good pet owner and the cats appear to not like her very much, and she has no known friends outside of her family and she also implies that she isn't really happy with her lot in life.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: At In general Gayle tends to have a pretty self-centered mindset, and at her worse moments, Gayle will try to steal her sister's husband, be upset when Bob takes down her clearly unsettling paintings for the kids' artwork and fake a leg injury all because she wants love and attention without anyone else's consideration.consideration.
* LackofEmpathy: Downplayed, but Gayle doesn't seem to understand how she manages to inconvenience her family members with her problems and mainly focuses on herself, but despite those instances she ''is'' still capable of returning favors to them, such as Louise in 'The Kids Run Away' and Bob in 'Gayle Makin' Bob Sled'.
* LackofEmpathy: Downplayed, but Gayle doesn't seem to understand how she manages to inconvenience her family members with her problems and mainly focuses on herself, but despite those instances she ''is'' still capable of returning favors to them, such as Louise in 'The Kids Run Away' and Bob in 'Gayle Makin' Bob Sled'.
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* TookALevelInBadass: In regards to her rivalry with Tammy, Tina has become much more assertive and equally aggressive as the former, even making ''very'' sassy remarks to her and openly challenging her when provoked.
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* BrutalHonesty: While Bob loves his family, he also doesn't sugarcoat his words when it comes to their antics or bad decisions. In the first episode, he even tells the kids, to their faxes, that they're terrible at their jobs and he'd fire them if he could.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: This girl's fascination for horses is so strong that she's very attentive to the mere mention of an ''imaginary'' horse, which she will latch onto for a while.
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* WomenAreWiser: Usually not, but ''Lindapendent Woman'' showed that, when she started working away from the restaurant, the entire place started falling apart. Even then, downplayed, because she became an ExtremeDoormat that led to her new job ending in disaster by the episode's end.
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* EnemyOfAllLivingThings: Despite owning four cats, they all seem to not like her very much. She claims they are vegetarians (which cats are not), suggesting she doesn't properly feed them. She forcefully puts Pretty Paws on them and they have apparently scratched her and went for her eyes. She has mentioned that Mr. Business, the cat she essentially stole, hates the sound of her voice. It's said the pound will not give her another cat, likely because they recognize she's not a good pet owner.
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* EnemyOfAllLivingThings: EnemyToAllLivingThings: Despite owning four three cats, they all seem to not like her very much. She claims they are vegetarians (which cats are not), suggesting she doesn't properly feed them. She forcefully puts Pretty Paws on them and they have apparently scratched her and went for her eyes. She has mentioned that Mr. Business, the cat she essentially stole, hates the sound of her voice. It's said the pound will not give her another cat, likely because they recognize she's not a good pet owner.
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* EnemyOfAllLivingThings: Despite owning four cats, they all seem to not like her very much. She claims they are vegetarians (which cats are not), suggesting she doesn't properly feed them. She forcefully puts Pretty Paws on them and they have apparently scratched her and went for her eyes. She has mentioned that Mr. Business, the cat she essentially stole, hates the sound of her voice. It's said the pound will not give her another cat, likely because they recognize she's not a good pet owner.
* EnemyOfAllLivingThings: Despite owning four cats, they all seem to not like her very much. She claims they are vegetarians (which cats are not), suggesting she doesn't properly feed them. She forcefully puts Pretty Paws on them and they have apparently scratched her and went for her eyes. She has mentioned that Mr. Business, the cat she essentially stole, hates the sound of her voice. It's said the pound will not give her another cat, likely because they recognize she's not a good pet owner.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite how overcritical he was, he did still try to get along with his son, giving him a Christmas present of [[spoiler: changing the restaurant from "Big Bob's Diner" to "Big Bob's and Son's Diner" and wanting to be partners (only for Bob Jr. to refuse due to how impossible his dad was)]].
** By the end of "Father of the Bob", Bob realizes that his father [[spoiler: kept the first review of Bob’s Burgers]]; they both apologize for how they both treated each other. Bob says he's sorry for how he handled saying no to Big Bob's offer and accepts Big Bob for who he is, and Big Bob apologizes for being impossible to work with, and says Bob has done well for himself and should be proud.
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* BerserkButton: Not doing things his way, like serving a customer something different from his usual.
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!!The Belcher Family
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A somewhat idiosyncratic but lovable family who run the titular, family restaurant.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Whenever they're seen doing thing's together such as singing or any of their various MundaneMadeAwesome activities.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d, one example is Mr. Fischoeder calling Bob "swarthy". According to WordOfGod, they're probably Greek-Armenian-Italian-Jewish-German, with at least some French or French-Canadian (the name "Belcher") too.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite the kids constant schemes and other family problems, they are still a loving family. They do care about each other very dearly even when they don't always show it.
* BadassFamily: Not in the action-y sense. But they each have managed to do amazing things either solo or together.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: They've all got their unique quirks and together they are occasionally crazy but they're also all determined, and they can all get pretty feisty when they have to be.
* BigThinShortTrio: The Belcher siblings with Gene as the big, Louise as the short, and Tina as the thin. More pronounced in the test pilot episode with Tina's predecessor Daniel.
* DysfunctionalFamily: PlayedForLaughs. They each have their own quirks and moments of crazy, but genuinely care for one another.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed}}. All of the Belcher siblings have each done something irresponsible and/or childish, as well as take any opportunity to get out of work. But, Tina is the one less likely to cause trouble and do whatever work her parents ask her to do. Louise will likely love to do some trolling while at work and try to convince her siblings to skip it, but is still has a lot more focused than Gene. Speaking of Gene, he is considered the most irresponsible of the Belcher siblings mostly due to his tendency of "[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Geneing out]]."
* [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble Five Philosophy Ensemble]]: Linda is the Optimist, Louise is the Cynic, Bob is the Realist, Gene is Apathetic, and Tina is Conflicted.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: They're all prone too AcquiredSituationalNarcissism to spite being treated as unremarkable by most of the world.
* KidsAreCruel: Gene and Louise are savages to Bob. Tina only insults him when he forbids her from doing anything she really wants to do, though she's very rarely cruel to him (outside of her InnocentlyInsensitive remarks, which she really thinks aren't that).
* LameComeback: Bob and Louise are usually quite witty, but can come out with these when they're too mad to think of anything good.
* RedOniBlueOni: Bob and Tina are the respective Blue Oni's to Linda, Gene and Louise's Red Oni's.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: They are a family capable of incredible acts of craziness which, thanks to skill and/or pure dumb luck, allow them to prevail (most of the time). Despite that, people tend to quickly dismiss them.
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Owner of Bob's Burgers.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being full grown adult, Bob has some rather endearing qualities, from having a love of toy train models to constantly making pun-based names for his burgers.
* AccidentalMurder: To [[spoiler:Teddy's hamster]] in "Full Bars".
* {{Acrofatic}}: He is slightly overweight but can run surprisingly quickly when angry or agitated, as shown in "Burgerboss".
* AfraidOfBlood: We only see one example of this, but in "The Kids Run The Restaurant" we see (and hear) that Bob passes out at the sight of blood. Like, even a single drop.
-->'''Louise''': Why can't you bleed like a normal dad?!
* AlliterativeName: It applies to his name, his restaurant, and the title of the show.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Bob sacrifices a ''lot'' for his family, even if it costs him his dignity, an opportunity for his restaurant or both, he almost always puts his family first, but unfortunately gets very little (other than affection) in return.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Said he was "mostly straight" when getting his turkey in Turkey in a Can.
** After the Deli Guy mistakenly took Bob's repeated turkey purchases as flirting:
--->'''Deli Guy''': Hey, what do you want to do?\\
'''Bob''':Uh... nothing.\\
'''Deli Guy''': Wanna go to the beach?\\
'''Bob''': No... maybe... wait, I'm straight, I mean I'm mostly straight.\\
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'''Bob''': Also, I'm married, but if I wasn't... Who am I kidding? You're out of my league, it would never work.\\
'''Deli Guy''': What are you talking about?\\
'''Bob''': I really gotta go.\\
'''Deli Guy''': I'm gonna see you tomorrow!\\
'''Bob''': Probably not. (beat) I'll call you!
** In a dream sequence in ''Sacred Cow'' Bob also had a dream in which he made out with a talking bull. It was his subconscious telling him he wanted to, and he seems to remember the dream fondly by the end.
** When Louise insinuated that Bob wanted to marry Sandy Frye in 'Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial', his only objection was that he wouldn't take Sandy's name.
** At the end of "Mutiny on the Windbreaker", when Duval wanted a kiss from Bob. He seemed willing to oblige, if not for the crowd (his family included).
--->'''Duval''': Kiss me!\\
'''Bob''': Not now. Not a good time.\\
'''Duval''': Then when?!
* BerserkButton:
** Try not to talk about Lobsterfest.
** Linda mentions not to buy him V-neck shirts.
** Jimmy Pesto drives him insane.
* BookDumb: Generally, this is subverted; Bob is a rather intelligent man, especially when it comes to practical wisdom. Although, it's mentioned in "My Big Fat Greek Bob" that he never attended college, though besides that he seems to be generally uninterested in (personal -- the kids have college funds) continuing education. He lacks some knowledge of more sophisticated things but he's also extremely creative with his burgers. Despite this, he seems to be good with math, as evidenced by the math in the [[ItMakesSenseInContext overly complicated Meatsiah recipe]].
** This ''might'' be biting him in the ass, as while it's not really brought up on the show, he has a tendency to keep trying to branch out and away from his core competencies (or rather, he's good at cooking burgers, but keeps trying to bring in more money by doing other things).
** When he gets down to it, he can apparently absorb a lot of information in a hurry. In "The Equestranauts" he seems to have learned a fandom's worth of info about that show inside the time frame of a ''single convention'' (2-4 days in a weekend, usually).
* BumblingDad: Averted, especially noticeable considering the saturation of the trope in modern years. Although he never attended college, and doesn't always make the best decisions, he's the OnlySaneMan in his family, is very creative and skilled at making burgers (even gaining the praise of a celebrity chef), a caring and OpenMindedParent to his kids, and generally has a good head on his shoulders.
* ButtMonkey: By season 3, this borders on BornUnlucky. With constant money problems and multiple people eager to sabotage his life at any opportunity, Bob just can't win.
** Subverted triumphantly in "Bob and Deliver", where even though he's unjustly fired from his substitute teaching job, Bob and the class are able to pull off a final Home Ec-staurant for the school in defiance of Mr. Frond and Caf-Co. The episode ends with Bob and Tina enjoying lunch together.
** Season 5 as a whole seems to be going out of its way to subvert this with Bob pulling off decisive victories in "The Oedor Games", "Hawk & Chick", and "Father of the Bob".
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Bob tends to get totally wrecked when it comes to liquor. And it doesn't take a lot to do it, either.
* CarpetOfVirility: Bob is a very hairy man.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** A very deadpan "Oh my God", and a very loud "Oh my God!" You can see every instance from the first four seasons [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFr-kNbXHew here]].
** "Gene."
* CharacterTics: Bob's eyes cross a little when he's lying. Only seems to show up in "Burgerboss", though.
* CloudCuckoolander: Majorly downplayed compared to everybody else in the Belcher family, but see CompanionCube below. Now we know where Tina gets it from.
* CompanionCube: When drunk, sleepwalking, under stress, or alone, Bob has a tendency to turn inanimate objects into "friends", usually kitchen utensils or food.
** "Bob Fires the Kids" showed this was because as a kid he was always working at his father's restaurant so he had no friends.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Bob is frequently the recipient of this since his family tends to drag him into their crazy schemes.
* CoolTeacher: Becomes one in "Bob and Deliver".
* CripplingOverspecialization: PlayedWith. Bob's specialty as a burger cook has occasionally been mocked on the show, such as in "Bob and Deliver" and "Wagstaff School News". He knows enough about cooking to teach a home economics class, but outside of burgers his cooking abilities aren't really touched upon. Seems he can cook normal meals just fine, though.
** Averted in the Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes, where he is very neurotic about the holiday meals he is preparing. The second Christmas episode has his primary concern being about the ham drying out and overcooking ([[spoiler:before the candy cane truck tries to kill him and his family]]). The Thanksgiving episode has him trying to prepare a special three-day brined turkey that he's immensely proud of, and becoming increasingly unhinged when it keeps ending up in the toilet.
* DeadpanSnarker: While he normally puts up with others with some degree of passive patience, he is quite capable of throwing out quips, particularly when dealing with Linda.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite all the well-meaning speeches he gives to people, they think his way is either boring or unnecessary. Even his children belittle his honest ways.
* FatalFlaw: His hatred of Jimmy Pesto always brings out the worst in Bob.
** Bob in general tends to have a vindictive streak as well as a desire to prove himself right. For instance, in "Art Crawl" he deliberately keeps Gayle's paintings on the wall as a way to spite the Cranwinkles. Part of this stems from his OnlySaneMan mentality where he just doesn't want to deal with crazy ideas.
** It's ''not'' generalized {{Pride}}, incidentally; unless something gets on his bad side, he'll trade off dignity for a solution as needed.
* FreudianExcuse: Bob knows he has kids that have weird interests, while he does think they're weird he doesn't try to discourage them. Bob lacks any skills in socialization, which is one of the reasons his restaurant is always lacking customers. Bob has a repeating habit of speaking for inanimate objects when he needs someone to speak to as opposed to an actual person. This makes more sense when seeing how his father raised him; strictly and without being allowed to make any friends or have real toys.
* GoodParents: As awkward as his kids are, he still loves them and tries to do the best he can while supporting their awkward tendencies with his only worry being how other people would react to them. And he is always -- ALWAYS -- there for them.
* HappilyMarried: With Linda - no matter the crazy things that happen, they both will support one another.
* HiddenDepths:
** Bob has a genuine liking towards gardening.
** It's all but stated that Bob is a movie buff. He has a large knowledge of movies, from classic Japanese monster movies to CultClassic westerns. The episode "The Deepening" started thanks to Bob's knowledge about the movie-related past of the town.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Downplayed -- he has a vindictive streak that comes out sometimes -- but he's still the Belcher who most reliably stays on the straight and narrow.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Bob is incredibly fond of naming his burgers around these, and becomes visibly upset when their quality is insulted.
* KnightInSourArmor: Despite the hardships he faces running his restaurant, Bob still maintains a strong sense of integrity.
* MissingMom: His mom is never shown, and Bob once said that his mother "wasn't around" when he was younger.
** In "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left" he mentions that he used to make gingerbread houses with his mother before she died.
* NiceGuy: While he's a definite introvert and dislikes having to spend time with pretty much anyone, he's actually a pretty compassionate and understanding guy who's quick to make friends with most people he meets regardless of their eccentricities (see his friendships with Marshmallow and the three transvestite hookers whom he may have tried crack with while sharing a drink with).
* NonActionGuy: Although there's not a lot of fighting on the show to begin with, Bob tends to lose any physical encounter he gets into whether it be the Capoeira instructor, Hugo, or even a fellow Burger Joint owner.
* NoSocialSkills: He tries to go out of his way to avoid having to spend significant amounts of time with anyone, his family included, but this is more out of his own social phobias than an inherent dislike of people. He'll go out of his way to make sure to bond with his kids, but at the end of the day, he's the guy on the grill in the back and he's happy with that.
* NoSympathy: Often a victim of this whenever his restaurant or his way of life in endangered, especially (and mostly) by his family
* NotSoAboveItAll: On occasion he can be just as crazy as his family. A RunningGag with him usually involves Bob getting hooked on stuff, like pain medication or absinthe. Not to mention [[PungeonMaster his penchant for puns]]. His feud with Jimmy Pesto also has a tendency to bring out his less sane side.
* NotSoStoic: He is perfectly capable of showing emotion despite his normally calm demeanor.
* OneNoteCook: Downplayed. He's noted to be exceptionally excellent at making burgers, with even his biggest critics admitting their great taste, but his skill at cooking all other kinds of food varies from "competent" to "terrible".
* OnlySaneEmployee: As his employees consist of his incredibly bizarre and wacky wife and kids, he is this by default.
* OnlySaneMan: To his family, and often to the rest of the cast as well. As Alasdair Wilkins notes in [[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/bobs-burgers-world-wharf-ii-wharfening-or-how-bob--204809 an AV Club episode review]], "Bob's place on his show has often been to be the one character who will respond to the latest over-the-top mess like an actual person would."
* OpenMindedParent: Is pretty supportive of his kids. Gene becoming a cheerleader? He hates cheerleading, but fine. Tina writing erotic friend-fiction? He doesn't judge her, but only moves to stop her from revealing it to less tolerant peers. Louise wanting to sneak off during a school trip? He's easily convinced into joining her[[note]]though in this particular case there was the added benefit of keeping a direct eye on the most rebellious kid in school...[[/note]]. Also, quite notably, Bob is one of the few sitcom dads to not go through GayPanic or be intolerant of those who are different from him.
** He was originally against Tina taking capoeira lessons in "Sexy Dance Fighting" but only because it was cutting into her work at the restaurant and because he missed the father-daughter bonding during said work. He does however support her in the end despite his dislike towards the instructor and he's very annoyed when he flunks her. Being from an early episode, this could just be an example of CharacterDevelopment for Bob. He was also against Gene taking baseball lessons in "The Unnatural" but for good reasons: the instructor was an incompetent con-man and Linda stole and pawned his new espresso machine to pay for it.
* OppositesAttract: He and Linda couldn't be more different, but they love each other anyway.
* PapaWolf: When a competitor insults Bob's establishment and food he gets angry enough, but when he calls Bob's kids "crazy"...
-->''[[TranquilFury What did you just say about my kids?]]''
** Watch how he reacted in to the grill catching on fire in "Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks"; he was the first to drop everything and save Tina, who was frozen in panic.
* ParentalSubstitute: Felix says that Calvin sees Bob this way, due to a resemblance to their father. Calvin himself has a few stray comments along these lines as well.
* ParentsAsPeople: Bob is a well-meaning and loving father, easily the most realistic dad you will see in an animated family show.
* ThePigPen: His personal hygiene is commented on several times to be lacking. Most notably a smell everyone seems to pick up on.
* PottyFailure: Bob has a [[DoubleEntendre "4:30 meeting"]] every day. His fight with Jairo in "Sexy Dance Fighting" makes him accidentally poop himself.
* RedOniBlueOni: The quiet, reserved Blue Oni to Linda's boisterous and energetic Red.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Linda's Energetic Girl. Linda rarely speaks in anything lower than a scream and frequently comes up with larger than life schemes, while Bob is quiet and generally more than satisfied simply with getting through the day without having anything bad happen.
* SecondLove: Linda left her then-fiancé Hugo because she fell for Bob.
* StandardFiftiesFather: Bob is a modernized example of this trope. He works hard to support his family and usually acts as the voice of reason.
* TheStoic: Downplayed. While he's very capable of having a full on freak out, his generally demeanor is a quiet calm, and it takes a lot to shake him out of it.
* StraightMan: Bob himself, so far, plays the straight man to his somewhat crazy family and guest characters. Although cynically pragmatic, he still retains much of his family's quirkiness. However this is still a [[BumblingDad very unusual role for a sitcom patriarch to play]] these days [[note]]In a lot of American sitcoms (particularly ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''), fathers have often been depicted as bumbling simpletons who get into wacky schemes, only to have their loving, sane wives, sane friends, or wiser-than-their-years children bail them out. He's something of a return to the [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philip Banks]] mold, just with a bluer collar.[[/note]].
** Which can make it that much funnier when he ''does'' lose his shit.
* SupremeChef: Downplayed. While his cooking is frequently commented on as being very good, with his burgers in particular earning high praise from even world-class critics, it's made equally clear that there are much better chefs out there. Outside of burgers, Bob's cooking skills, while still generally good, are much less noteworthy.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: In terms of being a restaurant owner, he is the performer to Jimmy Pesto's technician. He knows next to nothing about business, and almost always follows his heart over his brain when making decisions. The end result is that he's a great guy and a fantastic burger chef, but a terrible businessman whose restaurant is always on the verge of closing.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Has a flip phone, doesn't understand internet lingo, and is absolutely floored when he discovers spell-check.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Bob's not particularly outstanding in most areas of his business but his skill at making burgers makes up for it. In several instances, his burger making skills have either saved the restaurant or given him catering opportunities.
* {{Workaholic}}: Has shades of this, particularly early on, but nowadays it's heavily downplayed. The kids and Linda are understanding of the need to keep the restaurant running, and Bob has some leeway in when and how to run it -- as a rule, he will temporarily close the restaurant if his family needs him to. In general, and especially as a small business owner, he has an enviable work/life balance.
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[[folder:Linda Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': John Roberts
Bob's wife.
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* TheAlcoholic: In general, she seems to be someone who drinks heavily when the social opportunity presents itself, and in moderation at other times. She denies that she gets drunk, insisting she just like to have fun, and refuses to see this as a negative quality. [[LampshadeHanging Louise even brings it up]].
-->'''Louise''': Mom's the one with the drinking problem.\\
'''Linda''': The problem is I don't have a frigging drink in my hand. Ha ha!
* AmbiguouslyBi: In "Two for Tina" she said Ms. Jacobson was attractive. She also appeared to be acting flirty when telling her that to her face, though it's hard to tell since she was drunk at the time.
* BadBadActing: Her "Dreamatorium" show.
* BerserkButton:
** Dislikes being called a "boob punch".
** Linda hates the words "Bad Hair Day", because that's the name of the band that won against her band in school.
* BigEater: She's been banned from Devendorf's Bakery for taking too many free samples.
* BigSisterInstinct: She forbids anyone from insulting or making fun of Gayle, especially her family.
* BirthdayHater: "You get to a certain age and they're no fun" (from Eat, Spray, Linda).
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Due to her desire to support her family mixed with RuleOfFunny, for example she's OK with Bob murdering Teddy but not the heath inspectors offensive music, or she will allow Bob to cheat on her with a woman she hates to get a space in a garden but draws the line at him bringing a cow in the house.
* BuxomIsBetter: Several characters have remarked that she's fairly busty.
* CainAndAbel: Underplayed. She is the Abel to Gayle's Cain, but they're on good terms with each other.
* CannotKeepASecret: Linda has a terrible habit of blabbing to other people about stuff that's supposed to be kept private--during a CutawayGag in "Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks", she arrives at a party and apologizes for being late because Bob had diarrhea, and in "Turkey in a Can" she ends up telling all the kids and her sister Gayle about the second decoy turkey Bob wanted to keep secret. Louise remarks on this.
-->'''Louise''': Mom's like a vault... that's constantly open and constantly talking.\\
'''Linda''': Hey, I told you guys not to tell anyone I told you!
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects porcelain babies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Alriiight!" [[OwMyBodyPart "Ow, my face!"]] "Aw, Bohhh-beeee!"
* ChubbyChaser: In "Full Bars" she's implied to be one.
* CharacterTic: If Linda is upset at times, her left eye will twitch.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: At times. It's pretty clear the kids get it from her.
* ControlFreak: Bob notes that whenever Linda tries to entertain she goes completely overboard and then acts hostile when people aren't appreciative enough. Case in point, when she tries hosting a bed and breakfast and the three people staying at the Belcher home are put off by Linda's embarrassing over exuberance, she resorts to locking them in their rooms to get them to stay.
* CoolBigSis: While it isn't clear as to which one is older or younger, although, most of the time she plays to Gayle, who she's protective of and helpful towards.
* CrossDressingVoice: Although unlike Tina her voice actor actually makes a (deliberately half-assed) attempt to sound like a woman. Specifically a stereotypical JewishMother.
* CuteButCacophonic: Where do you think Louise and Gene got it from?
* DeadpanSnarker: On occasion. One such example occurs when she calls Bob on his [[KnowNothingKnowItAll (lack of)]] nature survivalism, which results in his food poisoning.
-->"Oh, okay, [[SarcasmMode you didn't eat a raw trout that didn't make you poop and barf your way through the forest like some kind of disgusting Hansel and Gretel]]."
* TheDeterminator: When Linda gets into something she ''gets into it'', right to the point of SanitySlippage.
* DramaQueen: Whenever something excites her or is great news for someone, she tends to be so dramatic that she also breaks into her own made-up songs on the spot.
* ExtremeDoormat: In "Lindapendent Woman", she takes a job as shift manager at a local supermarket, and can't refuse any requests by her employees to take a day off. She ends up the only employee there.
** In "Synchronized Swimming" the kids have thoroughly convinced her to do all their homework for them.
* EvilLaugh: Whenever her more eccentric personality traits come to play, she has a habit of letting these out (and making her the most likely person Louise got her own Evil Laugh tendencies from).
* FanservicePack: Linda in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' Season 4 opener CrossOver is depicted more realistic looking and [[http://bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/File:Archer-linda.jpg surprisingly hot.]]
* FatalFlaw: In general, Linda tends to have the overly strong desire to get her talents appreciated whether it be in running a Bed-and-Breakfast or working at a supermarket.
* {{Foil}}: To Louise, especially in the episodes "Mother Daughter Lazer Razor" and "Slumber Party".
* FriendlyEnemy: With Jimmy Pesto. Whilst she won't put up with him antagonising Bob in front of her, when the two interact without him they get along just fine.
* GenkiGirl: Very enthusiastic and outgoing.
* GirlishPigtails: Puts her hair in this style in "Slumber Party" while hanging out with Louise's classmates.
* GoodParents: Despite her quirks (and sometimes DependingOnTheWriter), she does love her kids and tries her best, just like Bob.
* GutturalGrowler: Her voice tends to be like this whenever she's mad.
* HappilyMarried: With Bob - no matter the crazy things that happen, they both will support one another.
* HasAType: Likes men with [[BadassMustache mustaches]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: One of Linda's main flaws is that she is entirely too trusting of total strangers, such as the Deuce of Diamonds and the Phenomi-mom who ''seem'' like experts but whose advice either does not make sense or is instantly proved wrong, or Millie Frock whom she declares is "Fun." It's especially glaring in the Deuce's case, since his promotional video is very badly edited and it's clear he's a scammer, but she still thinks he's the only answer to Gene's bad baseball playing even when it's repeatedly shown to her face he's incompetent.
* InformedAttractiveness: The art style is naturally pretty ugly, and thus Linda's multiple suitors can come off as a bit of a surprise. Then again, the majority of them are desperate losers and creeps, so it's still not that strange.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: An in-universe example. Linda gets herself into a lot of fanservicey situations without trying to be MsFanservice. To date, she's been seen in swimsuits, in her underwear, in the shower and on a nude beach ''(no actual nudity is shown, though)''. Since the art style is about as far from sexy as possible, though, this is only really fanservice for other characters on the show.
* ItsAllAboutMe: If she's being a jerk, this is largely her central motivation (see also: Purple-Rain Union).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Linda has a tendency to never consider the feelings of others, her family included, when making decisions, causing her to often act selfishly. Despite this, she is generally shown to be a friendly woman who sincerely cares about her family.
* JewishMother: In voice and behavior, even if she's ambiguously Catholic.
* TheLancer: In the sense that she's the quirky, fun-loving contrast to Bob's stoic, OnlySaneMan nature, in their family's FiveManBand.
* LargeHam: Particularly since she greatly enjoys musical theater.
* MamaBear: You do not want to mess with her kids or Gayle.
* TheMusicMeister: Lampshaded throughout the show in which she has a habit of breaking into song at impromptu moments.
* MyBelovedSmother: She has shades of this with all the kids, but Louise takes the most issue with it. Whenever the two of them are the focus of a plot it usually deals with Linda trying to force Louise into bonding with her or into some activity that Louise wants nothing to do with.
* PluckyGirl: Very little actually brings her down.
* NiceGirl: Despite her more jerk sides in the first season, Linda has always been very cheerful, happy-go-lucky, friendly, helpful, and kind-hearted.
* RedOniBlueOni: The loud and energetic Red Oni to Bob's quiet and reserved Blue Oni.
* RunawayBride: Linda was engaged to Hugo before leaving him for Bob.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The Energetic Girl to Bob's Savvy Guy. Linda rarely speaks in anything lower than a scream and frequently comes up with larger than life schemes, while Bob is quiet and generally more than satisfied simply with getting through the day without having anything bad happen.
* SitcomArchNemesis:
** Had one in Colleen Caviello, who apparently would not shut up about the baked ziti dinner she made for a school function a year ago. This is not helped by Linda's memories of said event, where she had to listen to people gush about how great it was with their mouths full.
** Cynthia Bush, mother of Louise's SitcomArchNemesis.
* StatuesqueStunner: If one looks closely enough whenever she and Bob are on screen. Linda's [[http://bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/Linda_Belcher confirmed]] to be 5'10, only two inches shorter than Bob.
* TookALevelInKindness: DependingOnTheWriter, she can still show traces of JerkAss when she is given the JerkassBall every now and then.
* TwitchyEye: Sometimes gets one when angry.
* TheUnfavorite: Inverted; while she loves her children equally, all of them seem much more interested in spending time with Bob, their father. Louise is the most blatant about it, while Gene shows the least favoritism. Most obviously shown in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", where all three children repeatedly show more interest in spending time with Bob.
* WideEyedIdealist: Linda has some rather simplistic and childish views on many things, from friendship to romance. She is repeatedly mocked for it.
* WomenAreWiser: Usually not, but ''Lindapendent Woman'' showed that, when she started working away from the restaurant, the entire place started falling apart. Even then, downplayed, because she became an ExtremeDoormat that led to her new job ending in disaster by the episode's end.
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[[folder:Tina Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Dan Mintz
Their oldest 13-year-old daughter.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's weird, unattractive and downright creepy at times, but nonetheless completely lovable.
* AirplaneArms: Inverted. When Tina runs, her arms don't move at all.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Her room is decorated with horse posters, and she seems to have some more-than-casual knowledge of them.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Despite Tina's eccentricities, Bob denies that Tina is [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autistic]]. Likely subverted as well, since her awkwardness could also stem from the fact that she's hitting puberty, which is a time when awkwardness comes in full bloom in some people (the writers seem to be pushing this interpretation more, as well).
* AmbiguouslyBi: Showed an interest in female nude scenes in a shark horror movie. In "Crawl Space" she doesn't seem to have any objections to the possibility of a threesome with both a male and female zombie.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' be someone who sells horse meat.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's the nicest of her siblings and is at time an ExtremeDoormat. But when push comes to shove, she has shown to be ''more'' ruthless than Louise.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Speaks in a monotonous voice most of the time, but can even be more crazy than Louise when the situation calls for it.
* BreakoutCharacter: Surprisingly enough, the painfully awkward Tina ended up striking a chord with most viewers (probably because she [[OneOfUs reminds them of themselves]]), causing her to steadily be elevated into one of the most focused on members of the family.
* ButtMonkey: Often gets blackmailed or taken advantage of by her siblings.
* CatchPhrase: Her [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XaIuw6K6Q distressed groan]]. More of a Catch Noise, really.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Tina was first playing along fully with her siblings in a prank for the pilot; by episode 4 she developed into a daughter that respects Bob much more.
** In "Hamburger Dinner Theater" she has crippling stage fright. Then in "Family Fracas" in season three:
--->'''Tina''' (''to the audience''): Hi, I'm Tina! I like horses, music, and boys! Hi boys, I'm Tina.
** After a few moments early on, the writers seem to be going out of their way to make it seem more likely that it's teenage awkwardness and not an AmbiguousDisorder.
* TheChick: Not that great at social situations, but she's the (usually outvoted) voice of reason in the Belcher siblings.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is very quick to fly off into a daydream, particularly regarding boys or romance.
* CovertPervert: Tina would be this, except she has a tendency to [[{{Dissimile}} tell people about it anyways]]. She is uncomfortably enthusiastic on suggestion that she may have to mate with survivors of the storm to repopulate the town.
* CreepyMonotone: Subverted. She's creepy when she's in a vindictive mood -- but that's the exception, and for the most part she's {{Adorkable}}.
* DaddysGirl: Of the three Belcher kids, she's the closest to Bob and most likely to immediately support him.
** Subverted in "Bob and Deliver", where she thinks that having her dad as a substitute teacher would make her the automatic teacher's pet. He ends up bonding with Zeke instead much to her frustration.
* DangerIsMyMiddleName: ...But it's spelled "Ruth".
* DeadpanSnarker: At times, when she's designated as a StraightMan to everyone else. (But also subverted, in that it's not as though she ever says anything ''not'' deadpan...)
* DependingOnTheWriter: Tina has committed her share of dishonest behavior. She lies to people without a second thought in "Food Truckin'", brokers her way out of school in "Synchronized Swimming", and in "My Fuzzy Valentine", and coolly lies to her mother about a sailing lesson in "Burgerboss".
* TheDeterminator: Has dozens of crushes on boys yet somehow manages to make it through every day as if it's no big deal, while still focusing on Jimmy Jr., whereas Louise almost went insane after her first crush. Besides that, she has the usual Belcher stubbornness.
* DirtyKid: Loves making "erotic friend fictions" about people [[AssShove touching each other's butts]].
* DisapprovingLook: According to "The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, And Her Lover" she has one strong enough to force Louise go through a HeelRealization without having to say a word (though only Gene and Louise can tell it apart from her normal look.)
* DontExplainTheJoke: As part of her {{Adorkable}} package, Tina often forgets this.
* DudeMagnet: While Tina may be weird, she has attracted a number of young boys.
** Her main love interest is [[DancingWithMyself Jimmy Jr.]] and he has shown a number of times that he does like her romantically.
** [[{{Ballet}} Josh]] felt an instant connection with her when they first met and was eager to ask to his school's prom dance in his second appearance.
** [[BoisterousBruiser Zeke]] has shown possible signs of being interested in her.
** Throughout "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover", she is constantly flirted by the younger Zander.
** She has a short, intense boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with Jordan Cagan aka "Ghost Boy".
** When she showed off her fiery debating skills, [[TheBore Henry]] became smitten with her asked if they could become a couple.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her very first line in the very first episode: [[TooMuchInformation "My crotch is itchy."]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite her obsession with zombies and butt touching, she was creeped out by a kid who was determined to taste the hair of a morning talk show host. In general, she takes after her dad and has reasonably high standards to begin with.
* EvilLaugh: Well... attempts one in "Presto Tina-O" anyway.
-->'''Louise''': ...is something caught in your throat?
* TheEeyore: Generally less joyful than her siblings or mother.
* ExtremeDoormat: At times, especially if she's trying to get on somebody's good side, that somebody usually being Jimmy Junior or Tammy. However, she will stand up for herself if you push her too far, and has no problem threatening to punch someone in the face again and again and again [[OverlyLongGag and again and again]]...
* FemaleGaze: Has a fixation for male butts.
* FlatJoy: She doesn't emote well, or much.
* FunnyAfro: In Gene's story portion of "The Frond Files".
* FriendVersusLover: Somewhat. Even though she and Jimmy Jr. aren't dating, they do show romantic interests to each other. Although it's never outwardly stated, Tina's interactions with Zeke seem to imply that she feels like she's competing for Jimmy Jr.'s attention with Zeke. This is mainly one-sided, as the former tends to act cold and distant to the latter, with Zeke being completely oblivious to this. The biggest example would probably be in "The Belchies".
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She has more girly interests than her sister and mother, but she's not above performing gross feats with her siblings and doesn't have a problem at all with getting dirty.
* HairDecorations: Her tiny yellow hair clip is always on, and comes into play when she "transforms" into Dina by switching it to her left side.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: And a fairly believable depiction of one at that! She will latch onto any boy or man older than her and never let go unless she realizes it is not meant to be.
* IncrediblyLamePun: She greatly enjoys making puns, said puns being so bad that she gets compliments from people that have no good taste. To boot, she has a horse of porcelain she calls "Horselain." She inherited this trait from her father.
* InkSuitActor: Began as one for Dan Mintz (the character was even a boy named [[TheDanza Daniel]]) before she was changed to a girl. Still, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdtEXLIO4aY the resemblance]] is uncanny.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While she may be a DaddysGirl, some of her real honest and well-meaning comments to Bob border on this, which exasperate Bob since Tina can't tell much.
* LarynxDissonance: For the sake of comedy, Dan Mintz plays her with the exact same male voice he originally used in the pilot when the character was a boy.
* LetsGetDangerous: Most of the time Tina is a socially-awkward ExtremeDoormat... but when she gets serious, she shows a high level of cunning, planning ("Ambergris" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy"), and investigative skill ("Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "Lice Things Are Lice").
* MostFanficWritersAreFemale: To the point that she's already written fanfic on every pop cultural item of interest, leading to her writing "erotic friendfiction".
* MustHaveCaffeine: In "The Unnatural", Tina discovers espresso for the first time...and gets hooked on it -- to the point that she's drinking motel coffee with discarded cigarettes in it.
** It's not clear if she gave up coffee after that -- the fort ("Fort Night") apparently had some used coffee filters in it, and that was before they had access to the garbage bin.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She knows way too much about horses in general that one could mistake her for a real equine master. So when she gets to go to a horse camp (and interrupt her coach's questions with the right answers before anyone else could answer), she's given...the most challenging horse for her to tame, which is an extreme handful to even ride. Despite her attempts, she fails to make the horse listen to simple commands and ditches it, preferring her imaginary (talking) horse.
* NotSoStoic: She has her moments of showing emotions like fear or anger, though those are far and few between.
* NiceGirl: The nicest and most (selflessly) helpful of the Belcher kids.
* NightmareFetishist: She admires "the swagger" of zombies.
-->"I'm not a zombiephile. I just admire their swagger."
* OlderSidekick: To Louise, being her older sister and sidekick.
* PerpetualFrowner: It's usually more of a straight line mouth than a frown, but it still counts.
* TheReliableOne: She's the Belcher child that Bob and Linda are most likely to give responsibility to.
* SchoolNewspaperNewshound: Hosts a hard news segment on the school TV newscast and made and broadcast her own news program with Louise's help after the school TV newcast shoots down her desire to investigate the "Mad Pooper/Butt-ler" mystery.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Tina shows an interest in ''any'' boy she's interested in or who she ''thinks'' is interested in her, sometimes even kissing one of them. However, she always ends up back to focusing one boy in particular: Jimmy Jr Pesto.
* TheSouthpaw: She's the only left-handed Belcher.
* TheStoic: Does not show a wide range of emotion.
* StraightMan: Her mellow and milquetoast persona is quite a contrast to the rest of her family, especially Louise.
* TeensAreShort: Tina's thirteen and is just slightly higher then Bob's waist. Since she is only just a teenager, she may be still early in her pubescent growth spurt.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Louise's Tomboy, though she isn't particularly feminine, her interests in unicorns, romance and boys are girlier.
* TookALevelInBadass: In regards to her rivalry with Tammy, Tina has become much more assertive and equally aggressive as the former, even making ''very'' sassy remarks to her and openly challenging her when provoked.
* UnknownRival: To Zeke who she sees as an opponent for Jimmy Jr.'s attention, while Zeke sees her as a friend and has hinted to be attracted to her as well.
* VerbalTic: Usually makes an elongated monotoned groan when nervous. In season 3, this evolved into loud hyperventilation noises ("HUH! HUH!").
* VocalEvolution: In the first two seasons, she would never raise her voice above monotone. By season 3, she would start occasionally shouting when provoked.
* WillNotTellALie: Tina is a very honest person, and it's difficult for her to lie. When she's in a situation where she has to, such as in "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks", she feels incredibly guilty about it. Also, she is clearly hesitant to sell their newly-discovered ambergris on the black market in "Ambergris".
* YaoiFanGirl:
** Tina has fantasies about two male zombies making out in front of her. This is due to after watching ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' her zombie nightmares started blending with her hormonal teenage arousal dreams.
** She won the bet when Mr. Fischoeder asked who predicted that Bob and Jimmy Pesto will end up falling asleep on each other if no one wins the fight.
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[[folder:Gene Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Eugene Mirman
The 11-year-old middle child and their only son.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Fantasized about having a man draw him naked (a la ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'') in "Mutiny on the Windbreaker".
** There was also this:
--->'''Louise''': What ever happened to Roberto? Did you try showering with him again?\\
'''Tina''': ...yeah...\\
'''Gene''': ...maybe...
** He was also very enthusiastic about kissing Jimmy Jr. in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"
--->'''Tina''': When I kiss Jimmy Jr. under the disco ball, it will be like we're ''all'' kissing Jimmy Jr. under the disco ball.\\
'''Gene''': I call first!\\
'''Louise''': Really?\\
'''Gene''': Well if I'm gonna kiss him I don't want to go after you guys.\\
'''Linda''': I'll go last, I'm fine with that.\\
'''Bob''': We're not kissing Jimmy Jr!\\
'''Gene''': YES WE ARE!
** He got grounded in one episode after he admitted to visiting a website about transvestites of course it should be noted he seemed to be disgusted by it considering his reaction.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], as he's the Annoying Older Sibling to Louise. However, he's younger than Tina, still playing this trope straight.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Gene is distracted very easily, and his inability to focus has caused problems on multiple occasions. The family even refers to the act of losing focus on the task at hand as "[[PersonAsVerb Geneing out]]."
* AttentionWhore: Seems to be Gene in general as of Season 3. He makes it clear that he'd prefer attention from his art and/or performance, than just attention in general. This is most notable in "Beefsquatch".
* BigBrotherInstinct: While rarely seen, Gene has a protective side for his younger sister, Louise.
* BigEater: He is shown to be excited at the thought of food and eating. You can trick him into doing something if it's food-related.
* BigFun: Will generally prioritize having a good time of things.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While mostly using his keyboard to record fart noise, he can write some zazzy music when he puts in the effort. Even Bob is surprised he wrote "Electric Love". He also [[GadgeteerGenius creates a pretty impressive electric recorder]] by combining a recorder with his megaphone in "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee".
* ChivalrousPervert: With his sound system. The fact that he heard his grandparents "doing it" won't help matters.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even by this show's standards, Gene is pretty out there.
* CowardlyLion: In "It Snakes A Village", he refused to go in the woods to save his sisters while they were sinking in quicksand because he thought that a snake would eat him. Eventually subverted, as he does rescue them at the last minute.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* TheDitz: Far and away the dumbest member of the Belcher family. He can't even remember the name of his father's establishment (and was seriously certain it was ''Dad's'' Burgers).
* DirtyKid: Likes to talk about penis-shaped things and in the second episode he recorded the sounds his grandparents made whilst making love.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He really enjoys eating the Fracas Foam that the family kept winning on the game show.
* FatBastard: At his worst, he can act self-absorbed and attention-hogging.
* FatIdiot: Pretty chubby, and not-so-smart.
* {{Gasshole}}: With his megaphone. In general, Gene loves farts, and farting. After his grandparents stayed in his room over a weekend, he declared he had to go "re-fart" his room.
* HiddenDepths:
** Is actually a really good musician and songwriter when he applies himself and doesn't just mess around with fart noises.
** He has an extensive knowledge of wedding rings.
* InkSuitActor: He's a kid version of his voice actor, Eugene Mirman.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: While he has no problem with hanging out with other guys, he has stated that he prefers the company of girls. This is likely a result of him spending almost all of his time with his two sisters, both of whom are close to him in age.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More of a buffoon than a full blown jerk, but he does have some selfish moments. They generally aren't intentional, however, and he ''does'' mean well.
* {{Keet}}: Generally a bubbly, friendly kid you'd want to know despite his more annoying tendencies.
* KiddieKid: At times. Oscillates wildly between childishness and oddly mature behavior.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Tends to spout out incorrect facts and will stubbornly refuse to admit the people correcting him are right.
* LargeHam: Takes after Linda in his love for the performing arts.
* TheLoad: As noted under AttentionDeficitOohShiny, Gene is known for just completely flaking on the family and making tasks more difficult. Linda {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it at one point, saying that Bob entrusted Gene with a task simply to have Gene's screwups as an easy source of blame if he couldn't succeed on his own merits.
* MamasBoy: If there's one thing Gene is open about, it's his love for his mother.
--> '''Gene''': Why? Because I'm eleven and I still love Mom.
* NoIndoorVoice: He has a tendency to loudly deny whenever Bob tries to correct him over something. Generally, if someone tries to correct Gene, he'll just scream that they're wrong. Eh -- he's just loud in general.
* PhraseCatcher: "Gene."
* ToiletHumor: While [[{{Gasshole}} farts]] are by far his stock in trade, Gene is practically guaranteed to be present for (and probably the one delivering) any joke that's toilet-related. Not to mention an entire episode devoted to him bonding with a talking toilet.
* TheOneGuy: The only male Belcher sibling.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He's begun developing shades of this and often makes comments about being a woman.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: 'It Snakes A Village' reveals Gene has a crippling fear of snakes. Fortunately, he was able to overcome it in time to save his sisters from a [[QuicksandSucks quicksand pit]].
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[[folder:Louise Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KristenSchaal
Their 9-year-old youngest daughter.
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* AxCrazy: You need to mash a bunch of her buttons for this to come out, but she will ''boil you alive'' if you cross her one time too many.
* BerserkButton: Has quite a few.
** We find out in "Bob Day Afternoon" that she doesn't like being told to shut up, even as a jest.
** The bunny-ears hat. Try to grab it and you ''will'' get shit for it. As seen in "Ear-sy Rider", the consequences in ''succeeding'' are, let's say, rather [[DisproportionateRetribution unfortunate]].
** Canada... for some reason... according to "Hamburger Dinner Theater".
** Tampering with her possessions or entering her room without permission can drive her into near-insane fury.
* BigSisterBully: Inverted, she is sometimes a little sister bully to Tina and/or Gene.
* BoomerangBigot: A throwaway line in "Boyz 4 Now" in response to the obnoxious screaming teenage girls at the titular boy band concert. "No wonder nobody likes women."
* BreakoutCharacter: In the vein of [[Franchise/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] or [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]], Louise's unrestrained attitude makes her a clear example of the mischievous kind in contrast to Tina's more surprising popularity.
* BullyHunter: Not often shown, but she's no fan of bullies and has stuck up for weaker kids on occasion. One episode even saw her put into detention by Frond because she pantsed a kid who was bullying a smaller child at lunch.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Louise was a ''literal'' example [[note]]She always wears bunny ears, but she was a lawyer. Not a ''good'' one though.[[/note]] during Bob's dream sequence in episode 3, "Sacred Cow".
** It's hinted with some dialogue from Louise and Gene in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" that she actually wants to become a literal example in real life.
* CatchPhrase: "SICK!"
** "Son of a BITCH!"
* CharacterDevelopment: In late first season, she mentions how much she can't stand hanging with Tina and Linda, which is made abundantly clear in the episode, but, particularly in the third season due to "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" and "Boyz 4 Now", she grew to respect and like her mother and sister, something made clear by their interactions when they have the focus like "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Unnatural".
** She's also grown more compassionate over time, mostly from to her numerous [[JerkassRealization Jerkass Realizations]]. Seeing her casually step in to protect Pocket-Sized Rudy from bullies in "Thelma and Louise Except Thelma is Linda" is so very sweet.
* CharacterTic: [[http://media3.giphy.com/media/PWZ8pr1xZW55m/giphy.gif Twitching her eyes whenever she is about to explode from anger]]. She did this for almost the entire second half of the "Ambergris" episode, due to lack of sleep. She gets this tic from her mother.
* TheChessmaster: Louise will eagerly exploit stupid people for her own amusement, and she's also quite willing to manipulate her family for her own pleasure. Linda is perfectly aware of the former, as she tells Mr. Frond (whom Louise had pranked by convincing him her father was dead and haunting the restaurant) that "she likes to mess with people she thinks are stupid".
* ComedicSociopathy: Of a sort. She claims that she does not understand emotions like empathy, and actually thinks she's going crazy when she feels sorry for her dad. However, many episodes show her being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** She does however recognize that she loves her family, and even says so when in a dire position.
* CompanionCube: As seen in "The Belchies", if Louise is left alone long enough, she'll also start treating nearby objects like they're alive, just like her father.
* CryCute: Her snarky exterior briefly cracks in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" and she also sheds a few more but ''very'' vulnerable tears in "Large Brother Where Fart Thou" after Logan closes in on her and threatens to give her a 'Reverse Norwegian Stinkhold'.
* CutenessProximity: She is quite embarrassed to show a very strong cute side of her when she can't resist petting baby dogs.
* CuteAndPsycho: An adorable kid with a bunny ears hat, and see AxCrazy and EnfantTerrible.
* DaddysGirl: Despite her abuse of him, it's made clear on the show that Louise prefers her father.
** Truly hits home in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor". Linda notes that she prefers Bob over her, even when she was a baby.
** In "Carpe Museum" she even implies that she thinks she'll succeed Bob at the restaurant. Bob may even be her hero.
** If Bob and Linda got divorced, she would choose Bob.
** In "Hawk and Chick", she reveals that she's afraid that she and Bob'll grow apart and not talk for 30 years like the father/daughter stars of the Japanese film series they both love.
* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely the most socially aware of the three Belcher children, and she knows it.
* TheDeterminator: Presented with a locked room marked "Secret", she'll do anything to enter, even if it kills Gene.
* TheDreaded: Bob knows better than to interfere in areas Louise holds sacred, such as her room, and rightly so. Linda, not so much.
* EnfantTerrible: She rarely harms anyone, but you better not piss her off. She's also fantasies herself being in a death row.
** Bob has been shown to be ''terrified'' of incurring her wrath, and is the first to advise others to avoid it as well. When the family accidentally melts her Kuchi Kopi toy, his first instinct is to flee.
--->'''Bob''': We should just leave town. Get in the car and go far away.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
--> '''Louise''': Hello, and welcome to Bob's Burgers. The Burger of the Day is the "Child Molester". It comes with candy.
* EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: She's a bratty, bitter and obnoxious, but she still loves her parents, [[DaddysGirl her father in particular]].
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** In "Beefsquatch" she plays both sides of the Bob/Gene rivalry until she becomes visibly fed up with helping both of them and backs away out of disgust.
** In "The Quirkducers" she stages a rather bloody finale for Tina's play, [[spoiler: but once she sees it in action she's immediately regretful and realizes she went too far. She even ''agrees'' with Mr. Frond when he decides to punish her.]]
** In "Bob Actually", when she finds out that Chloe is just pretending to be Regular-Sized Rudy's Valentine to get answers on a quiz, she immediately stands up for him. She may not believe in Valentine's Day, but Rudy is still her friend. [[spoiler:And when she has to break the news to Rudy, she ends up kissing him.]]
** Even she is disturbed by Millie's creepy behavior.
** Louise thought that blabbing about Jessica's bedwetting secret was too low.
* EvilLaugh: Yep. Not really clear where she gets it from, though (though most likely Linda, considering she can let them loose whenever her eccentricities get the best of her).
* ExpressiveAccessory: The ears on her hat droop a little bit when she was disappointed in "Torpedo".
* FanGirl: For Boo-Boo (And it terrifies her).
* {{Foil}}: Tends to be this to her parents.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: You wouldn't expect it based on her attitude, but she has a soft spot for animals and in return they seem to like her back, as seen in "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" with the class-pet Princess Little Piddles preferring her over his usual caretaker Wayne, and with the puppy Colonel Fluffles licking and nuzzling her in "Eat Spray Linda".
** In general, Louise can show affection much easier to animals than she can to people.
* TheGadfly: As her mother states she likes messing with people she thinks are stupid--which seems to be a lot of people.
* GenkiGirl: ''Extremely'' hyperactive, and borderline psychotic.
* AGodAmI: In "Burger Wars", when she becomes convinced that she has supernatural powers.
-->"Voodoo works. I'M A GOD".
* GunNut: Doesn't own any guns herself but seems to show an interest in them throughout the series. In one episode she comments on how she wants to get a gun license. She also admires Mr. Fischoder's ex-girlfriend who was a competitive shooter, and she tries to buy a Derringer at a pawn shop.
-->'''Louise''': If you teach me to shoot, I'll teach you to regret teaching me to shoot!
* HeelRealization: Has this happen occasionally, mostly when her actions can harm those she loves, like her siblings or her Aunt Gayle.
* HiddenDepths:
** She's got this cute side of being really affectionate to puppies. Mind you, she's not like other average normal girls.
** She stood up for a kid in "Thelma & Louise Except Thelma is Linda" because he was being bullied by not being able to get his lunchbox from two bigger kids (and she pulled the pants down from one of them). Linda herself has a ''really'' hard time trying to accept how morally right it was for Louise of all people to defend someone else (more so when the bullies [[KarmaHoudini didn't get punished but Louise was]]).
* HotBlooded: Tends to go from zero to screaming the fastest among the Belchers.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: If she messes with one of her siblings, it's fair game. If someone else outside of the family goes after them, Louise will immediately make ''plans''.
* IconicOutfit: Louise is never seen without her pink bunny ears hat, and is rare seen wearing anything other than her green dress.
** The colors extend to infancy, where pictures of baby Louise reveal that she wore a green onesie and a pink beanie.
* ItAmusedMe: Her motivation for some of the mischief she causes.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Knows pretty damn well it isn't, though, and will stop when it harms the people she loves.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's mean and bitter a good portion of the time, but she ''does'' have a nice side buried deep down, which mainly comes out when it involves the people she loves.
* LackOfEmpathy: On one occasion, she freely admits she doesn't understand emotions like empathy, and when she realizes she feels sorry for Bob, she thinks she's going insane.
** This is thoroughly defied in the episode "Nice-capades". Louise, Tina, and Gene accidentally get on the wrong side of a MallSanta and fear it'll put them in trouble with the real deal, so they put on an ice show singing about all the nice stuff they've done. However, Louise has a HeelRealization during her list of BlatantLies, and tells the MallSanta that only Tina and Gene deserve presents for Christmas.
--->'''Louise''': A nice person wouldn't put on a "Nice-capades". [[TearJerker They wouldn't need to]].
** Also in "The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, and Her Lover" she realizes that even though she hates Mr. Frond, [[HeelRealization she shouldn't ruin things between him and Gayle because Gayle is her aunt and she loves her and wants her to be happy]].
* TheLadette: Prefers to spend time with the male side of the family than the women and on some occasions will refer to them all as "the guys", odd considering Bob and Gene are both InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
* LargeHam: Doesn't chew scenery like Gene, and in fact generally prefers a quiet approach to a heavy-handed one, but she will immediately take center stage when it is to her advantage.
* TheLeader: Of the Belcher siblings.
* LimitedWardrobe: More so than anyone else in the family, and she apparently wore a pink hat/green clothes combo when she was a baby as well. Generally only changes outfits when her green dress is completely unsuitable for what she's doing (skiing, costumes, etc.).
* LittleGirlsKickShins: Played straight when she kicks Sergeant Bosco in "Bob Day Afternoon", but subverted most other times -- she'll tackle you properly if she needs to.
* LittleMissSnarker: Pretty much the modern WesternAnimation icon for this.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The loud-mouthed and crazy Masculine Girl to Regular Sized Rudy's Feminine Boy.
* MoodWhiplash: She does this consistently and in most cases purposefully, especially in the earlier episodes and when trying to 'convince' others to do what she wants.
* MoralityChain: Her family is pretty much the best way to get her nice side to surface.
* MouthyKid: The MOUTH on this kid...
* TheNapoleon: Doesn't have any HeightAngst, and the trope applies to her less due to her size and more due to how, if left unchecked, no one would be surprised if she took over Europe.
* NeverBareheaded: Louise ''never'' takes her bunny ears hat off. When she was younger, she wore a pink beanie. Even when her hat gets stolen from her in "Ear-sy Rider", we still don't find out what she looks like beneath it, as the top of her head gets censored, then later she wears a hood. Whatever she looks like without it though, it's clear she does ''not'' want anyone to see what's underneath it.
* NiceHat: The bunny ears hat. And heaven forbid if you touch it, as the last person whom did so got a biker gang called on them.
* NightmareFetishist: Whenever anything terrible is happening or seems likely to happen, odds are Louise will be rooting for it. She also ''loves'' to be terrified, but it takes a lot to manage it. One episode involves her family enacting a huge, elaborate plot involving several other characters to finally manage to scare her, and it turns out to be a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming because it's what she always wanted.
* NoIndoorVoice: She's prone to spontaneously shouting at the top of her lungs to get a point across.
* NonActionBigBad: Despite being authoritative and controlling towards her family and peers, Louise is still just a 9-year-old girl with most of the same physical capabilities. Against bigger bullies and experienced adults, she tends to be outmatched. It has been noted on more than one occasion, however, that she's much stronger than she looks, and it takes the entire family working together to hold her down long enough to get her to take flu medicine.
* NotMeThisTime: In "Turkey in a Can", where she isn't the one putting Bob's turkey's in the toilet despite being the obvious choice. She spends the rest of the episode trying to figure out who did it, and even puts on a presentation just to highlight that she had no motive while everyone else did.
* NotSoDifferent: To Linda. Their overall craziness is very similar, and is even lampshaded by Bob in "The Kids Run Away":
-->'''Linda''': Hey, you gotta fight crazy with crazy.\\
'''Bob''': Well, Louise gets this from your side of the family.\\
'''Linda''': You don't think I know that? ''(maniacal laugh)''
* OccidentalOtaku: It's implied she has an interest in Japanese media. She own a lot of stuffed animals who seem to be Japanese, and either from {{Kaiju}} or Creator/{{Studio Ghibli}} movies. Her Kuchi Kopi toy is also from a Japanese character (and it's box is all written in Japanese).
* PingPongNaivete: She seems to know a lot of things a 9-year-old shouldn't know, yet she still needs a night light and believes in SantaClaus.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Not the most feminine girl, but her hat is pink.
* PintsizePowerhouse: Louise is remarkably strong for her stature, being able to resist a full-family holddown while sick with the flu.
* SarcasticDevotee: While all of the Belcher family enjoys making fun of Bob from time to time, Louise probably does it the most due to her [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] nature. Nevertheless, she is loyal to her family and loves her father.
* SexIsViolence: G-rated version. When she develops a crush on Boo Boo from Boys 4 Now, she doesn't want to kiss him or get his autograph, she wants to slap him. [[spoiler:When she kisses Regular-Sized Rudy in "Bob Actually", she also slaps him.]]
* TheSmartGirl: Of the Belcher children. She thinks up a lot of plans/schemes.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Her major crush on Boo Boo from Boys 4 Now. She constantly tries to hide her infatuation by mixing insults with her compliments to him.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: She's the shortest of the siblings and is the one who plans out most of the kids' schemes.
* TearsOfFear: In "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?", when she's about to be beaten up by Logan, she's so scared she actually starts crying.
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Even her parents are intimidated by her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Tomboy to Tina's Girly Girl, while she isn't particularly boyish, her tomboyish side is especially evident with how she prefers the company of the guys of her family Bob and Gene, and she generally joins Gene in performing gross feats, enjoys anime, Gothic culture and scary things.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She claims to dislike most girly things out loud and ridicules Tina for having a crush on Jimmy Junior -- or for that matter boys in general, but her room is fairly feminine, she has a soft spot for puppies and she developed a major crush for a boy band's lead singer. Not to mention her hat.
* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout the seasons, it's subtle but shown that Louise has slowly grown a little more compassionate overtime, and while she hasn't lost her mischief and chaotic-loving nature, she has shown to be fairly willing to do things for the people she cares about, especially if it's her family or a close friend.
** She's even willing to help out someone she doesn't like, as seen in "A Few 'Gurt Men" where she somewhat reluctantly decides to defend Mr. Frond in a case where he is thought to be guilty for something he didn't do, because she understands what that's like.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: In the first episode she makes a thrusting motion when explaining her parents are "really grinding... the meat", clearly showing she knows what sex is. (Later episodes make it clear that, while she understands the mechanics just fine, the deeper aspects of maturity are still beyond her.)
* {{Tsundere}}: She acts this way towards Boo Boo in "Boyz 4 Now", and still does as seen at the end of "Hauntening".
--> '''Louise''': There's that idiot Boo Boo. It was his dumb birthday last week, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not that I care or even know that]].
* TwitchyEye: Whenever she enters Ax-Crazy mode. This is a trait she picked up from her mother.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The main {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold of the family who nonetheless tends to be the most intelligent (or, that's how she thinks of it, anyway).
* TheUnreveal: When it looks like we'll finally see her without her hat off when it gets taken in "Ear-Sy Rider", the top portion of her head is censored by the upper camera border.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Type I with the Pesto twins. Alternatively their similarities make them FacelessGoons to a BadBoss.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Tina for leaving her stuck with Tammy in "Mazel Tina".
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Played with. She's definitely got the vocabulary, mentality, and intelligence of an adult, but she still shows some childish naivete, such as still believing that Santa Claus is real.
* WorthyOpponent: Bonds with Jessica during "Slumber Party" after she proves to be a worthy competitor.
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!!Belcher Extended Family
[[folder:Gayle]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Megan Mullally
Linda's neurotic sister.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Almost to Tina's extent.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Bob in "Dr. Yap", though on his end this is largely because he's already married. The other objects of her affections don't seem to feel this way.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Linda's Abel. Downplayed, as apart from her tendency to lust after Linda's boyfriends they get along great.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Is a wreck of a human being at first, but gradually becomes a bit more stable as time passes. (She mentions changing medications in her second appearance, so it could just be that.)
* CloudCuckoolander: Gayle has especially weird ideas and art projects she creates, including a series of paintings depicting animal butts and a giant board game with loads of silly rules that takes nearly all day to play.
* CrazyCatLady: Not only does she have several cats, she took one of them off somebody's porch and claimed it was a stray.
* ExtremeOmnivore: She once ate lipstick.
* FootsieUnderTheTable: In "Dr. Yap", she aggressively does this to Bob while pursuing him.
* ForcefulKiss: She forcefully kisses Mort in "Turkey in a Can". He's clearly trying to get her to stop.
* FragileFlower: "The rule is you never tell Aunt Gayle anything she can't handle." She becomes ''somewhat'' less fragile with time, and goes from someone who you can't believe would be able to live on her own, to clearly doing just that.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: To no one's surprise, Gayle was one during high school, if the incredibly sexual songs she wrote for Linda's band are any indication. Interestingly, this makes the similarities between her and Tina even more apparent.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Gayle is a desperately lonely woman with few friends and a less than stellar dating record. Before bedtime, she has to play pretend that the apocalypse has killed everyone on Earth, including the men, so it will be okay to sleep alone. She does this ''every night''... and apparently she sleeps like a baby.
* InformedAttractiveness: Like her sister, some people have referred to Gayle as attractive. However, like Linda, most of the men who are interested in her are depicted as being over-emotional and desperate.
* {{Meganekko}}: Wears glasses.
* NiceGirl: Her bizarre behaviour aside, she's ultimately a decent lady who loves her nieces, nephew, and sister and brother-in-law. One episode even makes the point of her buying (probably fairly expensive) tickets for a concert for herself, Louise, and Tina.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:In ''Gayle Makin' Bob Sled'']], it's revealed that she has a tendency to fake injuries and illnesses to get attention. Since she doesn't actually get herself sick or injured, she's more this than MunchausenSyndrome.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:In the same episode as above]], she may or may not have done this in order to get attention after her lover left her behind by making an excuse to visit his aunt. [[spoiler:He ''did'' go to visit his aunt for Thanksgiving]].
* OperationJealousy: Linda notes that Gayle tends to fall for this -- Gayle has a habit of falling in love with whoever Linda's with. This resulted in her lusting after Bob for most of "Dr. Yap", until Linda [[InvokedTrope intentionally used this]] to get Gayle interested in Dr. Yap instead.
* SanityBall: She holds this in "The Kids Run Away" when she manages to truly relate to Louise on her level regarding her fear of getting her cavity fixed, and convinces her to see it as a game of make believe. ''This works.''
* SpeechImpediment: While no longer present, it's stated in "Purple Rain-Union" that she used to have this (of the PorkyPigPronunciation variety).
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: With Mr. Frond. [[spoiler:They start dating because of this.]]
* TomboyishPonytail: Her default hairstyle is a ponytail.
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[[folder:"Big Bob" Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob Fires the Kids" only), Bill Hader
Bob's father, and the owner of Big Bob's Diner.
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* AbusiveParents: When Bob (our main character) was a kid, Big Bob would have him work in the restaurant all summer rather than let his son play outside and make friends, resulting in Bob befriending inanimate objects. In "Father of the Bob" we see that he wouldn't give his son a chance to make his own burgers, insisted that he listen to him and follow the menu he created, and throws out the burger Bob made.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite how overcritical he was, he did still try to get along with his son, giving him a Christmas present of [[spoiler: changing the restaurant from "Big Bob's Diner" to "Big Bob's and Son's Diner" and wanting to be partners (only for Bob Jr. to refuse due to how impossible his dad was)]].
** By the end of "Father of the Bob", Bob realizes that his father [[spoiler: kept the first review of Bob’s Burgers]]; they both apologize for how they both treated each other. Bob says he's sorry for how he handled saying no to Big Bob's offer and accepts Big Bob for who he is, and Big Bob apologizes for being impossible to work with, and says Bob has done well for himself and should be proud.
* ControlFreak: Refused to let Bob change the menu at all. It's why [[spoiler: Bob chose not to become partners with him]]
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** We don't see his face, but we hear his voice, and get our first glimpse at what kind of father he was in "Bob Fires the Kids".
** His restaurant also makes an appearance in the background of many episodes, as a picture in Bob's living room.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** In "Bob Fires the Kids" Big Bob sounds like Bob, but a bit deeper, unlike "Father of the Bob" where he sounds completely different (because he was played by H. Jon Benjamin in the former, but Bill Hader was cast for his major appearance in the latter).
** In "Bob Fires the Kids" Bob and Linda also say that Big Bob sold his diner, and some ladies had bought the place. Fast Forward to “Father of the Bob" Big Bob still has the same diner, and it's still where it was in the flashback implying that he either bought his Diner back, or this has been retconned.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He threw away the first burger Bob ever cooked, the "Baby you can chive my car Burger", because it wasn't the usual order the customer gets. He was extremely critical and demanding of Bob, always wanting Bob to cook like him and not be creative. He admits that he was too hard on Bob when they reconcile.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made his son work each summer instead of having fun, and was always critical of how he would cook. But he does love his grandchildren, and his son enough to [[spoiler: keep the first review of his restaurant]], admits that he is hard to work with, and believes that his son has done fine on his own, and should be proud.
* RealMenWearPink: Regularly hangs out at the neighboring gay bar to watch Series/{{Scandal}}.
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!!The Belcher Family
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A somewhat idiosyncratic but lovable family who run the titular, family restaurant.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Whenever they're seen doing thing's together such as singing or any of their various MundaneMadeAwesome activities.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d, one example is Mr. Fischoeder calling Bob "swarthy". According to WordOfGod, they're probably Greek-Armenian-Italian-Jewish-German, with at least some French or French-Canadian (the name "Belcher") too.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite the kids constant schemes and other family problems, they are still a loving family. They do care about each other very dearly even when they don't always show it.
* BadassFamily: Not in the action-y sense. But they each have managed to do amazing things either solo or together.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: They've all got their unique quirks and together they are occasionally crazy but they're also all determined, and they can all get pretty feisty when they have to be.
* BigThinShortTrio: The Belcher siblings with Gene as the big, Louise as the short, and Tina as the thin. More pronounced in the test pilot episode with Tina's predecessor Daniel.
* DysfunctionalFamily: PlayedForLaughs. They each have their own quirks and moments of crazy, but genuinely care for one another.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed}}. All of the Belcher siblings have each done something irresponsible and/or childish, as well as take any opportunity to get out of work. But, Tina is the one less likely to cause trouble and do whatever work her parents ask her to do. Louise will likely love to do some trolling while at work and try to convince her siblings to skip it, but is still has a lot more focused than Gene. Speaking of Gene, he is considered the most irresponsible of the Belcher siblings mostly due to his tendency of "[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Geneing out]]."
* [[FourPhilosophyEnsemble Five Philosophy Ensemble]]: Linda is the Optimist, Louise is the Cynic, Bob is the Realist, Gene is Apathetic, and Tina is Conflicted.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: They're all prone too AcquiredSituationalNarcissism to spite being treated as unremarkable by most of the world.
* KidsAreCruel: Gene and Louise are savages to Bob. Tina only insults him when he forbids her from doing anything she really wants to do, though she's very rarely cruel to him (outside of her InnocentlyInsensitive remarks, which she really thinks aren't that).
* LameComeback: Bob and Louise are usually quite witty, but can come out with these when they're too mad to think of anything good.
* RedOniBlueOni: Bob and Tina are the respective Blue Oni's to Linda, Gene and Louise's Red Oni's.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: They are a family capable of incredible acts of craziness which, thanks to skill and/or pure dumb luck, allow them to prevail (most of the time). Despite that, people tend to quickly dismiss them.
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[[folder:Bob Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HJonBenjamin
Owner of Bob's Burgers.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Despite being full grown adult, Bob has some rather endearing qualities, from having a love of toy train models to constantly making pun-based names for his burgers.
* AccidentalMurder: To [[spoiler:Teddy's hamster]] in "Full Bars".
* {{Acrofatic}}: He is slightly overweight but can run surprisingly quickly when angry or agitated, as shown in "Burgerboss".
* AfraidOfBlood: We only see one example of this, but in "The Kids Run The Restaurant" we see (and hear) that Bob passes out at the sight of blood. Like, even a single drop.
-->'''Louise''': Why can't you bleed like a normal dad?!
* AlliterativeName: It applies to his name, his restaurant, and the title of the show.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Bob sacrifices a ''lot'' for his family, even if it costs him his dignity, an opportunity for his restaurant or both, he almost always puts his family first, but unfortunately gets very little (other than affection) in return.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Said he was "mostly straight" when getting his turkey in Turkey in a Can.
** After the Deli Guy mistakenly took Bob's repeated turkey purchases as flirting:
--->'''Deli Guy''': Hey, what do you want to do?\\
'''Bob''':Uh... nothing.\\
'''Deli Guy''': Wanna go to the beach?\\
'''Bob''': No... maybe... wait, I'm straight, I mean I'm mostly straight.\\
(A few lines later)\\
'''Bob''': Also, I'm married, but if I wasn't... Who am I kidding? You're out of my league, it would never work.\\
'''Deli Guy''': What are you talking about?\\
'''Bob''': I really gotta go.\\
'''Deli Guy''': I'm gonna see you tomorrow!\\
'''Bob''': Probably not. (beat) I'll call you!
** In a dream sequence in ''Sacred Cow'' Bob also had a dream in which he made out with a talking bull. It was his subconscious telling him he wanted to, and he seems to remember the dream fondly by the end.
** When Louise insinuated that Bob wanted to marry Sandy Frye in 'Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial', his only objection was that he wouldn't take Sandy's name.
** At the end of "Mutiny on the Windbreaker", when Duval wanted a kiss from Bob. He seemed willing to oblige, if not for the crowd (his family included).
--->'''Duval''': Kiss me!\\
'''Bob''': Not now. Not a good time.\\
'''Duval''': Then when?!
* BerserkButton:
** Try not to talk about Lobsterfest.
** Linda mentions not to buy him V-neck shirts.
** Jimmy Pesto drives him insane.
* BookDumb: Generally, this is subverted; Bob is a rather intelligent man, especially when it comes to practical wisdom. Although, it's mentioned in "My Big Fat Greek Bob" that he never attended college, though besides that he seems to be generally uninterested in (personal -- the kids have college funds) continuing education. He lacks some knowledge of more sophisticated things but he's also extremely creative with his burgers. Despite this, he seems to be good with math, as evidenced by the math in the [[ItMakesSenseInContext overly complicated Meatsiah recipe]].
** This ''might'' be biting him in the ass, as while it's not really brought up on the show, he has a tendency to keep trying to branch out and away from his core competencies (or rather, he's good at cooking burgers, but keeps trying to bring in more money by doing other things).
** When he gets down to it, he can apparently absorb a lot of information in a hurry. In "The Equestranauts" he seems to have learned a fandom's worth of info about that show inside the time frame of a ''single convention'' (2-4 days in a weekend, usually).
* BumblingDad: Averted, especially noticeable considering the saturation of the trope in modern years. Although he never attended college, and doesn't always make the best decisions, he's the OnlySaneMan in his family, is very creative and skilled at making burgers (even gaining the praise of a celebrity chef), a caring and OpenMindedParent to his kids, and generally has a good head on his shoulders.
* ButtMonkey: By season 3, this borders on BornUnlucky. With constant money problems and multiple people eager to sabotage his life at any opportunity, Bob just can't win.
** Subverted triumphantly in "Bob and Deliver", where even though he's unjustly fired from his substitute teaching job, Bob and the class are able to pull off a final Home Ec-staurant for the school in defiance of Mr. Frond and Caf-Co. The episode ends with Bob and Tina enjoying lunch together.
** Season 5 as a whole seems to be going out of its way to subvert this with Bob pulling off decisive victories in "The Oedor Games", "Hawk & Chick", and "Father of the Bob".
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Bob tends to get totally wrecked when it comes to liquor. And it doesn't take a lot to do it, either.
* CarpetOfVirility: Bob is a very hairy man.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** A very deadpan "Oh my God", and a very loud "Oh my God!" You can see every instance from the first four seasons [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFr-kNbXHew here]].
** "Gene."
* CharacterTics: Bob's eyes cross a little when he's lying. Only seems to show up in "Burgerboss", though.
* CloudCuckoolander: Majorly downplayed compared to everybody else in the Belcher family, but see CompanionCube below. Now we know where Tina gets it from.
* CompanionCube: When drunk, sleepwalking, under stress, or alone, Bob has a tendency to turn inanimate objects into "friends", usually kitchen utensils or food.
** "Bob Fires the Kids" showed this was because as a kid he was always working at his father's restaurant so he had no friends.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Bob is frequently the recipient of this since his family tends to drag him into their crazy schemes.
* CoolTeacher: Becomes one in "Bob and Deliver".
* CripplingOverspecialization: PlayedWith. Bob's specialty as a burger cook has occasionally been mocked on the show, such as in "Bob and Deliver" and "Wagstaff School News". He knows enough about cooking to teach a home economics class, but outside of burgers his cooking abilities aren't really touched upon. Seems he can cook normal meals just fine, though.
** Averted in the Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes, where he is very neurotic about the holiday meals he is preparing. The second Christmas episode has his primary concern being about the ham drying out and overcooking ([[spoiler:before the candy cane truck tries to kill him and his family]]). The Thanksgiving episode has him trying to prepare a special three-day brined turkey that he's immensely proud of, and becoming increasingly unhinged when it keeps ending up in the toilet.
* DeadpanSnarker: While he normally puts up with others with some degree of passive patience, he is quite capable of throwing out quips, particularly when dealing with Linda.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite all the well-meaning speeches he gives to people, they think his way is either boring or unnecessary. Even his children belittle his honest ways.
* FatalFlaw: His hatred of Jimmy Pesto always brings out the worst in Bob.
** Bob in general tends to have a vindictive streak as well as a desire to prove himself right. For instance, in "Art Crawl" he deliberately keeps Gayle's paintings on the wall as a way to spite the Cranwinkles. Part of this stems from his OnlySaneMan mentality where he just doesn't want to deal with crazy ideas.
** It's ''not'' generalized {{Pride}}, incidentally; unless something gets on his bad side, he'll trade off dignity for a solution as needed.
* FreudianExcuse: Bob knows he has kids that have weird interests, while he does think they're weird he doesn't try to discourage them. Bob lacks any skills in socialization, which is one of the reasons his restaurant is always lacking customers. Bob has a repeating habit of speaking for inanimate objects when he needs someone to speak to as opposed to an actual person. This makes more sense when seeing how his father raised him; strictly and without being allowed to make any friends or have real toys.
* GoodParents: As awkward as his kids are, he still loves them and tries to do the best he can while supporting their awkward tendencies with his only worry being how other people would react to them. And he is always -- ALWAYS -- there for them.
* HappilyMarried: With Linda - no matter the crazy things that happen, they both will support one another.
* HiddenDepths:
** Bob has a genuine liking towards gardening.
** It's all but stated that Bob is a movie buff. He has a large knowledge of movies, from classic Japanese monster movies to CultClassic westerns. The episode "The Deepening" started thanks to Bob's knowledge about the movie-related past of the town.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Downplayed -- he has a vindictive streak that comes out sometimes -- but he's still the Belcher who most reliably stays on the straight and narrow.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Bob is incredibly fond of naming his burgers around these, and becomes visibly upset when their quality is insulted.
* KnightInSourArmor: Despite the hardships he faces running his restaurant, Bob still maintains a strong sense of integrity.
* MissingMom: His mom is never shown, and Bob once said that his mother "wasn't around" when he was younger.
** In "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left" he mentions that he used to make gingerbread houses with his mother before she died.
* NiceGuy: While he's a definite introvert and dislikes having to spend time with pretty much anyone, he's actually a pretty compassionate and understanding guy who's quick to make friends with most people he meets regardless of their eccentricities (see his friendships with Marshmallow and the three transvestite hookers whom he may have tried crack with while sharing a drink with).
* NonActionGuy: Although there's not a lot of fighting on the show to begin with, Bob tends to lose any physical encounter he gets into whether it be the Capoeira instructor, Hugo, or even a fellow Burger Joint owner.
* NoSocialSkills: He tries to go out of his way to avoid having to spend significant amounts of time with anyone, his family included, but this is more out of his own social phobias than an inherent dislike of people. He'll go out of his way to make sure to bond with his kids, but at the end of the day, he's the guy on the grill in the back and he's happy with that.
* NoSympathy: Often a victim of this whenever his restaurant or his way of life in endangered, especially (and mostly) by his family
* NotSoAboveItAll: On occasion he can be just as crazy as his family. A RunningGag with him usually involves Bob getting hooked on stuff, like pain medication or absinthe. Not to mention [[PungeonMaster his penchant for puns]]. His feud with Jimmy Pesto also has a tendency to bring out his less sane side.
* NotSoStoic: He is perfectly capable of showing emotion despite his normally calm demeanor.
* OneNoteCook: Downplayed. He's noted to be exceptionally excellent at making burgers, with even his biggest critics admitting their great taste, but his skill at cooking all other kinds of food varies from "competent" to "terrible".
* OnlySaneEmployee: As his employees consist of his incredibly bizarre and wacky wife and kids, he is this by default.
* OnlySaneMan: To his family, and often to the rest of the cast as well. As Alasdair Wilkins notes in [[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/bobs-burgers-world-wharf-ii-wharfening-or-how-bob--204809 an AV Club episode review]], "Bob's place on his show has often been to be the one character who will respond to the latest over-the-top mess like an actual person would."
* OpenMindedParent: Is pretty supportive of his kids. Gene becoming a cheerleader? He hates cheerleading, but fine. Tina writing erotic friend-fiction? He doesn't judge her, but only moves to stop her from revealing it to less tolerant peers. Louise wanting to sneak off during a school trip? He's easily convinced into joining her[[note]]though in this particular case there was the added benefit of keeping a direct eye on the most rebellious kid in school...[[/note]]. Also, quite notably, Bob is one of the few sitcom dads to not go through GayPanic or be intolerant of those who are different from him.
** He was originally against Tina taking capoeira lessons in "Sexy Dance Fighting" but only because it was cutting into her work at the restaurant and because he missed the father-daughter bonding during said work. He does however support her in the end despite his dislike towards the instructor and he's very annoyed when he flunks her. Being from an early episode, this could just be an example of CharacterDevelopment for Bob. He was also against Gene taking baseball lessons in "The Unnatural" but for good reasons: the instructor was an incompetent con-man and Linda stole and pawned his new espresso machine to pay for it.
* OppositesAttract: He and Linda couldn't be more different, but they love each other anyway.
* PapaWolf: When a competitor insults Bob's establishment and food he gets angry enough, but when he calls Bob's kids "crazy"...
-->''[[TranquilFury What did you just say about my kids?]]''
** Watch how he reacted in to the grill catching on fire in "Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks"; he was the first to drop everything and save Tina, who was frozen in panic.
* ParentalSubstitute: Felix says that Calvin sees Bob this way, due to a resemblance to their father. Calvin himself has a few stray comments along these lines as well.
* ParentsAsPeople: Bob is a well-meaning and loving father, easily the most realistic dad you will see in an animated family show.
* ThePigPen: His personal hygiene is commented on several times to be lacking. Most notably a smell everyone seems to pick up on.
* PottyFailure: Bob has a [[DoubleEntendre "4:30 meeting"]] every day. His fight with Jairo in "Sexy Dance Fighting" makes him accidentally poop himself.
* RedOniBlueOni: The quiet, reserved Blue Oni to Linda's boisterous and energetic Red.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Linda's Energetic Girl. Linda rarely speaks in anything lower than a scream and frequently comes up with larger than life schemes, while Bob is quiet and generally more than satisfied simply with getting through the day without having anything bad happen.
* SecondLove: Linda left her then-fiancé Hugo because she fell for Bob.
* StandardFiftiesFather: Bob is a modernized example of this trope. He works hard to support his family and usually acts as the voice of reason.
* TheStoic: Downplayed. While he's very capable of having a full on freak out, his generally demeanor is a quiet calm, and it takes a lot to shake him out of it.
* StraightMan: Bob himself, so far, plays the straight man to his somewhat crazy family and guest characters. Although cynically pragmatic, he still retains much of his family's quirkiness. However this is still a [[BumblingDad very unusual role for a sitcom patriarch to play]] these days [[note]]In a lot of American sitcoms (particularly ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', and ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''), fathers have often been depicted as bumbling simpletons who get into wacky schemes, only to have their loving, sane wives, sane friends, or wiser-than-their-years children bail them out. He's something of a return to the [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Philip Banks]] mold, just with a bluer collar.[[/note]].
** Which can make it that much funnier when he ''does'' lose his shit.
* SupremeChef: Downplayed. While his cooking is frequently commented on as being very good, with his burgers in particular earning high praise from even world-class critics, it's made equally clear that there are much better chefs out there. Outside of burgers, Bob's cooking skills, while still generally good, are much less noteworthy.
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: In terms of being a restaurant owner, he is the performer to Jimmy Pesto's technician. He knows next to nothing about business, and almost always follows his heart over his brain when making decisions. The end result is that he's a great guy and a fantastic burger chef, but a terrible businessman whose restaurant is always on the verge of closing.
* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Has a flip phone, doesn't understand internet lingo, and is absolutely floored when he discovers spell-check.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Bob's not particularly outstanding in most areas of his business but his skill at making burgers makes up for it. In several instances, his burger making skills have either saved the restaurant or given him catering opportunities.
* {{Workaholic}}: Has shades of this, particularly early on, but nowadays it's heavily downplayed. The kids and Linda are understanding of the need to keep the restaurant running, and Bob has some leeway in when and how to run it -- as a rule, he will temporarily close the restaurant if his family needs him to. In general, and especially as a small business owner, he has an enviable work/life balance.
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[[folder:Linda Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': John Roberts
Bob's wife.
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* TheAlcoholic: In general, she seems to be someone who drinks heavily when the social opportunity presents itself, and in moderation at other times. She denies that she gets drunk, insisting she just like to have fun, and refuses to see this as a negative quality. [[LampshadeHanging Louise even brings it up]].
-->'''Louise''': Mom's the one with the drinking problem.\\
'''Linda''': The problem is I don't have a frigging drink in my hand. Ha ha!
* AmbiguouslyBi: In "Two for Tina" she said Ms. Jacobson was attractive. She also appeared to be acting flirty when telling her that to her face, though it's hard to tell since she was drunk at the time.
* BadBadActing: Her "Dreamatorium" show.
* BerserkButton:
** Dislikes being called a "boob punch".
** Linda hates the words "Bad Hair Day", because that's the name of the band that won against her band in school.
* BigEater: She's been banned from Devendorf's Bakery for taking too many free samples.
* BigSisterInstinct: She forbids anyone from insulting or making fun of Gayle, especially her family.
* BirthdayHater: "You get to a certain age and they're no fun" (from Eat, Spray, Linda).
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Due to her desire to support her family mixed with RuleOfFunny, for example she's OK with Bob murdering Teddy but not the heath inspectors offensive music, or she will allow Bob to cheat on her with a woman she hates to get a space in a garden but draws the line at him bringing a cow in the house.
* BuxomIsBetter: Several characters have remarked that she's fairly busty.
* CainAndAbel: Underplayed. She is the Abel to Gayle's Cain, but they're on good terms with each other.
* CannotKeepASecret: Linda has a terrible habit of blabbing to other people about stuff that's supposed to be kept private--during a CutawayGag in "Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks", she arrives at a party and apologizes for being late because Bob had diarrhea, and in "Turkey in a Can" she ends up telling all the kids and her sister Gayle about the second decoy turkey Bob wanted to keep secret. Louise remarks on this.
-->'''Louise''': Mom's like a vault... that's constantly open and constantly talking.\\
'''Linda''': Hey, I told you guys not to tell anyone I told you!
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Collects porcelain babies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Alriiight!" [[OwMyBodyPart "Ow, my face!"]] "Aw, Bohhh-beeee!"
* ChubbyChaser: In "Full Bars" she's implied to be one.
* CharacterTic: If Linda is upset at times, her left eye will twitch.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: At times. It's pretty clear the kids get it from her.
* ControlFreak: Bob notes that whenever Linda tries to entertain she goes completely overboard and then acts hostile when people aren't appreciative enough. Case in point, when she tries hosting a bed and breakfast and the three people staying at the Belcher home are put off by Linda's embarrassing over exuberance, she resorts to locking them in their rooms to get them to stay.
* CoolBigSis: While it isn't clear as to which one is older or younger, although, most of the time she plays to Gayle, who she's protective of and helpful towards.
* CrossDressingVoice: Although unlike Tina her voice actor actually makes a (deliberately half-assed) attempt to sound like a woman. Specifically a stereotypical JewishMother.
* CuteButCacophonic: Where do you think Louise and Gene got it from?
* DeadpanSnarker: On occasion. One such example occurs when she calls Bob on his [[KnowNothingKnowItAll (lack of)]] nature survivalism, which results in his food poisoning.
-->"Oh, okay, [[SarcasmMode you didn't eat a raw trout that didn't make you poop and barf your way through the forest like some kind of disgusting Hansel and Gretel]]."
* TheDeterminator: When Linda gets into something she ''gets into it'', right to the point of SanitySlippage.
* DramaQueen: Whenever something excites her or is great news for someone, she tends to be so dramatic that she also breaks into her own made-up songs on the spot.
* ExtremeDoormat: In "Lindapendent Woman", she takes a job as shift manager at a local supermarket, and can't refuse any requests by her employees to take a day off. She ends up the only employee there.
** In "Synchronized Swimming" the kids have thoroughly convinced her to do all their homework for them.
* EvilLaugh: Whenever her more eccentric personality traits come to play, she has a habit of letting these out (and making her the most likely person Louise got her own Evil Laugh tendencies from).
* FanservicePack: Linda in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' Season 4 opener CrossOver is depicted more realistic looking and [[http://bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/File:Archer-linda.jpg surprisingly hot.]]
* FatalFlaw: In general, Linda tends to have the overly strong desire to get her talents appreciated whether it be in running a Bed-and-Breakfast or working at a supermarket.
* {{Foil}}: To Louise, especially in the episodes "Mother Daughter Lazer Razor" and "Slumber Party".
* FriendlyEnemy: With Jimmy Pesto. Whilst she won't put up with him antagonising Bob in front of her, when the two interact without him they get along just fine.
* GenkiGirl: Very enthusiastic and outgoing.
* GirlishPigtails: Puts her hair in this style in "Slumber Party" while hanging out with Louise's classmates.
* GoodParents: Despite her quirks (and sometimes DependingOnTheWriter), she does love her kids and tries her best, just like Bob.
* GutturalGrowler: Her voice tends to be like this whenever she's mad.
* HappilyMarried: With Bob - no matter the crazy things that happen, they both will support one another.
* HasAType: Likes men with [[BadassMustache mustaches]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: One of Linda's main flaws is that she is entirely too trusting of total strangers, such as the Deuce of Diamonds and the Phenomi-mom who ''seem'' like experts but whose advice either does not make sense or is instantly proved wrong, or Millie Frock whom she declares is "Fun." It's especially glaring in the Deuce's case, since his promotional video is very badly edited and it's clear he's a scammer, but she still thinks he's the only answer to Gene's bad baseball playing even when it's repeatedly shown to her face he's incompetent.
* InformedAttractiveness: The art style is naturally pretty ugly, and thus Linda's multiple suitors can come off as a bit of a surprise. Then again, the majority of them are desperate losers and creeps, so it's still not that strange.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: An in-universe example. Linda gets herself into a lot of fanservicey situations without trying to be MsFanservice. To date, she's been seen in swimsuits, in her underwear, in the shower and on a nude beach ''(no actual nudity is shown, though)''. Since the art style is about as far from sexy as possible, though, this is only really fanservice for other characters on the show.
* ItsAllAboutMe: If she's being a jerk, this is largely her central motivation (see also: Purple-Rain Union).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Linda has a tendency to never consider the feelings of others, her family included, when making decisions, causing her to often act selfishly. Despite this, she is generally shown to be a friendly woman who sincerely cares about her family.
* JewishMother: In voice and behavior, even if she's ambiguously Catholic.
* TheLancer: In the sense that she's the quirky, fun-loving contrast to Bob's stoic, OnlySaneMan nature, in their family's FiveManBand.
* LargeHam: Particularly since she greatly enjoys musical theater.
* MamaBear: You do not want to mess with her kids or Gayle.
* TheMusicMeister: Lampshaded throughout the show in which she has a habit of breaking into song at impromptu moments.
* MyBelovedSmother: She has shades of this with all the kids, but Louise takes the most issue with it. Whenever the two of them are the focus of a plot it usually deals with Linda trying to force Louise into bonding with her or into some activity that Louise wants nothing to do with.
* PluckyGirl: Very little actually brings her down.
* NiceGirl: Despite her more jerk sides in the first season, Linda has always been very cheerful, happy-go-lucky, friendly, helpful, and kind-hearted.
* RedOniBlueOni: The loud and energetic Red Oni to Bob's quiet and reserved Blue Oni.
* RunawayBride: Linda was engaged to Hugo before leaving him for Bob.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The Energetic Girl to Bob's Savvy Guy. Linda rarely speaks in anything lower than a scream and frequently comes up with larger than life schemes, while Bob is quiet and generally more than satisfied simply with getting through the day without having anything bad happen.
* SitcomArchNemesis:
** Had one in Colleen Caviello, who apparently would not shut up about the baked ziti dinner she made for a school function a year ago. This is not helped by Linda's memories of said event, where she had to listen to people gush about how great it was with their mouths full.
** Cynthia Bush, mother of Louise's SitcomArchNemesis.
* StatuesqueStunner: If one looks closely enough whenever she and Bob are on screen. Linda's [[http://bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/Linda_Belcher confirmed]] to be 5'10, only two inches shorter than Bob.
* TookALevelInKindness: DependingOnTheWriter, she can still show traces of JerkAss when she is given the JerkassBall every now and then.
* TwitchyEye: Sometimes gets one when angry.
* TheUnfavorite: Inverted; while she loves her children equally, all of them seem much more interested in spending time with Bob, their father. Louise is the most blatant about it, while Gene shows the least favoritism. Most obviously shown in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", where all three children repeatedly show more interest in spending time with Bob.
* WideEyedIdealist: Linda has some rather simplistic and childish views on many things, from friendship to romance. She is repeatedly mocked for it.
* WomenAreWiser: Usually not, but ''Lindapendent Woman'' showed that, when she started working away from the restaurant, the entire place started falling apart. Even then, downplayed, because she became an ExtremeDoormat that led to her new job ending in disaster by the episode's end.
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[[folder:Tina Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Dan Mintz
Their oldest 13-year-old daughter.
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's weird, unattractive and downright creepy at times, but nonetheless completely lovable.
* AirplaneArms: Inverted. When Tina runs, her arms don't move at all.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Her room is decorated with horse posters, and she seems to have some more-than-casual knowledge of them.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Despite Tina's eccentricities, Bob denies that Tina is [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autistic]]. Likely subverted as well, since her awkwardness could also stem from the fact that she's hitting puberty, which is a time when awkwardness comes in full bloom in some people (the writers seem to be pushing this interpretation more, as well).
* AmbiguouslyBi: Showed an interest in female nude scenes in a shark horror movie. In "Crawl Space" she doesn't seem to have any objections to the possibility of a threesome with both a male and female zombie.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' be someone who sells horse meat.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's the nicest of her siblings and is at time an ExtremeDoormat. But when push comes to shove, she has shown to be ''more'' ruthless than Louise.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Speaks in a monotonous voice most of the time, but can even be more crazy than Louise when the situation calls for it.
* BreakoutCharacter: Surprisingly enough, the painfully awkward Tina ended up striking a chord with most viewers (probably because she [[OneOfUs reminds them of themselves]]), causing her to steadily be elevated into one of the most focused on members of the family.
* ButtMonkey: Often gets blackmailed or taken advantage of by her siblings.
* CatchPhrase: Her [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_XaIuw6K6Q distressed groan]]. More of a Catch Noise, really.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Tina was first playing along fully with her siblings in a prank for the pilot; by episode 4 she developed into a daughter that respects Bob much more.
** In "Hamburger Dinner Theater" she has crippling stage fright. Then in "Family Fracas" in season three:
--->'''Tina''' (''to the audience''): Hi, I'm Tina! I like horses, music, and boys! Hi boys, I'm Tina.
** After a few moments early on, the writers seem to be going out of their way to make it seem more likely that it's teenage awkwardness and not an AmbiguousDisorder.
* TheChick: Not that great at social situations, but she's the (usually outvoted) voice of reason in the Belcher siblings.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is very quick to fly off into a daydream, particularly regarding boys or romance.
* CovertPervert: Tina would be this, except she has a tendency to [[{{Dissimile}} tell people about it anyways]]. She is uncomfortably enthusiastic on suggestion that she may have to mate with survivors of the storm to repopulate the town.
* CreepyMonotone: Subverted. She's creepy when she's in a vindictive mood -- but that's the exception, and for the most part she's {{Adorkable}}.
* DaddysGirl: Of the three Belcher kids, she's the closest to Bob and most likely to immediately support him.
** Subverted in "Bob and Deliver", where she thinks that having her dad as a substitute teacher would make her the automatic teacher's pet. He ends up bonding with Zeke instead much to her frustration.
* DangerIsMyMiddleName: ...But it's spelled "Ruth".
* DeadpanSnarker: At times, when she's designated as a StraightMan to everyone else. (But also subverted, in that it's not as though she ever says anything ''not'' deadpan...)
* DependingOnTheWriter: Tina has committed her share of dishonest behavior. She lies to people without a second thought in "Food Truckin'", brokers her way out of school in "Synchronized Swimming", and in "My Fuzzy Valentine", and coolly lies to her mother about a sailing lesson in "Burgerboss".
* TheDeterminator: Has dozens of crushes on boys yet somehow manages to make it through every day as if it's no big deal, while still focusing on Jimmy Jr., whereas Louise almost went insane after her first crush. Besides that, she has the usual Belcher stubbornness.
* DirtyKid: Loves making "erotic friend fictions" about people [[AssShove touching each other's butts]].
* DisapprovingLook: According to "The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, And Her Lover" she has one strong enough to force Louise go through a HeelRealization without having to say a word (though only Gene and Louise can tell it apart from her normal look.)
* DontExplainTheJoke: As part of her {{Adorkable}} package, Tina often forgets this.
* DudeMagnet: While Tina may be weird, she has attracted a number of young boys.
** Her main love interest is [[DancingWithMyself Jimmy Jr.]] and he has shown a number of times that he does like her romantically.
** [[{{Ballet}} Josh]] felt an instant connection with her when they first met and was eager to ask to his school's prom dance in his second appearance.
** [[BoisterousBruiser Zeke]] has shown possible signs of being interested in her.
** Throughout "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover", she is constantly flirted by the younger Zander.
** She has a short, intense boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with Jordan Cagan aka "Ghost Boy".
** When she showed off her fiery debating skills, [[TheBore Henry]] became smitten with her asked if they could become a couple.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her very first line in the very first episode: [[TooMuchInformation "My crotch is itchy."]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite her obsession with zombies and butt touching, she was creeped out by a kid who was determined to taste the hair of a morning talk show host. In general, she takes after her dad and has reasonably high standards to begin with.
* EvilLaugh: Well... attempts one in "Presto Tina-O" anyway.
-->'''Louise''': ...is something caught in your throat?
* TheEeyore: Generally less joyful than her siblings or mother.
* ExtremeDoormat: At times, especially if she's trying to get on somebody's good side, that somebody usually being Jimmy Junior or Tammy. However, she will stand up for herself if you push her too far, and has no problem threatening to punch someone in the face again and again and again [[OverlyLongGag and again and again]]...
* FemaleGaze: Has a fixation for male butts.
* FlatJoy: She doesn't emote well, or much.
* FunnyAfro: In Gene's story portion of "The Frond Files".
* FriendVersusLover: Somewhat. Even though she and Jimmy Jr. aren't dating, they do show romantic interests to each other. Although it's never outwardly stated, Tina's interactions with Zeke seem to imply that she feels like she's competing for Jimmy Jr.'s attention with Zeke. This is mainly one-sided, as the former tends to act cold and distant to the latter, with Zeke being completely oblivious to this. The biggest example would probably be in "The Belchies".
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She has more girly interests than her sister and mother, but she's not above performing gross feats with her siblings and doesn't have a problem at all with getting dirty.
* HairDecorations: Her tiny yellow hair clip is always on, and comes into play when she "transforms" into Dina by switching it to her left side.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: And a fairly believable depiction of one at that! She will latch onto any boy or man older than her and never let go unless she realizes it is not meant to be.
* IncrediblyLamePun: She greatly enjoys making puns, said puns being so bad that she gets compliments from people that have no good taste. To boot, she has a horse of porcelain she calls "Horselain." She inherited this trait from her father.
* InkSuitActor: Began as one for Dan Mintz (the character was even a boy named [[TheDanza Daniel]]) before she was changed to a girl. Still, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdtEXLIO4aY the resemblance]] is uncanny.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While she may be a DaddysGirl, some of her real honest and well-meaning comments to Bob border on this, which exasperate Bob since Tina can't tell much.
* LarynxDissonance: For the sake of comedy, Dan Mintz plays her with the exact same male voice he originally used in the pilot when the character was a boy.
* LetsGetDangerous: Most of the time Tina is a socially-awkward ExtremeDoormat... but when she gets serious, she shows a high level of cunning, planning ("Ambergris" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy"), and investigative skill ("Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "Lice Things Are Lice").
* MostFanficWritersAreFemale: To the point that she's already written fanfic on every pop cultural item of interest, leading to her writing "erotic friendfiction".
* MustHaveCaffeine: In "The Unnatural", Tina discovers espresso for the first time...and gets hooked on it -- to the point that she's drinking motel coffee with discarded cigarettes in it.
** It's not clear if she gave up coffee after that -- the fort ("Fort Night") apparently had some used coffee filters in it, and that was before they had access to the garbage bin.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She knows way too much about horses in general that one could mistake her for a real equine master. So when she gets to go to a horse camp (and interrupt her coach's questions with the right answers before anyone else could answer), she's given...the most challenging horse for her to tame, which is an extreme handful to even ride. Despite her attempts, she fails to make the horse listen to simple commands and ditches it, preferring her imaginary (talking) horse.
* NotSoStoic: She has her moments of showing emotions like fear or anger, though those are far and few between.
* NiceGirl: The nicest and most (selflessly) helpful of the Belcher kids.
* NightmareFetishist: She admires "the swagger" of zombies.
-->"I'm not a zombiephile. I just admire their swagger."
* OlderSidekick: To Louise, being her older sister and sidekick.
* PerpetualFrowner: It's usually more of a straight line mouth than a frown, but it still counts.
* TheReliableOne: She's the Belcher child that Bob and Linda are most likely to give responsibility to.
* SchoolNewspaperNewshound: Hosts a hard news segment on the school TV newscast and made and broadcast her own news program with Louise's help after the school TV newcast shoots down her desire to investigate the "Mad Pooper/Butt-ler" mystery.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Tina shows an interest in ''any'' boy she's interested in or who she ''thinks'' is interested in her, sometimes even kissing one of them. However, she always ends up back to focusing one boy in particular: Jimmy Jr Pesto.
* TheSouthpaw: She's the only left-handed Belcher.
* TheStoic: Does not show a wide range of emotion.
* StraightMan: Her mellow and milquetoast persona is quite a contrast to the rest of her family, especially Louise.
* TeensAreShort: Tina's thirteen and is just slightly higher then Bob's waist. Since she is only just a teenager, she may be still early in her pubescent growth spurt.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Girly Girl to Louise's Tomboy, though she isn't particularly feminine, her interests in unicorns, romance and boys are girlier.
* TookALevelInBadass: In regards to her rivalry with Tammy, Tina has become much more assertive and equally aggressive as the former, even making ''very'' sassy remarks to her and openly challenging her when provoked.
* UnknownRival: To Zeke who she sees as an opponent for Jimmy Jr.'s attention, while Zeke sees her as a friend and has hinted to be attracted to her as well.
* VerbalTic: Usually makes an elongated monotoned groan when nervous. In season 3, this evolved into loud hyperventilation noises ("HUH! HUH!").
* VocalEvolution: In the first two seasons, she would never raise her voice above monotone. By season 3, she would start occasionally shouting when provoked.
* WillNotTellALie: Tina is a very honest person, and it's difficult for her to lie. When she's in a situation where she has to, such as in "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks", she feels incredibly guilty about it. Also, she is clearly hesitant to sell their newly-discovered ambergris on the black market in "Ambergris".
* YaoiFanGirl:
** Tina has fantasies about two male zombies making out in front of her. This is due to after watching ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' her zombie nightmares started blending with her hormonal teenage arousal dreams.
** She won the bet when Mr. Fischoeder asked who predicted that Bob and Jimmy Pesto will end up falling asleep on each other if no one wins the fight.
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[[folder:Gene Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Eugene Mirman
The 11-year-old middle child and their only son.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: Fantasized about having a man draw him naked (a la ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'') in "Mutiny on the Windbreaker".
** There was also this:
--->'''Louise''': What ever happened to Roberto? Did you try showering with him again?\\
'''Tina''': ...yeah...\\
'''Gene''': ...maybe...
** He was also very enthusiastic about kissing Jimmy Jr. in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"
--->'''Tina''': When I kiss Jimmy Jr. under the disco ball, it will be like we're ''all'' kissing Jimmy Jr. under the disco ball.\\
'''Gene''': I call first!\\
'''Louise''': Really?\\
'''Gene''': Well if I'm gonna kiss him I don't want to go after you guys.\\
'''Linda''': I'll go last, I'm fine with that.\\
'''Bob''': We're not kissing Jimmy Jr!\\
'''Gene''': YES WE ARE!
** He got grounded in one episode after he admitted to visiting a website about transvestites of course it should be noted he seemed to be disgusted by it considering his reaction.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], as he's the Annoying Older Sibling to Louise. However, he's younger than Tina, still playing this trope straight.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Gene is distracted very easily, and his inability to focus has caused problems on multiple occasions. The family even refers to the act of losing focus on the task at hand as "[[PersonAsVerb Geneing out]]."
* AttentionWhore: Seems to be Gene in general as of Season 3. He makes it clear that he'd prefer attention from his art and/or performance, than just attention in general. This is most notable in "Beefsquatch".
* BigBrotherInstinct: While rarely seen, Gene has a protective side for his younger sister, Louise.
* BigEater: He is shown to be excited at the thought of food and eating. You can trick him into doing something if it's food-related.
* BigFun: Will generally prioritize having a good time of things.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While mostly using his keyboard to record fart noise, he can write some zazzy music when he puts in the effort. Even Bob is surprised he wrote "Electric Love". He also [[GadgeteerGenius creates a pretty impressive electric recorder]] by combining a recorder with his megaphone in "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee".
* ChivalrousPervert: With his sound system. The fact that he heard his grandparents "doing it" won't help matters.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even by this show's standards, Gene is pretty out there.
* CowardlyLion: In "It Snakes A Village", he refused to go in the woods to save his sisters while they were sinking in quicksand because he thought that a snake would eat him. Eventually subverted, as he does rescue them at the last minute.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
* TheDitz: Far and away the dumbest member of the Belcher family. He can't even remember the name of his father's establishment (and was seriously certain it was ''Dad's'' Burgers).
* DirtyKid: Likes to talk about penis-shaped things and in the second episode he recorded the sounds his grandparents made whilst making love.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He really enjoys eating the Fracas Foam that the family kept winning on the game show.
* FatBastard: At his worst, he can act self-absorbed and attention-hogging.
* FatIdiot: Pretty chubby, and not-so-smart.
* {{Gasshole}}: With his megaphone. In general, Gene loves farts, and farting. After his grandparents stayed in his room over a weekend, he declared he had to go "re-fart" his room.
* HiddenDepths:
** Is actually a really good musician and songwriter when he applies himself and doesn't just mess around with fart noises.
** He has an extensive knowledge of wedding rings.
* InkSuitActor: He's a kid version of his voice actor, Eugene Mirman.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: While he has no problem with hanging out with other guys, he has stated that he prefers the company of girls. This is likely a result of him spending almost all of his time with his two sisters, both of whom are close to him in age.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: More of a buffoon than a full blown jerk, but he does have some selfish moments. They generally aren't intentional, however, and he ''does'' mean well.
* {{Keet}}: Generally a bubbly, friendly kid you'd want to know despite his more annoying tendencies.
* KiddieKid: At times. Oscillates wildly between childishness and oddly mature behavior.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Tends to spout out incorrect facts and will stubbornly refuse to admit the people correcting him are right.
* LargeHam: Takes after Linda in his love for the performing arts.
* TheLoad: As noted under AttentionDeficitOohShiny, Gene is known for just completely flaking on the family and making tasks more difficult. Linda {{lampshade|Hanging}}s it at one point, saying that Bob entrusted Gene with a task simply to have Gene's screwups as an easy source of blame if he couldn't succeed on his own merits.
* MamasBoy: If there's one thing Gene is open about, it's his love for his mother.
--> '''Gene''': Why? Because I'm eleven and I still love Mom.
* NoIndoorVoice: He has a tendency to loudly deny whenever Bob tries to correct him over something. Generally, if someone tries to correct Gene, he'll just scream that they're wrong. Eh -- he's just loud in general.
* PhraseCatcher: "Gene."
* ToiletHumor: While [[{{Gasshole}} farts]] are by far his stock in trade, Gene is practically guaranteed to be present for (and probably the one delivering) any joke that's toilet-related. Not to mention an entire episode devoted to him bonding with a talking toilet.
* TheOneGuy: The only male Belcher sibling.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: He's begun developing shades of this and often makes comments about being a woman.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: 'It Snakes A Village' reveals Gene has a crippling fear of snakes. Fortunately, he was able to overcome it in time to save his sisters from a [[QuicksandSucks quicksand pit]].
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[[folder:Louise Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KristenSchaal
Their 9-year-old youngest daughter.
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* AxCrazy: You need to mash a bunch of her buttons for this to come out, but she will ''boil you alive'' if you cross her one time too many.
* BerserkButton: Has quite a few.
** We find out in "Bob Day Afternoon" that she doesn't like being told to shut up, even as a jest.
** The bunny-ears hat. Try to grab it and you ''will'' get shit for it. As seen in "Ear-sy Rider", the consequences in ''succeeding'' are, let's say, rather [[DisproportionateRetribution unfortunate]].
** Canada... for some reason... according to "Hamburger Dinner Theater".
** Tampering with her possessions or entering her room without permission can drive her into near-insane fury.
* BigSisterBully: Inverted, she is sometimes a little sister bully to Tina and/or Gene.
* BoomerangBigot: A throwaway line in "Boyz 4 Now" in response to the obnoxious screaming teenage girls at the titular boy band concert. "No wonder nobody likes women."
* BreakoutCharacter: In the vein of [[Franchise/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] or [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]], Louise's unrestrained attitude makes her a clear example of the mischievous kind in contrast to Tina's more surprising popularity.
* BullyHunter: Not often shown, but she's no fan of bullies and has stuck up for weaker kids on occasion. One episode even saw her put into detention by Frond because she pantsed a kid who was bullying a smaller child at lunch.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Louise was a ''literal'' example [[note]]She always wears bunny ears, but she was a lawyer. Not a ''good'' one though.[[/note]] during Bob's dream sequence in episode 3, "Sacred Cow".
** It's hinted with some dialogue from Louise and Gene in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" that she actually wants to become a literal example in real life.
* CatchPhrase: "SICK!"
** "Son of a BITCH!"
* CharacterDevelopment: In late first season, she mentions how much she can't stand hanging with Tina and Linda, which is made abundantly clear in the episode, but, particularly in the third season due to "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" and "Boyz 4 Now", she grew to respect and like her mother and sister, something made clear by their interactions when they have the focus like "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Unnatural".
** She's also grown more compassionate over time, mostly from to her numerous [[JerkassRealization Jerkass Realizations]]. Seeing her casually step in to protect Pocket-Sized Rudy from bullies in "Thelma and Louise Except Thelma is Linda" is so very sweet.
* CharacterTic: [[http://media3.giphy.com/media/PWZ8pr1xZW55m/giphy.gif Twitching her eyes whenever she is about to explode from anger]]. She did this for almost the entire second half of the "Ambergris" episode, due to lack of sleep. She gets this tic from her mother.
* TheChessmaster: Louise will eagerly exploit stupid people for her own amusement, and she's also quite willing to manipulate her family for her own pleasure. Linda is perfectly aware of the former, as she tells Mr. Frond (whom Louise had pranked by convincing him her father was dead and haunting the restaurant) that "she likes to mess with people she thinks are stupid".
* ComedicSociopathy: Of a sort. She claims that she does not understand emotions like empathy, and actually thinks she's going crazy when she feels sorry for her dad. However, many episodes show her being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** She does however recognize that she loves her family, and even says so when in a dire position.
* CompanionCube: As seen in "The Belchies", if Louise is left alone long enough, she'll also start treating nearby objects like they're alive, just like her father.
* CryCute: Her snarky exterior briefly cracks in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" and she also sheds a few more but ''very'' vulnerable tears in "Large Brother Where Fart Thou" after Logan closes in on her and threatens to give her a 'Reverse Norwegian Stinkhold'.
* CutenessProximity: She is quite embarrassed to show a very strong cute side of her when she can't resist petting baby dogs.
* CuteAndPsycho: An adorable kid with a bunny ears hat, and see AxCrazy and EnfantTerrible.
* DaddysGirl: Despite her abuse of him, it's made clear on the show that Louise prefers her father.
** Truly hits home in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor". Linda notes that she prefers Bob over her, even when she was a baby.
** In "Carpe Museum" she even implies that she thinks she'll succeed Bob at the restaurant. Bob may even be her hero.
** If Bob and Linda got divorced, she would choose Bob.
** In "Hawk and Chick", she reveals that she's afraid that she and Bob'll grow apart and not talk for 30 years like the father/daughter stars of the Japanese film series they both love.
* DeadpanSnarker: Definitely the most socially aware of the three Belcher children, and she knows it.
* TheDeterminator: Presented with a locked room marked "Secret", she'll do anything to enter, even if it kills Gene.
* TheDreaded: Bob knows better than to interfere in areas Louise holds sacred, such as her room, and rightly so. Linda, not so much.
* EnfantTerrible: She rarely harms anyone, but you better not piss her off. She's also fantasies herself being in a death row.
** Bob has been shown to be ''terrified'' of incurring her wrath, and is the first to advise others to avoid it as well. When the family accidentally melts her Kuchi Kopi toy, his first instinct is to flee.
--->'''Bob''': We should just leave town. Get in the car and go far away.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
--> '''Louise''': Hello, and welcome to Bob's Burgers. The Burger of the Day is the "Child Molester". It comes with candy.
* EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: She's a bratty, bitter and obnoxious, but she still loves her parents, [[DaddysGirl her father in particular]].
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** In "Beefsquatch" she plays both sides of the Bob/Gene rivalry until she becomes visibly fed up with helping both of them and backs away out of disgust.
** In "The Quirkducers" she stages a rather bloody finale for Tina's play, [[spoiler: but once she sees it in action she's immediately regretful and realizes she went too far. She even ''agrees'' with Mr. Frond when he decides to punish her.]]
** In "Bob Actually", when she finds out that Chloe is just pretending to be Regular-Sized Rudy's Valentine to get answers on a quiz, she immediately stands up for him. She may not believe in Valentine's Day, but Rudy is still her friend. [[spoiler:And when she has to break the news to Rudy, she ends up kissing him.]]
** Even she is disturbed by Millie's creepy behavior.
** Louise thought that blabbing about Jessica's bedwetting secret was too low.
* EvilLaugh: Yep. Not really clear where she gets it from, though (though most likely Linda, considering she can let them loose whenever her eccentricities get the best of her).
* ExpressiveAccessory: The ears on her hat droop a little bit when she was disappointed in "Torpedo".
* FanGirl: For Boo-Boo (And it terrifies her).
* {{Foil}}: Tends to be this to her parents.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: You wouldn't expect it based on her attitude, but she has a soft spot for animals and in return they seem to like her back, as seen in "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" with the class-pet Princess Little Piddles preferring her over his usual caretaker Wayne, and with the puppy Colonel Fluffles licking and nuzzling her in "Eat Spray Linda".
** In general, Louise can show affection much easier to animals than she can to people.
* TheGadfly: As her mother states she likes messing with people she thinks are stupid--which seems to be a lot of people.
* GenkiGirl: ''Extremely'' hyperactive, and borderline psychotic.
* AGodAmI: In "Burger Wars", when she becomes convinced that she has supernatural powers.
-->"Voodoo works. I'M A GOD".
* GunNut: Doesn't own any guns herself but seems to show an interest in them throughout the series. In one episode she comments on how she wants to get a gun license. She also admires Mr. Fischoder's ex-girlfriend who was a competitive shooter, and she tries to buy a Derringer at a pawn shop.
-->'''Louise''': If you teach me to shoot, I'll teach you to regret teaching me to shoot!
* HeelRealization: Has this happen occasionally, mostly when her actions can harm those she loves, like her siblings or her Aunt Gayle.
* HiddenDepths:
** She's got this cute side of being really affectionate to puppies. Mind you, she's not like other average normal girls.
** She stood up for a kid in "Thelma & Louise Except Thelma is Linda" because he was being bullied by not being able to get his lunchbox from two bigger kids (and she pulled the pants down from one of them). Linda herself has a ''really'' hard time trying to accept how morally right it was for Louise of all people to defend someone else (more so when the bullies [[KarmaHoudini didn't get punished but Louise was]]).
* HotBlooded: Tends to go from zero to screaming the fastest among the Belchers.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: If she messes with one of her siblings, it's fair game. If someone else outside of the family goes after them, Louise will immediately make ''plans''.
* IconicOutfit: Louise is never seen without her pink bunny ears hat, and is rare seen wearing anything other than her green dress.
** The colors extend to infancy, where pictures of baby Louise reveal that she wore a green onesie and a pink beanie.
* ItAmusedMe: Her motivation for some of the mischief she causes.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Knows pretty damn well it isn't, though, and will stop when it harms the people she loves.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's mean and bitter a good portion of the time, but she ''does'' have a nice side buried deep down, which mainly comes out when it involves the people she loves.
* LackOfEmpathy: On one occasion, she freely admits she doesn't understand emotions like empathy, and when she realizes she feels sorry for Bob, she thinks she's going insane.
** This is thoroughly defied in the episode "Nice-capades". Louise, Tina, and Gene accidentally get on the wrong side of a MallSanta and fear it'll put them in trouble with the real deal, so they put on an ice show singing about all the nice stuff they've done. However, Louise has a HeelRealization during her list of BlatantLies, and tells the MallSanta that only Tina and Gene deserve presents for Christmas.
--->'''Louise''': A nice person wouldn't put on a "Nice-capades". [[TearJerker They wouldn't need to]].
** Also in "The Cook, The Steve, The Gayle, and Her Lover" she realizes that even though she hates Mr. Frond, [[HeelRealization she shouldn't ruin things between him and Gayle because Gayle is her aunt and she loves her and wants her to be happy]].
* TheLadette: Prefers to spend time with the male side of the family than the women and on some occasions will refer to them all as "the guys", odd considering Bob and Gene are both InTouchWithHisFeminineSide.
* LargeHam: Doesn't chew scenery like Gene, and in fact generally prefers a quiet approach to a heavy-handed one, but she will immediately take center stage when it is to her advantage.
* TheLeader: Of the Belcher siblings.
* LimitedWardrobe: More so than anyone else in the family, and she apparently wore a pink hat/green clothes combo when she was a baby as well. Generally only changes outfits when her green dress is completely unsuitable for what she's doing (skiing, costumes, etc.).
* LittleGirlsKickShins: Played straight when she kicks Sergeant Bosco in "Bob Day Afternoon", but subverted most other times -- she'll tackle you properly if she needs to.
* LittleMissSnarker: Pretty much the modern WesternAnimation icon for this.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The loud-mouthed and crazy Masculine Girl to Regular Sized Rudy's Feminine Boy.
* MoodWhiplash: She does this consistently and in most cases purposefully, especially in the earlier episodes and when trying to 'convince' others to do what she wants.
* MoralityChain: Her family is pretty much the best way to get her nice side to surface.
* MouthyKid: The MOUTH on this kid...
* TheNapoleon: Doesn't have any HeightAngst, and the trope applies to her less due to her size and more due to how, if left unchecked, no one would be surprised if she took over Europe.
* NeverBareheaded: Louise ''never'' takes her bunny ears hat off. When she was younger, she wore a pink beanie. Even when her hat gets stolen from her in "Ear-sy Rider", we still don't find out what she looks like beneath it, as the top of her head gets censored, then later she wears a hood. Whatever she looks like without it though, it's clear she does ''not'' want anyone to see what's underneath it.
* NiceHat: The bunny ears hat. And heaven forbid if you touch it, as the last person whom did so got a biker gang called on them.
* NightmareFetishist: Whenever anything terrible is happening or seems likely to happen, odds are Louise will be rooting for it. She also ''loves'' to be terrified, but it takes a lot to manage it. One episode involves her family enacting a huge, elaborate plot involving several other characters to finally manage to scare her, and it turns out to be a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming because it's what she always wanted.
* NoIndoorVoice: She's prone to spontaneously shouting at the top of her lungs to get a point across.
* NonActionBigBad: Despite being authoritative and controlling towards her family and peers, Louise is still just a 9-year-old girl with most of the same physical capabilities. Against bigger bullies and experienced adults, she tends to be outmatched. It has been noted on more than one occasion, however, that she's much stronger than she looks, and it takes the entire family working together to hold her down long enough to get her to take flu medicine.
* NotMeThisTime: In "Turkey in a Can", where she isn't the one putting Bob's turkey's in the toilet despite being the obvious choice. She spends the rest of the episode trying to figure out who did it, and even puts on a presentation just to highlight that she had no motive while everyone else did.
* NotSoDifferent: To Linda. Their overall craziness is very similar, and is even lampshaded by Bob in "The Kids Run Away":
-->'''Linda''': Hey, you gotta fight crazy with crazy.\\
'''Bob''': Well, Louise gets this from your side of the family.\\
'''Linda''': You don't think I know that? ''(maniacal laugh)''
* OccidentalOtaku: It's implied she has an interest in Japanese media. She own a lot of stuffed animals who seem to be Japanese, and either from {{Kaiju}} or Creator/{{Studio Ghibli}} movies. Her Kuchi Kopi toy is also from a Japanese character (and it's box is all written in Japanese).
* PingPongNaivete: She seems to know a lot of things a 9-year-old shouldn't know, yet she still needs a night light and believes in SantaClaus.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Not the most feminine girl, but her hat is pink.
* PintsizePowerhouse: Louise is remarkably strong for her stature, being able to resist a full-family holddown while sick with the flu.
* SarcasticDevotee: While all of the Belcher family enjoys making fun of Bob from time to time, Louise probably does it the most due to her [[TheGadfly Gadfly]] nature. Nevertheless, she is loyal to her family and loves her father.
* SexIsViolence: G-rated version. When she develops a crush on Boo Boo from Boys 4 Now, she doesn't want to kiss him or get his autograph, she wants to slap him. [[spoiler:When she kisses Regular-Sized Rudy in "Bob Actually", she also slaps him.]]
* TheSmartGirl: Of the Belcher children. She thinks up a lot of plans/schemes.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Her major crush on Boo Boo from Boys 4 Now. She constantly tries to hide her infatuation by mixing insults with her compliments to him.
* ShorterMeansSmarter: She's the shortest of the siblings and is the one who plans out most of the kids' schemes.
* TearsOfFear: In "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?", when she's about to be beaten up by Logan, she's so scared she actually starts crying.
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: Even her parents are intimidated by her.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the Tomboy to Tina's Girly Girl, while she isn't particularly boyish, her tomboyish side is especially evident with how she prefers the company of the guys of her family Bob and Gene, and she generally joins Gene in performing gross feats, enjoys anime, Gothic culture and scary things.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She claims to dislike most girly things out loud and ridicules Tina for having a crush on Jimmy Junior -- or for that matter boys in general, but her room is fairly feminine, she has a soft spot for puppies and she developed a major crush for a boy band's lead singer. Not to mention her hat.
* TookALevelInKindness: Throughout the seasons, it's subtle but shown that Louise has slowly grown a little more compassionate overtime, and while she hasn't lost her mischief and chaotic-loving nature, she has shown to be fairly willing to do things for the people she cares about, especially if it's her family or a close friend.
** She's even willing to help out someone she doesn't like, as seen in "A Few 'Gurt Men" where she somewhat reluctantly decides to defend Mr. Frond in a case where he is thought to be guilty for something he didn't do, because she understands what that's like.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: In the first episode she makes a thrusting motion when explaining her parents are "really grinding... the meat", clearly showing she knows what sex is. (Later episodes make it clear that, while she understands the mechanics just fine, the deeper aspects of maturity are still beyond her.)
* {{Tsundere}}: She acts this way towards Boo Boo in "Boyz 4 Now", and still does as seen at the end of "Hauntening".
--> '''Louise''': There's that idiot Boo Boo. It was his dumb birthday last week, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not that I care or even know that]].
* TwitchyEye: Whenever she enters Ax-Crazy mode. This is a trait she picked up from her mother.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: The main {{Jerkass}}[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold of the family who nonetheless tends to be the most intelligent (or, that's how she thinks of it, anyway).
* TheUnreveal: When it looks like we'll finally see her without her hat off when it gets taken in "Ear-Sy Rider", the top portion of her head is censored by the upper camera border.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Type I with the Pesto twins. Alternatively their similarities make them FacelessGoons to a BadBoss.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Tina for leaving her stuck with Tammy in "Mazel Tina".
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Played with. She's definitely got the vocabulary, mentality, and intelligence of an adult, but she still shows some childish naivete, such as still believing that Santa Claus is real.
* WorthyOpponent: Bonds with Jessica during "Slumber Party" after she proves to be a worthy competitor.
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!!Belcher Extended Family
[[folder:Gayle]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Megan Mullally
Linda's neurotic sister.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Almost to Tina's extent.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Bob in "Dr. Yap", though on his end this is largely because he's already married. The other objects of her affections don't seem to feel this way.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Linda's Abel. Downplayed, as apart from her tendency to lust after Linda's boyfriends they get along great.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Is a wreck of a human being at first, but gradually becomes a bit more stable as time passes. (She mentions changing medications in her second appearance, so it could just be that.)
* CloudCuckoolander: Gayle has especially weird ideas and art projects she creates, including a series of paintings depicting animal butts and a giant board game with loads of silly rules that takes nearly all day to play.
* CrazyCatLady: Not only does she have several cats, she took one of them off somebody's porch and claimed it was a stray.
* ExtremeOmnivore: She once ate lipstick.
* FootsieUnderTheTable: In "Dr. Yap", she aggressively does this to Bob while pursuing him.
* ForcefulKiss: She forcefully kisses Mort in "Turkey in a Can". He's clearly trying to get her to stop.
* FragileFlower: "The rule is you never tell Aunt Gayle anything she can't handle." She becomes ''somewhat'' less fragile with time, and goes from someone who you can't believe would be able to live on her own, to clearly doing just that.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: To no one's surprise, Gayle was one during high school, if the incredibly sexual songs she wrote for Linda's band are any indication. Interestingly, this makes the similarities between her and Tina even more apparent.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Gayle is a desperately lonely woman with few friends and a less than stellar dating record. Before bedtime, she has to play pretend that the apocalypse has killed everyone on Earth, including the men, so it will be okay to sleep alone. She does this ''every night''... and apparently she sleeps like a baby.
* InformedAttractiveness: Like her sister, some people have referred to Gayle as attractive. However, like Linda, most of the men who are interested in her are depicted as being over-emotional and desperate.
* {{Meganekko}}: Wears glasses.
* NiceGirl: Her bizarre behaviour aside, she's ultimately a decent lady who loves her nieces, nephew, and sister and brother-in-law. One episode even makes the point of her buying (probably fairly expensive) tickets for a concert for herself, Louise, and Tina.
* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:In ''Gayle Makin' Bob Sled'']], it's revealed that she has a tendency to fake injuries and illnesses to get attention. Since she doesn't actually get herself sick or injured, she's more this than MunchausenSyndrome.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:In the same episode as above]], she may or may not have done this in order to get attention after her lover left her behind by making an excuse to visit his aunt. [[spoiler:He ''did'' go to visit his aunt for Thanksgiving]].
* OperationJealousy: Linda notes that Gayle tends to fall for this -- Gayle has a habit of falling in love with whoever Linda's with. This resulted in her lusting after Bob for most of "Dr. Yap", until Linda [[InvokedTrope intentionally used this]] to get Gayle interested in Dr. Yap instead.
* SanityBall: She holds this in "The Kids Run Away" when she manages to truly relate to Louise on her level regarding her fear of getting her cavity fixed, and convinces her to see it as a game of make believe. ''This works.''
* SpeechImpediment: While no longer present, it's stated in "Purple Rain-Union" that she used to have this (of the PorkyPigPronunciation variety).
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: With Mr. Frond. [[spoiler:They start dating because of this.]]
* TomboyishPonytail: Her default hairstyle is a ponytail.
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[[folder:"Big Bob" Belcher]]
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->'''Voiced by''': H. Jon Benjamin ("Bob Fires the Kids" only), Bill Hader
Bob's father, and the owner of Big Bob's Diner.
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* AbusiveParents: When Bob (our main character) was a kid, Big Bob would have him work in the restaurant all summer rather than let his son play outside and make friends, resulting in Bob befriending inanimate objects. In "Father of the Bob" we see that he wouldn't give his son a chance to make his own burgers, insisted that he listen to him and follow the menu he created, and throws out the burger Bob made.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite how overcritical he was, he did still try to get along with his son, giving him a Christmas present of [[spoiler: changing the restaurant from "Big Bob's Diner" to "Big Bob's and Son's Diner" and wanting to be partners (only for Bob Jr. to refuse due to how impossible his dad was)]].
** By the end of "Father of the Bob", Bob realizes that his father [[spoiler: kept the first review of Bob’s Burgers]]; they both apologize for how they both treated each other. Bob says he's sorry for how he handled saying no to Big Bob's offer and accepts Big Bob for who he is, and Big Bob apologizes for being impossible to work with, and says Bob has done well for himself and should be proud.
* ControlFreak: Refused to let Bob change the menu at all. It's why [[spoiler: Bob chose not to become partners with him]]
* EarlyBirdCameo:
** We don't see his face, but we hear his voice, and get our first glimpse at what kind of father he was in "Bob Fires the Kids".
** His restaurant also makes an appearance in the background of many episodes, as a picture in Bob's living room.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** In "Bob Fires the Kids" Big Bob sounds like Bob, but a bit deeper, unlike "Father of the Bob" where he sounds completely different (because he was played by H. Jon Benjamin in the former, but Bill Hader was cast for his major appearance in the latter).
** In "Bob Fires the Kids" Bob and Linda also say that Big Bob sold his diner, and some ladies had bought the place. Fast Forward to “Father of the Bob" Big Bob still has the same diner, and it's still where it was in the flashback implying that he either bought his Diner back, or this has been retconned.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He threw away the first burger Bob ever cooked, the "Baby you can chive my car Burger", because it wasn't the usual order the customer gets. He was extremely critical and demanding of Bob, always wanting Bob to cook like him and not be creative. He admits that he was too hard on Bob when they reconcile.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Made his son work each summer instead of having fun, and was always critical of how he would cook. But he does love his grandchildren, and his son enough to [[spoiler: keep the first review of his restaurant]], admits that he is hard to work with, and believes that his son has done fine on his own, and should be proud.
* RealMenWearPink: Regularly hangs out at the neighboring gay bar to watch Series/{{Scandal}}.
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