History Characters / BobsBurgersTheBelcherFamily

* 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. He also shows genuine regret for his worst actions, and in his later years is working to mend his relationship with his son.
* ALighterShadeOfGray: Compared to the rest of the Belchers' extended family. Linda's immediate relatives are selfish, demanding, and might as well be the poster children for TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity. Big Bob is a ControlFreak and a FantasyForbiddingFather, but he at least treats people just fine, genuinely does care for his family, and is able to realize his mistakes, making him much more sympathetic in the long run in spite of his many flaws.

* SpoiledBrat: She can be viewed as such due to Linda acting as her ParentalSubstitute. While it's clear Gayle and Al definitely did ''not'' spoil her, Linda more than made up for it in her well-meaning effort to protect her sister. As an adult, Gayle's a neurotic, entitled brat who constantly goes to Linda for money and attention which Linda frequently gives her no matter what sort of detriment it proves to herself or her family.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" reveals he has no knowledge of scales or anything serious regarding music. In spite of this, he's still managed to create ''two'' show-stopping musicals without any professional help whatsoever, both of which were prior to this episode.

w** Even she doesn't get along with nor seems to really like her mother Gloria. Say what you will about Gayle, but even she won't tolerate Gloria's nonsense the way Linda does.

** Even she doesn't get along with nor seems to really like her mother Gloria. Say what you will about Gayle, but even she won't tolerate Gloria's nonsense the way Linda does.

** Bob and Linda are a little weird themselves, but they meet another couple consisting of Ruthanne and Nicholas, whose quirks and inconsiderate personalities greatly put off Bob and Linda to the point of calling them a "nightmare couple" and at that point tried to get out of their idea of fun at an escape room that they get trapped in with them.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Although she drives Bob insane half the time and even though he doesn't really like her because of the way she relies on Linda without consideration, Gayle still for the most part treats him a lot better than Gloria does as she actually returned the favor of pulling him out of the snow when he had done the same for her in the same episode. Not to mention that she went out of her way to buy Tina, Louise and herself some concert tickets for Boyz 4 Now, well aware that they were a band that her oldest niece loved. Also in spite of the way she inconveniences and leans on Linda for finances and emotional support, they still genuinely enjoy each other's company even when Gayle doesn't need anything from her. At the end of the day, even though she can be a massive inconvenience to the Belchers, she's not as needy as Gloria and is far less rude.

** Louise, appropriately enough, is the child whose only concerns are playing pranks and roughhousing, and considers anything romantic and maternal "[[CatchPhrase Sick!]]"

->''"[[CatchPhrase Oh my God.]]"''

* {{Catchphrase}}: Downplayed example, but Gene tends to mutter "Aww, boo..." when disappointed or bummed about something, usually if it pertains to him being unable to do something he'd like to.

* CatchPhrase / PhraseCatcher: Gloria has a nagging "''Aaal!''" which is always directed to her husband.

* InsufferableImbecile: Gayle is, to put it bluntly, a moron, and then her being needy, selfish and obliviously obnoxious doesn't help her likeability with anybody in her family. While she's not as bad a few others, there are very few people in her family and in general, who can tolerate being around her for this reason.

Bob's Aunt who was 1st mentioned in ''Gene's Christmas Break''. She gave Bob the ''Percy McTinsel-bud's Tinsel Machine'' record.

->'''Voiced by''': John Roberts

->'''Voiced by''': Dan Mintz

->'''Voiced by''': Eugene Mirman

->'''Gloria voiced by''': Renee Taylor\\
'''Al voiced by''': Creator/HJonBenjamin ("Crawl Space"), Sam Seder (Season 3 onwards)

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Just like her grandson, she would utter "Oh my God" in exasperation.

* GenerationXerox: Interestingly enough, Joey, the one who inconsiderately brought the house Tony spent his brother working for, has brown hair, while Tony, the one who actually worked hard to save up money for the house (only for his own brother to take it for himself), has black hair. A few generations later, their great grandchildren Linda and Gayle would have a similar relationship, while they ''do'' get along, Gayle is selfish and inconsiderate towards her sibling just like Joey, while Linda does everything she can to help out her family but is often inconvenienced by her sibling just like Tony.