History Recap / BobsBurgersS5E6FatherOfTheBob

** Bob's first-ever Burger of the Day was the "[[Music/TheBeatles Baby You Can Chive My Car Burger]]".

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Bob was absolutely in the right when he refused his father's partnership due to his controlling nature. That said, Big Bob wasn't wrong to feel hurt and humiliated when Bob did so in front of a very large crowd. The two eventually apologize to each other about it.

* UnfortunateNames: Big Bob considers Gene's name to be this. It's never outright stated ''why'', but it's implied that it's because Gene's name breaks the naming theme of both Big Bob (Robert Sr.) and Bob (Robert Jr.). Worth noting is that Big Bob outright asks Bob if it's too late to change it (he never says to what, but based on the above implication it's suggested he wants it to be to Robert III). Considering Bob wants to distance himself from his father, he almost certainly broke the naming trend on purpose.

* FantasyForbiddingFather: Big Bob has aspects of this, as he discards the specialty burger Bob came up with.

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* ShoutOut: Gene's favorite president is Creator/BillPullman. "[[Film/IndependenceDay Today we fight for our independence!]]"

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The difference between Bob and his father, with Big Bob being the technician.

* UnfortunateNames: In-universe; Big Bob considers Gene's name to be this. It's never outright stated ''why'', but it's implied that it's because Gene's name breaks the naming theme of both Big Bob (Robert Sr.) and Bob (Robert Jr.). Worth noting is that Big Bob outright asks Bob if it's too late to change it (he never says to what, but based on the above implication it's suggested he wants it to be to Robert III). Considering Bob wants to distance himself from his father, he almost certainly broke the naming trend on purpose.

* UnfortunateNames: In-universe; Big Bob considers Gene's name to be this because it breaks the naming theme of both Big Bob (Robert Sr.) and Bob (Robert Jr.), and he outright asks Bob if it's too late to change it (he never says to what, but he clearly wants it to be to Robert III). Considering Bob wants to distance himself from his father, he almost certainly broke the naming trend on purpose.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Invoked. When Teddy remarks that he has to go to either midnight Mass or midnight basketball, Gene tells him to do both and calls it "Massketball".

* SoProudOfYou: At the end of the day, Big Bob reveals that he's proud of how Bob made it on his own, and remarks that his mother would be proud as well.

* UnfortunateNames: In-universe; Big Bob considers Gene's name to be this because it breaks the naming theme of both Big Bob (Robert Sr.) and Bob (Robert Jr.), and outright asks Bob if it's too late to change it (he never says to what, but he clearly wants it to be to Robert III). Considering Bob wants to distance himself from his father, he almost certainly broke the naming trend on purpose.

* FreudianExcuse: Big Bob gets a whopper of one in the ending, where we learn his wife's death took a big toll on him, and that he tried to raise Bob as best he could as a single parent.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Linda attempts to defuse her husband and father-in-law's competition to see who made the better meal for Henry by encouraging the restaurant to sing to bring them together. Instead, all of the patrons just stare at her in disbelief. It doesn't help that she's just repeating the word "peace" over and over again in the tune of "O Come, All Ye Faithful".
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The difference between Bob and his father, with Big Bob being the technician.

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Mistle-Tony awards]], they each try to call dibs on bringing one of their parents as a guest, and the resulting scene almost perfectly resembles a scene from "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]", where the kids had claimed a parent's custody should Bob and Linda ever divorce. Here, the kids do the exact same thing that they did in "Torpedo"--[[MommasBoy Gene picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise picks Bob]], and Tina doesn't actually pick because her siblings already took both parents. To further the parallel, they even pick in the exact same order (Gene picks first, Louise picks second, and Tina "picks" last)[[note]]There is ''one'' difference, however--in "Torpedo" Tina doesn't even try to pick, and it's left ambiguous as to who she would have chosen had she gone first; here she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext who they want to bring to the Mistle-Tony awards]], [[MommasBoy Gene picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise picks Bob]], and Tina doesn't actually pick someone. This is exactly like a scene from "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]", where the kids had claimed a parent's custody should Bob and Linda ever divorce, down to the exact order the kids pick in (Gene picks first, Louise picks second, and Tina "picks" last)[[note]]There is ''one'' difference, however--in "Torpedo" Tina was unable to choose between her parents; in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].
** Bob has a heartfelt moment with his dad outside the restaurant, then moves to re-enter the restaurant, only to be locked out by the kids the same way they locked him out after he apologized to them in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh the first episode]]. Unlike in "Human Flesh", where she was laughing with her siblings, Tina unlocks the door for her father.

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext who they want to bring to the Mistle-Tony awards]], [[MommasBoy Gene pick Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise picks Bob]], and Tina doesn't actually pick someone. This is exactly like a scene from "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]", where the kids had claimed a parent's custody should Bob and Linda ever divorce, down to the exact order the kids pick in (Gene picks first, Louise picks second, and Tina "picks" last)[[note]]There is ''one'' difference, however--in "Torpedo" Tina was unable to choose between her parents; in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].

* RealityEnsues: Linda attempts to defuse her husband and father-in-law's competition to see who made the better meal for Henry by encouraging the restaurant to sing to bring them together. Instead, all of the patrons just stare at her in disbelief. It doesn't help that she's just repeating the word "peace" over and over again in the tune of "O Come, All Ye Faithful".

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext who they want to bring to the Mistle-Tony awards]], the ensuing conversation is framed a lot like the scene in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]" where the kids claim a parent's custody should Bob and Linda ever divorce. In both scenes [[MommasBoy Gene speaks up first and picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise speaks up second and picks Bob]], and Tina speaks up last but doesn't actually pick someone[[note]]in "Torpedo" it's implied she's unable to choose between her parents; in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].

** Bob has a heartfelt moment with his dad outside the restaurant, then moves to re-enter the restaurant, only to be locked out by the kids the same way they locked him out after he apologized to them in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh the first episode]].

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext who they want to bring to the Mistle-Tony awards]], the ensuing conversation is framed a lot like the scene in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]" where the kids falsely assume Bob and Linda are divorcing. In both scenes [[MommasBoy Gene speaks up first and picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise speaks up second and picks Bob]], and Tina speaks up last but doesn't actually pick someone[[note]]in "Torpedo" it's implied she's unable to choose between her parents; in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext bringing someone to the Mistle-Tony awards]], the ensuing conversation is framed a lot like the scene in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]" where the kids falsely assume Bob and Linda are divorcing. In both scenes [[MommasBoy Gene speaks up first and picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise speaks up second and picks Bob]], and Tina speaks up last but doesn't actually pick someone[[note]]in "Torpedo" it's implied she's unable to choose between her parents; in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob, but Louise beats her to the punch and tells her to pick someone else[[/note]].

** When the kids talk about [[ItMakesSenseInContext bringing someone to their made-up Mistle-Tony awards]], the ensuing conversation is framed a lot like the scene in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E13Torpedo Torpedo]]" where the kids falsely assume Bob and Linda are divorcing--[[MommasBoy Gene speaks up first and picks Linda]], [[DaddysGirl Louise speaks up second and picks Bob]], and Tina speaks last but doesn't actually pick someone[[note]]in "Torpedo" she seemed unable to choose between her parents, but in this episode she actually tries to pick Bob before Louise beats her to the punch[[/note]].

* CallBack: Bob has a heartfelt moment with his dad outside the restaurant, then moves to re-enter the restaurant, only to be locked out by the kids the same way they locked him out after he apologized to them in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh the first episode]].

* RealiltyEnsues: Linda attempts to defuse her husband and father-in-law's competition to see who made the better meal for Henry by encouraging the restaurant to sing to bring them together. Instead, all of the patrons just stare at her in disbelief. It doesn't help that she's just repeating the word "peace" over and over again in the tune of "O Come, All Ye Faithful".