History WesternAnimation / BobsBurgers

** Despite Bob's mother first being mentioned in Season 3, it's not until Season 13's "Show Mama from the Grave" where her name (Lily Belcher) is mentioned for the first time.

** There's also the Japanese movie series ''Hawk and Chick'', which Bob and Louise regularly watch together and have come to bond over.

* LearningToRideABike: * The episode "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E18AsIWalkThroughTheAlleyOfTheShadowOfRamps As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps]]" has Louise's family raise the question of whether Louise is getting too old for her beloved green tricycle, with Bob getting wistful at the notion of teaching another kid to ride a bike. Louise is initially adamant about giving up her "mean green machine," but when Alice the {{jerkass}} truck driver runs it over, Bob takes the opportunity to teach Louise to ride a two-wheeler.

** In nearly every HalloweenEpisode, Louise's costumes of choice are characters from PG-13 and R-rated movies[[note]]Film/EdwardScissorhands in "Full Bars", [[Film/Drive2011 the Driver]] in "Tina & the Real Ghost", [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen Anton Chigurh]] in "The Wolf of Wharf Street", [[Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo a dragon with a girl tattoo]] in "Nightmare On Ocean Avenue Street" (although this is a subversion because for once she actually ''hasn't'' seen the movie it's a reference to), [[Film/TheBourneIdentity The Bjorn Identity]] in "Pig Trouble in Little Tina", Film/{{Beetlejuice}} and [[Film/BladeRunner Blade Bunner]] in "Heartbreak Hotel-oween" (''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' is rated PG, but even that's known for having much more adult content than a PG rating would imply), and Franchise/{{Peter|Pan}} Film/PansLabyrinth in "The Pumpkinening"[[/note]]. Only ''two'' of her costumes are age-appropriate--and not only are both of them a costume involving all three Belcher kids[[note]]the dragon from "Fort Night" and the snail from "Heartbreak Hotel-oween", although the kids didn't even use the dragon[[/note]], but both of them are generic costumes and not movie references.

* LoveTriangle: Averted, surprisingly. Any other show would have had Tammy compete with Tina over Jimmy Jr. but, refreshingly, Tammy and Jimmy Jr. have never shown any affection for each other even while working together in "Presto Tina-O"

''Bob's Burgers'' is an American LongRunner animated sitcom created by Creator/LorenBouchard for the Creator/{{Fox}} Broadcasting Company, starring Creator/HJonBenjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Creator/KristenSchaal, and Larry Murphy. It follows Bob Belcher, his family and their floundering burger joint. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and occasionally spotty service, Bob and his lovable and quirky family are convinced their burgers are their ticket to success.

** As of this point in the series it's practically become the family's {{Catchphrase}}.

* CatchPhrase:
** Bob's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFr-kNbXHew countless and sometimes hilariously unique]] utterances of "Oh My God" and/or "Oh God", the first of which came after just ''one minute'' in the series premiere.
** Also Linda's constant use of the elongated "Alriiiiiiight!"

** Bob was a lot more emotional and direct in the early seasons. He was also more prone to dark comedy, much like Louise.

-->--'''Bob Belcher'''

!!Tropes:

* Darryl has been absent from the show since season 9, possibly due to Aziz Ansari taking a brief break from his career due to a sexual misconduct allegation in 2018.[[note]]Ansari is credited with appearing in a season 12 episode, however, Darryl only appears in a brief non-speaking cameo. It's possible Ansari provided voicework for the episode prior to the allegation and was cut out of the episode afterwards[[/note]]

** Hugo took three brief but noticeable bus trips--he was absent for all of Seasons 4, 10, and 12.

** Jimmy Pesto Sr. is shelved from Season 12 onward, not even having a cameo, after voice actor Jay Johnston participated in the the Capitol Hill insurrection on January 6, 2021.

** Marshmallow hasn't had a speaking role since season 8 (She danced in the closing credits of ''The Bob's Burgers Movie''). This was compounded in 2020 after [[Creator/TwentiethTelevisionAnimation 20th Television]] introduced a new policy that voice actors must match the ethnicity of their roles; David Herman was thus released from the role, which has yet to be recast.

''Bob's Burgers'' is an American LongRunner animated sitcom created by Creator/LorenBouchard for the Creator/{{Fox}} Broadcasting Company, starring Creator/HJonBenjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Creator/KristenSchaal, and Larry Murphy. It follows Bob Belcher, his family and their floundering burger joint. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and occasionally spotty service, Bob and his lovable and quirky family are convinced their burgers are their ticket to success

''Bob's Burgers'' is an American LongRunner animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Creator/{{Fox}} Broadcasting Company, starring Creator/HJonBenjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Creator/KristenSchaal, and Larry Murphy. It follows Bob Belcher, his family and their floundering burger joint. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and occasionally spotty service, Bob and his lovable and quirky family are convinced their burgers are their ticket to success

** After Season 1, the zombies from Tina's dreams just vanished... up until Season 4's "The Frond Files", where they're a focal part of her "Why I Love Wagstaff" story. The zombies do also make return in the [[WesternAnimation/TheBob'sBurgersMovie feature film]].

** Jimmy Pesto Sr. is shelved in Season 12, not even having a cameo.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: Several rhymes or songs from within the show will appear during the end credits in a much more elaborate arrangement. Behold, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOi5byjTek the diarrhea song]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNdrBNnaUPI the snake song]]. Fans have also made many of their own remixes, too.

** In "They Serve Horses, Don't They?", Hugo and Bob attempt to expose a vendor for meat fraud (advertising one kind of meat as another--in this case, horse meat as beef). This ''is'' an actual crime, but in the process of investigating the meat fraud Hugo completely overlooks ''another'' meat-related law--namely, in several states (including the Belchers' home state, New Jersey), it's illegal to sell horse meat ''period'', even if it's advertised as such. Bob and Hugo didn't need to get the vendor to lie about the meat product, because the simple fact that he was selling horse meat (which they ''did'' have proof of, so evidence wasn't an issue) would've been enough to get him in deep trouble.

* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: In the episode "Radio No You Don't," Bob is telling the story of how his grandmother Alice suspected a spy was living in her appartnemnt during World War II. When she noticed bird poop on her neighbor Mr. Miller's shoe, she knew he was on the roof sending radio signals. The kids, who Bob is telling the story to, then begin engaging in this trope, wondering if Mr. Miller knows that Alice knows he is the spy.