Bob's Burgers

>everyone is a retard except dad.
it's a new change of pace when it comes to these types of shows.

it feels like bob is someone who realized that something is wrong. like grimes from the simpsons who is a normal person trapped inside a cartoon.
Everyone around bob does stupid stuff and all he wants is a good restaurant

>>86037421
i dunno bob holds the wacky ball in a decent amount of episodes, its just not EVERY episode. There's still that'll consistently get him acting like a cartoon character though.

>>86037441
but mostly because of the cartoony behavior of his surroundings

>>86037356
I love this show because of how relatable it is. This show would never pull off something like Bob going to space or something, the problems are paying the rent on time, annoying schoolmates etc.

In fact, the episodes I dislike the most are the ones that are just a tad too unrealistic, e.g. the one where the mechanical shark breaks loose or where the family successfully lands a plane.

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>>86037489
The mechanical shark episode is GOAT

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Louise for best character

BEEFSQUATCH

I stopped watching after the mlp episode. That was not cool

>>86038111
lel

ponyfags being triggered

>>86037356

Tina and Louise OCCASIONALLY get on my nerves but that's the extent of it.

>>86038209
Yeah Louise's voice can get on my nerves sometimes

>>86037657
I thought I couldn't stand this type of characters anymore, but she's actually fantastic

>>86037356
you're pathetic anon. This is prolly one of the most pos shows i've ever watched. Everyone is dumb, the writing is retarded and fart jokes? Are we family guy? I thought you had better taste than this /co/.

>>86038313
That's because Kristen Schaal is hilarious. They really picked the right actress.

When I first got into the series I was expecting a very different kind of humor, I'm glad I was wrong, I still can't decide who's the best character and the VA is top notch

>>86037421
Bob is more just a stick in the mud.
It's not so much he realizes he's in a cartoon as he's just tired all the time.
Frank was trying to point out that it wasn't normal and drove him insane, Bob for the most part accepts the world around him he just tries to keep it from ruining his life.

I used to love it, but I barely made it through the last season and I won't watch the next one.
It has just gotten too mundane and generic for me. I lost the feeling that I'm watching something new, or a new twist on something old.

>>86038337
Fuck you, this is miles ahead than shit like Family Guy. You're too lonely and retarded to get this show.

>>86037394
Bob's not too smart either. Remember that time he got so drunk he almost got shot because he thought a turkey was talking to him?

>>86038350
Same. When this debuted in 2011 or something I actually refused to check it out because I thought this would have the same hurr durr mean-spirited adult animated sitcom humor like Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. When I finally did check it out I was really surprised by how clever the humor is and how much fun the characters are. And it's the opposite of mean-spirited, it's heart-warming to watch how the whole family cares about Bob and how Bob cares about them. Reminds me of The Simpsons' early seasons. Such a breathe of fresh air from jerk-dads like Peter, Homer, Stan and Randy.

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>>86037356
I was expecting it to be a Family/Guy Simpsons knockoff, but I just recently sat through a few episodes and really liked them.

The show is kind of reminiscent of King of the Hill; it seems to focus on and champion the ultimate cohesiveness of the blue-collar family. The humor seems to be derived from every-day situations instead of abstract insanity.

I've only seen a few episodes, but this is the impression I have gotten.

The sad thing is that I really think most shows start to run out of "every-day family problem" scripts early on and eventually descend into chaotic zany humor.

>>86038611
I agree that it's the successor to King of the Hill in terms of focusing on a mundane family in semi-realistic situations. Cracks are definitely appearing as of the latest season but it's still worth watching.

>>86038466
I just hope it doesn't end in the worst way possible, I don't think the staff can sustain the show being dragged for too many seasons, creatively, so I just want them to have fun while it lasts and then end it with dignity

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I watch Bob's Burgers when I get frustrated with thing. I feel like Linda and the kids always show Bob how ridiculous it to get upset about things and to just live life and have fun. This makes me feel better.

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>>86037356
Posting best scene

https://youtu.be/t9TfgMM7Xto

>>86038929
Still cracks me up.

>>86038929
This was the scene that hooked me into this show.

"Stop following me in front!"

>>86039015
For me it was this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXEoe8_CcbM

Favorite End Credits song?
Mine is the Theme from "Work Hard or Die Trying Girl"

>>86038111
What was your issue with it?

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>>86039585

Gene's Snake Song 100%

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNdrBNnaUPI

THIS IS ME NOW

>>86039585
it was too realistic, and they used my likeness

>It's a Tina episode.
Why are her episodes always so cringey?

>>86039787
Her character is based all around being awkward and weird. She's tailor made for cringe.

>>86039787
But her episodes are best episodes

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>>86037356
Watching my hour of Bob's Burgers in the evening has become a daily ritual

It makes me feel better about missing my family when I'm away at college

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>>86037356

This is easily my favourite cartoon on TV for so many reasons. One of the main reasons is that this family genuinely LOVES each other. They love hanging out, they say they love each other, they cling to Bob when he leaves to go stop a bank robbery, Linda is OBSESSED with her kids and is so proud of every fart, weird zombie friend-fiction story, and lie they make.

It's so refreshing to watch a cartoon of a family that loves each other 99% of the time, rather than having 1 or 2 family members that everyone is so cruel and mean to every single episode.

>>86040071
The kids always look out for each other too. Like when Tina is in trouble Gene and Louise go into protect my sister mode which is sweet

>>86039585
>Favorite End Credits song?
Where is Harry Truman?

>>86039585
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPU7UexabVI

>>86040071

The best part is that while Bob and Linda don't always approve of their kids' antics, when they do, they join in the antics because they love their kids that much.

It really is amazing to see a show - animated or live-action - where a family of characters love each other without that love being a cover for deep-seated resentment or outright hatred. I think that turns away a lot of people who've been raised on shows where everyone is a dick to everyone else (see: Seinfeld).

>>86040159

There was an AV Club article where the writer said they started watching the show for Tina, and it changed their entire perspective of the show itself.

http://www.avclub.com/article/bobs-burgers-tina-makes-the-series-a-must-watch-an-200663

>>86038450
It's not too surprising. Bob sort of defaults to making friends with inanimate objects.

>>86038450
To be fair, he drank a bottle of Absinthe.

>>86039585
>Favorite End Credits song?
Fuck I can't decide, maybe this?
https://youtu.be/oxv6-npAxpY

>>86040669
>the "absinthe makes you hallucinate" meme

>>86040580

But that's... painfully wrong? Tina is the worst character in the show.

>>86040929
I don't agree with that person, but Tina kills it in every episode she's in.

>>86038466
I felt and feel the same way.

It is a nice blend of classic simpsons and king of the hill.

>>86040929

>Tina is the worst character in the show.

None of the Belchers are the worst character in the show.

>>86040789

It also contains alcohol.

>>86037356
Easy there anon. You might trigger the guy that was spamming the "LOL FART LMAO" Bob hate threads a few months ago.

>>86040622
Bobs childhood was spent in the restaurant so making friends with objects was all he had for fun.

>>86041010
Since when?

>>86040789

That comes from the thujone within the wormwood from which absinthe is distilled. Thujone is a GABA inhibitor and, in high enough doses, is extremely toxic and will kill you.

If you're hallucinating, it means you've consumed so much thujone that you're dying, like how you'll hallucinate after drinking too much sea water.

But there's so little thujone in absinthe that you'd die of alcohol poison long before you could drink enough for the thujone to kill you.

>>86041073

Since always. It's a spirit.

>>86040996
Worst character would have to be either Hugo or Baby Num Nums.

Or Frond. They could make Frond principal of the school and virtually nothing would change.

>>86041142
What the fuck I had no idea absinthe was that dangerous

I drank it pretty regularly a couple of years ago, I just thought it was some form of liquor like vodka or whatever

>>86040996
The worst character is Linda's annoying sister, I don't know what her name is

Every time she's on screen I get aggravated

>>86037356
I got burnt out after 3 or so seasons or something but came back to it later and had some laughs. It's ok, but I would propably never watch it if Jon Benjamin and Kristen Schall weren't in it

>>86041218
She's also the only character that I would describe as bad on the show, the family is great and the supporting cast is awesome

Regular-Sized Rudy forever

>>86041218
Gale.
I think the issue is every episode based around her is enabling her delusion. That's why the only decent episodes with her are the ones where she's lightly used.
The episode where Louise ran away used her well, the episode where Bob had to drag her retarded ass through the snow was hell.
>>86041254
Regular Sized Rudy is life.
Regular Sized Rudy is love.

>>86041201
>I just thought it was some form of liquor like vodka or whatever

It is. Re-read my post. Absinthe is no more dangerous than any other alcohol. It doesn't contain enough thujone to poison you.

>>86041218
It's Megan Mullaly as a lonely cat lady so I don't mind her as much.

>>86041201
most store-bought absinthe has nothing to do with wormwood and is just a chemically concocted resemblance to the original taste

>>86041218
>>86041254
>>86041298
The ep where Gale kept trying to make moves on Bob was the worst episode of the show I've seen so far. It was just bad.

Granted I'm not that far into the show, but still.

>>86041254
Gale is annoying, but I think that's kinda the point, she's that crazy adult sister or aunt a lot of us have. If you have a female relative with a bunch of kitsch knick-knacks she is that.

>>86041201
I think there's varied strength levels, I had a shot of it years ago after being persuaded by a friend, spat it out because it was so strong (could barely breathe or talk despite having not downed it), friend got a large pitcher at our student bar recently and to her it was like drinking anything else, that or she's probably not human.

>>86041201
I have multiple bottles of the stuff thanks to a ship[ping error on the distributor's end and none of them have wormwood. If anything, it's only more dangerous in that it tends to have a higher alcohol content than say vodka - one bottle I have is 60% and another is 70%.

>>86041405
>none of them have wormwood

They all have wormwood. All of them. There is no absinthe that does not contain wormwood, because absinthe is distilled from wormwood. That's like saying your tequilla doesn't contain agave.

>>86041142
>Thujone is a GABA inhibitor and, in high enough doses, is extremely toxic and will kill you.
>If you're hallucinating, it means you've consumed so much thujone that you're dying

[Motherfuckin' citation needed]
There is no conclusive or reliable evidence of it causing hallucinations beyond pop culture memes, hyperbole and anecdotes from art students who are trying to sound interesting to compensate for boring and vapid personalities. Not even reports on wormwood extracts could live up to the media hype.

>>86041989
that anon never said absinthe causes hallucinations m8, calm your tits

>>86041367
What makes it weird is that his wife is okay with that at first.

>>86042187
Linda reverse cuck confirmed

>>86042187
She was okay with it because she both trusted Bob and knew that Gale would move on relatively quickly because she had a system.
>>86042230
Women are cucks too.
Cuck is the first half of cuckold meaning it's also the first half of cuckqean.

>>86042187
Linda and Bob trust one another. It's nice.

>>86042187
>>86042230
>>86042392
It's awful when she gets mad at him, though. And what Gale does is really creepy to begin with. Just because they're sisters doesn't mean she should enable her terrible behaviour. The ep felt very double-standard-y which was jarring for Bob's Burgers.

>>86041372
Personally I think it hits too close to home for those of us with those relatives who aren't getting any better. It's a depressing aspect in an otherwise pretty optimistic show.

>>86041218
She's a very accurate "neurotic New England aunt" character, I have met many people like her. It makes sense she's Linda's sister.
But I don't particularly like her episodes, that is for sure.
But even so every episode of Bob's is comfy and ultra rewatchable.

>>86038929
Too bad, they make Gene 90% gross and annoying. He has the potential to be actually funny.

>>86042612
Gene continously gets the best lines in the entire show, he's not gross that often.

>>86042612
His "gross" material is incredibly mild to the point where I can't imagine it triggering actual disgust in someone and as an 11 year old boy it makes sense that he thinks it's funny and I find his character quite charming.
All of the kids have the potential to be annoying/obnoxious but the show consistently utilizes them correctly, getting the balance between their respective schticks and genuine character depth down perfectly and not giving any one too much focus.

>>86041989
http://jab.zsf.jcu.cz//1_4/patockabs.pdf?set_language=cs

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>>86037356
Burgers are not for sexual.

>>86043741
Bob is always talking to food. Is he okay?

>>86041242
Same, some of my favourite voice actors

>>86039985
i do the same thing for the same reason
feels good

>>86044323
Bob didn't have very many friends as a kid.

>>86044674
>I'll probably end up like Bob in the future.

>>86037356
>it's refreshing to see an animated sitcom where the family actually loves each other.
watch home movies, Brendon's relationship with his mom is one of my favourites in television

>>86038395
Mh yeah i can see this
but still, bob seems to freak out when cartoon moments occur

>>86038929
>that kid just fathered the crap out of you
this is just great

>>86045591
>When you realize that the recurring health inspectors are voiced by Fenton & Mr. Lynch
And of course the Rick and Perry-like Pesto Twins.

Pesto Twins are funnier tho

>>86048213
>YYYEEEERRR OUUUTTA THERE
>YYYYEEEEEEERRRROUUUTTAAA THHHEEERRRE

>back to you, Andy!
>back to you, Ollie!

Those two fuckers have me in stitches every single time they're on screen

>>86037356
I actually kind of feel bad for H Jon Benjamin. He sounds the same in everything, but I feel like that's because it's the only voice shows want. The Home Movies episode wherein McGuirk pretended to be a psychic had him doing different voices, and it wasn't half bad. He was also Jason.

Maybe there are some roles I don't know about, but he seems mostly to be known for Archer, Bob, and McGuirk

>>86049448
Ben from Dr. Katz, Jason and a few minor roles in Home Movies (apart from McGuirk), The Master in Venture bros. I couldn't tell he was Jason at first and he sounds a bit odd in Dr. Katz but him being unable of doing other voices has been a running joke for quite a while now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY23nChpciw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0cqV3h-aDA

>>86041174
I don't mind Jimmy Pesto, since he's supposed to be disliked, but I would agree that he's not a great character, since all there really is to him is being Bob's main antagonist. He has very little to him beyond pissing Bob off and being a somewhat abusive father.

>Bob "Our restaurant will be full while yours (Pesto) will be empty!"
>Louise: "yeah like Trev's soul"
>Trev "heh...whoa"
>Louise: "I'm sorry."
>Trev just sighs sadly

>>86037489
and the best part is, everything they did was realistically how you would deal with something like that actually happening.
and the way everything with the shark kept going wrong, but at no point was it animated like anything but a mindless piston that happened to have a shark wrapped around it

I love how the kids are allowed to walk around in what is probably bad neighborhood.

>>86038611
>>86038645
jim dauterive's fingerprint is subtler than loren bouchard's but it's still there in all its greasy spiraled goodness

>>86041073
>he believes in spirits
*tip*

>>86039585
tina's hava nagila

>>86040552
shit's going in cycles, yknow
the sappy Full House bullshit when we were kids, the refreshing harsh realism of simpsons and seinfeld, and now finally we're getting shit comfy again. it's not like the sappy 80s because that was so fucking fake. it's a lot more genuine. more like Taxi I guess.

>>86050987
Thugs don't normally rob people from their territory.

>>86040622
>>86041053
yeah I like how he's wacky too, just less than the others

>>86037356
I like it because the characters are quirky but elgitimately enjoyable people, and its not edgy to the point of being depressing like family guy.

tina is my favorite character because she's retarded and chubby

>>86041520
>That's like saying your tequilla doesn't contain agave.
I've got news for you, anon.

>>86048213
>rick and perry
hehehehe

>>86051103
Yes, I love how Bob actually starts laughing sometimes when the kids are making a joke or say something bizarre. The characters aren't saying the jokes for the audience, they're saying it to crack each other up and I LOVE that. It's one of the reasons why this show is so fucking comfy. The characters feel like actual people, it feels like a real caring family.

I just hope to god the characters don't turn out like The Simpsons one day. We're six seasons in or something, and it still hasn't happened thank fuck.

>>86049448
He's one of the recurring teenage girls, he's the school receptionist, he's kuchi kopi, he's all the weird little voices Bob gives to inanimate objects he talks to...

>>86051197
>okay that was actually pretty good
they remind me so much of when I was a kid and we'd joke around with my dad. we were so proud he was silly and funny and did jokes and goofs

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Jimmy Jr. is love, Jimmy Jr. is life

>>86051242
you hit me right in the feels my friend

>>86051422
i miss him

>>86051399
The dance-off episode had some pretty good dance scenes, including the credits. I wonder how much longer it took to animate.

>>86051774
I know right? The dancing scenes have some awesome animation

>>86051774
>>86052030
this show saves the fluid animation for when it improves things and makes it funnier

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>>86051180
Walter and Perry jeez it's been a while since I've watched Home Movies

Where the hell did I get Rick?

>>86052350
because rick perry

my only complaint with this show is sometimes i miss dialogue because i'm trying to catch the puns in the background

>>86052846
hi-res animation has made it so hard for me to pay attention to anything, there's so much legible text!

Is bob still going strong? I remember really liking it but I haven't watched any of the newer episodes

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>>86051399

>>86053207
it's fine. the recent seasons are a bit lacking in zing, but the most recent episode was top quality. and the one prior to that where Jerry/Cyril shows up and for once he's actually someone successful

>>86049448
He's Jimmy Jr. and lots of other bit parts though

>>86051200
>>86053411
oh yeah, that too

>>86038450
He was drunk though.

>>86053207
>>86053378
It definitely has settled into a rhythm but the quality of the writing hasn't really slipped. If you liked the show before you should still like it now, it's just that they're somewhat limited in the fact that there's no real way to make the new seasons stand out while keeping the show's distinct feel in-tact. No opportunity for the rewards that stemmed from the kind of evolution The Simpsons had over its golden years, as that show went from being far more dramatic and dark than Bob's to being much more cartoony and surreal. So they're treading water, more-or-less doing the same slice-of-life stuff they've always done. But the jokes, plots, and characterization is still just about as strong as it ever was, and they've definitely taken advantage of their time on the air to give plenty of depth to the cast.

>>86053691
yeah that sounds about right. it's comfortably samey
I hope it goes on for enough seasons and then ends and then bouchard immediately gets another show, ideally with dauterive again. maybe writing for someone else's art.

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>>86053782
They're renewed through season 8, whether or not they should go past that depends on the quality staying high I guess but Fox will probably keep renewing it until there's an equally profitable replacement.
I will say I hope we get some more school/secondary kids focus, it feels like last season was light on it and there's a lot of plot opportunities they haven't done yet. More Regular-Sized Rudy plz
Also holy shit I didn't realize season 7 starts this month. Praise the lord

>>86053933
fall's such a fantastic time and so brief

>>86049448
are VA actually rated by how many cartoony different voices they can pull out?

>>86054842
there's such a thing as typecasting, but you can get typecast as tons of different things. the more voices you can do, the more roles you can get.

>>86054842
I don't know about elsewhere, but at least here (not just /co/, but also /a/ and /v/) people seem to prioritize range and complain about "samevoice".

Which I always thought was kind of dumb. Like, yeah, it's impressive when you have dudes who can voice an entire cast of characters by themselves, but it shouldn't be the be-all, end-all. It's not like you hold it against live actors when you recognize them, whether it's a character actor or not.

>>86055006
yup, thatd pretty much saying that actors like Johnny Depp are better than actors like Clint Eastwood

>>86055006
Because most people don't detect the subtleties of good voice actors. The whole profession is pretty disrespected which is why you get regular actors who think it's easy because it's just talking but then they give shitty performances because they need their whole bodies to act vs being able to convey a lot just through their voice.
H Jon is a great VA because he knows how to convey emotion and personality through inflection and other verbal ticks even if most the time people mostly just want his regular voice.

>>86040789
>>86041142
>absinthe shills

>>86037657
>louise wanting to grow up and take over the diner some day

the cutest

>>86039585
>people arent actually posting "Oil Spill"
shit taste, all of you but i forgive you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7W9ws2PTXk

Honorable mention to Taffy Butt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSQDKYivHk

>>86037558
new mad max is looking pretty good

>>86037356
Literally Home Movies + FOX animated sitcom family dynamic

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>>86052350
Why's Tig Notaro so mad at those people?

>>86058103
except home movies is shit

I like the show, but can't understand why everyone seems to hate Bob, with Hugo and Pesto it's obvious, bit why the the rest of the people dislike Bob?

>>86058655
he often comes off a little too enthusiastic

Ok I need to say this...

Does anyone else think that Tina's tits are hotter than fuck? Like seriously. I'm not a boob man by any means, but for some reason, Tina's boobs just fucking do it for me. It sucks there's no good 34 of her giving a boob job.

>>86058867
it's hot because they're new, not broken in yet

>>86037657
She probably looks better without the hat

>>86058655
>>86058692
Are you guys talking about Bob or Gene?