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Besides its comedy, Bob's Burgers is known for the genuinely heartwarming moments between its characters. Even so, to say it'southward incapable of showcasing moments on the other end of the emotional wheel is a bold-faced lie.

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Season 1

• Bob standing outside the cracked restaurant window in "Human Flesh" and reflecting on his life earlier coming to the conclusion that he's a failure—his wife'south pissed at him for forgetting their anniversary, the unabridged boondocks's turned against him over a false accusation, and his biggest dream is almost to exist shut down past a homo who could hands save him but refuses to out of spite. The series decided to commencement out with a bang, that's for sure.
• As funny every bit it is to see Teddy's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown confronting the mascots in "Bed and Breakfast", information technology'due south besides sad in a sense, because every second he sees of them reminds him of arguably the most traumatic moment in his life (when his wife cheated on him with a seal mascot that looked him directly in the eyes as it happened). Special mention to after he finally tires out, when he curls up on the ground and starts sobbing uncontrollably. Poor guy needs a hug.
• Louise admitting that she just wanted to spend fourth dimension with Bob and Factor again in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs", coupled with her outright crying for the offset time in the serial. Learning near his girl'due south true motives make Bob go from bellyaching with her antics to extremely apologetic in less than a 2nd.

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• In "Bob Mean solar day Afternoon", a bank robber beyond the street takes in hostages and orders burgers from the restaurant as one of his demands. When the robber wants Bob to deliver the burgers himself, Linda and the kids are so terrified that they cling to him and plead with him not to go.
  • Throughout the entire hostage crunch, it's clear that Linda thinks Bob isn't going to make information technology out alive. While her comments on the news aren't played as well seriously, 1 tin't help merely feel bad for her.

Season 3

• Teddy freaking out when he discovers his guinea pig got crushed to expiry in "Full Bars". He becomes so emotionally distraught over it that he stops his Halloween party and doesn't let anyone out until he finds out who killed her.
• Bob'due south flashback of his shitty childhood in "Bob Fires The Kids".
  • And adding to that, Bob'south father genuinely doesn't really like Bob as a person. Even as a petty kid, he never really got any respect from his father.
• While Bob and Louise'due south relationship is genuinely heartwarming and the 2 have a not bad bond, "Mother Girl Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation Razor" shows that Louise'southward relationship with Linda has suffered in comparison, and Linda is painfully enlightened that Louise is a Daddy's Girl. This line from Linda actually lets it set in:

  Linda: I just wish you liked me, is all.

  • The opening of the episode doesn't help — Louise is genuinely having fun goofing off with her siblings and Bob, just to end enjoying herself when Linda shows up. Moreover, Louise refers to "Dad-ing things upward" equally a good thing, only refers to "Mom-ing things up" equally a bad thing. It'due south one affair for Linda to know she'south not Louise'due south favorite parent, merely having to experience the confirmation firsthand is some other.
• The Belcher family and the Science Fair audience freaking out in "Topsy" when it looks like Tina was electrocuted past Louise's projection. Bob and Linda blitz to Tina's side, hysterically calling her name while Bob cradles her torso, Louise is horrified that she may take accidentally killed her sister, Cistron looks and sounds like he's on the verge of tears equally he helplessly whispers Tina's name, and the audience tin only stare in horror. For a brief but all-likewise-tense fourth dimension, they thought they saw Tina die in front of them. Information technology'south hard to blame everybody for being and then relieved when it turns out Tina was just acting.
• In "Boyz 4 Now", Louise makes several attempts to get backstage, merely is kept out by a bouncer. He's big and tough, but what ultimately stops Louise is the bouncer saying that he understands her pain, and tells her to savour her youth while she can, because that pain will simply get worse with historic period. Geez, dude...
• Rudy's asthma assail in "Carpe Museum" is already terrifying, merely information technology gets a lot worse considering each person's perspective of it. From Rudy'due south perspective, he's willing to ignore it but to feel included in Bob and Louise's monkeyshines, painting a depressing picture about how Rudy never really felt like he belonged before then. From Louise's perspective, she feels like she could've done something about information technology if she'd only known, and really asks Rudy why he didn't warn her—she may have wanted adventure, merely she didn't want someone to risk their life for it. And from Bob's perspective, he has to watch as a kid his own girl's age suffers from a potentially-fatal asthma assail while he'south helpless to do anything—one has to wonder if Bob outright imagined Louise in Rudy's position for a brief moment.

Season 4

• Louise breaking downwardly and albeit that she'southward afraid to get her cavity filled in "The Kids Run Abroad" is pretty heartbreaking.
• "World Wharf II: The Wharfening" has a lot of these.
  • Pretty much everything nigh "Bad Things Are Bad". Item highlights include:
    • Bob lamenting on how he'south going to die alone by drowning under a pier, leaving backside a wife and three kids who will have to grow up without him. While the remainder of the song and pretty much the entire series is comprised of genuinely saddening moments, that in detail is pretty darn depressing.
    • Linda's state of affairs is so dire that even Jimmy Pesto seems to feel bad for her. At the very least, he doesn't endeavour to insult Bob like he unremarkably does.
    • Teddy'due south scene. The homo he considers his best friend is missing, and for all he knows he's expressionless. One really can't arraign him for breaking downwards at the end.
    • Additionally, look at the kids' faces during their respective scenes. They agree it in pretty well, only information technology'due south pretty clear that they're just as terrified equally Linda and Teddy that Bob might not be making it out of this one. And the fact that none of the townsfolk can requite a decent inkling as to Bob'southward location (or, in the case of Jimmy Jr., they tin can't even be bothered to offering any clues) doesn't help.
    • The music itself. The piano that plays during the final verse is downright haunting.
  • Throughout most of the Belchers' search for Bob, Louise remains her usual snarky self. Still, as the Belchers arrive at Wonder Wharf—the one place they haven't checked—she finally lets the facade slip and admits that she's just as terrified equally the others that Bob won't exist coming home.

    Louise: At first it was kind of funny that Dad was missing, but now I don't like it.

  • The scene where Fanny takes Felix's gun and threatens the Belchers and Fischoeders is already Nightmare Fuel, merely it gets even worse when one considers Bob's perspective. He already thought he was going to dice, but at present he'due south faced with an fifty-fifty worse prospect—having to watch his family unit, including his three young children, die with him, while he'due south tied up and unable to help them.
  • The Belchers thinking they really are going to die. Faced with near-certain death, they do the one thing they can—tell each other that they dearest them with consummate sincerity. It makes their survival ten times more than relieving, but in the moment it's hard non to experience like this really is information technology for them.

Season 5

• Teddy beingness upset and really shedding tears after accidentally hearing Bob telling he's non his best friend in "Friends with Burger-fits". Thankfully, Bob does acknowledge at the end that he really is his best friend.
  • Along with that, Bob worrying that his burgers might kill Teddy, and even having a nightmare near it. Whatever he may think near his human relationship with Teddy, Bob clearly feels responsible for his current predicament.
• In "Dawn of the Peck", Bob is hurt when he learns that his family unit won't exist spending Thanksgiving with him this year.

  Louise: He'southward taking this pretty well.

  Bob: (equally he's wiping a tear off his eye) No, you're crying!

• In "Best Burger", Gene learns that the unabridged family views him as The Load when information technology comes to accomplishing an important task, and his half of the episode is devoted towards his conventionalities that he really deserves that status. It's distressing to see the outgoing, happy-go-lucky Factor we've gotten to know and dearest and so difficult on himself, as if his energetic attitude is a cover for deep self-esteem problems.

  Gene: I'thousand sorry I screwed upwardly today! I'm sad I spiral up all the time!

  • Additionally, Bob's realization that he expects Gene to fail to deliver the black garlic and subconsciously hopes he does just so he can have an excuse for losing the titular competition. Bob is conspicuously horrified at himself for thinking so depression almost his son (though it fortunately leads to a moment where he reassures Factor that in spite of his failures, he's cipher less than amazing).
• "Father of the Bob" shows a flashback of Bob genuinely proud of his starting time unique creation—the "Baby You lot Tin Chive My Car" burger—and his father angrily rebuffing it considering it's non "the usual". At that place's also the nasty falling out the two had when Big Bob tried to make Bob his official business partner, and while the two take talked since then information technology'due south clear that neither of them have truly recovered since that one Christmas.
  • Bob's relationship with his father has gotten so strenuous that he tin can only handle xv minutes effectually him before leaving. It's difficult to imagine whatsoever of Bob's own kids e'er getting to that betoken with him, and the implication is that Bob himself is desperate to avoid his relationships with Tina, Gene, and Louise ever sinking that low.
  • The ending gives Bob's father one hell of a Freudian Excuse—as he talks with Bob, we larn that his wife died when Bob was young, and he tried his all-time to heighten Bob as a single parent. Not only did he not practise a good chore, only we learn that he is painfully enlightened he didn't do a good job. As he tries to make amends with his son, it's clear that his past mistakes are still eating him live.
    • The ending just makes the strained relationship between Bob and Big Bob even more upsetting. Big Bob wants to make amends, he wants to apologize for everything he's done. But Bob wants nothing to exercise with him, and has all but cut him out of his life. And the worst part is that ane tin can't blame Bob—as genuine as Big Bob is in wanting to patch things up, the fact remains that he drove his son away in the kickoff place, and Big Bob knows it.
• In "Hawk and Chick", the title father/daughter duo accept not talked to each other in 30 years, and are not on good terms. This is already sad enough considering how shut they were back when they did talk, but Bob and Louise's attempts to reunite them reveal fifty-fifty more tearjerking moments:
  • The fact that Koji, the titular "Militarist", blames himself for losing contact with his daughter. Even just watching one of their old movies is enough to go him to tear up. Arguably worse is the fact that he's right—everything nosotros see and hear in the episode indicates that Koji was the reason the two split ^note the simply one blaming Yuki is Louise, who has no knowledge of the state of affairs and is conspicuously biased due to her own experiences. From in that location, it's a similar scenario to Bob and Big Bob—in both cases, the parent knows he'south made mistakes and wants to make amends, merely his child wants nothing to do with him and refuses to give him a 2d hazard—and as sympathetic as the parent is, 1 can't blame the child for cut off contact.
  • When Bob learns that Yuki has no intent on reuniting with her father, he considers just cancelling the planned reunion. It's non directly stated ^annotation unless you lot count a deleted scene, but after one considers Bob's subpar relationship with his own male parent, it'south articulate Bob doesn't desire to force a reunion that he knows from experience might be better off not happening.
    • It gets fifty-fifty sadder from Louise's perspective. She has a much better human relationship with Bob than Bob did with Big Bob, which is of class a skillful thing, but it besides means that she tin't see things from her father's point of view. She has no idea why Bob has suddenly inverse his mind regarding the reunion, leading to a brief spark of conflict between the two regarding his sudden 180 in terms of goals. Louise is unremarkably very smart for her age, but this is a very sobering reminder that she's notwithstanding a child who doesn't ever understand the circuitous world around her.
    • Additionally, the deleted scene makes information technology clear that fifty-fifty after the two made amends, Bob still has a largely negative view of his father. While it'd be a tall club for one night of reconciliation to wash away all the bad claret betwixt the two, information technology's nonetheless sad to run into that Bob and Big Bob are still non on great terms.
  • Even as Louise mocks her begetter, she tin't imagine working with him equally anything other than fun, meaning she's genuinely disheartened to larn that Yuki doesn't think the same about her own father. She actually gets mad at Yuki almost it, and i tin't assistance only feel similar she's undergoing a example of Cleaved Pedestal regarding someone she once wanted to be like.
  • The finish of the episode reveals only why Louise is so persistent on reuniting Koji and Yuki, and oh boy is it a bombshell—she'due south worried that when she grows up, she could possibly migrate apart from Bob like Yuki drifted autonomously from Koji. She doesn't want to come across Koji and Yuki remain separated because it's a reflection of her biggest fear. Information technology fortunately leads to an incredibly heartwarming moment where Bob reassures her that they will never grow apart, but her fearfulness in that moment is palpable.
    • If that'south not enough, heed closely every bit Louise talks. She sounds like she's well-nigh to cry.
    • The music that plays during this scene doesn't aid, either.
    • This revelation also recontextualizes Louise'southward acrimony at Yuki. She sides with Koji non only because she blames Yuki for the separation, but because she tin can't imagine the father being to blame for a father-daughter carve up. She feels similar if she and Bob practice grow apart, she'd take nobody to blame merely herself.

Season six

• In "Sliding Bobs", the kids tell stories of what would've happened if Bob didn't have a mustache when he met Linda. Louise and Factor's stories are nonsensical and wacky. Tina's story, on the other hand, is not merely (relatively) realistic but too depressing as hell. Linda gets stuck in an unhappy marriage with Hugo, they have 3 Habercore kids (who are twisted, backwards versions of the Belcher kids we know and love), and Bob fails to achieve his dream of opening a restaurant, becoming a bitter health inspector in Hugo's place. Special mention to the scene where the Alternate Universe Bob and Linda talk lonely, showing that they know something got derailed years ago and can't figure out what.
• As funny as information technology is to think about how Mr. Business organisation hates the sound of Gayle'due south vox in "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled", when you think about the cat's situation information technology's actually pretty distressing. One day Mr. Business (which is probable not even his real name) was just an ordinary cat who lived with his owners, but for this emotionally unstable lady to have him off of his porch and claim him equally her new true cat. When you consider how Gayle takes pretty abysmal care of her current cats and 'cares' for Mr. Business organisation in the same way, the poor true cat'southward story is actually pretty tragic given that he could have had a comfortable life before Gayle basically stole him from his home.
• Louise's moment of clarity and cocky-loathing in "Nice-capades" when she realizes if she was really a nice person, she wouldn't need to put on a show virtually it.
• Gene breaking up with Courtney in "The Gene and Courtney Show", equally their human relationship is negatively affecting their operation during their morn announcements. Even Courtney's father Doug, who at start was suspicious of him later the events of "The Unbearable Similar-Likeness of Factor", feels lamentable for him.
  • The breakdown scene gets even worse—Gene fully intended to throw away his performance to keep dating Courtney, and it'southward not until Courtney herself chooses the show that he cuts himself off and picks the bear witness as well. Poor Gene was that reluctant to pause upwards with her.
• Linda'southward complete breakup later on learning that Louise deliberately sabotaged their erstwhile burrow so the family unit can get a new one in "Sacred Couch".
  • Also, Louise remembering the good moments she had with that burrow, and regretting wanting to throw it away.
• Rudy's breakdown at the end of "Business firm of yard Bounces" after the kids are detained in the ranger's station. Rudy starts screaming at Louise that he didn't desire to steal the bounce house but no one would listen to him, and while his thought for a "spoon puppet bear witness" seemed like a pathetic mode for him to salvage how crappy his altogether was going it turned out he'd written a adequately detailed script and wanted to perform it with the other kids. He starts crying over how horrible his birthday has gone, but thankfully Louise steps in and tells Rudy they can still put on the prove he wanted.

  Rudy: (to Louise) "Groovy birthday party"?! Bang-up?! THIS IS THE WORST! I didn't want to steal that bounce house, merely none of you would mind! (gasps) All I wanted is a spoon puppet testify, I wrote a script and everything! It's a comedy-drama with ii (gasps) strong female leads! (breaks tears) I WAS PROUD OF IT! (breaks down crying on the couch's armrest)

  Louise: So... You lot didn't like your party.

• Tina having to say cheerio to her imaginary horse Jericho in "The Horse Passenger-er".
  • For that matter, Tina's poor treatment at the horse camp. What should've been the summer of her dreams became everything but.
• Bob'due south rant near the end of "Glued, Where'south My Bob?", where he says that getting stuck to the toilet and publicly humiliated is just the sort of nonsense he has to put up with every day at Bob's Burgers. You tin can tell the poor guy is at the stop of his rope.
  • Although she acquired the trouble in the first place, Louise seems to testify genuine remorse near gluing Bob to the toilet. It's implied that she's invoking Never My Mistake not because of selfishness, only considering she feels that bad about harming Bob and is in denial. And when the aforementioned rant happens, she feels so awful that she immediately owns up to her involvement in front of everyone.

Season 7

• "Ocean Me At present" revisits Teddy'due south status as a divorcee, and reveals that his ex-wife Denise didn't just cheat on him while he watched—she did so repeatedly, and it'southward also revealed that Teddy was on the receiving end of Domestic Abuse—Denise regularly bullied him and belittled his physical appearance (which is why he wears a beanie all the time), and wouldn't fifty-fifty allow him use the bathroom indoors, treating him less like her married man and more like a pet (which is honestly being generous). Then, she finally abandons him for someone else, leaving Teddy to deal with a lot of emotional baggage that takes until the events of the episode (years after his divorce) for him to get over. Every bit if the poor guy hadn't already been through enough...
• "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" has Louise being driven to tears when Logan finally corners her.
• In "Bob Actually", Louise has to suspension the news to Rudy that Chloe Barbash doesn't return his affections. Rudy doesn't get information technology at outset... which makes it so much sadder when he does.

  Louise: (trying to make Rudy feel amend) But who cares, right?
  Rudy: (looking genuinely upset) ...I judge I care.

• There's something genuinely upsetting near how Linda and a number of the players are treated in "Nada Larp Thirty", as they expected to roleplay their favorite Telly show and instead spent a weekend existence forced into servitude while the people who got the rich people roles treat them like garbage. Peculiarly since most of these people paid to be in that location, and instead of having fun, are forced to eat gruel and waste material their time cleaning silverware.
• Cistron's sensory processing issues leading to a panic attack in "The Laser-inth". Not to mention just how upset and vulnerable he sounds when Bob realizes what's going on and tries to help.

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• "Thank you-Hoarding" sheds some lite on Teddy as a kid; he adult a hoarding obsession due to how he's always felt that he lonely could fix annihilation, even his parent's failing marriage. Past the end, yous just desire to requite him a hug and tell him he'll be okay.
• In "Boywatch", the inferior lifeguards' utter disappointment after Tina, who wanted to prove them she can be worthy to be i of them by saving the CPR dummy named Tin can't Breathey Stevie, caused the entire squad to be kicked out from the plan, as well as her grief for what she has washed.
• Bob speaking at the funeral of his estranged friend, Harry, in "Mission Impos-slug-ble".
• Bob's plotline in "Something Quondam, Something New, Something Bob Caters for Y'all" has him worry that he'southward non making the most of his life as a restauranteur and overall feeling unfulfilled, which is why he'southward and then desperate to encounter the wedding he's catering succeed, because he views it as the validation he thinks his career needs. While not outright stated, it's pretty clear the poor guy'south going through some variant of a midlife crisis.

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• While information technology's non played out to be too upsetting, Helen suddenly abandoning Teddy for the netsuke in "The Helen Hunt" becomes a lot more upsetting from Teddy's perspective. The woman he likes doesn't care about him and is using him for her own personal proceeds, tossing him bated when she has what she needs. It's specially sad considering the serial has already established that Helen isn't the commencement of Teddy's dear interests to do that to him.
• In "Aye Without My Zeke", Randy spends the B-plot backhandedly insulting Bob's Burgers. Unlike how he reacts to most jabs at himself or his eating house, Bob doesn't respond with a quip, a sarcastic remark, or even resignation. Instead, he's shown to exist genuinely hurt by what Randy'south saying—not even mad, simply hurt—and it takes Linda giving a pep talk to lift his spirits. Much similar the above example, it's not played up as as well upsetting, just information technology's a rather sobering reminder that the hurtful things people say to Bob do in fact hit him hard, he'south just putting on a brave face through it all.

Season 10

• In "The Ring (Merely Non Scary)", we have the kids losing Bob's anniversary gift for Linda at the h2o park. Bob isn't just bellyaching or upset with them, he's livid, and the episode highlights why—he feels like he'due south failed to requite Linda annihilation special for their unabridged relationship, and when information technology finally looked like he could change that the kids lost the gift. When a search at the h2o park turns upwards aught, Bob becomes so sad that he merely... gives up. He tells Nat to call off the search and apathetically sinks into the lazy river. He can't fifty-fifty bring himself to yell at his kids once again, he's but that emotionally drained.
  • The kids, for 1, feel awful for ruining the anniversary. At no betoken do any of them endeavor to deflect the arraign or downplay the severity of the situation, they just feel plain bad. And when they run across how upset Bob is, they experience fifty-fifty worse. Gene apologizes for putting on the ring, Tina tries to tell Bob that they need him, and Louise only just asks if he wants them to get out of his style for skillful. There's no jokes from whatsoever of them (at least, no intentional ones), no attempts at lightening the mood. They've messed up, and they know it.
    • "Hawk & Chick" shows that Louise has a massive fear of being separated from Bob for one reason or another. To hear Bob say in no uncertain terms that he wants nothing to do with the kids after they lost the ring almost certainly reminded her of that fear, and it's no wonder that she seems to be the most upset of all the kids for their actions, to the point that she doesn't endeavor to invoke Never My Mistake once despite that usually existence her get-to response. It too makes it even more depressing that she'southward the one to propose that the kids should exit forever—she knows it ways separating from Bob, but subsequently seeing how upset she'south made him Louise genuinely believes Bob might be ameliorate off without her, even if she'southward not amend off without him.

    Louise: Practise you want us to become alive somewhere else? We could go to an orphanage for a while.

    • The to a higher place fear gets even worse when i remembers that "Militarist & Chick" implied she'd blame herself if the two split up up. Now she believes that they are about to split... and because she and her siblings lost the band, this time she really is to arraign.
• She eventually takes it a scrap too far, but one can't help but feel a little bad for Tina in "A Fish Chosen Tina". She's spent four years excited for Wagstaff'due south mentorship program, only to struggle to connect with Kaylee. Worse is that Tina is the only one to struggle—every other eighth grader (even Tammy) manages to have a skilful time with their assigned fourth grader, and it's not on Kaylee's stop either—when she gets reassigned to Zeke, Zeke manages to go through to her. Imagine spending years looking forward to something, only to exist the only one unable to relish it.
• Although it's not revealing anything new, Bob's song in "Flat-Top O' the Morning to Ya" most his fears of the restaurant failing, exacerbated after visiting a restaurant that just couldn't make information technology out of the red.

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• Bob is at his most upset in "Bob Belcher and the Terrible, Horrible, No Adept, Very Bad Kids" when his kitchen catches burn. Thankfully, the damage is minor, merely the Belchers were that close to losing everything—and, as Teddy points out, maybe even each other as well.
  • Bob breaks downwardly while apologizing to his broken stovetop for using a replacement on meridian if it, likening it to cheating on Linda. Although information technology'southward Played for Laughs (complete with overly dramatic music), it actually brings home how much Bob loves his job and how seriously he takes cooking burgers.
  • Bob has to repeatedly restrain himself from screaming at the kids every bit they each reveal their apparent accidental paw in the fire that damaged the kitchen—and he fails on multiple occasions before immediately apologizing for snapping. You tin can tell Bob knows information technology isn't correct to treat his kids that way and stops himself from getting also hysterical, but at the same fourth dimension he'south also genuinely upset thinking his own children may take destroyed the kitchen and the family's livelihood.
  • Cistron seems on the verge of tears as he confesses to his probable role in the fire, and near reverts to a more childlike state equally he calls his parents "Mommy" and "Daddy".
  • Gene, Louise and Tina all experience incredibly guilty about the fire, with Louise out of all 3 of them the one to openly admit they're horrible kids who messed upwards big fourth dimension. They even consider moving out after seeing merely how upset Bob is, deciding collectively that all they do is make things worse for their father. Even afterwards the damage is resolved (thanks to Bob getting a spare thermocouple), it takes being told that they didn't cause the fire for the kids to interruption out of this mindset.
• "The Terminalator II: Terminals of Endearment" showcases Linda's parents at their most annoying and eventually puts a rather depressing light on every episode involving Linda's interactions with both them and Gayle. Linda is obviously fine with putting up with Gloria and Al'south ridiculous and inconveniencing requests, including the fact Gloria blatantly stole Linda's telephone charger and lies to her about information technology, simply because they're her parents. That she puts up with the exact same behavior from Gayle on a regular ground shows how Linda's family unit doesn't seem to care at all about bothering her considering they know she'll say yep to anything they ask. The entire serial we get to see how much Linda's core family unit appreciates her, which makes it more depressing to see the few family members who don't.
  • This episode also puts a new light on every single 1 of Bob's interactions with Gloria, Al, and Gayle—for and so long he seemed like the typical "guy who tin't stand his in-laws" trope, but this episode shows that every single grievance he had with them was completely justified, and if anything Bob was being kind. The Obnoxious In-Laws cliche also gets taken to a disturbingly upsetting level—Gloria isn't merely obnoxious to Bob, she'southward manipulative and outright abusive to her own family. Bob outright tells Linda he can't stand her parents non because they annoy him, just because they don't deserve such a wonderful daughter as her. It probably tears him upwardly inside to run across her become through hoops to please people who don't appreciate her, and i has to wonder if the kids take this mindset likewise because how they're never jumping out of their seats to run across Gloria or Al.
  • The worst part of it all is how realistic it is. Gloria isn't too over-the-tiptop or cartoonish in her obnoxiousness—if annihilation, she'due south an eerily authentic portrayal of an Abusive Parent who manipulates her own kids into doing things that benefit her while treating her extended family like crap. And because Linda refuses to cut her from her life at any point, one has to wonder just how long she's been getting away with this.
• "Dice Menu or Bill of fare Trying" has poor Linda going through Hell and back trying to get a perfect photo for the Belchers' Christmas card. Her obsession leads her to drag the family to Three Mile Lookout Point (named after how long you accept to walk to get there), and so struggle with the photographic camera timer, have hikers have the photo but for them to come out too dark because the sun is right behind her, and after what seems to be hours, she finally gets what she considers the perfect family unit photo. And then the universe decides to Yank the Dog's Chain and take Linda trip and drib the photographic camera through a hole between the rocks. Information technology almost falls out the other side and off a sheer cliff, but Linda manages to catch it... only for her hand to be unable to fit through without having to let go of the camera. Linda hangs on to that camera for dearest life, as she has put all her hopes on that one perfect photograph and can't bear to have all that attempt go to waste. Anyone who has ever struggled with taking the perfect family photo can chronicle.
  • The reason she's so obsessed with the moving-picture show is because the family has been getting less and less Christmas cards, and Linda thinks it's because they haven't been sending cards as often considering information technology'due south so difficult to take a good pic of them. Linda's fear is that they'll lose impact with other people and ultimately be shunned.
• In "Vampire Disco Death Dance", Bob takes Tina to the titular Audience Participation picture show because he loved it as a kid and wants them to bond over the film. Unfortunately, Tina invites her schoolmates forth considering she's desperately trying to get friends with them, although they have no interest in the picture. After getting increasingly annoyed with their Jerkass beliefs, Tina gives them a "Reason You lot Suck" Spoken communication and runs out of the theater in tears. The only bright spot is that it leads to a heartwarming moment when Bob leaves the theater to console her.

  Tina: Cease it! Yous guys are beingness so abrasive! I shouldn't take invited y'all! I idea you really wanted to practice this!... I'm such an idiot for thinking we could do something interesting together and remember it and bond over it and exist a krew, with a K!

  • Another sad revelation in this episode makes you call up about Tina's social life and how it'due south mostly been implied that she doesn't really have any close friends. This episode outright does abroad with the implications and straight-up reveals that she doesn't actually have whatsoever friends catamenia, and instead tries to settle with the few acquaintances she has merely so she tin can feel included.
    • It gets sadder when you lot recall Gene and Louise's own friend groups (Alex, Courtney, Rudy, and occasionally the Pesto twins), and just how close-knit her sibling's friendships are with the other kids and how their loyalty and amore towards each other completely contrasts with the superficial, discourteous relationship Tina has with her peer grouping of Tammy, Jocelyn, Jimmy Jr., and Zeke. Fifty-fifty Louise's largely-manipulative treatment of the Pesto twins doesn't come up across equally mean-spirited every bit the eighth-graders' draconian handling of Tina.
    • Additionally, the fact that this is revealed by Tina'due south peers rudely interfering with what was meant to be a heartwarming bonding nighttime between Bob and Tina. Tina's siblings regularly have uninterrupted bonding moments with at least one of their parents (Louise and Bob watch Idiot box together almost daily; Factor and Linda do weekly spa nights together). But the few times Tina gets to accept any sort of alone fourth dimension with Bob or Linda, her plans are completely derailed. One has to wonder if all this has made Tina feel not merely similar The Friend Nobody Likes, but The Unfavorite too, that she thinks she can't bond with her parents equally well as her siblings.

Season 12

• "Manic Pixie Crap Prove" starts the season off with a blindside, as both plotlines get rather depressing.
  • Louise tries to convince Millie and a few other girls they don't actually like the Pixie Princess Promenade and that they need to free themselves of their obsession by getting rid of their wands. Tina tries to stop Louise by pointing out Millie and the others actually do like it, which leads to Louise asking how this is possible if she doesn't like it—or any typically girly events, for that matter. This somewhen causes her to inquire if there's something incorrect with her or if she'due south non being a daughter the right mode. While Louise has always had more interest in adolescent activities, and on several occasions fabricated information technology clear she prefers hanging out with her dad and blood brother over her mom and sister, Louise shows hither that she'south always been self-conscious and unsure nigh this attribute of herself—and it'due south not that she dislikes existence 1 of the Boys (in fact, it's quite the opposite considering she has a good relationship with both Bob and Gene), it's that she doesn't call back other girls are like that. And considering of that, she wanted to convince Millie and the rest they didn't really like the Pixie Princess Promenade so it would be easier for Louise to justify her own dislike. Considering if other girls really do like this sort of affair, what does that make Louise? Thankfully, Tina convinces Louise that disliking princess stuff doesn't make Louise any less of a girl and she's fine the manner she is.
  • Linda gets obsessed over a flower bouquet styled to look like a dog when it'due south delivered to the restaurant by error. She compares the bouquet to a domestic dog she loved when was a child, whom she called "Bottlecap" because he could residue a bottlecap on his nose. Linda so casually reveals Bottlecap got killed past a hot dog truck ane day, before she starts laughing about it and insists she'south fine. Bob and Teddy are both tremendously horrified and saddened by Linda'due south story and her disturbing behavior, with Bob thinking Linda never mentioned Bottlecap because information technology was too painful for her to think about. Linda'southward story gets even sadder when she reveals Bottlecap died right in forepart of her. After Mort reveals the bouquet was ordered for a funeral and Linda locks herself in the bathroom with it, Mort convinces Linda to treat the flowers like the existent dog so she can finally grieve and let become of Bottlecap afterwards all those years. And when Linda finally does, decades of holding in the grief come rushing out every bit she immediately starts crying her optics out, wailing Bottlecap's name. Then she reveals that her eighth course teacher besides got hit by a truck. The trauma in Linda's past but never ends...

    Bob: Good God, Lin!

• While the big reveal in "The Pumpkinening" is sweet, with Linda sabotaging her ain pumpkin to spare Gayle's feelings, that aforementioned affair is also rather upsetting. Linda genuinely feels similar she can't have anything for herself without having to worry about Gayle's reaction to it, and has resorted to self-sabotage just to keep her sister happy. After this episode, 1 has to wonder how many other victories she'due south sacrificed only to keep Gayle from becoming a Envy Monster.

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