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Bob's Burgers Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2011 - 2011
Episode 1
Human Flesh
Sun, Jan 9, 201121 mins
Louise wanted to "up the ante" at Show & Tell, so she told the class her dad, Bob, uses human remains in Bob's Burgers. Linda's jealous ex-fiancée, Hugo, is the new health inspector sent to investigate. Tina and Louise advise Linda to flirt with Hugo to keep the restaurant open. Hugo is an amateur poet: "Inspector of health, inspector of pain. I came in search of human remains. And I found a piece of human flesh I thought I'd never see again---my heart." Gene makes a delivery next door to Mort the mortician. With kids, condiments, buttons, candy caskets and angry mobs: this may be one Labor Day - slash - Anniversary Bob and Linda Belcher never forget!
Episode 2
Crawl Space
Sun, Jan 16, 201130 mins
Linda's parents are coming to visit; they have to sleep in one of the kid's rooms. Bob, Gene and Louise learn more than they ever wanted to know about Tina's budding zombie-ality. Bob is not happy about the in-law visit; he uses fixing roof leaks to "get stuck" and hide in the walls. Bob asks home contractor, Teddy, to leave him in the wall for one more day and then Bob really gets stuck! Tina, Gene and Louise are officially Kids in Crisis and an alien protein may be taking over Bob's Burgers. It's up to Kuchi Kopi, cocktails... and Grandma Gloria to get Bob out of this mess.
Episode 3
Sacred Cow
Sun, Jan 23, 201122 mins
Bob's Burgers is about to hit 100,000 burger sales and Bob is excited until he meets his meat... documentary filmmaker, Randy Watkins, and Moolissa, a steer wearing a blonde wig. (Randy does not care about gender correctness.) There is an official five (5) day Cow-ntdown: will Bob let Moolissa be slaughtered or will he admit to being a hypocrite and a murderer? Bob calls Animal Control and his own kids turn against him. Bring on the bad publicity: "Dial "M" for Moo-der" really packs the restaurant. Bob is increasingly aware of Moolissa. Also, there are communications between Moolissa and Tina...or are they? Will Moolissa be free to run with the castrated steers or will poor Moolissa Rest in Peas?
Episode 4
Sexy Dance Fighting
Sun, Feb 13, 201122 mins
Tina is going through the heartbreak of puberty; once they see it is not contagious, Gene and Louise try to cheer up their big sister. They show her what they believe is a smelly special needs breakdancing class in Brazilian. Tina's hormones are fueled by lithe, muscular Jairo and his martial art, Capoeira. Soon, it is "Jairo says this" and "Jairo says that" and Tina is neglecting her job, working night and day, to master Capoeira. Tina wants to earn her yellow corda in the Troca de Cordões ceremony, Portuguese for "exchange of strands." Teddy equates it with becoming a woman; Bob is having a much harder time letting go of his little girl than he is of his 4:30 appointments. However, when poop comes to slap, the Belchers fight it out...together.
Episode 5
Hamburger Dinner Theater
Sun, Feb 20, 201122 mins
Linda knows Bob hates dinner theatre, so she lies and says she and her girlfriends are going to a strip club. But, Bob knows where she is really going. Mort, Linda and the kids talk Bob into letting Linda stage a dinner production at Bob's Burgers. Linda puts Gene in charge of sound effects and Mort in charge of visual effects. All 3 kids, Mort and Linda are in "Dreamatorium," a musical murder mystery set in a morgue. On the second night, the show becomes a real "hit." Will Bob kill Linda's dream...or will he commit to her art?
Episode 6
Sheesh! Cab, Bob?
Sun, Mar 6, 201122 mins
Tina is desperate to get her first kiss at her 13th birthday party. But after Louise breaks the deep fryer, Bob takes a second job as a late-night cab driver to pay for Tina's party. Things keep getting worse for Bob when the parents of Tina's crush refuse to let their son attend the party, and Bob has to do everything in his power to save his daughter's big day.
Episode 7
Bed & Breakfast
Sun, Mar 13, 201130 mins
With a long weekend approaching, Linda sees an opportunity to capitalize on the tourist traffic by starting a bed and breakfast. But when the reservations are filled by some shady character, Louise plants listening devices all over the house to keep an ear on what's happening.
Episode 8
Art Crawl
Sun, Mar 20, 201130 mins
When Linda asks Bob to let her sister hang her paintings in the restaurant for Art Week, Bob finds he's forced to contend with the city's Art Council, a shady troop of intimidating old ladies who control the art exhibited around town. Meanwhile, Louise, Gene and Tina are thrilled by all the attention their own art receives in the restaurant.
Episode 9
Spaghetti Western and Meatballs
Sun, Mar 27, 201122 mins
The "Burn Unit" is suspended when Bob sees "Banjo," a spaghetti western on TV. Bob asks Gene to join him and Louise; the youngest child is not amused. Tina is a member of Wagstaff School's Conflict Resolution Club, A.B.S. The club asks Bob's Burgers to provide spaghetti and meatballs for its upcoming fundraiser; and Linda is so proud. Gene can find neither a banjo nor a harmonica but Louise's pink guitar gives him confidence to thwart a bully at school. When the younger kids end up with detention and the Belchers are banned from the fund raiser, there may be no dinner for anyone in Sweetwater... unless Bob shows his A.B.S.
Episode 10
Burger War
Sun, Apr 10, 201130 mins
Calvin Fischoeder is a rich eccentric, one white cat away from being a super-villain. Fischoeder owns the restaurant building, the amusement park and Wonder Wharf. He gives Bob notice if he does not catch up on rent by Friday, Jimmy Pesto wants to rent Bob's Burgers and turn it into a gift shop. After a family brainstorm, Louise votes for voodoo but flyers win the day. When advertising backfires, it may be up to "The Meatsiah" to save Bob's Burgers. Jimmy Jr. dances with Tracy... Tina. A tiny splash of voodoo never hurt anybody...
Episode 11
Weekend at Mort's
Sun, May 8, 201122 mins
Bob and his family are forced to spend the weekend at Mort the Mortician's while the restaurant is being de-molded. Linda and Bob double date with Mort and a female mortician he meets online while Tina babysits Gene and Louise in Mort's crematorium.
Episode 12
Lobsterfest
Sun, May 15, 201130 mins
Bob hates Lobsterfest: it's no fun being a burger man in a seafood town...plus, Bob is allergic. The entire family wants to go, but Bob forbids the Belchers to celebrate Lobsterfest. A tropical storm is upgraded to hurricane. Bob thinks Lobsterfest is gone with the wind and "Bobsterfest" is the next big thing. Bob is a port in the storm; he opens the restaurant, feeds the multitudes, crowd surfs and he even flies high as Hugo's wingman. The kids go looting and find a lobster. Things get way out of hand. Is Bob Belcher a bottom feeder...or is he better than that?
Episode 13
Torpedo
Sun, May 22, 201130 mins
The Belchers attend the Wonder Wharf Wonderdogs, a minor league baseball team owned by Calvin Fischoeder. During 7th inning stretch, there is a mascot foot race. Gene wants to compete in the next race in the burger costume. Bob's "same-age role model," is pitcher, Torpedo Jones. He is author of the sometimes lethal pitch, the split-finger skadootch. Louise pushes for Torpedo to fix it for Gene to run in the next race. Bob is so grateful, he brings his idol a "thank you" burger. Torpedo Jones does a "yell out" to eat at Bob's Burgers and Bob is in heaven. The kids chat with Torpedo; his world view is very different from that of their father. Tina asks to be ball girl and the only stipulation is she bring Torpedo a burger before every game. The big issue pop flies all over the field: When does entertainment cross the line from good clean fun to cheating? Karma can be a real bi-otched roller coaster ride...