Bob’s Burgershas become one of the most successful animated shows on cable television today. With 12 seasons going strong, the Belcher family has had a lot of fun and whimsical adventures. Bob and the kids certainly have their moments, but Linda is often a stand-out character when it comes to the show’s funniest moments.
Her happy and adventurous attitude compliments Bob’s monotone and docile traits perfectly. While Linda plays a substantial role in almost every episode, a few of them really give her time to shine. Here’s a look at some of the very best Linda centricBob’s Burgersepisodes.
5Hamburger Dinner Theater
It’s no secret that Linda has always had a love for show business and entertainment. Way back in season 1, the show explores Linda’s artistic side for the first time in the episode Hamburger Dinner Theater. The episode features Linda going to a dinner theater show where she has a wonderful time and decides she wants to throw one of her own at the restaurant. WhileTina, Gene, and Louiseare all down for helping out with the production, Bob is concerned about how it will affect business.
This is the first episode where the show really examines the fundamental differences between Bob and Linda. During one of their theater shows, a robber breaks in and steals money from the register, all while pretending to be part of the show. To their surprise, the audience loves it and Linda wants to continue doing theater at the restaurant. Bob, though, is more concerned about the money and reports the incident to the police. During the next show Linda is disappointed that customers won’t see the same show as the previous night — until Bob breaks in pretending to be the robber. The episode ends showing how even though Bob and Linda don’t always agree, they still make sure to support one another.
4Eat, Spray, Linda
This season 5 episode is all about Linda. The story follows Linda on her birthday, but it turns out to be a day from hell. When Bob is planning her surprise party, he asks her to leave to run some errands. While running these errands Linda is faced with a plethora of challenges. It seems like everything that can go wrong for her is going wrong, and she eventually ends up locking her keys in the car.
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Linda is then assumed to be missing when she doesn’t return Bob’s calls.Bob and the kids must venture outto find her on her birthday, all while things keep going wrong for Linda. This episode shows how Linda’s bubbly personality is always positive and inspiring, even when she is faced with extreme hardships.
3Lindapendant Woman
“Lindapendant Woman” is a season 3 episode that is also focused onLinda and Bob’s relationshipdynamic. When they realize they need to manage their money better, Linda decides to get a part-time job at the local grocery store. After noticing how liked she is by other employees and how neglected she feels at the restaurant, Linda chooses to quit working with Bob and work full time at the grocery store. Shortly after this, Bob realizes just how much he needs Linda’s help with work.
At the same time, Linda becomes overworked due to employees taking advantage of her kindness. The end of the episode sees Bob admitting that he can’t run the restaurant without Linda, and she chooses to come back to working with him. This episode shows how important Linda is not only to the Belcher family’s happiness, but to their financial situation too.
2Mother Daughter Laser Razor
In this episode from season 3, Linda becomes irritated when Louise claims that she is no fun during family game night. She then realizes that Louise favors Bob over her and becomes desperate to change that. After reading a few tips on how to get your youngest child to like you, Linda fails at earning Louise’s respect. This makes Linda even more irritated, so she forces Louise to go to a mother-daughter seminar with her.
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Louise obviously hates the seminar and tricks the adults into being locked in a room while her and the kids go play laser tag. When the adults escape the room, instead of reprimanding the kids, they decide to play laser tag with them. The episode ends with Linda and Louise having a great time and bonding together. This episode shows howLinda can be a little overbearingat times, but she’s still a loving mother with good intentions.
1Dawn Of The Peck
Bob’s Burgersalwaysmakes their holiday episodes special, especially Thanksgiving episodes since it’s Bob’s favorite holiday. In “Dawn of the Peck,” Bob takes a break from the spotlight and the episode focuses more on Linda. After Linda and the kids admit to wanting to go to Wonder Wharf for the turkey festival in town instead of having family dinner, Bob swears off cooking a turkey for them.
At the wharf, things quickly go downhill when the turkeys start attacking everyone in sight. After escaping the rampaging turkeys, Teddy explains that they’re in chaos due to the lack of a pecking order. They then realize the kids are trapped on a ride and set out to rescue them from the attacking turkeys. During this time Bob is drunkenly trying to avoid cooking a turkey, but succumbs and goes to the store. Once Linda saves the kids they find Bob at the local store being attacked by a horde of turkeys. Linda then saves him by headbutting all the turkeys to establish a pecking order and her as their “alpha.” This episode shows how Linda is able to take charge both literally and figuratively as the head of the household when she needs to.
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