Bob’s Burgers

TV Show • 2011 • Animation  

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Does the dog die?
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No, but in ‘Manic Pixie Crap Show’ S12E1 Linda talks about a dog from her childhood and describes his death, which is very upsetting.
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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No, Bob actually talks quite highly of the only trans character
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Is there body horror?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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In ‘Bob Actually’ S7E9 Miss Selbo describes stalking her ex-boyfriend.
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In ‘A River Runs Through Bob’ S4E1 a couple living in the woods spray each other with bear mace.
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Is a child abused?
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Nothing in this show counts as abuse towards kids.
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Addiction
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In ‘Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?’ S7E5 Bob and Linda accidentally eat weed cookies. In ‘Burgerboss’ S2E4, ‘Housetrap’ S5E19 and ‘The Wolf of Wharf Street’ S8E3 Bob gets high on pain meds. There are a few other drug references scattered about the show.
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FatsyCline
Linda is often seen drinking wine and the couple is occasionally drunk.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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In ‘They Serve Horses, Don’t They?’ S7E4 the plot is centred around horse meat, you don’t see any horse deaths on screen, though.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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In ‘Sacred Cow’ S1E3 a cow collapses and dies, in ‘Full Bars’ S3E2 a Guinea pig dies.
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Are animals abused?
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S1
 E3
No, but in season 1, episode 3 they put a wig on a cow and put it out on the street as a display. The cow isn’t in any distress. Just more or less bored.
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In ‘Full Bars’ S3E2 a dead guinea pig, in ‘Mo Mommy Mo Problems’ S8E19 there’s a gory bit where a woman is skinning a squirrel. ‘Something Old Something New Something Bob Caters For You’ S8E21 dead butterflies. In ‘Pig Trouble in Little Tina’ S10E4 the class dissect fetal pigs. ‘Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School’ S11E5 at the beginning of the episode there’s a dead mole.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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S12
 E17
Yes, shown in some Halloween episodes
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S11
 E16
In Tina’s imagination
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Are there snakes?
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In episodes ‘It Snakes a Village’ S3E18, and ‘Just the Trip’ S10E17
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Are there bugs?
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‘Something Old Something New Something Bob Caters For You’ S8E21 there’s a cloud of dead butterflies. ‘The Reeky Lake Show’ S13E2 this episode is quite bug centred, there’s mosquito like bugs everywhere.
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Assault
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S4
 E22
Bob and his landlord are tied up under the pier and almost drown.
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Mentions of pedophilia/sexual assault
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Bodily Harm
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S3E10 - Tina shaves her legs.
S3e20 - Bob cuts his finger crotch and blood spurts multiple times.
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S6
 E8
Bob slips on the sidewalk and injured his arm, losing function in his hand
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Regular Sized Rudy has asthma. He often a discusses it but s3e22 he doesn’t have his inhaler.
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Is there cannibalism?
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In ‘Human Flesh’ S1E1 there are rumours that the restaurant serves human meat, but the rumours are false.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Bob almost gets burned alive in ‘Weekend at Mort’s’ S1E11 but escapes. The family’s food truck explodes in ‘Food Truckin’’ S2E5 but everyone is fine.
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Someone is trapped in a coffin and nearly cremated alive
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Rudy
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A chinchilla in ‘Adventures in Chinchilla Sitting’ S5E15. The chinchilla is fine afterwards.
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In ‘Dr Yap’ s2e6 Bob cracks a tooth and has it pulled out with no anaesthetic.
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Bob cuts in between his fingers in ‘The Kids Run the Restaurant’ S3E20
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Is someone tortured?
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FatsyCline
In Moody Foodie, a food critic is tied up and given a wet willy in a Reservoir Dogs parody. They also attempt to force feed him.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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In ‘Housetrap’ S5E19, a woman’s husband is mentioned to have fell to his death, the death is partially re-enacted. In the same episode Teddy falls from a great height but is fine.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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No, Bobs Burgers is very tame. I have a VERY hard time watching gore. I highly recommend this cartoon. It’s feel good and funny!
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Sid
Tina has lots of crushes on various teen boys
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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S6
 E10
Yes, there’s an episode entirely about lice
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Not on-screen, a few characters mention their parents who have passed.
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In ‘Flu-ouise’ S7E1 the Belchers accidentally melt Louise’s favourite toy.
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Moody Foodie - food critic is tied up in his own home.
S4e21-22 - Mr Fishoeder and Bob are kidnapped by Felix and tied up under the pier
S4e1 - Bob and Linda are not allowed to leave another camper’s RV.

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Does someone cheat?
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S6
 E10
Tina finds out that Mr. Frond goes out on a date with another woman despite the fact that he’s dating Gayle.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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In ‘Tina and the Real Ghost’ S5E2 the kids think that they’ve caught a ghost in a shoebox, but it turns out that there’s no ghost after all.
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Are there jump scares?
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Shower scene in ‘Purple Rain-Union’ S5E6, ‘Lindapendent Woman’ S3E14, ‘Sliding Bobs’ S6E1
Bath scenes in ‘House of 1000 Bounces’ S6E11 and ‘Mommy Boy’ S11E9. No nudity on-screen.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there clowns?
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Sid
She’s not wearing a full clown costume, only the makeup, and she isn’t really “in character”
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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In ‘Sheesh Cab Bob’ S1E6 ‘Food Truckin’’ S2E5, ‘Boyz 4 Now’ S3E21, ‘Are You There Bob? It's Me, Birthday’ S8E16, ‘Bye Bye Boo Boo’ S6E16, ‘Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now’ S9E1, ‘Seaplane’ S4E3, ‘A River Runs Through Bob’ S4E1, ‘Adventures in Chinchilla Sitting’ S5E15, ‘Flat Top O’ the Morning to Ya’ S10E16, ‘Just the Trip’ S10E17, ‘Three Girls and a Little Wharfy’ S10E13, ‘Wag the Song’ S10E14
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In ‘Sexy Dance Fighting’ S1E4 and ‘Frigate Me Not’ S12E13
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Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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S6
 E11
In S6E11 they steal a bounce house and are put into park ranger jail
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LGBTQ+
Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
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References to topsy the elephant’s electrocution by thomas edison
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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In ‘The Kids Run The Restaurant’ S3E20 and ‘The Terminalator II: Terminals of Endearment’ S11E8, ‘The Unbearable Like Like-Likeness of Gene’ S3E8
Dentist scenes in ‘Dr Yap’ S2E6, ‘The Kids Run Away’ S4E19, ‘Steal Magazine-olias‘ S11E20
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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SiRenfield
Tina claims to be autistic in the pilot (with Louise half-joking that she’s “the worst kind of aquatic”) but Bob denies this
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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FatsyCline
No but in the pilot an autism joke is made.
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Is there misophonia?
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Sid
Tina is prone to hyperventilating when upset
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FatsyCline
Linda sings a song that ends with “I’d kill myself” in S3e13
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Sid
Tina worries that she isn’t pretty enough but her family reassure her that she is
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In ‘Crawlspace’ S1E2 and ‘Weekend at Mort’s’ S1E11
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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S6
 E11
Bob has panic attacks similar to PTSD symptoms because of a traumatizing experience with a bird but it turns out it never really happened.
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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In ‘Ear-sy Rider’ S3E1 and ‘Roamin' Bob-iday’ S9E16
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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S1
 E1
They make jokes about autism
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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In ‘Sheesh! Cab, Bob?’ S1E6
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In ‘Sheesh! Cab, Bob?’ S1E6
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
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Sid
Tina has a crush on a picture of an anthropomorphic fox in a magazine
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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violetbooklover
Some jokes about the closeness of Gene and his mother Linda and the twins Andy and Ollie
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No sex or nudity on-screen.
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Spoiler
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Sid
Teddy dresses up as Santa
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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In ‘Tinarannosaurus Wrecks’ S3E7 and ‘Some Kind of Fender Benderful’ S11E18. The crashes are minor and no one is hurt. Also in ‘I Bob Your Pardon’ S9E7 and ‘Christmas in the Car’ S4E8 cars skid off the road. They don’t crash, but it still could be triggering.
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Does a plane crash?
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In ‘Seaplane!’ S4E3 the pilot of the seaplane pretends there’s something wrong with the planes and fakes an emergency landing. In the same episode the plane nearly crashes into a bridge but doesn’t.
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Bobs finger crotch injury is particularly bloody
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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