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Bob's Burgers is an animated TV series created by Loren Bouchard airing on FOX that premiered in 2011. The series centers on a family who run a hamburger restaurant.

Bouchard has acknowledged the influence of the Muppets on the character design and tone of Bob's Burgers:

“That underbite, that big floppy chin -- in general, that sense that you could put your hand up inside their heads and move their mouths. Muppets: big influence on a lot of aspects of this, big influence on the music. That sort of lightheartedness with which they would do musical numbers on The Muppet Show and in the movies and just the sort of looseness -- the way they approached music and comedy really appeals and feels important somehow. They really nailed it.[1]”

Mentions[]

  • In the episode "Bad Tina," Sexy Sesame Street and Erotic Muppets are among the books of romantic fan-fiction that Tina has written.
  • In the episode "Broadcast Wagstaff School News," Linda refers to her son, Gene -- having cut his hair and glued on a mustache in order to imitate the title character, his father -- as "my Muppet Baby Bobby."
  • In the episode "Go Tina on the Mountain," when the kids learn that the hermit in the woods is actually faking, Gene refers to her as "Hermit the Fraud."
  • In the episode "Live and Let Fly," mention is made of three paper airplanes named "Bowfinger," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrel," and "What About Bob." All three are Frank Oz films.
  • In the episode "Lorenzo's Oil? No, Linda's," Teddy the handyman says that his favorite movie is The Dark Crystal.
  • In the episode "Now We're Not Cooking With Gas," Linda remarks that Tina's drawing of her looks like a "tweaked-out Muppet."
  • In the season 11 episode "Copa Bob Bana," Bob carries on a conversation with his grill. After apologizing about fantasizing about a fancier kitchen, the grill replies "That's okay Bob, sometimes I fantasize about someone else cooking on me." "Really, who?" "That Muppet with the rolling pin." "The Swedish Chef?" "Yeah, he's Swedish." "Is he, though?"
  • In the season 11 episode "Heartbreak Hotel-oween," a blood drive nurse tries to distract Bob from the needle by looking out the van window and saying "Hey, that's an amazing Big Bird costume!"
  • In the season 13 finale "Amelia," Louise recruits Benj (a fellow student who builds puppets) to help with her multimedia presentation on Amelia Earhart. When she asks him who he did his hero report on, Benj replies "Jim Henson" (for which he got a C).
  • In the season 15 episode "Mr. Safebody," as Arnold scarfs down his lunch, Tina remarks "It's like watching a tiny little Cookie Monster."

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Sources[]

  1. ↑ Bob’s Burgers showrunner Loren Bouchard on the end of the show’s third season, The A.V. Club, 30 August 2013
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