Bob's Burgers is a popular FOX network animated series that revolves around the ups and downs of the lives of the charmingly eccentric Belcher family, as they balance hilarious hi-jinks with running their struggling burger restaurant. The hit sitcom has recently finished its tenth season and has been renewed for an eleventh season, that is set to air in Fall of 2020.
The series is highly successful, and even has a movie in the works, but some episodes have been more well-received than others. Let's take a look at a list of the 5 of the best rated episodes, and 5 of the worst, according to IMDb.
Worst: Local She-ro (6.8)
Tina gets a school assignment to write a paper about her favorite place and chooses the excitement of New York, but Linda is determined to help her oldest daughter realize that their little town is better than she thinks it is by stalking a singer and "local legend".
Some Tina-centric episodes do better than others, but between the sub-par main plot, and the less than exciting side plot about Teddy and Bob calling into a sports radio show, this one just didn't have the same "wow" factor as others.
Best: Boyz 4 Now (8.6)
The swoon-worthy boy band is a frequent pop culture piece in the show, and their Bob's Burgers debut happens cancels their trip to the Boyz4Now concert (because she "accidentally pepper sprayed one of her cats because she thought it was an intruder trying to assault her").
Louise begrudgingly decides to find a way to get them there anyway. She doesn't expect that this will be the beginning of her crush on the youngest band member, Boo-Boo.
Worst: Tappy Tappy Tappy Tap Tap Tap (7.0)
Tina goes to Josh's tap recital and struggles with guilt as she tries to figure out the right way to tell him that she wants to be "just friends". She finds the perfect way to distract him from a broken heart, when the recital is sabotaged, and she decides to search for the culprit with Josh's friend, Douglas.
Meanwhile, Louise and Gene go head to head at the restaurant, when they enter into a heated contest on who can make the best "burger of the day" and earn a spot on the menu.
Best: Housetrap (8.7)
This popular episode combines Belcher shenanigans, a murder mystery, and the character introduction of Helen (voiced by Kaitlin Olsen). When a frazzled Teddy finds himself in over his head with work, Linda offers to help.
The Belchers drive to Craggy Rock to bring a rich woman's patio furniture into her house and get distracted by the luxuries of the fancy vacation home, but when the storm hits, they are forced to ride it out with the mysterious (and possibly murderous) owner of the house.
Worst: Sacred Couch (7.3)
The Belchers argue over whether to keep their faithful but well-worn family couch, or to buy a new one in this season 6 episode. Linda is torn between her love for the good memories connected to the couch, but is finally swayed by the "Sofa Queen" at the local furniture store.
Louise has a change of heart after seeing their abandoned "old friend" on the side of the road, and the Belchers embark on an adventure to rescue the couch before it's too late.
Best: The Oeder Games (8.7)
In the fifth season finale, Bob organizes a rent strike between angry tenants after Mr. Fischoeder proposes a steep rent hike, but their mutiny turns into an all out war when Calvin announces that the winner of a massive water balloon fight will have his rent cut in half, while the rest will play the new rate.
The strikes rapidly falls apart as town battles to the last man standing, with the rest taken to the "porch of losers", but everyone turns on Bob when Mr. Fischoeder comes up with a few new rules.
Worst: Long Time Listener, First Time Bob (7.3)
Bob meets his hero in this season 9 episode. He runs into ex-radio personality, Clem Clements (Nick Offerman) who was fired for saying and playing whatever he wanted on the air, and is now working at a bowling alley.
Bob eagerly volunteers to talk to his old radio station to help the rebellious DJ get his job back, but he gets more than he bargained for when Clem locks him and the kids inside the recording room to stage his own personal comeback.
Best: Glued, Where’s My Bob? (9.0)
Bob's dreams come true when celebrity chef Skip Marooch calls to tell him that he's sending journalists from Coasters Magazine to do an article on Bob's Burgers, but things quickly go south when Bob takes a bathroom break and finds himself "gooped" to the toilet from Teddy's sticky spackle.
This episode is not only hilarious, as Teddy, Linda, and the kids struggle to get Bob "unstuck", but it also has one of the best songs in the whole series, Bob and Louise's duet, "Bad Stuff Happens In The Bathroom".
Worst: What About Blob? (7.3)
After discovering a collection of beautiful, bioluminescent plankton in the ocean, Gene enlists the help of Tina and Louise and sets out on a mission to try to save it from being destroyed by the local Glencrest Yacht Club.
This season 9 episode scores on the lower end, but it's still endearing to see how Gene relates personally to the glowing blob of plankton, and it's entertaining to watch him take on a yacht club by trying to blend in with the "rich people".
Best: The Hauntening (9.1)
Louise is bored with tired attempts to try to scare her every Halloween, so the rest of the family decides to take it up a notch! Linda and Bob take the kids into a subpar haunted house, attempting to scare them with laughable costumes and spaghetti noodle intestines.
It fails to impress Louise, but they have a few tricks up their sleeve to terrify the "unscareable" Belcher when they get trapped in the old house, and Louise gets progressively unsettled by things that go bump in the night.