Bob's Burgers is an American Long Runner animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard and developed by Bouchard and Showrunner Jim Dauterive for the Fox Broadcasting Company, starring H. Jon Benjamin, John Roberts, Dan Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, and Larry Murphy. It follows Bob Belcher, his family and their floundering burger joint.
Loren Bouchard stated that Bob's Burgers came out of the fact that Fox's animation brand centers mostly on family, but that he also wanted to dabble in workplace comedy.
Bob's Burgers gains most of its humor through quirky characters and situations that also display a level of realism that is rarely seen in animated shows. Especially noteworthy is the show's realistic portrayal of the Belchers as a financially unstable working class family, the interactions between imaginative children and busy, half-interested adults, and a level of diversity amongst the cast and guest stars that mostly avoids stereotyping. For these reasons, it falls very close to King of the Hill on the adult animation spectrum, steering clear of most Animated Shock Comedy tropes. Indeed, some have considered it a worthy (if crazier) successor.
Bob's Burgers is rerunning on Cartoon Network's [adult swim], FXX, and local broadcast stations on a regular basis.
Tie-in media includes:
- Dynamite Comics
- Bob's Burgers (2014) A 5 issue comic book series.
- Bob's Burgers (2015-2016) A 16 issue comic book series.
- Animation Throwdown: the Quest for Cards (2016) A Free-to-Play card game featuring characters from the show.
- The Bob's Burgers Music Album (2017), a 2-CD/3-LP set of the series' original songs released by Sub Pop.
- The Bob's Burgers Music Album: Volume 2 (2021)
- Monopoly: Bob's Burgers (2017)
- Clue: Bob's Burgers (2018)
- Bob's Burgers: Belcher Family Food Fight (2019)
- The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) A musical comedy feature film.
- "My Butt Has A Fever", an associated theatrical short shown with select screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Bob's Burgers celebrated its 10-year anniversary in January 2021.
