Top 10 Plush Bob’s Burgers Episodes

Teddy is one of the most beloved characters in Bob’s Burgersand the A-plot or B-plot episodes centered around it are some of the show’s funniest episodes. The series revolves primarily around the Belchers: Bob’s efforts to keep his restaurant afloat, Linda’s never-ending quest to be a fun mother, Tina’s struggle to find love, Gene’s search for a musical voice, and Louise’s struggling with the terrors of growing up. But right now, the Belchers’ best client, Teddy, is practically an honorary member of the family – he’s there for all of their big moments.

Some of the best Bob’s Burgers the episodes revolve around Teddy. He got his own back-up plans, like when he repaired a boat in a misguided attempt to make his ex-wife jealous or when he babysat the Belcher children and lost one of them. And in so many episodes, Teddy stole the show in a B plot, like when he and Bob came up with a ridiculous scheme to sell discarded golf balls or when he had to take a shift at the restaurant because Linda was nowhere to be found. .

10

How to Gene for Chocolate

Season 7, Episode 12

The A-plot of Season 7, Episode 12, “Like Gene for Chocolate,” finds Gene trying to convince a candy company to bring back his favorite discontinued chocolate bar. But the B plot has Teddy involving Bob in a ridiculous scheme. He needs Bob’s help to sneak onto a golf course after hours and collect discarded golf balls from the bottom of the lake so he can sell them for a profit.

This storyline doesn’t offer much insight into Teddy’s character (other than his penchant for ridiculous get-rich-quick schemes), but it has a lot of hilarious scenes. From Bob and Teddy’s high-speed escape from the golf course to Teddy throwing dozens of filthy golf balls into the restaurant’s dishwasher, this episode is packed with lots of laughs. Gene’s A-plot in this episode is great, but Teddy’s B-plot is arguably even funnier.

9

Driving Big Dummy

Season 12, Episode 4

Bob is forced to go on a road trip with Teddy in Season 12, Episode 4, “Driving Big Dummy.” They embark on a long road trip to buy a new sink for the restaurant and deliver a giant ventriloquist dummy head to a collector of miniature golf sculptures. Along the way, Teddy makes numerous stops to catch up with old friends, and Bob notices that Teddy is equally friendly with everyone else he patronizes in the service industry.

Teddy is generally used as comic relief in Bob’s Burgersbut “Driving Big Dummy” showed that there is much more to it. It was clear that he is very similar to John Candy’s character from Planes, trains and automobiles – he can be a bit boring, but he is personable and has a huge heart. As Bob is able to see Teddy in a new light, so is the audience.

8

Christmas in the car

Season 4, Episode 8

While the Belchers are trying to get a new tree on Christmas Eve in Season 4 Episode 8, “Christmas in the Car,” they give Teddy a simple task: go into the kitchen and turn off the oven. However, when he gets there, he falls into a trap that Louise prepared for Santa Claus. He spends the rest of the episode tied to the Belchers’ refrigerator, waiting for them to come home and free him.

This B-plot hilariously juxtaposes the intensity of DuelA cat and mouse chase with a truck driver undeterred by the mundanity of Teddy lying on the kitchen floor, killing time. This highlights Teddy’s internal monologue as he spends time expressing all his useless thoughts and observations. Plus, the animation of Teddy squirming like a trapped animal is one of the funniest visual gags in the entire series.

7

Thelma and Louise, except Thelma is Beautiful

Season 7, Episode 19

Linda breaks Louise out of detention and takes her out for a day of fun in Season 7, Episode 19, “Thelma & Louise Except Thelma is Linda.” Unfortunately for Bob, while Linda is away, the restaurant experiences one of its busiest days ever when a group of cyclists stop by for lunch. Unable to contact Linda and unable to handle the workload alone, Bob reluctantly recruits Teddy to take a shift at the restaurant.

The A plot of this episode is very cute, as Linda and Louise grow closer, but the B plot is where it gets the biggest laughs. Bob’s sons are not particularly good employees, but they are a hundred times more competent than Teddy. From remembering which order belongs to which table to getting jalapeño juice in his eyes, Teddy ends up being more of a problem than a help.

6

Frigate Me Knot

Season 12, Episode 13

Teddy is invited to the farewell ceremony for the ship he served on in the Navy in Season 12, Episode 13, “Fragate Me Knot.” Having been embarrassed during his service when he accidentally fell off the ship twice in one night, Teddy is reluctant to face his naval companions again. But Linda thinks he needs to face the embarrassment to get over it, so she encourages him to go.

The saddest episodes about Teddy focus on his debilitating insecurities, and “Frigate Me Knot” is a prime example of this. These insecurities come to the fore when Teddy reluctantly attends the ship’s farewell ceremony and tries to avoid interacting with any of his former shipmates while Linda holds his hand every step of the way. This shows Linda’s compassion as much as Teddy’s neuroses.

5

Mission Impossi-Bob

Season 14, Episode 11

Teddy gets a job working in a survivor’s underground bunker in season 14, episode 11, “Mission Impossi-Bob.” When he accidentally traps himself inside the bunker, he calls Bob to save him. Unfortunately, because Teddy’s client is very paranoid, he never gave him an address and took him there blindfolded, so Teddy has no idea where he is. So, Bob has to find Teddy based on the very limited clues he can give him.

This episode is a genuinely intriguing mystery that gets more and more exciting as Bob gets closer and closer to the bunker. This shows that Bob is much more intuitive and resourceful than he thought and highlights his friendship with Teddy. Together, they can achieve anything – even find a paranoid survivor’s bunker based on the length of a song.

4

Sea me now

Season 7, Episode 2

It is revealed that Teddy was repairing a boat in Season 7 Episode 2, “Sea Me Now.” When it’s finally ready, he takes the Belchers on a trip along the coast, and they quickly realize why he bought a boat. As he passes his ex-wife’s place of work, talking loudly about how much fun he is having on his boat, it becomes clear that he bought and restored a boat in hopes of making his ex-wife regret leaving him. .

Although Teddy is a hilarious character who always makes the audience laugh, there is an underlying sadness to Teddy that is fully exposed in this episode. His marriage ended a long time ago, but unlike his ex-wife, he still hasn’t moved on. “Sea Me Now” uses hilarious slapstick comedy to demonstrate how destructive it is to hold on to the past.

3

Friends with burger

Season 5, Episode 3

When Teddy receives alarming medical news in Season 5 Episode 3, “Friends with Burger-fits,” Bob begins to feel guilty that his greasy, greasy burgers are killing his best customer. So, Bob decides to help Teddy improve his health, which leads them to a training camp for Hollywood stuntmen. As the episode progresses, it becomes less about Teddy’s health and more about his friendship with Bob.

At first, Bob refuses to accept that Teddy is his friend, despite his wife and children acknowledging that he is their best friend. Throughout the episode, Bob resists a genuine friendship with Teddy before finally accepting it. Bob and Teddy’s relationship has always been one of the most moving aspects of the series, and this episode puts that relationship under the microscope and it comes out stronger than ever.

2

Accumulation of thanks

Season 8, Episode 5

Teddy asks Bob for help as he prepares to host his first Thanksgiving dinner in Season 8, Episode 5, “Thanks-Hoarding.” Bob discovers it will be a much more difficult task than it seems, as Teddy doesn’t even know how to peel a carrot and is planning to prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal. Things get even more complicated when Linda and the kids discover that Teddy is a collector of secrets.

This is one of Bob’s Burgers‘more emotional episodes. Bob trying to teach Teddy how to cook gets a lot of laughs, but the revelation that Teddy is a hoarder who never throws anything away gives deeper insight into what makes him tick. Teddy’s speech about how he just wants to fix things is the show’s most raw representation of who Teddy is at his core.

1

Uncle Teddy

Season 4, Episode 14

When Bob and Linda leave to attend a burger convention, they bring Teddy along to watch the kids in Season 4 Episode 14, “Uncle Teddy.” He wants to be considered the kids’ cool uncle, but his idea of ​​fun – watching The Mentalist and fix the plumbing – it’s not exactly the same as theirs. When Tina runs away to date a boy, Teddy questions whether he’s fit to be an uncle.

This is easily the best Teddy-centric episode of Bob’s Burgers. This juicy premise gets a lot of laughs, but it also highlights how desperate Teddy is to be part of this family. It’s touching to see how protective he is of Tina when he discovers her crush is taking advantage of her (and hilarious to see the consequences of his paternal anger).