<P> As shown in the flashback during "Father of the Bob," the "Burger of the Day" special stems from an incident in which he customized a burger by adding chives to it, calling it "Baby You Can Chive My Car ." He tried to serve it to one of Big Bob's regular customers who normally ordered a tuna melt, but Big Bob threw the burger away in front of the whole diner . Ten years later, still resentful over not being allowed to cook the way he wanted, Bob turned down Big Bob's offer of a partnership in the diner and opened his own restaurant . </P> <P> Bob prides himself on giving the customer a quality meal and goes the extra mile to ensure that, choosing fresh ingredients he gets from the local farmer's markets and co-op's . His biggest accomplishment is the Meatsiah, a concoction that consists of a steak tartare center with a medium - well cooked burger surrounding it and a burger Wellington surrounding the burger . Bob is allergic to shellfish, particularly lobster, as it causes his face to swell any time he eats it . This is a problem, as the town the Belchers live in has an annual lobster festival (which Bob hates because it takes away from his business). Bob, along with Linda, enjoys drinking and many of the episode gags involve Bob or Linda drinking and getting drunk from wine . Bob also has a tendency to take mind - altering substances such as crack in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?", absinthe in "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal", pain relievers in "Housetrap", and his pain medication in "Burgerboss". </P> <Ul> <Li> Linda Belcher (voiced by John Roberts)--Linda Belcher is Bob's happy - go - lucky and supportive wife and the mother of Tina, Gene, and Louise . Prior to her marriage to Bob, she was engaged to Hugo, who is now a local health inspector ("Human Flesh"). In the fifth - season episode "Eat, Spray, Linda" she turned forty - four years old . She has also referred to herself as a "pre middle aged mother" ("Lindapendent Woman") Linda often calls her husband Bobby, and her attraction to Bob is in part due to his passion for his work, and also due to his "Tom Selleckian" mustache . She remains a loyal and devoted wife despite their frequent financial problems and never having had a honeymoon or a day off in 10 years ("Weekend at Mort's"). She has a preference for mustaches, and says Bob "made himself ugly" when he shaved it off ("Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"). Her passions include singing, dinner theater, porcelain baby figurines, Tom Selleck, nautically themed romance novels, and prenatal yoga . She handles the accounting for the restaurant, though her bookkeeping methods are sometimes troublesome and overly complicated . She is fond of alcohol and is known to say that "Mommy doesn't get drunk; she just has fun ." Linda is extroverted, has a thick New Jersey accent, and is somewhat odd; she is also fond of tackling problems using unconventional methods, though her methods are frequently over-optimistic and things sometimes go awry . She often encourages her kids to engage in behavior that Bob finds annoying, and though she wants what's best for her kids, she tends to be scatter - brained . Bob has described her as a "pushover" because she allows people (the kids) to take advantage of her . She has a contentious relationship with Louise and often misunderstands her, even once organizing a slumber party for Louise against her will . She is a talented lyricist, as shown in "Lil Hard Dad;" Gene may have inherited his musical predilection from her . She has tendency to spontaneously burst into song, a trait she shares with her voice actor John Roberts . Many of the songs she is known for are improvised by Roberts, including her "Thanksgiving Song", "Dish - a-Dee - Doo" (a jazzy ditty sung while washing the dishes, as seen in Mother Daughter Laser Razor), and a hair - brushing ditty that references the late Harry Truman . Her songs are frequently remade and set to music for the episode's end credits . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Linda Belcher (voiced by John Roberts)--Linda Belcher is Bob's happy - go - lucky and supportive wife and the mother of Tina, Gene, and Louise . Prior to her marriage to Bob, she was engaged to Hugo, who is now a local health inspector ("Human Flesh"). In the fifth - season episode "Eat, Spray, Linda" she turned forty - four years old . She has also referred to herself as a "pre middle aged mother" ("Lindapendent Woman") Linda often calls her husband Bobby, and her attraction to Bob is in part due to his passion for his work, and also due to his "Tom Selleckian" mustache . She remains a loyal and devoted wife despite their frequent financial problems and never having had a honeymoon or a day off in 10 years ("Weekend at Mort's"). She has a preference for mustaches, and says Bob "made himself ugly" when he shaved it off ("Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"). Her passions include singing, dinner theater, porcelain baby figurines, Tom Selleck, nautically themed romance novels, and prenatal yoga . She handles the accounting for the restaurant, though her bookkeeping methods are sometimes troublesome and overly complicated . She is fond of alcohol and is known to say that "Mommy doesn't get drunk; she just has fun ." Linda is extroverted, has a thick New Jersey accent, and is somewhat odd; she is also fond of tackling problems using unconventional methods, though her methods are frequently over-optimistic and things sometimes go awry . She often encourages her kids to engage in behavior that Bob finds annoying, and though she wants what's best for her kids, she tends to be scatter - brained . Bob has described her as a "pushover" because she allows people (the kids) to take advantage of her . She has a contentious relationship with Louise and often misunderstands her, even once organizing a slumber party for Louise against her will . She is a talented lyricist, as shown in "Lil Hard Dad;" Gene may have inherited his musical predilection from her . She has tendency to spontaneously burst into song, a trait she shares with her voice actor John Roberts . Many of the songs she is known for are improvised by Roberts, including her "Thanksgiving Song", "Dish - a-Dee - Doo" (a jazzy ditty sung while washing the dishes, as seen in Mother Daughter Laser Razor), and a hair - brushing ditty that references the late Harry Truman . Her songs are frequently remade and set to music for the episode's end credits . </Li>

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