Bob's Burgers
God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins
TV Flash files “God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins” as hour 31 of 313 in the TV Flash guide — Bob's Burgers (2011–present) on Fox, season 3, episode 9, aired 2012-12-16, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E09: listed hour 31 of 313 in the Bob's Burgers guide, hour 9 of 23 in season 3. It aired 2012-12-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene” (S03E08). Next is “Mother Daughter Laser Razor” (S03E10).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bob inherits a storage unit, and the whole family imagines it's filled with treasures. Instead, they find a man named Chet (guest star Zach Galifianakis) living inside. Linda, feeling the holiday spirit, persuades Bob to invite Chet to stay at the restaurant. It's discovered that this stranger, who claims he was once a mannequin, has a gift for intricate and living window displays. With the restaurant decked out in holiday cheer, the Christmas spirit is in the air.
Viewer FAQ
Where does God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins sit in the Bob's Burgers guide?
S03E09 is listed hour 31 of 313 — hour 9 of 23 in season 3, season 3 episode 9.
When did Bob's Burgers S03E09 air?
God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins aired 2012-12-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch from season one?
Helpful for family texture, not a mystery box. Episodes are largely hangout-and-song; continuity is love, not homework. Jumping in mid-run still works.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Belchers run a struggling burger joint while the kids generate beautiful problems and songs erupt without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation is Bob's anxiety, Linda's whoop, Tina-Gene-Louise specificity. Kindest long-running adult animation of the decade without losing joke bite — working-class warmth, pun burgers, a movie, Ocean Avenue still open.
A struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation premiered January 9, 2011, and never really left: H. Jon Benjamin's anxious Bob, John Roberts's Linda, Kristen Schaal's Louise, Dan Mintz's Tina, Eugene Mirman's Gene. Guest burgers are puns; love is non-negotiable. Storyboarded fantasy sequences and original songs are house style, not extras. The work is the griddle — working-class warmth as comic engine, joke bite intact.
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- Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher
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- Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher
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- Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher
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