Bob's Burgers
The Equestranauts
TV Flash files “The Equestranauts” as hour 62 of 313 in the TV Flash guide — Bob's Burgers (2011–present) on Fox, season 4, episode 17, aired 2014-04-13, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 62 of 313 in the Bob's Burgers guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 4. It aired 2014-04-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “I Get Psy-chic Out of You” (S04E16). Next is “Ambergris” (S04E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In an homage to the "Bronies" subculture, Tina attends her first Equestra-con, a convention based on her favorite animated pony show, "The Equestranauts." To her surprise, she finds that the show's fans are middle-aged men. When a powerful super-fan tricks Tina out of her rare toy pony, it's up to Bob to go undercover to get it back.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Equestranauts sit in the Bob's Burgers guide?
S04E17 is listed hour 62 of 313 — hour 17 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.
When did Bob's Burgers S04E17 air?
The Equestranauts aired 2014-04-13 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.
Filed against
- H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher
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- John Roberts as Linda Belcher
John Roberts’s Linda Belcher whoops through Bob’s Burgers as the family engine — a struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard’s Fox animation: Bob’s anxiety, Linda’s yes,…
- Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher
Kristen Schaal’s Louise Belcher is the pink-eared coup of Bob’s Burgers — kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning — and she doubled as Mabel Pines’s summer-supernatural heart on Gravity Falls. Kindest adult…
- Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher
Dan Mintz’s Tina Belcher is Bob’s Burgers at a monotone simmer — horses, butts, a diary of beautiful problems inside Loren Bouchard’s Fox animation. Bob’s anxiety, Linda’s whoop, Gene-Louise specificity; Tina is the deadpan that made…
- Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher
Eugene Mirman voiced Gene Belcher on Bob's Burgers — Loren Bouchard's kindest long-running adult animation, songs without warning, a burger joint where the kids generate beautiful problems. Bob's anxiety, Linda's whoop, Gene's keyboard…