Bob's Burgers
L'il Hard Dad
TV Flash files “L'il Hard Dad” as hour 81 of 313 in the TV Flash guide — Bob's Burgers (2011–present) on Fox, season 5, episode 14, aired 2015-03-08, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E14: listed hour 81 of 313 in the Bob's Burgers guide, hour 14 of 21 in season 5. It aired 2015-03-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Gayle Tales” (S05E13). Next is “Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting” (S05E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bob becomes obsessed with his new automatic helicopter. When it falls apart for no reason, he enters into a battle with the manufacturer in order to receive a refund. Gene assists Bob in his quest, but things quickly get out of hand and end in a crazy helicopter battle. Meanwhile, Louise and Linda help Tina prepare for her oral book report.
Viewer FAQ
Where does L'il Hard Dad sit in the Bob's Burgers guide?
S05E14 is listed hour 81 of 313 — hour 14 of 21 in season 5, season 5 episode 14.
When did Bob's Burgers S05E14 air?
L'il Hard Dad aired 2015-03-08 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…