Bob's Burgers
Better Off Sled
TV Flash files “Better Off Sled” as hour 160 of 313 in the TV Flash guide — Bob's Burgers (2011–present) on Fox, season 9, episode 10, aired 2018-12-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E10: listed hour 160 of 313 in the Bob's Burgers guide, hour 10 of 22 in season 9. It aired 2018-12-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “UFO No You Didn't” (S09E09). Next is “Lorenzo's Oil? No, Linda's” (S09E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The battle is on when some angsty teenagers take over Louise, Gene and Tina's usual sledding territory, inciting an epic turf war. Meanwhile, Bob steps in to help Linda, who's in a time crunch to get three scarves knitted before Christmas.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Better Off Sled sit in the Bob's Burgers guide?
S09E10 is listed hour 160 of 313 — hour 10 of 22 in season 9, season 9 episode 10.
When did Bob's Burgers S09E10 air?
Better Off Sled aired 2018-12-09 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
H. Jon Benjamin voices Bob Belcher as anxiety you can grill — struggling burger joint, kids generating beautiful problems, songs erupting without warning. Loren Bouchard's Fox animation, Linda's whoop, Tina-Gene-Louise specificity. TV…
- 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…