Family Fracas

"Family Fracas"
Bob's Burgers episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Series 41 Episode 19
Directed by	Don MacKinnon
Written by	Holly Schlesinger
Production code	3ASA06
Original air date	April 14, 2013
Guest appearance(s)
Thomas Lennon as Chuck Samantha Bee as Pam David Herman as Announcer Rob Huebel as Harry Jay Johnston as Jimmy Pesto Laura Silverman as Andy Sarah Silverman as Ollie

"Family Fracas" is the 19th episode of the third season–and the 41st episode overall–of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers. It was written by Holly Schlesinger and directed by Don MacKinnon.^[1] It aired on Fox in the United States on April 14, 2013.

Plot

While the Belchers are on their way to the movie theater, their car breaks down and Jimmy Pesto takes advantage of the situation to mock Bob relentlessly. Leaving the car at the roadside, they decide instead to see the taping of a television show at the local studio. Bob runs across Chuck Charles, with whom he has a history (see "Beefsquatch"), and who is now the host of Family Fracas, a game show styled after Double Dare that offers a new minivan as its grand prize. Over Chuck's objections, and spurred on by Linda and the kids, Bob agrees to let his family compete against the reigning champions.

The Belchers win game after game, to Chuck's dismay, but receive only a 5-gallon bucket of "Fracas Foam" (an orange slimy substance dumped onto the losing family) after each victory due to Louise's spinning of the prize wheel. Jimmy and his family challenge and defeat them, winning the minivan, and the Belchers return home. Watching a viral video of the final round, Bob becomes convinced that Chuck rigged it in Jimmy's favor and confronts Harry, the producer of Family Fracas. Harry arranges for the Belchers to sue Jimmy and Chuck on Pam's Court, a court show presided over by Chuck's bitter ex-wife Pam.

Bob has no direct evidence of any cheating, but Gene realizes that an overhead camera in the Family Fracas studio may have recorded it. Pam orders Chuck to bring in the videotape from that camera, but he destroys it instead. Without any evidence to support Bob's claims, Pam is forced to rule in favor of Jimmy and Chuck. As the Belchers walk home from the studio, they find Jimmy trying in vain to change a flat tire on his new minivan. Bob decides to help, even though Jimmy continues to mock him.

Reception

Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B–, saying "The inability for the Belchers to make progress renders “Family Fracas” relatively disappointing overall. Although it certainly has its funny moments, they don't coalesce into a full episode because the failures become so predictable. The Belchers may deserve fame, and fame could even be good for them in their world, but it's best for us viewers in our world that they stay unrecognized in theirs."^[2] The episode received a 1.6 rating and was watched by a total of 3.45 million people. This made it the fourth most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating The Cleveland Show but losing to Family Guy.^[3]

References

↑ "Bob's Burgers Episode Guide 2013 Season 3 – Family Fracas, Episode 19". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
↑ Kaiser, Rowan. ""Family Fracas" | Bob's Burgers | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
↑ Bibel, Sara (April 16, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Cleveland Show', 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Amazing Race', 'Family Guy', 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'American Dad' Adjusted Up; '60 Minutes' Adjusted Down + Final Golf Numbers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 17, 2013.

Bob's Burgers

Episodes Characters Writers

Season 1	"Human Flesh" "Crawl Space" "Sacred Cow" "Sexy Dance Fighting" "Hamburger Dinner Theater" "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" "Bed & Breakfast" "Art Crawl" "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" "Burger Wars" "Weekend at Mort's" "Lobsterfest" "Torpedo"

Season 2	"The Belchies" "Bob Day Afternoon" "Synchronized Swimming" "Burgerboss" "Food Truckin'" "Dr. Yap" "Moody Foodie" "Bad Tina" "Beefsquatch"

Season 3	"Ear-sy Rider" "Full Bars" "Bob Fires the Kids" "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" "The Deepening" "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" "Nude Beach" "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "My Fuzzy Valentine" "Lindapendant Woman" "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" "Topsy" "Two for Tina" "It Snakes a Village" "Family Fracas" "The Kids Run the Restaurant" "Boyz 4 Now" "Carpe Museum" "The Unnatural"

Season 4	"A River Runs Through Bob" "Fort Night" "Seaplane!" "My Big Fat Greek Bob" "Turkey in a Can" "Purple Rain-Union" "Bob and Deliver" "Christmas in the Car" "Slumber Party" "Presto Tina-o" "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial" "The Frond Files" "Mazel-Tina" "Uncle Teddy" "The Kids Rob a Train" "I Get Psy-chic Out of You" "The Equestranauts" "Ambergris" "The Kids Run Away" "Gene It On" "Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part I)" "World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part II)"

Season 5	"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" "Tina and the Real Ghost" "Friends with Burger-fits" "Dawn of the Peck" "Best Burger" "Father of the Bob" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" "Midday Run" "Speakeasy Rider" "Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise" "Can't Buy Me Math" "The Millie-churian Candidate" "The Gayle Tales" "L'il Hard Dad" "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" "The Runway Club" "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" "Eat, Spray, Linda" "Housetrap" "Hawk & Chick" "The Oeder Games"

Season 6	"Sliding Bobs" "The Land Ship" "The Hauntening" "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" "Nice-Capades" "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover" "The Gene and Courtney Show" "Sexy Dance Healing" "Sacred Couch" "Lice Things Are Lice" "House of 1000 Bounces" "Stand by Gene" "Wag the Hog" "The Hormone-iums" "Pro Tiki/Con Tiki" "Bye Bye Boo Boo" "The Horse Rider-er" "Secret Admiral-irer" "Glued, Where's My Bob?"

Season 7	"Flu-ouise" "Sea Me Now" "Teen-a Witch" "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" "The Quirkducers" "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left"

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