# Bob's Burgers season 3

The third season of the animated sitcom Bob's Burgers began airing on Fox in the United States on September 30, 2012, and concluded on May 12, 2013.

## Production

On May 14, 2012, Fox renewed Bob's Burgers for a third production cycle consisting of 13 episodes. On August 23, 2012, six additional scripts were ordered. The third season consisted of the 13 episodes from the second production cycle that did not air during the second season, and also included episodes from the third cycle.
This season featured guest stars such as Thomas Lennon, Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Jeffrey Tambor, Gary Cole, Bill Hader, and Aziz Ansari.
On May 13, 2014, Amazon.com released the season in a 3-disc-set "Burn-On-Demand" DVD-R.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 23 | 1 | "Ear-sy Rider" | Anthony Chun | Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi | September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30) | 2ASA13 | 5.46 |
| Louise gets her bunny ears stolen by a high school bully, and Bob meets the One-Eyed Snakes, a motorcycle gang, when they visit to honor their fallen leader. ||||||||
| 24 | 2 | "Full Bars" | Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim | Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu | October 7, 2012 (2012-10-07) | 2ASA17 | 4.89 |
| The kids skip their normal trick-or-treat route for Halloween and decide to go to a posh neighborhood, Kingshead Island, as they distribute full-sized candy bars. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda attend Teddy's annual "Black and Orange" party. ||||||||
| 25 | 3 | "Bob Fires the Kids" | Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | November 4, 2012 (2012-11-04) | 2ASA12 | 3.92 |
| When Bob feels that he is depriving the kids of any summer vacation, he decides to relieve them of duty from working the restaurant. After they get bored of their summer break, they are hired by a hippie couple to be "weed pickers". Meanwhile, Bob hires Mickey the bank robber to work at his restaurant. ||||||||
| 26 | 4 | "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" | John Rice | Kit Boss | November 11, 2012 (2012-11-11) | 2ASA08 | 4.89 |
| The Belchers are shanghaied on a cruise ship when the captain requests Bob to be his personal chef. While stuck on the cruise, Gene gets a crush on a talentless ventriloquist's Mae West-inspired manatee puppet, Tina pesters a masseur to give her a massage, and Louise gets cartoonishly-long finger- and toenails at the on-board salon. ||||||||
| 27 | 5 | "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" | Tyree Dillihay | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | November 18, 2012 (2012-11-18) | 2ASA19 | 3.94 |
| Bob's Thanksgiving traditions are interrupted when Mr. Fischoeder recruits the Belchers to pose as his family, hoping to impress an old flame. ||||||||
| 28 | 6 | "The Deepening" | Bernard Derriman | Greg Thompson | November 25, 2012 (2012-11-25) | 2ASA11 | 4.66 |
| In this parody of Jaws, Mr. Fischoeder buys a mechanical shark that was used in a movie shot at Wonder Wharf. Teddy, who worked on the movie when he was young, has to battle the shark when it threatens the town's safety. ||||||||
| 29 | 7 | "Tinarannosaurus Wrecks" | Wes Archer | Jon Schroeder | December 2, 2012 (2012-12-02) | 2ASA14 | 3.97 |
| When Tina accidentally totals the family car, she believes that she is jinxed when she and Bob decide to lie to the insurance agent and end up in insurance fraud. ||||||||
| 30 | 8 | "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" | Don MacKinnon | Holly Schlesinger | December 9, 2012 (2012-12-09) | 2ASA16 | 4.55 |
| Gene tries to break up with his new girlfriend, Courtney (voiced by David Wain), after the family finds her annoying. When he tries to, however, he finds out that her dad writes jingles and he could possibly launch his own career. Meanwhile, Linda tries a fad diet. Note: This is the only episode that Courtney's parents have appeared together. ||||||||
| 31 | 9 | "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" | Anthony Chun | Kit Boss | December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16) | 2ASA18 | 3.09 |
| Bob inherits a storage unit from a dead relative, and finds a mentally-disturbed man inside who claims that he was once a clothing store mannequin whose wife went missing when he turned human. ||||||||
| 32 | 10 | "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" | Jennifer Coyle | Nora Smith | January 6, 2013 (2013-01-06) | 2ASA15 | 6.40 |
| Linda fears that her bond with Louise isn't as strong as hers with Tina, so she forces Louise to attend a mother-daughter seminar. Meanwhile, Tina and Bob get their legs waxed. ||||||||
| 33 | 11 | "Nude Beach" | Wes Archer | Scott Jacobson | January 13, 2013 (2013-01-13) | 2ASA20 | 4.44 |
| Darryl and the Belcher kids set up a business for kids to pay to see a good view of the nearby nude beach. Meanwhile, a new health inspector replaces Hugo and Bob disagrees with him. ||||||||
| 34 | 12 | "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" | Jennifer Coyle | Greg Thompson | January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27) | 2ASA21 | 4.12 |
| Tina vows to find the "mad pooper" running rampant at the children's school. Meanwhile, Gene starts dressing and acting like Bob. ||||||||
| 35 | 13 | "My Fuzzy Valentine" | Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim | Dan Fybel & Rich Rinaldi | February 10, 2013 (2013-02-10) | 3ASA01 | 3.45 |
| Bob and the kids try to find the perfect Valentine's Day gift for Linda. Meanwhile, Linda opts to hold an impromptu speed-dating event at the restaurant. ||||||||
| 36 | 14 | "Lindapendent Woman" | Don MacKinnon | Mike Benner | February 17, 2013 (2013-02-17) | 2ASA22 | 3.93 |
| Bob and Linda try to think of ways to cut expenses. Linda decides to go shopping at Fresh Feed, a grocery store, where after talking to the manager about the store gets a part-time job. At the same time, Tina tries to find a boy she briefly met there. ||||||||
| 37 | 15 | "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" | Anthony Chun | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03) | 3ASA02 | 3.67 |
| In a parody of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Gene finds a talking toilet (voiced by Jon Hamm), and he is determined to keep it out of the wrong hands. ||||||||
| 38 | 16 | "Topsy" | Tyree Dillihay | Loren Bouchard & Nora Smith | March 10, 2013 (2013-03-10) | 3ASA03 | 3.85 |
| Louise tries to take down her Thomas Edison-obsessed science teacher by recreating the Topsy incident using Gene and Tina. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda fight over which of their spice-rack based inventions is better. ||||||||
| 39 | 17 | "Two for Tina" | Wes Archer | Scott Jacobson | March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17) | 3ASA04 | 3.62 |
| Tina starts dating a ballet dancer, making Jimmy, Jr. jealous. ||||||||
| 40 | 18 | "It Snakes a Village" | Jennifer Coyle | Kit Boss | March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24) | 3ASA05 | 3.76 |
| While the restaurant and the house are being fumigated, the Belchers decide to visit Linda's parents retirement community in Florida. Much to the kids' dismay, the retirement community pool is closed for cleaning and they have to find new ways to entertain themselves. Linda discovers that the community is for retirees who participate in swinging. Meanwhile, the kids get hired by a woman in the same village to hunt and take a picture of a python residing in the village forest, which she believes is responsible for the loss of her dog Bitsy. ||||||||
| 41 | 19 | "Family Fracas" | Don MacKinnon | Holly Schlesinger | April 14, 2013 (2013-04-14) | 3ASA06 | 3.45 |
| The Belcher family competes against the Pesto family in a game show to win a new minivan after the family car breaks down. ||||||||
| 42 | 20 | "The Kids Run the Restaurant" | Boohwan Lim & Kyounghee Lim | Steven Davis & Kelvin Yu | April 21, 2013 (2013-04-21) | 3ASA07 | 3.74 |
| After Bob goes to the hospital, the kids take over the restaurant and transform it into a casino. ||||||||
| 43 | 21 | "Boyz 4 Now" | Anthony Chun | Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux | April 28, 2013 (2013-04-28) | 3ASA08 | 3.50 |
| Tina and Louise attend a Boyz 4 Now concert, leading Louise to discover her crush on the lead singer. Meanwhile, Gene competes in a "table-scaping" competition. ||||||||
| 44 | 22 | "Carpe Museum" | Tyree Dillihay | Jon Schroeder | May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05) | 3ASA09 | 3.96 |
| The kids go on a school trip to the museum and Linda signs Bob up to be a chaperone. ||||||||
| 45 | 23 | "The Unnatural" | Wes Archer | Greg Thompson | May 12, 2013 (2013-05-12) | 3ASA10 | 3.38 |
| Gene joins a baseball camp that turns out to be a scam. Meanwhile, Tina gets hooked on espresso. ||||||||