Fight at the Not Okay Chore-ral

"" is the first episode in Season 14, being the two-hundred-and-sixty-first episode overall.
==Plot==
When Linda and Bob suggest the kids do chores, the family ends up in a showdown.
== Full story ==
The episode starts at night, with the Belchers having dinner in their home. In preparation for what she will say, Linda asks how Tina, Gene, and Louise feel about dinner. Louise talks about her upsetting day at school when Ms. Labonz confiscated her finger pop-pet candy toy and threw it in the trash. Linda says that she and Bob want the kids to help around at the house by starting to do chores tomorrow, like cleaning the bathroom and vacuuming the floors. The kids are shocked at what Linda says. Speaking for Tina and Gene, Louise asks if they'll be getting a raise in their allowance for doing chores, adding that what Linda and Bob pay them is already insufficient. Linda tells Louse no, saying that the fundamental part of doing chores is learning to contribute to the family and society. Louise responds by telling Linda that she and her siblings already work in the restaurant for nothing. Louise asks why Linda is suddenly talking about chores. Linda reveals that she was talking to Grandma Gloria, and she told Linda that Linda should have her kids do chores since she made her and Gayle do chores as a kid. Louise then asks what Linda will do if they refuse to do what their parents request. Linda says they have no choice. They continue at this for thirty minutes until Linda states they won't get to watch T.V. since they're refusing to do their chores.
After dinner, they're all in the living room, doing anything but watching the T.V. since Linda forbade them to. Since Linda prohibits them from watching T.V., the kids renounce brushing their teeth and going to bed. After Louise mocks Linda for being unable to think of a worse punishment, Linda declares they won't ever celebrate Christmas again. The kids are appalled. Bob pulls Linda to their room, thinking this punishment is too harsh. 
Without Tina, Gene, and Louise here, Bob suggests he buys a bag of candy so they can give the kids compensation for doing their chores. Linda doesn't back down, but they agree that the kids need sleep. Linda calls Tina, Gene, and Louise to their room and apologizes for saying there won't be any more Christmases. Linda and Bob attempt to get the kids to fall asleep. Linda suggests that they tell a bedtime story so the kids fall asleep like Linda and Bob told them when they were younger. Tina suggests that they tell the Pepperoni the Sleepy Pony story. The kids propose changing the story a little, first by making Pepperoni not so sleepy, and Tina adds that they should make him "really buff."
Bob begins the story in a 19th-century Western American setting. Pepperoni is traveling "looking for a place to not sleep." The pony ends up in a small mining town named "Westernville." Bob adds that three siblings live there (who resemble Tina, Gene, and Louise), collectively known as the Blearps, who run the town's saloon. The kids keep altering their characters a few to fit their personalities more, but Linda gets them to stop being distracted. She mentions that Westernville has two married sheriffs (who resemble herself and Bob), but the townspeople, especially the Blearps, don't respect them. Relating to the chores situation, Sheriff Linda says that the Blearps don't listen to the sheriffs, even though they are "a lot older and wiser than the townspeople." Louise adds that the Blearps don't listen to the sheriffs because one night, when the sheriffs ordered the people to go to bed, the sheriffs snuck off. The Blearps discreetly followed the sheriffs on Pepperoni to the mine outside of the town, and they discovered that the sheriffs were congregating with the corrupt, wealthy owner of the mine, Mr. Goldoeder (who resembles Mr. Fishoeder). The Blearps found out that the sheriffs were only ordering the townspeople to keep Westernville "nice and tidy" so that the Big G (who resembles Grandma Gloria) would buy it, and the sheriffs and Mr. Goldoeder would get paid for it. Linda retorts, saying the sheriffs weren't so bad, but Louise doubles down, saying that the sheriffs were greedy. Mr. Goldoeder realizes that their plan isn't working well, and he suggests they shoot one of the townspeople with their bean blaster. The Blearps decide that they have to get rid of the sheriffs.
The Blearps go back to town and collect money the rest of the townspeople gave them so they can all get rid of the sheriffs. The Blearps use the money to pay freelancers (who resemble Jimmy Jr. and Zeke) who will abduct the sheriffs and put them in "the middle of nowhere." As suggested by Linda and Bob, the freelancers ask why the Blearps want to do this to the sheriffs, adding they don't think the sheriffs deserve it. But when the Blearps tell them the sheriffs force them to do chores, the freelancers change their minds about the sheriffs and agree to abduct them.
When it was morning, the freelancers shanghaied the sheriffs on their horses and put them in "the middle of nowhere," far away from Westernville. Louise ends the story here, but Linda adds more.
The sheriffs started heading back to the town, taking multiple days. Bob adds that they were making a great effort to return to Westernville to "help [the townspeople] and watch over them," but Louise replies they were doing better without the sheriffs. While the townspeople were celebrating the removal of the sheriffs, Mr. Goldoeder and his armed miners came to the town, ordering the townspeople to leave Westernville or else he would "bean-blast" the townspeople.
The Blearps engage Mr. Goldoeder in a standoff, but the sheriffs manage to return. They try to stop the Blearps and Mr. Goldoeder, saying that they're there to protect the Blearps. The Blearps don't trust them. They think that the sheriffs only wanted to impress Big G, and Sheriff Linda admits that, but she says they also wanted the townspeople because it's good and it is "protecting" them. While the sheriffs and the Blearps argue, Mr. Goldoeder's miners sneak behind the armed townspeople, taking their weapons and planning to bean-blast them all. The sheriffs tell Mr. Goldoeder he can't bean-blast the townspeople because Big G doesn't like messes, and all the beans would cause one. Mr. Goldoeder then makes the Blearps and the sheriffs compete in a quick draw contest, where two opposing people try to bean-blast each other, and whoever gets the best shot wins the round. The winner of the whole contest gets to determine who stays in town. Mr. Goldoeder adds that he'll be joining the competition, too. Bob tells Louise that the sheriffs wouldn't compete against the townspeople, but Linda says that the sheriffs would show the townspeople who's in charge. 
The contest begins with townsperson Marshmallow keeping track of the scoreboard. The first round was Louise against Bob, which Louise almost immediately won. The next one was with Linda against Gene, with Linda winning. The third round was Mr. Goldoeder against Tina, which Mr. Goldoeder won. Since Louise and Linda were the only ones who could be going against Mr. Goldoeder, he suggested changing the bean ammo to limas, which were larger and more painful than their regular ammunition. Louise and Linda load their blasters with lima beans. Sherif Linda is shocked that Louise would blast her with a lima bean, and Louise expresses the same concern. Sheriff Linda tells Louise that if she just did her chores, they wouldn't be in this situation, but Louise tells Linda that there's no way she'd do them. Sheriff Linda began crying since Linda started crying in real life. 
Linda ran out of the room sobbing. Bob tells the kids he will talk to Linda, but Louise suggests she should go. When Louise comes to the living room, Linda quickly wipes her eyes and tells her daughter she's not crying, adding that it'd be cool even if she were. Louise apologizes to her mom in the living room for making her cry. Louise explains she refused to do her chores because when Ms. Labonz took her candy, it made her defiant of adult authority. Linda also accepts some of the blame. Linda says she only told them to do their chores because of Grandma Gloria, and she explains that she feels a lot of pressure on herself to raise good kids. They end up hugging, and Linda tells Louise that her defiance won't always be a bad thing in the future. Linda tells Louise that she will still make Louise and the rest of her kids do chores, but she will give them candy as compensation. Louise accepts. Bob, Tina, and Gene enter the living room, and Bob adds that he was the one who came up with the idea of using candy as an incentive. Gene declares they should return to their parent's room to finish the story.
Back to the story, Sheriff Linda and Louise Blearp turn their guns towards Mr. Goldoeder. Mr. Goldoeder points a gun to both of them, but Big G arrives at the town, asking what's happening. Mr. Goldoeder tells Big G that the sheriffs aren't doing their jobs either, and Big G says she doesn't approve of that. Like Linda is speaking up to her mom, Sheriff Linda tells Big G that she doesn't care about Big G's opinion. Sheriff Linda moves out of the way as Bob rolls towards Big G with a bean cannon.
While Bob and Linda are disputing if cannons could actually roll on their own, they find out that the kids fell asleep in their bed. Bob and Linda decide they'll all be sleeping in their bed tonight. Tina and Gene wake up to remind Bob that Pepperoni needs to eat some pepperoni before the story ends, and they all sleep.
==Videos==
Linda Asks the Kids to Do Chores - Bob’s Burgers
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Category:Season 14 Episodes
Category:Episodes Written by Nora Smith
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