Gene Belcher/Trivia

==Trivia==
*He is the only Belcher whose voice actor was born in Russia.https://www.eugenemirman.com/faqs
*He is shown to be incredibly impulsive, often doing and saying things with little to no thought as the consequences or what they imply. Another way of saying this is how he blurts out anything that comes to his mind.
*In "My Fuzzy Valentine," Louise refers to him as "Eugene," proving that this is his real name for which he is short, meaning that he shares his first name with his voice actor, Eugene Mirman.
**His name means "well-born."
*He doesn't know his own middle name because his mom refuses to tell him. ("Midday Run")
*He swears the least out of all the characters (although he frequently uses terminology that are double entendre's and is often scolded by his dad for it).
*Linda writes their family's phone number on his leg every morning in case he gets lost. ("Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise")
*Despite his love of music, he has no training and he has never shown an interest in partaking in formal lessons. ("Itty Bitty Ditty Committee")
**He also has acknowledged, in "The Kids Run the Restaurant," that he is not a good singer. (though he sings/plays a lot of the songs in the show)
**Despite this lack of interest and self-proclaimed lack of skill, he has successfully written several songs ("Turkey in a Can," "Topsy"), a musical ("Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl"), and frequently breaks into song. ("Roller? I Hardly Know Her!")
*He is in between being a teen and a child, and unlike Tina (his eldest sister), has shown a preference for remaining young. He prefers to stay close to home and his parents, especially his mom.
*He is closest to his mom due to their love of music and shared eccentricities.
*He is in sixth grade at Wagstaff School.
*He is the only Belcher with visible ears.
*He has a widow's peak. ("Hawk & Chick")
*In the episode "Moody Foodie," it is revealed he is uncircumcised. This is mentioned again in "Mazel-Tina" after Bob agrees to cater Tammy's Bat Mitzvah when he expresses a desire to get a circumcision.
*Big Bob wanted Bob to change his name. ("Father of the Bob")
*In the episode "My Big Fat Greek Bob," he reveals that he has had a secret cat living under his bed for 8 months.
*In "Bad Tina," he reveals that he has and uses a litter box under his bed.
*He was born late, after his due date and Linda implies his birth was difficult in "Ear-sy Rider."
**Also in "Ear-sy Rider," it is stated that he had a pet fish to prove he was responsible enough to get a dog (but he was not, and it is implied the fish died).
*Has a 28-year-old albino friend named Ken, who does improvised hip-hop. It is unknown if Ken is imaginary or not.
*Like Bob, he has an allergy to lobsters, as seen in "Lobsterfest." He's allergic to shellfish in general. ("The Handyman Can")
*His keyboard is a Casio SK-5, both Loren Bouchard and Eugene Mirman had one when they were kids.https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/74nnph/i_am_the_comedian_eugene_mirman_i_voice_gene_on/dnzr71t/
*He likes sand. ("Carpe Museum")
*He calls his testicles "Two Small Coincidences." ("I Get Psy-chic Out of You")
**He also calls them his "money twins." ("The Taking of Funtime One Two Three")
*He is a Sagittarius ("O.T.: The Outside Toilet"), which means his birthday is between November 23rd and December 21st. 
*In "Stand by Gene," Louise claims that had a concussion right after she and Tina decided to let him decide what they should do for fun, and that's why he forgot about it. However, she might've been lying.
*Sometimes he dresses as the opposite gender and enjoys doing so. He also refers to himself as feminine quite often, and will respond when someone treats him like a girl. His family is mostly supportive of his gender fluidity; Louise has referred to him as her "sister" on multiple occasions, but Bob once chastised him for insisting he had a vagina. It is unknown if this behavior is indicative of a specific gender-fluidity orientation, or a result of him simply being eccentric, impulsive individual.
**The crew and cast have been asked about this, but essentially declined to comment because of their belief that, at his age, it wouldn't matter (and he likely wouldn't have really thought about gender/sexuality at all yet).
**This could mirror the fact that one of his two Tobin counterparts from The Great North, Ham (the other being Wolf) is openly gay, and that Ham's family is also supportive of his sexuality.
*In "Crawl Space," he had a history report and when he was called to the board, he was scolded, then sent to detention for playing his grandparents' sex sounds in front of the entire class.
*His favorite candy is Chunky Blast Offs, manufactured by Spratt's Sweets. ("Like Gene for Chocolate")
*Linda and Bob mentioned signing him up for ballet when they were drunk in "Best Burger." It has not been mentioned since, but he definitely went as Linda references it saying he "never would have taken ballet [if we didn't sign up for things drunk]."
*His first spit-up was on the family sofa. ("Sacred Couch")
*On one of his birthdays, he sat on the toilet for so long, the clown that was hired had to come into the bathroom. ("O.T. The Outside Toilet")
*In "It Snakes A Village," he reveals he once ate a button, and it passed through him without being digested. He kept the button after.
*He has ophidiophobia, which is the fear of snakes ("It Snakes a Village"). He claims that snakes are the only thing that scares him. He hates being around them and will panic when he sees one ("Just the Trip"). However, he doesn't seem to be scared of dead snakes. ("The Fresh Princ-ipal")
**Despite this claim, he has been shown to have a small fear of roller coasters, such as the Scream-I-Cane ("Wharf Horse").
*He burned his penis when he spilled hot sauce on it while eating his bathroom taco. ("Full Bars") 
*He was the first human character in the series with a confirmed eye color, with it being brown. ("The Gene & Courtney Show")
*He is the least hygienic of the Belchers, once leaving hot sauce on the back of his neck for 3 days that the family mistook for a sunburn. (Worms of In-Rear-ment)
*According to his mom, he has the best calves in the family.
*At a 2020 Comic-Con @Home panel, Loren Bouchard revealed he had originally named him "Leo," but ended up changing it to avoid having too many “L” names on the show.
*Several episodes indicate that he is a fan of English actor Sir Michael Caine.
*He and Louise both have a hall pass that allows them to go anywhere in the school. ("Midday Run")
*He has a hairy mole on his back that the kids 'draw straws' (hair) from. ("Speakeasy Rider")
*He collages. ("Sea Me Now")
*He called the police on his parents for not providing macaroni and cheese on "mac and cheese night." ("Tell Me Dumb Thing Good")
*He gives his dad a surprise shower-hug every day. ("Seven-tween Again")
*The movie Cast Away makes him cry. ("Teen-a Witch")
*He takes prednisone. ("As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps")
*"So You Stink You Can Dance" reveals his normal shorts are buttoned. 
*His signature is a peace sign, a yin-yang, and four lightning bolts. ("Video Killed the Gene-io Star")
*He learned how to lucid-dream in "Running Down a Gene."
*He either wears two sets of underwear or none at all. ("The Kids Run the Restaurant")
*Pinkles are his favorite frozen yogurt topping. ("Have Yourself a Maily Linda Christmas")
*He has an ingrown toenail. ("Spider House Rules")
*The fastest time he can put on a dress is 3.5 seconds. ("Romancing the Beef")
*He often goes to the restroom mid-morning because of his cheese-eating habits. ("Glued, Where's My Bob?")
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