Gretchen

Gretchen is Jestain's sister and Linda's friend who worked many jobs, mainly as a hairstylist. She makes her first appearance in "Lobsterfest."
She is voiced by Larry Murphy.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
Gretchen has blonde hair tied into a side ponytail, which she briefly dyed brown in "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy." Her usual outfit consists of a purple tank top, black stirrup pants and brown shoes. In "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene," she is revealed to have lost weight and wore a pink tank top, purple shorts and dark blue shoes. Her slender figure was retained in "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" & "Nude Beach," but was back at her previous size in "My Fuzzy Valentine." She has a tattoo of a dolphin on her upper back that got stretched out due to her weight. She also mentions having a tattoo on her thigh.
===Personality===
Gretchen is outspoken, naughty, flirtatious and free. She has no filter on the things she says or does and she never thinks before she talks. Nearly all of her words and actions are hilariously inappropriate. She hasn't shown any sign of hesitation towards even the most gratuitous of her choices. Most notably her profession as a LadyGoods saleswoman in "My Big Fat Greek Bob," the product being sex toys. Also attempting to murder several people with a motor vehicle in "My Fuzzy Valentine" for petty reasons. She could be easily identified as a 'free spirit,' but she has proven herself to be much more complicated than that.
Louise describes Gretchen as Linda's friend "who swears," Tina describes her as a "cool sassy 'B' who don't take 'S' from anyone."
She is good friends with Linda Belcher, as they share many interests. Gretchen is also usually on board with whatever Linda thinks up, finding or creating humor in ("I Get Psy-chic Out of You" & "The Hormone-iums"). She is arguably the third most prominent family friend of the Belchers, behind Teddy & Mort.
While Gretchen and Linda are friends, there are several instances where Gretchen becomes angry with Linda, forming grudges that are usually over petty issues or honest mistakes. Gretchen often carries these grudges with her openly, causing her to act in various ways, from being passive aggressive to potentially violent. On at least one occasion, Bob has found Gretchen to be extremely terrifying during these moments of anger towards Linda.
Gretchen can be very territorial over her clients, often becoming aggressive around them when she finds out they visited another salon. As a result, Linda can become paranoid and anxious, claiming that Gretchen has eyes and ears everywhere.
== Story ==
Gretchen has worked in many salons, like Hair Barrel and Dye Me a River. She also styled dolls' hair at a Special Girl store in "The Laser-inth." She formerly worked at a local cop bar before she got fired for her groping incident. Gretchen also sold LadyGoods sex toys in "My Big Fat Greek Bob." 
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
==== Jestain ====
=== Love interests ===
==== Hugo Habercore ====
In "Lobsterfest," Bob hooks her up with health inspector, Hugo Habercore, describing him as a 'food sheriff.' She breaks up with him by the end of the episode as she "doesn't mind small badges, but Hugo doesn't know how to use his."
==== Sergeant Bosco ====
==== Vinny Testaverde ====
==== Ex-boyfriend in Philedelphia ====
In "I Get Psy-chic Out of You," it is revealed she has an ex-boyfriend who lives in Philadelphia after having a psychic reading from Linda in which she gets a vision of the Liberty Bell telling her to go there. However, when she returns, she reveals that he his married and is faithful to his wife.
==== Partner from "Aquaticism" ====
She mentions in "Aquaticism" that she is now seeing someone, but she is also finding back-ups so she attends the singles mixer at the aquarium.
=== Friends ===
====The Belchers====
Gretchen has been Linda's friend and hairstylist for a long time. While the two get into arguments every once in a while, Linda does genuinely care about Gretchen and wants what's best for her. The two enjoy hanging out together and catching up on their lives.
She is often friendly with Bob, often asking for his advice or opinion on things. Bob, while polite, mostly appears either indifferent on uncomfortable when she asks for his opinion.
She doesn't interact with the kids very much, but Louise has stated that she likes Gretchen because she swears frequently.
==== Teddy ====
In "My Fuzzy Valentine," she attends Linda's speed dating session where her dates include Teddy, Mort, Mike the Mailman, and Sergeant Bosco. On another occasion, she asked Teddy if he would want to accompany her to her sister's wedding. While Teddy was flattered by the request, he had another commitment with his mother to see the "Didgeri-dudes" that prevented him from attending ("Every Which Way but Goose")
==== Gayle Genarro ====
==== Mort ====
==== Mike Wobbles ====
====Ginger====
Initially, Gretchen was jealous that Linda wanted to spend time with Ginger instead of her. However, When Linda decided to spend time with both of them as well as Gayle, Gretchen warmly invited Ginger in her apartment.
==Appearances==
==Notes ==
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Minor Characters
Category:Characters introduced in Season 1
Category:Secondary Characters
Category:Females with a Male Voice
Category:Characters voiced by Larry Murphy
Category:The Bob's Burgers Movie Characters