Bobby Santiago

**Roberto Alejandro Martínez-Millán Luis Santiago, Jr.**, also known as **Bobby**, is a character from *The Loud House* series and a main deuteragonist of *The Casagrandes* series.

Lori's dimwitted boyfriend and Ronnie Anne’s big brother who works in his family bodega.

In the XP4 fics, Bobby debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries.

In the AWA fics, Bobby was a purchased slave from the Slave Fortress and is later rescued. He later attends the AWA Academy as a student.

## **Appearance**

Bobby is tall as Lori. He has tan skin, and black hair with a tuft combed upwards. He wears blue jeans, brown shoes with multiple white stripes, a black belt with a gold buckle, and a cream-colored T-shirt under a green unbuttoned shirt.

His original design was completely different from its current design. In this one, he has a more urban outfit, including a bonnet covering his eyes and headset. He also was going to have freckles on his cheeks and more scruffy hair.

## **Personality**

Bobby generally has a relaxed and carefree attitude and is similar to Leni in terms of perception and intelligence. He is an easy-going, kind, and laid back person who enjoys having fun and hanging out with his friends. However, his mood can shift dramatically if he is out of contact with Lori for even a short amount of time, or if he believes that something bad has happened to her. He is also very protective of his younger sister Ronnie Anne, even going so far as to break up with Lori when he heard that Lincoln had insulted her.

Bobby is an especially understanding and forgiving person. In "Cheater by the Dozen", he forgave the Loud siblings quickly for falsely accused him of being a two-timer. Furthermore, he has been shown to be generally friendly towards Clyde, despite the fact that Clyde hated him and often tried to sabotage his and Lori's dates (but Clyde has seemingly gotten over his crush on Lori since then, as evidenced in Exchange of Heart and Brave the Last Dance).

He has been shown to act a bit silly. In "Undie Pressure", Bobby's answer for being late to meet up at Lori's house is due to him having to wait for a chicken to cross the road. In "Cover Girls", Bobby was unable to distinguish between Lori and Lily while Lily was dressed as Lori, despite Lori being present (although disguised as Lincoln). He was also unable to pick up on Luna's ruse to free Lincoln and Clyde from the Royal Woods Mall jail when she dressed up as their mother, as seen in the episode "For Bros About to Rock".

His absent-minded nature can also cause turmoil and conflict. In "A Fair to Remember", Bobby neglected Lori to the point of tears when he began spending more time hanging out with Lincoln that he did with her.

A running gag throughout the first season and part of the second is that Bobby has had many different jobs. It is unclear why he has worked so many, possibly for the extra money, or to impress Lori, or perhaps because he keeps losing them. In "For Bros About to Rock", Bobby states that Lori loves a man in uniform. When Bobby and his family moved in with their big-city cousins he began working in the bodega, thus ending the gag.

Although generally dimwitted, Bobby has had moments where he is uncommonly clever. He has been shown to have good business acumen for his age, as seen in "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos", where he helped his grandfather run the bodega and helped rearrange the store to increase sales. He has also been shown to be capable of coming up with a complicated plan, such as when he thought of a way to make his and Lori's relationship work even after he moves to another city to live with his big city cousins. Bobby also showed a slight vengeful streak in "Pranks for the Memories with the Casagrandes" working with his male cousins to prank Ronnie Anne and Carlota to get even for all the pranks Ronnie Anne had played on him.

Bobby is very dedicated to his work and tries to leave a good impression on people, especially his father Arturo as well as Lori. When something goes wrong and he messes things up in some way, he may feel depressed and doubt his skills (as shown in Stress Test) or even get episodes of paranoia (as shown in This Bird Has Flown). He sometimes shows fear that he may not be good enough for the people he cares about, or that they might ditch him and leave him behind altogether. If something were to happen that would cause Lori to dump him or Ronnie Anne to completely distrust him, he'd never be able to forgive himself. As a result, he might push himself harder than he really needs to. Despite this, deep down he knows his family cares about him and will always turn to them for help whenever he feels like he needs it.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Bobby is part of the Heroes Coalitions as a trainee. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 67, Bobby, alongside his family, moves in Neo-City after Great Lake City is overwhelmed by Emotionless. Later, he and his little sister Ronnie Anne Santiago arrives at the Loud Residence and invited all of them for a small celebration with their family which they accepted.

In Chapter 81, Bobby is amongst the many newest trainees for the Heroes Coalitions.

In Chapter 85, Bobby, alongside Blue Note, Brawley Beats and Bright Idea, are seen running over tires spread across the floor in the training area of the Training Camp.

In Chapter 106, Bobby, alongside Blue Note, Brawley Beats and Bright Idea, are seen running over tires spread across the floor in the training area of the Training Camp.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 29, Bobby is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans gathered around the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Bobby took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Nanoha!**

In Chapter 1, Bobby is amongst the trainees working themselves inside the Training Camp.

## **Trivia**

* In the episode "Butterfly Effect", Lincoln apparently thinks that Lori secretly fears that Bobby might end up leaving her for Leni.
* Although Bobby's first on-screen appearance is in "Undie Pressure", he can be heard through Lori's cell phone as a voice message in "Get the Message".
* Bobby was on vacation in France during the events of "The Green House".
* Bobby's first name Roberto is named after his voice actor's middle name.
* Bobby's ideal superpower is telepathy, so he could always know what Lori's thinking.
* "A Tale of Two Tables" reveals that his father has had a hernia operation.
* Both Santiago siblings have first names that start with an R and middle names that start with an A.
* In "Study Muffin", Lori reveals Bobby's full name.
* In "Snow Bored", it is shown he has a poster with a unicorn in his bedroom.
* Lori's pet name for Bobby is "Bobby Boo Boo Bear", which may be a reference to Boo Boo from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon *Yogi Bear*.
* It is revealed in "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos" that Bobby has a large extended family, similar to how his girlfriend has a large immediate family.
* It is revealed in "Missed Connection" that Bobby suffers from claustrophobia.
* While working at the bodega, Bobby has accidentally trapped himself in the freezer case, much to his distress.
* It is revealed in "Store Wars with the Casagrandes", that the reason why he had so many jobs in Royal Woods is because the business he works in would get shut down by a business that's larger than the ones he works in.
* In "Study Muffin", it's revealed that his name has a "Jr." in his full name. Seeing as his father is named Arturo, this means that his paternal grandfather, or one of his ancestors, is named Roberto.
* His Greek name is Μπόμπι Σαντιάγκο (Bobi)

## **External Links**

* Bobby Santiago at The Loud House Encyclopedia