Bobbie Yang

**Bobbie Yang** is Nathan's assistant turned mayor of Rutherford Falls.

## History

### Helping Reagan and Nathan's Return

Bobbie helped Reagan run the new cultural center and museum. They assisted her when she did a tour for a school group and when the tour was over, they tossed astronaut ice cream out the door for the kids to chase after.

Later, Bobbie came to Reagan and said they had heard noises and thought there was a ghost in the building. Reagan insisted there wasn't a ghost and told them to do their job. Instead, Bobbie invited Wayne and Sally over to help them find the ghost. They believed the ghost was probably a white ghost angry with Indian people occupying the space. They used the ghost-hunting equipment and made their way to the attic. Bobbie opened a door and saw a shaggy-haired, bearded figure. They bunch the figure, knocking it to the ground. Wayne believed it wasn't a ghost, but a pervert and encouraged them to kick him. Reagan then came in and said it was just Nathan.

Wayne and Sally left and Nathan and Reagan explained to Bobbie that he'd come home two months ago, but was embarrassed by how he'd acted and the podcast, so he hid out in the attic and was working on himself. He had a plan to apologize to everyone in July, ten months away. Bobbie was upset about Nathan ghosting them. Nathan decided to apologize to Bobbie immediately, even though his apology wasn't ready. However, as soon as he started, Bobbie interrupted and said they forgave him.

Inspired by that apology going well, Nathan decided to move up apologizing to everyone else and asked Bobbie for their help. Bobbie helped them form a plan on a $50 budget, which included a video playing at Terry's birthday party. Bobbie went in early, getting the video to the DJ with instructions to play it right as Terry and Renee's dance was ending. However, right before this could happen, Nathan told Bobbie that he'd changed his mind. Bobbie tried to signal the DJ, but the DJ didn't understand and the video played. Bobbie struggled to stop the video, saying they were used to apps. They finally got it paused, but Terry said it was his birthday and he wanted to see the rest of the video, so Nathan had Bobbie play it.

### Deirdre's Going-Away Party

Bobbie celebrated Nathan's return with a picnic in the park with Nathan and Reagan. Bobbie lamented the things Nathan had missed, including their 18th birthday. Nathan said he was the one who sent the Cameo from Olivia Rodrigo's horse, which Bobbie loved. Their picnic was interrupted by Ms. Fish interrupting to flirt with Nathan.

Bobbie later went with Nathan to meet Terry in a shady spot. At the meeting, Terry proposed Nathan running for mayor. Nathan was hesitant, so Terry said he should test it out at the going-away party Terry was throwing for Deirdre.

At the party, Bobbie pulled up the dossiers they had on all the VIPs in town and used them to help Nathan navigate.

The next day, Bobbie ran a poll to see how Nathan would fare if the election were that day. It showed that Nathan had the support, but Nathan realized it was just a joke and he didn't want to be a joke.

After talking to Terry, they approached Bobbie with the idea of them running for mayor. Bobbie said yes without hearing what they were agreeing to.

### Campaigning

Bobbie wanted to use their online presence to campaign, but Nathan and Terry said that grassroots, face-to-face campaigning would be more successful. Terry took Bobbie out to meet potential voters, but became frustrated when they spent a lot of time with each person, becoming friends with people who weren't even eligible to vote. Bobbie said again that they wanted to use their videos to campaign, but Terry said they needed voters, not teens wasting time on the internet. Bobbie asked what about people who did both and together, they visited a nursing home, where many of Bobbie's fans lived.

After this visit, Bobbie made a video where they simultaneously did a makeup tutorial and talked about their platform.

### Getting Funding

With Feather Day's campaign well-funded, Bobbie's campaign started to fall behind, prompting Nathan to plan a visit to New York to ask Rutherford Inc. to contribute to Bobbie's campaign. When they arrived, they were surprised to find that Kaitlyn had been fire and replaced by Melanie, who refused to help them. Desperate, Bobbie and Nathan went to Kaitlyn, who said she had dirt on the company they could use, except she'd signed an NDA. Nathan hadn't, on the other hand, and they used that as leverage to blackmail Melanie into helping them.

### Halloween

On Halloween, Bobbie was talking about how they could get an endorsement from the teachers' union when they realized Terry wasn't listening. Terry said it was because his son refused to tell his parents the name of the girl he was seeing. Bobbie took to social media and immediately identified the girl as Emma Day, Feather's daughter.

Bobbie then attended Wayne and Sally's Halloween party, where they showed Nelson a picture of Josh when Nelson thought that was the man Reagan was talking to.

When Reagan got into a fight with three other women who wanted to steal Nelson from her, Bobbie suggested she fall to the ground and play dead, though Wayne and Sally immediately said that was bad advice. As they watched the fight, their phone rang and they again used social media, this time to find out where Jimmy and Emma had gone together.

### Pancake Breakfast

Bobbie worked with Terry and Nathan for the firefighters pancake breakfast. They told Bobbie to shake every hand, because it was the final event before the debate. Bobbie also memorized all the firefighters' names and little facts about them.

After spending some time with the firefighters, Bobbie came to Nathan upset because they found the fire station depressing and sad. Bobbie said as much to the firefighters, upset at people who did so much being stuck with such a dump. They promised to make the firefighters' quality of life a top priority.

Bobbie watched as Nathan did the Devil's Jump stunt as penance for making fun of firefighters. They were impressed by Lou and the other firefighters saving Nathan when it went slightly wrong. Bobbie asked Lou to tell them everything they needed.

### Debate and Winning the Election

Bobbie continued campaigning until the debate, where Terry warned them that Feather would pull out all the stops. At the debate, Feather accused Bobbie of just being a puppet for Terry, so Bobbie revealed that Feather's daughter and Terry's son had vandalized the Big Larry statue on Halloween, something they wouldn't say if they were just Terry's puppet.

Terry was upset with Bobbie for revealing that, but admitted it might help them win the election. Terry said he hoped Bobbie made the right decision because voting started the next day.

When all the votes were in, Diane Gallego announced that with 54% of the vote, Bobbie was the new mayor. They gave a speech thanking their team and their mom. Bobbie then mingled around the party, receiving people's congratulations.

## Appearances

 **#02** | "The New Curator"
 **#03** | "Aunt Sue"

## References

1. ↑ White Man in the Cupboard, 2x01
2. ↑ The New Curator, 2x02
3. ↑ Aunt Sue, 2x03
4. ↑ Adirondack S3, 2x05
5. ↑ Halloween, 2x06
6. ↑ Firefighters Pancake Breakfast, 2x07
7. ↑ Election, 2x08