And while each character has a strong personality, the eldest daughter, Tina, is a unique and hilarious character with several episodes dedicated to her. Whether Tina is focusing on a newfound love or daydreaming about horses, there are several adventures that she takes to showcase her growth and journeys through life.
5 The Horse Riderer: S6E17
Summer camp can be exciting or terrifying, depending on the child’s perspective. But there are some camps dedicated to a certain interest that makes it worthwhile. As for Tina, her love for horses knows no bounds, and when she realizes there is a camp for horse riding, she just must go.
After spending so long convincing her family to let her go, Tina realizes that horse-riding is a trickier business than she thought. During the final days at the horse camp, Tina must showcase her learnings, and when the horse she was forced to ride disobeys, Jericho, her imaginary horse, comes to save the day.
4 Bad Tina: S2E8
As the eldest child, Tina is going through certain stages of life that can be difficult. Rebellion starts to take hold and children start doing things they know aren’t right. And when Tina gets involved with a new girl, Tammy, who a horrible influence, things start getting bad.
And even when Tina tries to get out of the situation, she gets blackmailed and forced to do wrong things in order to hide her secrets. Bad Tina starts to surface as the eldest daughter tries her best to be the bad girl, but thankfully, her siblings always have her back.
3 Sexy Dance Fighting: S1E4
Tina quite literally represents every girl going through a certain stage in their life when they can’t stop thinking about boys and kissing them. And most of her episodes have some sort of hint or clear story about this side of her, and this is no different.
Puberty is hard on everyone, and Tina is going through it now. When her siblings try to help her by putting her in a class for breakdancing, Tina’s heart is locked on the martial arts instructor, Jairo, because of his muscles. Due to her infatuation, Tina neglects her work to focus on the class entirely, soon hanging onto every word that Jairo says.
2 Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks: S3E7
Everyone has those days when nothing goes right. No matter what they do, there is always something pushing against them and making them feel like the world is out to get them. Even teenagers have this problem. Like Tina.
When Bob let Tina drive the car, an accident so horrendous occurred that Tina is forced to lie about it, making her feel more guilty with each second that goes by. By getting into a wreck and trashing the family car, and by burning down the insurance adjuster’s house, and Tina couldn’t feel worse.
1 Mazel-Tina: S4E13
Of course, no one wants to steal someone’s spotlight, but sometimes things go so horribly wrong that it ends up that way. This episode focuses on that. When Tina finds out that Tammy is having a Bat Mitzvah, Tina hopes for an invitation. But for some reason, she isn’t, even though she was Tammy’s first friend when coming to the school.
Thankfully, when Tammy is in need of several caterers, the Belcher family becomes one of them, allowing Tina to come to the party. But when Louise starts to form a prank, and Tina just wants to have some fun, everything starts crumbling, causing Tammy to become a Bat-Zilla.
Bob’s Burgers: The Movie will premiere in theaters on May 27, 2022.
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