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Here’s five bucks for each of you. And make sure you spend it. If you come back with money, you’re doing it wrong.
- Big Bob to Tina, Gene, & Louise Belcher

Robert "Big Bob" Belcher, Sr. is the father of Bob Belcher and the owner of Big Bob's Diner. He's also the widower of Bob's mother, Lily Belcher. His son used to work with him at his diner, but years of conflict and tension led him to kick his son out and distance their relationship. He appears in an off-screen flashback in "Bob Fires the Kids" and gets mentioned in multiple episodes before he makes an actual appearance in "Father of the Bob," where he and his son reconcile.

He was originally voiced by H. Jon Benjamin and then Bill Hader, but he is currently voiced by Eric Bauza.

Profile[]

Appearance[]

Big Bob is a heavy elderly man. He is balding with light gray hair and a mustache. He has a lot of body hair.

Personality[]

Big Bob also has a habit of doomscrolling, and calling his son's family to tell them about the latest articles and videos he has seen, displaying his trademark stubbornness when Bob questions it, but revealing to Bob (while the latter was using the "Clamstradamus" animatronic at Wonder Wharf) that he does have hope that his grandchildren can help make the future a better place.

Story[]

Main article: Big Bob/Story

Relationships[]

Big Bob is father to Bob Belcher, father-in-law to Linda Belcher and grandfather to Tina, Gene & Louise Belcher. His wife and Bob's mother, Lily Belcher, died sometime before the flashbacks shown in "Father of the Bob." His brother-in-law was Ernest Lombard. It is not clear if Bob's cousin Vanessa is his niece or was Lily Belcher's niece.

Family[]

Lily Belcher[]

Big Bob has a deep love of his deceased wife Lily, evidenced numerous times. He took her death very hard, drinking and becoming more of a bossy man toward his son while he worked in the diner. Big Bob also avoided discussing Lily with his son for years, due to his belief that it would make him sad, until Bob revealed to him that while it would a little, it would help to talk bout her. (He also revealed a sense of humor in this conversation, stating that he had another family to shock Bob before clarifying it was a joke).

Bob Belcher[]

His son understandably has a difficult and strained relationship with him due to his dismissive, critical, and unsupportive ways and the two never being on the same page with one another. He does however get along quite well with his daughter-in-law Linda and shows a genuine soft side for his grandchildren..

Friends[]

Pete[]

Max[]

Henry[]

Appearances[]

Appearances for Seasons 3-8
Appearances for Seasons 9-15

Season 14[]

References[]

  1. s14e4 "Wharf, Me Worry?" Louise says Tina has the "same taste of fun as a 75-year-old man," referring to Big Bob.
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