Food Truckin'

"Food Truckin'"
Bob's Burgers episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 5
Directed by	Bernard Derriman
Written by	Lizzie Molyneux Wendy Molyneux
Produced by	Jon Schroeder
Featured music	John Dylan Keith Loren Bouchard
Editing by	Mark Seymour
Production code	2ASA05
Original air date	April 15, 2012
Guest appearance(s)
Megan Mullally as Tabitha Johansson Paul F. Tompkins as Randy Dave (Gruber) Allen as Bill Jay Johnston as Foodie Larry Murphy as Teddy Dana Powell as Karen Paul Scheer as Larry

"Food Truckin'" is the fifth episode of the second season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 18th episode, and is written by Lizzie Molyneux and Wendy Molyneux and directed by Bernard Derriman. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 15, 2012.

Plot

Numerous food trucks are parking on the street in front of the restaurant, stealing the customers. After several failed attempts to make the trucks leave, Bob ends up buying a food truck of his own. Teddy fixes up the truck, warning Bob that the grill cannot be on at the same time as the truck or it could result in a massive fireball. Gene proceeds to destroy the truck this way, and Teddy fixes it up again. Bob and the kids work from inside the truck and Linda is forced to stay inside watching the restaurant.

The food truck is doing well and Bob decides to take it on the go to get more money. Soon after, Linda shuts down the restaurant to join them on the road. Bob laments to Randy (Paul F. Tompkins) that he is still not turning a profit, and Randy mentions "Lolla-Pa-Foods-A" which has a $1,000 prize for the best food truck. The Belchers hit the road to the festival, with Linda driving who quickly gets road rage.

At the festival, Tina, who has reinvented herself as Dina, hands out free mini burgers to promote the truck and lying about the contents of the burgers to the festival-goers. Louise and Gene taste-test other food truck fare and give bad reviews online, giving Bob's truck more business. Bob ends up winning the $1,000 prize before accidentally letting the festival-goers in on the various lies. A riot ensues, and the Belchers (and Randy) are forced to hide in their food truck. After the festival-goers fall asleep, they manage to get away in the food truck before Randy starts the grill while driving, causing an explosion that forces everyone to walk back to town.

Reception

The episode received a 1.9 rating and was watched by a total of 3.90 million people. This made it the fourth most watched show on Animation Domination that night, losing to The Cleveland Show, Family Guy and The Simpsons with 4.96 million.^[1] Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B-, saying "So much of the episode hinges on the Bob-Randy relationship, and their move from rivals to, well, more-friendly rivals doesn’t lead anywhere. Most of the rest of the episode works, though not as well as normal.... After the highs of this second season, “Food Truckin’” is a mild disappointment."^[2]

References

↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 17, 2012). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'AFV,' 'Amazing Race,' 'Simpsons,' 'Bob's Burgers,' 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'The Cleveland Show' All Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
↑ Kaiser, Rowan (2012-04-16). "Review: Bob's Burgers: "Food Truckin"". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

External links

Food Truckin' at The Big Cartoon DataBase

Bob's Burgers

Episodes Characters Writers

Season 1	"Human Flesh" "Crawl Space" "Sacred Cow" "Sexy Dance Fighting" "Hamburger Dinner Theater" "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" "Bed & Breakfast" "Art Crawl" "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" "Burger Wars" "Weekend at Mort's" "Lobsterfest" "Torpedo"

Season 2	"The Belchies" "Bob Day Afternoon" "Synchronized Swimming" "Burgerboss" "Food Truckin'" "Dr. Yap" "Moody Foodie" "Bad Tina" "Beefsquatch"

Season 3	"Ear-sy Rider" "Full Bars" "Bob Fires the Kids" "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" "The Deepening" "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" "Nude Beach" "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "My Fuzzy Valentine" "Lindapendant Woman" "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" "Topsy" "Two for Tina" "It Snakes a Village" "Family Fracas" "The Kids Run the Restaurant" "Boyz 4 Now" "Carpe Museum" "The Unnatural"

Season 4	"A River Runs Through Bob" "Fort Night" "Seaplane!" "My Big Fat Greek Bob" "Turkey in a Can" "Purple Rain-Union" "Bob and Deliver" "Christmas in the Car" "Slumber Party" "Presto Tina-o" "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial" "The Frond Files" "Mazel-Tina" "Uncle Teddy" "The Kids Rob a Train" "I Get Psy-chic Out of You" "The Equestranauts" "Ambergris" "The Kids Run Away" "Gene It On" "Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part I)" "World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part II)"

Season 5	"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" "Tina and the Real Ghost" "Friends with Burger-fits" "Dawn of the Peck" "Best Burger" "Father of the Bob" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" "Midday Run" "Speakeasy Rider" "Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise" "Can't Buy Me Math" "The Millie-churian Candidate" "The Gayle Tales" "L'il Hard Dad" "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" "The Runway Club" "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" "Eat, Spray, Linda" "Housetrap" "Hawk & Chick" "The Oeder Games"

Season 6	"Sliding Bobs" "The Land Ship" "The Hauntening" "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" "Nice-Capades" "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover" "The Gene and Courtney Show" "Sexy Dance Healing" "Sacred Couch" "Lice Things Are Lice" "House of 1000 Bounces" "Stand by Gene" "Wag the Hog" "The Hormone-iums" "Pro Tiki/Con Tiki" "Bye Bye Boo Boo" "The Horse Rider-er" "Secret Admiral-irer" "Glued, Where's My Bob?"

Season 7	"Flu-ouise" "Sea Me Now" "Teen-a Witch" "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" "The Quirkducers" "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left"

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