Bob Burger Stereotypes

Bobs Burgers is a cartoon series that really breaks away from the mainstream cartoons of the past. Although it breaks past the mainstream it still portrays numerous gender and racial stereotypes. While being Modern the show is still not ahead of its time to say the least. The cartoon series “Bobs Burgers” tells a story about a guy named Bob who owns a Restaurant with his family. Bobs restaurant his dream put into reality as he has always wanted to own a restaurant from a young age. Bob in his restaurants serves creative burgers with catchy names to go along with them. Along with stress of owning a restaurant Bob must juggle his family life as well. Bob and his wife Linda have three kids (Gene, Tina and Louise). Raising younger

Bobs Burgers even from the first episode shows that the many of the main character break out of stereotypical gender images and roles. Bob the main character in the show is not your classic cartoon TV series dad and that makes him unique. Although he does put on a tough guise in some episode he is a very vulnerable character. The show does a good job at not making the character not flat but very complex. Although Bob at first glance seems like a classic everyday dad this image is soon shattered. Through the series and it many episodes the viewer get to many different sides of Bob. In the espied “late afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise” the Audience gets a chance to see bob in a different light. Along with loving to cook the audience in this episode finds out that bob loves to garden. This hobby is something that many would consider far from a masculine hobby. Through many episodes such as this one the viewer gets to see that Bobs does not fit into this masculine societal box. Even his family does not make a big deal about his joy and dream of owning a garden. It is through his family’s reaction that the audiences really catch on that this show is out of the box. It takes many of the stereotypical gender roles and breaks them down. Although, this show may seem ahead of its time in term of gender equality it is not with closer analysis. At the end of the day the shows cast is mostly voiced by

Surprisingly the characters in the show never seem to have or display negative opinions toward trans and transvestite characters. However, in episode “Sheesh! Cab Bob” there is another story told. This episode in season one at first glance may not seem to petrary transvestite in a negative light but it does. In this episode, Bobs decides to take on an extra job to afford to throw Tina a birthday party. The job he ends up getting into is driving a cab at night for someone he knows. However, as he soon finds out is that he will be having some interesting customers. Soon he runs across some very unusual consumers who are transvestite’s males who work as hookers. Bob does not judge them but how they are draw up and portrayed could be offensive to the LGBT community. Rigjt when bob meets them there is a direct focus of the camera on their male features. To many this depiction could be taken as offensive cause it is emphasis that they are not female. They also have crazy names as well which even more makes it hard for the audiences to take them seriously. On top of this they show the Transvestites as being hookers who abuse drugs and alcohol. This portrayal in this episode is quite negative and far from positive. This episode after re-watching it really does not paint a good picture of transvestites. All it provides the viewer is a negative view toward transvestites and