On May 27th, 2022, one of Adult Animation’s favorite families finally got a theatrical
film.
The Belchers in their consistent bad luck are thrust into a musical-number-filled mystery
movie when a sinkhole opens up in front of their restaurant.
It seems both fans of the show and people who haven’t seen the show seem to quite
love this film, and we love it just as much.
But just like any film, there is a spectrum of characters, and we’re here to ask who’s
the best of the best, and who is at the bottom of the barrel?
I’m Kyle with WickedBinge and this is The Bob’s Burgers Movie: Good to Evil.
Firstly, we’re going to focus solely on the events of the film in this movie, if a
character is horrendously evil in the main show but shown to be a good guy in this film,
we’re only taking the events of the movie into account.
Secondly, here is our spoiler warning, as the movie is quite new and the main villain
is supposed to be a twist we want you to watch the film before you come back to this video.
So with that out of the way, we can talk about the best of the best, and these are The Good.
Earning our gold medal of good is burger matriarch, Linda Belcher.
Linda has always been one of the best characters in the show thanks to her upbeat attitude
and intense love for her family.
In this movie, she tries her best to keep Bob upbeat throughout the film, ranging from
the intro song to the burger girl suit later on.
She’s also the one who helped form the idea of taking the burgers to the wharf.
Linda always tries to keep Bob and the family in high spirits and she never gives up except
when it seems like they’re about to die.
Linda is the best of the best because she is the most optimistic person that can be
and without her, most of the film would probably be much darker.
Taking our silver medal of good is our good friend Teddy.
Teddy is a recurring character in the show, getting a burger nearly every day.
This is no different in the movie as he comes to get burgers even after the sinkhole opens
up.
However, he is also the one behind the mobile Bob Burger cart that seems to make Bob a lot
of cash.
He is also the one who saves the Belchers from the Clam cart after they escape from
the sinkhole.
Teddy is also very optimistic, like Linda and he cares very much for the Belchers and
the shop, however, he does abandon the cart with King Trashmouth to watch a hockey game,
and he does abandon the Belchers at Wonder Wharf near the climax of the film, but even
that isn’t enough to drop him lower.
The bronze medal of good goes to Gene Belcher.
Gene is the middle child of Linda and Bob Belcher and a musical savant, comedic person,
and general fun guy.
Gene’s whole arc in the film is the creation of the “Napkiny-thing”, a musical instrument
created from a napkin holder and plastic sporks that he uses to make fun sounds.
He creates it and begins to doubt if it’s any good, and he wishes to prove it by being
part of the Wonder Wharf show.
He is responsible for helping defeat Grover and is definitely a good person throughout
the film.
He is also the one who ends up pushing the button that sends them down to the clubhouse
and is partly the reason why they get held up by Grover, but that doesn’t make him
fall much lower.
Coming next on our list is Tina Belcher.
Tina is the oldest child of Linda and Bob, and she is a smart hopeless romantic who wants
to get with Jimmy Jr at any cost.
Throughout the film, she is scared that Jimmy Jr won’t live up to her fantasies which
is a fear that many people deal with.
However, by the end of the movie, she ends up asking and kissing him which shows her
growth.
She’s also the one to use the Poseidon nipple statue and get the Belchers away from Grover.
She shows quite the growth throughout the film as she becomes more confident and doesn’t
hyperventilate in the film from what we remember.
Tina saves her family, grows to be confident, and definitely earns her spot on this list.
Rounding out the good section of our list is Bob Belcher.
Bob is the owner of Bob’s Burgers who opened the burger joint as a young man with a vision.
He cares very heavily for his family and will do just about anything for them.
Sure, throughout the film he’s depressed when the sinkhole opens up, but he is always
cheered up by Linda.
By the end of the movie, he is the only one who doesn’t give up and is the one who comes
up with the idea to split the water main so they could escape.
Bob even reveals that what Louise thought about her hat was untrue, saying that her
hat was based on his own mother’s hat, showing that she has always been brave.
Bob only falls to the bottom because of his depression and general thoughts of giving
up, but he does end up being the one to keep every optimistic during their time trapped
in the clam.
With our good characters out of the way, we move down to our Gray Area.
Starting off our gray area is our final Belcher, Louise Belcher.
Louise is undoubtedly the main character and heart of this film.
She is the youngest Belcher child and feels she has a lot to prove.
She thinks she’s not brave because of her misremembering the story of her bunny ears.
Throughout the film, she wants to solve the murder of Cotton Candy Dan at any cost to
prove that she’s not a baby and actually a brave person.
She finds that she’s not brave enough to save her family when they’re held up by
Grover, and was too scared to insert the sinkhole.
Louise only lands in the Gray Area because she is responsible for them getting held up
by Grover, but she lands at the top of the Gray Area because she leads to the correct
person being arrested.
Rounding out the gray area is everyone’s favorite cop Seargent Bosco.
Bosco is a recurring cop character who was demoted from homicide down to Robbery in this
film.
He appears periodically to give information about the murder and complain about being
in Robbery.
He informs Louise and co about the educated banana cufflinks and is the one that is called
with the info about Grover.
Now, he lands here simply because he is kind of a jerk towards the kids, and doesn’t
give them any information until they insult him for being in Robbery.
But even this ranking is mostly out of necessity because Bosco isn’t really all that bad
in the film.
But now we get down to the bottom of the barrel, the worst of the worst, these are The Bad
to Evil.
Starting off our bad to evil section is middle school menace, Chloe Barbash.
Chloe is a recurring character and consistent rival to Louise in a few different ways.
During this film, she is the driving force behind Louise’s journey by calling her a
baby.
She constantly teases Louise and laughs at her because of her hat, which is kind of rude.
She fulfills this bully role quite well but doesn’t do much beyond that, which is why
she ranks here.
Bagging our bronze medal of evil is Felix Fischoeder.
Felix has been a recurring character since Season 4 and plays a major role in this film.
He is the initial suspect for framing Calvin and is ready to flee the country.
However, out of the three Fischoeders, he is by far the best, and that’s simply because
he is kind of dumb, and doesn’t really do anything majorly evil.
Yes, he’s preparing to flee the country with his brother and doesn’t want to be
around the Belcher kids, but even that stuff is barely bad.
Snatching up the silver medal of evil is Mr. Calvin Fischoeder.
Calvin is the Belcher’s landlord and a consistent thorn in their side due to his constant bugging
about the rent.
Calvin in this film initially seems to refuse the family delaying their rent payment so
they can pay the bank and is then arrested for a crime he didn’t commit.
He seems to be absolutely despised by his employees at the Wharf since they all believe
he is willing to “bump them off” and he also pays them terribly.
He cares very much about appearances and is responsible for many crimes although he had
never been caught.
Calvin is one of the evilest characters in the main show, but he plays the second fiddle
in this film.
Because grabbing the gold medal of evil is Grover Fischoeder.
Grover is Calvin and Felix’s cousin and has made a few appearances in the show since
Season 9.
He is the main antagonist of the film, as he was the one who killed Cotton Candy Dan.
He tries to frame Calvin for the murder because of the aforementioned many crimes Calvin has
committed and never got caught for.
By the end of the film when he has been caught he reveals his intensely thought out plan
and then proceeds to try and kill Calvin and Felix in their submarine.
Grover even attempts to kill the Belchers, first with a crossbow and then later by burying
them.
Grover obviously fails and ends up arrested by the end of the film, but his many attempts
at murder just to create a giant amusement park are definite grounds for the gold medal.
However, we now have one last category to talk about, our Sinner Medals.
Earning our coveted Darwin Medal is Seargent Bosco, who during a stakeout, leaves his police
light, badge, and coffee with his police ranking visible, so everyone, including Critter, realized
that he was a cop.
Taking our Envy medal is the main villain Grover Fischoeder who is envious of the money
that Calvin gets and is trying to take it for himself
In fact, Grover also grabs our Greed Medal, because his entire plan is based on getting
money over human lives
Taking the Lust Medal is Tina Belcher, thanks to her erotic friend fiction and consistent
dreaming of Jimmy Jr.
Our glorious gluttony medal goes to our old friend Teddy, who spends most of his screen
time eating or working with the restaurant in some way shape, or form.
Finally, our pride medal goes to Mr. Fischoeder who thinks Grover is part of the “bad side
of the family” because they’re poor, and he is a very appearance-heavy person.
But let us know in the comment section if you agree with our ranking.
And tell us what we should cover next.
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