The Best Episodes Written By Holly Schlesinger

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Advice Things Are Ad-nice

   S15:E1012/29/2024

   Tina becomes the new advice columnist for the school newspaper. Teddy takes on more than he can handle when he volunteers to build a float for the Bounty of the Bay Parade.

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   8.2/10(11 votes)

   #2 - Secret Admiral-irer

   S6:E185/22/2016

   Tina's ideas of love and romance are tested and Bob makes new friends.

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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #3 - Better Off Sled

   S9:E1012/9/2018

   The battle is on when some angsty teenagers take over Louise, Gene and Tina's usual sledding territory, inciting an epic turf war. Meanwhile, Bob steps in to help Linda, who's in a time crunch to get three scarves knitted before Christmas.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #4 - The Trouble with Doubles

   S8:E144/15/2018

   Bob and Linda's double-date plans take a disastrous turn when the couples find themselves trapped inside an Escape Room. Meanwhile, with the parents out of the house, Louise hosts a zombie-movie night, but when the zombies turn out to be too scary, Tina must take charge.

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   7.9/10(14 votes)

   #5 - Itty Bitty Ditty Committee

   S5:E174/26/2015

   Gene starts a band with Tina, Louise, Rudy, Peter and Daryl, only to be kicked out and left on his own. After declaring that he will never play his Casio again, Tina and Louise join forces to help Gene rediscover his love of music. Meanwhile, Linda deals with a horrible armpit rash that has everyone disgusted!

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   7.9/10(9 votes)

   #6 - Three Girls and a Little Wharfy

   S10:E132/23/2020

   Louise skeptically joins Jessica and fifth-grader Megan in their search for Wharfy, a mythical sea monster, while Bob takes an online master class by a world-renowned chef.

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   7.8/10(13 votes)

   #7 - Teen-A-Witch

   S7:E310/23/2016

   With Halloween quickly approaching, Tina reveals her brilliant idea that will finally win her first place in the annual costume contest. When Tammy steals her idea, Tina is forced to seek the help of Mr. Ambrose, who leads her to alternate and other-worldly methods of winning. Meanwhile, Bob is on a mission to figure out who is stealing his perfectly crafted pumpkins.

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   7.7/10(18 votes)

   #8 - Bad Tina

   S2:E85/13/2012

   Tina befriends a bad girl in a bid to get closer to Jimmy Junior.

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   7.7/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Every Which Way But Goose

   S9:E142/17/2019

   Tina, discouraged by not being asked to prom by Jimmy Jr., forms an unhealthy attachment to a goose from the nearby park. Meanwhile, Linda joins a dating app to help Gretchen find a match.

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    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Tina Tailor Soldier Spy

    S5:E712/14/2014

    Tina goes undercover in her old Thundergirls troop to find the mole who is giving away their cookie secrets. Meanwhile, Linda dyes her hair blonde.

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    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Butt Sweat and Fears

    S14:E135/19/2024

    Tina is determined to get some upper butt action at Chelsea's party, but in her attempts to dry off her nervous butt sweat, her skirt ends up stuck in the dryer. Meanwhile, Teddy tries to get in on the family's competition of building objects from the basement trash.

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    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #12 - The Land Ship

    S6:E210/11/2015

    The upcoming Land Ship parade could mean increased business for Bob, until he learns that two port-o-potties will be placed in front the restaurant. Meanwhile, Tina learns from her friends that she’s boring, so she joins up with Jordan who has been vandalizing the school with graffiti. But when Jordan wants to spray graffiti on the Land Ship, Tina must decide between ruining the parade or disappointing her new crush.

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13. 

    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Show Mama from the Grave

    S13:E911/27/2022

    Bob takes Linda and the kids to visit his mother's grave, but finding the headstone is harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Teddy makes a grave mistake while doing repairs in the Belcher's house.

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14. 

    7.4/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Bed & Breakfast

    S1:E73/13/2011

    Linda hosts a bed and breakfast, but her guests aren't as grateful as she would like. Things take a turn for the worse when Louise's room is rented to Teddy.

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    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Synchronized Swimming

    S2:E33/25/2012

    The kids con their way out of gym class with a bogus synchronized swimming independent study. Meanwhile, Bob welcomes a new soft serve ice cream machine to the restaurant.

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    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #16 - The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene

    S3:E812/9/2012

    Gene gets his first girlfriend, but it doesn't take long for the family to realize that she is incredibly annoying and they pressure him to break up with her.

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    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Copa-Bob-bana

    S11:E310/11/2020

    Bob agrees to be the temporary chef at the Fischoeders' new nightclub; the kids throw a pool party in the restaurant basement when they get a hold of a stock tank.

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    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Mazel-Tina

    S4:E133/16/2014

    Tina isn't invited to a classmate's bat mitzvah but ends up at the event anyway when her family is hired to cater.

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    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #19 - Wag the Hog

    S6:E134/10/2016

    When Bob's longtime friend, Critter, finds himself in jail for unpaid parking tickets, the Belchers decide to do what they can to help him out. Meanwhile, Linda takes on a babysitting job that becomes more work than she signed up for.

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    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Mr. Lonely Farts

    S11:E143/14/2021

    When Linda and Tina go to the shoe store, Gene accidently is left home by himself. Meanwhile, Bob, Louise and Teddy go to buy restaurant equipment from a creepy guy whom Bob found on the internet.

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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #21 - Cheer Up, Sleepy Gene

    S8:E134/8/2018

    Gene gets invited to his first sleepover and is nervous about it, and when things don't go as planned, he realizes he had a right to be. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda record themselves while sleeping to prove who snores more.

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    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Motor, She Boat

    S10:E310/13/2019

    Tina and Bob participate in the Thundergirls father-daughter cardboard boat race and Tina tries to hide her feelings about Bob's terrible boat-building skills. Meanwhile, Linda drags Louise and Gene to a fire station open house and overstays her welcome.

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    7.2/10(6 votes)

    #23 - Crystal Mess

    S12:E210/3/2021

    In order to help with anxiety about an upcoming oral report, Mr. Frond lends Tina a crystal that his new girlfriend alleges has special powers. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda buy a box of imperfect produce and try to use it all before it rots.

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    7.1/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Running Down a Gene

    S14:E410/29/2023

    Gene tries to learn how to lucid dream in order to recover the world's most perfect song that he wrote while asleep. Meanwhile, Louise and Tina try to trap a cricket whose chirping is keeping Linda up at night.

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    6.9/10(15 votes)

    #25 - Family Fracas

    S3:E194/14/2013

    After the family car breaks down and ruins their plans for a movie night out, the Belchers find themselves competing on the TV game show "Family Fracas!" To the dismay of the program's host, they keep winning and coming back each night...that is until their lucky streak comes to a suspicious end.

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