Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Bob's Burgers "A-Sprout a Boy" and a Comment about Louise

I get it, everyone loves Louise. However, I don't. She basically gets away and does whatever she likes and Bob and Linda do not discpline her at all. Poor Tina falls into the responsible older sister roll, and Louise gets to run around and her "goblin mode: thing, which other viewers enjoy. We see this a in the episode "A Sprout a Boy." They siblings are the subject of the side plot.
After going to store Louise gets to keep the change, and so she asks for all the returned money in change. Bob and Linda do nothing about this, don't check the receipt, nothing. Linda even mentions the amount of money being returned isn't the right amount, but there's no follow-up. Bob and Linda aren't in best financial position, but they don't seem to care about missing money when it's Louise. This is one thing I appreciate about the show, most tv families have no money issues, but the Belchers do.
Then, Louise wants to use the change to ride a little kids rocket ship ride. I loved these things as a kid, so we all can relate. Tina's roll as Louise has all the fun is she holds the jellybean while Louise rides the ride and grabs the candy with a sticky hand toy. Poor older responisble sister Tina-she had no fun while Louise does. Bob even see's the kids later, and doesn't tell Louise to get off the ride, he just lets it go.
At the end of the episode, Louise is told by a store manager to get off the ride. She throws a hissy fit like a toddler. The ride was made for kids, but Louise doesn't care. This is whay I tend to avoid episodes where Louise is the main character. The plot is she is mean, cries, says some words like she's grown as a character, but never gets punished. There are exceptions of course, I did enjoy "Three girls and little Wharfy." She took other peoples feelings into considertation. That episode was a nice change of pace.

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