Bob’s Burgers Valentine’s Day Episodes (and Other Surprisingly Sweet Ones)
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A Bob’s Burgers Valentine’s Day Playlist for Lovers, Loners, and Tina Belchers
Bob’s Burgers understands love in all its forms: big, embarrassing crushes; long-married devotion; sibling loyalty; and the kind of romance that mostly involves snacks and emotional support.
This playlist includes the show’s Valentine’s Day staples and expands outward to include episodes that feel sweet, tender, or gently romantic, even when the holiday isn’t mentioned once.
The Playlist
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Weekend at Morts
Season 1, Episode 11
When a toxic green mold forces the Belchers out of their restaurant, they temporarily relocate to Mort’s funeral home, an arrangement that somehow turns into a double date and a near-cremation. Weekend at Mort’s is quietly one of the show’s earliest love-forward episodes, giving Mort the nerve to put himself back out there and reminding Bob that effort, even under deeply unromantic circumstances, still counts.
My Fuzzy Valentine
Season 3, Episode 13
Bob’s attempt at a romantic Valentine’s Day begins, as usual, with a heart-shaped pancake, and immediately spirals. Determined to do better, he ropes the kids into a rainy, all-day hunt for what he believes is the ultimate proof of his love for Linda, while she transforms the restaurant into a chaotic speed-dating experiment. My Fuzzy Valentine balances cringe, sincerity, and mild criminal activity to remind us that love in Bob’s Burgers isn’t about perfect gifts or flawless memories, it’s about effort, intention, and showing up even when everything goes sideways.
Boyz 4 Now
Season 3, Episode 21
When a Boyz 4 Now concert goes sideways, Tina refuses to miss her chance at pop-star devotion, dragging Louise along for what becomes an accidental coming-of-age moment. Boyz 4 Now captures peak Tina yearning and delivers one of the show’s most unexpectedly tender arcs as Louise confronts feelings she very much does not want to have. Equal parts musical parody and emotional ambush, it’s a standout episode about first crushes, denial, and the terrifying realization that you might actually care, set to a boy-band soundtrack.
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Seaplane!
Season 4, Episode 3
Bob and Linda’s predictable date-night routine finally hits a breaking point, leading to Linda signing them up for seaplane lessons in a bid for adventure, whether Bob is ready or not. Seaplane! turns a marital disagreement into a high-stakes test of trust, boredom, and adrenaline, pairing relationship insecurity with absurd escalation. It’s a standout Bob-and-Linda episode about what happens when one partner wants more excitement and the other just wants dinner at the usual place, and how love survives when both are forced far outside their comfort zones.
Can’t Buy Me Math
Season 5, Episode 11
Desperate to win the school’s Cupid’s Couple contest, Tina and Darryl enter a business arrangement: fake dating. What follows is a tragic comedy of escalating misunderstandings, sudden betrayals, and Darryl being way too comfortable with public displays of affection. Meanwhile, Linda forces Bob into a weeklong Valentine’s Day celebration that slowly drains his will to live.
The Gene & Courtney Show
Season 6, Episode 7
Gene and his ex-girlfriend Courtney are chosen to host the morning announcements, a role that comes with power, prestige, and the potential for a catastrophic on-air breakup. Meanwhile, Tina attempts to organize the school’s Valentine’s fundraiser, which is almost as difficult as getting Jimmy Jr. to commit to literally anything.
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Secret Admiral-irer
Season 6, Episode 18
When Tina volunteers at a nursing home in pursuit of a Thundergirls badge, she stumbles into a decades-old love story that challenges her most romantic instincts. Secret Admiral-irer gently explores what it means to believe in love, past its prime, beyond expectations, and even when the outcome is uncertain, while Tina learns that hope itself can be a meaningful gift. Paired with Bob’s ill-advised attempt to bond with cooler, younger chefs, the episode balances earnestness and awkwardness, offering a quietly touching take on romance as something that can be tender, complicated, and worth honoring at any age.
Sea Me Now
Season 7, Episode 2
When Teddy plans a day on his newly restored boat to prove he’s moved on from his past, the Belchers tag along for a well-intentioned outing that quietly exposes how hard it is to let go. Meanwhile, Tina takes on an absurdly small responsibility in hopes of proving she’s ready for adulthood. Sea Me Now shows that love, like boats, sometimes needs more than repairs to stay afloat.
Ex Mach Tina
Season 7, Episode 8
After an injury sidelines Tina from school, she sends a robot double in her place and unexpectedly gains clarity about herself, her relationships, and what she actually wants. Ex Mach Tina blends sci-fi parody with heartfelt introspection and it’s a surprisingly tender episode about learning to speak for yourself instead of outsourcing your feelings.
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Bob Actually
Season 7, Episode 9
With Valentine’s Day in full swing, Bob Actually splits its attention between big romantic gestures and the smaller, messier feelings that come with crushes, jealousy, and trying very hard not to care. The kids each stumble through their own love-related dilemmas, some sweet, some mortifying, while Bob fixates on pulling off a genuinely romantic surprise for Linda. Equal parts awkward and sincere, the episode captures Bob’s Burgers at its most affectionate, suggesting that love isn’t about perfect timing or flawless execution, but about showing up, risking embarrassment, and dancing anyway.
Aquaticism
Season 7, Episode 14
The kids learn that their beloved aquarium may be shutting down so they launch an earnest (and questionable) campaign to save it. Meanwhile, Bob begins to see the value in Linda’s effortless ability to connect with people. Aquaticism is a soft, sweet episode about passion, empathy, and recognizing different kinds of intelligence, emotional included.
V for Valentine-detta
Season 8, Episode 8
When Tina’s Valentine’s Day collapses in spectacular fashion, V for Valentine-detta trades revenge fantasies for something far better: a girls’ night powered by sisterhood, snacks, and a very memorable limo driver. While Linda, Louise, and Nat rally around a heartbroken Tina, the episode gently reframes romantic disappointment as an opportunity to choose yourself, and your people, over petty payback. Funny, affirming, and unexpectedly warm, it’s a Valentine’s Day episode that argues love doesn’t always look like romance, but it still counts.
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Something Old, Something New, Something Bob Caters for You
Season 8, Episode 21
Bob agrees to cater a wedding for a couple who fell in love at his restaurant and immediately decides this will be the moment that proves his life’s work matters. What follows is a windy, chaotic, deeply unromantic affair that forces Bob to confront the impossible pressure we put on love,new love, long love, and the kind that shows up with burgers and folding tables. It’s an episode about meaning-making: how easy it is to mistake perfection for purpose, and how Linda, once again, understands that love isn’t about avoiding disaster, but standing together when everything goes wrong.
Just One of the Boyz 4 Now for Now
Season 9, Episode 13
Certain she’s encountered true love in the wild, Tina disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates the Boyz 4 Now auditions, only to discover that her heart is far less loyal than she’d hoped. As her attention ricochets from crush to crush, the episode gently skewers the intensity of early infatuation, the way desire feels urgent, infinite, and immediately replaceable. Paired with a quietly unhinged side plot involving a baby rat and an alarming amount of caretaking, it’s a funny, sympathetic look at how growing up often means realizing that love isn’t a single lightning bolt, but a series of short circuits.
Bed, Bob & Beyond
Season 9, Episode 13
A low-level Valentine’s Day argument leaves Bob and Linda in an awkward stalemate, leading the kids to step in with the only solution they know: aggressively rewriting a romantic movie they didn’t get to finish. Bed, Bob & Beyond turns domestic tension into a series of wildly imaginative, deeply inaccurate love stories, each reflecting how the kids understand romance, conflict, and reconciliation. Sweet beneath the chaos, it’s a Valentine’s episode about working through disagreement—not with grand gestures, but with storytelling, empathy, and the hope that love survives laundry piles and broken beds.
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The Helen Hunt
Season 9, Episode 12
When Teddy admits he’s still quietly hung up on a woman who feels just out of reach, the Belchers decide it’s their job to intervene, by finding a hidden heirloom, engineering romance, and generally overestimating their ability to steer anyone’s love life. As Linda pushes Teddy toward an idealized crush and Tina becomes convinced she’s spotted a truer, gentler match. The Helen Hunt is less about winning the girl than recognizing who actually sees you, and a reminder that romance built on fantasy is a lot flimsier than the kind that shows up, listens, and sticks around when things get weird.
Every Which Way But Goose
Season 9, Episode 14
After Jimmy Jr. fails to ask her to the school dance, Tina’s heartbreak takes a sharp turn into fixation, settling, unfortunately, on a very real goose at the park. What starts as an emotional coping mechanism spirals into something the family can’t ignore, while Linda, meanwhile, overcorrects in her own way by meddling aggressively in Gretchen’s love life. Every Which Way but Goose is one of the show’s stranger Valentine-adjacent episodes, using absurdity to explore how rejection scrambles judgment and how care, when poorly applied, can make things worse.
Just The Trip
Season 10, Episode 17
When a burst pipe shuts down the restaurant, Bob reluctantly agrees to join Nat the limo driver on what is pitched as a simple errand and quickly becomes something else entirely. The road trip that follows dismantles every romantic notion of escape, love doesn’t get fixed, fears don’t magically disappear, and sometimes the destination is mostly snakes, but the episode finds its footing in the uneasy truth that shared discomfort still counts as connection.
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Romancing the Beef
Season 11, Episode 11
Louise convinces the family to transform Bob’s Burgers into a last-minute Valentine’s Day hotspot, so Bob and Linda put their own plans on hold in favor of candlelight, prix fixe menus, and emotional endurance. Romancing the Beef is a classic example of the show’s sweet cynicism about the holiday: romance is stressful, expectations are high, and love often happens in the margins while you’re busy serving everyone else. Between Tina’s conflicted anti-Valentine’s outing and Bob and Linda finding intimacy in shared chaos, the episode lands on a quietly reassuring note: Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be perfect to count.
Ferry on My Wayward Bob and Linda
Season 12, Episode 12
Bob and Linda score a Valentine’s Day dinner invite to a chic island restaurant and they dress up, dream big, and promptly take a very wrong turn. Ferry on My Wayward Bob and Linda turns romantic ambition into a surprisingly physical endurance test, pairing muddy mishaps with genuine affection as the two stubbornly commit to making the night work. Meanwhile, the kids contend with an unusually strict babysitter who may have romance on her own mind. Equal parts slapstick and sincerity, it’s a Valentine’s episode about effort, optimism, and choosing each other, ven when the journey is longer, messier, and far less glamorous than planned.
Get Her to the Zeke
Season 16, Episode 6
Determined to fix her own romantic stalemate, Tina decides the solution is matchmaking, specifically, finding Zeke a date so no one has to feel left out. What begins as thoughtful quickly turns controlling, as Tina learns that wanting love for someone else can slide into rewriting who they are. Paired with a quietly heroic act of compassion involving a very large rat, the episode lands on a familiar Bob’s Burgers truth: romance works best when people are allowed to be themselves, and kindness sometimes means letting things go.
Watching Bob’s Burgers on Valentine’s Day is the best way to remind yourself that romance isn’t about perfect moments, it’s about enduring the deeply weird, occasionally humiliating experiences that make love, well, love. So if your Valentine's Day isn't going to plan, just remember: it could be worse. You could be Bob, breakdancing outside a burger joint, trying to impress your wife.