Louise Belcher

Belcher family

Bob Belcher

Robert Eugene "Bob" Belcher Jr. (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) is the main character of the series. He is the son of Robert "Big Bob" Belcher Sr. and Lily Belcher, husband of Linda, and father of Tina, Gene, and Louise. He is a third-generation restaurateur and currently the proprietor of his eponymous burger restaurant. He is currently 46 years old. It has been mentioned that Bob's mother Lily died prior to the series' beginning. His childhood has been self-described as "crappy", as his father discouraged play. However, he has implied he loved spending time with his mother, as she would take him on long walks. Bob's mother went unnamed until the Belchers went to visit her gravesite.

Bob tends to entertain himself by having conversations with inanimate objects, mainly food, and then speaking back as the inanimate object, usually using a high falsetto voice. He also enjoys making puns, using this talent to name his burger specials. While poor with business management and cursed with an unlucky streak, his skills at cooking are excellent; he has even been referred to as a "beef artist" by Mr. Fischoeder. His primary business rival is Jimmy Pesto, who owns an Italian restaurant across the street from Bob's Burgers.

The Burger of the Day special stems from an incident in which he customized a burger by adding chives and sour cream to it, calling it a "Baby You Can Chive My Car Burger". He tried to serve it to one of Big Bob's regular customers who normally ordered a tuna melt, but Big Bob threw the burger away in front of the whole diner. 10 years later, still resentful over not being allowed to cook the way he wanted, Bob turned down Big Bob's offer of a partnership in the diner and opened his own restaurant.

Bob prides himself on giving the customer a quality meal and goes the extra mile to ensure it by choosing fresh ingredients he gets from the local farmers' markets and co-ops. His biggest accomplishment is the "Meatsiah", a concoction consisting of a steak tartare center with a medium-well cooked burger surrounding it and a beef Wellington surrounding the burger. Bob is allergic to shellfish, particularly lobster, as it causes his face to swell any time he eats it. This is a problem, as the seaside town where the Belchers live has an annual lobster festival he hates since it takes away from his business. Bob, along with Linda, enjoys drinking, and many of the episode gags involve Bob or Linda getting drunk, usually from wine.

Linda Belcher

Linda Belcher (née Genarro) (voiced by John Roberts) is the happy-go-lucky wife of Bob and mother of Tina, Gene, and Louise. Before her marriage to Bob, she was engaged to Hugo, who is now a local health inspector. She is currently 44 years old. She has referred to herself as a "pre-middle-aged mother". In early seasons, Linda wears her everyday outfit top with a button-up, while in newer seasons it is a V-neck instead.

Linda's attraction to Bob, whom she often refers to as "Bobby", is in part due to his passion for his work, and also due to his mustache. Linda remains a loyal and devoted wife despite their frequent financial problems, and never having had a honeymoon or a day off in 10 years. She has a preference for mustaches, and says Bob "made himself ugly" when he shaved it off. Her passions include singing, dinner theater, porcelain baby figurines, Tom Selleck, nautically themed romance novels, and prenatal yoga. She handles the accounting for the restaurant, though her bookkeeping methods are overly complicated. She is fond of alcohol and is known to say "Mommy doesn't get drunk, she just has fun."

Linda is extroverted, has a thick New Jersey accent, and is fond of tackling problems using unconventional methods, though her methods are frequently overly optimistic and things sometimes go awry. She often encourages her kids to engage in behavior Bob finds annoying, and though she wants what's best for her kids, she tends to be scatterbrained. Bob has described her as a pushover because she allows people, especially their kids, to take advantage of her. She has a contentious relationship with Louise and often misunderstands her, even once organizing a slumber party for Louise against her will. She is a talented lyricist and tends to spontaneously burst into song, a trait she shares with her voice actor, John Roberts. Many of the songs she is known for are improvised by Roberts. They are frequently remade and set to music for the end credits of many episodes.

Linda's maiden name is Genarro, and she is of Italian descent. She has a friend who's only mentioned but never seen or heard named Ginger.

Tina Belcher

Tina Ruth Belcher (voiced by Dan Mintz) is the eldest Belcher child. She is currently 13 years old. She generally speaks in a masculine tone, wears glasses, works part-time at the family restaurant, and is often the voice of reason among the Belcher children. However, it is made quite clear that Tina's own characteristics rival those of her siblings. She is trying to come to grips with her entry into adulthood and claims to have a complicated relationship with zombies. She typically wears a sky blue, short-sleeved t-shirt, a short, navy blue pencil skirt, white tube socks with red stripes on the bottom, black sneakers with white tips, and a yellow barrette on the right side of her head, which she typically dons with her thick glasses to help her see better. Like the rest of her Italian-looking family, she has black hair and olive skin. She also wears her hair in a bob cut with loose curls at the ends.

Despite seeming reticent and shy around her peers, Tina has an active social and romantic life. She has an on-again, off-again relationship with Jimmy Jr., and has dated, kissed, or flirted with several other boys. She is obsessed with horses, boys, and buttocks; in various episodes, she writes in her journal about touching people's butts, which, to her, is the height of sexual contact. According to her siblings, Tina has written erotic fanfiction of several television shows and movies and has moved on to "erotic friend fiction", in which she uses real people. She is a member of the Hormone-iums, a musical revue at Wagstaff that sings songs about puberty, and was formerly a member of the Thundergirls, a Girl Scout-like organization. She is generally soft-spoken and reserved, often in contrast to her more strident siblings.

In the show's early developmental stages, the eldest Belcher child was originally written as a boy, named Daniel Belcher, who was also voiced by Mintz, whose personality is said to have been similar to that of Tina's. She is also shown to have difficulties with her schoolwork despite working hard at it, as seen when she is put into remedial math and when guidance counselor Mr. Frond refers to her as a "dum-dum".

Gene Belcher

Robert Eugene “Gene” Belcher III (voiced by Eugene Mirman) is the middle child and only male in the family besides Bob. He is revealed to be 11 years old. Like Linda, he has an upbeat and enthusiastic attitude about almost everything. However, he closely resembles Bob and has inherited his lobster allergy. He often promotes the restaurant by wearing a burger costume and using a toy megaphone to hand out samples.

Gene has a variety of interests and hobbies, with his most well-known being food and music. Though he has no training, he occasionally demonstrates great skill in music and aspires to be a musician. He enjoys playing a Casio-type keyboard and using it to make fart sounds. In the past, he has created an elaborate love duet as well as a one-man show. Despite this, Gene is not without his flaws, namely a tendency to be easily distracted, which his family refers to as "Gene-ing out", but he is loving and loyal toward his family. He is also shown to be unathletic and run away from fights in fear. It is shown he suffers from a fear of snakes.

Gene has an occasional tendency towards making unintentionally sexual double entendres, which his father Bob corrects or tells him not to repeat, often admonishing him by simply saying his name. He is also fond of making wisecracks and pop culture references. Like his father and mother, he has olive skin and dark black hair. He has his hair in a short bowl cut with long flips at each side of his head. He sports a pale yellow short-sleeved t-shirt, a pair of slightly lengthy, light blue denim shorts, short white socks, and, like his older sister, white and red sneakers.

Louise Belcher

Louise Belcher (voiced by Kristen Schaal) is the youngest child of the Belcher family and is revealed to be 9 years old. She typically wears a short-sleeved, olive-green dress slightly below the knees, black Mary-Jane flats, and a hot pink beanie hat with rabbit ears on top of it. Like the rest of her Italian-looking family, she has black hair and olive skin. Her black hair peeks out from her large hat, slightly exposing the hair-ties holding up her pigtails; her yellow hair-ties in the front covered up by the long ends of her bunny hat, along with the aglets of her hat. Like her mother and older sister, her hair has curls at the ends.

Despite being the youngest, she usually dominates her two older siblings by wearing down their self-esteem. Precociously intelligent, manipulative, and aggressive with both children and adults, she is more than willing to exploit people if there is anything to be gained, and has a history of gaslighting her siblings, especially Tina.

She has an offbeat and dark sense of humor, and picks locks as a hobby. She tends to be very loud, and often shouts at the top of her lungs to get her points across. Louise always wears her signature hat, regardless of the situation. To date, viewers have never seen her uncovered head. When a teenager stole her hat from her, her head was off-screen, and she wore a hoodie until she got it back.

She believed her hat made her brave and got it in order to be able to face preschool. However, this turned out to be untrue, as she got it after her first day of preschool when Linda made it in honor of Bob's mother Lily, who often wore a similar beanie, though Louise's hat had bunny ears added due to Linda having extra fabric. Louise is not immune to breaking her tough character persona, however. She called Bob "daddy" until she was eight, felt guilty about almost electrocuting her sister, still believes in Santa Claus, has a disturbing crush on a boy band member, becomes enamored with puppies, and proclaims she does love her family, albeit in the face of death. Since she was a baby, Louise has always liked Bob more than Linda, opting to spend more time with him as she finds him much more interesting. It can be assumed Louise and Bob have a very strong relationship, although she is the most prone amongst her siblings to mock him. On one occasion, Louise accidentally revealed her plan to take over the family restaurant when Bob retires, after renaming it "Louise's Burgers".

Relatives of the Belcher family

Gayle Genarro (voiced by Megan Mullally) – Linda's neurotic artist younger sister, the aunt of Tina, Gene and Louise and sister-in-law of Bob. Bob dislikes her, much to Linda's consternation. She is desperately lonely and once fell in love with Bob because, as Linda explains, she always wants what Linda has. However, men often take an interest in her, including Dr. Yap, Mort, Mr. Frond, and Mr. Fischoeder. She loves cats and, since she often fakes injuries, may suffer from some form of factitious disorder. She also can't keep any real job for longer than a few days, and it has been implied that Linda sends her money so she won't end up homeless.

Gloria Genarro (née Rinaldi) (voiced by Renée Taylor) – Linda's mother, mother-in-law of Bob, and maternal grandmother of Tina, Gene, and Louise. Bob doesn't like her very much, and he always tries to hide from her when she and Al come over to visit. She convinces her husband to move to a retirement community of swingers. Her recent appearances validate Bob's view of her as she is shown to be constantly demanding, thankless, and immature. The Belchers have made a point of only seeing her and Al once a year and once turned a brief airport layover near their house into that visit so they could extend the time they would not have to spend around her by nearly two years due to the flight's timing.

Al Genarro (voiced by Sam Seder) – Linda's father, father-in-law of Bob, and maternal grandfather of Tina, Gene, and Louise. He rarely speaks, is hard of hearing, hence his hearing aid. He accompanies Gloria everywhere. He has a fetish for women inflating balloons and then sitting on them until they pop. He's better than his wife by default, but never confronts her behavior.

Robert "Big Bob" Eugene Belcher Sr. (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin in 2012, Bill Hader in 2014, and Eric Bauza since 2022) – Bob's widowed father, father-in-law of Linda, and paternal grandfather of Tina, Gene, and Louise. Like his son, Big Bob is a restaurateur who owns his own business called "Big Bob's Diner". He was shown to be an emotionally unavailable father towards his own son via flashbacks, but they have improved their relationship since then, and the Belcher kids love him and vice versa, a total contrast to how they don't like Linda's parents and only tolerate them in very limited and forced doses. Since his son's preteen years, Big Bob has been very controlling of Bob and put him to work most of the time. He enjoys line-dancing, which he practices at the bar next to his diner. He found life to be difficult after the death of Lily. In conversations with his son, he revealed he proposed to Lily after a tree almost fell on them while they were camping.

Recurring characters

Regular customers at Bob's Burgers

Theodore "Teddy" (voiced by Larry Murphy) – A talkative, kind-hearted, burly, and socially awkward handyman who is a loyal and near-daily customer of Bob's Burgers. Teddy is extremely fond of the Belchers and wants to be a part of the family. However, due to their family restaurant's name, he thinks the Belchers' last name is Burger. Teddy stays behind in the restaurant to repair the ceiling while the family goes on a road trip with Nat Kinkle. He then fantasizes Linda leaving Bob for him and them adopting Bob as their son. Teddy considers Bob to be his best friend. While Bob generally likes and respects Teddy, he also finds him to be deeply annoying much of the time. In his youth, Teddy was attractive, had long blonde hair, and was physically fit. He was attractive enough to be cast as a lifeguard in The Deepening, a 1980s exploitation movie, filmed at Wonder Wharf. However, due to an incident during filming taking such a toll on him, he resorted to overeating and gained a substantial amount of weight. Teddy is divorced, lives alone, and dates infrequently. Before he was a contractor, he served in the United States Navy and was stationed in Guam. He was once married to a woman named Denise who cheated on him regularly. Denise was highly critical of Teddy and once told him his head looks like a butt. This is why he always wears a beanie. Their marriage ended when Denise left Teddy for a boating enthusiast who owns a waterside bar where she works as a waitress called the Schoon Hound. Teddy reluctantly confesses to the Belchers that he is a hoarder due to childhood trauma and develops intense body odor when he becomes anxious, which he calls “panic stink”. Long-winded at times, Teddy frequently tells excessively detailed stories about mundane situations that usually bore the listener. While he is known to eat nearly anything offered to him, Bob's hamburgers seem to be among his favorite foods. Teddy learns that his daily consumption of burgers and fries has caused him to develop extremely high cholesterol. Generally mild-mannered and affable, Teddy participates in ongoing therapy sessions as he sometimes has angry, violent outbursts over minor incidents, which he instantly regrets, often causing him to burst into tears and apologize.

Mortimer "Mort" (voiced by Andy Kindler) – A mortician and the owner of the "It's Your Funeral" funeral home next to the restaurant and also a regular customer of Bob's Burgers. He is a little odd and has a stereotypically morbid sense of humor. Mort is single, wears an obvious toupee, and lives in a stylishly decorated apartment above his funeral home. He is good friends with Bob and Teddy and has cared for the Belcher children on occasion. He also acted as the Belcher family driver when Tina crashed Bob's car. Mort has a generally good sense of humor about the macabre questions to which he is often subjected regarding his job. His name is Latin for "dead" or "death", a playful nod to the fact he works in a funeral home. He hires a Borat impersonator for his mother's 86th birthday party to help catch a man who lied to multiple restaurants about hair in his food. He is hinted to be Jewish, as he was headed off to enjoy Chinese food on Christmas Eve with his mom and lent the Belchers his business hearse to go see a nearby lights display.

Pesto family

Jimmy Pesto Sr. (voiced by Jay Johnston from 2011 to 2021, Eric Bauza since 2023) – Real surname Poplopovich, is the owner of an Italian-themed restaurant called Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria. Although of Eastern European descent, he goes by the Italian-sounding name of Pesto, presumably to increase the appeal of his restaurant. He and his family members are invariably referred to by the Pesto last name. He is Bob's archenemy and Jimmy Jr., Andy, and Ollie's father. Their feud often seems to border on stalking each other and occasionally descends into violence. Their families get along well, and, apart from a few isolated incidents, neither of their businesses endangers the other. This is partly because Bob's menu is genuinely better than Jimmy's, which is often described as subpar. Jimmy once competed in a burger cook-off against Bob and a celebrity chef, and his "Oregano Burger" was poorly received. He is divorced from his children's mother, who has not yet been seen, and Jimmy moved into a pathetic bachelor-type apartment after the divorce was finalized. It has been strongly implied he has no real friends. On one occasion, Trev, the pizzeria's bartender, enlisted Bob to bring him pain medication since he couldn't think of anyone who likes Jimmy and knows, even though he rightfully loathes Jimmy, he is a good person who will help someone when they're injured. He has dark brown hair worn in a pompadour style.

Jimmy Pesto Jr. (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Almost always referred to as "Jimmy Jr.", he is the oldest son of Jimmy Pesto. Jimmy works as the busboy at his father's restaurant. He is Tina's classmate, love interest, and on-again, off-again boyfriend. Tina has a crush on him and tries her best to get his attention. He is close friends with Zeke, who calls him "J. Ju", has a lateral lisp, and loves dancing. He appears to be among the most popular students at Wagstaff Middle School, though many students turned against him after Louise bungled his student body president campaign. Jimmy Jr. is also prone to envy. This is especially seen when he resents Gene for becoming friends with Zeke and begins to feud with Tina's love interest, Josh, despite their on-and-off relationship. Jimmy Jr. has gone on dates with Tina. However, he forgets this from time to time. Louise calls him "brace face", implying he wears braces, but these are never seen, aside from in his fifth-grade school picture. He has dirty blond hair, light skin, and a tall stature. Jimmy Jr. typically wears a pale yellow, short-sleeved shirt; a blue, open vest over his shirt, black-gray sweatpants, and short white sneakers. He has his father's pompadour hairstyle.

Andy and Ollie Pesto (voiced by Sarah Silverman and Laura Silverman) – Jimmy Pesto Sr.'s blond twin sons who are Jimmy Pesto Jr.'s younger brothers. They are very childish and care for each other a lot, experiencing extreme anxiety whenever they must be separated. At one point, they imply that their backpacks will miss each other when separated and are nearly run over because they were trying to simultaneously carry each other across the street. They are classmates and good friends with Louise despite the rivalry between their fathers and Louise's tendency to take advantage of them. Ollie and Andy's intense fondness for each other mimics that of Walter and Perry from Loren Bouchard's previous animated television series Home Movies. The difference between them is that Andy wears a light blue shirt and Ollie wears a neon green shirt.

Wagstaff School

Mr. Frond (voiced by David Herman) – Phillip J. Frond is the "self-certified" school counselor of Wagstaff School. He feels underused and underappreciated at the school. This is largely because nobody really likes him, due to his uptight and strict personality. Therefore, his advice is never sought after. He occasionally concocts harebrained schemes to advance his own career, which usually backfire spectacularly. Mr. Frond is a vegetarian. However, it's been mentioned he made a meat dish for his date and has a small tongue. He also knits religiously, talks to his mother on the phone every day, and has multiple cats.

Coach Blevins (voiced by Larry Murphy) – The school's gym teacher and wrestling team's coach who wears shatterproof goggles. He is also the fourth-grade science teacher, where he teaches the class how to make a battery out of a penny and a potato and has them dissect bananas. He usually settles gym class disputes by having the students wrestle. He takes salsa dancing classes and briefly had his driver's license suspended, forcing him to go to traffic school.

Principal Spoors − The principal at Wagstaff. His face has never been shown, and he's made only one physical appearance on the show. He does nothing except make deals benefiting himself and his family and leaves all hard choices and their consequences to be made and faced by Mr. Frond.

Mr. Ambrose (voiced by Billy Eichner) – The sarcastic and apathetic school librarian and cheerleading coach who has a penchant for dramatism, sometimes coming to verbal blows with Mr. Frond. He also practices witchcraft. He is writing a prequel to Mrs. Doubtfire called Mrs. Doubtwater.

Mr. Branca (voiced by David Herman) – An immigrant janitor from an unknown country. According to himself, he was his country's president before a coup d'état occurred. He is talented at ribbon dancing, and, despite wearing the same custodian uniform everywhere, has a keen sense for fashion. He considers Tina to be his best friend, frequently gossiping with her about the other students.

Mr. Desanto (voiced by Nick Kroll) - The school's debate coach and photography teacher. He used to be a private investigator.

Other children

Jonas (voiced by Paul Rust) – The delivery boy at Reggie's Deli. He drives a moped and plays the melodica. Tina briefly finds him attractive, or more specifically, his long, blond hair. Jonas uses this knowledge to manipulate her into opening Bob's Burgers late at night while her parents are out of town so he and his friends can hang out and eat free burgers. He is smitten with a girl named Vanessa and tries to give her Louise's fourth-grade class's pet chinchilla as a gift.

Logan Bush (voiced by Kurt Braunohler) – Louise's nemesis and Cynthia's son. He first appeared as a bully to the Belcher kids, eventually stealing Louise's hat. He manages to keep it from her until Louise gets the One-Eyed Snakes to retrieve it. He later reappears attending the mother-daughter seminar where he is called a "male daughter". His full name was chosen to be a play on words based on a loganberry bush. Cynthia, his mother, admits she and his father "didn't think it through". Bob once employed Logan as an unpaid intern in exchange for a plot in the community garden, which is run by Cynthia, and dismisses Louise's anger over working alongside Logan because he values the plants he comes to call his "babies". When Logan and his awful mom push Louise to her breaking point, and she threatens Bob's plants to force him to deal with the situation, Bob realizes how selfish he's been, apologizes to Louise, and accepts being ejected from the garden when he fires Logan from his internship.

Bryce (voiced by Joe Lo Truglio) – A teenage resident of King's Head Island who participates in the annual Hell Hunt on Halloween night. He later reappears as an expert in go-kart racing. Bryce finished third in the King's Head Island Grand Prix.

Sasha Whiteman (voiced by Jon Daly) – A resident of King's Head Island who goes go-kart racing against Bryce. Sasha is also the top debater for his school's team. He once helped Louise, Gene, Tina, and Rudy steal his cousin Dahlia's bounce house.

Duncan (voiced by Rhys Darby) - A classmate of Sasha's on King's Head Island, originally from New Zealand. He is friendly and naive, and he usually gets roped into Sasha's schemes.

Belcher Family friends

Josh (voiced by Ben Schwartz) – A boy Tina met while in the milk fridge of a supermarket. Both he and Jimmy Pesto Jr. attempted to win over her heart and take her to the dance. He goes to a school for the performing arts and is a ballet dancer. Tina attempts to let him know she'd rather just be friends, only for a stage accident during his tap dance dress rehearsal to lead Tina to label the accident as a possible sabotage, which she hopes will help her let him down easy.

Gretchen (voiced by Larry Murphy) – A busty blond woman with a deep, nasal voice. She is a hairstylist. Linda remains one of her most loyal customers despite Gretchen's subpar stylist abilities and tendency to cut her ear at least once during every appointment. She sells vibrators on the side. She gets a job working at an American Girl-style store and helps Louise steal a doll she likes. Gretchen briefly dates Hugo.

Marshmallow (voiced by David Herman from 2011 to 2021, Jari Jones since 2023) – A transgender African American prostitute. She is often seen in a white monokini. She is skilled at being able to crack anyone's back. A running gag is, after finding himself in the middle of some sort of chaotic or farcical situation, Bob saying her name following a subdued, pleasantly surprised greeting.

Mickey (voiced by Bill Hader from 2012 to 2020, Loren Bouchard in 2021, John Q. Kubin since 2022) – A former bank robber who took a shine to the Belcher family. In contrast to stereotypes of criminals, he has an amiable demeanor. Mickey briefly works at Bob's Burgers. He later gets a job as a ride operator at Wonder Wharf. Mickey also has a side hustle as a pedicab driver.

Nat Kinkle (voiced by Jillian Bell) - A well-connected limo driver who helps the Belchers cheer up a heartbroken Tina upon meeting them. She drives a pink limousine with a distinctive musical car horn and wears a matching pink suit. She also helps the kids and Bob look for a missing ring and takes the whole Belcher family on a road trip to visit her ex-girlfriend.

One-Eyed Snakes – An outlaw motorcycle club whose members are good friends with the Belcher Family. The One-Eyed Snakes were founded by Horny Dave and led by him until his death, when his motorcycle collided with a truck. There are a total of 18 members in the club.

Health inspectors

Hugo Habercore (voiced by Sam Seder) – A health inspector who used to be engaged to Linda but was jilted by her for Bob, a fact that causes him no end of frustration. This fact alone causes him to target Bob any chance he gets, to the point of malpractice, blackmail, and sabotage. He briefly becomes a nudist and ropes the Belchers into his unauthorized sting of a meat vendor who sells horse meat.

Ron (voiced by Ron Lynch) – Hugo's assistant, a trainee health inspector. Often quiet, he is willing to point out Hugo's malpractices when they go too far, and unlike Hugo, he's friendly towards the Belchers. He takes a pedicab to the library on a weekly basis, and he volunteers at the local marionette theater.

Parents

Colleen Caviello (voiced by Jaime Moyer) - Linda's rival on the PTA. Linda is obsessed with outdoing Colleen in that year's charity pasta dinner. Linda steals the right to lead that year's bake sale from Colleen. Colleen also runs against Linda for PTA treasurer, but Joanne, the PTA president, convinces everyone to vote for Linda. Joanne goes on to manipulate Linda, and, by extension, the PTA funds. Linda solicits Colleen's help due to her accounting experience in uncovering Joanne's ongoing fraud. It is not revealed who Colleen's child is.

Cynthia Bush (voiced by Lindsey Stoddart) - The mother of Logan Bush. She has as contentious a relationship with Linda as Logan does with Louise. Manages the community garden.

Doug Wheeler (voiced by John Michael Higgins) - The father of Courtney. He writes jingles for a living. Doug composes Courtney's school musical based on the movie Working Girl. He is obsessed with dancing while wearing rollerblades and forces his daughter into it to make up for his own shortcomings as a roller dancer in the 1980s. He is equally protective of his daughter and cat, Susan.

Sylvester Stieblitz (voiced by Brian Huskey) - Rudy's father. He and Rudy's mother are divorced. Sylvester's life is often hapless, with failed attempts at dating and him often failing to succeed in his other ventures, such as planning Rudy's birthday. However, Sylvester is mature about his changed life situation. He refuses to treat his ex-wife's boyfriend, Paul, as competition and assuages Rudy's distress over the changes to their family.

Business owners

Calvin Fischoeder (voiced by Kevin Kline) – Mr. Fischoeder is an odd local landlord and businessman who dresses in a white suit, a white cape, and a white eyepatch over his left eye, and who has a hairstyle similar to Vanity Fair publisher Graydon Carter. He owns or has a stake in just about every property in town, including Wonder Wharf, the Belcher and Pesto restaurants, Family Fun Time, Reggie's Deli, Capoeira Center for Capoeira, Reflections, and It's Your Funeral. He drives around town in a golf cart and throws firecrackers at people. He likes Bob despite Bob always being late with his rent. This is partially because Bob knows a legendary burger recipe he greatly enjoys, and Bob reminds him of his father due to his hairy arms. Louise describes him as being "one white cat away from being a supervillain". He smokes marijuana. It is revealed that his brother Felix is the reason why he wears an eyepatch. Mr. Fischoeder claims to have "lost the year 1996 to Schnapps" and has a gambling addiction, betting on everything from the kids' underground casino to whether Bob or Jimmy would win in a fight.

Edith and Harold Cranwinkle (voiced by Larry Murphy and Sam Seder) – The elderly owners of Reflections, an art sale, supplies, and lessons store. Edith is the chairperson of the Art Crawl, an event where local businesses display artwork. She frequently antagonizes Bob and enjoys making him pay huge markups when he desperately needs supplies in time-critical situations, but she and Bob were able to get along better after Bob found out she was looked after by Wonder Wharf's circus freaks as a young girl while her parents worked on Wonder Wharf. Harold has acrophobia and once had a mild stroke. Edith is the dominant partner in both their business and marital relationship, which explains why Harold has reduced his nasty and insulting treatment of Bob since Edith warmed up a little bit to the restaurateur.

Felix Fischoeder (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) – The younger brother of Calvin Fischoeder. Felix is known to be rather neurotic and has emotional issues stemming from his childhood. He is the cause of Calvin's poked-out eye. To calm him down, they had to sing a tribute song to Felix, revealing he is a narcissist. When he first appeared, he decided to install a new, high-tech bathroom in the restaurant. He and Bob once conspired to convince Calvin to destroy Wonder Wharf to put up a condominium and get a nightclub for his girlfriend Fanny. When Bob goes back on his deal to convince Calvin to sell Wonder Wharf, Felix ties them up under the pier with the intention of having them drown when the tide comes in. He soon regrets his actions and tries to save them despite Fanny's interference. Felix conceived the idea of an event similar to Running of the Bulls called the "Turkey Trot" for the town's Thanksgiving festival, which turned out to be a disaster after the birds attacked the participants. Calvin banished Felix from his house, so he took up residence in the former's treehouse.

Media personnel

Chuck Charles (voiced by Thomas Lennon) – A daytime talk show host along with his co-host and ex-wife Pam. The Belchers' participation on his show caused their show to be cancelled. He then became the host of a game show called "Family Fracas". He and Pam hid their divorce for the sake of their shows, but have an antagonistic relationship behind the scenes. Chuck blames the Belchers for his show being cancelled and harbors a grudge against them that has apparently yet to dissipate.

Pam (voiced by Samantha Bee) – A daytime talk show host. After the cancellation of her first show, Pam gets a daytime court show called "Pam's Court" despite not being a real judge. Unlike Chuck, she does not harbor resentment toward the Belchers. This is likely because she doesn't have to put up with Chuck as much thanks to them. Despite initially keeping their divorce secret from the public, Pam harbors deep resentment toward Chuck. She claims that fame ruined their marriage. She is a binge drinker.

Olsen Benner (voiced by Pamela Adlon from 2012 to 2021, Nicole Byer since 2022) – A local news correspondent.

Other recurring characters

Dr. Yap (voiced by Ken Jeong) – The Belcher family's dentist. He appears as a competent professional, but when the surface is scratched, he is fairly irresponsible and erratic. He is shown to be somewhat lonely and socially awkward, which leads him to inappropriate behavior with his patients and fellow members of the Beta Upsilon Pi fraternity. He is one of Tina Belcher's many crushes. Dr. Yap plays the guitar, keeping one in his dentist's office he named Greta, and loves to ski.

Grover Fischoeder (voiced by David Wain) – The lesser-known, less rich cousin of the Fischoeder brothers. He is a lawyer who covers up their illegal activities. He later serves as an antagonist, having murdered a carnival worker six years prior and framing Mr. Fischoeder so he can get his inheritance and build a giant park over Wonder Wharf. Grover's plan was eventually thwarted by the Belcher family, and he was arrested by police.

Gus (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – An elderly handyman who hangs out at the pier, airstrip, and go-kart track.

Jen (voiced by Wendy Molyneux) – The babysitter for Gene and Louise when Tina is unavailable or isn't trusted to watch them. She is extremely ticklish and has a disfigured finger after getting it caught in a leaf blower. Jen forgets she has a prior babysitting engagement with the Belchers and goes to France instead. She also seems to be dating Christopher, a mild-mannered notary.

Kurt Enerny (voiced by Will Forte) – Also known as "Upskirt Kurt", he is a local pilot who teaches flying lessons with his 1968 Sweetnam Eagle seaplane, named "Shoshana". He is infamous for seducing bored housewives who take lessons with him on a secluded island. Linda took lessons with him but rebuffed his advances. He later performed at the local air show with his sister Laverne, with whom he has been in fierce competition since childhood, as their father pitted them against each other to encourage their competitive spirit.

Matthew Danko (voiced by David Herman) – He is the only park ranger for all of the parks in town. He hates doing paperwork. The kids convince him to join their puppet show at Rudy's birthday party.