#burger history

[burgers-in-anime]

The lack of burgers in Witch from Mercury is giving credence to my theory that burgers are not so much a calling card for Gundam as they are a calling card for Yoshiyuki Tomino. Stay with me here.

Burgers most prominently feature in the original Mobile Suit Gundam, in Zeta Gundam and in Gundam ZZ. Each of them have multiple episodes with burgers, and in many cases, those burgers are explicitly addressed — not incidental details. Zeta Gundam, famously, has Bright chowing down on a burger while Emma drops some psychoanalysis of Kamille on him, but it also has Bright being told off for eating a burger on the bridge. Burgers are all over ZZ, including a scene where Judau hands them out to the crew from a basket. And MSG has a burger as Sleggar Law's death flag, but also an entire episode dedicated to Bright trying to procure salt to make the ship's burgers taste better — both of which were iconic enough to become meals in the Gundam cafe.

And one thing these three shows have in common is that they were all written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino.

Four examples of burgers in early Gundam works. The top two are from MSG; the bottom two are (L-R) Zeta and ZZ

Tomino doesn't feature them as prominently in other works, but they do still appear. For example, Victory Gundam still includes a scene of characters eating burgers, and Gundam F91 has a burger on a sign in the background. That second example doesn't seem like much until you remember that F91 was originally planned as a full TV series before being compressed into a movie, and has little opportunity for characters to have downtime — so that one appears at all feels very intentional.

You can also see burgers on display in another Tomino work from the period, Space Runaway Ideon.

L-R: Victory Gundam, Gundam F91, Space Runaway Ideon

Meanwhile, when Tomino was kicked off the franchise, the burgers went with him. In G Gundam, Domon is offered a pizza, and there is no sign of burgers. In Unicorn, Banagher takes Mineva to get some fast food, but they visit a hot dog stand. In Gundam Hathaway, Hathaway and friends get fried chicken. And in Witch from Mercury, the only food on display — aside from the tomatoes — is cafeteria grub and, uh, slabs of ham.

Really, the only instances I know of burgers appearing in a non-Tomino Gundam are in Wing, and all that has is a burger on a billboard and a Wacdonald's sign — both blink-and-you'll-miss-it background details. While on the surface, this may seem comparable to F91, it really isn't: when you have forty-nine episodes and a movie to work with, you can do a lot more than a sign.

Gundam characters pointedly eating something other than a burger

And what happened when Tomino returned to the franchise with Reconguista in G?

The burgers came back too!

Reconguista in G

There is a single exception here: War in the Pocket, not directed by Tomino, does prominently feature burgers (and I don't mean the meme). But that, itself, may be telling. War in the Pocket was the first Gundam series to be made without Tomino's involvement; were the creative leads perhaps inspired to add a gratuitous burger scene to evoke the spirit of Tomino?

All that said, the reason this is still only a theory, and not a master's thesis, is that I don't have all the data yet. I haven't seen every post-Tomino Gundam series (though, frankly, I have no real drive to see what I've missed), and the only one of Tomino's non-Gundam works I've seen is the aforementioned Ideon. If burgers show up in Xabungle, L-Gaim or King Gainer… then I'll really know I've cracked the code.

#burger history #gundam #mobile suit gundam #mobile suit zeta gundam #mobile suit gundam zz #mobile suit victory gundam #gundam reconguista in g #gundam witch from mercury #yoshiyuki tomino #anime #burger

[southpauz]

Black History Month Art Challenge

DAY 7: Frances - Big Top burger

#bhm #black history month #bigtop burger #big top burger #frances #frances bigtop burger #my art #my bhm art

[iamthemaestro]

what is it about the secret history that makes you unable to do or consume or think about anything that’s not the secret history. you would think it would wear off after reading it four times but it doesn’t. I need to eat it or something. they put drugs in that book I think

#the drugs were burger king cocaine btw #I don’t even know what to do with myself anymore #it’s been five years #tsh #the secret history #mine

[sugarcoatedrattrap]

happy siblings

#bobs burgers #calvin fischoeder #felix fischoeder #I have t h o u g h t s #normally I’m not into like character pasts or family histories #but it plays into their dynamic really nicely and honestly makes me more interested #hot take but I don’t super wanna know more about their parents #more interested in just how they were as siblings as kids or just younger adults I think that’d be neat

[drawthething]

How this genius of a cluster mess these baby muppets wrote in 20 mins never got adapted into a real film? I'd never know

I! Just! Want! A! Work hard or die trying girl sequel! Episode!

COFFEE-

#i ALMOST forgot to add peter pescadero but last time it happened i couldn't forgive myself #so don't even think about it this time i'm not gonna let the tragic history repeat #jocelyn and her coffee is probably my favourite part to draw #peter is that kid in blonde wig and glasses btw in case no one notices 😔 #bobs burgers #bobs burgers fanart #bob's burgers #tina belcher #gene belcher #louise belcher #we're not getting any more of the name tags the last drop of patience has left me

[tothebestofmyabilities]

@seemoreseymoursbay day 4!! Platonic relationship day

I chose Nat and Louise for today! I just love how she looks up to Nat, Louise seems to have a lot of insecurities about her place in the world and how she expresses herself and her gender (being worried about not liking girly things or about her interests being too scary or dangerous and about those things making her bad or wrong) so the way she seems to see Nat as a positive rolemodel for non traditional femininity and aspires to be more like her is just really sweet to me. I also personally hc Louise as a lesbian and I think when she starts to crush on a girl (in this case jessica bc i love them together) she wouldn't want to talk to her family about it for fear of them trying to involve themselves so she starts going to Nat to vent about her crushes and get advice (and hold snakes probably)

#my art #bobs burgers #louise belcher #nat kinkle #fanart #bobs burgers fanart #seemoreseymoursweek #smsw #artists on tumblr #also like as a queer person myself younger queer folk connecting with our elders is important for keeping our community alive #to learn our history and connect with parts of queer culture you probably wouldn't within younger newer more online parts of the community #like idk that's a whole line of thinking i don't have the energy for rn but yk if you know what mean #that's how i like to think about their relationship intergenerational queer friendship is so important and beautiful #the whole time before i colored in the fry nats holding and drew the bag on the table it looked like she was holding a joint #and now i cant unsee it she looks stoned lmao

[ailelie]

GLORIA:  Everyone. Everyone, can I have your attention? I know this is a strange day for you, I appreciate you showing up at all… So… On my home planet there’s this thing called Top Ramen. It’s dried noodles and a packet of flavoring. It’s not very good for you but it’s food. And you can get them for 50 cents each. That’s not a lot where I’m from. I never ate it all that much myself, but it was always nice knowing it was there. You knew you were never going to starve because of a cheap package of dried noodles always waiting for you at any store. It’s nice.

What a lot of people don’t know is that the reason  why there’s dirt cheap noodles at any store, is because one day, a long time ago, two nuclear bombs  were detonated on an island called Japan. Thousands of people died in an instant, and in the aftermath thousands more were going to die of sickness and starvation. But one man had an idea to send bricks of dried noodles with a packet of flavoring to anyone who was hungry. They knew they weren’t going to starve. On the island of Jamaica they cook chicken in a way that doesn’t make any smoke. They do that because a long time ago, they were slaves, and the smoke would’ve alerted slavers and they  would then be running for their lives. Zebulon, why do Jewish people eat unleavened bread?

ZEBULON: Because they too were slaves. When word came from Moses that it was time to flee captivity in the night, they had no time to wait for their bread to rise. So to this day, the flat bread is a reminder of that flight from their oppressor.

GLORIA: For me, when I cook with corn, beans, and squash, it’s called the tres hermanas. The same way my ancestors cooked thousands of years ago. My ancestors who were nearly wiped out by foreign invaders… Show me your plate, and I’ll tell you a sad, sad story. Your sad story begins today. The day you had to turn to the spirits of your ancestors to keep you alive while you were just trying to do the right thing, and leave a better life for your children. I can’t make you eat this food. It’s your story, not mine. So Zebulon’s going to say a prayer, and then you’re all going to make a choice. It’s up to you.

ZEBULON: Bless us, O Lord. Bless our food and our drink. Since you redeemed us so dearly and delivered us from evil, as you gave us a share in this food so  may you give us a share in eternal life.

#midnight burger #we open at six #gloria and food #food as history

[battle-of-the-bobs]

Bracket 1 / Round 4 / Match 58

#bob hale #horrible histories #bob belcher #bobs burgers

[smol-soop-spoon]

I do NOT support the Richard Papen/Oliver Quick comparison. One is a drugged out baby cow watching the train crash into its field, the other is a wet feral gremlin who's DRIVING THE TRAIN into the field

#one is on moolly #the other is INNIT #if anything it exemplifies the difference between 'mericans and bri'ish people #one commited crimes #the other is committed TO the crimes #saltburn #the secret history #richard papen #oliver quick #oliver quick wishes he came from a working class family with a dad that beat him up #and richard would get a hard on at the idea of going to mikonos every summer #im right and you know it #fight me in the burger king parking lot at 5pm

[koko-raccoon]

Bob's Burgers being 13 years old now is so wild to me because I was there for the premiere. I didn't really get into the show until 2022 (long story) but I always kept this newspaper advertisement for some reason and I'm so glad that I did. It's not in perfect condition but I still want to get it framed <3

#I know its not that deep like its just a newspaper thing but /I/ think its cool. its history. #bobs burgers

[yahoo201027]

Day in Fandom History: January 9…

It’s Bob’s Burgers' grand re-re-re opening, but the festivities are delayed by the health inspector. Louise, wanting to “up the ante” at show & tell, tells the class her dad, Bob, uses human remains in the burgers at Bob’s Burgers. The first episode of Bob’s Burgers, “Human Flesh,” premiered on this day, 13 Years Ago.

#Day in Fandom History #13 Years Ago #Bob's Burgers #Bobs Burgers #Bob’s Burgers #Season 1 #Episode 1 #Human Flesh #Cartoon #Animation

[bloggingboutburgers]

Hey wait just a goshdarn minute... THIS BLOG ISNT ABOUT BURGERS ITS ABOUT ASEXUALITY (me too)

We are charging you with 92 counts of fraud

...In my defense it used to be about burgers, Bob's Burgers specifically

But then uh, something

#anon #arguably i also had no idea if it was safe or relevant for me to even share my experience of being asexual back then #i was also a lot more optimistic about what involving oneself in fandom implied #so yeah the rest is history #still love bob's burgers to bits tho #i just prefer to enjoy it shitposting about it with my human marvel of a coworker #or watching episodes with my partner on lazy days' calls or when we're actually physically together #such a vibe

[ananxiousgenz]

caspar the white man (affectionate)

#my guy just loves his history channel and bland oatmeal #if he got any whiter he'd be pure snow #midnight burger rocks #caspar midnight burger #midnight burger podcast #midnight burger

[peashooter85]

Burger King commercial, 1974

#history #advertisment #burger king #Youtube

[tinarannosaurus]

just got caught up with bob's burgers, and so far I'm enjoying season 14 much more than I expected to!

not to say I went into these new episodes assuming I wouldn't like them, but certainly the past few seasons (10–12 for sure) have fallen into a rut where like, there's a handful of episodes that are pretty solid, there's one or two that annoy me enough to skip over on any rewatch, and the majority are deeply neutral. the plots are just okay, the jokes are a little lacking, but the fundamental dynamics are still there, and I like those enough that bob's remains one of my go-to shows to have on in the background, even if I don't feel inspired or compelled enough to engage with the show the way I used to

but season 14 has been an unexpected departure (and actually, I think the back half of 13 as well) — it's funny, because I don't actually think the show is as funny as it used to be, but they're taking bigger swings with the plots in a way that's very rewarding to watch! I don't mind that there are fewer jokes, because I'm invested in the more emotional turns the show is taking

like—holy shit, "the amazing rudy"? a standout from start to finish. and I think a great example of what this season is doing in terms of its emotional arcs, and what I'm glad it's leaning into

I've felt very neutral toward bob's the past couple years, because it's felt so staid. there's an accepted level of consistency that bob's or any other animated sitcom maintains, and I get that, but I think the show really really struggled in its recent seasons with honoring that consistency, roughly maintaining the status quo, while also creating plots that were—and this sounds bad to say—but, plots that were interesting. there were a lot of low stakes, anticlimactic resolutions, unexciting premises—situations where there's not a lot of room for the writing to go, and not a lot for the characters to play off

but what I think this latest season is doing so well is leaning into its history, taking advantage of all the episodes of relationships and interactions and story they've developed to create setups that really fucking land! "the amazing rudy" is a phenomenal episode, but would it have hit as well in season 4 or 5, when we've only met rudy a handful of times? maybe, but I think it's so much more rewarding as this late series entry, when it can pay off all the previous mentions of rudy's home life, his relationship with his dad, his relationship with his—until this ep—unseen mom, his hobbies, his anxieties, his friendship with louise, the role the belchers play in his life—it's so good!!

this season is a couple eps shorter from the strike, but really hoping that the rest of the 14 and what's to come in 15 follows the trend, because it feels like the show is finally starting to figure out its voice and its footing again

#bob's burgers #like I did find the booger wall scene in 'bully-lieve it or not' literally nauseating BUT #the reveal that zeke once bullied a kid for having a lisp was a genuinely surprising and genuinely impactful moment! #and again. it's all about leveraging that history. we've seen over a decade of zeke and jj being ride or die friends #and because of all that established history the bullying reveal was that much more shocking #not to mention how it set up this look of genuine betrayal on jimmy jr.'s face. the show earned all the gravity it gave this moment! #it's great! it's so good!! also my god. don't get me started on fraud of the dead #I think a show that runs this long needs to reinvent itself every so often. because you have to #and I think bob's has struggled with having hit this plateau and floundering a little in terms of deciding on a new voice or direction #but this latest batch? this rules. i'm so into it #kayla for blacklist

[drawthething]

LouiganWeek Day 3 - Revenge/Slap

Logan messed around with Louise's phone, something something like lock screens or YouTube algorithm yada yada so now he's gotta pay with tears and blood and Google search history

Guess what she's getting him for his birthday now? (psssshh what do you mean he can't have a pet chicken?)

#i planned to have a muuuuch longer list for the search history but can't fit all of them in one sketch soooo 😔 #yes a louigan art with no logan don't look at me like that 😭 #louiganweek23 #louigan #bobs burgers #bobs burgers fanart #bob's burgers #louise belcher #logan bush