: A chalkboard special that always features a punny name, such as the "Hit Me With Your Best Shallot Burger".

: The show has been renewed through its 19th season (the 2028–29 television season) in a major deal with Disney.

The show is well-known for several recurring visual and verbal jokes that change every episode:

The series was originally pitched with a much darker premise: the Belchers were envisioned as a family of who sourced meat for their burgers from the crematorium next door. While Fox executives requested this be removed for a lighter tone, the idea was repurposed for the pilot episode, "Human Flesh," where Louise spreads a rumor about the restaurant's meat to her classmates. The Belcher Family

: Bob’s enthusiastic, song-prone wife who works as the restaurant's cashier. Her voice is an imitation of actor John Roberts' own mother.

: The Bob's Burgers Movie was released in theaters in May 2022.

: The building adjacent to the restaurant features a new business with a pun-based name in every opening credit sequence, such as "Quilty As Charged".

: The pessimistic but dedicated third-generation restaurateur and cook who often serves as the "straight man" to his family's antics.