Topsy (Bob's Burgers)

"Topsy"
Bob's Burgers episode
Gene dressed as Thomas Edison and Tina as Topsy, and Louise.
Episode no.	Season 3 Series 38 Episode 16
Directed by	Tyree Dillihay
Written by	Loren Bouchard Nora Smith
Production code	3ASA03
Original air date	March 10, 2013
Guest appearance(s)
Megan Mullally as Gayle Kevin Kline as Mr. Fischoeder Billy Eichner as Mr. Ambrose Mark Proksch as Mr. Dinkler
Episode chronology

"Topsy" is the 16th episode of the third season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 38th episode, and is written by Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith and directed by Tyree Dillihay.^[1] It aired on Fox in the United States on March 10, 2013.

Plot

It is the science fair at Wagstaff School, and Louise wants to use the same volcano she made last year, but her substitute teacher, Thomas Edison impersonator Mr Dinkler, with his strict "no volcanoes" rule, demands that she make a project about Edison himself instead. After a tip-off by the school's librarian, she discovers Electrocuting an Elephant, the 1903 film shot by the Edison Studios of the electrocution of Topsy the Elephant. Louise decides to recreate the electrocution to spite Mr Dinkler, with Tina playing Topsy and Gene as Edison, a role he accepts only after Louise allows him to write a musical number for it. Louise also convinces Teddy to make a Van de Graaff generator to create the sparks.^[2]

While writing the song, Gene discovers that he and Tina cannot sing, so they get Aunt Gayle and Mr Fischoeder to provide the singing voices hiding behind a curtain while Gene and Tina lip sync; by this time, the song has become a love duet, much to Louise's annoyance, but she's delighted when Teddy's generator nearly electrocutes Tina. When Mr Dinkler finds out, he bans her from the science fair, and allows Gene to turn his song, now called "Electric Love", into a large romantic musical number with a band and choir. At the climax of the song, Louise manages to sneak in and scream "this is what really happened", and orders Teddy to put as much power into the generator as possible. As the sparks fly, Tina appears to be electrocuted and passes out, but is unhurt, saying she "just went with it". After admitting to the fair's guests that Edison did electrocute animals, Mr Dinkler runs off crying. Louise apologizes to Tina for nearly killing her, and the curtain drops to reveal Gayle kissing Mr Fischoeder.

In the episode's sub-plot, Bob rediscovers his invention, the "Spiceps", a pair of sleeves that serve as a wearable spice holder (a play on the word biceps). Linda thinks it's a good idea, but modifies it to create the "Spice Rack", which is worn on the person's chest like a brassiere and holds more spices than Bob's invention does. While trying to outdo one another, they bring both inventions to the science fair, presenting them as children's projects. The episode ends with the winner of the fair announced as "Spice... I can't read this", which prompts Bob and Linda to desperately claim the prize is theirs.

Reception

Rowan Kaiser of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B, saying "A side plot involving Linda and Bob battling over the best science project for wearing spices proves amusing as well" in an episode that "may lead to great things eventually. It just doesn't quite have that greatness in it itself."^[3] Dyanamaria Leifsson of TV Equals said "The music in tonight’s episode of Bob’s Burgers was some of the best we’ve seen on the show thus far. “Electric Love” has been stuck in my head since the episode....”^[4] The episode received a Nielsen rating of 1.8 and was watched by a total of 3.85 million people. This made it the third most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating The Cleveland Show and American Dad! but losing to Family Guy.^[5]

References

↑ "Bob's Burgers Episode Guide 2013 Season 3 - Topsy, Episode 16". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
↑ Bob's Burgers Episode Scripts - Topsy
↑ Kaiser, Rowan. ""Topsy" | Bob's Burgers | TV Club | TV". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
↑ "Bob's Burgers Season 3 Review "Topsy"". TV Equals. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (March 12, 2013). "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'Family Guy', 'Celebrity Apprentice' & 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Up; 'Red Widow' Adjusted Down". Zap2it. TV by the Numbers. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

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Episodes Characters Writers

Season 1	"Human Flesh" "Crawl Space" "Sacred Cow" "Sexy Dance Fighting" "Hamburger Dinner Theater" "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" "Bed & Breakfast" "Art Crawl" "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" "Burger Wars" "Weekend at Mort's" "Lobsterfest" "Torpedo"

Season 2	"The Belchies" "Bob Day Afternoon" "Synchronized Swimming" "Burgerboss" "Food Truckin'" "Dr. Yap" "Moody Foodie" "Bad Tina" "Beefsquatch"

Season 3	"Ear-sy Rider" "Full Bars" "Bob Fires the Kids" "Mutiny on the Windbreaker" "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal" "The Deepening" "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene" "God Rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins" "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" "Nude Beach" "Broadcast Wagstaff School News" "My Fuzzy Valentine" "Lindapendant Woman" "O.T.: The Outside Toilet" "Topsy" "Two for Tina" "It Snakes a Village" "Family Fracas" "The Kids Run the Restaurant" "Boyz 4 Now" "Carpe Museum" "The Unnatural"

Season 4	"A River Runs Through Bob" "Fort Night" "Seaplane!" "My Big Fat Greek Bob" "Turkey in a Can" "Purple Rain-Union" "Bob and Deliver" "Christmas in the Car" "Slumber Party" "Presto Tina-o" "Easy Com-mercial, Easy Go-mercial" "The Frond Files" "Mazel-Tina" "Uncle Teddy" "The Kids Rob a Train" "I Get Psy-chic Out of You" "The Equestranauts" "Ambergris" "The Kids Run Away" "Gene It On" "Wharf Horse (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part I)" "World Wharf II: The Wharfening (or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town – Part II)"

Season 5	"Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" "Tina and the Real Ghost" "Friends with Burger-fits" "Dawn of the Peck" "Best Burger" "Father of the Bob" "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" "Midday Run" "Speakeasy Rider" "Late Afternoon in the Garden of Bob and Louise" "Can't Buy Me Math" "The Millie-churian Candidate" "The Gayle Tales" "L'il Hard Dad" "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting" "The Runway Club" "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee" "Eat, Spray, Linda" "Housetrap" "Hawk & Chick" "The Oeder Games"

Season 6	"Sliding Bobs" "The Land Ship" "The Hauntening" "Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" "Nice-Capades" "The Cook, the Steve, the Gayle, & Her Lover" "The Gene and Courtney Show" "Sexy Dance Healing" "Sacred Couch" "Lice Things Are Lice" "House of 1000 Bounces" "Stand by Gene" "Wag the Hog" "The Hormone-iums" "Pro Tiki/Con Tiki" "Bye Bye Boo Boo" "The Horse Rider-er" "Secret Admiral-irer" "Glued, Where's My Bob?"

Season 7	"Flu-ouise" "Sea Me Now" "Teen-a Witch" "They Serve Horses, Don't They?" "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?" "The Quirkducers" "The Last Gingerbread House on the Left"

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