Bob's Burgers - Best Totoro reference ever

S3 E5 at 11: 40

[raelogan]

There's so much care put into this scene that you can so tell the writers and animators are fans of the movie. I love it.

[gabe_s_videos]

As Mel Brooks said, it's easy to parody something you dislike. It's a real challenge to parody something you love.

[lalakuma]

Bob looks so happy, it's adorable, I nearly cried

[RegularDude]

bob is so adorable in this episode. All he dreams of is spending time with his family.

[bri]

I just watched My Neighbor Totoro last night and when I saw that scene I started freaking out because Bob’s Burgers perfectly copied this scene and it made me happy. Not many shows can do parodies so flawlessly and still make it their own, especially adult cartoons but Bob’s Burgers is definitely a master and I applaud the whole team for their time and effort that they put in each parody scene and episode that they did. Keep up the good work

[princessaur]

Considering it's canon that Louise likes anime, I wouldn't be shocked if she made the family watch the movie with her lol.

[gamercboy]

I love this reference not only because it is almost a shot for shot remake of the movie, but also because it ties into the the movies theme of the innocence of childhood with Bob's childlike love for Thanksgiving, cooking, and his family

[ElDuderino]

"Lance, you're big!"

[mayamemes]

my Japanese 1 teacher had us all watch my neighbor totoro and showed the class this...he is now my favorite teacher

[clockworkNate]

The animation while Bob joyfully laughs with his arms going up matched perfectly lol.

[JisooTurtleRabbitt]

ghibli has a special place in every animators heart 💓

[GuardianKyle]

Bob's drunken dream is some of the best animation in the whole series.

[AlibiBlu]

*whistling* this is weird right? *continues whistling*

[jefferyhanderson]

So this means Bob watched My Neighbor Totoro at one point in his life. Wow.

[ReneAensland]

I don't know why I get emotional when I watch this scene in Bobs Burgers.

[sneakykamon]

0:45 Bob had a joygasm right there if I ever saw one lmao

This whole scene is oddly beautiful btw lol

[meiji]

This makes me wanna cry! I love Bob's Burgers soo much, its such a great show!!

[hohrhamikaiolaf]

The thanksgiving episodes are the bob's burgers equilevant, to a season finale in game of thrones.
Its always an absolute madness.

[xxScorpionxx]

Watched my neighbor totoro for the first time the other night with my wife (who's a huge fan of this show) and was trying to put my finger on what was so familiar about that scene when it struck me bob's burgers made a reference to it. I paused right then in the movie and pulled up this video and the look on her face was priceless. I always thought this was a strangely specific scene before but this just made me love the show that much more myself.

[cosmologicl]

I didn't get this until I watched the movie today because I remember this part of this exact episode not making any sense, until now.