The Gayle Tales
🎞️ S5 E13 🤔 Caution

Bob's Burgers

Is Bob's Burgers S5 E13 OK for kids?

The Gayle Tales

Linda's sister, Gayle, arrives at Bob's Burgers in tears because her date for the evening was cancelled and she had theater tickets!!! Desperate to get out of the house after being grounded, the kids compete to be Aunt Gayle's "date" for the evening via an essay contest.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 10+

Bob's Burgers S5 E13, “The Gayle Tales”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Linda's sister, Gayle, arrives at Bob's Burgers in tears because her date for the evening was cancelled and she had theater tickets!!! Desperate to get out of the house after being grounded, the kids compete to be Aunt Gayle's "date" for the evening via an essay contest.

Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (3). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Parents need to know

Age 10+

Drinking, language, nudity in animation.

Parents need to know that Bob's Burgers S5 E13, "The Gayle Tales", is a animation episode. Sits in the gray area mainly on swearing (moderate, in dialogue). Sexual content is mild but includes Where's my sexy fiancé?! Where is he?! Bob! Uh, here I am; I will return with our dragons! And then I shall breast-feed all of you! Oh. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, No! No! Son of a bitch! Mom, come on. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — What do you say? We say yes! No, not you, fumble weed. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in Bob's Burgers S5 E13:

  • Mild
    Where's my sexy fiancé?! Where is he?! Bob! Uh, here I am.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in Bob's Burgers S5 E13:

  • Mild
    I will return with our dragons! And then I shall breast-feed all of you! Oh.
  • Mild
    I'll breast-feed you first when we get back to Catsteros.

Swearing 3 moments

How Swearing shows up in Bob's Burgers S5 E13:

  • Caution
    No! No! Son of a bitch! Mom, come on.
  • Mild
    They had the glitz and glam to make you say, "Hot damn!" La, la, la, la, la, la, la Lana loves a llama, but the llama loves pajamas.
  • Mild
    Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Oh, crap.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Bob's Burgers S5 E13:

  • Caution
    What do you say? We say yes! No, not you, fumble weed.
  • Mild
    I'll Trade you these tears for a couple of beers And this snot for a shot of whiskey Oh, she's good.
  • Mild
    And Lindette ended up married to the old drunk from the bar because she was a mean person who liked grounding people and going solo.

Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.