document_title: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

question_text: who sings lead vocals on while my guitar gently weeps

text: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

text: Composition and recording[edit]

text: Inspiration for the song came to Harrison when reading the I Ching, which, as Harrison put it, "seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else, as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental".[13] Taking this idea of relativism to his parents' home in northern England, Harrison committed to write a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a random book. He later explained the process:

text: I wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at my mother's house in Warrington. I was thinking about the Chinese I Ching, 'The Book of Changes". The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be, and that there's no such thing as coincidence – every little item that's going down has a purpose.

text: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was a simple study based on that theory. I decided to write a song based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book – as it would be relative to that moment, at that time. I picked up a book at random, opened it, saw "gently weeps", then laid the book down again and started the song.[14]

text: The initial incarnation was not final, as Harrison said: "Some of the words to the song were changed before I finally recorded it." A demo recorded at George's home in Esher includes an unused verse:

text: As well as an unused line in the very beginning:

text: This line was eventually omitted in favour of the one appearing on The Beatles.

text: An early acoustic guitar and organ demo of the song featured a slightly different third verse:

text: This version was released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 3 and was used as the basis of the 2006 Love remix, with a string arrangement by George Martin.[15][16]

text: The band recorded the song several times. Take 1 on 25 July 1968 involved Harrison on his Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar and an overdubbed harmonium.[17] Sessions on 16 August and 3 and 5 September included a version with a backward (or "backmasked") guitar solo[18] (as Harrison had done for "I'm Only Sleeping" on Revolver[19]), but Harrison was not satisfied.[18] On 6 September 1968, during a ride from Surrey into London, Harrison asked friend Eric Clapton to contribute lead guitar to the song. Clapton was reluctant, saying later, "Nobody ever plays on the Beatles' records"; but Harrison convinced him, and Clapton's guitar parts, using Harrison's Gibson Les Paul electric guitar "Lucy" (a recent gift from Clapton), were recorded that evening.[6] Harrison later said that in addition to his contribution, Clapton's presence had another effect on the band: "It made them all try a bit harder; they were all on their best behaviour."[6] Clapton wanted a more "Beatley" sound, so the sound was run through an ADT circuit with "varispeed," with engineer Chris Thomas manually 'waggling' the oscillator: "apparently Eric said that he didn't want it to sound like him. So I was just sitting there wobbling the thing, they wanted it really extreme, so that's what I did."

text: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was one of three songs on The Beatles where Paul McCartney experimented with the Fender Jazz Bass (the others being "Glass Onion" and "Yer Blues") instead of his Hofner and Rickenbacker basses.[20] According to Walter Everett's book The Beatles as Musicians, John Lennon's electric guitar is audible only in the coda with the tremolo switched on.

text: Musical structure[edit]

text: The song is in Am, with a shift to a ♭7 (Am/G) on "all" (bass note G) and a 6 (D9 (major 3rd F♯)) after "love" (bass note F♯) to a ♭6 (Fmaj7) on "sleeping" (bass note F). This 8–♭7–6–♭6 progression has been described as an Aeolian/Dorian hybrid.[21]

text: Everett notes that the change from the minor mode verse (A–B) to the parallel major for the bridge might express hope that "unrealized potential" described in the lyrics is to be "fulfilled", but that the continued minor triads (III, VI and II) "seem to express a strong dismay that love is not to be unfolded".[17] Clapton's guitar contribution has been described as making this a "monumental" track; particularly notable features include the increasing lengths of thrice-heard first scale degrees (0:17–0:19), the restraint showed by rests in many bars then unexpected appearances (as at 0:28–0:29), commanding turnaround phrases (0:31–0:33), expressive string bends marking modal changes from C to C♯ (0:47–0:53), power retransition (1:21–1:24), emotive vibrato (2:01–2:07), and a solo (1:55–2:31) with a "measured rise in intensity, rhythmic activity, tonal drive and registral climb".[22]

text: Personnel[edit]

text:
George Harrison – double-tracked vocals, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar, Hammond organ
Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, piano, bass
John Lennon – electric guitar with tremolo
Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, castanets
Eric Clapton – lead guitar (uncredited)

text: Anthology 3 version

text:
George Harrison – vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney – organ

text: Love version

text:
George Harrison - vocals, acoustic guitar
Paul McCartney - organ
George Martin - string arrangement

text: Performances[edit]

text: On The Concert for Bangladesh, Clapton performed the song on a Gibson Byrdland hollow body guitar, and later acknowledged that a solid-body guitar would have been more appropriate.[24] The version in the Prince’s Trust Rock Concert 1987 (released on DVD by Panorama) reunited Harrison, Starr and Clapton, and features an extended coda with the guitars of Harrison and Clapton interweaving. Mark King (of Level 42) played McCartney's bass line. On their 1991 tour of Japan, Harrison and Clapton performed a live version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with additional background vocals. An edit combining parts of the 14 December and 17 December Tokyo performances of the song is included on the album Live in Japan.[25]

text: On 3 June 2002, within the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II concert at Buckingham Palace Garden, Paul McCartney performed the song with Clapton, as a tribute to George Harrison who had died the year before. They were introduced by George Martin. The performance appears on the DVD release Party at the Palace. On 29 November the same year, McCartney, Starr, Dhani Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Marc Mann, and Clapton performed "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" at the Concert for George in memory of Harrison. This version showcased Clapton singing the lead vocal and playing his original guitar solo while McCartney provided background vocals and piano; Mann played Clapton's original fills during the verses.

text: In 2004, Harrison was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was played in tribute by Tom Petty vocals/guitar, Jeff Lynne vocals/guitar, Steve Winwood Hammond organ, Billy Preston keyboards, Scott Thurston Bass Guitar, Steve Ferrone Drums, Jim Capaldi percussion and tambourine, Marc Mann lead guitar, Dhani Harrison vocals/guitar, concluding with the guitar solo by fellow inductee Prince.[26][27]

text: Cover versions[edit]

text: Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on his 1990 album Hell to Pay. Harrison participated in the recording, contributing on acoustic guitar and backing vocals.[28] Also issued as a single, Healey's version peaked at number 27 in Canada,[29] number 85 in the UK[30] and number 25 in New Zealand.[31]

text: American musician Todd Rundgren covered "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the 2003 album Songs from the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison. Rundgren said of his contribution to the multi-artist tribute: "[Before the Beatles], I'd never heard the term 'lead guitarist.' George created the job description for my first paying gig, the vocation that I'm still lucky enough to practice today …"[32] Johnny Loftus of AllMusic views the recording as one of the collection's highlights, saying that Rundgren "effortlessly replicates the grandeur" of the Beatles' track.[33] As his personal tribute to Harrison,[34] Peter Frampton released a version of the song on his 2003 album Now.[35]

text: Among other cover versions, the song has also been recorded by guitarists such as Marc Ribot, Phish and Charlie Byrd, and on ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro.[36][37] Toto did a cover version for their album Through the Looking Glass and in a live performance in Live in Amsterdam.[36] Santana did a cover for his twentieth album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time, in 2010, featuring singer India Arie and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.[38] Released as a single, it charted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary.[39] In 2016, Regina Spektor performed the song for the soundtrack to the film Kubo and the Two Strings, accompanied by Kevin Kmetz on a shamisen.

text: 2016 music video[edit]

text: In 2016 a music video was created by Apple Corps Ltd. and Cirque du Soleil. The video is based on a 10th anniversary re-staging of the song for Love, Cirque du Soleil's theatrical production. The video was directed by Dandypunk, André Kasten and Leah Moyer. Ryan reed, describing the clip in rollingstone.com, wrote that "Dandypunk's hand-drawn illustrations depict Harrison's lyrics falling off the page into the air, transporting LOVE performer Eira Glover into a series of fantastical locations. Projection mapping – and no CGI – was used to create the clip."[40]


document_title: Jacob wrestling with the angel

question_text: who wrestled with an angel and was lamed

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text: Jacob wrestling with the angel

text: Biblical text[edit]

text: The Masoretic text reads as follows:

tag: p

text: The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.” Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.” The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip. Therefore to this day the people of Israel do not eat the sinew of the thigh that is on the hip socket, because he touched the socket of Jacob's hip on the sinew of the thigh.

text: The account contains several plays on the meaning of Hebrew names — Peniel (or Peniel), Israel — as well as similarity to the root of Jacob's name (which sounds like the Hebrew for "heel") and its compound.[3] The limping of Jacob (Yaʿaqob ), may mirror the name of the river, Jabbok (Yabbok יַבֹּק sounds like "crooked" river), and Nahmanides (Deut. 2:10 of Jeshurun) gives the etymology "one who walks crookedly" for the name Jacob.[4]

text: The Hebrew text states that it is a "man" (אִישׁ, LXX ἄνθρωπος, Vulgate vir) with whom Jacob wrestles, but later this "man" is identified with God (Elohim) by Jacob.[5] Hosea 12:4 furthermore references an "angel" (malak). Following this, the Targum of Onkelos offers "because I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face", and the Targum of Palestine gives "because I have seen the Angels of the Lord face to face".[6]

text: Interpretations[edit]

text: The identity of Jacob's wrestling opponent is a matter of debate,[7] named variously as a dream figure, a prophetic vision, an angel (such as Michael and Samael), a protective river spirit, Jesus, or God.[8]

text: Jewish interpretations[edit]

text: In Hosea 12:4, Jacob's opponent is described as malakh "angel": "Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us;". The relative age of the text of Genesis and of Hosea is unclear, as both are part of the Hebrew Bible as redacted in the Second Temple Period, and it has been suggested that malakh may be a late emendation of the text, and would as such represent an early Jewish interpretation of the episode.[9]

text: Maimonides believed that the incident was "a vision of prophecy",[10] while Rashi believed Jacob wrestled with the guardian angel of Esau (identified as Samael),[11] his elder twin brother.[12] Zvi Kolitz (1993) referred to Jacob "wrestling with God".[13]

text: As a result of the hip injury Jacob suffered while wrestling, Jews are prohibited from eating the meat tendon attached to the hip socket (sciatic tendon),[14][15][16] as mentioned in the account at Genesis 32:32.[17]

text: Christian interpretations[edit]

text: The interpretation that "Jacob wrestled with God" (glossed in the name Isra-'el) is common in Protestant theology, endorsed by both Martin Luther and John Calvin (although Calvin believed the event was "only a vision"),[10] as well as later writers such as Joseph Barker (1854)[18] or Peter L. Berger (2014).[19] Other commentaries tread the expression of Jacob's having seen "God face to face" as referencing the Angel of the Lord as the "Face of God".[20]

text: The proximity of the terms "man" and "God" in the text in some Christian commentaries has also been taken as suggestive of a Christophany: J. Douglas MacMillan (1991) suggests that the angel with whom Jacob wrestles is a "pre-incarnation appearance of Christ in the form of a man."[21]

text: According to one Christian commentary of the Bible incident described, "Jacob said, 'I saw God face to face'. Jacob's remark does not necessarily mean that the 'man' with whom he wrestled is God. Rather, as with other, similar statements, when one saw the 'angel of the Lord,' it was appropriate to claim to have seen the face of God."[22]

text: Muslim interpretation[edit]

text: This story is not mentioned in the Quran, but is discussed in Muslim commentaries.[23][24] The commentaries employ the story in explaining other events in the Hebrew Bible that are discussed in the Quran that have parallels, like Moses being attacked by an angel,[25] and to explain Jewish eating customs.[23][26] Like some Jewish commentators, Islamic commentators described the event as punishment for Jacob failing to give tithes to God but making an offering like a tithe to Esau.[25]

text: Other views[edit]

text: In an analysis of Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch's 1968 book Atheism in Christianity, Roland Boer says that Bloch sees the incident as falling into the category of "myth, or at least legend". Boer calls this an example of "a bloodthirsty, vengeful God ... outdone by cunning human beings keen to avoid his fury".[27]

text: The trial attorney Gary Greenberg believes the Jews originated in Africa.[28] In his book The Moses Mystery: The Egyptian Origins of the Jewish People, in which he claims that Old Testament stories of the Jewish Patriarchs are based on Akhenaten-linked Egyptian mythology, he argues that Jacob is Osiris/Wizzer, Esau is Set, and the wrestling match is the struggle between them.[29]

text: The wrestling incident on the bank of a stream has been compared to the Greek mythology stories of Achilles' duel with the river god Scamander[30] and with Menelaus wrestling with the sea-god Proteus.[31]

text: According to popular author Rosemary Ellen Guiley, "This dramatic scene has spurred much commentary from Judaic, Catholic, and Protestant theologians, biblical scholars, and literary critics. Does Jacob wrestle with God or with an angel?...There is no definitive answer, but the story has been rationalized, romanticized, treated as myth, and treated symbolically."[32]

text: In arts[edit]

text: Visual arts[edit]

text: One of the oldest visual depictions is in the illustrated manuscript the Vienna Genesis.[33] Many artists have depicted the scene. In sculpture Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is the subject of a 1940 sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein on display at the Tate Britain.[34] Paintings include:

text:
Rembrandt (1659)

Eugène Delacroix (1861)

Eugène Delacroix (1861), (detail)

Alexander Louis Leloir (1865)

Léon Bonnat (1876)

"Jacob and the Angel" by Gustave Moreau (1878)

Paul Gauguin (1888), Vision after the Sermon showing the episode envisioned by Breton villagers.

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text: In music[edit]

text: The Latin text of Genesis 32:30 'Vidi dominum facie ad faciem; et salva facta est anima mea' (I have seen the Lord face to face) was set for the third nocturn at Matins on the second Sunday of Lent and was a popular medieval telling of the story of Jacob's encounter with the angel. It is set as the tenor (upper voice) text of Machaut's multi-text-layered Motet No.15 Vidi dominum (I have seen the LORD) simultaneously with two secular French texts: "Faux semblant m'a decü" and "Amours qui ha le pouvoir."[35] Machaut musically contrasts God's blessing in the Latin text with the disappointments of secular love in the French texts.[36] Charles Wesley's hymn "Come, O Thou Traveller Unknown", often known as "Wrestling Jacob", is based on the passage which describes Jacob wrestling with an angel. It is traditionally sung to the tune of St Petersburg.[37] U2's Bullet the Blue Sky, the 4th. track on their 1987 album The Joshua Tree includes the lyric "Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome."

text: In literature and theatre[edit]

text: The motif of "wrestling with the angels" occurs in several novels including Hermann Hesse's Demian (1919), Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle (1948), Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel" (1964). In poetry the theme appears in Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Man Watching" (c.1920), Herman Melville's poem "Art," and Emily Dickinson's poem "A little East of Jordan" (Fr145B, 1860). In theatre, wrestling with the angel is mentioned in Tony Kushner's play Angels in America (1990); the version depicted on-screen was the 1865 version by Alexander Louis Leloir. Gustave Dore's image is reenacted in Jean-Luc Godard's Passion by a film extra dressed as an angel and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.[38] Also Maud Hart Lovelace's Betsy's Wedding (1955), Stephen King's novel It (1986), Sheila Heti's novel How Should A Person Be? (2012) and David Fennario's play Balconville (1979).


document_title: List of longest-reigning monarchs

question_text: who is the world's longest reigning monarch ever

question_tokens: who is the world 's longest reigning monarch ever

text: List of longest-reigning monarchs

text: Monarchs with verifiable reigns by exact date[edit]

text: The list is sortable.  Click the arrows to re-sort.

text:
Rank

Name

State

Reign

Duration

From

To

(days)

(years, days)

1

Sobhuza II[note 1]

Swaziland

10 December 1899

21 August 1982

30,204

7004302040000000000♠82 years, 254 days

2

Bernhard VII

Lippe (HRE)

12 August 1429

2 April 1511

29,818

7004298180000000000♠81 years, 234 days

3

William IV

Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE)

26 May 1480

24 January 1559

28,731

7004287310000000000♠78 years, 243 days

4

Karansinhji[1]

Lakhtar State (India)

15 June 1846

8 August 1924

28,543

7004285430000000000♠78 years, 54 days

5

Heinrich XI[note 2][2][3]

Reuss-Obergreiz (HRE)

17 March 1723

28 June 1800

28,227

7004282270000000000♠77 years, 103 days

6

Idris ibni Muhammad al-Qadri,[4][5] Tunku Besar of Tampin

Tampin (Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia)

3 December 1929

26 December 2005

27,782

7004277820000000000♠76 years, 23 days

7

Christian August

Palatinate-Sulzbach (HRE)

14 August 1632

23 April 1708

27,645

7004276450000000000♠75 years, 253 days

8

Mudhoji IV Rao Naik Nimbalkar

Phaltan (India)

7 December 1841

17 October 1916

27,342

7004273420000000000♠74 years, 315 days

9

Bhagvatsingh Sahib

Gondal state (India)

14 December 1869

10 March 1944

27,114

7004271140000000000♠74 years, 87 days

10

Georg Wilhelm

Schaumburg-Lippe (HRE*)

13 February 1787

21 November 1860

26,944

7004269440000000000♠73 years, 282 days

11

Karl Friedrich

Baden (HRE*)

12 May 1738

10 June 1811

26,691

7004266910000000000♠73 years, 29 days

12

John Louis

Nassau-Saarbrücken (HRE)

19 October 1472

4 June 1545

26,525

7004265250000000000♠72 years, 228 days[note 3]

13

Louis XIV

France

14 May 1643

1 September 1715

26,407

7004264070000000000♠72 years, 110 days

14

Heinrich Friedrich

Hohenlohe-Langenburg (HRE)

29 January 1628

5 August 1699

26,121

7004261210000000000♠71 years, 188 days

15

Jagatjit Singh Bahadur

Kapurthala (India)

3 September 1877

20 August 1948

25,918

7004259180000000000♠70 years, 352 days[6][note 4]

16

Parashuramrao Shrinivas

Aundh (India)

30 August 1777

11 June 1848

25,852

7004258520000000000♠70 years, 286 days

17

Franz Karl

Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen (HRE)

15 November 1627

19 July 1698

25,814

7004258140000000000♠70 years, 246 days

18

Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)

Thailand

9 June 1946

13 October 2016

25,694

7004256940000000000♠70 years, 126 days

19

Johannes II

Liechtenstein

12 November 1858

11 February 1929

25,658

7004256580000000000♠70 years, 91 days

20

Karl August

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (HRE*)

28 May 1758

14 June 1828

25,584

7004255840000000000♠70 years, 17 days

21

Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina

Massa and Carrara (HRE)

6 June 1553

18 January 1623

25,428

7004254280000000000♠69 years, 226 days

22

Werner

Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyck (HRE)

31 October 1559

16 February 1629

25,311

7004253110000000000♠69 years, 108 days

23

Heinrich Joseph Johann

Auersperg (HRE)

6 November 1713

9 February 1783

25,297

7004252970000000000♠69 years, 95 days

24

Friedrich III[note 5]

Inner Austria (HRE)

10 June 1424

19 August 1493

25,272

7004252720000000000♠69 years, 70 days

25

Friedrich V

Hesse-Homburg (HRE*)

7 February 1751

20 January 1820

25,183

7004251830000000000♠68 years, 347 days

26

Vikramatji Khimojiraj[7]

Porbandar (India)

20 June 1831

21 April 1900

25,142

7004251420000000000♠68 years, 305 days

27

Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar

Mysore (India)

30 June 1799

27 March 1868

25,107

7004251070000000000♠68 years, 271 days

28

Muhammad Jiwa Zainal Adilin II

Kedah Sultanate

15 February 1710

23 September 1778

25,057

7004250570000000000♠68 years, 220 days

29

Johann Friedrich

Castell-Rüdenhausen (HRE)

10 January 1681

23 June 1749

25,000

7004250000000000000♠68 years, 164 days

30

Sawant Singh[8]

Pratapgarh (India)

26 October 1775

5 January 1844

24,907

7004249070000000000♠68 years, 71 days

31

K'inich Janaab' Pakal

Palenque (Mexico)

July 29, 615

August 31, 683

24,870

7004248700000000000♠68 years, 33 days

32

Christian Karl Reinhard

Leiningen-Dagsburg (HRE)

3 November 1698

17 November 1766

24,850

7004248500000000000♠68 years, 14 days

33

Franz Joseph I

Austria-Hungary

2 December 1848

21 November 1916

24,825

7004248250000000000♠67 years, 355 days

34

Ram Singh

Bundi State (India)[9]

14 May 1821

28 March 1889

24,790

7004247900000000000♠67 years, 318 days

35

Heinrich III

Meissen (HRE)

18 January 1221

15 February 1288

24,499

7004244990000000000♠67 years, 28 days

36

Aliénor[note 6]

Aquitaine (France)

9 April 1137

1 April 1204

24,464

7004244640000000000♠66 years, 358 days

37

Amarsinhji Banesinhji[note 7]

Wankaner (India)

12 June 1881

15 February 1948

24,353

7004243530000000000♠66 years, 248 days

38

Constantine VIII

Byzantine Empire

March 30, 962

11 November 1028

24,332

7004243320000000000♠66 years, 226 days

39

Elizabeth II

United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand[10][note 8]

6 February 1952[10]

Incumbent

24,267

7004242670000000000♠66 years, 160 days

40

Khengarji III

Cutch (India)

19 December 1875

15 January 1942

24,133

7004241330000000000♠66 years, 27 days

41

Sulaiman Sharif ul-'Alam Shah

Sultanate of Serdang (Indonesia)

20 December 1879

4 December 1945

24,090

7004240900000000000♠65 years, 349 days

42

Basil II

Byzantine Empire

April 22, 960

15 December 1025

23,977

7004239770000000000♠65 years, 237 days

43

Leopold III

Anhalt-Dessau (HRE)

16 December 1751

9 August 1817

23,977

7004239770000000000♠65 years, 236 days

44

Ferdinand III

Sicily

6 October 1759

4 January 1825

23,831

7004238310000000000♠65 years, 90 days

45

John I

Brittany

21 October 1221

8 October 1286

23,728

7004237280000000000♠64 years, 352 days

46

Frederick William

Hohenzollern-Hechingen (HRE)

13 January 1671

14 November 1735

23,680

7004236800000000000♠64 years, 305 days

47

Ibrahim

Johor (Malaysia)

4 June 1895

8 May 1959

23,348

7004233480000000000♠63 years, 338 days

48

Sayajirao Gaekwad III

Baroda State (India)

27 May 1875

6 February 1939

23,265

7004232660000000000♠63 years, 256 days

49

Albert Anton

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (HRE)

4 November 1646

24 June 1710

23,242

7004232420000000000♠63 years, 232 days

50

Anton Günther

Oldenburg (HRE)

12 November 1603

19 June 1667

23,230

7004232300000000000♠63 years, 219 days

51

Victoria

United Kingdom[note 9]

20 June 1837

22 January 1901

23,226

7004232260000000000♠63 years, 216 days

52

Friedrich August I[note 10]

Saxony (HRE*)

17 December 1763

5 May 1827

23,149

7004231490000000000♠63 years, 139 days

53

Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa

Bahrain

1 December 1869

9 December 1932

23,018

7004230180000000000♠63 years, 8 days

54

Charles III

Upper Lorraine (HRE)

12 June 1545

14 May 1608

22,982

7004229820000000000♠62 years, 337 days

55

James I

Aragon

12 September 1213

27 July 1276

22,964

7004229640000000000♠62 years, 319 days

56

Johann Friedrich II

Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE)

17 October 1702

24 August 1765

22,957

7004229570000000000♠62 years, 311 days

57

Bernhard II

Saxe-Meiningen (HRE*)

24 December 1803

20 September 1866

22,916

7004229160000000000♠62 years, 270 days

58

Philipp II

Nassau-Weilburg (HRE)

2 July 1429

19 March 1492

22,906

7004229060000000000♠62 years, 261 days[note 11]

59

Leopold-Philippe

Arenberg (HRE)

19 August 1691

4 March 1754

22,842

7004228420000000000♠62 years, 197 days

60

Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Salarzai[11]

Tonk (India)

20 December 1867

23 June 1930

22,830

7004228300000000000♠62 years, 185 days

61

Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi

Ras Al Khaimah (United Arab Emirates)

17 July 1948

27 October 2010

22,747

7004227470000000000♠62 years, 102 days

62

Nahar Singh, Raja of Shahpura

Shahpura (India)

21 April 1870

24 June 1932

22,709

7004227090000000000♠62 years, 64 days[12]

63

Hirohito (Shōwa)[note 12]

Japan

25 December 1926

7 January 1989

22,659

7004226590000000000♠62 years, 13 days

64

Kangxi Emperor[note 13]

Qing (China)

7 February 1661

20 December 1722

22,595

7004225950000000000♠61 years, 316 days

65

Tuanku Abdul Hamid Halim Shah

Kedah (Malaysia)

22 September 1881

13 May 1943

22,512

7004225120000000000♠61 years, 233 days

66

Philip IV

Waldeck-Wildungen (HRE)

28 May 1513

30 November 1574

22,466

7004224660000000000♠61 years, 186 days

67

Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh

Lunavada (India)

31 October 1867

27 April 1929

22,458

7004224580000000000♠61 years, 178 days

68

Paku Alam VIII

Pakualaman (Indonesia)

12 April 1937

11 September 1998

22,432

7004224320000000000♠61 years, 152 days

69

Victor Amadeus

Anhalt-Bernburg (HRE)

22 September 1656

14 February 1718

22,424

7004224240000000000♠61 years, 145 days

70

Lakshman Singh, Maharawal of Banswara

Banswara State (India)

2 February 1844

29 April 1905

22,366

7004223660000000000♠61 years, 86 days[13]

71

Ulrich V

Württemberg-Stuttgart (HRE)

2 July 1419

1 September 1480

22,342

7004223420000000000♠61 years, 61 days[note 14]

72

Ranbir Singh

Jind  (India)

7 March 1887

31 March 1948

22,304

7004223040000000000♠61 years, 24 days[14][note 15]

73

Ernst Ludwig

Hesse-Darmstadt (HRE)

31 August 1678

12 September 1739

22,291

7004222910000000000♠61 years, 12 days

74

Johann Friedrich I

Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Öhringen (HRE)

11 October 1641

17 October 1702

22,285

7004222850000000000♠61 years, 6 days

75

Wilhelm Moritz II

Isenburg-Philippseich (HRE)

8 March 1711

7 March 1772

22,280

7004222800000000000♠60 years, 365 days

76

Christian Ernst

Stolberg-Wernigerode (HRE)

9 November 1710

25 October 1771

22,265

7004222650000000000♠60 years, 350 days

77

Adolf III

Schauenburg and Holstein (HRE)

6 July 1164

3 January 1225

22,096

7004220960000000000♠60 years, 181 days

78

Leopold Ludwig

Palatinate-Veldenz (HRE)

3 June 1634

29 September 1694

22,033

7004220330000000000♠60 years, 118 days

79

Qianlong Emperor[note 16]

Qing (China)

18 October 1735

8 February 1796

22,028

7004220280000000000♠60 years, 113 days

80

Friedrich Günther

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

28 April 1807

28 June 1867

21,976

7004219760000000000♠60 years, 61 days

81

Pakubuwono XII

Surakarta (Indonesia)

11 June 1944

11 June 2004

21,915

7004219150000000000♠60 years, 0 days[15]

82

Johann Jakob I

Waldburg-Zeil (HRE)

4 May 1614[note 17]

18 April 1674

21,899

7004218990000000000♠59 years, 349 days

83

Christian IV

Denmark (D&N)

4 April 1588

28 February 1648

21,879

7004218790000000000♠59 years, 330 days

84

Gustav Adolf

Mecklenburg-Güstrow (HRE)

23 April 1636

6 October 1695

21,715

7004217150000000000♠59 years, 166 days

85

Georg Friedrich I

Brandenburg-Ansbach (HRE)

27 December 1543

25 April 1603

21,669

7004216690000000000♠59 years, 119 days

86

Karl I

Hesse-Kassel (HRE)

1 December 1670

23 March 1730

21,661

7004216610000000000♠59 years, 112 days

87

George III

United Kingdom[note 18]

25 October 1760

29 January 1820

21,644

7004216440000000000♠59 years, 96 days

88

Honoré III

Monaco

7 November 1733

19 January 1793

21,623

7004216230000000000♠59 years, 73 days

89

Abdul Halim

Kedah (Malaysia)

14 July 1958

11 September 2017

21,917

7004216090000000000♠59 years, 59 days

90

Barnim I

Pomerania-Stettin

23 January 1220

13 December 1278

21,509

7004215090000000000♠58 years, 324 days

91

Louis XV

France

1 September 1715

10 May 1774

21,436

7004214360000000000♠58 years, 251 days

92

Pedro II

Brazil

7 April 1831

15 November 1889

21,407

7004214070000000000♠58 years, 222 days

93

Ludovico I

Saluzzo

October 1416

8 April 1475

21,373

7004213730000000000♠58 years, 189 days

94

Nikola I

Montenegro

13 August 1860

26 November 1918

21,288

7004212880000000000♠58 years, 105 days

95

Honoré I

Monaco

22 August 1523

7 October 1581

21,231

7004212310000000000♠58 years, 46 days

96

Philipp

Hesse-Philippsthal (HRE)

16 July 1663

18 June 1721

21,156

7004211560000000000♠57 years, 337 days

97

Wilhelmina

The Netherlands

23 November 1890

4 September 1948

21,104

7004211040000000000♠57 years, 286 days

98

Philipp I

Nassau-Weilburg (HRE)

20 September 1371

2 July 1429

21,104

7004211040000000000♠57 years, 285 days

99

Philipp I

Hesse (HRE)

11 July 1509

31 March 1567

21,082

7004210820000000000♠57 years, 263 days

100

James VI

Scotland[note 19]

24 July 1567

27 March 1625

21,066

7004210660000000000♠57 years, 246 days

tag: table

text: Monarchs whose exact dates of rule are unknown[edit]

text: These monarchs are grouped according to length of reign by year in whole numbers. Within each year-grouping, they appear in historical order. In a given year, there may have been a wide array of actual reign lengths based on days. Thus, this table does not present a pure ranking of monarchs. The list is limited to those that might reasonably be expected to lie within the range of those in the table above.

text:
Rank

Name

Country

Reign

Duration (approx. years)

from

to

1

Pepi II Neferkare[note 20][note 21]

Ancient Egypt

2278 BC

2184 BC

94 years94 years (disputed)

2

Taejo

Goguryeo (Korea)

53

146

93 years93 years (disputed)

3

Ermanaric the Ostrogoth

Oium

296 (disputed)

376

80 years (disputed)

4

Mahanyod

Hariphunchai (Thailand)

670

750

80 years

5

Raja Sawai Basavalinga I

Sundem (India)

1763

1843

80 years

6

Jangsu

Goguryeo (Korea)

413

491

78 years

7

Mirian III

Kingdom of Iberia

268 or 284

345 or 361

77 years

8

Raisingh Deo

Patna (India)

1685

1762

77 years

9

Mohan Singh

Rajgarha (India)

1638

14 April 1714

76 years

10

Tai Wu

Shang (China)

1486 BC

1411 BC

75 years

11

Vakhtang Gorgasali

Kingdom of Iberia

447

522

75 years

12

Johann Philipp[note 22]

Stadion (HRE)

1666

1741

75 years

13

Sukhachain

Jind (India)

1676

1751

75 years

14

Yo-Tha

Hariphunchai (Thailand)

1197

1271

74 years

15

Wilhelm I

Sayn-Wittgenstein (HRE)

1494

1568

74 years

16

Harald I

Norway

860

933

73 years

17

Fazl Ali Khan II Bahadur

Banganapalle (India)

1686

1759

73 years

18

Zhao Tuo

Nanyue

208 BC

137 BC

71 years

19

Simon I

Lippe (HRE)

1273

1344

71 years

20

Heinrich VIII

Fürstenberg-Wolfach (HRE)

1419

30 November 1490

71 years

21

Pandukabhaya

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

437 BC

367 BC

70 years

22

Ponhea Yat

Khmer Empire (Cambodia)

1393

1463

70 years

23

Johann Ulrich

Stadion (HRE)

1530

1600

70 years

24

Muhtarram Shah Kator The First

Chitral (India)

1585

1655

70 years

25

Shapur II[note 23]

Persian Empire, Sassanid Dynasty

March 310

379

69 years

26

Huan

Qi (China)

636 BC

567 BC

69 years

27

Tshudpud Namgyal

Sikkim (India)

1793

1863

69 years

28

Alberto Azzo II

Este and Milan

1029

20 August 1097

68 years

29

Louis XIII

Oettingen-Wallerstein (HRE)

1449

1517

68 years

30

Malojirao III

Mudhol (India)

1737

1805

68 years

31

Sultan Mahmud Shah II

Perak (Malaysia)

1653

1720

67 years

32

Johann III

Sponheim-Starkenburg (HRE)

1331

1398

67 years

33

Ramesses II

Ancient Egypt

1279 BC

1213 BC

66 years

34

Pharnavaz I

Kingdom of Iberia

302 BC

237 BC

65 years

35

Nandivarman II

Pallava Empire

731

796

65 years

36

Sagramji I Kumbhoji

Gondal (India)

1648

1713

65 years

37

Zhao

Song (China)

468 BC

404 BC

64 years

38

Khuman III

Udaipur State (India)

878

942

64 years

39

Amoghavarsha

Rashtrakuta Empire (India)

814

878

64 years

40

Friedrich IV

Castell (HRE)

1285

1349

64 years

41

Zhuang I

Qi (China)

794 BC

731 BC

63 years

42

Friedrich II

Salm-Neuweiler (HRE)

1610

1673

63 years

43

Nicolas Leopold I

Salm-Hoogstraat (HRE)

1707

1770

63 years

44

Jayavarman VIII

Khmer Empire (Cambodia)

1243

1295

63 years

45

Ibrahim Ali Khan

Tonk (India)

1867

23 June 1930

63 years

46

Philipp Ernst

Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (HRE)

1697

1759

62 years

47

Karl

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen (HRE)

1741

1803

62 years

48

Franz Wilhelm

Salm-Reifferscheid-Krautheim (HRE)

1673

1734

61 years

49

Bhavsinhji I Ratanji

Bhavnagar (India)

1703

1764

61 years

50

Cynan Garwyn

Kingdom of Powys

00550-01-01c. 550

00610-01-01c. 610

60c. 60 years

51

Aescwine

Kingdom of Essex

527

587

60 yearsc. 60 years

52

Pawl

Glywysing

00480-01-01c. 480

540

60 yearsc. 60 years

53

Mutasiva

Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka)

367 BC

307 BC

60 years

54

Sophie

Bar (HRE)

1033

1093

60 years

55

Friedrich I

Salm-Blankenburg (HRE)

1210

1270

60 years

56

Heinrich III

Henneberg-Aschach-Römhild (HRE)

1292

1352

60 years

57

Heinrich II

Salm-Blankenburg (HRE)

1301

1361

60 years

58

Otto I

Solms-Braunfels (HRE)

1349

1409

60 years

59

Ludwig

Salm-Blankenburg (HRE)

1443

1503

60 years

60

Mayadunne

Sitawaka (Sri Lanka)

1521

1581

60 years

61

Vanghoji II Jagpalrao Nimbalkar

Phaltan (India)

1570

1630

60 years

62

Hu

Chen (China)

1045 BC

986 BC

59 years

63

Guilhem III

Toulouse

978

1037

59 years

64

Otto I

Salm-Kyrburg (HRE)

October 1548

7 June 1607

59 years

65

Nan

Zhou (China)

314 BC

256 BC

58 years

66

Heinrich II

Baden-Hachberg (HRE)

1231

1289

58 years

67

Jayaba Mukne

Jawhar (India)

1342

1400

58 years

68

Heinrich V

Henneberg-Schleusingen (HRE)

1347

1405

58 years

69

Nikolaus III

Tecklenburg (HRE)

1450

1508

58 years

70

Mulraj II

Jaisalmer State (India)

1762

1820

58 years

71

Muhammad Shafi ud-din II

Sambas (Borneo)

1866

1924

58 years

72

Maredydd ap Rhain

Kingdom of Dyfed

740

797

57 yearsc. 57 years

73

Jing

Qi (China)

547 BC

490 BC

57 years

74

Mithridates VI

Pontus

120 BC

63 BC

57 years

75

Vseslav of Polotsk

Polotsk

1044

1101

57 years

76

Roger II

Foix (France)

1067

1124

57 years

77

Bernhard I

Bentheim-Bentheim (HRE)

1364

1421

57 years

78

Yi Hham Hka

Kengtung (Burma)

1403

1460

57 years

79

Ernst II

Oettingen-Wallerstein (HRE)

1613[note 24]

3 March 1670

57 years

80

Johannes

Waldburg-Waldsee (HRE)

1667

1724

57 years

81

Adolf Ludwig Wilhelm

Sayn-Wittgenstein-Karlsburg (HRE)

1749

1806

57 years

82

Jashwant Singh

Nabha (India)

December 1783

21 May 1840

57 years


document_title: List of Bob's Burgers characters

question_text: who plays jimmy jr in bob's burgers

question_tokens: who plays jimmy jr in bob 's burgers

text: List of Bob's Burgers characters

text: Belcher family[edit]

text: The Belcher family is a family who runs the family business called Bob's Burgers. Loren Bouchard described their ethnicity:

text:
“
For better, for worse we gave [the main characters] the name Belcher so at least one of Bob's parents hails from some French or French-Canadian lineage. But in a perfect world, we'd have the show about a sort of Greek-Armenian-Italian-Jewish-German polyglot.[1]
”

text: The Belcher family consists of:

text: Bob[edit]

text: Robert "Bob" Belcher, Jr. (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Bob Belcher is the husband of Linda; the father of Tina, Gene, and Louise; the son of Robert Belcher, Sr. (nicknamed "Big Bob"); and the main character of the series. He is a third-generation restaurateur, as his father owns a diner, and currently the proprietor of his eponymous burger restaurant (Bob's Burgers) in a shore town. The Season 5 episode "Father of the Bob" begins with a flashback set 30 years prior in which a young Bob states that he is 14 years old, making him 44 in the episode's present. It is also mentioned in the episode that Bob's mother had died sometime prior to the series' beginning. Bob has a tendency to entertain himself by having conversations with inanimate objects and then speak back as the inanimate object, usually in a high, squeaky voice. He also enjoys making puns, utilizing this talent to name his burger specials (i.e. the If Looks Could Kale Burger, New Bacon-ings Burger, etc.) As revealed in "Bob Fires the Kids", his childhood has been described as "crappy," as his father discouraged play. While poor with business management, and cursed with an unlucky streak, his skills at burger cooking have been shown to be excellent, to the point where he has been referred to as a "beef artist." His primary business rival is Jimmy Pesto, who owns an Italian restaurant (Jimmy Pesto’s Pizzeria) across the street from Bob’s Burgers.

text: As shown in the flashback during "Father of the Bob," the "Burger of the Day" special stems from an incident in which he customized a burger by adding chives to it, calling it "Baby You Can Chive My Car." He tried to serve it to one of Big Bob's regular customers who normally ordered a tuna melt, but Big Bob threw the burger away in front of the whole diner. Ten years later, still resentful over not being allowed to cook the way he wanted, Bob turned down Big Bob's offer of a partnership in the diner and opened his own restaurant.

text: Bob prides himself on giving the customer a quality meal and goes the extra mile to ensure that, choosing fresh ingredients he gets from the local farmer's markets and co-op's. His biggest accomplishment is the Meatsiah, a concoction that consists of a steak tartare center with a medium-well cooked burger surrounding it and a burger Wellington surrounding the burger. Bob is allergic to shellfish, particularly lobster, as it causes his face to swell any time he eats it. This is a problem, as the town the Belchers live in has an annual lobster festival (which Bob hates because it takes away from his business). Bob, along with Linda, enjoys drinking and many of the episode gags involve Bob or Linda drinking and getting drunk from wine. Bob also has a tendency to take mind-altering substances such as crack in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?", absinthe in "An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal", pain relievers in "Housetrap", and his pain medication in "Burgerboss".

text: Linda[edit]

text: Linda Belcher (voiced by John Roberts) – Linda Belcher is Bob's happy-go-lucky and supportive wife and the mother of Tina, Gene, and Louise. Prior to her marriage to Bob, she was engaged to Hugo, who is now a local health inspector ("Human Flesh"). In the fifth-season episode "Eat, Spray, Linda" she turned forty-four years old. She has also referred to herself as a "pre middle aged mother" ("Lindapendent Woman") Linda often calls her husband Bobby, and her attraction to Bob is in part due to his passion for his work, and also due to his "Tom Selleckian" mustache. She remains a loyal and devoted wife despite their frequent financial problems and never having had a honeymoon or a day off in 10 years ("Weekend at Mort's"). She has a preference for mustaches, and says Bob "made himself ugly" when he shaved it off ("Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"). Her passions include singing, dinner theater, porcelain baby figurines, Tom Selleck, nautically themed romance novels, and prenatal yoga. She handles the accounting for the restaurant, though her bookkeeping methods are sometimes troublesome and overly complicated. She is fond of alcohol and is known to say that "Mommy doesn't get drunk; she just has fun." Linda is extroverted, has a thick New Jersey accent, and is somewhat odd; she is also fond of tackling problems using unconventional methods, though her methods are frequently over-optimistic and things sometimes go awry. She often encourages her kids to engage in behavior that Bob finds annoying, and though she wants what's best for her kids, she tends to be scatter-brained. Bob has described her as a "pushover" because she allows people (the kids) to take advantage of her. She has a contentious relationship with Louise and often misunderstands her, even once organizing a slumber party for Louise against her will. She is a talented lyricist, as shown in "Lil Hard Dad;" Gene may have inherited his musical predilection from her. She has tendency to spontaneously burst into song, a trait she shares with her voice actor John Roberts. Many of the songs she is known for are improvised by Roberts, including her "Thanksgiving Song", "Dish-a-Dee-Doo" (a jazzy ditty sung while washing the dishes, as seen in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor"), and a hair-brushing ditty that references the late Harry Truman. Her songs are frequently remade and set to music for the episode's end credits.

text: Tina[edit]

text: Tina Ruth Belcher (voiced by Dan Mintz) – Tina Belcher is the eldest Belcher child. She was said to be autistic in the first episode, but the claim was immediately dismissed by her parents. She generally speaks in a low, monotone voice, works part-time at the family restaurant, and is often the voice of reason among the Belcher children, though it is made quite clear Tina's own characteristics rival those of her siblings. She is trying to come to grips with her entry into adulthood, and claims to have a complicated relationship with zombies. She is obsessed with horses, boys (particularly Jimmy Jr.), and buttocks; in various episodes she writes in her journal about touching people's butts, which, to her, is the height of sexual contact. According to her siblings,[2] Tina has written erotic fanfiction of several television shows and movies and has moved on to "erotic friend fiction", in which she uses real-life people. She is a member of the Hormone-iums, a musical revue at Wagstaff that sings songs about puberty, and was formerly a member of the Thundergirls, a Girl Scout-like organization. Tina was aged 12 in early episodes and now 13 since the episode "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?". She is generally soft-spoken and reserved, often in contrast to her more strident siblings. In the show's early developmental stages, the eldest Belcher child was originally written as a boy,[3] Daniel Belcher. Daniel was also voiced by Mintz, whose personality in the never-broadcast pilot is said to have been similar to that of Tina. Tina is also shown to have difficulties with her schoolwork, although she is a hard worker, as shown in "Can't Buy Me Math" when she is put into remedial math and "Bob and Deliver" when guidance counselor Mr. Frond refers to her as a "dum-dum".

text: Gene[edit]

text: Eugene Selleck "Gene" Belcher (voiced by Eugene Mirman) – Gene Belcher is the middle child and only son in the family, revealed to be 11 years old in season 3.[4] Like Linda, he has an upbeat and enthusiastic attitude about almost everything; however, he closely resembles Bob and has inherited his lobster allergy. He often promotes the restaurant by wearing a burger costume, which he uses to run in a mascot race in the season 1 episode "Torpedo" and using a toy megaphone to hand out samples. In "It Snakes a Village", it is shown that he suffers from ophidiophobia. Gene has a variety of interests and hobbies, with his most well-known being food and music. Though he has no training, he occasionally demonstrates great skill in music and aspires to be a musician; he enjoys playing a Casio-type keyboard and makes fart sounds using it, and creates an elaborate love duet in "Topsy" as well as a one-man show in "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl." Despite this, Gene is not without his flaws, namely a tendency to be easily distracted, which the family refers to as "Gene-ing out" in "Best Burger", but he is loving and loyal toward his family. He is also unathletic, as seen in several episodes including "Synchronized Swimming", when he has trouble opening a door which Tina then opens with ease, and "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs", when he runs away from a fight in fear.

text: Louise[edit]

text: Louise Alexandra Belcher (voiced by Kristen Schaal) – Louise Belcher is the youngest of the Belcher siblings and is revealed to be 9 years old in season 1.[5] She is still 9 by Christmas five seasons later.[6] In spite of being the youngest, she usually dominates her two older siblings by "wear[ing] down your self esteem over a period of years." Precociously intelligent, manipulative, and aggressive (even towards adults), she is more than willing to exploit people if there is anything to be gained. She has an offbeat and dark sense of humor and picks locks as a hobby. Louise always wears her signature pink hat with bunny ears, regardless of the time of day or situation; to date, viewers have never seen her uncovered head. She claims that she has "a raging staph infection under here" in the episode "Synchronized Swimming" when they try to make her take it off. In "Ear-sy Rider," when a high-schooler stole her hat from her, her head was off screen, then she wore a hoodie till she got it back. Louise is not immune to breaking her tough character persona, however: she called Bob "daddy" until she was eight, felt guilty about almost electrocuting her sister to death, still believes in Santa Claus, has a disturbing crush on a boy-band member, and proclaims she does love her family in the face of death at the end of season 4. Since she was a baby, Louise has always liked Bob more than Linda, opting to spend more time with him as she finds him much more interesting; it can generally be assumed that Louise and Bob have a very strong relationship, although she is the most prone amongst her siblings to mock him. In "Carpe Museum", Louise accidentally reveals her plan to take over the family restaurant when Bob retires, after renaming it to "Louise's Burgers."

text: Relatives of the Belcher family[edit]

text:
Gayle (voiced by Megan Mullally) – Linda's neurotic artist sister, the aunt of Tina, Gene and Louise and the sister-in-law of Bob. Bob dislikes her, much to Linda's consternation. She is desperately lonely and once fell in love with Bob because, Linda explains, she always wants what Linda has. However, men often take an interest in her, including Dr. Yap, Mort, Mr. Frond and Mr. Fischoeder. She loves cats and may suffer from some form of factitious disorder, as she often fakes injuries.
Al (voiced by Sam Seder) – Linda's father, father-in-law of Bob, and the maternal grandfather of Tina, Gene, and Louise. He rarely speaks, is hard of hearing, and wears a hearing aid. He accompanies Gloria everywhere. He has a fetish for the sound of popping balloons.
Gloria (voiced by Renée Taylor) – Linda's mother, mother-in-law of Bob, and maternal grandmother of Tina, Gene and Louise. Bob doesn't like her very much and he always tries to hide from her when she and Al come over to visit.
Big Bob (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin in "Bob Fires the Kids," Bill Hader in "Father of the Bob") – Robert "Big Bob" Belcher, Sr. is Bob's father, the father-in-law of Linda, and the paternal grandfather of Tina, Gene and Louise. Like his son, Big Bob is a restaurateur who owns his own business called "Big Bob's Diner." He's shown to be a tough loving father towards his own son, as shown in flashbacks. Since his pre-teens, Big Bob has been very controlling of Bob and has put him to work most of the time. He enjoys line-dancing, which he practices at the bar next to his diner.

text: Regular customers at Bob's Burgers[edit]

text: Bob's Burgers features regular ups and downs in customer volume, but two loyal customers help keep the restaurant open.

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Teddy (voiced by Larry Murphy) – Teddy Francisco is a talkative, kind hearted, burly contractor who is a loyal and regular customer of Bob’s Burgers. Although he is now overweight and bald, Teddy was attractive, had long blonde hair and was physically fit in his youth. He was attractive enough to be cast as a lifeguard in a 1980s exploitation movie The Deepening, filmed at Wonder Wharf. However, an incident during filming took such a psychological toll on him that he resorted to eating and gained a substantial amount of weight. Teddy is extremely fond of the Belchers and wants to be a part of the family.[7] He considers Bob to be his “bestie” but, while Bob likes Teddy, he is only willing to classify Teddy as his “best customer”. Teddy is divorced, lives alone and dates infrequently. He was once married to a woman named Denise who treated him poorly (according to Teddy, he and Denise had a threesome with a man named Ray which consisted of him just watching Ray and Denise have sex), was unfaithful and eventually left him for a man who is interested in boats and owns a waterside bar called “The Schoon Hound” where she works as a waitress. In the episode “Thanks-Hoarding”, it is revealed that Teddy is a hoarder due to childhood trauma. Long-winded at times, Teddy frequently tells needlessly detailed stories about mundane situations that usually bore the listener. While he is known to eat nearly anything (on one occasion, he ate a piece of a sponge Bob handed to him and, according to Linda, a receipt) Bob's hamburgers seem to be among his favorite foods. In the episode “Friends with Burger-fits”, Teddy learns that his daily consumption of Bob’s burgers have caused him to develop extremely high cholesterol. Generally mild mannered and affable, Teddy participates in on-going therapy sessions as he sometimes has angry, violent outbursts over minor incidents which he instantly regrets often causing him to burst into tears and apologize.
Mort (voiced by Andy Kindler) – Mort is a mortician and the owner of the "It's Your Funeral" funeral home next to the restaurant and also a regular customer of Bob's Burgers. He is a little odd and has a stereotypically morbid sense of humor. Mort is single, wears an obvious toupee and lives in a stylishly decorated apartment above his funeral home. He is good friends with Bob and Teddy and has cared for the Belcher children on occasion. He has also acted as the Belcher family driver when Tina crashed Bob's car. Mort has a generally good sense of humor about the macabre questions to which he is often subjected regarding his job.

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Jimmy Pesto, Sr. (voiced by Jay Johnston) – Jimmy Pesto, Sr., real surname Poplopovich, is the owner of the Italian themed restaurant across the street called "Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria." Although of eastern European descent he goes by the Italian-sounding name of Pesto, presumably to increase the appeal of his restaurant; he and his family members are invariably referred to by the Pesto last name. He is the father of Jimmy Pesto, Jr., Andy, and Ollie, and is Bob's personal rival. Their rivalry often seems to border on stalking each other and occasionally descends into violence. Their families actually get along well and apart from a few isolated incidents, neither of their businesses actually endanger the other. This is in part because Bob's burgers are genuinely better than the food Jimmy serves, which is often described as being of sub par quality. In one episode where Jimmy tries to outdo Bob by serving burgers, he can be seen weeping in the middle of the night, knowing that the ruse won't last; in another episode, Jimmy competes in a burger cookoff against Bob and a celebrity chef and his "Oregano Burger" is poorly received. It is revealed in "The Belchies" that he and his children's mother are divorced; she has not yet been seen.
Jimmy Pesto, Jr. (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Almost always referred to as "Jimmy Junior", Jimmy Pesto, Jr. is the oldest son Jimmy Pesto and speaks with a lisp. Jimmy works as the busboy at Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria. He is Tina's classmate, love interest and on-again, off-again boyfriend. Tina has a crush on him and tries her best to get his attention (slow dancing with him, forcibly sharing a pasta strand with him, etc.). He is close friends with Zeke, has a noticeable speech impediment, and loves dancing. He appears to be among the most popular students at Wagstaff Middle School, though many students turned against him in "The Millie-Churian Candidate" after Louise sabotaged his class president campaign. He is also prone to envy; in "Stand By Gene" he resents Gene for becoming friends with Zeke, and in "Two for Tina" he feuds with Tina's love interest Josh despite their on-and-off relationship. Jimmy has gone on dates with Tina, and Louise said they were dating, however Jimmy tends to forget this from time to time. Louise calls him "brace face" in "The Belchies," implying he wears braces, but these are never seen, as Bob's Burgers rarely shows its characters' teeth.
Andy and Ollie Pesto (voiced by Sarah Silverman and Laura Silverman) – Andy and Ollie Pesto are Jimmy Pesto, Sr.'s blonde twin sons who are the brothers of Jimmy Pesto, Jr. They are very childish and care for each other a lot, experiencing extreme anxiety whenever they must be separated – at one point they imply that their backpacks will miss each other when separated and are nearly run over because they were trying to carry each other across the street. They are classmates and good friends with Louise despite the rivalry between their fathers (as well as Louise's tendency to take advantage of them, such as in "Art Crawl"). Ollie and Andy's intense fondness for each other mimics that of Walter and Perry from Loren Bouchard's previous animated television series Home Movies.

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Phillip Frond (voiced by David Herman) – Mr. Frond is the "self-certified" school counselor of Wagstaff School. Bob describes him as a "tall drink of annoying", and he has stuffed dolls that he talks to as if they were real. He feels underused and underappreciated at the school, since nobody really likes him, due to his uptight and strict personality, and his advice is never sought after. He occasionally concocts harebrained schemes to advance his own career, which usually backfire spectacularly.
Coach Blevins (voiced by Larry Murphy) – Coach Blevins is the gym teacher who wears shatterproof goggles.
Mr. Ambrose (voiced by Billy Eichner) – Mr. Ambrose is the school librarian and the cheerleading coach who has a penchant for dramatism.
Mr. Branca (voiced by David Herman) – Mr. Branca is an immigrant janitor from an unknown country. Back in his country, he was its President before a coup d'état occurred.
Ms. Jacobson (voiced by Melissa Bardin Galsky) – Ms. Jacobson is an eighth grade teacher who is usually seen teaching Tina's class which often includes Jimmy Jr., Jocelyn, Tammy Larsen, and Zeke. She was included in Tina's erotic friend fiction in "Bad Tina", where she paired her with Mr. Frond. She is described by Bob as "ridiculously attractive" in "Two for Tina".
Ms. LaBonz (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Ms. LaBonz is the 4th grade teacher who is usually teaching Louise's class which also consisted of Andy and Ollie Pesto, Millie Frock, Regular Size Rudy, and Wayne. She has a habit of stealing supplies from the school.
Ms. Merkin (voiced by Brian Huskey) – Ms. Merkin is a longtime music teacher at Wagstaff. She is a very proficient musician, competent at multiple instruments including drums, ukulele, piano, and guitar. She is supportive of Gene's talent, defecting to his guerrilla Die Hard musical after being replaced in the school musical. In "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee," Gene enlists her to help him improve his musicianship, but he gives up three seconds later, because of the commitment required.
Ms. Schnur (voiced by Sarah Silverman) – Ms. Schnur is the secretary to Principal Spoors who is usually distracted by kids who are sent to Spoors.

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Chloe Barbash (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz) - Chloe Barbash is a student at Wagstaff School. In "Bob Actually", it is revealed that Regular-Sized Rudy has an unrequited crush on her.
Choo-Choo (voiced by Brian Posehn) – Choo-Choo is a student at Wagstaff School and Gene's nemesis. He constantly annoys Gene whenever he tells a joke by saying the punchline before him. He first appeared in "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" and got his name for saying "choo choo" every time he got into a fight.
Courtney Wheeler (voiced by David Wain) – Gene's ex-girlfriend; an annoying girl who likes Gene in the episode "The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene." Gene begins going out with her when he is stuck with answering if he "like-likes" her, so he pairs up with her temporarily. Gene's plans were to dump her until he meets her father Doug who he believes can launch his career in writing jingles. He breaks up with her at her birthday party after she interrupts one of his performances, and she retaliates by upstaging him by staging a musical based on the film Working Girl. In "The Gene & Courtney Show," they reconcile and appear to kindle a romance. Courtney has curly blonde hair and always wears a necklace with a heart pendant on it that always seems to wind up in her mouth.
Darryl (voiced by Aziz Ansari) – Darryl is a student at Wagstaff School and a video game enthusiast. He goes by DRL in reference to his initials for arcade scoreboards. In the episode Nude Beach, he returns to team up with the Belchers in their attempt to sell tickets to a view of the titular nude beach to children at their school.
Henry Haber (voiced by Jim Gaffigan) – Henry Haber is a student at Wagstaff School. He first appears in "Carpe Museum" where he is assigned as Tina's buddy for the museum field trip. In "The Millie-churian Candidate " Henry runs for student body president under the campaign "Chess we Can". He later wins by default after Millie and Louise both get disqualified.
Jeremy (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Jeremy is one of Louise's classmates. He appears in "Topsy" and has increasingly accompanied the Belcher children and their crew. He was first characterized as uptight, ratting on Louise's science project to Mr. Frond in "Topsy," but as evidenced by his willingness to engage in bounce house theft in "House Of 1000 Bounces," he's loosened up a little.
Jocelyn (voiced by John Roberts) – Jocelyn is a student at Wagstaff School. She has blonde curly hair that she wears in a side ponytail and is a cheerleader as well. She displays an obsession with being cool and popular to the point of being unable to have a mind of her own to avoid embarrassing herself. She can often be heard saying things like "That's so cool. Unless you guys don't think so. Then it's lame."
Jodi (voiced by Rachel Dratch) – Jodi is a student at Wagstaff School who has a severe fear of germs. It is extreme enough that she struggles to sit down or touch anything without using hand sanitizer or wearing rubber gloves.
Large Tommy (voiced by Larry Murphy) – Large Tommy is an overweight nerd-looking student who has brown hair and wears a red shirt and glasses. Like Speedo Guy, he appears randomly in the series, mainly in background roles.
Lenny DeStefano (voiced by Larry Murphy) – A student at Wagstaff School. Lenny is an extremely popular and handsome boy, considered the biggest catch at Wagstaff among the girls. His charm apparently extends to adults, as Bob seemed very taken with Lenny during a short car ride together and Ms. Merkin even expressed interest in attending his birthday party.
Mabel "Abby" Haddington (voiced by Rachel Dratch) – Mabel Haddington (better known as Abby) is a student who attends Wagstaff School. She is obsessed with braiding.
Millie Frock (voiced by Molly Shannon) – Millie Frock is a Wagstaff Middle School student who first appeared in the second Bob's Burgers' Halloween episode "Fort Night." She is Louise's age and is obsessed with her. She displays psychopathic tendencies; in "Fort Night," she traps the Belcher children and their friends in a fort overnight as retaliation for Louise refusing to be her friend.
Peter Pescadero (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – Peter Pescadero is a wimpy boy who is one of Gene's classmates. He is a terrible dancer and owns a Sasquatch Mask that Gene borrowed as seen in "Beefsquatch." He has partial hearing loss (as mentioned in "The Unbrearable Like-Likeness of Gene") and is also an award winning magician ("Presto Tina-O")
Regular-Sized Rudy (voiced by Brian Huskey) – Rudolph Steiblitz, known as Regular-Sized Rudy to distinguish him from a smaller classmate (Pocket-Sized Rudy), is Louise's classmate, best friend and love interest. He has asthma and needs to use his inhaler every two hours. Despite his condition, he loves to have fun and often joins Louise in her mischievous escapades. He keeps cymbals in his backpack. He is a frequent guest on the wine tasting train ("The Kids Rob a Train") where he spends his time with Beans the bean bag chair while his father goes on internet dates.
Tammy Larsen (voiced by Jenny Slate) – Tina's mean girl nemesis, who continuously bullies her. She usually wears heavy makeup and has blonde hair, which she wears in a side ponytail. She acts like the "popular" and "hot" girl, despite the fact that nobody likes her. She was a brunette in her first appearance on the show (in the episode "Bad Tina"), but in subsequent episodes she is blonde (this fact is acknowledged twice in the show: once in the episode "Broadcast Wagstaff School News," in which she taunts Tina by saying "I'm a blonde now so I'm better than you," and the second in the episode "Lice Things Are Lice," in which she says, "You're not a blonde," and Tina replies, "Neither are you.") Andy and Ollie once described her as a "bathroom clown" due to her makeup. Tammy comes from a Jewish family and is at least twelve years old, as she has celebrated her bat mitzvah – or rather she tried to, as Tina wound up taking her place at the party, much to the relief of everyone, including Tammy's own relatives. She is also Wagstaff's head cheerleader and has a problem with passing gas, caused by laughing too hard, by someone lifting her up wrong, or because of nerves.
Zeke (voiced by Bobby Tisdale) – Zeke is a boisterous and immature boy with a slight southern accent, who usually hangs out with Jimmy Junior. Zeke's middle name is Anthony, and his last name is unknown.[8] He's obsessed with wrestling and breasts and makes fart jokes often. He may be a gifted chef, as suspected by Bob in "Bob And Deliver."

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Bryce (voiced by Joe Lo Truglio) – Bryce is a teenage resident of King's Head Island who participates in the annual Hell Hunt on Halloween night as seen in "Full Bars." He appears again in "Speakeasy Rider" where he is an expert in Go-Karting racing under the name "Bryced Lightning." Bryce finished third in the King's Head Island Grand Prix.
Calvin Fischoeder (voiced by Kevin Kline) – Mr. Fischoeder is an odd local landlord and businessman who dresses in a white suit, a white cape, and a white eyepatch over his left eye, and who has a hairstyle similar to Vanity Fair publisher Graydon Carter. He owns or has a stake in just about everything on the harbor (and many things in town) including the Belcher and Pesto restaurants. He likes Bob despite Bob always being late with his rent (partially because Bob knows a legendary burger recipe that he greatly enjoys and Bob reminds him of his father due to Bob's hairy arms). Louise describes him as being "one white cat away from being a supervillain". His last name is pronounced "Fish-odor." He smokes marijuana, as revealed in "Bob Fires The Kids." In "Ambergris", it is revealed that Calvin has a brother named Felix who is the reason why Calvin wears an eyepatch.
Chuck Charles (voiced by Thomas Lennon) – A daytime talk-show host along with his co-host and (secretly ex-) wife Pam until the Belchers' participation on his show caused their show to be cancelled. He then became the host of a game show called "Family Fracas". He and Pam hid their divorce for the sake of their talk show, but have an antagonistic relationship behind the scenes. Chuck blames the Belchers for his show being cancelled and harbors a grudge against them that has apparently yet to dissipate, if events of "Best Burger" are any indication.
Cynthia Bush (voiced by Lindsey Stoddart) – The mother of Logan Barry Bush. She has appeared in both of the episodes that Logan has appeared in as well and has a similarly contentious relationship with Linda as Logan does with Louise.
Dr. Yap (voiced by Ken Jeong) – He works as the Belcher Family's dentist. He appears as a competent professional, but when the surface is scratched, he is fairly irresponsible and erratic. He is shown to be somewhat lonely and socially awkward, which leads him to inappropriate behavior with his patients and his fraternity brothers. He is the subject of one of Tina Belcher's youthful crushes.
Edith and Harold Cranwinkle (voiced by Larry Murphy and Sam Seder) – The elderly owners of Reflections (an art sale, supplies, and lessons store). Edith is the chairperson of the Art Crawl (an event where local businesses display art work). She frequently antagonizes Bob, but it's never explained why she hates him.
Fanny (voiced by Jordan Peele) – Fanny is Felix Fischoeder's girlfriend. Felix promises her a recording studio at the planned high end condo development along with a nightclub where she can sing. She attempts to kill Calvin Fischoeder and the Belchers, but her plan is ruined by Linda, knocking a rotten wooden pole into the peddle boat that Fanny was on. Fanny is later seen being taken away by the police for attempted murder with the Belchers covering up Felix's attempted murder by stating that Fanny manipulated him.
Felix Fischoeder (voiced by Zach Galifianakis) – Felix Fischoeder is the younger brother of Calvin Fischoeder. Felix is known to be rather neurotic and has emotional issues likely stemming from childhood. Felix is the cause of Calvin's poked out eye. Also to calm him down, they would have to sing a song tributing to Felix, revealing that he is a narcissist. He first appeared in "Ambergris" when he decided to install a new, high-tech bathroom in the restaurant. In the two-part episode "World Wharf II," he and Bob conspire to convince Calvin to destroy Wonder Wharf in order to put up a condominium and get a nightclub for his girlfriend Fanny. When Bob goes back on his deal to convince Calvin to sell Wonder Wharf, Felix ties them up under the pier with the intention of having them drown when the tide comes in but soon regrets his actions and tries to save them. Felix later returned in "Dawn of the Peck" where he conceived the idea of a Running of the Bulls style event called the "Turkey Trot" for the town's Thanksgiving festival, which turned out to be a disaster when the birds attacked the participants.
Gretchen (voiced by Larry Murphy) – She was first introduced in "Lobsterfest". Gretchen has blonde hair, and is Linda's hairstylist. She is somewhat overweight and provocative, speaking frankly about sex and personal issues, to the point of making others uncomfortable. She also is attracted to men with badges or so called "authority-figures". She also goes to the nude beach and has a tattoo of a dolphin on her back.
Hugo Habercore (voiced by Sam Seder) – Hugo is a health inspector who used to be engaged to Linda but was jilted by her for Bob, a fact that causes him no end of frustration. This fact alone causes him to target Bob any chance he gets, to the point of malpractice as a health inspector. His last name was revealed on a chyron during a news report in "Human Flesh".
Ron (voiced by Ron Lynch) – Ron is Hugo's assistant, a trainee health inspector. Often quiet, he is willing to point out Hugo's malpractices when they go too far.
Jairo (voiced by Jon Glaser) – Jairo is a Brazilian capoeira instructor. He first appeared in "Sexy Dance Fighting" as an antagonist and returned in "Sexy Dance Healing" as an ally of Bob, healing his arm with massage. He does not pay rent and has been serially evicted from numerous buildings. His carefree attitude borders on sociopathy, as seen when he dumps excess oil on the street with no thought for potential pedestrian slippage.
Jen (voiced by Wendy Molyneux) – Jen is the babysitter for Gene and Louise when Tina is unavailable or when Tina isn't trusted to watch them. Tina resents her because she replaced her job as a babysitter in "Purple Rain-Union." In the same episode, she is shown to be extremely ticklish and gives Tina a black eye in reaction to being tickled.
Josh (voiced by Ben Schwartz) – A boy that Tina met while in the milk fridge of the supermarket from "Lindapendent Woman." He returns in "Two for Tina" where both he and Jimmy Pesto Jr. both attempt to win over her heart and take her to the dance. He goes to a school for the performing arts and is a ballet dancer.
Kevin (voiced by Tim Heidecker) – The manager of Dusty's Feedbag, a burger restaurant that serves the Belt Buckle Belly Buster burger. The 5 lb. burger proves problematic as Bob is concerned for Teddy's cardiac health.
Logan Barry Bush (voiced by Kurt Braunohler) – Louise's nemesis and Cynthia's son. He first premiered in "Ear-sy Rider" as a bully to the Belcher kids, eventually stealing Louise's hat. He manages to keep it from her until the climax of the episode where Louise gets a biker gang to get it back. He later appears in the episode "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" attending the Mother Daughter seminar where Dakota calls him a "male daughter." His middle name was chosen to make his full name a play on words based on the loganberry bush; his mother Cynthia admits "we didn't think it through."
Marshmallow (voiced by David Herman) – A transgender prostitute that first appeared in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" She is dark-skinned and is usually seen in a white monokini. She also appears in Bod to beach. A running gag is that Bob often casually greets her with, "Oh, hey, Marshmallow."
Marbles (voiced by Jack McBrayer) – A transgender prostitute who first appeared in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" She is light-skinned, blonde, and is usually seen in a red dress.
Glitter (voiced by Steve Agee) – A transgender sex worker who Bob regularly ferries around in his taxi in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?" She is also said to be going under gender reassignment because she mentions the town being full of "Doctors who refuse to cut off your penis." Bob later invites her to Tina's 13th birthday party.
Cha-Cha (voiced by Oscar Nunez) – A transgender prostitute who first appeared in "Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"
Mickey (voiced by Bill Hader) – A former bank robber who took a shine to the Belcher kids. In contrast to stereotypes of criminals, he has an amiable demeanor. He later reformed himself enough to get a job as a ride operator at Wonder Wharf. He also has worked as a pedicab driver.
Mike Wobbles (voiced by Tim Meadows) – The reticent, reluctant, yet available mailman. One of his legs is shorter than the other.
Officer Julia (voiced by Jerry Minor) – Officer Julia is a local police officer. She acts tough with people she arrests. She appears mostly with Officer Cliffany. From the beginning of the season 2, she is written out of the storylines for unknown reasons, though she has made a few cameo appearances since then.
Officer Cliffany (voiced by Sam Seder) – Officer Cliffany is a local tall, androgynous, and overweight police officer. She works frequently with Officer Julia whenever there is a case in town. Like Officer Julia, she was written out of the show after Season 1, though she has made some cameo appearances since then.
One Eyed Snakes – The One Eyed Snakes are a biker gang who are good friends with the Belcher Family. The One Eyed Snakes was founded by Horny Dave and led by him until his death when his motorcycle collided with a semi-trailer truck. There are a total of 18 members in the One Eyed Snakes.

Critter (voiced by Robert Ben Garant) – Critter is the leader of the One Eyed Snakes following the death of Horny Dave. Afterwards, he's seen as a friend of the Belchers, helping the kids build a go-kart from stolen motorcycle parts, sitting with Bob and Linda at the go-kart races, and calling on Bob for help getting out of jail.
Mudflap (voiced by Wendi McLendon-Covey) – Mudflap is a female member of the One Eyed Snakes. At the beginning of "Ear-sy Rider," she is heavily pregnant with a baby whom everybody assumes is Horny Dave's. After Tom delivers her baby boy, she reveals to Critter that she slept with him nine months ago and that he is the father as Horny Dave had a vasectomy in 1995.

Olsen Benner (voiced by Pamela Adlon) – A local news correspondent.
Pam (voiced by Samantha Bee) – A daytime talk-show host along with her co-host and (secretly) ex-husband, Chuck. The Belchers cause her show to be cancelled. Pam later gets a daytime court show called "Pam's Court" despite not being a real judge. Unlike Chuck, she does not harbor resentment toward the Belchers (likely because she doesn't have to put up with Chuck as much thanks to them). Despite initially keeping their divorce secret to the public, Pam harbors deep resentment toward Chuck. She claims that fame ruined their marriage. Pam is a binge drinker.
The Prince of Persuasia (voiced by Rob Huebel) – The Prince of Persuasia (also known as The Deuce) is a "love guru," or more accurately a "pick-up artist" mentioned in the episode "Dr. Yap". Dr. Yap himself is a graduate of the prince's three-step program known as "The Persuasion Arts: The Ancient Art of Picking Up Women." Yap describes the prince to Bob saying: "He's a prophet, and for 3 payments of $900 he can be your best friend." In the subsequent episode "The Unnatural", it was revealed that he also operates several other instructional businesses, including baseball coaching and close-up magic. He uses a different alias/identity for each of these.
Randy Watkins (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins) – Randy is a jack-of-all-trades who alternately appears as a friend or enemy of the Belchers. He has held various odd-jobs in his appearances. In "Sacred Cow," Randy worked as a film maker who constantly makes Bob feel guilty about making burgers by putting a cow next to his restaurant and convincing people not to eat there. In "Food Truckin'," Randy worked as a food truck caterer. In "Easy Commercial, Easy Gommercial," Randy helped the Belcher Family film their Super Bowl commercial.
Reggie (voices by Eddie Pepitone) – The owner of Reggie's Deli. He appears to be a careless restaurateur, openly admitting to using stale bread.
Yuli the Security Guard (voiced by Robert Smigel) – A security guard that works at Family Funtime in "Burger Boss." In "Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting," the security guard was seen working at the roller rink indicating that he is a freelancer. In "Ex Mach Tina", he works as a nighttime security guard for Wagstaff.
Sergeant Bosco (voiced by Gary Cole) – An authoritarian, no-nonsense police sergeant. He arrests Linda in "My Fuzzy Valentine" when she takes his gun in retaliation for his undermining her Speed Dating night. In spite of this, he has a fun-loving side and takes glee in telling his deepest, darkest secrets during speed dating; his partners happily oblige, indicating he might have a way with women. Gretchen is attracted to him. His last name is a reference to the movie Heat, where a detective played by Ted Levine bears the same last name
Speedo Guy (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) – A unnamed blonde man in a pink speedo and roller blades. He appears randomly in the series, often seen in background scenes in various episodes such as "Burger Wars"' and "The Deepening."
Trev (voiced by David Herman) – Trev is a bartender at Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria. He serves as Pesto's sycophant, often laughing excessively at his terrible jokes.