In many ways, Gene Belcher is just a normal 11-year old boy. The middle child of Bob's Burgers has become beloved for his obsession with tasty treats, ability to create annoying sounds, and love for his mommy.
Despite his average abilities and below-average grades, Gene frequently finds himself in situations much more challenging than those faced by his peers. He may have trouble sitting still, staying quiet and paying attention, but Gene always comes up big when it matters the most.
Finding the Woolly Neptunes
After Bob is unable to afford the expensive Woolly Neptune mushroom from a vendor at the farmer's market, he and Gene set off to find some themselves in a nearby park. What they thought would be a relaxing father-son outing ends up being completely the opposite.
In reality, the world of mushroom foraging is cutthroat competition. Bob is easily tricked by competing foragers looking to steal the mushrooms they find for themselves. The trip would have been a lost cause, but Gene manages to save the day and some mushrooms with his quick thinking.
Rescuing a Lost Toilet
Unlike most kids, Gene is incredibly excited to learn about child-rearing in his home economics class. Most likely because of how much he loves his mom, even if Linda does give some bad pieces of motherly advice. This excitement is short-lived as his clumsy behavior results in him dropping three "babies", completely covering him in flour.
Gene gains a chance for redemption when he stumbles upon a friendly stray talking toilet in the woods. This chance encounter leads Gene to protect his new bathroom buddy from the vile toilet hunter known as "Max Flush". This adventure ends with Max behind bars, the toilet safely delivered, and Gene learning a tough lesson about love and responsibility.
Running The Mile
Many students across the country are required to run a mile for gym class, and the Belchers are no exception. On the other hand, most students don't make plans to ditch the run and grab some free ice cream instead.
Louise hatches a plan to get Gene and some of their friends out of exercise and into some sweet treats. It nearly goes off without a hitch, but a broken bike chain leaves Gene behind with no choice but to run the mile. It's a struggle, but Gene perseveres and reaches the finish line, despite the odds.
Saving a Plankton Blob from Bleaching
Gene has a ion for music and unique sounds that often goes unappreciated by those around him. While he feels that his sounds are amazing, they are dismissed by others as a nuisance and annoying.
Gene's feeling of being misunderstood leads him to sympathize with a plankton blob collected in the marina of the local yacht club. When he overhears plans to bleach the blob because it's unsightly, Gene launches a campaign to convince the yacht club otherwise. In the end, it's Gene's ability to create annoying sounds that saves the blob from being bleached.
Robbing the Wine Train
When Bob and Linda book an afternoon trip on a wine-tasting train ride, the kids are relegated to joyless juice caboose. Rather than expire due to boredom, Tina, Gene, Louise, and Regular-Sized Rudy decide to claim the train's chocolate riches for themselves.
The Belcher Children manage to successfully pull off the heist, but it comes at the cost of Gene's clothes and Rudy's beanbag chair. This adventure is one of the finest in Belcher history with plenty of twists, turns, and heart-pounding action. With episodes like this one, it's easy to see why Bob's Burgers has become so popular with both kids and adults.
Escaping the Taffy Factory
In an homage to The Goonies, the episode "The Belchies" sees Tina, Gene, and Louise break into a taffy factory slated for demolition in order to find the legendary buried treasure. Instead of finding treasure, they end up trapped and separated with no way out.
With their demise seemingly imminent, Gene decides to use his final moments doing what he loves. He grabs a nearby brick and starts drumming on a nearby wall when Bob realizes it's hollow. He continues to drum, knocks the wall down, and saves everybody inside. In the immortal words of Tina, "Gene, you banged us to freedom!"
Saving Chunky Blast-Offs (Almost)
Gene is a man who takes his candy very seriously. It's one of the show's funniest running gags. Understandably, when Gene discovers that his favorite candy, Chunky Blast Offs, has changed the formula, he becomes inconsolable.
After verbally berating a company chat representative bears no fruit, Gene infiltrates the factory through its daily tours and manages to plead his case to the owner. Gene continues to battle until he finally pleads his case to the board of executives. Although he fails to get the Chunky Blast Offs formula changed, Gene's true success is seeing his mission through to its conclusion.
Babysitting Louise
Even though Gene may be the older of the two siblings, Louise is often seen as more mature. After all, Louise is capable, thorough, and frequently outsmarts adults with her antics. On the other hand, Gene is generally aloof and most concerned with particular details surrounding fart sounds.
This proves to be a misconception when the two are left alone in the episode "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?". After launching a moldy melon at local bully Logan, Gene has to step in to save his sister from receiving the horrifying "Reverse Norweigan Stinkhold". Gene may not be mature, but this adventure proved he's a pretty amazing big sibling to Louise.
Writing, Directing, and Starring in Die Hard: The Musical
Above all, Gene's greatest love and ion is music. In "Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl" Gene unveils his magnum opus; a musical rendition of the cinematic masterpiece Die Hard. When he's robbed of an opportunity to showcase his musical at school, Gene decides to take it underground.
Gene initially casts his play with rejects of the school-sanctioned production, but soon finds that the only way to realize his vision is to change it into a one-man show starring himself. It's absolutely hysterical, and Gene's turn as Hans Gruber is one that leaves audiences wanting more.
Finding the Two-Butted Goat
Gene's greatest adventure begins when he overhears a discussion of a mythical creature located right in his hometown. He immediately rallies his friends to the cause and mounts an expedition to find the legendary two-butted goat.
On faith alone, Gene leads his friends through electric fences and carries them over poison ivy to reach his goal. It all pays off in the end, as the goat turns out to be much more than a myth, thus proving that some dreams really do come true.