You'll find that what separates good cartoons from bad ones, Family Guy clearly has a much larger animation budget for instance, but its animation is cookie cutter BS, it's so clean and characterless that it looks like it was made by a computer. (and no, I don't mean USING computer software to make it, I mean it looks like it was literally planned, keyframed and drawn BY an AI) Bob's Burgers by comparison is brilliantly animated, motion is fluid and expressive, with each character moving in their own unique ways, no two expressions are the same, and there's a lot of attention paid to background detail.
+Ciaran Smith not only that but when Bob's makes a reference it actually fits into the logic of the story being told and they actually make a joke out of it, whereas family guy typically just makes a reference to something but does nothing comedic with it.
lol RIGHT!??!?? i keep telling my roommate and my little sister that only anime nerds will get that scene hahaha im so happy there are some in the BB crew.
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
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
Omg that is such a cute image. I can imagine Bob being more or less uninvested but just like "yeah sure why not", and expecting to fall asleep and instead Louise does and he is all up in front of the tv hugging his pillow during the climax scenes and all like "OH NO! THE MOM IS SICK?? BUT WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO HER FAMILY 😳" And the next day Loiuse is like yeah that movie was pretty boring and Bob is like THAT WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER CAN WE SEE IT AGAIN
As far as i remember isn't bob a movie guy? He watched a lot of spaghettiwestern whit gene, some japanese movies whit louise, and showed tina this vampiredancemovie in the cinema. I woud say that she got into movies in general over bob and that he deffinetly knows the classics like this one. Lots of casual anime viewers don't know about this movie btw
@@evlish8771 It’s just a cultural difference, it has no creepy undertones or something like that. A lot of things that are normal in Japan seems weird to us and vice versa
it's because through 8 (plus) seasons of this show, Bob just wants his damn restaurant to do well for the sake of his family. His dream (formed through the friction between him and his dad) has become his dream FOR his family
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.
I have been watching bob's burgers for so long & but have never seen totoro ever! so when i did for the first time i could sit still trynna figure out why this particular scene in totoro was so familiar. TWO HOURS LATER i was in the shower BAM. moment of realisation. immediately searched this on youtube for proof. i am so happy rn
I just watched this movie for the first time after my wife bought some Totoro rings at hot topic. Funny to rewatch this reference now 😂 spot on. This is such an amazing show.
so it's a year later... do you still genuinely believe that the most hardcore anime fans don't know about _My Neighbor Totoro,_ a movie made by one of the most renowned anime movie studios of all time? A movie studio that literally uses Totoro on their logo..? (or were you kidding? Being ironic?)
I am shocked at how many people - supposed anime fans, at that - have never heard of, let alone seen My Neighbor Totoro. This is a travesty. Everything by Miyazaki is a work of art. Some are more of a masterpiece than others, but it’s no less pitiable, regardless. We must spread the joy of Miyazaki far and wide to all peoples!
Only true fan of probably the tenth most popular animated movie of all time, that must be so rare ! You are truely unique, along with tens, maybe hundreds of millions of other kids ! Great !
Jillian Barker I saw this episode when I was 11 I didn't see totoro till I was 14 but I still knew the reference. My regret is not seeing the movie totoro sooner but my parents apparently despise anime referring to Ponyo as the worst movie they've ever seen
I've seen this episode many times but I never knew this was a reference to Totoro lol I finally watched the movie while waiting for Harvey to pass and when the scene in the movie came up I just had a smh/ah-ha moment 😆
I saw this episode before I ever saw the movie, when I saw the movie I was like “this part seems familiar, seems like these kids are hallucinating or something ” fast forward a few months to when I watched this episode again…needless to say I was overly excited when I figured out the reference 😂
does anyone know the name of the tune he plays with the flute close to the end? but like also the original from the movie i want to learn to play it at night before i go to sleep
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.
I know right, their huge smiles even look like the style in Totoro
You'll find that what separates good cartoons from bad ones, Family Guy clearly has a much larger animation budget for instance, but its animation is cookie cutter BS, it's so clean and characterless that it looks like it was made by a computer. (and no, I don't mean USING computer software to make it, I mean it looks like it was literally planned, keyframed and drawn BY an AI) Bob's Burgers by comparison is brilliantly animated, motion is fluid and expressive, with each character moving in their own unique ways, no two expressions are the same, and there's a lot of attention paid to background detail.
Ciaran Smith Amen to that
+Ciaran Smith not only that but when Bob's makes a reference it actually fits into the logic of the story being told and they actually make a joke out of it, whereas family guy typically just makes a reference to something but does nothing comedic with it.
lol RIGHT!??!?? i keep telling my roommate and my little sister that only anime nerds will get that scene hahaha im so happy there are some in the BB crew.
As Mel Brooks said, it's easy to parody something you dislike. It's a real challenge to parody something you love.
Now THAT is a quote I can get behind.
Then how is yugioh abridged so sucessful?
@@maikayee246 The guy who made YGOA said he does like the dub of YGO.
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
same
I consider it more of a pastiche
Same here!!!!
THIS!! I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT YEARS LATER
Same
Bob looks so happy, it's adorable, I nearly cried
he rarely gets to be in the show
This show can do that to you
@@DuskLegend they pulled a Zelda on us!
Lmao?! 😂😂😂😂whaa
I did cry LOL!
bob is so adorable in this episode. All he dreams of is spending time with his family.
"Lance, you're big!"
"MMMMMHMM!!"
Kinda off that the characters went from wearing their elegant clothes to their normal ones in the next shot when Lance grew big.
This is weird, right?
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
It really does.
Considering it's canon that Louise likes anime, I wouldn't be shocked if she made the family watch the movie with her lol.
Omg that is such a cute image. I can imagine Bob being more or less uninvested but just like "yeah sure why not", and expecting to fall asleep and instead Louise does and he is all up in front of the tv hugging his pillow during the climax scenes and all like "OH NO! THE MOM IS SICK?? BUT WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO HER FAMILY 😳" And the next day Loiuse is like yeah that movie was pretty boring and Bob is like THAT WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER CAN WE SEE IT AGAIN
As far as i remember isn't bob a movie guy?
He watched a lot of spaghettiwestern whit gene, some japanese movies whit louise, and showed tina this vampiredancemovie in the cinema.
I woud say that she got into movies in general over bob and that he deffinetly knows the classics like this one.
Lots of casual anime viewers don't know about this movie btw
@@hohrhamikaiolaf464 plus, he was probably young in the 80s, when this film came out.
I can imagine bob being the only one to watch it to the end with her considering how much they spend watching movies together
The animation while Bob joyfully laughs with his arms going up matched perfectly lol.
my Japanese 1 teacher had us all watch my neighbor totoro and showed the class this...he is now my favorite teacher
My orchestra teacher also showed it to us.
Did you all watch the disturbing scene where the girls were talking a bath with their father completely naked? 🤢 i could never!!
@@evlish8771 it's normal in Japanese
@@evlish8771 It’s just a cultural difference, it has no creepy undertones or something like that. A lot of things that are normal in Japan seems weird to us and vice versa
@@evlish8771 Hooray for Intolerance!
So this means Bob watched My Neighbor Totoro at one point in his life. Wow.
*whistling* this is weird right? *continues whistling*
2nd favorite part 🤣
Bob's drunken dream is some of the best animation in the whole series.
ghibli has a special place in every animators heart 💓
bob is so fucking happy here jesus
I don't know why I get emotional when I watch this scene in Bobs Burgers.
it's because through 8 (plus) seasons of this show, Bob just wants his damn restaurant to do well for the sake of his family. His dream (formed through the friction between him and his dad) has become his dream FOR his family
Because even in his wildest if dreams, he still wants his family by his side
He loves, in order, his family, food, and preparing food. It’s also hilarious he’s doing the Totoro thing with an absinthe bottle.
0:45 Bob had a joygasm right there if I ever saw one lmao
This whole scene is oddly beautiful btw lol
The thanksgiving episodes are the bob's burgers equilevant, to a season finale in game of thrones.
Its always an absolute madness.
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.
I was so surprised when I saw it on TV lol
Graham ikr
This makes me wanna cry! I love Bob's Burgers soo much, its such a great show!!
Him whistling through the bottle at the end 🤣
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.
Just rewatching this again right now, my heart 😩💕 Absolutely love that one of my favorite adulthood shows referenced a childhood favorite.
The show is a Gen X love letter.
Best Totoro parody ever i love this scene
I have been watching bob's burgers for so long & but have never seen totoro ever! so when i did for the first time i could sit still trynna figure out why this particular scene in totoro was so familiar. TWO HOURS LATER i was in the shower BAM. moment of realisation. immediately searched this on youtube for proof. i am so happy rn
ah i see a fellow drag race fan
I just watched My Neighbor Totoro and I loved it. Now I love this scene even more.
I just watched this movie for the first time after my wife bought some Totoro rings at hot topic. Funny to rewatch this reference now 😂 spot on. This is such an amazing show.
This is the moment I fell in love with this series
After seeing my neighbor totoro I can't help but have stupid smile on my face every time I watch this episode
Probably the most direct Totoro reference I've seen
I’m more of an anime fan but a reference/parody like this has me sold. I MUST check this out!
This my favorite Bobs burgers Episode scene out of all of them,Because It’s my favorite show mixed with my Favorite Movie ,I love it
A childhood movie favorite of mine put into a now favorite show of mine, my favorite scene of all time.
And even the music plays tribute to the original ("風のとおり道")!
This is the best show ever made
This is amazing. I loved My Neighbor Totoro when I was a kid. Even the most hardcore anime fans i know personally have never heard of it
so it's a year later... do you still genuinely believe that the most hardcore anime fans don't know about _My Neighbor Totoro,_ a movie made by one of the most renowned anime movie studios of all time? A movie studio that literally uses Totoro on their logo..?
(or were you kidding? Being ironic?)
I watched totoro for the first time today. I ended up laughing and thinking "holy shit this was what that reference was about"
It's so beautiful
**Holding back tears**
Louise probably saw my neighbour totoro
Do you think she would like Spirited Away?
She Liked Hawk & Chick(**Cough** Lone Wolf & Cub *Cough*)
Family Guy: The animation looks like it was done in a moving cat
Bobs Burgers Animation:
i was utterly delighted when i firsgt saw this.
I died so hard at this..
I am shocked at how many people - supposed anime fans, at that - have never heard of, let alone seen My Neighbor Totoro. This is a travesty. Everything by Miyazaki is a work of art. Some are more of a masterpiece than others, but it’s no less pitiable, regardless. We must spread the joy of Miyazaki far and wide to all peoples!
I love the background music!
meow andrea you should watch my neighbor Totoro! That’s what they’re spoofing and the music is beautiful
I love this scene so much I screamed when I saw this on tv
:37 I like when he goes " umm Humm"
I'm a big fan of bob's burgers but i've never seen totoro until today. When i re see this scene i was laughting so bad :'D
i walked downstairs and my mam was watching this super confused and i was confused for a second until i realised and yelled OMG ITS TOTORO
why don't i remember this scene lol it's so extravagant did i just miss it lol
i am back after watching totoro!!
Only true Miyazaki fans can understand what a great movie reference this is lol 😊😊😊😄😄😄
Its all in Bob's laugh for me lol
its totoro. not that obscure
Only true fan of probably the tenth most popular animated movie of all time, that must be so rare !
You are truely unique, along with tens, maybe hundreds of millions of other kids ! Great !
Jillian Barker I saw this episode when I was 11 I didn't see totoro till I was 14 but I still knew the reference. My regret is not seeing the movie totoro sooner but my parents apparently despise anime referring to Ponyo as the worst movie they've ever seen
agreed
This is so good.
I recently watched Totoro so this is hilarious 😂
Meanwhile hayao miyazaki goes "oh strange americans... they make...strange...animation...hmmmm....very....straaaange" 😂
I saw this scene without knowing it came from Totoro. I thought the writers were tripping
This made me so happy
I just saw the movie yesterday and then today I got this in my recommendations
The algorithm knows all 👁️. Hah, awesome. Should check out some of the other Miyazaki films (if you haven't already) when you've some free time!
There are times I wish I could watch the script reading for scenes like these.
THANKSGIVING!!!
Lance! You're big!
More like a parody of my neighbour totoro
1:05 best scene so cliche lol, favorite show
I've seen this episode many times but I never knew this was a reference to Totoro lol I finally watched the movie while waiting for Harvey to pass and when the scene in the movie came up I just had a smh/ah-ha moment 😆
The fact that the colour scheme changes ✨
Bobs burgers has the best references I swear
just watched this episode and this totoro reference made me so happy
I remember this episode and I was like, “ That reminds me of my neighbor Totoro! Am I weird? "
So...how high is Bob right now exactly?
Real absinthe doesn't really make you hallucinate that much lol
He was dreaming
Not high drunk
yes
The Good Kind.
1:19: Mei: You’ll get used to it. FYI, the turkey’s almost done.
1:10 subtle SpongeBob intro reference?
And that why totoro is God of death
It makes me beyond happy watching this ❤
My neighbor Turkeyro
I saw this episode before I ever saw the movie, when I saw the movie I was like “this part seems familiar, seems like these kids are hallucinating or something ” fast forward a few months to when I watched this episode again…needless to say I was overly excited when I figured out the reference 😂
That’s my favorite scene in this show ever
😂😂😂 that Archer voice with Totoro reference trippy af
I just watched My Neighbor Totoro and thought "Wait a damn minute"
Bob is such a tripper, you gotta love him.
Happy thanksgiving y’all:)
It's even better imagining it as Archer
Indeed! Best way to make a funny show like Bob's Burgers even funnier!
this scene made me want to watch the movie to understand the reference 😆
Bob's Burgers is basically about losing sight of childhood and middle age malaise.
My favorite imaginary but in the entire show!
0:46 i watched alot of this show 1st time i ever seen him super happy. 🤣😂
this is so funny but slightly adorable in a weird way lol XD
1:04 omg i can't stop laughing XDDD
They even got the music and everything 😂😂
This scene completes me. Tonari no Totoro. Tonari no Shishimencho. Lol.
does anyone know the name of the tune he plays with the flute close to the end? but like also the original from the movie i want to learn to play it at night before i go to sleep
Did you figure the flute song?
The Path of the Wind
We need more TV shows to reference Studio Ghibli movies.
This caught everyone by surprise
And that's how you do a reference!!! 🎉🎉
My dreams with my body is traumatized by screams of sweet stuff
I love this show so much
This is the type of reference I want from these shows
Bob: I love 0:29!!!
I don't remember this episode but that's amazing!
Bob is crazy
Awesome...
I love how My neighbor Totoro movie is below this
Maybe Hayao Miyazaki was drunk when he made My Neighbor Totoro.
When I saw this today my jaw dropped!