Gene Belcher



Gene Belcher  is the middle child of  Bob  and  Linda Belcher from Bob's Burgers. He is the only boy out of the three siblings. Gene is an aspiring keyboardist and a prankster. He maintains very close relationships with both of his parents and two sisters,  Tina  and  Louise Belcher. Gene, along with Tina, is usually a pawn in schemes set up by Louise. He attends Wagstaff School  with his siblings. He was voiced by Eugene Mirman.

Personality
Gene enjoys pestering everyone around him by using sound effects with either his Casio SK-5 keyboard or his megaphone. He frequently records fart sounds and uses them as sound effects and additions to his music. After eating lobster at Lobster Fest it is revealed that he is allergic to shell fish like his father, Bob. According to Linda, Gene takes after Bob more than he does her. In Broadcast Wagstaff School News, he begins to dress and act like Bob when he accepts that he is destined to look like him when he gets older. Gene has a passion for flamboyant performance art and loves to tell jokes. He took the opportunity to act as a musician in the episode Burger War and performed at JimmyPesto's restaurant. In Mutiny on the Windbreaker, he develops a confused feeling for a manatee puppet. In the episode, It Snakes a Village, Gene's phobia of snakes is revealed. He translates this phobia into a brief song about the fact that he does not like snakes due to their lack of arms and legs.

Biography
In The Unbearable Like-Likeness of Gene, he dates an annoying girl named Courtney but is conflicted when he finds out that her dad also writes jingles and could help him land his career. He writes a jingle demo for her birthday party and, after seething with frustration, Gene angrily demands Courtney to "just stop breathing". As a result, Courtney faints and is hospitalized due to her congenital heart condition. He later discovers that Courtney's father ripped him off in a silent muffler commercial.

In The Gene and Courtney Show, Gene and Courtney find they have a great chemestry when they make fun of Ms. Labonz's morning anouncments. The two are chosen to do jingles for the morning anouncments. They find out they like each other and briefly get together again, only to break up when their realationship interferes with their show. For the final day of their trial, Gene writes a beautiful jingle about their love. Gene denies that it was about him and Courtney. They share a Valentines day kiss.

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 * Bart Simpson (The Simpsons)
 * Chris Griffin (Family Guy)
 * Steve Smith (American Dad!)
 * Cleveland Brown Jr. (The Cleveland Show and Family Guy)