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Ex Mach Tina

"Ex Mach Tina"
Bob's Burgers episode
Episode no. Season 7
Episode 8
Directed by Brian Loschiavo
Written by Greg Thompson
Production code 6ASA09
Original air date January 8, 2017 (2017-01-08)
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"Ex Mach Tina" is the 8th episode of the seventh season of the American animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the 115th episode overall. It was written by Greg Thompson and directed by Brian Loschiavo. Its guest stars are David Herman as Mr. Frond and as Mr. Branca, Robert Smigel as the school's night security guard, Samantha Bee as school nurse Liz, Jenny Slate as Tammy Larsen and Bobby Tisdale as Zeke. It originally aired in the US on FOX Network at January 8, 2017. Its title is a play on the title of the movie Ex Machina. In this episode Tina Belcher hurts her ankle and uses a telecommunication robot for school, so she can stay at home. Jimmy Pesto jr. develops a relationship to the robot version of Tina. Meanwhile Bob buys a banjo and waits for a good moment to play it.

Tina wears her new high-heeled shoes to school she bought for the 8th grade bonfire on the beach but she falls and hurts her ankle. The guidance counselor Mr. Frond tells her that a company is looking to test a remote-presence robot, so she can use it to attend classes while recovering at home. While Tina is driving the robot to one of her classes, the school custodian Mr. Branca mistakes the robot for a TV set and puts it in the AV closet. Jimmy Jr. later goes into the closet to be alone and starts talking with robot-Tina. Tina and Jimmy Jr. repeatedly visit the closet to converse during Tina's recovery and he shares his intimate feelings and musical poems, which he stubbornly calls "musoems". When Jimmy Jr. brings Tina her homework, it becomes clear he is more comfortable speaking to Tina via the robot than in person.

At night, while Tina sleeps, her siblings Gene and Louise borrow the laptop that controls the robot and have some fun by wreaking havoc at their school. They also fool the school's nighttime security guard into thinking that the robot is his supervisor when he catches them.


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