The Gene Mile
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Episode 20
| "The Gene Mile" | |
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| Bob's Burgers episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 20 |
| Directed by | Tyree Dillihay |
| Written by | Steven Davis |
| Production code | 8ASA24 |
| Original air date | April 28, 2019 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"The Gene Mile" is the 20th episode of the ninth season of the American animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the 170th episode overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 28, 2019. It was written by Steven Davis and directed by Tyree Dillihay; its guest voices are David Herman as Mr. Frond and an announcer, John Michael Higgins as Doug Wheeler, David Wain as Courtney Wheeler, Brian Huskey as Regular Sized Rudy and a costumer, and Thomas Middleditch as Alex Papasian. In this episode, the Wagstaff School students participate in a mandatory mile run while some of them escape from it on bicycles to get free ice cream. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda try to get discount tickets for the Wharf Art Center.
At school, it is announced that all students of grades four to eight have to participate in a mile run on Friday which is also free ice cream day at a local parlor. Louise Belcher (Kristen Schaal) comes up with a plan to cut the run by bike riding to the ice cream shop. Courtney Wheeler has the idea of tracking the slowest runner – Large Tommy – by using a cat's collar with a built-in GPS tracker and an app on her cell phone. Louise, her brother Gene (Eugene Mirman), Regular Sized Rudy, Courtney and Alex Papasian agree to hide their bikes in some bushes near the school building.
On Friday, the five children bike ride to school and stash their bicycles. They put the collar in Tommy's hydration pack before starting to run. Once out of sight of the teachers, they fetch their bikes and ride to the ice cream parlor. Mr Frond spots Gene after his bike chain comes off, and makes Gene run the whole mile next to Large Tommy. Louise, Rudy, Alex and Courtney arrive at the ice cream shop and get one free cone each. Louise decides to give Gene a cone made of their leftovers and carries it while they are riding back. After she gives her brother his cone, Courtney's father Doug stops him and Tommy because he located the collar and thinks his cat is in Tommy's backpack. Courtney convinces him that the cat is at home but Mr. Frond catches the four cycling students and says that they actually have to run the full mile on Saturday while Gene and Tommy finish their run.
At the restaurant, Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) and his wife Linda (John Roberts) call the Wharf Art Center in order to buy discount tickets for a show named Cake 2. Their regular customer Teddy (Larry Murphy) tries to help them and later manages to get two tickets.
