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With the Bobs Burgers film coming out (the rare time that I go to the cinema for a scripted, fictional film; it has a water main break, which is common in my area in the winter because of ageing pipes), I had an idea for an episode. The Belchers and Gayle, Lindas sister, are invited to a wedding of their cousin on the sisters' side of the family, but their elderly parents in Florida can't make the long trip. There isn't much extended family known, and it's a rare event for them (although they catered a wedding several series ago). While my prom episode prediction went where I least expected it to in a recent episode (their Tina wearing a prom dress for a fundraiser), I pictured the wedding being at some multi-room venue in town with the local high school prom next door and Tina crashes it with an older boy that she meets across the aisle from out of town about to go to his own another weekend, but now that would have to be reconsidered now that prom has been done in some form. Gene and Louise would have to sit at the kids' table with the flower girl and ring bearer. Single girl Gayle is determined to catch the bouquet thrown by the bride! (Ladies, can you relate?!) The kids make sure their spinster auntie wins the pools by the end of the do! Linda has a bit of champagne! Gayle also gets a couple numbers from men she meets there, perhaps. Cue mess!
I've been to more proms than weddings (a story for another day, mind), so I would go too if it were for real. As for the plot, this could probably work. Maybe another day, Bob and Linda could go to an adult prom since they met well after high school, but he might find it a bit too contrived for his taste. We'll just go with a wedding then.
