Bob's Burgers

After Tammy and Jocelyn ridicule her new shirt, Tina, feeling embarrassed, turns to her erotic friend‑fiction for comfort. She writes a vivid story set in a futuristic world in which she exists as a robot within that setting as a mechanical being.

is an episode‑type programme. Its title signals that the story centres on a young runner in eighth grade, and the format is presented as a single instalment rather than a full series. In the episode, Tina finds herself the target of mockery when her classmates Tammy and Jocelyn tease her about a new shirt she’s wearing. Their teasing pushes Tina to seek solace in her favourite form of escapism: erotic friend‑fiction. She retreats to her notebook and begins to craft a tale set in a futuristic landscape. Within that imagined world, Tina envisions herself as a robot, navigating a high‑tech environment that contrasts sharply with the mundane bullying she just endured. The narrative she creates serves as a personal refuge, allowing her to re‑interpret her identity through the lens of science‑fiction and mechanised existence. The episode, as the first part of the series, uses this blend of teenage drama and speculative storytelling to follow Tina’s response to peer ridicule, highlighting how creative writing can become a coping mechanism for young people facing social pressure.