POV in BOB'S BURGERS
Bob’s Burgers is a fairly straightforward animated show; IE a 2D show with a regular stable of location backgrounds, which doesn’t use wildly different animation styles, or constantly create new alien life forms, or age its characters, or have complicated sight gags (visual jokes are most often verbal puns with the burger names on the chalkboard, and changing companies in the title sequence).
But that doesn’t mean the visual language is always ‘simple’ — Bob’s Burgers uses techniques such as zooms, whip-pans, etc. to emphasize its scenarios and jokes.
The following two scenes both use point-of-view, somewhat to make a joke and ‘get us into other shots, but also to put us in Millie and Gene’s flat little shoes.
Wall-Breaking POV
Much of this Bob’s Burgers scene uses 'basic' composition and editing: Louise Frame Left / Millie Frame Right, establishing who's where in wides before using closeups, etc.
At 0:21-0:23 is a POV of Millie's phone, which serves as both joke and transition point.
The audio effect echoes what it's like to film a recording camera, but the gag also puts us into Millie's shoes ( it’s clear we are ‘her’ seeing our own hands and our phone)
before immediately transitioning into front-on POV singles of Millie and Louise looking directly at each other . . . and us.
*chef’s kiss*
Gene’s Home Alone POV
This sequence of Gene alone has a bit more leadup before it uses the POV shots.
As Gene wanders through Bob’s Burgers sets / doors / backgrounds, his exit and entry 'leave' and 'land' points get progressively closer.'
0:26-0:28 Gene spins 'in place' as the backdrop changes and he realises he is . . . HOME ALONE!
0:39 the POV gets playful, ducking under the couch cushion as Gene lifts it before returning to wider, observational shots.
0:57-0:58 Gene's exaggerated eye shift leads the cut to him eyeballing the tongs and saying "briiiiing!"
Then next shot switches to HIS point-of-view, eyeballing the tongs it established in the foreground of the last shot.
We know we're 'in his head' as he starts to lose it.
The scene ends in a God's Eye POV: looking down, zooming up+out as Gene barrels the 'camera' and voices HOME ALONE!
Gene was unable to speak the fear aloud til he could pretend there was someone to voice it *to*. The POV switches help us follow (and feel) his mental gymnastics.