Tears of Fear: In "Large Brother, Where Fart Thou?", when she's about to be beaten up by Logan, she's so scared she actually starts crying. Clingy Jealous Girl: Platonic example; her adoration of her father means she tends to get hostile when someone else is the center of her father's attention— especially when that someone is one of her siblings. Gene finds this out the hard way in "Spaghetti Western & Meatballs". Glued, Where's My Bob?" implies that her tendency to invoke Never My Fault stems from how so many of her antics harm her father, someone she genuinely looks up to, with her deep-seated feelings of guilt causing her to run away from the issue entirely rather than face it head-on. Villain Protagonist: Many of Louise's focus episodes see her cause chaos or commit acts of dubious morality for her own self-gain.

The Lad-ette: Prefers to spend more time with the male side of the family than the female side and on some occasions will refer to them all as "the guys", odd considering Bob and Gene are both In Touch with His Feminine Side. The bunny-ears hat. Try to grab it and you will get shit for it. As seen in "Ear-sy Rider", the consequences in succeeding are, let's say, rather unfortunate. The credits of "Die Card, or Card Trying" show Louise in eight of the Belchers' Christmas cards (including the current one), and she's wearing a pink beanie in three of them. This implies she started wearing the bunny ears at around age 4 or 5, and the movie confirms this by explicitly stating she got them after her first day of preschool. Laughably Evil: Louise takes Comedic Sociopathy to its logical extreme by teetering very close to actual sociopathy note though she's at least shown to be capable of compassion towards her friends and especially her family, meaning she's not quite there. She's described on The Other Wiki as being "manipulative and aggressive...more than willing to exploit people", not exactly terms usually used to describe a protagonist. Her actions aren't always even harmless to the other protagonists of the show, and she very seldom expresses anything approaching remorse, although ultimately she is shown to love her family. However, that doesn't keep her from being absolutely hilarious.

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Surprisingly subverted in the Season 10 premiere where she did not even try to get out of the blame for losing Linda's engagement ring. In the late first season, she mentions how much she can't stand hanging with Tina and Linda, which is made abundantly clear in the third season due to "Mother Daughter Laser Razor" and "Boyz 4 Now", but in said episodes, she grew to respect and like her mother and sister, something made clear by their interactions when they have the focus like "Tina Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Unnatural". Although she's still shown to prefer the company of Bob and Gene, she won't outright balk at hanging out with the Belcher women like she did before.

s4e20 " Gene It On" When Tina injures her tongue, it becomes difficult to understand her, and Louise exploits this by pretending to understand Tina and mistranslating everything Tina says. Wise Beyond Their Years: Played with. She's definitely got the vocabulary, mentality, and intelligence of an adult, but she still shows some childish naïveté, such as still believing that Santa Claus is real. Glued, Where's My Bob" shows that in spite of her denying blame for Bob's latest predicament, she actually feels guilty about it, implying that her tendency to invoke this trope is born out of deep regret. In this truly excellent A.V Club interview with Bob's Burger showrunner Loren Bouchard, Bouchard is asked what the inspiration for Louise's ears was and whether they were part of the initial character design. Bouchard responded: Right from the get-go. We knew we wanted to do that with her, partly inspired by this anime called Tekkonkinkreet — there was a kid who had this little bear hat, and I liked that weird combination of kid and animal where they become an animal by always being seen wearing these little ears. You get a little cognitive dissonance where you experience [Louise] both as a little girl and Bugs Bunny at the same time.Green-Eyed Epiphany: In "Bob Actually", she spends the first half of the episode terrified that Rudy has a crush on her. However, when she learns he actually has a crush on Chloe Barbash, she proceeds to become upset about it in a complete 180 from her previous stance, and this is before learning that Chloe is exploiting Rudy's feelings for her to get quiz answers.

Smart Jerk and Nice Moron: The Smart Jerk to Tina's Nice Moron. Louise is shown to be very intelligent and good at planning, but she often uses this to manipulate other people for her own gain; meanwhile, Tina is airheaded and doesn't think things through, but is very kind and selfless. Never My Fault: Frequently something bad happens because of Louise, and she will try to make someone else take the blame, be it losing a ramp given to her by Rudy or gluing her father to the toilet. She does it so often it'd be easier to list whenever she doesn't do it. Took a Level in Kindness: Throughout the seasons, it's subtle but shown that Louise has slowly grown a little more compassionate over time. While she hasn't lost her mischief and chaotic-loving nature, she has shown to be fairly willing to do things for the people she cares about, especially if it's her family or a close friend. She's even willing to help out someone she doesn't like, as seen in "A Few 'Gurt Men" where she ultimately decides to defend Mr. Frond when he is falsely accused of something he didn't do because she understands what that's like.

Louise (the most erratic and wild of the Belcher siblings) also has this dynamic with Tina (the most moral and obedient of the Belcher siblings). Although Tina is prone to following Louise's lead, she will always stop Louise from going too far. Halloween Costume Characterization: Though there are exceptions, for the most part her costumes tend to be based on R-rated (or otherwise older teen/adult-oriented) movies that she should absolutely not be watching, showcasing her maturity compared to her siblings as well as her disregard for rules and guidelines. Louise will sometimes call Rudy "Buddy" and can be heard calling him that in episodes like " As I Walk Through the Alley of the Shadow of Ramps" and " Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien." She also called him "Rudy-Rudes" while trying to comfort him about his ruined birthday. (" House of 1000 Bounces")

Deadpan Snarker: Definitely the most socially aware of the three Belcher children, and she knows it. Feed each ear into the cut in the cowl with the widest part of the ear flap facing away from the cowl center seam. Deliberately Cute Child: She's aware of how adorable she is and will sometimes use this to her advantage. While both qualify as a Daddy's Girl, Tina is more consistently respectful towards Bob, while Louise's admiration for Bob is more infrequent but tends to be much stronger whenever it pops up. In "Bob Actually", when she finds out that Chloe is just pretending to be Regular-Sized Rudy's Valentine to get answers on a quiz, she immediately stands up for him. She may not believe in Valentine's Day, but Rudy is still her friend. And when she has to break the news to Rudy, she ends up kissing him.Daddy's Girl: It'll take a lot to get her to admit it, but underneath the snark she genuinely loves and respects her father. Several episodes are devoted to exploring the two's incredibly close bond, and it's discussed in-universe that Louise has favored Bob over Linda for her entire life. Big Sister Instinct: Despite being vaguely psychotic and nine she has a protective instinct for those who can’t defend themselves. In Season 1, she put up a tough attitude around her family. In later seasons, it's shown that her family is just about the only thing that can consistently make her drop this attitude. Phillip Frond. The overall dynamic in Wagstaff often boils down to the their mutual antagonism, and Frond's authority is undermined by his incompetence, putting the two on a more even playing field.