"The Equestranauts" is the 17th episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series Bob's Burgers, and the 62nd episode overall. It was written by Dan Mintz and directed by Tyree Dillihay, and was released on April 13, 2014. Paying homage to the "brony" fanbase of the animated children's cartoon My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, the episode's plot centers around Tina discovering her favorite animated pony cartoon has a fanbase of adult men, one of whom tricks Tina out of her rare toy pony, forcing Bob to go undercover and try to get it back.