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The main character (as indicated by the title). Gumball is an twelve-year-old anthropomorphic [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] who attends middle school at Elmore Junior High. A mischief maker and somewhat lazy, the show revolves around his various mishaps around Elmore. Tends to have questionable morals at times and can be a little selfish as well.
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The eponymous main character (as indicated by the title).character. Gumball is an twelve-year-old anthropomorphic [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] who attends middle school at Elmore Junior High. A mischief maker and somewhat lazy, the show revolves around his various mishaps around Elmore. Tends to have questionable morals at times and can be a little selfish as well.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's mother.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal[=/=]TheOneWhoWearsShoes: The only clothing Darwin wears are shoes, and he's the only one in his family who does so (though Anais wears socks). Lampshaded by how Darwin's feet will often be [[OurNudityIsDifferent subject to pixellation in the same way Gumball's crotch is]].
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal[=/=]TheOneWhoWearsShoes: AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: The only clothing Darwin wears are shoes, and [[TheOneWhoWearsShoes he's the only one in his family who does so so]] (though Anais wears socks). Lampshaded by how Darwin's feet will often be [[OurNudityIsDifferent subject to pixellation in the same way Gumball's crotch is]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]BewareTheSillyOnes: He becomes a lot more aggressive when provoked in the second season; a prime example would be "The Banana", when he vandalizes Banana Joe's locker and tries to get in a fight with him for damaging his homework.
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* HappilyAdopted[=/=]InterspeciesAdoption: Darwin's treated like as much of a member of the family as Gumball is. Although legally, he's still registered as a pet.
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** From his mother's side, he's a lot athletic, determining, and can have as much temper as his mother than he realized deep down as long as he is motivated.
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* LoserProtagonist: Lazy, irresponsible, unathletic, BookDumb to a [[TooDumbToLive sometimes dangerous degree]], and usually falls victim to endless abuse each episode. Worsened in that he isn't ''enough'' of a deadbeat loser like his father, who can [[IdiotHoudini reverse it around in his favor]].
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* LikeParentLikeChild:
** From his father's side, being a slacker.
** From his mother's side, he's a lot athletic, determining, and can have as much temper as his mother than he realized deep down as long as he is motivated.
* LoserProtagonist: Lazy, irresponsible, unathletic, BookDumb to a [[TooDumbToLive sometimes dangerous degree]], and usually falls victim to endless abuse each episode. Worsened in that he isn't ''enough'' of a deadbeat loser like his father, who can [[IdiotHoudini reverse it around in his favor]]. However, he's growing out of this in later seasons.
** From his father's side, being a slacker.
** From his mother's side, he's a lot athletic, determining, and can have as much temper as his mother than he realized deep down as long as he is motivated.
* LoserProtagonist: Lazy, irresponsible, unathletic, BookDumb to a [[TooDumbToLive sometimes dangerous degree]], and usually falls victim to endless abuse each episode. Worsened in that he isn't ''enough'' of a deadbeat loser like his father, who can [[IdiotHoudini reverse it around in his favor]]. However, he's growing out of this in later seasons.
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* MsRedInk: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).
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* MsRedInk: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).account), or basically uninformed mismanagement (creating an offshore bank account by [[LiteralMinded throwing his money in a briefcase offshore]]).
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Subverted in "The Name", where he seems to become crazy egotistical after finding out his real name is Zach, [[spoiler:but is actually suffering from [[SplitPersonalityTakeover a much more serious problem]],which required his name being changed to Gumball to "cure" it.]]
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Subverted in "The Name", where he seems to become crazy egotistical after finding out his real name is Zach, [[spoiler:but is actually suffering from [[SplitPersonalityTakeover a much more serious problem]],which problem]], which required his name being changed to Gumball to "cure" it.]]
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Subverted in "The Name", where he seems to become crazy egotistical after finding out his real name is Zach, [[spoiler:but is actually suffering from [[SplitPersonalityTakeover a much more serious problem]]]],which required his name being changed to Gumball to "cure" it.
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* TookALevelInJerkass[=/=]TookALevelInKindness: A somewhat mixed case that came with his [[DumbassNoMore increased intelligence and maturity]]: in the first season, Gumball usually had a pleasant demeanor, but could be incredibly selfish or rude because he didn't know any better. After then, he has the emotional intelligence to understand people and their problems, but when he's being mean or insulting it's ''intentional''. Even his moments of insensitivity are portrayed less as [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocent]] and more like willful ignorance.
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* TookALevelInJerkass[=/=]TookALevelInKindness: A somewhat mixed case that came with his TookALevelInJerkass: His [[DumbassNoMore increased intelligence and maturity]]: maturity]] brought with it a mix of this and TookALevelInKindness: in the first season, Gumball usually had a pleasant demeanor, but could be incredibly selfish or rude because he didn't know any better. After then, he has the emotional intelligence to understand people and their problems, but when he's being mean or insulting it's ''intentional''. Even his moments of insensitivity are portrayed less as [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocent]] and more like willful ignorance.
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* TheDitz[=/=]FatIdiot: It's easier to count examples of when he doesn't act like one.
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* StoutStrength: Richard is a FatIdiot, but apparently [[DumbMuscle has some serious muscle underneath]]: in "The Prank" he was able to run through multiple walls, in "The Remote" he effortlessly rips the car door off to get to Nicole, and in "The Return" he smashes his fist through car windows and hotwires the car by smashing the key through the dashboard.
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Gumball's sister, a genius four-year-old [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]]. Due to her high intelligence, she attends Gumball and Darwin's middle school as well, though in a different class. Despite her competency, she still displays some traits of a typical four-year old.
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Gumball's sister, a genius four-year-old [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]]. Due to her high intelligence, she attends Gumball and Darwin's middle school as well, though in a different class.one grade ''higher'' than them. Despite her competency, she still displays some traits of a typical four-year old.
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* GradeSkipper: She attend middle school at the age of four, [[ExaggeratedTrope two years before most children have even started grade school]].
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* AmericanAccents: While most of the cast have [[FakeAmerican affected]] "generic/newscaster" accents, Nicole's sometimes sounds a bit more [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent untraceable]], usually when she's speaking calmly.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Gumball can get [[HonorBeforeReason stubborn]] and [[SoapboxSadie preachy]] about beliefs he'll suddenly taken up without being able to live by.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Gumball has his principles...he just doesn't live up to them.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Gumball has his principles...he just doesn't can get [[HonorBeforeReason stubborn]] and [[SoapboxSadie preachy]] about beliefs he'll suddenly taken up without being able to live up to by.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Gumball can have a pretty acerbic attitude toward all of his classmates but Darwin and Penny, yet most of them seem to consider him their friend. "The Return" has everyone worried over Darwin and Gumball's absence even though they all thought things were way nicer without them (''too'' nice even).
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* [[StraightMan Straight Girl]]: Usually. She's the most serious character on the show, but sometimes she slithers away from this.
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* [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter The Ugly Guy's Cute Daughter]]: Especially noticeable in that when we see Nicole and Richard as children, you see Nicole and Gumball looks very similar but Anais doesn't really look like either of her parents (she does look a lot like Granny Jojo, though).
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* DaddysGirl: Out of her and her brothers, she's the closest to their father.
* LikeParentLikeChild:
** From her mother, Anais got her temper and impressive fighting skills.
** From her father, she (ironically) got his slacker tendencies.
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* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]]: Can be her or can be her mother, depending on the episode.
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* HappilyMarried: Despite being constantly infuriated at Richard's immaturity, Nicole deeply loves him.
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* OppositesAttract: Nicole (action-y, competitive, and sometimes has to be the OnlySaneWoman) is married to Richard (lazy, hedonistic, and a ManChild).
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* HiddenDepths: There's a lot more to Richard than his lazy persona would tell.
** Richard appears to be quite handy, as shown in "The Car," when he rebuilt the Robinson's car, albeit leaving it extremely fragile, and is seen using tools frequently in the show.
** It is also shown in "The Remote" that Richard can speak Spanish.
** In "The Man", Richard is shown to be able to play a guitar, as in the flashback, when he plays a serenade to Nicole.
** Richard appears to be quite handy, as shown in "The Car," when he rebuilt the Robinson's car, albeit leaving it extremely fragile, and is seen using tools frequently in the show.
** It is also shown in "The Remote" that Richard can speak Spanish.
** In "The Man", Richard is shown to be able to play a guitar, as in the flashback, when he plays a serenade to Nicole.
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* [[MsRedInk Mr. Red Ink]]: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).
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* [[MsRedInk Mr. Red Ink]]: MsRedInk: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).account).
* NiceGuy: Despite his misguided advice and uncouth mannerisms, Richard has good intentions, and loves his family all the same.
* NiceGuy: Despite his misguided advice and uncouth mannerisms, Richard has good intentions, and loves his family all the same.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Some episodes suggest that the Wattersons' antics have made them rather infamous throughout Elmore, or at least thought of poorly. By the end of "The Finale", there is literally a mob breaking the doors to their house down.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Gumball and Nicole are blue cats, and Anais and Richard are pink rabbits.
* {{Animesque}}: Their facial expressions seem to invoke this. The show's art director has even described their designs as being [[https://vimeo.com/68915551#t=10m45s "very Japanese-inspired"]].
* BadassAdorable: All of them are quite cute...especially when they do something badass.
* BadassFamily:
** In "The Club", the family uses their own odd traits to impressively take out some nerds. Nicole used her anger to take out a locked door, Richard managed to stall another nerd in a board game, Anais used static electricity to short circuit a robot and hacked a computer to intercept Gumball's embarrassing video, and Darwin's dance skills distracted the other nerd into dancing with him. Subverted with [[LoserProtagonist Gumball]] however, who fails to stop the video uploading, and is recognized as so lacking in talent even the nerds don't want to touch him.
** Even moreso in "The Ape" where they work together in a car chase to stop Ms. Simian after she tricked them.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Gumball, Nicole, and Richard. Anais is a FullyDressedCartoonAnimal (oddly, wearing socks with no shoes) and Darwin only wears shoes. On occasions where they break from their LimitedWardrobe, they may or may not wear shoes.
* CheatedAngle: The Wattersons always have their faces in ¾ view, no matter which way their bodies are facing. Darwin's whole ''[[{{Cephalothorax}} body]]'' is always in ¾. Whether they are facing forward or to the side is instead indicated [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130818005858/theamazingworldofgumball/images/8/8d/TAWoG.jpeg by the position of their ears (or tailfin in Darwin's case).]] When someone attempted to make 3D models of the Watterson family, the head-on views of their face looked... [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/493443042687590400/photo/1 strange]].
* ExpressiveEars: All the Wattersons aside from Darwin have these.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Inverted as they're a female cat and a male rabbit whose children are a male cat and female rabbit.
** Bit of trivia: In the first two seasons, the boys (yes, even Darwin, who's adopted) [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves have rounded rectangular eyes like their father, while Anais has oval eyes like her mother]], so there's a bit more instances of PlayingWithATrope going on than meets the eye.
* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: When necessary, the Wattersons' hands [[SuddenAnatomy change from]] ovular paws (PowerpuffGirlHands in Darwin's case) to human-like hands with separate fingers.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Nicole is a slightly lighter shade of blue than Gumball, but [[InvertedTrope Anais is a slightly darker shade of pink than Richard]].
* PerpetualPoverty: Gumball's trademark sweater was said to have been found in a garbage dump, for goodness sake.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Anais and Gumball. Inverted with Richard and Nicole. Both of these even stays true when all of them but Richard [[GenderBender have their genders momentarily reversed]] in "The Job".
* SphereEyes: They all have the separated kind of eyes which are ovular in the first season (the boys' being more rectangular), switching between spherical and ovular in the second season, and always spherical in the third season.
* SuperDeformed: The members of the Watterson Family all have rather large heads even compared to the cartoonish proportions most characters in the show have.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: An odd example in that ''all five'' of them share the exact same head shape, even both parents and Darwin, who is ''adopted.'' Gumball and Nicole look almost identical.
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[[folder:Zach "Gumball" Tristopher Watterson/Gumball Tristopher Watterson]]
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The main character (as indicated by the title). Gumball is an twelve-year-old anthropomorphic [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] who attends middle school at Elmore Junior High. A mischief maker and somewhat lazy, the show revolves around his various mishaps around Elmore. Tends to have questionable morals at times and can be a little selfish as well.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Subverted in "The Name", where he seems to become crazy egotistical after finding out his real name is Zach, [[spoiler:but is actually suffering from [[SplitPersonalityTakeover a much more serious problem.]]]]
* ActionSurvivor: He survives a ton of encounters that would kill most regular kids.
* {{Adorkable}}: On his better days.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Gumball has a crush on Penny, a peanut with antlers who is one of the [[TheCheerleader cheerleaders]] at Elmore Junior High. The feeling is mutual, but [[CannotSpitItOut neither of them are capable of expressing it.]]
* AmbidextrousSprite: He always has three whiskers on one side and two on the other, but the pattern tends to flip as a result of this. It is likely meant to convey perspective, where his face is actually symmetric [[CheatedAngle but never seen from the front]].
* AnimalsHateHim: Penny's pet tarantula viciously attacked him on sight, and the family's turtle is stated to especially like biting him.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He's older than Anais, and often acts annoying toward her. On a few occasions he goes beyond "annoying" and is more of a BigBrotherBully, most prominently when he left Anais out of a party in "Halloween" by hanging her from a tree branch.
* AttractiveBentGender: When he's forced in a dress in "The Dress", everyone instantly likes him and calls him beautiful. It helps that he takes after Nicole, though it might have just been the dress which was really nice.
* BadassPacifist: In "The Sweaters", he and Darwin both refuse to engage the students from the other school in their idiocy, and ultimately "win" (in the sense of being the only ones who don't look like complete idiots) because they don't play along.
* BadLiar: Gumball can bluff, doing an excellent (unnecessary) job of PlayingTheVictimCard in "The Sweaters" and taking advantage of the killer virus's pride in "The Virus", but he acts incredibly nervous any time he tries to lie to his mother.
-->'''Nicole:''' Honey, are you in trouble? Because my mother senses are tingling. I can smell trouble.\\
'''Gumball:''' ''(laughing nervously)'' Trouble? No, we're fine. Absolutely fine. No trouble here, bye.\\
'''Nicole:''' Are you lying?\\
'''Gumball:''' Ha! Oh, no, of course not.\\
'''Nicole:''' Right. You're lying. I'm coming home now.
* BathsAreFun: In "The Burden" Gumball and Darwin are enjoying taking a bubble bath in a montage.
* BlueIsHeroic: Gumball is the hero of the series and is a blue cat.
* BrilliantButLazy: When he puts his mind to it and isn't trying to show off, Gumball shows a surprising amount of intelligence and athleticism.
* BuffoonishTomcat: Played entirely straight in the first season, especially compared to his mother. Downplayed after that, where he's halfway between this trope and CatsAreSnarkers.
* CannotSpitItOut: Does this in "The Bros" when he's trying to ask Penny to marry him.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "*sigh* (aggravated) Fine..."
** "What the what!?" became a semi-recurring line of his in the second season--it was even used as a MadLibsCatchPhrase a couple times ("What the droid?", "What the wasp?") and mocked by Darwin's impersonation of Gumball in "The Sidekick".
* CatsAreMean: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that he's not usually cruel and can be very kind, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but tends to be quite selfish, judgemental, and insensitive.]] Later on he takes this attitude and combines it with CatsAreSnarkers, constantly making lines [[BrutalHonesty that are as mean as they are accurate.]]
-->'''Darwin:''' (imitating Gumball) Duh, hey Sussie! While conveniently ignoring my own character flaws, I'm happy to point out that you eat with the grace of a one-toothed camel!
* CatsHateWater: Averted, judging by how long he took his shower in one episode. Gumball also seems to love taking baths as seen in another episode. How well he can actually ''swim'' is inconsistent: he could just fine in "The Responsible", but couldn't at all in "The Club".
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially very childlike and naive (much like Darwin), it wasn't until season two that he became the [[TheCynic cynical]], [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold we know and love.
* TheChewToy: AmusingInjuries are quite common, but Gumball seems especially prone to them.
* ClassicalAntiHero: In spite of his lack of physical fitness, intelligence, and maturity, he's usually the most likely one to save the day (although he causes these problems just as much).
* CoolCat: Gumball often attempts to give off this type of cool, collected confidence, but rarely lives up to it. Perhaps [[EstablishingCharacterMoment best demonstrated]] in "The Responsible", where he nearly drowns, vomits up a bunch of water in a panic, then immediately snaps into a relaxed posed and acts unphazed.
* CowardlyLion: Gumball is a self-described coward, but manages to get by in dire situations even if he spends most of them freaking out.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets insanely jealous at the ''suggestion'' of another guy dating Penny, even getting MadAtADream where Darwin kissed her despite him showing no interest in real life.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: If his loved ones are threatened or insulted, Gumball can prove much more mature, clever, and determined than he usually is.
* CuteKitten: He can be cute when he wants to be.
* CuteLittleFangs: His canines aren't visible when his mouth is closed, but are any time it's open and the teeth on his upper jaw aren't being used as part of his expression, even if no other teeth are shown.
* TheCynic: Although initially very optimistic, he develops a strong tendency to expect the least out of people (himself included). The most obvious example would be "The Bumpkin", where his cynical outlook on modern society is a primary plot element.
* DeadpanSnarker: He gets increasingly snarky as the show goes on, especially regarding Darwin. It becomes especially apparent throughout the second season, and compliments his VocalEvolution (see below) quite nicely, actually.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His level of intelligence varies from episode. Sometimes he's a complete idiot, sometimes he's just mischievous, sometimes he just acts like a dork, sometimes he's the OnlySaneMan. Since the latter half of Season 2, his OnlySaneMan status became the more distinct of them all.
* DetachmentCombat: It's not used for combat, but Gumball seems to be able to function perfectly whenever a body part gains autonomy.
* {{Determinator}}: In "The Third" he rides a tricycle through miles of hills, flies down a hill so fast he catches on fire, and gets covered in quick drying cement (which he promptly breaks through) just to prove that he and Darwin are still friends.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: "The Club" reveals that his middle name is Tristopher, or in shortened form, "Trisha"--it was supposed to be Christopher, but Richard wrote it down wrong.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "The Meddler" has his mom calling him "Gummypuss".
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the mischief he causes, he finds himself ''physically incapable'' of shoplifting even a candy bar and slaps himself in the face for trying. Ironic, given he's several times demonstrated he's [[ImpossibleThief extremely good]] at stealing things, even from his own mother, or planting them on other people.
* FashionableAsymmetry: He has two whiskers pointing forward and three pointing backward, [[AmbidextrousSprite regardless of the direction he's facing.]]
* FirstKiss: He had two or three {{Accidental Kiss}}es, with [[spoiler:Darwin, Carmen, and possibly Sussie]], then had his first ''intentional'' kiss [[spoiler:with Penny.]]
* GenerationXerox: While obviously similar to his father, Gumball is also similar to his mother in the past, as they both get called losers by the kids or Miss Simian, which is why Nicole wanted to make him a winner in "The Fridge". He and Penny's relationship mirrors Nicole's with Richard growing up as well as Gumball, like his mother, encourages Penny to be herself [[spoiler:and come out of her shell]].
* GenreSavvy: He almost avoided the plot of "The Sweaters" by simply admitting to [[NewTransferStudent Sarah]] that he's not actually hardcore rather than continue the lie. He also successfully predicted the entire plot. [[ContractualGenreBlindness He goes through the ordeal anyway]], mainly because of the worry Penny was giving him.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Gumball frequently uses non-profanity, often with the emphasis and tone people [[ParentheticalSwearing usually reserve for actual profanity]] (including an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic]] ''Darn'' Bomb in "The Third"). In "The Safety" he claims that he doesn't even ''know'' any real swear words.
* HartmanHips: A rare male example; his hips are twice the width of his chest. Clearly, he gets it from his mom.
* HiddenDepths:
** Some episodes show that Gumball is a really good cook: he did very well in home ec class and seems to make his own meals a lot because him mom is so busy.
** He's able to sketch a pretty decent (if [[FourthWallPortrait strange]]) portrait of Darwin in "The Procrastinators".
* IdiotHero: He does get a little smarter, though, later on.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Penny.
* IronButtMonkey: Gumball is, to put it bluntly, [[NighInvulnerability indestructible.]] He's survived [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou falling off a cliff]], [[BarrierBustingBlow being punched through a wall]], and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being flushed down the toilet]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he can be exasperated with others and often does some dumb or insensitive things, he's a good kid and will go out of his way to try and help.
* {{Keet}}: Early on in the series he is almost perpetually bright and energetic. This trait becomes less pronounced later on, as he becomes plenty capable of apathy and cynicism.
* LoserProtagonist: Lazy, irresponsible, unathletic, BookDumb to a [[TooDumbToLive sometimes dangerous degree]], and usually falls victim to endless abuse each episode. Worsened in that he isn't ''enough'' of a deadbeat loser like his father, who can [[IdiotHoudini reverse it around in his favor]].
* LoserSonOfLoserDad: A lot of Gumball's negative traits he has in common with his father.
* NoSenseOfDirection: He think he can somehow memorize a map ''after eating it'' and when the wind is directly speaking to him, in plainly decipherable language, he does the exact opposite of what it tells him.
* NotSoDifferent: He orders his whole family around frantically to make his study date with Penny in "The Knights" perfect, showing he is capable of being just as neurotic, controlling and raging as his mom.
* OfficialCouple: with Penny
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Gumball" is actually a nickname, but until "The Name" nobody but Nicole knew his real first name was "Zach"--not even ''Gumball himself''. [[spoiler:Then "Zach" becomes a [[JerkAss intolerable]] SplitPersonality [[SplitPersonalityTakeover who tries to replace Gumball]], so he [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep legally changes his name to "Gumball"]] to get rid of him.]]
* OnlySaneMan: While he was a mix of this, being simply mischievous, hyperactive or stupid, this is slowly becoming his most seen side. The best example is in "The Fridge," being the only family member not worked up into a competitive spirit (started by his mother) and forced to bring the family back to normal.
* TheProtagonist: As the title indicates; after more than one hundred episodes, "The World" and "The Extras" are the only episodes where he ''doesn't'' play a major role.
* RealMenWearPink: Gumball once had his hair permed and then asked if he could have a pet pony. In "The Meddler", he showed a real (and comical) interest in being a cheerleader, even thinking it would prove how manly he was.
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:After their BigDamnKiss at the end of "The Shell" he and Penny are now dating.]]
* RidiculousProcrastinator: He's puts off things like returning/replacing [=DVDs=], studying, and chores as long as possible. According to Nicole, his first sentence, said at the age of four, was "I'll do it tomorrow."
* RubberMan: Gumball has been shown numerous times to be incredibly elastic. In "The Virus", he shows has complete control over his entire body to an unsettlingly complex degree...though he will unintentionally move his internal organs around, requiring him to go to the nurse.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: His screams are very high pitch, especially in the first season when his first actor's voice was cracking.
* SingleTargetSexuality: The only girl that has stolen Gumball's heart: Penny Fitzgerald. When he needs to get a date in "The Party" but can't bring himself to ask Penny, he doesn't show romantic interest in any of the other girls he asks, instead treating it like some strange chore.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Early on Gumball is very vocal of his non-existent competence and ability, and how sincere he's being [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex is rather questionable.]] This tended to make him TheMillstone toward the smarter but less assertive Darwin, and a frequent subject to BreakTheHaughty. Later on, he's far more self-deprecating and aware of his own flaws, albeit seemingly [[DeadpanSnarker mocking everyone else]] a lot more to compensate. This trait still shows up occasionally; he's still particularly reluctant to acknowledge his own physical weakness.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide:
** Jealous Gumball in "The Flower", which was strong enough to [[FoeTossingCharge smash through a team of giant football players]].
** Zach in "The Name", who supposedly succeeds at [[ButtonMashing almost]] everything Gumball fails at and [[CrazyPrepared "always thinks ahead"]]. However, he ''refuses'' to admit where he fails at unlike Gumball but his ego is big enough to cloud such mistakes.
* SupremeChef: Shown to be at least decent in cooking in the episode "The Secret", . Miss Simian has also called his cooking 'divine' and has gotten a B in home economics because of said cooking. Though he did make a hilariously bad meal for Anais in "The Responsible", though it may have been RuleOfFunny at work.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His level of physical fitness is ''heavily'' subject to the RuleOfFunny and RuleOfCool. He's stated to be in such terrible shape that he can't overpower a girl made of paper and his organs have a fit doing basic exercises, but when a ChaseScene happens he's perfectly capable of keeping up or even pulling LeParkour moves that rival his mother's.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks almost exactly like a shorter version of his mother. Comparing how she looked at his age, the only difference besides clothes was that she was taller, usually has visible eyelashes, and her whiskers look different. In "The Plan", he even tries to impersonate her and since he obscures the huge height difference by standing in a bush, it was amazingly effective.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: He's considerably shorter than Penny, though how much varies by the scene.
* TookALevelInJerkass[=/=]TookALevelInKindness: A somewhat mixed case that came with his [[DumbassNoMore increased intelligence and maturity]]: in the first season, Gumball usually had a pleasant demeanor, but could be incredibly selfish or rude because he didn't know any better. After then, he has the emotional intelligence to understand people and their problems, but when he's being mean or insulting it's ''intentional''. Even his moments of insensitivity are portrayed less as [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocent]] and more like willful ignorance.
* TwiceShy: His feelings for Penny are mutual, but both struggle to confess to each other. [[spoiler: As of "The Shell", they're official.]]
* VerbalTic: He tends to squeak, usually when he's yelling. Some of this just seems to be due to Logan Grove's voice cracking.
* VocalEvolution: His voice cracked a lot in the first season and, along with Darwin's, got deeper over the course of the first two season as his VA got older. His second voice actor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXF2kD1gv5g stated in an interview]] that his performance is specifically based off how he sounded in the second season.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: "The Tape" shows he has no problem with wearing a girl's skirt.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: His odd (nick)name is sometimes commented on, most notably by Mr. Small in "The Banana".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: "AHHH, spider! Knock his block off!"
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He missed the extreme luck he got from the eponymous hat in "The Helmet" and went insane with using its power once he got it back.
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[[folder:Darwin Radlin Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemus Watterson III]]
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-->Voiced by Kwesi Boakye (season 1–3); Terrell Ransom, Jr. (season 3 onwards)
Gumball's ten-year-old [[UpliftedAnimal pet goldfish-turned-family member]] who sprouted legs, grew in size, and began to talk. Gumball and Darwin are seen as brothers (Darwin even calls Nicole "Mrs Mom" and Richard "Mr. Dad") and attend the same school and class. Darwin is a bit naive due to his forced adaptation among the "normal" world, though he is more rational and moral than Gumball.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal[=/=]TheOneWhoWearsShoes: The only clothing Darwin wears are shoes, and he's the only one in his family who does so (though Anais wears socks). Lampshaded by how Darwin's feet will often be [[OurNudityIsDifferent subject to pixellation in the same way Gumball's crotch is]].
** Mentioned by Anais in "The Job", where she states that they've been wearing the same clothes for a year and that it's time for Darwin to start wearing pants.
** When series director Mic Graves was asked in an interview why Darwin didn't wear pants, he pointed out Darwin doesn't have any buttocks to put them on. Although Darwin actually [[SuddenAnatomy does have them, sometimes]].
* ActualPacifist: Darwin claims to be a "[[{{Pun}} Pacifish]]" in the first season. [[BewareTheNiceOnes This changes]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes in Season 2.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: More so in season 1, where his naivete is played up more often than Gumball's.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His full name includes a famous scientist, a sea, a captain from classic literature, and the Greek god of the seas.
* BadassPacifist: In "The Sweaters", he and Gumball both refuse to engage the students from the other school in their idiocy, and ultimately "win" (in the sense of being the only ones who don't look like complete idiots) because they don't play along.
* {{Bad Impressionist|s}}: On the phone with Nicole in "The Flakers", trying to impersonate Richard (while speaking in his own usual high voice) after discovering that he has escaped the house:
-->'''Nicole''': Can you pass me onto him, please?\\
'''Darwin''': Um, yeah... one minute!\\
''(clears throat and tries to impersonate Richard)''\\
'''Darwin''': Hello, [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Mrs. Mom]], what's for dinner?\\
'''Nicole''': ''(unconvinced)'' Really?\\
'''Darwin''': ''(defeated)'' Y-ep.
* BadLiar: Neither he nor Gumball could resist darting their eyes to the side when lying to Anais.
* BaldOfAwesome: His lack of NonMammalianHair is frequently pointed out.
* BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]BewareTheSillyOnes: He becomes a lot more aggressive when provoked in the second season; a prime example would be "The Banana", when he vandalizes Banana Joe's locker and tries to get in a fight with him for damaging his homework.
* BigBrotherAttraction: If dressing himself as ''Penny'' just for Gumball to show his love doesn't scream this trope, I don't know what does.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Played with; he's a fish that grew legs, so he technically has a separate head and body. However, his fish parts are highly stylized and his face is disproportionately large, meaning he'd basically be a FlyingFace without his human-like arms and legs.
** Referenced several times. Gumball once made angry grabbing motions in the air, saying that he was trying to strangle Darwin but couldn't because he doesn't have a neck. Also given as the reason he doesn't wear a shirt or pants, although he wore a collar and tie around the part where his legs meet his body in "The Puppy".
* CheerfulChild: Under most circumstances, he's a pretty happy guy. [[BewareTheNiceOnes When he isn't...]]
* TheConscience: He has a higher moral sense than Gumball does and will usually voice his concerns. In "The Sidekick", Gumball tells him that he counts on Darwin to stop him from going through with especially bad ideas.
* CreepyChild: Surprisingly, despite him [[TheConscience having a higher moral sense]] and [[NiceGuy being a decent guy]], Darwin has shown instances of being this trope.
** In "The Limit", when he and his siblings are sent to the car after throwing a tantrum for not getting candy, Darwin, suggests this solution of getting their mother back:
-->'''Darwin:''' "You know what we should do? We should make full-sized paper models of ourselves, set the car on fire, and push it off a cliff to teach Mom a lesson." ''(Cue the looks of horror on Gumball and Anais's faces)''
** In "The Sidekick, Darwin's idea of making Tobias give back their game is to '''''kidnap his mother.''''' Gumball understandably [[WhatTheHellHero calls Darwin out on his idea]] and at one point calls him a "psycho".
* DeadpanSnarker: Well, usually his snarking is a lot more cheerful, but he gets more and more of it after the first season.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Like above, his level of intelligence also varies depending on the episode, as does how peaceful and innocent he is. There's a general shift over time, from hopelessly naive and ignorant to mostly moral and positive, but prone to snark and a severe case of BewareTheNiceOnes.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He has at least a secondary role in more episodes than anyone but Gumball.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Darwin, though he never tried a musical instrument before, was able to play "Clair de Lune" on a slide whistle.
* FishOutOfWater: A literal example.
* GenreSavvy: Like Gumball in "The Sweaters"
* GreenEyedMonster: He gets incredibly jealous of the attention Gumball gives to Penny [[spoiler:once they start dating.]] The fact that he was immune to being possessed by jealousy in "The Flower" implies this is the first time in his ''life'' he's ever been jealous.
* HappilyAdopted[=/=]InterspeciesAdoption: Darwin's treated like as much of a member of the family as Gumball is. Although legally, he's still registered as a pet.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: When taken over by Jealousy in "The Flower" he's the only one with no spite or envy of anyone else, instead just stating he's "actually quite happy with my life". Gumball took a peek inside his head in "The Sweaters" to see if he had any guilt, and just saw a brilliant shining light come out.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Whether he unintentionally offends or not varies.
* InsistentTerminology: He considers himself to be/have been an "Animal Companion", not a pet.
* {{Keet}}: In early episodes he's almost unfailingly energetic. He becomes less so later on, but he's still usually more upbeat and optimist than Gumball.
* LegacyCharacter: As his full name states, he's the third Darwin Watterson, the first two having been regular goldfish their whole lives.
* MeaningfulName:
** He was once the family pet fish but then he sprouted legs and doesn't need water to breathe anymore. [[CharlesDarwin Think about that for a second.]]
** His middle names all have nautical connections.
* MoralityChain: Gumball considers Darwin to be this to him.
-->'''Gumball:''' Ugh, this momnapping thing was by far the worst leader move I've ever heard of!\\
'''Darwin:''' Oh come on! That's exactly the kind of idea you'd usually come up with!\\
'''Gumball:''' Yeah, but if it was my plan, I would have had you stop me from doing it!\\
'''Darwin:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Gumball:''' I mean, you're not a sidekick, dude. You're a guardian! I need you, man!
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: ''Several'' somebodies.
* NiceGuy: He becomes more aggressive from the second season onwards, but he still remains a CheerfulChild. When he was possessed by a spirit of jealousy, he reveals that "[he's] actually quite happy with [his] life" and holds no spite or envy towards anyone else.
--> '''Darwin''': Is he gonna cry? Because if he cries, ''I'll cry!''
* ObsessedWithFood: He tends to think with his stomach from time to time as most fish seem to do.
* OnlySaneMan: Though not necessarily the ''smartest'' person in any episode he's in, he's traded off on the role of "the only person being objective while everything's going nuts" with Anais on occasion, and has started playing the StraightMan to Gumball's antics more. Gumball basically says in "The Sidekick" that his role in their dynamic is to stop him from doing really crazy things. Though at times, such as "The Sidekick", "The Phone", and "The Banana", roles switch and he actually acts ''worse'' than what Gumball does.
* OverlyLongName: In "The Party", he reveals that his full name is Darwin Radlin Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemus Watterson III.
* PureIsNotGood: Darwin's innocent nature usually makes he fairly kind, but if exposed to certain events that Gumball is up to, he can be worse than him. Even in the first season it was implied he had a lot of pent up rage he was too innocent to express properly: Darwin's attempt to yell out his stress in "The Painting" produced a ''nuclear explosion'', during which he continued smiling.
* RealMenWearPink: Darwin seems to have interests in classical music and synchronized swimming (though the latter makes sense, considering he's a fish).
* SarcasmBlind: In season 1, he failed to understand sarcasm often, especially from Anais. In season 2, he snarks with the best of them.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He's able to guess what Chris Morris the hamster says in "The Burden" and speak squirrel in "The Question", probably because he used to be a pet. Of course, all the animals [[EverythingTalks can speak and understand English]] anyway, making it a bit of a moot point.
* StepfordSmiler: In "The Meddler", Darwin constantly smiles to hide his displeasure of Nicole coming to school--later on he keeps doing so because he forgot how to stop. In "The Gripes", he keeps smiling while trying to cheer up an unreasonably-grumpy Gumball, barely restraining himself from smashing his head in with a toaster, until he collapses into whining along with him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Generally, he's much more snarky and aggressive in season 2, almost being on the same level as Gumball himself when he's supposed to be more righteous than him. [[TookALevelInKindness On the other hand]], Darwin thereafter avoids the InnocentlyInsensitive remarks he sometimes made in the first season, often to the point of being excessively considerate.
* ToothyBird: Despite being a fish, Darwin has teeth that are even more humanlike than the rest of the family's.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fish flakes, apparently.
* UpliftedAnimal: Notably, while this can happen to anything, he's the only character stated to have become human-like rather than being born that way.
* VocalEvolution: Along with Gumball, his voice got deeper over the course of the first two season as his VA got older. Darwin's voice actor appears to have started puberty slightly later, resulting in Darwin's voice breaking often in season two, something Gumball's voice had mostly stopped by the end of season one (which make sense in-series because Darwin is two years younger). Gumball even mocks Darwin for it in "The Castle".
-->'''Darwin:''' Dude, have you noticed that your voice has changed? \\
'''Gumball:''' What, you mean I sound like a man and you squeal like a piglet on helium?
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[[folder:Anais Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski
Gumball's sister, a genius four-year-old [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]]. Due to her high intelligence, she attends Gumball and Darwin's middle school as well, though in a different class. Despite her competency, she still displays some traits of a typical four-year old.
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* {{Adorkable}}: We see a much more awkward side of Anais in "The Friend" as she tries to make friends for the first time.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Gumball is far more likely to annoy her, but she starts to have [[NotSoAboveItAll her own moments of acting bratty]] in the second season.
* BadassAdorable: She managed to flip ''Richard''.
* BerserkButton: Suggesting that Daisy the Donkey was just a doll made her react with an absolutely monstrous looking face.
* TheChessmaster: In "The Remote", she manipulates the entire rest of the family to lock them outside while she watches TV. She does it again in "The Password," where she tricks Gumball and Darwin into thinking their parents favor her over them just so she can get time on the computer to herself.
* ChildProdigy: Despite being four years old, she is described as the smartest character on the show and even attends Junior High with her much older brother; she is apparently at a ''higher'' class than he is.
* GoldDigger: As mentioned below, she wants to marry a prince eventually so that she can basically live like her dad.
* GradeSkipper: She attend middle school at the age of four, [[ExaggeratedTrope two years before most children have even started grade school]].
* HyperCompetentSidekick: She's this to Darwin and Gumball.
* FriendlessBackground: We never see her with any friends, and "The Friend" shows this is because she doesn't have any.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Subverted. Her name is pronounced both as An-eye-ees and An-ai-ahs, typically varying by character (and voice actor) and she never favors one over the other. Given that the character is named after Ben Bocquelet's sister and both have French heritage, it's most likely "An-eye-ees".
* KillerRabbit: Let's just say her mom's gonna have some competition when she grows up.
* LittleMissSnarker: Only 4, and a veteran master of snark.
* NotSoAboveItAll: She's considerably more child-like--or even flat out crazy--when it comes to anything involving Daisy the Donkey. More generally, she's far more likely to involve herself with her brothers' hijinks from the second season on, even if she's usually [[TheSmartGuy smarter about it]], compared to the first where she almost always [[OptOut refused to let herself get caught up in it]].
* OddFriendship: She forms one with the strange monster in "The Friend".
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]]: Can be her or can be her mother, depending on the episode.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She is depicted as being able to lift way more than her body weight, such as when she carried a ton of luggage upstairs and the time she carried Darwin with a bunch of stuff on him all the way to the top of a mountain.
* RascallyRabbit: Although typically well-behaved, she can be very manipulative when it benefits her.
* TheSlacker: Ironically, she's often been shown to share some of her father's laziness. Anais seems to study more because she enjoys it than any practical benefit, and has joined with her brothers in laying around and eating junk food on Saturday. Despite being a genius, Anais expresses some decidedly unambitious life goals when giving her Christmas list:
-->'''Anais:''' I want a princess tiara and a prince to marry me when I'm old enough so I never have to work like [[{{Workaholic}} Mom]].
* [[StraightMan Straight Girl]]: Usually. She's the most serious character on the show, but sometimes she slithers away from this.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Like Gumball, her level of physical strength varies a lot depending the needs of the plot or the joke. Sometimes she's a PintsizedPowerhouse almost as strong as Nicole. Other times, she's explicitly weaker than anyone else in the family and needs their assistance to get by and to trick them to come out ahead.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's younger sister.
* [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter The Ugly Guy's Cute Daughter]]: Especially noticeable in that when we see Nicole and Richard as children, you see Nicole and Gumball looks very similar but Anais doesn't really look like either of her parents (she does look a lot like Granny Jojo, though).
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Her level of intellect seems to hang on this formula. She's great at rolling her eyes and explaining all the things wrong with her brothers' latest ZanyScheme, but when it comes to pulling off her own plans, she tends to fall flat on her face.
--> '''Gumball:''' Hey, where is everyone?\\
'''Anais:''' I don't know! I prepared everything and no one came [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E30TheFriend [to my party]!]]\\
'''Darwin:''' Did you invite anyone?\\
'''Anais:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic Of course not. I have no friends.]]\\
''[[{{Beat}} *Moment of realization kicks in.*]]''
* VocalEvolution: It's not as obvious as her brother's because she's a girl, but her voice has gotten significantly deeper since the show started. Depending on the scene, this can make her sound more mature, angry, or sarcastic. For reference, Kyla Rae Kowalewski was more than twice Anais's age when the show ''started''. Since Darwin and Gumball were recast in the third season but Anais wasn't, she is now the Watterson child with the oldest VA.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: The serious child to Richard's wacky parent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She usually acts much older than her age in terms of knowledge and maturity.
* WhenSheSmiles: In "The Pony", Darwin and Gumball consider the hoops they'd jumped through to watch a movie with her worth it because they get to see [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/File:Tpony57.png "the happy face"]].
* WomenAreWiser: The most consistently levelheaded member of the family.
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[[folder:Nicole Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Teresa Gallagher
The maternal member of the Watterson family (and a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] like Gumball). She holds down a job at the rainbow factory and appears to be the only member of the family with any sense of responsibility. She's normally collected and organized but when things go awry, she succumbs to violent bouts of anger (almost always sparked by her sons).
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* AbusiveParents: Sometimes she could be this despite being the OnlySaneMan. She leaves Gumball alone in a desert at one point and refuses to take care of Gumball and Darwin until they respect Richard, something she doesn't even do. Her children are so scared of her that, in the episode "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin agree without hesitation that they'd rather face [[TheBully Tina]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Rex]] than incur Nicole's wrath.
* ActionMom: She's super-humanly athletic and not afraid to get physical.
-->'''Gumball''': The woman is virtually a ninja.
* AlmightyMom: You don't want to mess with her. She's been known to bring a fully grown tyrannosaurus rex to his knees.
* {{Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|s}}: In "The Meddler" she decides to follow Gumball around at school everywhere, even in the public shower, doing things such as feeding him like a baby and calling him "Gummypuss".
* AmericanAccents: While most of the cast have [[FakeAmerican affected]] "generic/newscaster" accents, Nicole's sometimes sounds a bit more [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent untraceable]], usually when she's speaking calmly.
* {{Badass}}: To the point where, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after she went berserk after a bad day grocery shopping]], she melted a trap she was in with [[ThePowerOfHate pure rage]].
* BadassFingerSnap: In "The Castle", after returning home and discovering that her home is a mess, she enters the house, with her eyes glowing an ominous purple, and releases an [[https://youtu.be/hvC1VtdcFl8?t=40 epic one.]]
* BerserkButton: '''MANY'''. Being called a loser (at least by Miss Simian), threatening her family and disrespecting her authority. And '''DON'T YOU DARE''' run away from her if she finds out you're in trouble.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is sincerely nice, but sometimes she can get really violent, so it's best you run for it if she does.
* CatsAreMean: Averted; she's quick to anger, but by default quite nice.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Has known her husband, Richard, at least since they were Gumball's age.
* CompetitionFreak: She has a huge drive to win. This is arguably her biggest flaw.
** In "The Fridge", she wins the company paintball game by shooting everyone, even her own teammates, to win the game as well as sucking most of the family into an achievement binge (Gumball being the OnlySaneMan.) She tried to pull a ISurrenderSuckers moment to Gumball during the family paintball game before he finally wins and has the chart removed.
** She cheats Anais out of six spaces while playing "Dodge or Dare" with the family in "The Game" through LoopholeAbuse.
** When Richard tries to buy Gumball and Darwin's favor over her, she escalated things into a cross-town car chase.
* ControlFreak: Pointed out by Anais in "The Job." Anais thinks Nicole is worried about Richard working as a pizza delivery guy because she thinks it's upsetting the balance of power in the house. [[spoiler:Although she's right that there's a bigger problem with that: namely that Richard having a job will destroy the universe.]]
* CuteBruiser: Don't make her mad. She is a ''lot'' stronger than she looks.
* CuteLittleFangs: Like Gumball, they're only visible when she opens her mouth (in the first season they [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]] didn't even show up then).
* {{Determinator}}: She gets scary when she gets mad and probably can and '''will''' chase you down. "The DVD" and "The Limit" are based entirely on these moments.
* DeathGlare: Her glare pretty instantly gets her family in line and is capable of having a physical effect. "The Castle" gives her [[ComicBook/GhostRider Glowing White Eyes]] swirling with ghosts enough to frighten even the most delinquent person in Elmore. In "The Limit", her stare manifests a shockwave that knocks all the cans off a shelf, melts a plastic-wrap barrier, and frightens a security guard so much, his hair turns white... ''and stays that way in future episodes''.
* DotingParent: When her kids aren't doing something reprehensible, she can be quite coddling toward them, especially in "The Meddler".
* TheDreaded: Her own family is scared of her, especially when she gets mad. Case in point: in "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin both agree that suffering Tina Rex's wrath is better than suffering Nicole's.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Nicole always wears a pin with a ([[RainbowLite partial]]) rainbow design on her shirt. She works at the Rainbow Factory, so it's presumably a part of the dress code.
* FatalFlaw: Her [[HairTriggerTemper temper]]; case in point, her inability to control her temper caused her family to fear, got her in trouble with her job (though it was only once), and at one point, Larry put a restraining on her because of it.
* FreudianExcuse: "The Ape" seems to indicate Nicole's type-A personality and drive to be a winner by any means necessary stems from Miss Simian calling her a loser from the time she took her first steps to the day she got married.
* FullNameUltimatum: Subverted as she never uses Gumball's EmbarrassingMiddleName [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname or even his real first name]], it's always "Gumball Watterson".
* HairTriggerTemper: Nicole cares for her family, but easily becomes upset when she discovers they did something wrong. She's even taking anger management classes, in which her behavior is far worse than she acts elsewhere.
* HartmanHips: Not including her head, her hips are the widest feature of her body.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's regular sized, but absolutely dwarfed by Richard.
* HulkingOut: She starts doing this when Larry closes the store gates on her in "The Finale" and she starts pulling them up. Odd, given similar or even greater feats of strength she's previous done [[MusclesAreMeaningless required no such musculature.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With Richard.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is a kindhearted mother and wife, but sometimes her stress can really get the best of her.
* KillerRabbit: She has proven herself to be made of this trope in countless episodes, most notably in The Fight, where she mercilessly tears through Tina Rex's father just at the mere inkling of assuming that Gumball was being bullied.
* LeParkour: She's very good at jumping and climbing over fences, walls, and even between buildings.
* MagicSkirt: Her skirt does not go above her legs during any of her running, [[LeParkour jumping]], or even when she's [[UnwillingSuspension hung upside down]].
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Richard's Feminine Boy.
* MamaBear: She's VERY protective of her own family.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: In spite of her arms and legs being quite skinny, she's capable of things like bending steel rods and tearing locker doors off their hinges.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Nicole would be insufferable if not for her insecurity and occasional lapses in judgment.
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: We know Nicole works at the Rainbow Factory, but her job there is rarely shown and possibly may have changed between episodes. We don't know exactly what the factory ''itself'' does, and despite the name she definitely works some sort of office job. In "The Helmet" she almost gets a promotion, but when she finds out Richard tricked her she throws a fit that she was apparently fired for. In "The Game", however, she's still working there at the complaints department.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Depends on the episode, which sometimes gives the role to Anais instead. However, when her temper or competitive streak get the better of her, this aspect goes out the window.
* ParentingTheHusband: Nicole often has to parent Richard, due to his own mother having been responsible for his childish nature in the first place. At the same time, Nicole deliberately scolds him less than their children--not because he's an adult, but because she's ''given up'' on him getting any better.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's mother.
* ShipperOnDeck: Nicole was happy to notice Gumball's crush on Penny in "The Gi", was proud that he (thought he) had a date with her in "The Date", and tried to get him to confess about his feelings to her in "The Meddler". Possibly it's because Penny reminds her very much of herself in her childhood when she had a crush on Richard and defended him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: While it's still a [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim huge mystery]] why Nicole fell in love with someone as lazy and [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] as Richard, she does admire his trait of being true to himself.
* UnstoppableRage: She's plenty strong and athletic by default, but when she's angry she gets [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]] and [[RuleOfFunny sometimes]] [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands other, stranger abilities]] (like melting objects and reducing grown men to tears by staring at them). In "The Club", she even has to ''ask'' her family to enrage her somehow so she can pull a door open.
* UglyGuyHotWife: An adorable cat woman, married to a fat, slobbish man bunny.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When sufficiently pissed off, her voice gets really deep as well as echoing.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Richard is by no means a bad person, but he is lazy, irresponsible and pretty offbeat (albeit he was raised that way). She does admire that he is true to himself and that he's a good person, but we don't know what else. Considering her need for control, most other people would either not be able to handle her or other negative consequences.
* WomenAreWiser: Usually this, barring her competitive nature doesn't cause her to go nuts.
* {{Workaholic}}: Played for laughs in "The Painting" when Principal Brown tells her to relax and stop working so hard for Anais's sake. But she's so used to it that she can't relax and does her household chores anyway, and then proceeds to trash the house on purpose to give herself more "work".
* WouldHurtAChild: When Leslie and Alan are [[ItMakesSenseInContext amongst the group of cannibals trying to eat her family]], Nicole ''bites off'' part of Leslie's face before swinging him by the neck like a flail and pops Alan ([[FingerpokeOfDoom by blowing on him]]).
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[[folder:Richard Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Dan Russell
Gumball's father and Nicole's [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]] husband. Richard is very immature for his age and hates to have any sort of responsibility. He is also quite lackadaisical and sleeps frequently. As a result, Nicole is usually forced to be the parent to their children, but she's not home a lot, so Richard's often the only one available.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He holds up surprisingly well in hand to hand combat against [[{{Badass}} Nicole]] and was able to keep up with her running until she jump between some buildings.
* AdultsAreUseless: Richard practically ''lives'' this trope.
* {{Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|s}}: In "The Hero", Gumball and Darwin fail to come up with something good for their dad and settles on embarassing moments. Unknown to them at the time, Richard overhears the conversation and leaves depressed.
* BadassDriver: While his [[LiteralGenie religious adherence to the GPS]] is quite destructive, it did let him drive across the entire town and miles into the countryside in a couple minutes.
* BadassMustache: He can [[RapidHairGrowth grow a handlebar mustache]] and retract it back into his face at will.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: His getting a job almost causes the apocalypse.
* BigEater: The man knows how to put food away.
-->'''Richard:''' Eat 100 hotdogs in under a minute. Ha! That's not a dare. That's Tuesday.
** In one episode ("The Prank"), Richard is listening to an audio tape. The tape informs him of its duration so he decides to get some snacks to partake in while listening (this is when Gumball and Darwin spring their prank by switching the tape with one of their own that commands him to do goofy things) and calculates how much food he'll need for the length of the tape. When he returns, however, he's empty-handed because he ''ate everything he was going to eat during the tape on the way back''. He makes a self-note to also include calculations for the return trip for the future.
* BrilliantButLazy: Most often Brilliant At Being Lazy.
* BumblingDad: Like you wouldn't believe...
* CallingYourAttacks: "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E4TheJoy WONDER HUG!]]"
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's known his wife, Nicole, since they were Gumball's age.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He has his odd moments.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can be very crafty when he wants to, such as tricking Gumball and Darwin into doing his chores in 'The Laziest'.
* DisappearedDad: Richard's father was never mentioned until "The Man". [[spoiler:His father left him and Jojo when he went out to get milk ''42 years ago'' and never came back. Richard deep down knew this, but he was in denial about it, which explains his hostile treatment to Jojo's boyfriend because he was afraid of losing her.]]
* TheDitz[=/=]FatIdiot: It's easier to count examples of when he doesn't act like one.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He follows his GPS without ever paying attention to the road, including the direction he's facing. When he was high on anesthetics he crashed in several cars and parked in a swimming pool; Gumball considered that an ''improvement''.
* DumbMuscle[=/=]StoutStrength: Richard is a FatIdiot, but apparently has some serious muscle underneath: in "The Prank" he was able to run through multiple walls, in "The Remote" he effortlessly rips the car door off to get to Nicole, and in "The Return" he smashes his fist through car windows and hotwires the car by smashing the key through the dashboard.
* FanDisservice: He's frequently shirtless or even in only his underwater, showing off his fat, saggy man boobs.
* FatSlob: He's very fat, leaves trash on the coffee table, and frequently lays around the house with his pants unzipped or not on.
* FreudianExcuse: His laziness and stupidity is the result of his mother completely sheltering him his entire life and never letting him learn to do anything for himself. His mother's parenting style was to make him (and as she tried with her grandkids), scared of everything.
* HairRaisingHare: Richard is adorably stupid most of the time, but pulls off a pretty good NightmareFace when he's the target of the episode's SanitySlippage. The dude is on the series' NightmareFuel page [[BewareTheSillyOnes for a reason.]]
* HardHead: He can take quite a lot of cranial damage, sometimes headbutting objects and destroying them.
-->'''Doctor:''' You are very lucky Mr. Watterson, it appears your skull is so thick you were able to survive a half a ton of tiles and a satellite dish falling on your head. \\
'''Nicole:''' Is he going to be OK, doctor? \\\
'''Doctor:''' Apart from being [[TooDumbToLive living proof that we're doomed as a species]], he's fine,
* TheHedonist: One episode has him basically calling himself this when Gumball and Darwin ask about the meaning of life.
-->'''Richard:''' The meaning of life? Well, I've dedicated my life to the indulgence of the senses. A feeling of total satisfaction and pleasure is the highest form of existence. \\
'''Gumball:''' That just sounds like stuffing your face.\\
'''Richard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah]], well philosophically.
* HouseHusband: Richard is home all day because he has no job, though he usually doesn't do his share of the chores either. When he finally gets a job, [[spoiler:it nearly destroys the Universe.]] Nicole being at work means he's often the only one watching the kids (even if he's not as good at it), with the "The Hero" implying they spent most of their time when they were younger with Richard, but at this point the kids are generally better at taking care of themselves.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's something like half a head taller than Nicole and several times as large.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Nicole.
* LaboriousLaziness: Richard is a master at this. He knows how to get food from the kitchen himself ''without leaving the couch'' and spent the a day tricking his kids into doing a few minutes of chores.
* LargeHam: Richard is very prone to emotional outbursts.
-->''It's because of you I'm mortal!'' (runs away crying)
* LazyBum[=/=]LazyHusband: Laziest man in Elmore since 1983.
* LethalChef: The cupcakes he made in "The Hero" are literally rock hard--he may have mixed cement into them. Other times, he's shown be able to make food that is edible, but often "lethal" [[NutritionalNightmare in a different manner]] (such as the sluzzlewurst, which had so much fat in it that it makes you sweat butter).
* ManChild: He literally acts the exact same way as he did when he was a kid.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nicole's Masculine Girl.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:He almost destroyed the Universe by [[ItMakesSenseInContext delivering a pizza]].]]
* MoralMyopia: He's repeatedly expressed that bad things are only funny when they happen to someone else.
* [[MsRedInk Mr. Red Ink]]: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).
* OneOfTheKids: An upside to Richard's immaturity is that his kids usually enjoy spending time with him more than their mom, who they usually find boring to hang around with (when she isn't being scary).
* PapaWolf: In "The Hero", he gets to prove himself as the hero to sons by saving them from a trash compactor (eventually).
* ShipperOnDeck: After taking Gumball to a party with Tina as his date, he comes back to see Gumball with Penny, then comments that "I like the new one better."
* ShirtlessScene: Prone to this.
* TheSlacker: A rare version that has children.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Most commonly seen sleeping on the couch.
* StrawLoser: Gumball and Darwin actually look like rather intelligent and diligent beings compared to their father. Granted it almost reverses into being a gift for Richard since he's hopeless enough that people just give up trying to [[IdiotHoudini place any responsibilities onto him]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sausages, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kreOQMUBxmk apparently]].
* TooDumbToLive: Thanks to his mom, he's so bad at handling anything that the simplest of tasks can turn life-threatening.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's father.
* UglyGuyHotWife: An overweight, slob of an idiot. Married to an adorable cat lady.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: The wacky parent to Anais' serious child.
* WalkingTechbane: Judging from how automatic doors, elevators, and self-checkout scanners treat him.
* WellDoneDadGuy: In "The Hero" he shows he cares a lot about how much his kids think of him, getting very depressed when Darwin and Gumball call him embarrassing.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Richard was shown wearing woman's clothing on two occasions and has zero qualms with it.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Parodied in ''The Wand''. He ''thinks'' he has Power, when it's actually Gumball and Darwin moving along with it so he won't have his childhood dreams crushed. They eventually have enough since it goes overboard.
-->'''Gumball''': [[LampshadeHanging Don't you see what you have become?!]]
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A ferocious [[TurtlePower turtle]] that Richard bought from a van shop, thinking it was a dog.
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* AxCrazy: His entire existence is biting. He eats for strength to bite. He reproduces to have more turtles who can bite.
* {{Badass}}: It's basically [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] in turtle form.
* TheDreaded: The Wattersons are terrified of it. Gumball especially, who calls it [[MadeOfEvil evil incarnate]] and has theorized that it eats [[YourSoulIsMine souls]] and [[EmotionEater misery.]]
* ForTheEvulz: We get a first person sample of his "thought process":
-->'''Turtle:''' Bite! Bite! Bite! Need food for strength to bite! Bite! Bite! Make little turtles to bite even more!
* LongNeck: It can extend its neck something like a foot out of its shell.
* MightyGlacier: On one hand, it has NighInvulnerability. On the other hand, it's a turtle.
* NighInvulnerability: One drop of water let it came back to life from a desiccated husk, then it got hit by a car--the car was totaled, the turtle didn't even budge. When the "Awesome Store" (a van that sold a wide array of things) exploded in a giant fireball, he walked out of the flames completely unharmed.
* NoNameGiven: The Watterson's never gave it a name; they're too busy being terrified by it. When giving it a PrematureEulogy, Darwin simply calls it "evil turtle" [[ADogNamedDog as if that was its name]].
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Its size doesn't keep it from pulling around full-sized people, though it does make it easy to pick it up.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Unlike most terrapins in fiction, played ''very'' straight.
* SealedEvilInACan: Since the turtle is basically invincible, its pen in the Watterson's house is essentially a way to contain it.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: A soft-shell turtle. Quite a few viewers [[AluminumChristmasTrees didn't know there are turtles that look like that.]] WordOfGod [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/484800129472688128 specifically called it]] a "Trionyx", which implies it's an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_softshell_turtle African softshell turtle]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Wattersons. It tried to ''murder'' the entire family ForTheEvulz.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Strong as it is, the turtle's limbs are still very short. If it's picked up by the shell, it won't be able to reach anything and it is unable to climb out of small containers like a terrarium.
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[[folder:In general]]
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Some episodes suggest that the Wattersons' antics have made them rather infamous throughout Elmore, or at least thought of poorly. By the end of "The Finale", there is literally a mob breaking the doors to their house down.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Gumball and Nicole are blue cats, and Anais and Richard are pink rabbits.
* {{Animesque}}: Their facial expressions seem to invoke this. The show's art director has even described their designs as being [[https://vimeo.com/68915551#t=10m45s "very Japanese-inspired"]].
* BadassAdorable: All of them are quite cute...especially when they do something badass.
* BadassFamily:
** In "The Club", the family uses their own odd traits to impressively take out some nerds. Nicole used her anger to take out a locked door, Richard managed to stall another nerd in a board game, Anais used static electricity to short circuit a robot and hacked a computer to intercept Gumball's embarrassing video, and Darwin's dance skills distracted the other nerd into dancing with him. Subverted with [[LoserProtagonist Gumball]] however, who fails to stop the video uploading, and is recognized as so lacking in talent even the nerds don't want to touch him.
** Even moreso in "The Ape" where they work together in a car chase to stop Ms. Simian after she tricked them.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Gumball, Nicole, and Richard. Anais is a FullyDressedCartoonAnimal (oddly, wearing socks with no shoes) and Darwin only wears shoes. On occasions where they break from their LimitedWardrobe, they may or may not wear shoes.
* CheatedAngle: The Wattersons always have their faces in ¾ view, no matter which way their bodies are facing. Darwin's whole ''[[{{Cephalothorax}} body]]'' is always in ¾. Whether they are facing forward or to the side is instead indicated [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130818005858/theamazingworldofgumball/images/8/8d/TAWoG.jpeg by the position of their ears (or tailfin in Darwin's case).]] When someone attempted to make 3D models of the Watterson family, the head-on views of their face looked... [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/493443042687590400/photo/1 strange]].
* ExpressiveEars: All the Wattersons aside from Darwin have these.
* GenderEqualsBreed: Inverted as they're a female cat and a male rabbit whose children are a male cat and female rabbit.
** Bit of trivia: In the first two seasons, the boys (yes, even Darwin, who's adopted) [[MasculineLinesFeminineCurves have rounded rectangular eyes like their father, while Anais has oval eyes like her mother]], so there's a bit more instances of PlayingWithATrope going on than meets the eye.
* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: When necessary, the Wattersons' hands [[SuddenAnatomy change from]] ovular paws (PowerpuffGirlHands in Darwin's case) to human-like hands with separate fingers.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Nicole is a slightly lighter shade of blue than Gumball, but [[InvertedTrope Anais is a slightly darker shade of pink than Richard]].
* PerpetualPoverty: Gumball's trademark sweater was said to have been found in a garbage dump, for goodness sake.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Anais and Gumball. Inverted with Richard and Nicole. Both of these even stays true when all of them but Richard [[GenderBender have their genders momentarily reversed]] in "The Job".
* SphereEyes: They all have the separated kind of eyes which are ovular in the first season (the boys' being more rectangular), switching between spherical and ovular in the second season, and always spherical in the third season.
* SuperDeformed: The members of the Watterson Family all have rather large heads even compared to the cartoonish proportions most characters in the show have.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: An odd example in that ''all five'' of them share the exact same head shape, even both parents and Darwin, who is ''adopted.'' Gumball and Nicole look almost identical.
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[[folder:Zach "Gumball" Tristopher Watterson/Gumball Tristopher Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Logan Grove (seasons 1–3); Jacob Hopkins (season 3 onwards)
The main character (as indicated by the title). Gumball is an twelve-year-old anthropomorphic [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] who attends middle school at Elmore Junior High. A mischief maker and somewhat lazy, the show revolves around his various mishaps around Elmore. Tends to have questionable morals at times and can be a little selfish as well.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Subverted in "The Name", where he seems to become crazy egotistical after finding out his real name is Zach, [[spoiler:but is actually suffering from [[SplitPersonalityTakeover a much more serious problem.]]]]
* ActionSurvivor: He survives a ton of encounters that would kill most regular kids.
* {{Adorkable}}: On his better days.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Gumball has a crush on Penny, a peanut with antlers who is one of the [[TheCheerleader cheerleaders]] at Elmore Junior High. The feeling is mutual, but [[CannotSpitItOut neither of them are capable of expressing it.]]
* AmbidextrousSprite: He always has three whiskers on one side and two on the other, but the pattern tends to flip as a result of this. It is likely meant to convey perspective, where his face is actually symmetric [[CheatedAngle but never seen from the front]].
* AnimalsHateHim: Penny's pet tarantula viciously attacked him on sight, and the family's turtle is stated to especially like biting him.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He's older than Anais, and often acts annoying toward her. On a few occasions he goes beyond "annoying" and is more of a BigBrotherBully, most prominently when he left Anais out of a party in "Halloween" by hanging her from a tree branch.
* AttractiveBentGender: When he's forced in a dress in "The Dress", everyone instantly likes him and calls him beautiful. It helps that he takes after Nicole, though it might have just been the dress which was really nice.
* BadassPacifist: In "The Sweaters", he and Darwin both refuse to engage the students from the other school in their idiocy, and ultimately "win" (in the sense of being the only ones who don't look like complete idiots) because they don't play along.
* BadLiar: Gumball can bluff, doing an excellent (unnecessary) job of PlayingTheVictimCard in "The Sweaters" and taking advantage of the killer virus's pride in "The Virus", but he acts incredibly nervous any time he tries to lie to his mother.
-->'''Nicole:''' Honey, are you in trouble? Because my mother senses are tingling. I can smell trouble.\\
'''Gumball:''' ''(laughing nervously)'' Trouble? No, we're fine. Absolutely fine. No trouble here, bye.\\
'''Nicole:''' Are you lying?\\
'''Gumball:''' Ha! Oh, no, of course not.\\
'''Nicole:''' Right. You're lying. I'm coming home now.
* BathsAreFun: In "The Burden" Gumball and Darwin are enjoying taking a bubble bath in a montage.
* BlueIsHeroic: Gumball is the hero of the series and is a blue cat.
* BrilliantButLazy: When he puts his mind to it and isn't trying to show off, Gumball shows a surprising amount of intelligence and athleticism.
* BuffoonishTomcat: Played entirely straight in the first season, especially compared to his mother. Downplayed after that, where he's halfway between this trope and CatsAreSnarkers.
* CannotSpitItOut: Does this in "The Bros" when he's trying to ask Penny to marry him.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** "*sigh* (aggravated) Fine..."
** "What the what!?" became a semi-recurring line of his in the second season--it was even used as a MadLibsCatchPhrase a couple times ("What the droid?", "What the wasp?") and mocked by Darwin's impersonation of Gumball in "The Sidekick".
* CatsAreMean: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that he's not usually cruel and can be very kind, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold but tends to be quite selfish, judgemental, and insensitive.]] Later on he takes this attitude and combines it with CatsAreSnarkers, constantly making lines [[BrutalHonesty that are as mean as they are accurate.]]
-->'''Darwin:''' (imitating Gumball) Duh, hey Sussie! While conveniently ignoring my own character flaws, I'm happy to point out that you eat with the grace of a one-toothed camel!
* CatsHateWater: Averted, judging by how long he took his shower in one episode. Gumball also seems to love taking baths as seen in another episode. How well he can actually ''swim'' is inconsistent: he could just fine in "The Responsible", but couldn't at all in "The Club".
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Initially very childlike and naive (much like Darwin), it wasn't until season two that he became the [[TheCynic cynical]], [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold we know and love.
* TheChewToy: AmusingInjuries are quite common, but Gumball seems especially prone to them.
* ClassicalAntiHero: In spite of his lack of physical fitness, intelligence, and maturity, he's usually the most likely one to save the day (although he causes these problems just as much).
* CoolCat: Gumball often attempts to give off this type of cool, collected confidence, but rarely lives up to it. Perhaps [[EstablishingCharacterMoment best demonstrated]] in "The Responsible", where he nearly drowns, vomits up a bunch of water in a panic, then immediately snaps into a relaxed posed and acts unphazed.
* CowardlyLion: Gumball is a self-described coward, but manages to get by in dire situations even if he spends most of them freaking out.
* CrazyJealousGuy: He gets insanely jealous at the ''suggestion'' of another guy dating Penny, even getting MadAtADream where Darwin kissed her despite him showing no interest in real life.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: If his loved ones are threatened or insulted, Gumball can prove much more mature, clever, and determined than he usually is.
* CuteKitten: He can be cute when he wants to be.
* CuteLittleFangs: His canines aren't visible when his mouth is closed, but are any time it's open and the teeth on his upper jaw aren't being used as part of his expression, even if no other teeth are shown.
* TheCynic: Although initially very optimistic, he develops a strong tendency to expect the least out of people (himself included). The most obvious example would be "The Bumpkin", where his cynical outlook on modern society is a primary plot element.
* DeadpanSnarker: He gets increasingly snarky as the show goes on, especially regarding Darwin. It becomes especially apparent throughout the second season, and compliments his VocalEvolution (see below) quite nicely, actually.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His level of intelligence varies from episode. Sometimes he's a complete idiot, sometimes he's just mischievous, sometimes he just acts like a dork, sometimes he's the OnlySaneMan. Since the latter half of Season 2, his OnlySaneMan status became the more distinct of them all.
* DetachmentCombat: It's not used for combat, but Gumball seems to be able to function perfectly whenever a body part gains autonomy.
* {{Determinator}}: In "The Third" he rides a tricycle through miles of hills, flies down a hill so fast he catches on fire, and gets covered in quick drying cement (which he promptly breaks through) just to prove that he and Darwin are still friends.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: "The Club" reveals that his middle name is Tristopher, or in shortened form, "Trisha"--it was supposed to be Christopher, but Richard wrote it down wrong.
* EmbarrassingNickname: "The Meddler" has his mom calling him "Gummypuss".
* EveryoneHasStandards: For all the mischief he causes, he finds himself ''physically incapable'' of shoplifting even a candy bar and slaps himself in the face for trying. Ironic, given he's several times demonstrated he's [[ImpossibleThief extremely good]] at stealing things, even from his own mother, or planting them on other people.
* FashionableAsymmetry: He has two whiskers pointing forward and three pointing backward, [[AmbidextrousSprite regardless of the direction he's facing.]]
* FirstKiss: He had two or three {{Accidental Kiss}}es, with [[spoiler:Darwin, Carmen, and possibly Sussie]], then had his first ''intentional'' kiss [[spoiler:with Penny.]]
* GenerationXerox: While obviously similar to his father, Gumball is also similar to his mother in the past, as they both get called losers by the kids or Miss Simian, which is why Nicole wanted to make him a winner in "The Fridge". He and Penny's relationship mirrors Nicole's with Richard growing up as well as Gumball, like his mother, encourages Penny to be herself [[spoiler:and come out of her shell]].
* GenreSavvy: He almost avoided the plot of "The Sweaters" by simply admitting to [[NewTransferStudent Sarah]] that he's not actually hardcore rather than continue the lie. He also successfully predicted the entire plot. [[ContractualGenreBlindness He goes through the ordeal anyway]], mainly because of the worry Penny was giving him.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Gumball frequently uses non-profanity, often with the emphasis and tone people [[ParentheticalSwearing usually reserve for actual profanity]] (including an [[AtomicFBomb Atomic]] ''Darn'' Bomb in "The Third"). In "The Safety" he claims that he doesn't even ''know'' any real swear words.
* HartmanHips: A rare male example; his hips are twice the width of his chest. Clearly, he gets it from his mom.
* HiddenDepths:
** Some episodes show that Gumball is a really good cook: he did very well in home ec class and seems to make his own meals a lot because him mom is so busy.
** He's able to sketch a pretty decent (if [[FourthWallPortrait strange]]) portrait of Darwin in "The Procrastinators".
* IdiotHero: He does get a little smarter, though, later on.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Penny.
* IronButtMonkey: Gumball is, to put it bluntly, [[NighInvulnerability indestructible.]] He's survived [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou falling off a cliff]], [[BarrierBustingBlow being punched through a wall]], and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being flushed down the toilet]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he can be exasperated with others and often does some dumb or insensitive things, he's a good kid and will go out of his way to try and help.
* {{Keet}}: Early on in the series he is almost perpetually bright and energetic. This trait becomes less pronounced later on, as he becomes plenty capable of apathy and cynicism.
* LoserProtagonist: Lazy, irresponsible, unathletic, BookDumb to a [[TooDumbToLive sometimes dangerous degree]], and usually falls victim to endless abuse each episode. Worsened in that he isn't ''enough'' of a deadbeat loser like his father, who can [[IdiotHoudini reverse it around in his favor]].
* LoserSonOfLoserDad: A lot of Gumball's negative traits he has in common with his father.
* NoSenseOfDirection: He think he can somehow memorize a map ''after eating it'' and when the wind is directly speaking to him, in plainly decipherable language, he does the exact opposite of what it tells him.
* NotSoDifferent: He orders his whole family around frantically to make his study date with Penny in "The Knights" perfect, showing he is capable of being just as neurotic, controlling and raging as his mom.
* OfficialCouple: with Penny
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Gumball" is actually a nickname, but until "The Name" nobody but Nicole knew his real first name was "Zach"--not even ''Gumball himself''. [[spoiler:Then "Zach" becomes a [[JerkAss intolerable]] SplitPersonality [[SplitPersonalityTakeover who tries to replace Gumball]], so he [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep legally changes his name to "Gumball"]] to get rid of him.]]
* OnlySaneMan: While he was a mix of this, being simply mischievous, hyperactive or stupid, this is slowly becoming his most seen side. The best example is in "The Fridge," being the only family member not worked up into a competitive spirit (started by his mother) and forced to bring the family back to normal.
* TheProtagonist: As the title indicates; after more than one hundred episodes, "The World" and "The Extras" are the only episodes where he ''doesn't'' play a major role.
* RealMenWearPink: Gumball once had his hair permed and then asked if he could have a pet pony. In "The Meddler", he showed a real (and comical) interest in being a cheerleader, even thinking it would prove how manly he was.
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:After their BigDamnKiss at the end of "The Shell" he and Penny are now dating.]]
* RidiculousProcrastinator: He's puts off things like returning/replacing [=DVDs=], studying, and chores as long as possible. According to Nicole, his first sentence, said at the age of four, was "I'll do it tomorrow."
* RubberMan: Gumball has been shown numerous times to be incredibly elastic. In "The Virus", he shows has complete control over his entire body to an unsettlingly complex degree...though he will unintentionally move his internal organs around, requiring him to go to the nurse.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: His screams are very high pitch, especially in the first season when his first actor's voice was cracking.
* SingleTargetSexuality: The only girl that has stolen Gumball's heart: Penny Fitzgerald. When he needs to get a date in "The Party" but can't bring himself to ask Penny, he doesn't show romantic interest in any of the other girls he asks, instead treating it like some strange chore.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Early on Gumball is very vocal of his non-existent competence and ability, and how sincere he's being [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex is rather questionable.]] This tended to make him TheMillstone toward the smarter but less assertive Darwin, and a frequent subject to BreakTheHaughty. Later on, he's far more self-deprecating and aware of his own flaws, albeit seemingly [[DeadpanSnarker mocking everyone else]] a lot more to compensate. This trait still shows up occasionally; he's still particularly reluctant to acknowledge his own physical weakness.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide:
** Jealous Gumball in "The Flower", which was strong enough to [[FoeTossingCharge smash through a team of giant football players]].
** Zach in "The Name", who supposedly succeeds at [[ButtonMashing almost]] everything Gumball fails at and [[CrazyPrepared "always thinks ahead"]]. However, he ''refuses'' to admit where he fails at unlike Gumball but his ego is big enough to cloud such mistakes.
* SupremeChef: Shown to be at least decent in cooking in the episode "The Secret", . Miss Simian has also called his cooking 'divine' and has gotten a B in home economics because of said cooking. Though he did make a hilariously bad meal for Anais in "The Responsible", though it may have been RuleOfFunny at work.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His level of physical fitness is ''heavily'' subject to the RuleOfFunny and RuleOfCool. He's stated to be in such terrible shape that he can't overpower a girl made of paper and his organs have a fit doing basic exercises, but when a ChaseScene happens he's perfectly capable of keeping up or even pulling LeParkour moves that rival his mother's.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks almost exactly like a shorter version of his mother. Comparing how she looked at his age, the only difference besides clothes was that she was taller, usually has visible eyelashes, and her whiskers look different. In "The Plan", he even tries to impersonate her and since he obscures the huge height difference by standing in a bush, it was amazingly effective.
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: He's considerably shorter than Penny, though how much varies by the scene.
* TookALevelInJerkass[=/=]TookALevelInKindness: A somewhat mixed case that came with his [[DumbassNoMore increased intelligence and maturity]]: in the first season, Gumball usually had a pleasant demeanor, but could be incredibly selfish or rude because he didn't know any better. After then, he has the emotional intelligence to understand people and their problems, but when he's being mean or insulting it's ''intentional''. Even his moments of insensitivity are portrayed less as [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocent]] and more like willful ignorance.
* TwiceShy: His feelings for Penny are mutual, but both struggle to confess to each other. [[spoiler: As of "The Shell", they're official.]]
* VerbalTic: He tends to squeak, usually when he's yelling. Some of this just seems to be due to Logan Grove's voice cracking.
* VocalEvolution: His voice cracked a lot in the first season and, along with Darwin's, got deeper over the course of the first two season as his VA got older. His second voice actor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXF2kD1gv5g stated in an interview]] that his performance is specifically based off how he sounded in the second season.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: "The Tape" shows he has no problem with wearing a girl's skirt.
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: His odd (nick)name is sometimes commented on, most notably by Mr. Small in "The Banana".
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: "AHHH, spider! Knock his block off!"
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He missed the extreme luck he got from the eponymous hat in "The Helmet" and went insane with using its power once he got it back.
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[[folder:Darwin Radlin Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemus Watterson III]]
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-->Voiced by Kwesi Boakye (season 1–3); Terrell Ransom, Jr. (season 3 onwards)
Gumball's ten-year-old [[UpliftedAnimal pet goldfish-turned-family member]] who sprouted legs, grew in size, and began to talk. Gumball and Darwin are seen as brothers (Darwin even calls Nicole "Mrs Mom" and Richard "Mr. Dad") and attend the same school and class. Darwin is a bit naive due to his forced adaptation among the "normal" world, though he is more rational and moral than Gumball.
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* AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal[=/=]TheOneWhoWearsShoes: The only clothing Darwin wears are shoes, and he's the only one in his family who does so (though Anais wears socks). Lampshaded by how Darwin's feet will often be [[OurNudityIsDifferent subject to pixellation in the same way Gumball's crotch is]].
** Mentioned by Anais in "The Job", where she states that they've been wearing the same clothes for a year and that it's time for Darwin to start wearing pants.
** When series director Mic Graves was asked in an interview why Darwin didn't wear pants, he pointed out Darwin doesn't have any buttocks to put them on. Although Darwin actually [[SuddenAnatomy does have them, sometimes]].
* ActualPacifist: Darwin claims to be a "[[{{Pun}} Pacifish]]" in the first season. [[BewareTheNiceOnes This changes]] [[BewareTheSillyOnes in Season 2.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: More so in season 1, where his naivete is played up more often than Gumball's.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His full name includes a famous scientist, a sea, a captain from classic literature, and the Greek god of the seas.
* BadassPacifist: In "The Sweaters", he and Gumball both refuse to engage the students from the other school in their idiocy, and ultimately "win" (in the sense of being the only ones who don't look like complete idiots) because they don't play along.
* {{Bad Impressionist|s}}: On the phone with Nicole in "The Flakers", trying to impersonate Richard (while speaking in his own usual high voice) after discovering that he has escaped the house:
-->'''Nicole''': Can you pass me onto him, please?\\
'''Darwin''': Um, yeah... one minute!\\
''(clears throat and tries to impersonate Richard)''\\
'''Darwin''': Hello, [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Mrs. Mom]], what's for dinner?\\
'''Nicole''': ''(unconvinced)'' Really?\\
'''Darwin''': ''(defeated)'' Y-ep.
* BadLiar: Neither he nor Gumball could resist darting their eyes to the side when lying to Anais.
* BaldOfAwesome: His lack of NonMammalianHair is frequently pointed out.
* BewareTheNiceOnes[=/=]BewareTheSillyOnes: He becomes a lot more aggressive when provoked in the second season; a prime example would be "The Banana", when he vandalizes Banana Joe's locker and tries to get in a fight with him for damaging his homework.
* BigBrotherAttraction: If dressing himself as ''Penny'' just for Gumball to show his love doesn't scream this trope, I don't know what does.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Played with; he's a fish that grew legs, so he technically has a separate head and body. However, his fish parts are highly stylized and his face is disproportionately large, meaning he'd basically be a FlyingFace without his human-like arms and legs.
** Referenced several times. Gumball once made angry grabbing motions in the air, saying that he was trying to strangle Darwin but couldn't because he doesn't have a neck. Also given as the reason he doesn't wear a shirt or pants, although he wore a collar and tie around the part where his legs meet his body in "The Puppy".
* CheerfulChild: Under most circumstances, he's a pretty happy guy. [[BewareTheNiceOnes When he isn't...]]
* TheConscience: He has a higher moral sense than Gumball does and will usually voice his concerns. In "The Sidekick", Gumball tells him that he counts on Darwin to stop him from going through with especially bad ideas.
* CreepyChild: Surprisingly, despite him [[TheConscience having a higher moral sense]] and [[NiceGuy being a decent guy]], Darwin has shown instances of being this trope.
** In "The Limit", when he and his siblings are sent to the car after throwing a tantrum for not getting candy, Darwin, suggests this solution of getting their mother back:
-->'''Darwin:''' "You know what we should do? We should make full-sized paper models of ourselves, set the car on fire, and push it off a cliff to teach Mom a lesson." ''(Cue the looks of horror on Gumball and Anais's faces)''
** In "The Sidekick, Darwin's idea of making Tobias give back their game is to '''''kidnap his mother.''''' Gumball understandably [[WhatTheHellHero calls Darwin out on his idea]] and at one point calls him a "psycho".
* DeadpanSnarker: Well, usually his snarking is a lot more cheerful, but he gets more and more of it after the first season.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Like above, his level of intelligence also varies depending on the episode, as does how peaceful and innocent he is. There's a general shift over time, from hopelessly naive and ignorant to mostly moral and positive, but prone to snark and a severe case of BewareTheNiceOnes.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He has at least a secondary role in more episodes than anyone but Gumball.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Darwin, though he never tried a musical instrument before, was able to play "Clair de Lune" on a slide whistle.
* FishOutOfWater: A literal example.
* GenreSavvy: Like Gumball in "The Sweaters"
* GreenEyedMonster: He gets incredibly jealous of the attention Gumball gives to Penny [[spoiler:once they start dating.]] The fact that he was immune to being possessed by jealousy in "The Flower" implies this is the first time in his ''life'' he's ever been jealous.
* HappilyAdopted[=/=]InterspeciesAdoption: Darwin's treated like as much of a member of the family as Gumball is. Although legally, he's still registered as a pet.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: When taken over by Jealousy in "The Flower" he's the only one with no spite or envy of anyone else, instead just stating he's "actually quite happy with my life". Gumball took a peek inside his head in "The Sweaters" to see if he had any guilt, and just saw a brilliant shining light come out.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Whether he unintentionally offends or not varies.
* InsistentTerminology: He considers himself to be/have been an "Animal Companion", not a pet.
* {{Keet}}: In early episodes he's almost unfailingly energetic. He becomes less so later on, but he's still usually more upbeat and optimist than Gumball.
* LegacyCharacter: As his full name states, he's the third Darwin Watterson, the first two having been regular goldfish their whole lives.
* MeaningfulName:
** He was once the family pet fish but then he sprouted legs and doesn't need water to breathe anymore. [[CharlesDarwin Think about that for a second.]]
** His middle names all have nautical connections.
* MoralityChain: Gumball considers Darwin to be this to him.
-->'''Gumball:''' Ugh, this momnapping thing was by far the worst leader move I've ever heard of!\\
'''Darwin:''' Oh come on! That's exactly the kind of idea you'd usually come up with!\\
'''Gumball:''' Yeah, but if it was my plan, I would have had you stop me from doing it!\\
'''Darwin:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Gumball:''' I mean, you're not a sidekick, dude. You're a guardian! I need you, man!
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: ''Several'' somebodies.
* NiceGuy: He becomes more aggressive from the second season onwards, but he still remains a CheerfulChild. When he was possessed by a spirit of jealousy, he reveals that "[he's] actually quite happy with [his] life" and holds no spite or envy towards anyone else.
--> '''Darwin''': Is he gonna cry? Because if he cries, ''I'll cry!''
* ObsessedWithFood: He tends to think with his stomach from time to time as most fish seem to do.
* OnlySaneMan: Though not necessarily the ''smartest'' person in any episode he's in, he's traded off on the role of "the only person being objective while everything's going nuts" with Anais on occasion, and has started playing the StraightMan to Gumball's antics more. Gumball basically says in "The Sidekick" that his role in their dynamic is to stop him from doing really crazy things. Though at times, such as "The Sidekick", "The Phone", and "The Banana", roles switch and he actually acts ''worse'' than what Gumball does.
* OverlyLongName: In "The Party", he reveals that his full name is Darwin Radlin Caspian Ahab Poseidon Nicodemus Watterson III.
* PureIsNotGood: Darwin's innocent nature usually makes he fairly kind, but if exposed to certain events that Gumball is up to, he can be worse than him. Even in the first season it was implied he had a lot of pent up rage he was too innocent to express properly: Darwin's attempt to yell out his stress in "The Painting" produced a ''nuclear explosion'', during which he continued smiling.
* RealMenWearPink: Darwin seems to have interests in classical music and synchronized swimming (though the latter makes sense, considering he's a fish).
* SarcasmBlind: In season 1, he failed to understand sarcasm often, especially from Anais. In season 2, he snarks with the best of them.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: He's able to guess what Chris Morris the hamster says in "The Burden" and speak squirrel in "The Question", probably because he used to be a pet. Of course, all the animals [[EverythingTalks can speak and understand English]] anyway, making it a bit of a moot point.
* StepfordSmiler: In "The Meddler", Darwin constantly smiles to hide his displeasure of Nicole coming to school--later on he keeps doing so because he forgot how to stop. In "The Gripes", he keeps smiling while trying to cheer up an unreasonably-grumpy Gumball, barely restraining himself from smashing his head in with a toaster, until he collapses into whining along with him.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Generally, he's much more snarky and aggressive in season 2, almost being on the same level as Gumball himself when he's supposed to be more righteous than him. [[TookALevelInKindness On the other hand]], Darwin thereafter avoids the InnocentlyInsensitive remarks he sometimes made in the first season, often to the point of being excessively considerate.
* ToothyBird: Despite being a fish, Darwin has teeth that are even more humanlike than the rest of the family's.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fish flakes, apparently.
* UpliftedAnimal: Notably, while this can happen to anything, he's the only character stated to have become human-like rather than being born that way.
* VocalEvolution: Along with Gumball, his voice got deeper over the course of the first two season as his VA got older. Darwin's voice actor appears to have started puberty slightly later, resulting in Darwin's voice breaking often in season two, something Gumball's voice had mostly stopped by the end of season one (which make sense in-series because Darwin is two years younger). Gumball even mocks Darwin for it in "The Castle".
-->'''Darwin:''' Dude, have you noticed that your voice has changed? \\
'''Gumball:''' What, you mean I sound like a man and you squeal like a piglet on helium?
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[[folder:Anais Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski
Gumball's sister, a genius four-year-old [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]]. Due to her high intelligence, she attends Gumball and Darwin's middle school as well, though in a different class. Despite her competency, she still displays some traits of a typical four-year old.
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* {{Adorkable}}: We see a much more awkward side of Anais in "The Friend" as she tries to make friends for the first time.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Gumball is far more likely to annoy her, but she starts to have [[NotSoAboveItAll her own moments of acting bratty]] in the second season.
* BadassAdorable: She managed to flip ''Richard''.
* BerserkButton: Suggesting that Daisy the Donkey was just a doll made her react with an absolutely monstrous looking face.
* TheChessmaster: In "The Remote", she manipulates the entire rest of the family to lock them outside while she watches TV. She does it again in "The Password," where she tricks Gumball and Darwin into thinking their parents favor her over them just so she can get time on the computer to herself.
* ChildProdigy: Despite being four years old, she is described as the smartest character on the show and even attends Junior High with her much older brother; she is apparently at a ''higher'' class than he is.
* GoldDigger: As mentioned below, she wants to marry a prince eventually so that she can basically live like her dad.
* GradeSkipper: She attend middle school at the age of four, [[ExaggeratedTrope two years before most children have even started grade school]].
* HyperCompetentSidekick: She's this to Darwin and Gumball.
* FriendlessBackground: We never see her with any friends, and "The Friend" shows this is because she doesn't have any.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Subverted. Her name is pronounced both as An-eye-ees and An-ai-ahs, typically varying by character (and voice actor) and she never favors one over the other. Given that the character is named after Ben Bocquelet's sister and both have French heritage, it's most likely "An-eye-ees".
* KillerRabbit: Let's just say her mom's gonna have some competition when she grows up.
* LittleMissSnarker: Only 4, and a veteran master of snark.
* NotSoAboveItAll: She's considerably more child-like--or even flat out crazy--when it comes to anything involving Daisy the Donkey. More generally, she's far more likely to involve herself with her brothers' hijinks from the second season on, even if she's usually [[TheSmartGuy smarter about it]], compared to the first where she almost always [[OptOut refused to let herself get caught up in it]].
* OddFriendship: She forms one with the strange monster in "The Friend".
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Girl]]: Can be her or can be her mother, depending on the episode.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She is depicted as being able to lift way more than her body weight, such as when she carried a ton of luggage upstairs and the time she carried Darwin with a bunch of stuff on him all the way to the top of a mountain.
* RascallyRabbit: Although typically well-behaved, she can be very manipulative when it benefits her.
* TheSlacker: Ironically, she's often been shown to share some of her father's laziness. Anais seems to study more because she enjoys it than any practical benefit, and has joined with her brothers in laying around and eating junk food on Saturday. Despite being a genius, Anais expresses some decidedly unambitious life goals when giving her Christmas list:
-->'''Anais:''' I want a princess tiara and a prince to marry me when I'm old enough so I never have to work like [[{{Workaholic}} Mom]].
* [[StraightMan Straight Girl]]: Usually. She's the most serious character on the show, but sometimes she slithers away from this.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Like Gumball, her level of physical strength varies a lot depending the needs of the plot or the joke. Sometimes she's a PintsizedPowerhouse almost as strong as Nicole. Other times, she's explicitly weaker than anyone else in the family and needs their assistance to get by and to trick them to come out ahead.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's younger sister.
* [[TheUglyGuysHotDaughter The Ugly Guy's Cute Daughter]]: Especially noticeable in that when we see Nicole and Richard as children, you see Nicole and Gumball looks very similar but Anais doesn't really look like either of her parents (she does look a lot like Granny Jojo, though).
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Her level of intellect seems to hang on this formula. She's great at rolling her eyes and explaining all the things wrong with her brothers' latest ZanyScheme, but when it comes to pulling off her own plans, she tends to fall flat on her face.
--> '''Gumball:''' Hey, where is everyone?\\
'''Anais:''' I don't know! I prepared everything and no one came [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E30TheFriend [to my party]!]]\\
'''Darwin:''' Did you invite anyone?\\
'''Anais:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic Of course not. I have no friends.]]\\
''[[{{Beat}} *Moment of realization kicks in.*]]''
* VocalEvolution: It's not as obvious as her brother's because she's a girl, but her voice has gotten significantly deeper since the show started. Depending on the scene, this can make her sound more mature, angry, or sarcastic. For reference, Kyla Rae Kowalewski was more than twice Anais's age when the show ''started''. Since Darwin and Gumball were recast in the third season but Anais wasn't, she is now the Watterson child with the oldest VA.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: The serious child to Richard's wacky parent.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: She usually acts much older than her age in terms of knowledge and maturity.
* WhenSheSmiles: In "The Pony", Darwin and Gumball consider the hoops they'd jumped through to watch a movie with her worth it because they get to see [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/File:Tpony57.png "the happy face"]].
* WomenAreWiser: The most consistently levelheaded member of the family.
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[[folder:Nicole Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Teresa Gallagher
The maternal member of the Watterson family (and a [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife blue]] [[FunnyAnimal cat]] like Gumball). She holds down a job at the rainbow factory and appears to be the only member of the family with any sense of responsibility. She's normally collected and organized but when things go awry, she succumbs to violent bouts of anger (almost always sparked by her sons).
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* AbusiveParents: Sometimes she could be this despite being the OnlySaneMan. She leaves Gumball alone in a desert at one point and refuses to take care of Gumball and Darwin until they respect Richard, something she doesn't even do. Her children are so scared of her that, in the episode "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin agree without hesitation that they'd rather face [[TheBully Tina]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Rex]] than incur Nicole's wrath.
* ActionMom: She's super-humanly athletic and not afraid to get physical.
-->'''Gumball''': The woman is virtually a ninja.
* AlmightyMom: You don't want to mess with her. She's been known to bring a fully grown tyrannosaurus rex to his knees.
* {{Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|s}}: In "The Meddler" she decides to follow Gumball around at school everywhere, even in the public shower, doing things such as feeding him like a baby and calling him "Gummypuss".
* AmericanAccents: While most of the cast have [[FakeAmerican affected]] "generic/newscaster" accents, Nicole's sometimes sounds a bit more [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent untraceable]], usually when she's speaking calmly.
* {{Badass}}: To the point where, [[ItMakesSenseInContext after she went berserk after a bad day grocery shopping]], she melted a trap she was in with [[ThePowerOfHate pure rage]].
* BadassFingerSnap: In "The Castle", after returning home and discovering that her home is a mess, she enters the house, with her eyes glowing an ominous purple, and releases an [[https://youtu.be/hvC1VtdcFl8?t=40 epic one.]]
* BerserkButton: '''MANY'''. Being called a loser (at least by Miss Simian), threatening her family and disrespecting her authority. And '''DON'T YOU DARE''' run away from her if she finds out you're in trouble.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is sincerely nice, but sometimes she can get really violent, so it's best you run for it if she does.
* CatsAreMean: Averted; she's quick to anger, but by default quite nice.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Has known her husband, Richard, at least since they were Gumball's age.
* CompetitionFreak: She has a huge drive to win. This is arguably her biggest flaw.
** In "The Fridge", she wins the company paintball game by shooting everyone, even her own teammates, to win the game as well as sucking most of the family into an achievement binge (Gumball being the OnlySaneMan.) She tried to pull a ISurrenderSuckers moment to Gumball during the family paintball game before he finally wins and has the chart removed.
** She cheats Anais out of six spaces while playing "Dodge or Dare" with the family in "The Game" through LoopholeAbuse.
** When Richard tries to buy Gumball and Darwin's favor over her, she escalated things into a cross-town car chase.
* ControlFreak: Pointed out by Anais in "The Job." Anais thinks Nicole is worried about Richard working as a pizza delivery guy because she thinks it's upsetting the balance of power in the house. [[spoiler:Although she's right that there's a bigger problem with that: namely that Richard having a job will destroy the universe.]]
* CuteBruiser: Don't make her mad. She is a ''lot'' stronger than she looks.
* CuteLittleFangs: Like Gumball, they're only visible when she opens her mouth (in the first season they [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes]] didn't even show up then).
* {{Determinator}}: She gets scary when she gets mad and probably can and '''will''' chase you down. "The DVD" and "The Limit" are based entirely on these moments.
* DeathGlare: Her glare pretty instantly gets her family in line and is capable of having a physical effect. "The Castle" gives her [[ComicBook/GhostRider Glowing White Eyes]] swirling with ghosts enough to frighten even the most delinquent person in Elmore. In "The Limit", her stare manifests a shockwave that knocks all the cans off a shelf, melts a plastic-wrap barrier, and frightens a security guard so much, his hair turns white... ''and stays that way in future episodes''.
* DotingParent: When her kids aren't doing something reprehensible, she can be quite coddling toward them, especially in "The Meddler".
* TheDreaded: Her own family is scared of her, especially when she gets mad. Case in point: in "The Quest," Gumball and Darwin both agree that suffering Tina Rex's wrath is better than suffering Nicole's.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Nicole always wears a pin with a ([[RainbowLite partial]]) rainbow design on her shirt. She works at the Rainbow Factory, so it's presumably a part of the dress code.
* FatalFlaw: Her [[HairTriggerTemper temper]]; case in point, her inability to control her temper caused her family to fear, got her in trouble with her job (though it was only once), and at one point, Larry put a restraining on her because of it.
* FreudianExcuse: "The Ape" seems to indicate Nicole's type-A personality and drive to be a winner by any means necessary stems from Miss Simian calling her a loser from the time she took her first steps to the day she got married.
* FullNameUltimatum: Subverted as she never uses Gumball's EmbarrassingMiddleName [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname or even his real first name]], it's always "Gumball Watterson".
* HairTriggerTemper: Nicole cares for her family, but easily becomes upset when she discovers they did something wrong. She's even taking anger management classes, in which her behavior is far worse than she acts elsewhere.
* HartmanHips: Not including her head, her hips are the widest feature of her body.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: She's regular sized, but absolutely dwarfed by Richard.
* HulkingOut: She starts doing this when Larry closes the store gates on her in "The Finale" and she starts pulling them up. Odd, given similar or even greater feats of strength she's previous done [[MusclesAreMeaningless required no such musculature.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With Richard.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is a kindhearted mother and wife, but sometimes her stress can really get the best of her.
* KillerRabbit: She has proven herself to be made of this trope in countless episodes, most notably in The Fight, where she mercilessly tears through Tina Rex's father just at the mere inkling of assuming that Gumball was being bullied.
* LeParkour: She's very good at jumping and climbing over fences, walls, and even between buildings.
* MagicSkirt: Her skirt does not go above her legs during any of her running, [[LeParkour jumping]], or even when she's [[UnwillingSuspension hung upside down]].
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl to Richard's Feminine Boy.
* MamaBear: She's VERY protective of her own family.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: In spite of her arms and legs being quite skinny, she's capable of things like bending steel rods and tearing locker doors off their hinges.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Nicole would be insufferable if not for her insecurity and occasional lapses in judgment.
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: We know Nicole works at the Rainbow Factory, but her job there is rarely shown and possibly may have changed between episodes. We don't know exactly what the factory ''itself'' does, and despite the name she definitely works some sort of office job. In "The Helmet" she almost gets a promotion, but when she finds out Richard tricked her she throws a fit that she was apparently fired for. In "The Game", however, she's still working there at the complaints department.
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Depends on the episode, which sometimes gives the role to Anais instead. However, when her temper or competitive streak get the better of her, this aspect goes out the window.
* ParentingTheHusband: Nicole often has to parent Richard, due to his own mother having been responsible for his childish nature in the first place. At the same time, Nicole deliberately scolds him less than their children--not because he's an adult, but because she's ''given up'' on him getting any better.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's mother.
* ShipperOnDeck: Nicole was happy to notice Gumball's crush on Penny in "The Gi", was proud that he (thought he) had a date with her in "The Date", and tried to get him to confess about his feelings to her in "The Meddler". Possibly it's because Penny reminds her very much of herself in her childhood when she had a crush on Richard and defended him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: While it's still a [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim huge mystery]] why Nicole fell in love with someone as lazy and [[TheHedonist hedonistic]] as Richard, she does admire his trait of being true to himself.
* UnstoppableRage: She's plenty strong and athletic by default, but when she's angry she gets [[SuperStrength superhuman strength]] and [[RuleOfFunny sometimes]] [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands other, stranger abilities]] (like melting objects and reducing grown men to tears by staring at them). In "The Club", she even has to ''ask'' her family to enrage her somehow so she can pull a door open.
* UglyGuyHotWife: An adorable cat woman, married to a fat, slobbish man bunny.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: When sufficiently pissed off, her voice gets really deep as well as echoing.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Richard is by no means a bad person, but he is lazy, irresponsible and pretty offbeat (albeit he was raised that way). She does admire that he is true to himself and that he's a good person, but we don't know what else. Considering her need for control, most other people would either not be able to handle her or other negative consequences.
* WomenAreWiser: Usually this, barring her competitive nature doesn't cause her to go nuts.
* {{Workaholic}}: Played for laughs in "The Painting" when Principal Brown tells her to relax and stop working so hard for Anais's sake. But she's so used to it that she can't relax and does her household chores anyway, and then proceeds to trash the house on purpose to give herself more "work".
* WouldHurtAChild: When Leslie and Alan are [[ItMakesSenseInContext amongst the group of cannibals trying to eat her family]], Nicole ''bites off'' part of Leslie's face before swinging him by the neck like a flail and pops Alan ([[FingerpokeOfDoom by blowing on him]]).
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[[folder:Richard Watterson]]
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-->Voiced by Dan Russell
Gumball's father and Nicole's [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink]] [[FunnyAnimal rabbit]] husband. Richard is very immature for his age and hates to have any sort of responsibility. He is also quite lackadaisical and sleeps frequently. As a result, Nicole is usually forced to be the parent to their children, but she's not home a lot, so Richard's often the only one available.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He holds up surprisingly well in hand to hand combat against [[{{Badass}} Nicole]] and was able to keep up with her running until she jump between some buildings.
* AdultsAreUseless: Richard practically ''lives'' this trope.
* {{Amazingly Embarrassing Parent|s}}: In "The Hero", Gumball and Darwin fail to come up with something good for their dad and settles on embarassing moments. Unknown to them at the time, Richard overhears the conversation and leaves depressed.
* BadassDriver: While his [[LiteralGenie religious adherence to the GPS]] is quite destructive, it did let him drive across the entire town and miles into the countryside in a couple minutes.
* BadassMustache: He can [[RapidHairGrowth grow a handlebar mustache]] and retract it back into his face at will.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: His getting a job almost causes the apocalypse.
* BigEater: The man knows how to put food away.
-->'''Richard:''' Eat 100 hotdogs in under a minute. Ha! That's not a dare. That's Tuesday.
** In one episode ("The Prank"), Richard is listening to an audio tape. The tape informs him of its duration so he decides to get some snacks to partake in while listening (this is when Gumball and Darwin spring their prank by switching the tape with one of their own that commands him to do goofy things) and calculates how much food he'll need for the length of the tape. When he returns, however, he's empty-handed because he ''ate everything he was going to eat during the tape on the way back''. He makes a self-note to also include calculations for the return trip for the future.
* BrilliantButLazy: Most often Brilliant At Being Lazy.
* BumblingDad: Like you wouldn't believe...
* CallingYourAttacks: "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E4TheJoy WONDER HUG!]]"
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's known his wife, Nicole, since they were Gumball's age.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He has his odd moments.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can be very crafty when he wants to, such as tricking Gumball and Darwin into doing his chores in 'The Laziest'.
* DisappearedDad: Richard's father was never mentioned until "The Man". [[spoiler:His father left him and Jojo when he went out to get milk ''42 years ago'' and never came back. Richard deep down knew this, but he was in denial about it, which explains his hostile treatment to Jojo's boyfriend because he was afraid of losing her.]]
* TheDitz[=/=]FatIdiot: It's easier to count examples of when he doesn't act like one.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: He follows his GPS without ever paying attention to the road, including the direction he's facing. When he was high on anesthetics he crashed in several cars and parked in a swimming pool; Gumball considered that an ''improvement''.
* DumbMuscle[=/=]StoutStrength: Richard is a FatIdiot, but apparently has some serious muscle underneath: in "The Prank" he was able to run through multiple walls, in "The Remote" he effortlessly rips the car door off to get to Nicole, and in "The Return" he smashes his fist through car windows and hotwires the car by smashing the key through the dashboard.
* FanDisservice: He's frequently shirtless or even in only his underwater, showing off his fat, saggy man boobs.
* FatSlob: He's very fat, leaves trash on the coffee table, and frequently lays around the house with his pants unzipped or not on.
* FreudianExcuse: His laziness and stupidity is the result of his mother completely sheltering him his entire life and never letting him learn to do anything for himself. His mother's parenting style was to make him (and as she tried with her grandkids), scared of everything.
* HairRaisingHare: Richard is adorably stupid most of the time, but pulls off a pretty good NightmareFace when he's the target of the episode's SanitySlippage. The dude is on the series' NightmareFuel page [[BewareTheSillyOnes for a reason.]]
* HardHead: He can take quite a lot of cranial damage, sometimes headbutting objects and destroying them.
-->'''Doctor:''' You are very lucky Mr. Watterson, it appears your skull is so thick you were able to survive a half a ton of tiles and a satellite dish falling on your head. \\
'''Nicole:''' Is he going to be OK, doctor? \\\
'''Doctor:''' Apart from being [[TooDumbToLive living proof that we're doomed as a species]], he's fine,
* TheHedonist: One episode has him basically calling himself this when Gumball and Darwin ask about the meaning of life.
-->'''Richard:''' The meaning of life? Well, I've dedicated my life to the indulgence of the senses. A feeling of total satisfaction and pleasure is the highest form of existence. \\
'''Gumball:''' That just sounds like stuffing your face.\\
'''Richard:''' [[BluntYes Yeah]], well philosophically.
* HouseHusband: Richard is home all day because he has no job, though he usually doesn't do his share of the chores either. When he finally gets a job, [[spoiler:it nearly destroys the Universe.]] Nicole being at work means he's often the only one watching the kids (even if he's not as good at it), with the "The Hero" implying they spent most of their time when they were younger with Richard, but at this point the kids are generally better at taking care of themselves.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He's something like half a head taller than Nicole and several times as large.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Nicole.
* LaboriousLaziness: Richard is a master at this. He knows how to get food from the kitchen himself ''without leaving the couch'' and spent the a day tricking his kids into doing a few minutes of chores.
* LargeHam: Richard is very prone to emotional outbursts.
-->''It's because of you I'm mortal!'' (runs away crying)
* LazyBum[=/=]LazyHusband: Laziest man in Elmore since 1983.
* LethalChef: The cupcakes he made in "The Hero" are literally rock hard--he may have mixed cement into them. Other times, he's shown be able to make food that is edible, but often "lethal" [[NutritionalNightmare in a different manner]] (such as the sluzzlewurst, which had so much fat in it that it makes you sweat butter).
* ManChild: He literally acts the exact same way as he did when he was a kid.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Feminine Boy to Nicole's Masculine Girl.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:He almost destroyed the Universe by [[ItMakesSenseInContext delivering a pizza]].]]
* MoralMyopia: He's repeatedly expressed that bad things are only funny when they happen to someone else.
* [[MsRedInk Mr. Red Ink]]: The Watterson's financial problems are not helped by Richard spending money on dumb objects he sees on the internet (the Electro-Fat workout device and a bunch of hormonal supplements), terrible investments ([[spoiler:he spent ''most of the family's saving'' to buy a star right after Gumball was born]]), or just by accident (he doesn't understand that money from an ATM withdrawal comes from his own account).
* OneOfTheKids: An upside to Richard's immaturity is that his kids usually enjoy spending time with him more than their mom, who they usually find boring to hang around with (when she isn't being scary).
* PapaWolf: In "The Hero", he gets to prove himself as the hero to sons by saving them from a trash compactor (eventually).
* ShipperOnDeck: After taking Gumball to a party with Tina as his date, he comes back to see Gumball with Penny, then comments that "I like the new one better."
* ShirtlessScene: Prone to this.
* TheSlacker: A rare version that has children.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Most commonly seen sleeping on the couch.
* StrawLoser: Gumball and Darwin actually look like rather intelligent and diligent beings compared to their father. Granted it almost reverses into being a gift for Richard since he's hopeless enough that people just give up trying to [[IdiotHoudini place any responsibilities onto him]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sausages, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kreOQMUBxmk apparently]].
* TooDumbToLive: Thanks to his mom, he's so bad at handling anything that the simplest of tasks can turn life-threatening.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Named after Ben Bocquelet's father.
* UglyGuyHotWife: An overweight, slob of an idiot. Married to an adorable cat lady.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: The wacky parent to Anais' serious child.
* WalkingTechbane: Judging from how automatic doors, elevators, and self-checkout scanners treat him.
* WellDoneDadGuy: In "The Hero" he shows he cares a lot about how much his kids think of him, getting very depressed when Darwin and Gumball call him embarrassing.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Richard was shown wearing woman's clothing on two occasions and has zero qualms with it.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Parodied in ''The Wand''. He ''thinks'' he has Power, when it's actually Gumball and Darwin moving along with it so he won't have his childhood dreams crushed. They eventually have enough since it goes overboard.
-->'''Gumball''': [[LampshadeHanging Don't you see what you have become?!]]
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A ferocious [[TurtlePower turtle]] that Richard bought from a van shop, thinking it was a dog.
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* AxCrazy: His entire existence is biting. He eats for strength to bite. He reproduces to have more turtles who can bite.
* {{Badass}}: It's basically [[Film/TheTerminator the T-800]] in turtle form.
* TheDreaded: The Wattersons are terrified of it. Gumball especially, who calls it [[MadeOfEvil evil incarnate]] and has theorized that it eats [[YourSoulIsMine souls]] and [[EmotionEater misery.]]
* ForTheEvulz: We get a first person sample of his "thought process":
-->'''Turtle:''' Bite! Bite! Bite! Need food for strength to bite! Bite! Bite! Make little turtles to bite even more!
* LongNeck: It can extend its neck something like a foot out of its shell.
* MightyGlacier: On one hand, it has NighInvulnerability. On the other hand, it's a turtle.
* NighInvulnerability: One drop of water let it came back to life from a desiccated husk, then it got hit by a car--the car was totaled, the turtle didn't even budge. When the "Awesome Store" (a van that sold a wide array of things) exploded in a giant fireball, he walked out of the flames completely unharmed.
* NoNameGiven: The Watterson's never gave it a name; they're too busy being terrified by it. When giving it a PrematureEulogy, Darwin simply calls it "evil turtle" [[ADogNamedDog as if that was its name]].
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Its size doesn't keep it from pulling around full-sized people, though it does make it easy to pick it up.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Unlike most terrapins in fiction, played ''very'' straight.
* SealedEvilInACan: Since the turtle is basically invincible, its pen in the Watterson's house is essentially a way to contain it.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: A soft-shell turtle. Quite a few viewers [[AluminumChristmasTrees didn't know there are turtles that look like that.]] WordOfGod [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/484800129472688128 specifically called it]] a "Trionyx", which implies it's an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_softshell_turtle African softshell turtle]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Wattersons. It tried to ''murder'' the entire family ForTheEvulz.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Strong as it is, the turtle's limbs are still very short. If it's picked up by the shell, it won't be able to reach anything and it is unable to climb out of small containers like a terrarium.
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