History Characters / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballTheWattersons

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Downplayed in The Detective. Anais had already convinced ''herself'' that it was primarily Gumball, and not Darwin, who was responsible for the loss of her doll, but Darwin has absolutely zero trouble convincing her that Gumball wouldn't let him confess and that Gumball attempted to force him to flush the doll down the toilet. Unfortunately for Anais, due Darwin's ability to cause CutenessProximity in others, as well as her own desire for ConfirmationBias, [[IdiotBall she buys it.]]

* SmugSnake: Of the jerk variety. She is ultimately overconfident that her [[ScareEmStraight methods]] of raising her children works and looks down on Nicole for actually letting her children be free.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Anais ''loves'' Daisy the Donkey, often wears dresses (such as a [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]] and frilly dress for Halloween), and judging by her asking a princess tiara and a prince for Christmas and once getting sent to hospital for kissing frogs so they'll turn into princes, she seems to be in a PrincessPhase. She also inherited her mother's [[HairTriggerTemper violent temper]] and [[LittleMissBadass impressive fighting skills]], is ''[[DeadpanSnarker very]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] for a 4 year old, and despite waiting all day to watch a movie called ''A Pony's Tail'' Anais ended up ''hating'' it.

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 and/or husband).\\
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Go [[SelfDemonstrating/NicoleWatterson here]] for her SelfDemonstratingArticle.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Masculine Girl (aggressive and competitive) to Richard's Feminine Boy (easily emotional and soft-hearted).

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Anais ''loves'' Daisy the Donkey, often wears dresses (such as a pink and frilly dress for Halloween), and judging by her asking a princess tiara and a prince for Christmas and once getting sent to hospital for kissing frogs so they'll turn into princes, she seems to be in a PrincessPhase. She also inherited her mother's [[HairTriggerTemper temper]] and [[LittleMissBadass impressive fighting skills]], is ''[[DeadpanSnarker very]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], and despite waiting all day for a movie called ''A Pony's Tail'' Anais ended up hating it.
* EnfantTerrible: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold She mostly grew out of it]], but "The Rival" shows that Anais spent a considerable amount of her infancy [[SiblingMurder trying to murder her brothers]]. Even once she comes to accept them, she still enjoyed [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon using her cuteness to frame them]] in front of their parents.

* GirlyBruiser; She is ''very'' strong for her age, but is pretty feminine too.
* EnfantTerrible: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold She mostly grew out of it]], but "The Rival" shows that Anais spent a considerable amount of her infancy [[SiblingMurder trying to murder her brothers]]. Even once she comes to accept them, she still enjoyed [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon using her cuteness to frame them]] in front of their parents.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She has known her husband, Richard, since they were at least Gumball's age.

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 or husband).\\

* AbusiveMom: Sometimes, she could be this despite usually being the OnlySaneMan. She leaves Gumball alone in a desert at one point in her well-meaning but insane attempt to mold Gumball into a winner (though this was the episode where Gumball was OnlySaneMan here.) Another has her refuse to provide for Gumball and Darwin after the two upset Richard through BrutalHonesty. 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 Rex]] than to incur Nicole's wrath.
** "The Choices" gives Nicole two of her own: a cold mother who has her life planned for her minute by minute and only accepts Nicole being the best, and a father with horrible anger issues. She goes on her own path to find happiness with Richard. The fact they didn't come to their wedding (despite being invited and Granny Jojo coming) says a lot... [[spoiler: until it was revealed that her parents tried to come to the wedding, but mistook "RSVP" (which is a request for someone invited to a party to respond) for the wedding location and ended up in an Eastern European town that coincidentally was named "RSVP"]].

* ChubbyChaser: Ben Bocquelet implied over his Twitter that one of the reasons Nicole likes Richard is because he's "squishy".

* {{Workaholic}}: PlayedForLaughs in "The Painting" when Principal Brown tells her she needs to relax and stop working so hard for Anais' 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".
** Given what's been revealed in "The Choices", this is probably a holdover from her parents' teachings.

* VagueAge: We know Richard and Nicole are the same age (Ben Bocquelet confirmed them to be 38), but before various things ([[WritersCannotDoMath and many contradictory numbers]]) have implied they're anywhere from in their late thirties - early forties to almost fifty.

-->Debut: Season 3, "The Puppy"
-->Last appearance: Season 4, "The Compilation"

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* VagueAge: We know Richard and Nicole are the same age, but various things ([[WritersCannotDoMath and many contradictory numbers]]) throughout the series have implied they're anywhere from in their early thirties or forties to almost fifty. Averted once [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/529758786761003008?s=20&t=9DXqPBqzy3q3LS5ceGkc7A Ben confirmed that she is 38]].

* VagueAge: We know Richard and Nicole are the same age (Ben Bocquelet confirmed them to be 38), but before various things ([[WritersCannotDoMath and many contradictory numbers]]) have implied they're anywhere from barely in their thirties to almost fifty.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim:
** Richard is by no means a bad person, but he is lazy, irresponsible and pretty offbeat (in his defense, he was raised this way, plus "The Job" showed that him becoming employed goes against the order of the universe so much so it starts to destroy itself). 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 and temper, one can make the argument that very few people outside of Richard would be able to handle her. And later seasons give their relationship more moments - and focus episodes - that show how well they connect:

* {{Hypocrite}}: Nicole has repeatedly told her kids they need to respect Richard; in "The Hero", she goes so far as to [[DisproportionateRetribution refuse to provide for Gumball and Darwin until they do so]]. Of course, come "The Deal", it's revealed Nicole herself doesn't respect Richard that much for his parenting skills.

* InformedDeformity: Darwin and Richard claimed that she has lot's of wrinkles from stress, despite looking as youthful as her ''12-year-old'' son Gumball.

* ProperlyParanoid: While she wants her husband to at least be responsible, Nicole ends up ''fainting'' from shock when Richard tells her he got a job and is disturbed and on edge the whole time, with Anais trying to calm her down. Turns out she was right to freak out as reality starts breaking down, all because Richard having a job is just that antithetical to the natural order.

* RiseofZitboy: She’s shown developing acne as a young teenager when she and Richard are aging backwards in "The Rerun".

* VagueAge: We know Richard and Nicole are the same age, but various things ([[WritersCannotDoMath and many contradictory numbers]]), have implied they're anywhere from barely in their thirties to almost fifty. Averted once [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/529758786761003008?s=20&t=9DXqPBqzy3q3LS5ceGkc7A Ben confirmed that she is 38]].

** Richard is by no means a bad person, but he is lazy, irresponsible and pretty offbeat (in his defense, he was raised this 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 and temper, one can make the argument that very few people outside of Richard would be able to handle her. And later seasons give their relationship more moments - and focus episodes - that show how well they connect:
** In a clip from "The Love," she's unable to come up with a definite answer as to why she loves him -- she simply does. She is finally able to do so in the song "Weird Like You and Me" during "The Compilation."

* Non-MammalMammaries: She and Miss Simian are the only two female characters who have visible, sagging breasts.

* PunnyName: [[Film/JojoRabbit She's a rabbit nicknamed Jojo]].

* RatedMForManly: Louie went against Richard in a "man off" in "The Man" and won every single event.

-->'''Richard:''' Eat 100 hot dogs in under a minute. Ha! That's not a dare. That's Tuesday.

* DecemberDecemberRomance: With Louie (the MickeyMouse {{Expy}}); [[ParentWithNewParamour when Richard finds out]], he freaks.

* AxCrazy: Her dad's temper combined with her mother's remnants of obsessive perfection means Nicole can kinda go off the deep end at times.

* HopelessWithTech: Nicole is a one-finger hunt-and-peck typer, does not understand firewalls, viruses, or bugs, tries to pay for online purchases by placing money in the disc drive, lets pop-up ads accumulate on her desktop, and attempts to print video files. Presumably, the only reason she hasn't been fired for incompetency is that everyone else at the office is just as bad.

* NoPronunciationGuide: Her name usually pronounced "An-eye-ees", but a few times in earlier episodes it was pronounced "An-ai-ahs"[[note]]The character is named after Ben Bocquelet's sister Ana'''''ï'''''s. "An-eye-ees" is closer to the French pronunciation, but "An-ai-ahs" could be considered an Anglicized pronunciation (in the same way Richard and Nicole are named after Ben Bocquelet's parents but have English pronunciations for their names).[[/note]]