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* FeudingFamilies: The Watterson and Finkleheimer families, over a valuable watch.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After doing the "check your hand", trick on Marvin when he tries giving Gumball the watch, Marvin does it right back to him. Gumball then tells Marvin to check his pants, which causes Marvin to realize he's suddenly wearing pants, before laughing.
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* DownerEnding: The watch gets blown up and no one gets the cash reward.
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* NoEnding: Abruptly ends with the scooters exploding after Darwin suggests that now's the right to "sell the watch and split the money".

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* NoEnding: Abruptly ends with the scooters exploding after Darwin suggests that now's the right time to "sell the watch and split the money".
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''[[AccidentallyCorrectWriting is]]'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.

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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''[[AccidentallyCorrectWriting is]]'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before after Gumball starts.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Marvin.
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* NoEnding: Abruptly ends with the scooters exploding after Darwin suggests that now's the right to "sell the watch and split the money".
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* ShoutOut: This opening scene with Richard giving Gumball the watch is very similar to a scene in ''Film/PulpFiction'', with Richard taking the role of Creator/ChristopherWalken's character.
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''[[AccidentallyAccurate is]]'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.

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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''[[AccidentallyAccurate ''[[AccidentallyCorrectWriting is]]'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.
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Not really continuity, just Prop Recycling.


* ContinuityNod: When Gumball and Darwin [[TotemPoleTrench stand on top of each other]] to dress as TheGrimReaper, Gumball wears the mask from his costume in "Halloween".
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* ImpossibleTheft: Inverted when Gumball repeatedly puts the watch ''into'' other people's hands ([[InstantCosplaySurprise and pants on Marvin's body]]) without them realizing until they look at it.
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* HeyThatsMine: Inverted when Gumball repeatedly puts the watch ''into'' other people's hands ([[InstantCosplaySurprise and pants on Marvin's body]]) without them realizing until they look at it.
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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''is'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.

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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which, believe it or not, ''is'' ''[[AccidentallyAccurate is]]'' sound medical advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.
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* CheckPlease: The date Darwin and Gumball get for Marvin asks for the check after the clips holding his face up pop off.

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* CheckPlease: The date Darwin and Gumball get for Marvin (the black hexagon woman) asks for the check after the clips holding his face up pop off.



* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which is ironically sound medical advise), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.

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* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which is ironically (which, believe it or not, ''is'' sound medical advise), advice), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.
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* HotPotato: Gumball and Darwin each try to get the other to take their father's watch. Darwin agrees to keep it on the condition that he gets to keep anything he wants that Richard gives Gumball, but then gives the watch away anyway.
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* ImpossibleThief: Inverted when Gumball repeatedly puts the watch ''into'' other people's hands ([[InstantCosplaySurprise and pants on Marvin's body]]) without them realizing until they look at it.

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* ImpossibleThief: HeyThatsMine: Inverted when Gumball repeatedly puts the watch ''into'' other people's hands ([[InstantCosplaySurprise and pants on Marvin's body]]) without them realizing until they look at it.
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* LowSpeedChase: Marvin races off to sell the watch on his very slow scooter. Darwin points out they could catch up on foot, but Richard insists on using the other old men's scooters. There's even a (completely harmless) collision with a SheetOfGlass. Richard tries to catch up by ditching the scooter... to get an unwilling piggy-bank ride from Mr. Fitzgerald.

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* LowSpeedChase: Marvin races off to sell the watch on his very slow scooter. Darwin points out they could catch up on foot, but Richard insists on [[UnconventionalVehicleChase using the other old men's scooters.scooters]]. There's even a (completely harmless) collision with a SheetOfGlass. Richard tries to catch up by ditching the scooter... to get an unwilling piggy-bank ride from Mr. Fitzgerald.
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Gumball and Darwin try to get back a family heirloom (an old watch) from an elderly neighbor, only to find out it's junk -- until they watch an ''Antiques Roadshow''-style show and find that the watch is worth $700.

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Gumball and Darwin try to get back a family heirloom (an old watch) from an elderly neighbor, neighbor (Marvin Finkelheimer, a red jelly bean-looking old man), only to find out it's junk -- until they watch an ''Antiques Roadshow''-style show and find that the watch is worth $700.
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* StealthHiBye: Gumball passes the watch off to Darwin by asking him to hold it while he ties his shoes, then is in another seat by the time Darwin realizes [[BarefootCartoonAnimal Gumball doesn't have any shoes.]] He does this again in the hall, but again only moves slightly out of view.

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* StealthHiBye: Gumball passes the watch off to Darwin by asking him to hold it while he ties his shoes, then is in another seat by the time Darwin realizes [[BarefootCartoonAnimal Gumball doesn't have any shoes.]] He does this again in the hall, but again still only moves slightly out of view.
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* SkewedPriorities: Subverted when Marvin is about to play a game of chicken with Marvin.

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* SkewedPriorities: Subverted when Marvin is Gumball and Darwin are about to play a game of chicken with Marvin.

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* StealthHiBye: Gumball passes the watch off to Darwin by asking him to hold it while he ties his shoes, then is in another seat by the time Darwin realizes [[BarefootFunnyAnimal Gumball doesn't have any shoes.]] He does this again in the hall, but again only moves slightly out of view.

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* StealthHiBye: Gumball passes the watch off to Darwin by asking him to hold it while he ties his shoes, then is in another seat by the time Darwin realizes [[BarefootFunnyAnimal [[BarefootCartoonAnimal Gumball doesn't have any shoes.]] He does this again in the hall, but again only moves slightly out of view.view.
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* CheckPlease: The date Darwin and Gumball get for Marvin asks for the check after the clips holding his face up pop off.
* ContinuityNod: When Gumball and Darwin [[TotemPoleTrench stand on top of each other]] to dress as TheGrimReaper, Gumball wears the mask from his costume in "Halloween".
* ContrivedCoincidence: The guy Darwin gave the watch to at random just happened to be from [[FeudingFamilies the other family]] that had been fighting over it for years.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Parodied when Darwin tries to resuscitate Marvin with CPR, but refuses to touch his mouth (which is ironically sound medical advise), but instead tries to blow into it from a distance. Gumball tries covering his lips with toilet paper, but Darwin notices Marvin is still breathing right before Gumball starts.



* EyeScream: Gumball tries to force himself to cry for sympathy. When he overdoes it ("Are you trying to cry or lay an egg?") he makes his eyes explode.
* ItsAllJunk: It turns out everyone thought the watch was just a burden, so Gumball and Darwin let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. Except then they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.
* LowSpeedChase: Marvin races off to sell the watch on his very slow scooter. Darwin points out they could catch up on foot, but Richard insists on using the other old men's scooters. Richard tries to catch up by ditching the scooter... to get an unwilling piggy-bank ride from Mr. Fitzgerald.
* MadeOfExplodium: Richard assumes a pair of electric scooters will explode when they crash into each other. They're so slow that when they go right into each other they stop without either being damaged... then explode a second later anyway.

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* EyeScream: Gumball tries to force himself to cry for sympathy. When he overdoes it ("Are you trying to cry or lay an egg?") he makes his eyes explode.
* ItsAllJunk: It turns out everyone thought ImpossibleThief: Inverted when Gumball repeatedly puts the watch was just a burden, so Gumball ''into'' other people's hands ([[InstantCosplaySurprise and Darwin let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. Except then pants on Marvin's body]]) without them realizing until they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.
look at it.
* LowSpeedChase: Marvin races off to sell the watch on his very slow scooter. Darwin points out they could catch up on foot, but Richard insists on using the other old men's scooters. There's even a (completely harmless) collision with a SheetOfGlass. Richard tries to catch up by ditching the scooter... to get an unwilling piggy-bank ride from Mr. Fitzgerald.
* MadeOfExplodium: Richard assumes a pair of electric scooters will explode when they crash into each other. They're so slow that when they go right into each other they stop without either being damaged... then explode a second later anyway.anyway.
* ManBitesMan: Marvin bites Richard to get him off his scooter. Since he's missing most of his teeth, it doesn't hurt, but Richard is creeped out by how it's "all gummy and lukewarm".
* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: After Darwin and Gumball spend most of the episode worrying that Richard would hate them for losing the watch, it turns out ''even he'' thought the watch was just a burden, so they let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. Except then they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: When Marvin is wonder what he'll do with the $700:
-->'''Richard:''' (perched above on a park restroom) I'll tell you what you can buy! ''Bandages!''\\
''(Richard jumps off, misses Marvin, and lands face-first)''\\
'''Marvin:''' I'll mail them to ya.
* SkewedPriorities: Subverted when Marvin is about to play a game of chicken with Marvin.
-->'''Gumball:''' Are we actually going to risk our lives for $700?\\
'''Darwin:''' Let's bail.\\
''(they both jump off)''\\
'''Marvin:''' Eh. Fair point.\\
''(Marvin jumps off)''
* StealthHiBye: Gumball passes the watch off to Darwin by asking him to hold it while he ties his shoes, then is in another seat by the time Darwin realizes [[BarefootFunnyAnimal Gumball doesn't have any shoes.]] He does this again in the hall, but again only moves slightly out of view.
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* CreatorCameo: On the antiques show, the show's creator (Ben Bocquelet) and director (Mic Graves) appear (with dubbed over voices) as the man with the ruined table and the host, respectively.
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Gumball and Darwin try to get back a family heirloom.

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Gumball and Darwin try to get back a family heirloom. heirloom (an old watch) from an elderly neighbor, only to find out it's junk -- until they watch an ''Antiques Roadshow''-style show and find that the watch is worth $700.

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* BrickJoke: Darwin mentions early on that Richard tried to give him the watch before Gumball. Once they admit to having lost the watch, Richard mentions offering it to Anais before Darwin.



* ItsAllJunk: It turns out everyone thought the watch was just a burden, so Gumball and Darwin let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. [[spoiler:Except then they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.]]

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* ItsAllJunk: It turns out everyone thought the watch was just a burden, so Gumball and Darwin let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. [[spoiler:Except Except then they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.]]again.
* LowSpeedChase: Marvin races off to sell the watch on his very slow scooter. Darwin points out they could catch up on foot, but Richard insists on using the other old men's scooters. Richard tries to catch up by ditching the scooter... to get an unwilling piggy-bank ride from Mr. Fitzgerald.
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Gumball and Darwin try to get back a family heirloom.
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* EyeScream: Gumball tries to force himself to cry for sympathy. When he overdoes it ("Are you trying to cry or lay an egg?") he makes his eyes explode.
* ItsAllJunk: It turns out everyone thought the watch was just a burden, so Gumball and Darwin let Marvin hold onto it while still considering themselves the owners. [[spoiler:Except then they find out it has plenty of ''monetary'' value and start fighting over it again.]]
* MadeOfExplodium: Richard assumes a pair of electric scooters will explode when they crash into each other. They're so slow that when they go right into each other they stop without either being damaged... then explode a second later anyway.

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