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* ZombieApocalypse: At least the whole school is infected, but given [[SnapBack the ending]] we can only guess how much farther it went.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[AssholeVictim Let's not pretend she had it coming]]. Miss Simian for enjoying the depressing Mondays and even took glee in
the students' misery as well as being more happy with being right than more concerned about Gumball and Darwin's apparent "deaths", she ends up being infected by the very two.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[AssholeVictim Let's not pretend she had it coming]]. Miss Simian for enjoying the depressing Mondays and even took glee in
in the students' misery as well as being more happy with being right than more concerned about Gumball and Darwin's apparent "deaths", she ends up being infected by the very two.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[AssholeVictim Let's not pretend she had it coming]]. Miss Simian for enjoying the depressing Mondays and even took glee in
the students' misery as well as being more happy with being right than more concerned about Gumball and Darwin's apparent "deaths", she ends up being infected by the very two.

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* LogicBomb: Miss Simian tells Bobert to run off because he's late to class but also that he can't run in the halls. Bobert figures if he can't fulfill such a taste he's useless and [[SelfDestructMechanism self destructs.]]

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* LogicBomb: Miss Simian tells Bobert to run off because he's late to class but also that he can't run in the halls. Bobert figures if he can't fulfill such a taste task he's useless and [[SelfDestructMechanism self destructs.]]


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* TheUnfavorite: Even when they're zombies, girls still avoid having anything to do with Tobias, so much so, that we never even see him get infected by the Joy Virus.
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* HatingOnMondays: The bad mood that prompted Richard's "wonder hug" was caused by it being a Monday. Everyone else is depressed too, something [[SadistTeacher Miss Simian greatly enjoys]] and she finds it suspicious when Darwin and Gumball aren't.

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* HatingOnMondays: HatingOnMonday: The bad mood that prompted Richard's "wonder hug" was caused by it being a Monday. Everyone else is depressed too, something [[SadistTeacher Miss Simian greatly enjoys]] and she finds it suspicious when Darwin and Gumball aren't.



* ZombieApocalypse: At least the whole school is infected, but given [[SnapBack the ending]] we can only guess how much farther it went.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Miss Simian pulls out a jar of yellow liquid from a medical cabinet and throws the contents on Darwin and Gumball for getting too close to her. She claims it's just water, but the nurse angrily corrects points out it was actually... cough syrup.
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* HatingOnMondays: The bad mood that prompted Richard's "wonder hug" was caused by it being a Monday. Everyone else is in depressed to, something [[SadistTeacher Miss Simian greatly enjoys]] and she finds it suspicious when Darwin and Gumball aren't.

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* HatingOnMondays: The bad mood that prompted Richard's "wonder hug" was caused by it being a Monday. Everyone else is in depressed to, too, something [[SadistTeacher Miss Simian greatly enjoys]] and she finds it suspicious when Darwin and Gumball aren't.
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* GivingUpTheGhost: Darwin and Gumball start flatlining and spit out bright colors, stars, and heart.

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* GivingUpTheGhost: Darwin and Gumball start flatlining and spit out bright colors, stars, and heart.hearts.
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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name, nor can she sing it, and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.

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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name, nor can she sing it, and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.off and shows the embarrassing video that Principal Brown recorded earlier.
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* CorrelationCausationGag: Rocky sprays himself with body spray, and concludes it works when the infected school nurse tackles and hugs him.

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* FurryReminder: Ms. Simian escapes the zombified band-aid nurse by taking off the plastic cover on her back then sticking her to a wall.



* SkewedPriorities: When it appears Gumball and Darwin ''died'' on the hospital bed, [[KickTheDog all Miss Simian can think about is that this proved her right.]]

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* PretendWereDead: Ms. Simian gets the joy zombies to ignore her by pretending she's already infected. It works until her impulsive desire to enforce the dress code causes her to break character.
* SkewedPriorities: When it appears Gumball and Darwin ''died'' on the hospital bed, [[KickTheDog all Miss Simian can think about is that this proved her right.]]right]].
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* DeathGlare: Miss Simian's hate-filled glare [[ThePowerOfHate literally burns the back of Darwin's head]]... along with a hole in the wall and everyone sitting behind Darwin.

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* DeathGlare: Miss Simian's hate-filled glare [[ThePowerOfHate literally burns the back of Darwin's head]]... along with a hole in the wall Teri's head and everyone sitting behind Darwin.melting Sarah's.
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* DeathGlare: Miss Simian's hate-filled glare [[ThePowerOfHate literally burns the back of Darwin's head]]... along with a hole in the wall and everyone sitting behind Darwin.

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* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: A "wonder hug" from Richard makes Gumball and Darwin uncontrollably happy even when they have no reason to be. Miss Simian treats it like a disease, but the nurse and principal think she's just insane. It's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent quite a]] [[TheVirus bit more]] than just a disease.

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* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: A "wonder hug" from Richard Richard, filled with all of the love and happiness in the world, makes a rainbow explosion and causes Gumball and Darwin uncontrollably happy even when they have no reason to be. Miss Simian treats it like a disease, but the nurse and principal think she's just insane. It's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent quite a]] [[TheVirus bit more]] than just a disease.



* MysticalPlague: Somehow, Richard's 'Wonder Hug' infected Gumball and Darwin with one of these.



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* EvilIsNotWellLit: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With.]] Halfway through, an infected Bobert headbutts the school's power grid, shutting off the fluorescent lights with only the [[DaylightHorror blinding sunshine from the bright sunny day outside]] acting as the lighting. It's surprising how well it goes with the theme of the story.
* {{Flatline}}: The ECG Darwin and Gumball are hooked up to start going flat... then the line ''turns into a rainbow.''

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* EvilIsNotWellLit: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With.]] Halfway through, an infected Bobert headbutts hugs and shorts out the school's power grid, shutting off the fluorescent lights with only the [[DaylightHorror blinding sunshine from the bright sunny day outside]] acting as the lighting. It's surprising how well it goes with the theme of the story.
* {{Flatline}}: The ECG Darwin and Gumball are hooked up to start going flat... then the line ''turns into a rainbow.''
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* EvilIsNotWellLit: [[PlayingWithATrope Played With.]] Halfway through, an infected Bobert headbutts the school's power grid, shutting off the fluorescent lights with only the [[DaylightHorror blinding sunshine from the bright sunny day outside]] acting as the lighting. It's surprising how well it goes with the theme of the story.
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In this homage to zombie apocalypse/survival horror films, Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school after Gumball and Darwin come to school smiling and acting happy on a Monday.

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In this homage to zombie apocalypse/survival horror/found footage horror films, Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school after Gumball and Darwin come to school smiling and acting happy on a Monday.



* BloodFromTheMouth: Parodied by the joy zombies leaking rainbow-colored ''something'' from their mouths, probably spit or vomit.

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* BloodFromTheMouth: Parodied by the joy zombies leaking rainbow-colored ''something'' (most likely drool) from their mouths, probably spit or vomit.mouths.
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* GivingUpTheGhost: Darwin and Gumball start flatlining and spit out bright colors, start, and heart.

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* GivingUpTheGhost: Darwin and Gumball start flatlining and spit out bright colors, start, stars, and heart.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Banana Joe has his peel forcefully "zipped" back up onto him. Part of his inside gets pinched in the peel and he makes a very pained face, looking quite a lot like ''something'' else getting caught in a man's pant zipper.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Banana Joe has his peel forcefully "zipped" back up onto him. Part of his inside gets pinched in the peel and he makes a very pained face, looking quite making it a lot like when ''something'' else getting caught in a man's pant zipper.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Parodied by the joy zombies leaking rainbow-colored ''something'' from their mouths, probably spit or vomit.
* CameraAbuse: A closeup on Miss Simian hits the camera lense on her face... one scene ''[[RuleOfFunny before]]'' she started using an InUniverseCamera.
* ChekhovsGun: Miss Simian's impulsive insistent that Banana Joe follow the dress code ends up foiling her attempt to blend in with the zombies later.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Banana Joe has his peel forcefully "zipped" back up onto him. Part of his inside gets pinched in the peel and he makes a very pained face, looking quite a lot like ''something'' else getting caught in a man's pant zipper.



* {{Flatline}}: The ECG Darwin and Gumball are hooked up to start going flat... then the line ''turns into a rainbow.''
* FlippingTheTable: Miss Simian flips over a table [[EpicFail exactly 360 degrees, landing it back where it started with no change.]]



* GivingUpTheGhost: Darwin and Gumball start flatlining and spit out bright colors, start, and heart.
* HatingOnMondays: The bad mood that prompted Richard's "wonder hug" was caused by it being a Monday. Everyone else is in depressed to, something [[SadistTeacher Miss Simian greatly enjoys]] and she finds it suspicious when Darwin and Gumball aren't.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Miss Simian mostly just finds Darwin and Gumball happiness wrong because she's a killjoy, but she's right that's it isn't natural.
* LogicBomb: Miss Simian tells Bobert to run off because he's late to class but also that he can't run in the halls. Bobert figures if he can't fulfill such a taste he's useless and [[SelfDestructMechanism self destructs.]]
* NinjaProp: One of the bloody time prompts hits Miss Simian in the face and she uses it to pull herself up.
* PerpetualSmiler: Anyone with the joy virus is unable to stop smiling: Gumball even literally takes his smile off and flips it upside down, but it just contorts his face back into place.
* SkewedPriorities: When it appears Gumball and Darwin ''died'' on the hospital bed, [[KickTheDog all Miss Simian can think about is that this proved her right.]]



* StylisticSelfParody: Gumball accidentally takes Darwin's arm off and sticks it on his [[TheNoseless noseless]] face to give him a GagNose like Pinocchio.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We get a first person view of Darwin with the joy virus: he sees everyone as [[MediumShiftGag live action props]] changing colors with sparkles everywhere.



* ZombieApocalypse: At least the whole school is infected, but given [[SnapBack the ending]] we can only guess how much farther it went.

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* ZombieApocalypse: At least the whole school is infected, but given [[SnapBack the ending]] we can only guess how much farther it went.
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*SomethingCompletelyDifferent: An homage to zombie apocalypse/survival horror films shot mostly on a camcorder and featuring Miss Simian as the protagonist.
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* ApocalypticLog: Miss Simian makes one in "The Joy", all the way until she gets infected.

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* ApocalypticLog: Miss Simian makes one in "The Joy", all the way until she gets infected.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "The Joy" Richard's wonder hug is what gets the joy virus started.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "The Joy" Richard's wonder hug is what gets the joy virus started.
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* ShoutOut: The Joy virus seems to be the antithesis of [[TwentyEightDaysLater the Rage virus]].
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* ShoutOut: The Joy virus seems to be the antithesis of [[TwentyEightDaysLater the Rage virus]].
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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name nor can she sing it and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.

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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, virus and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name name, nor can she sing it it, and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.
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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.

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* DownerEnding: Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to nor can she sing it and ends up being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.
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In this homage to apocalyptic movies in which the end of the world is caused by zombies and/or a viral pandemic[[note]] think ''28 Days Later'' and the George Romero zombie films[[/note]], Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school.

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In this homage to apocalyptic movies in which the end of the world is caused by zombies and/or a viral pandemic[[note]] think ''28 Days Later'' and the George Romero zombie films[[/note]], apocalypse/survival horror films, Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school. school after Gumball and Darwin come to school smiling and acting happy on a Monday.
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In this homage to such apocalyptic movies as ''28 Days Later'' and any zombie movie you can name, Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school.

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In this homage to such apocalyptic movies as in which the end of the world is caused by zombies and/or a viral pandemic[[note]] think ''28 Days Later'' and any the George Romero zombie movie you can name, films[[/note]], Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school.



* DownerEnding: "The Joy": Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it and ends up getting infected before the video cuts off.

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* DownerEnding: "The Joy": Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it and ends up getting infected being the Joy virus' latest victim before the video cuts off.
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Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school.

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In this homage to such apocalyptic movies as ''28 Days Later'' and any zombie movie you can name, Miss Simian has to save herself from a contagious Joy virus that's infecting the whole school.



* DownerEnding: "The Joy": Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it. Ironically, she notes that at least they all got a "[[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul happy]]" ending. [[SnapBack None of this has any effect on future episodes.]]

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* DownerEnding: "The Joy": Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it. Ironically, she notes that at least they all got a "[[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul happy]]" ending. [[SnapBack None of this has any effect on future episodes.]]it and ends up getting infected before the video cuts off.
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* ApocalypticLog: Miss Simian makes one in "The Joy", all the way until she gets infected.
* DownerEnding: "The Joy": Miss Simian fails to stop the spread of the happiness virus, and can't even leave a message about how to cure it (play "[[Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven Moonlight Sonata]]") because she does not know the song's name or how to sing it. Ironically, she notes that at least they all got a "[[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul happy]]" ending. [[SnapBack None of this has any effect on future episodes.]]
* GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: A "wonder hug" from Richard makes Gumball and Darwin uncontrollably happy even when they have no reason to be. Miss Simian treats it like a disease, but the nurse and principal think she's just insane. It's [[OurZombiesAreDifferent quite a]] [[TheVirus bit more]] than just a disease.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In "The Joy" Richard's wonder hug is what gets the joy virus started.
* ZombieApocalypse: At least the whole school is infected, but given [[SnapBack the ending]] we can only guess how much farther it went.

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