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** Richard tries to condole Gumball over Darwin's absence, and Nicole cuts him off because he thought he was going to say "[[InnocentlyInsensitive There's plenty more fish in the sea]]". When Richard explains he was going to say something else ("There's plenty more love in a heart for a new friend."), Nicole says it herself just to correct him [[OpenMouthInsertFoot and regrets it immediately]].
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** Richard tries to condole Gumball over Darwin's absence, and Nicole cuts him off because he thought he was going to say "[[InnocentlyInsensitive There's plenty more fish in the sea]]". When Richard explains he was going to say something else ("There's plenty more love in a heart for a new friend."), Nicole says it herself just to correct him [[OpenMouthInsertFoot and regrets it immediately]].immediately]], while Richard looks on disapprovingly.
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* FunWithFlushing:Darwin is accidentally flushed down the toilet.
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-->'''Gumball:''' Are you saying you replaced the fish because they croaked and then dad flushed them down the toilet?
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-->'''Gumball:''' Are you saying you replaced the fish because they croaked and then dad Dad flushed them down the toilet?
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Richard points out the whole "[[Film/{{Gremlins}} don't feed after midnight]]" concept doesn't make sense given it's ''always'' after midnight.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Richard points out the whole "[[Film/{{Gremlins}} "[[Film/Gremlins1984 don't feed after midnight]]" concept doesn't make sense given it's ''always'' after midnight.
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* ContinuityNod: Richard is confused by Gumball gesturing to his chest and thinks he's referring to his stomach. Nicole has to remind him that not everyone's stomach fills their whole chest, a detail established for Richard in FreezeFrameBonus in [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E19TheTraitor The Traitor]]
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* ContinuityNod: Richard is confused by Gumball gesturing to his chest and thinks he's referring to his stomach. Nicole has to remind him that not everyone's stomach fills their whole chest, a detail established for Richard in FreezeFrameBonus in [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E19TheTraitor The Traitor]]Traitor]].
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* ShoutOut: The two warnings given by the Awesome Store owner to Richard ("don't get the fish wet" and "don't feed it after midnight") are taken from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.
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* ShoutOut: The two warnings given by the Awesome Store owner to Richard ("don't get the fish wet" and "don't feed it after midnight") are taken from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''.''Film/Gremlins1984''.
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** The many goldfish before Darwin die in sequence, punctuated by Richard singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in a falsetto voice and flushing the toilet -- until Larry the clerk tells Richard he can't sell him anymore because [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the last two escaped]].
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** The many goldfish before Darwin die in sequence, punctuated by Richard singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in a falsetto voice and flushing the toilet -- until Larry the clerk tells Richard he can't sell him anymore because [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled the last two escaped]].
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* FunWithAlphabetSoup: Gumball picks a name for Darwin by mixing his alphabet soup. However, the soup actually reads "JPXFRD", Gumball just can't read yet.
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Not surprising.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
**SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.water.
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** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The show's first two-part episode and a WholeEpisodeFlashback showing what Gumball was like when he was four, what Nicole and Richard were like when they were young parents, and how Darwin became Gumball's brother.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The show's first two-part episode and a WholeEpisodeFlashback showing what Gumball was like when he was four, what Nicole and Richard were like when they were young parents, and how Darwin became Gumball's brother.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
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** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, they immediately die because the paint dissolved into their water.
** Darwin's trip back to Elmore actually shows him the worse for wear from the elements and easy prey for an eagle.
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his fish, the boy being Gumball and the fish being Darwin. (Obviously)
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his fish, the boy being Gumball and the fish being Darwin. (Obviously)
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his fish, the boy being Gumball and the fish being Darwin
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his fish, the boy being Gumball and the fish being Darwin Darwin. (Obviously)
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** Darwin startles Sussie's parents into dropping her, which turns her from a brainy, talkative child with dreams of being a lawyer to a barely coherent idiot.
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** Darwin startles Sussie's parents into dropping her, which turns her from a brainy, talkative child with dreams of being a lawyer to a barely coherent idiot.barely-coherent idiot.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: On Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East/North Africa), the opening scene of Gumball throwing oranges out the window and Nicole yelling, "Gumball, stop using my bikini to catapult oranges at your dad!" had Nicole's bikini line changed to, "Gumball! Those are oranges, not soccer balls!"
* {{Bowdlerization}}: On Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East/North Africa), the opening scene of Gumball throwing oranges out the window and Nicole yelling, "Gumball, stop using my bikini to catapult oranges at your dad!" had Nicole's bikini line changed to, "Gumball! Those are oranges, not soccer balls!"
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* ContinuityNod: Richard is confused by Gumball gesturing to his chest and thinks he's referring to his stomach. Nicole has to remind him that not everyone's stomach fills their whole chest, a detail established for Richard in FreezeFrameBonus in [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E19TheTraitor The Traitor]]
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* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his fish, the boy being Gumball and the fish being Darwin
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* WholePlotReference: The idea of a child losing their beloved fish, only for the fish to develop into a human-like being and go searching for their owner, seems to have taken inspiration from ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' which has the exact same premise.
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Nicole tries to explain to Gumball that the Darwin they recently brought wasn't his first fish, but backs off and claims the others fell asleep, were put in a [[FunWithFlushing "super fun water slide that goes round and round"]], [[ReleasedToElsewhere and are hanging out in an "magic place" together]]. Gumball, at 4 years old, not only figures out what actually happened to the other fish, but takes it in stride.
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Nicole tries to explain to Gumball that the Darwin they recently brought wasn't his first fish, but backs off and claims the others fell asleep, were put in a [[FunWithFlushing "super fun water slide that goes round and round"]], [[ReleasedToElsewhere [[DogGotSentToAFarm and are hanging out in an "magic place" together]]. Gumball, at 4 years old, not only figures out what actually happened to the other fish, but takes it in stride.
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* SmashCut: Richard realizes the third replacement goldfish he bought [[WellIntentionedReplacement was the wrong color, so he tries to paint it orange]]. Just as the brush is about to reach the water, there's an abrupt cut to a shot of orange water being flushed down the toilet and Richard singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
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* SmashCut: Richard realizes the third replacement goldfish he bought [[WellIntentionedReplacement was the wrong color, so he tries to paint it the fish orange]]. Just as the brush is about to reach the water, there's an abrupt cut to a shot of orange water being flushed down the toilet and Richard singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot".
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calling animals it is evil because they are not objects they have feelings
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** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, it immediately dies because the paint dissolved into its water.
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** Richard tries to paint a black fish orange to keep Gumball from finding out that he has a replacement fish. When most cartoons would have the fish painted without any consequences, it they immediately dies die because the paint dissolved into its their water.
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let’s respect animals
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* DeathMontage: A goldfish dies, Richard flushes it in the toilet while singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", and buys a new one without Gumball seeing it. This repeats up until the last two goldfish literally escape from his sight.
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* DeathMontage: A goldfish dies, Richard flushes it the corpse in the toilet while singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", and buys a new one without Gumball seeing it. This repeats up until the last two goldfish literally escape from his sight.
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In this, the series' first half-hour length episode, Nicole and Richard -- young, married, and trying to care for their hyperactive toddler son, Gumball -- buy a goldfish named Darwin[[note]]after going through several that have died[[/note]] to keep young Gumball occupied, but when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet, Darwin must brave a scary new world (and go through years of evolution in a short amount of time) in order to return to his brother.
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In this, the series' first half-hour length episode, Nicole and Richard -- young, married, and trying to care for their hyperactive toddler son, Gumball -- buy a goldfish named Darwin[[note]]after going through several that who have died[[/note]] to keep young Gumball occupied, but when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet, Darwin must brave a scary new world (and go through years of evolution in a short amount of time) in order to return to his brother.
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* TheJinx: The Wattersons have such bad luck with goldfish that the last two fish jump out of the tank when they see Richard coming.
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* TheJinx: The Wattersons have such bad luck with goldfish [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere that the last two fish jump out of the tank when they see Richard coming.coming]].