History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E4TheVision

** Part of Alan's plan to rise to school president involves [[FalseFlagOperation manufacturing a crisis]] by spreading false rumors that the school will start "taxing" the grades of the best students to boost the grades of the worst ones. And Gumball is utterly outraged by this despite being someone who would ''benefit'' from such a system.

** Part of Alan's plan to rise to school president involves [[FalseFlagOperation manufacturing a crisis]] by spreading false rumors that the school will start taxing the best students to aid the worse performing ones.

* ArtImitatesArt: The attack ad Alan makes targeted at Hector is a parody of a [[http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/ww1posters/4964 piece of propaganda]] from UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.

** One of Alan's propaganda posters is clearly based on the infamous [[https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/madbrute.jpg?itok=SOjcTIL4 Destroy This Mad Brute - Enlist!]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI propaganda poster.

** One of Alan's propaganda posters is clearly based on the infamous [[https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/madbrute.jpg?itok=SOjcTIL4 Destroy This Mad Brute - Enlist!]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI British propaganda poster.

** One of Alan's propaganda posters is clearly based on the infamous [[https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/madbrute.jpg?itok=SOjcTIL4 Destroy This Mad Brute - Enlist!]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI poster.

** One of Alan's propaganda posters is clearly based on the infamous [[https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files//styles/anchor_images/public/madbrute.jpg?itok=SOjcTIL4 Destroy This Bad Brute - Enlist!]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI poster.

*** And after reading through the whole thing, Gumball [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms not to subtlely]] implies that they should kill Alan, by asking Darwin "what would you do if you had the chance to stop [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler the worst dictator the world has ever seen]] [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct while he was still a kid?]]"

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The "happy camps" are a clear reference to concentration camps, and that's not even mentioning Alan's "manifesto" to [[ANaziByAnyOtherName "purge Elmore of its greatest problem."]] Though he means sad people in this instance, the references are clear.

** One of Alan's villain faces looks like that of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]] and [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Bane]].

* TakeThat: One of the villain faces is a UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump meme face.

** Alan's self-reinvention into a charming but ruthlessly ambitious politician with a Southern accent is a pastiche on Francis Underwood from ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' (the American Netflix version that had Kevin Spacey on it, not the obscure British version that had Iain Richardson on it).

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: InUniverse. Gumball and Darwin notice that Alan's pictures captured funny things going on in the background, like a naked Tony hiding in the bushes.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Gumball and Darwin decide that they need to kill Alan before he inacts his plan.

** Alan's self-reinvention into a charming but ruthlessly ambitious politician with a southern accent is a pastiche on Francis Underwood from ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' (the American Netflix version that had Kevin Spacey on it, not the obscure British version that had Iain Richardson on it).

* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: Gumball was right about Alan's forceful plan in eliminating sadness, and to lesser extent, Alan not being as pure as he seem.
* TakeThat: One of the villain faces is a UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump like face.

* ContinuityNod: Not the first time Gumball tried to prove Alan isn't what he seemed, only this time he was actually ''proven right''.

** Alan's self-reinvention into a charming but ruthlessly ambitious politician with a southern accent is a pastiche on Francis Underwood from ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}''.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Gumball and Darwin decide that they need to kill Alan before he inact his plan.

* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Alan's plan is to eliminate sadness by making camps that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul would condition people sent there to be happy]]. Subverted in that he was only inviting people to fun camp. DoubleSubversion when Gumball and Darwin gives him the idea to actually ''do'' just that once they tell him that his "plan was so convincing" and that he "could've definitely pulled it off". Luckily, Gumball hadn't left the room while Alan was doing his new manifesto.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: At the end when Alan revealed to Gumball and Darwin that his ''real'' vision was to have everyone in the school go to the lake camp in the summer, the two tell him that the plan they thought he was doing was so foolproof he would've definitely succeeded in it. Thus, giving Alan the idea to actually go through with it! Thankfully, Gumball heard him just as Alan was typing out and speaking out loud his new manifesto on how do to so!

* EvilAllAlong: Alan, of all people, is revealed to be a KnightTemplar who plans to TakeOverTheWorld and create a world where people are forced to be happy.

** One of Alan's villain faces looks like that of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].

* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Alan's plan is to eliminate sadness by making camps that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul would condition people sent there to be happy]]. Subverted in that he was only inviting people to fun camp. DoubleSubversion when the plan actually ''was'' that! Luckily, Gumball hadn't left the room while Alan was doing his new manifesto.

* StylisticSelfParody: Darwin has a short conversation with Gumball about his [[{{Portmanteau}} "bummy"]], referring to how his [[HartmanHips backside seamlessly aligns with his stomach]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: InUniverse. Gumball and Darwin notice that Alan's pictures captured funny things going on in the background, like a naked man hiding in the bushes.

* TakeThat: One of the villain faces is a Creator/DonaldTrump like face.