History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E20ThePotion

* Surprisingly realistic outcome: When shrunken down to normal size, Hector can't run very far since he doesn't have the stamina, due to his giant size normally only requiring a few steps to get anywhere.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Because he was always so big, Hector's never really had to take more than two steps to get anywhere before, so when he tries running, he's shown to be exhausted very quickly.

* TraumaSwing: Hector sits on a swing feeling depressed after being shrunk down. The 8-bit dog then asks to let him get a turn, and there's a long line of people wanting to be depressed on the swings.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Because he was always so big Hector's never really had to take more than two steps to get anywhere before, so as a quick gag he's shown to be incredibly out of shape when he tries running.
** One of the things he decides to try is kiss girls. He runs up to a trio and is immediately knocked out by them. Relatedly, Hector reveals trying to kiss a girlfriend, he accidentally swallowed her.

* SuprisinglyRealisticOutcome:

* RealityEnsues: Because he was always so big Hector's never really had to take more than two steps to get anywhere before, so as a quick gag he's shown to be incredibly out of shape when he tries running.

* SuddenlyShouting: Hector wants to be big again and he wants it NOW!!!

* CallBack: For this episode Hector finally gets to [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E31TheNight live his dream]] of being normal size, and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he grows to hate it]]. In that episode he also mentioned using volcanoes for toilets and being embarrassed by being naked, which is why his bottom is bald since all the hair is burned off by the heat and everyone in town can point and laugh. He also mentions that [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E14TheShippening the last time he kissed a girl he accidentally swallowed her whole]].

Hector is unhappy with his height, so the kids try to use Mrs. Jotunheim's potions to shrink him but it goes terribly wrong.

* TemptingFate: Mr. Small is protesting for the Great Barrier Reef, saying that one day Nature will have its revenge. A passing goblin Chanax CEO laughs at this and dares Nature to hit him. As if on cue, the Great Barrier Reef diorama that Hector accidentally blew away hits him square in the face.

* TraumaSwing: Hector sits on a swing feeling depressed after being shrunk down. Another 8-bit dog then asks to let him get a turn, and there's a long line of people wanting to be depressed on the swings.

* TemptingFate: Mr. Small is protesting for the Great Barrier Reef, saying that one day Nature will have its revenge. A passing businessman laughs at this and dares Nature to hit him. As if on cue, the Great Barrier Reef diorama that Hector accidentally blew away hits him square in the face.
* TraumaSwing: Hector sits on a swing feeling depressed after being shrunk down. Another kid then asks to let him get a turn, and there's a long line of kids wanting to be depressed on the swings.

* CallBack: For this episode Hector finally gets to [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E31TheNight live his dream]] of being normal size, and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor he grows to hate it]]. He also mentions that [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E14TheShippening the last time he's had a girlfriend he accidentally swallowed her whole]].

* SeriesContinuityError: In "The Lesson", the rotten cupcake was [[UnsettlingGenderReveal a boy that Gumball and Darwin mistook for a girl]]. In this episode, the rotten cupcake is among a group of girls Hector tries to hit on.

* InsubstantialIngredients: Most of Mrs. Jotunheim's potion ingredients are just [[EyeOfNewt weird]], but a shrinking potion needs a "shard of a broken dream", for which [[FatSlob Richard's]] expired gym membership card turn out to be a valid example.

* EyeOfNewt: The recipes for Ms. Jotunheim's potions require this. The third act is set off by Darwin leaving out the vital ingredient of orangutan toenails for a growth potion to restore Hector to normal and them trying to sneak some away.
* InsubstantialIngredients: Mrs. Jotunheim's potions also require this, with a shrinking potion needing a "shard of a broken dream", for which [[FatSlob Richard's]] expired gym membership card turn out to be a valid example.

* AbstractIngredients: Mrs. Jotunheim's potions also require this, with a shrinking potion needing a "shard of a broken dream", for which [[FatSlob Richard's]] expired gym membership card is a valid example.

* SeriesContinuityError: Rotten Cupcake is a female in this episode (and may have been since “The Weirdo”) despite saying she was a male in “The Lesson” that looked like a female.

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