History YMMV / TheAmazingWorldOfGumball

** Some fans prefer to think "The Brain" having a doctor say and x-rays show that Gumball is smarter than Darwin never happened, citing the numerous times he has played the StraightMan to his brothers antics.

** Richard sweating butter, then lard and then '''swear made out of cheese and lard''' in "The Menu".

* Richard sweating butter, then lard and then '''swear made out of cheese and lard''' in "The Menu".

* MagnificentBastard: “[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E4TheVision The Vision]]”: In Gumball and Darwin’s ImagineSpot, Alan Keane is a mastermind determined to take over Elmore school and eventually the world in order to eliminate sadness. Changing his face and voice to match his villainous demeanor, Alan manipulates students into suggesting him for school president while making them think it was their own idea. He posts a message on the school message board that causes chaos in the school before announcing his candidacy. Alan uses slander against other candidates to win a election and institutes Happy Camp, where all sad students are sent to be made happy by any means necessary while announcing his intention to spread Happy Camps across the world.

* NeverLiveItDown: Some people will never forgive Nicole and Anais for their incredibly abusive and neglectful actions in "The Fridge" and "The Hero", such as leaving her own son, Gumball for dead in a desert and kicking out and practically starving Gumball and Darwin so they'll treat Richard with respect, something she herself rarely does.

* NeverLiveItDown: Some people never forgive Nicole and Anais for their incredibly abusive and neglectful actions in "The Fridge" and "The Hero", such as leaving her own son, Gumball for dead in a desert and kicking out and practically starving Gumball and Darwin so they'll treat Richard with respect, something she herself rarely does.

* NeverLiveItDown: Some people never forgave Nicole for her incredibly abusive and neglectful actions in "The Fridge" and "The Hero", such as leaving her own son, Gumball for dead in a desert and kicking out and practically starving Gumball and Darwin so they'll treat Richard with respect, something she herself rarely does.

** Despite Gumball/Carrie being popular, shippers were shook when Darwin kissed Carrie in "Halloween" which caused her to blush. "The Shell" REALLY caused a lot to jump ship with Gumball and Penny becoming an OfficialCouple as the former loves her true form and they share their kiss. Any chance of them breaking up won't happen due to WordOfGod and that Carrie is showing feelings for Darwin as shown in "The Scam" so while popular, it is not as vocal as it used to be while Darwin/Carrie is picking up some followers jumping ship possibly even more so after "The Matchmaker".

** Wilson Bilson, a character appeared in "The Others" as [[HeroOfAnotherStory Clare's]] childhood friend, is widely speculated to be either gay or transgender, giving the fact that Clare states he has "always struggled with his identity" (a common phrase for those who question their sexual preference or gender identity). The fact that he has bulging muscles but also ''wearing a dress'' and is said to be part-majorette, as well as that the episode is a parody of the teen soap opera genre (some of which do have episodes about sexual and gender identity) also fuels this speculation.

** Mr. Small as well, though to a lesser extent.

** Coach Russo too. Even Gumball and Darwin thought she was a man.

** Special mention for the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' parody in 'The Words'.

** Richard, due to how he was raised into what he is today as "The Authority" showed.
** If you think about it, Nicole can be this. She's the breadwinner of the family and due to her [[TooDumbToLive husband's]] [[LazyBum irresponsible tendencies]] (and the fact that him getting a job will cause the universe to collapse), she has to do the housework as well.
*** We get a peek into Nicole's childhood in "The Choices", where it's revealed that her mother was extremely controlling, and her father rarely showed any emotion other than rage.

** Gumball is currently one of the more popular shows in Cartoon Network Japan. Given Japan's fondness for [[WidgetSeries unusual imagery]] and its {{Animesque}} appearance of the 2D characters, it's really not too surprising.

* [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Alternative Character Interpretation]]

* [[DemographicallyInappropriateHumor/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Demographically Inappropriate Humor]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Nicole’s parents, Daniel and Mary. After "The Choices" showcased them as overbearing and putting an unreasonable amount of pressure on Nicole to succeed growing up, along with not approving of her and Richard's relationship, which led to her storming out on them in her late teens and them not showing up to her and Richard's wedding, "The Parents" tries to paint them as just wanting what was best for their daughter and wanting her to succeed, along with them claiming Nicole’s temper caused them problems when she was growing up, and at one point it’s mentioned it’s unknown where exactly their bad blood started amongst a history of petty schemes and actions against each other, with the episode ultimately ending on them putting it all behind them and making up due to missing each other. However many viewers disliked the episode trying to both sides the situation, since regardless of what they said their intent was and if they truly do love her, Daniel and Mary still had a negative impact on Nicole's childhood. In fact the episode even reveals more details about their overbearing parenting, such as the fact Nicole was literally born wearing a suit and tie, her first name is actually Doctor, she was forced to take every single extra curricular at school and she was given A+ blood during a transfusion instead of B-, and they only give excuses to defend themselves instead of realizing they were wrong - all of which perfectly explains why there’s “bad blood” between them and Nicole had every right to leave them and act hostile towards them in the present. This along with the fact Nicole’s anger issues are all but said to have come from her father, as showcased by a scene in "The Choices" where his road rage makes him pound the steering wheel hard enough the engine flies out. The episode does reveal Daniel and Mary tried to go to their wedding but mistook “R.S.V.P" for a town in Moldova, although it’s a joke that falls into base breaking territory as fans feel it ruins one of the most emotional scenes from "The Choices".

** Penny was definitely this in "The Shell" (when she freaked out over her new form and had her father insult her), "The Romantic" (putting up with Gumball's disastrous love quest), and "The Disaster"/"The Rerun" (falling to her death from the second floor of the mall thanks to Rob screwing with reality and making Gumball out to be violent against her).

*** Human Penny designs usually depict her as either white or AmbiguouslyBrown (both for her in her shell and out), but in more recent artwork she is depicted as a [[DarkSkinnedBlonde (especially since her human form in "The Inquisition" has brown skin).

*** Human Penny designs usually depict her with AmbiguouslyBrown skin (both for her in her she’ll and out), but in more recent artwork for her real fairy form she is depicted as a [[DarkSkinnedBlonde (especially since her human form in "The Inquisition" has brown skin).

** Many humanized fan arts depict the Watterson as white with hair appropriate to their color, with the exception of Darwin who is usually depicted as black with orange jacket (to match their voice actors' race [Kwesi Boakye, Terrell Ransom Jr., Donielle T. Hansley Jr., and Christian J. Simon are all black] and the fact that Darwin is adopted) and Penny as AmbiguouslyBrown as the color of her shell (though there's no word of how a humanized Penny would look now that she doesn't have her shell anymore and is actually a yellow InvoluntaryShapeshifter).

'''Nicole:''' Oh, you're right; it's like a massage for my fingers.\\

** Wilson Bilson, a character appeared in "The Others" as [[HeroOfAnotherStory Clare's]] childhood friend, is widely speculated to be either gay or transgender, giving the fact that Clare states he has "always struggled with his identity" (a common phrase for those who question their sexual preference or gender identity). The fact that he [[RatedMForManly has bulging muscles]] but also ''wearing a dress'' and is said to be part-majorette, as well as that the episode is a parody of the teen soap opera genre (some of which do have episodes about sexual and gender identity) also fuels this speculation.

** In general, if a female minor character has an appealing enough design, you can find at least one devoted fan of them. Hexagon Lady, School Nurse, Jazelle, and Blue-haired Lady all qualify, with the last one receiving most attention in recent years.

** While ''Gumball'' fans are very friendly toward other cartoons, they mostly despise the Chinese ''Gumball'' knock-off, ''Animation/MiracleStar''. In the episode ''The Copycats'', writers of the show roasted its Chinese knock-off.

** "The Uploads": Gumball and Darwin spend an entire episode in their room watching Elmore Stream It videos (after Darwin tries to talk Gumball out of it in the same way a concerned friend or family member talks a desperate drug addict out of getting his next fix and the way a hostage negotiator talks a suicide bomber or insane gunman out of killing himself and others). The videos start out relatively normal (some EpicFail vids, a vlog showing that Sussie the chin puppet is beautiful, and a hilarious LetsPlay parody featuring Richard), but Gumball and Darwin keep getting trolled by a Rickroll spoof called Saxophone Chihuahua and after Gumball accidentally clicks on a StupidStatementDanceMix of Tobias' hidden prank video, he and Darwin binge on insane online videos until a video called "Ten Hours of Saxophone Chihuahua" is busy buffering. The end reveals that Gumball and Darwin are now teenagers and go to leave, only to get sucked back in to watching more online videos.

** Marmalade Watterson, the FanCreatedOffspring of Gumball and Carrie. She is featured in many works of fanart and fanfics. This character was actually parodied in the episode "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E14TheShippening The Shippening]]" after Gumball and Carrie [[ShipSinking got together with Penny and Darwin, respectively]] in a TakeThat to the show's fanbase.

* Richard sweating butter, then lard and then '''cheese made out of lard''' in "The Menu".