Line #8 YMMV/Gumby


1	* AccidentalInnuendo:
2	** Gumby's little sister is named Minga, which also happens to be a very common Italian swear (meaning either "dick" or "to urinate").
3	** In TheMovie, when the robot Gumby is melting away, the lightsaber it's holding is positioned over its crotch. Either that, or it's a {{Film/Spaceballs}} reference.
4	* AdaptationDisplacement: Creator/EddieMurphy's take on the character is much better known to modern audiences, and even the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' commentary for "Robot Rumpus" seems to be eclipsing ''that''. With the [=MST3K=] SpiritualSuccessor Podcast/RiffTrax tackling the movie in 2021, this seems likely to continue.
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Most, if not all, of the music in the movie, but especially The Clay Boys' songs!
6	** The John Seely/Capitol stock music used in the 1950s shorts is also quite memorable, even if it mostly wasn't composed for the series.
7	* CultClassic: The movie is one of the more fondly-remembered non-Disney animated features from UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation and enjoyed a healthy life on cable TV in the '90s. Podcast/RiffTrax even tackled it in 2021, the first time they've riffed upon a fully-animated feature.
8	* FauxSymbolism: The official companion book, ''Gumby: the authorized biography of the world's favorite clayboy'', written by Art Clokey and others. Basically, Gumby's mind is ''free''.
9	* HilariousInHindsight: The Gumby short "Santa Witch" has a witch filling in for Santa Claus who gets sick on Christmas. This was a few decades before [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas another figure associated with Halloween decided to replace Santa on Christmas]]. Bonus points for the latter film ''also'' being stop motion and employing some of Gumby's animators.
10	* HoYay: This may be a bit of a stretch, but has anybody noticed that Blockheads G and J are never apart? And that J seems to take G's abuse a bit too submissively?
11	* {{Narm}}: In "The Magic Wand", Professor Hocus-Pocus accidentally leaves his magic wand at Gumby and Pokey's lemonade stand. When the wand goes crazy and accidentally knocks Mrs. Gumba's good pitcher off the stand, Pokey calmly says "Look out" right before it smashes to the ground. Only afterward does Pokey actually show any concern...
12	--> '''Pokey:''' ''(looking nervous)'' "Uh-oh! [[BrokenTreasure Your mother's good pitcher.]]"
13	* NightmareFuel:
14	** At the end of the very first serial "Moon Trip", Gumby's parents try to resuscitate him after he's been stranded on the moon. The sequence is mostly dialogue-free and has a rather tense and unsettling atmosphere.
15	** A piano-playing boy in "Small Planets" who ''goes feral'' when his arpeggio is interrupted. The boy sounds like a kid in the 1960s even though he transforms himself. In the same episode repurposed for the 1980s, the boy now sounds like a young man, at first, but when he transforms into a beast, his voice now sounds very deep, beastly, and menacing! Scary!
16	** [[BodyHorror Gumby melting in the episodes.]] This is turned up to eleven in an episode of ''Series/FreddysNightmares'' when the melting is made to seem as if [[FridgeHorror Gumby just got caught up in a nuclear explosion]]!
17	** The "Adventures" episode "Gone Clayzy", not only because [[ItMakesSenseInContext Gumby's famed head bump comes to life and tries to]] ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext kill]]'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Prickle]], but also for the very disturbing Creator/TexAvery-esque animation.
18	** Goo stalks Pokey all through "Goo for Pokey". She's not just a StalkerWithACrush - [[ImplacableMan she chases Pokey everywhere he goes]], even flying after him when Pokey jumps through a window and onto a speeding truck. The short ends with Goo capturing Pokey [[ItMakesSenseInContext after disguising herself as a rug]] and speeding off as Pokey calls for help.
19	* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] headed up a Gumby game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance titled "Gumby vs. The Astrobots", a side-scrolling platformer where the Blockheads use robots to kidnap Gumby's family and friends, leaving Gumby to save the day. Aside from being a bit repetitive at a few points, the final game is actually pretty decent.
20	* ParodyDisplacement: The 1956 episode "Robot Rumpus" is arguably more known for when Mike, Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot riffed on it in ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
21	%%** "[[Creator/EddieMurphy I'm Gumby, dammit!]]"
22	* RetroactiveRecognition:
23	** Many key animators for Creator/{{Pixar}} and ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' got their start in the industry working on the 1980s series.
24	** ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' Creator John R. Dilworth worked on the Gumby movie as an animation consultant.
25	* SpecialEffectFailure:
26	** In certain scenes in which Gumby and the other characters walk or drive into a book, the animators used ''different'' models for the characters and vehicles. These models are either crudely made or 2D!
27	** The same goes for the shrink/growth episodes. In the 1960s episode "Chicken Feed", the growing effects with Tilly the chicken are created with badly colored two-dimensional pictures of Tilly. Also, in the 1980s episode "Shrink-a-Dink", the growing/shrinking scenes (specifically with Gumby, Goo, Prickle and Professor Kapp) used crudely made models in each frame.
28	** Any scene which requires MotionBlur is inevitably just live-action footage of the clay model being moved in real time. The most egregious is in "Rain Spirit", where Gumby diving into a pool is achieved by literally filming his model being dropped into the water as Pokey remains completely motionless.
29	** In the 1980s episodes, all voice-acting has a strange reverb effect to it for some reason.
30	** When Gumby and Tara are dancing in the hall of giant Pokeys during the "Take Me Away" scene from TheMovie, the animators' tools can be seen popping in and out of the top right corner of the screen.
31	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vICTLogBYWI rock music]] played at the park in the movie carries a similar beat to "Paradise City" by Music/GunsNRoses.

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