I watched Gumball as a kid originally. Back then I was pulled in with the fast comedy, unique art-styles and general quote un-quote wackiness of the show. However, I grew out of the show quickly as I grew up. I'm not sure why. Maybe I just grew out of touch with it? Maybe one episode scarred me? Meh.
But, after hearing some of the weirder shit they did (Mainly "The Disaster" and "The Rerun"), I decided to check it out once more and see what the heck was going on? And honestly, I think this is a rare case of invertedSeasonal Rot.
The show, in simple terms, is aware of everything about it, and exploits and deconstructs itself constantly. The usual Broke Episode isn't JUST the characters getting broke, but the entire budget of the show slowly decreasing as the writing and animation gets lazier. If a character has been Put on a Bus, it means that the universe saw no point to them and decided to erase them from memory and the world. It lampshades tropes found in sitcoms to Phineas and Ferb levels. The characters are all exploited for what they are, whether it be comedy or drama. Like Teri, a paper bear who is constantly getting ripped, shredded and folded to show that "life sucks if you're paper". And if it's not doing things like that, then it's giving us unique episodes that you rarely see other shows do, like an in-universe YouTube binge watching session.
What started off as a decent show, might just slowly, but surely, becoming one of my personal favourite shows of all time. I'd say give it a view if you either haven't yet, or want to see what the fuss is about.
Started off good, but became...brilliant!
I watched Gumball as a kid originally. Back then I was pulled in with the fast comedy, unique art-styles and general quote un-quote wackiness of the show. However, I grew out of the show quickly as I grew up. I'm not sure why. Maybe I just grew out of touch with it? Maybe one episode scarred me? Meh.
But, after hearing some of the weirder shit they did (Mainly "The Disaster" and "The Rerun"), I decided to check it out once more and see what the heck was going on? And honestly, I think this is a rare case of inverted Seasonal Rot.
The show, in simple terms, is aware of everything about it, and exploits and deconstructs itself constantly. The usual Broke Episode isn't JUST the characters getting broke, but the entire budget of the show slowly decreasing as the writing and animation gets lazier. If a character has been Put on a Bus, it means that the universe saw no point to them and decided to erase them from memory and the world. It lampshades tropes found in sitcoms to Phineas and Ferb levels. The characters are all exploited for what they are, whether it be comedy or drama. Like Teri, a paper bear who is constantly getting ripped, shredded and folded to show that "life sucks if you're paper". And if it's not doing things like that, then it's giving us unique episodes that you rarely see other shows do, like an in-universe YouTube binge watching session.
What started off as a decent show, might just slowly, but surely, becoming one of my personal favourite shows of all time. I'd say give it a view if you either haven't yet, or want to see what the fuss is about.