History DethroningMoment / TheAmazingWorldOfGumball

* Tropers/{{Pokemon439}}: Now there are several episodes of this show I really cannot stand, but since pretty much all the other ones have been talked about here already, I have decided to pick one that I am surprised wasn't on here already, "The Dress". I hated pretty much everything about the episode, but the worst part of the episode was the [[DownerEnding terrible ending]] where everybody was laughing at Gumball being naked. That was bad enough due to it being cruel instead of funny, but it was made even worse by the fact that Penny was also part of that crowd laughing at him. Not only is that extremely OutOfCharacter for her as normally she is way [[NiceGirl too nice and friendly to do such a thing]], but it also is made worse by the fact she and Gumball have a [[TwiceShy mutual crush]] on each other. So seeing that really left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it is one of the worst cases of a ConformingOOCMoment I have ever seen. Thankfully, at least Penny was never seen acting like that again and in "The Gi" (a later episode from the same season) Penny actually stands up for Gumball when he gets laughed at by everybody else.

* Tropers/{{mkmlp}}: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest" etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money". I know this episode ends on one of the {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball being put through the wringer just a little too much. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy. Like this show most of the time.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* Tropers/{{CRMartin}}: Season 2 of ''Gumball'' may have been an overall improvement over the first, but one particular episode from that season really grinds my gears. And that would have to be 'The Fridge'. Wow. I mean, just wow. Talk about taking every aspect of a character that's been established in the past and then [[CharacterDerailment throwing it out the window in the span of eleven minutes]]. Misleading title aside, this is one of the very few episodes from the show that made me want to break something valuable. So what seems to be the problem? Two words: Nicole Watterson. For all of her bouts of anger and short temper, Nicole has been shown to be a doting mother and wife who has her family's best interest in mind. But not in this episode. You want a good reason to call Child Protection Services? Well look no further than this episode. For some inexplicable reason, this episode gives her a competitive drive that we haven't even seen from her in past episodes, and it clearly shows in the worst ways one can imagine. Her desire for her son to strive harder at his goals in life would be understandable if not for how she goes about it. Between waking Gumball up at four in the morning, leaving him stranded in the desert and forcing him to walk back to Elmore, thus endangering him in the process, none of this comes off as remotely hilarious. And as mentioned above, the title could not be any more misleading. I felt absolutely dead inside after watching this...abomination. The resolution wasn't even satisfying. About the only positive thing I can get from this trainwreck is that it foreshadowed Richard [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap improving as a character]]. Oh, and maybe the climax at the paintball game, but these two things are by no means a saving grace. Thankfully I haven't given up on this show up to now, but if I ever had reason to, this episode would have to be it.

* Tropers/{{Pokemon439}}: Now there are several episodes of this show I really cannot stand, but since pretty much all the other ones have been talked about here already, I have decided to pick one that I am surprised wasn't on here already, The Dress. I hated pretty much everything about the episode, but the worst part of the episode was the [[DownerEnding terrible ending]] where everybody was laughing at Gumball being naked. That was bad enough due to it being cruel instead of funny, but it was made even worse by the fact that Penny was also part of that crowd laughing at him. Not only is that extremely OutOfCharacter for her as normally she is way [[NiceGirl too nice and friendly to do such a thing]], but it also is made worse by the fact she and Gumball have a [[TwiceShy mutual crush]] on each other. So seeing that really left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it is one of the worst cases of a ConformingOOCMoment I have ever seen. Thankfully, at least Penny was never seen acting like that again and in The Gi, (a later episode from the same season) Penny actually stands up for Gumball when he gets laughed at by everybody else.

* Tropers/{{Pokemon439}}: Now there are several episodes of this show I really cannot stand, but since pretty much all the other ones have been talked about here already, I have decided to pick one that I am surprised wasn't on here already, The Dress. I hated pretty much everything about the episode, but the worst part of the episode was the [[DownerEnding terrible ending]] where everybody was laughing at Gumball being naked. That was bad enough due to it being cruel instead of funny, but it was made even worse by the fact that Penny was also part of that crowd laughing at him. Not only is that extremely OutOfCharacter for her as normally she is way [[NiceGirl too nice and friendly to do such a thing]], but it also is made worse by the fact she and Gumball have a [[TwiceShy mutual crush]] on each other. So seeing that really left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it is one of the worst cases of a ConformingOOCMoment I have ever seen. Thankfully, at least Penny was never seen acting like that again and in The Gi, (a later episode from the same season) Penny actually stands up for Gumball and defends him when he gets laughed at by everybody else.

* Pokemon439: Now there are several episodes of this show I really cannot stand, but since pretty much all the other ones have been talked about here already, I have decided to pick one that I am surprised wasn't on here already, The Dress. I hated pretty much everything about the episode, but the worst part of the episode was the [[DownerEnding terrible ending]] where everybody was laughing at Gumball being naked. That was bad enough due to it being cruel instead of funny, but it was made even worse by the fact that Penny was also part of that crowd laughing at him. Not only is that extremely OutOfCharacter for her as normally she is way [[NiceGirl too nice and friendly to do such a thing]], but it also is made worse by the fact she and Gumball have a [[TwiceShy mutual crush]] on each other. So seeing that really left a bad taste in my mouth, especially since it is one of the worst cases of a ConformingOOCMoment I have ever seen. Thankfully, at least Penny was never seen acting like that again and in The Gi, (a later episode from the same season) Penny actually stands up for Gumball and defends him when he gets laughed at by everybody else.

* Tropers/{{mkmlp}}: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest" etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money". I know this episode ends on one of the {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball being put through the wringer just a little too much. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy. Like this show most of the time.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

** Tropers/{{InactiveTroper}}: Yeah, I like Gumball. Yeah, despite its consistent quality, it still has given some stikers of episodes. But there is no episode that is quite as insulting as "The Saint". Alan saves Gumball from a punishment. What does Gumball do to repay him? Uses dirty ways to prove that he is not perfect. Seriously, am I the only one who thinks Gumball's "social experiments" like this one are cruel, mean-spirited, [[CharacterDerailment and just ruin Gumball's character?]] And in this episode, he takes it to the furthest possible extreme. He deprives Alan of his friends, his girlfriend, and [[PunctuatedForEmphasis sells. His. Parents.]] Not only it's extremely unpleasant, but it also gives a horrible BeingGoodSucks message. And guess what? Alan gets everything he lost back. This is insulting for two different reasons. First, this is the most unrealistic a concept I've ever seen in Gumball ([[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs as weird as it is]]), and it gives people who have a hard time in life a [[SarcasmMode brilliant]] lesson - do not do anything to make your life better, just wait until it all magically resolves. Not only that, but it implies that you could do anything horrible to a person without doing any lasting harm. The rest of the episode is also really unpleasant and unfunny. I just despise this episode.

* Tropers/RebelFalcon: I love Gumball, no doubt about that, but if there is one episode I cringe at every time it comes on or I make the mistake of watching, its "The Others". This episode was the embodiment of Gumball's ProtagonistCenteredMorality / ItsAllAboutMe attitude. Gumball and Darwin are made aware of the numerous other students at Elmore thanks to Anais, including Anais' classmate Clare Cooper. While Clare is trying to live out a ShoutOut to Series/{{Degrassi}}, Gumball can't handle not being the center of attention, and he and Darwin force themselves into Clare's story and try to make it a Happy Ending. The reason this sits so unwell with me is that Gumball before, while at times obnoxious, tried to help people out genuinely, even if it ended up being UnwantedAssistance. Here, he's doing it out of being an AttentionWhore. Then Anais up and tells Claire to just let him help, otherwise he'll never stop, and the entire town miraculously decides to help him enforce the EsotericHappyEnding. It comes across like a {{Self Insert|Fic}} FixFic, only this time, the characters are aware and helpless to stop the Self Insert, and the changes made to their lives are not only unwanted, but if anything, make things worse. Clare, her dad, and Jared are clearly uncomfortable and frightened by this, Wilson's identity issues are {{Hand Wave}}d away, and by the end of the episode Gumball is worked up to the point of insanity. It just {{Flanderiz|ation}}es Gumball for a single episode, and comes across as entirely cringe-worthy. The only good things it did were establish Anais' place at school, and introduce some admittedly nice new characters like Clare and Mr. Corneille. Aside from that however, this is an episode I'm all too happy to forget.

* {{Tropers/heartauthor}}: "The Hero" immediately makes it onto this list due to [[{{Jerkass}} Nicole and Anais]] pelting Gumball and Darwin with [[ItMakesSenseInContext cupcakes made of cement]] and then denying them necessities like [[AbusiveParents bathing]] and ''food'' simply because the boys said that [[FelonyMisdemeanor Richard didn't amount to much]], and [[DisproportionateRetribution that hurt Richard's feelings]]. Not only does the entirety of "The Job" add weight to [[StrawmanHasAPoint Gumball and Darwin's claims]], but Nicole and Anais get [[KarmaHoudini absolutely no comeuppance]] for behavior that would normally warrant a call to Child Protective Services.

* WKennedy334: I absolutely wish I would rant on more episodes of the show, like The Hero, The Robot, The Move, The Girlfriend, or The Triangle. But I decided to rant on The Promise instead, an episode which I absolutely loathe. I don't know where to ''begin.'' The first problem is Gumball himself. Darwin wants to help Banana Joe with the video, but Gumball stopped him from doing so, because he wants Darwin to help him play a game with him. I really hate how he was in the episode, with him acting like a huge, whiny asshole, not allowing Darwin to have a choice in the matter, all for Darwin trying to be a good friend to Banana Joe. The second problem is Darwin. If he wants to help Joe out, why can’t he reschedule? In fact, the third and most damning problem is; ''why can’t any of them reschedule the stuff they want to do,'' so that this sorry excuse of an episode doesn’t happen?

* Tropers/{{mkmlp}}: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest" etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money". I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball being put through the wringer just a little too much. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy. Like this show most of the time.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* Tropers/{{fairygirl567}}: "The Parasite" wasn't horrible, but just odd and still a DMOS. Why? Because in the episode Gumball assumes Anaise assumes is being used by a girl at school. Although he was overreacting I thought it was rather kind he was worried about her even though he sometimes uses her himself. The start isn't so bad and at first I assumed Anaise was letting this girl use her because she just wanted a a friend because she is anti-social and I've gone through that. It seemed like she was giving this girl all her things and what not and the girl gleefully took them knowing full well her and Aniase weren't really friends... I was really wrong. So after mixing up the girl with some transparent chick who we'll never see again, they see the sister hanging out with this duck girl and from what I see it again looks like she's just hanging out with this girl, desperate to have a friend and I thought gumball was overreacting, but then it's revealed that Anaise and the girl have come together, so to speak, and became one. So is Gumball right? Hell no! It turns out Anise was the one clinging to the innocent girl and went all clinging stalker mode and even did this weird "Friend" saying. I get the girl is anti social but really she became a literal parasite and forced herself on to this girl that they became one. And in the end she still doesn't learn anything from this! After the girl she clinged to rightfully ran off in fear she charges after her probably doing the same thing. Isn't Anaise supposed to be the level-headed character of the show. This was just insane. I can't believe I'm saying this but, even Gumball would stoop this low!

* [[Tropers/{{Rainbowdash55}} Inkling Studios]]: As much as I love The Amazing World Of Gumball (after all, it is my favorite show), I'm surprised no one mentioned "The Robot". In this episode, Bobert tries to become a real boy, and he ends up copying Gumball. Now, this episode could've been really funny, and possibly even better with the giant fight scene at the end, but the fact that [[WhatAnIdiot literally no one can tell the difference between Gumball and Bobert]] is what drives this into [=DMOS=] territory. Now, if it was just a couple of people, it would be fine, but if [[{{Flanderization}} Penny and Gumball's own family]] cannot tell the difference between a robot and a cat is honestly worrying. The fight scene at the end is [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome pretty awesome]], but the rest of the episode just brings it down.

* Troper/kablammin45: Okay, "The Picnic" actually rubs me the wrong way more than any Season 1 episode did, really thanks it part to massive WhatAnIdiot on Gumball's part. Okay, I guess we can chalk up Gumball's decision to cut through the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Forest Of Doom]] to mishearing Ms Simian's warnings, but Gumball blatantly ignores any signs that he is making a huge mistake (the wind itself tells him that they're going the wrong way, and he completely disregards it) along with painfully bad decisions (such as discarding Darwin's lunchbox, insisting they can find food in "nature's supermarket", and eating the map they had thinking it would go to his brain), leading to calamity multiple times, and ending with the implication that they're [[HereWeGoAgain going to go through this all over again]]. Fortunately, the episode still had some funny moments to soften the blow, but still...

* Tropers/{{mkmlp}}: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money" I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

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* Tropers/{{GelitanOverlord}}: I like this show. It is extremely creative and has good humor. "The Job", I didn't mind because I thought the end was interesting. BUT. I am quite surprised that no one has mentioned this episode before. "The Saint" Is at it's core, the absolute definition of [[MarySue Alan]] and the horrible Flanderization of Gumball.

* {{mkmlp}}: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money" I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* mkmlp: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: "The Money" I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* mkmlp: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist... (sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* mkmlp: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but the rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the whole thing, just makes it feel cringe worthy. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when they start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist...

(sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show to be enjoyable for me. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* mkmlp: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of her husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them back to his side, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation, while using "the power of imagination" to take the form of various things, to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the who thing, just make it feel cringe worthy and like goes on too long. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through. Which sure enough they do, when start using their imagination to hurt Gumball in various ways. Starting with his loving mother, who had let Richard, the man who got his family in this situation, off without so much as slap on the wrist...

(sigh) I'm just going to say it. I think Gumball gets beat up too much in this show. (Yeah, I am the guy who whines about the ButtMonkey character, like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg]], [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy The Eds]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike in the early seasons]], and yes, Gumball. Yeah. Though I can usually look past it, if it's done in moderation or if the show gives me enough elements that I actually enjoy.) I get that he can be a bit of a JerkAss in certain episodes (and in cases like "The Saint", that's putting it lightly) and he brings a lot of it on himself through his idiocy and [[AesopAmnesia inability to learn from his mistakes]], but I never saw him as significantly worse than how most other characters in the show can be, including his family members. And unlike a couple of them, he at least has the excuse of being twelve years old! So seeing the whole family just gang up on him, is just too much. And it makes his father, again, an actual adult and the man who got them into this situation, getting off so easy feel even more insulting. To be fair, the blow is softened by Gumball's nonchalant reaction after it's over, suggesting it was all just a visual representation, and his family didn't literally hurt him. But the whole scene is just one of the most unpleasant moments in the series for me. Up there with Nicole and Anais's actions in "The Hero". And the LeaningOnTheFourthWall jokes about advertising following it are unfunny and once we get to the iconic scene at the end of the episode, which is admittedly pretty cool, like I said, I'm in too sour a mood to even care at the point.

* mkmlp: Ok, since all of my absolutely most hated episodes ("The Hero", "The Curse", "The Rival", "The Girlfriend", "The Laziest etc) have already been mentioned, I'm going to go with what may or may not be a somewhat controversial pick: I know this episode ends on one of ''the'' {{signature scene}}s of the series (And for what it's worth, I do like the scene in isolation), but by the time we get to that scene, I'm too much in a sour mood to care. Why? Well the episode opens with The Watterson's learning that Richard blew all of their money (again) and Nicole looks like she's about beat him into the ground, but immediately lets it go when he gives her the puppy dog eyes, and he's pretty much off the hook for the rest of the episode. Now, I am glad they didn't have Nicole just beat the crap out of husband. I don't really like show's treating assaulting you boyfriend/spouse as ok, [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale regardless of the genders]]. But I hate how much Richard gets let off the hook. Especially when you know, if Gumball had been the one to lose all their money, he would have gotten a lot more crap over it. (Adult characters getting softer treatment and being held to looser standards than child characters, is kind of a big pet peeve of mine.) Anyway, the Watterson's are offered a commercial deal that would solve their financial woes, but for reasons I can't fathom, Gumball demands they turn it down because he will not "sell out" and his family just goes along with it, albeit begrudgingly. (I know this is a metaphor for the show having to balance their budget while dealing with temptations and pressures to "sell out", but I feel the character's actions should still make sense in-universe.) But, as The Watterson's lack of money begins to take its toll and the remaining members basically say screw it to Gumball's (illogical) sense of integrity and are about to take the deal. But in an attempt to sway them, Gumball sings a song about using their imagination to cope with their situation to the rest of his family, who are clearly not in the mood. It is actually pretty well done, done but rest of the family's sour attitudes throughout the who thing, just make it feel cringe worthy and like goes on too long. Especially since I got the feeling that the other Watersons were on the verge of snapping at Gumball the whole way through.

* Eggy0: There are some episodes that have parts I hate such as "The Hero", but one of the episodes I've realized I'm feeling really sorry for is "The Curse" from the first season. For all intents and purposes, it's basically the episode "[[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy Sorry, Wrong Ed]]" with Gumball in the spotlight instead - the episode revolves around him having such terrible luck that he constantly gets into trouble through no fault of his own. He slips out of the tub and into the toilet while showering, literally misses the bus by an inch of his finger (i.e. it gets caught in the door) and gets dragged all the way while Rocky doesn't even bother to notice, gets stepped on by Hector, winds up in embarrassing clothes, gets repeatedly mocked by Banana Joe over said clothes, then gets detention when Gumball tries to retaliate only for Principal Brown to walk in front of him just as he does it. Anais then tries to prove that it's all a coincidence by making him do several things said to bring bad luck all at once, after which he gets struck by lighting inside of the school. And later on when Gumball's in detention, Principal Brown leaves the classroom and slams the door [[DisasterDominoes which causes a chain effect that sets things on fire]] and sends Gumball fleeing for his life as the world continues throwing bad things his way, culminating in him ending up in the hospital. Poor guy can't catch a break in this meanspirited episode. Really, what was the point of putting him through all of that? Then the episode ends on a tasteless gag: the family starts "using the power of their minds" to get a Daisyland ticket just as someone buys one, which gets blown away and shown through a montage as it makes its way to the Wattersons, [[YankTheDogsChain then it gets shredded by a fan]] as Darwin exclaims that he "wished for snow".

* Eggy0: There are some episodes that have parts I hate such as "The Hero", but one of the episodes I've realized I'm feeling really sorry for is "The Curse" from the first season. For all intents and purposes, it's basically the episode "[[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy Sorry, Wrong Ed]]" with Gumball in the spotlight instead - the episode revolves around him having such terrible luck that he constantly gets into trouble through no fault of his own. He slips out of the tub and into the toilet while showering, literally misses the bus by an inch of his finger (i.e. it gets caught in the door) and gets dragged all the way while Rocky doesn't even bother to notice, gets stepped on by Hector, winds up in embarrassing clothes, gets repeatedly mocked by Banana Joe over said clothes, then gets detention when Gumball tries to retaliate only for Principal Brown to walk in front of him just as he does it. Anais then tries to prove that it's all a coincidence by making him do several things said to bring bad luck all at once, after which he gets struck by lighting ''inside of the school''. And later on when Gumball's in detention, Principal Brown leaves the classroom and slams the door [[DisasterDominoes which causes a chain effect that sets things on fire]] and ''sends Gumball fleeing for his life'' as the world continues throwing bad things his way, culminating in him ending up in the hospital. Poor guy can't catch a break in this meanspirited episode. Really, what was the point of putting him through all of that? Then the episode ends on a tasteless gag: the family starts "using the power of their minds" to get a Daisyland ticket just as someone buys one, which gets blown away and shown through a montage as it makes its way to the Wattersons, [[YankTheDogsChain then it gets shredded by a fan]] as Darwin exclaims that he "wished for snow".

* WKennedy334: I absolutely wish I would rant on more episodes of the show, like The Hero, The Robot, The Move, The Girlfriend, or The Triangle. But I decided to rant on The Promise instead, an episode which I absolutely loathe. I don't know where to ''begin.'' The first problem is Gumball himself. Darwin wants to help Banana Joe with the video, but Gumball stopped him from doing so, because he wants Darwin to help him play a game with him. I really hate how he was in the episode, with him acting like a huge, whiny asshole, not allowing Darwin to have a choice in the matter, all for Darwin trying to be a good friend to Banana Joe. The second problem is Darwin. If he wants to help Joe out, why can’t he reschedule? In fact, the third and most damning problem is; ''why can’t any of them reschedule the stuff they want to do,'' so that this sorry excuse of an episode doesn’t happen?