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* AllForNothing: Gumball's attempt at [[ParentalFavoritism earning back his dad's favor from Anais]] was for naught as it turns out Richard's ''actual'' favorite was Darwin all along
* {{Balloonacy}}: At the beginning of the dumb race Tobias grabs a bunch of balloons and floats off ("I'm winning, I'm winning!... ''[[OhCrap I'm not winning!]]''"). [[OffscreenInertia He's still seen floating around at the end of the episode.]]

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* AccidentalProposal: During the Dumb Race, Richard interrupts Larry's marriage proposal and Larry ends up accidentally proposing to him instead. Richard doesn't say no, just that he needs to think about it.
* AllForNothing: Gumball's attempt at [[ParentalFavoritism earning back his dad's favor from Anais]] was for naught naught, as she only ever wanted to be dumb for a day, not forever. Also, it turns out Richard's ''actual'' actual favorite was Darwin all along
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* AsinineAlternateActivity: Seeing the boys have fun with their dad, Anais grows bored of doing a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle with her mom and asks if they could do something more fun. Nicole then offers to do a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
* {{Balloonacy}}: At the beginning of the dumb race Dumb Race Tobias accidentally grabs a bunch of balloons and floats off ("I'm winning, I'm winning!... ''[[OhCrap I'm not winning!]]''"). [[OffscreenInertia He's still seen floating around at the end of the episode.]]]]
* BlindMistake: Of course, several of these happen during the Dumb Race: Tobias accidentally floats away with some balloons, Idaho mistakes a golf ball for his mother and then gets hit with a golf club, Banana Joe slices himself into pieces by running through a fence, Anton runs into a pond and gets eaten by ducks, Rocky gets clotheslined by a branch, Richard gets proposed to, and Marvin runs over Gumball and Anais in his electric scooter.



* CanisLatinicus: When Gumball and Darwin play "I'm the president" and both decide to kiss the "flag" (a smelly sock), they claim the motto for Dumb Land is "Dumbus Kissus Flagus".

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* CanisLatinicus: When Gumball and Darwin play "I'm the president" The President" and both decide to kiss the "flag" (a smelly sock), they claim the motto for Dumb Land is "Dumbus Kissus Flagus".



* EurekaMoment: "You guys don't ''think'' dumb! You don't think at '''all'''!"
* FireBreathingDiner: Gumball breaths fire after he ate a hot pepper, demonstrating to Anais that the key to acting dumb is not thinking at all.

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* EurekaMoment: "You EurekaMoment:
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guys don't ''think'' dumb! You don't think at '''all'''!"
'''all'''!
* EvilLaugh: Gumball does one after coming up with his plan to prove himself as the dumbest person in the whole town.
* FireBreathingDiner: Gumball breaths Gumball's mouth catches on fire after he ate eats a hot pepper, demonstrating to Anais that the key to acting dumb is not thinking at all.



* GreenEyedMonster: After Anais learns to play dumb and Gumball keeps getting left out of playing with Darwin and Richard, Gumball starts thinking she's stealing dad.
* IncrediblyLameFun: All Nicole can think of to do for fun is assembling jigsaw puzzles with an extremely large number of pieces then taking pictures of them.

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* GreenEyedMonster: After Anais learns to play dumb and Gumball keeps getting left out of playing with Darwin and Richard, Gumball starts thinking she's stealing dad.
their dad away from him.
-->'''Gumball:''' Well, I'll show her who's the dumbest in the whole town! Then dad will be mine again!
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: When Gumball fails miserably to try to finish a puzzle with his mom, they both shake hands and agree to never do that again.
* IncrediblyLameFun: All Nicole can think of to do for fun is assembling jigsaw puzzles with an extremely large number of pieces and then taking pictures of them.them.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Anais replaces Gumball in playing with Darwin and their dad, the three of them make comments about how much fun they're having, unknowingly rubbing it in Gumball's face.
-->'''Anais:''' Wow, this couch is really perfect for three people!
-->'''Richard:''' Yeah, if we had a fourth person it'd be kind of cramped.



* MediumShiftGag: As Anton falls into a lake, he shifts into a live-action slice of toast as he's eaten by ducks.

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* JokeOfTheButt: The episode begins with Richard, Gumball, and Darwin making their butts talk and making a bunch of butt-themed puns.
* MediumShiftGag: As Anton falls into a lake, he shifts into a live-action slice of toast as he's eaten by real ducks.



* ParentalFavoritism: At the end of the episode when they're at the hospital, Richard laments how this is all because Gumball and Anais wanted to be his favorite, when he favorite is in actuality Darwin. Though he tries to backtrack and say Darwin is his favorite ''fish''.
* SomethingWeForgot: At the end of the episode at the hospital, everyone realizes they left Darwin at the park, as he continued to run around a tree blindfolded.

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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Anais tries to speak Gumball and Darwin's made-up "dumb" language and apparently ends up saying something inappropriate.
-->'''Gumball:''' ''[snickering]'' It's just what you said is really rude!
-->'''Darwin:''' Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
* ParentalFavoritism: At the end of the episode when they're at the hospital, Richard laments how this is all happened just because Gumball and Anais wanted to be his favorite, when he favorite is in actuality his favorite is Darwin. Though he tries to backtrack and say Darwin is his favorite ''fish''.
* SmellyFeetGag: When Gumball tells Darwin to go find the smelliest thing in the house, Darwin brings back Richard's sweaty sock that's apparently "crusty on the outside and moldy on the inside".
* SomethingWeForgot: At the end of the episode at the hospital, episode, everyone realizes they left Darwin at the park, as he continued park. The scene then cuts to him continuing to run around a tree blindfolded.



* VerbalBackspace: Richard offhandedly mentions that [[ParentalFavoritism Darwin is his favorite]]; when he sees his family's angered reaction he amended "...fish! My favorite fish!".

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* VerbalBackspace: UnconventionalFoodUsage: Richard and the kids play "Fruit Ball" in which they hit different fruits with a baseball bat.
* VerbalBackpedaling:
Richard offhandedly mentions that [[ParentalFavoritism Darwin is his favorite]]; when he sees his family's angered reaction he amended backpedals "...fish! My favorite fish!".


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** Darwin also smacks into a tree at the very end of the episode.
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* AllForNothing: Gumball's attempt at [[ParentalFavoritism earning back his dad's favor from Anais]] was for naught as it turns out Richard's ''actual'' favorite was Darwin all along
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* ParentalFavoritism: At the end of the episode when they're at the hospital, Richard laments how this is all because Gumball and Anais wanted to be his favorite, when he favorite is in actuality Darwin. Though he tries to backtrack and say Darwin is his favorite ''fish''.
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Anais asks Gumball and Darwin to teach her how to be dumb so she can enjoy playing with them and Richard and not have to put up with Nicole watching her put together jigsaw puzzles. She ends up succeeding, to the point that Gumball thinks he's being replaced.

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Anais asks Gumball and Darwin to teach her how to be dumb so she can enjoy playing with them and Richard and not have to put up with Nicole watching her put together jigsaw puzzles. She ends up succeeding, to the point that Gumball thinks he's being replaced.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"The person who gets the furthest, is officially the dumbest."]]
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* WatchOutForThatTree: Rocky is taken out of the Dumb Race when he runs headfirst into a low hanging branch.

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* WatchOutForThatTree: Rocky is taken out of the Dumb Race when he runs headfirst into a low hanging branch.branch.
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Anais asks Gumball and Darwin how to be dumb so she can enjoy playing with them and Richard. She ends up succeeding, to the point that Gumball thinks he's being replaced.

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Anais asks Gumball and Darwin to teach her how to be dumb so she can enjoy playing with them and Richard.Richard and not have to put up with Nicole watching her put together jigsaw puzzles. She ends up succeeding, to the point that Gumball thinks he's being replaced.



* MediumShiftGag: As Anton falls into a lake, he shifts into live-action as he's eaten by ducks.

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* MediumShiftGag: As Anton falls into a lake, he shifts into a live-action slice of toast as he's eaten by ducks.



* VerbalBackspace: Richard offhandedly mentions that [[ParentalFavoritism Darwin is his favorite]]; when he sees his family's angered reaction he amended "fish! My favorite fish!".

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* VerbalBackspace: Richard offhandedly mentions that [[ParentalFavoritism Darwin is his favorite]]; when he sees his family's angered reaction he amended "fish! "...fish! My favorite fish!".
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-->'''Darwin''': Did I win yet? Did I win yet? Did I win yet? (slams into tree, falls onto the ground) [-...ow.-]
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* EurekaMoment: "You guys don't ''think'' dumb! You don't think at '''all'''!"
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* CallBack: The name of the episode references Anais's line in "The Responsible" when she locked her brothers on the roof ("You goons really walked into that one!")
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* CallBack: The name of the episode references Anais's line in "The Responsible" when she locked her brothers on the roof ("You goons really walked into that one!")

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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode Richard, Darwin, and Gumball are playing "butt puppets" (pretending their own butts are heads). At the end Richard seems to be doing it again at Gumball's bedside, but it's actually a doctor that happened to look exactly like Richard's butt puppet and is named "Dr. Butt".

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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode Richard, Darwin, and Gumball are playing "butt puppets" (pretending their own butts are heads). At the end Richard seems to be doing it again at Gumball's bedside, but it's actually a doctor that happened to look exactly like Richard's butt puppet puppet, has his voice, and is named "Dr. Butt".



* EpicFail: Gumball is given the task of putting in the ''only'' piece in a jigsaw puzzle left, goes nowhere after hours of trying, then gives up.
* FireBreathingDiner: Gumball breaths fire after he ate a hot pepper, demonstrating to Anais that the key to acting dumb is not thinking at all.
* GhostInTheMachine: Darwin demonstrates how to "think dumb" by popping open his head to show Anais his brain, which is a man with a brain for a head doing a jig.
* GreenEyedMonster: After Anais learns to play dumb and Gumball keeps getting left out of playing with Darwin and Richard, Gumball starts thinking she's stealing dad.
* IncrediblyLameFun: All Nicole can think of to do for fun is assembling jigsaw puzzles with an extremely large number of pieces then taking pictures of them.
* InsultBackfire: Nicole tells Gumball that the Dumb Race was a stupid idea, but proving he was the dumbest was the whole ''point'', so he thanks her.
* MediumShiftGag: As Anton falls into a lake, he shifts into live-action as he's eaten by ducks.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Parodied when Gumball gives this line as he's playing "butt puppets", insisting that Anais look at the fake face on his rear end instead of his actual face.



* TookALevelInDumbass: {{Invoked|Trope}}, as Anais tries to be dumb for a day to enjoy time with her brothers and dad.

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* TookALevelInDumbass: {{Invoked|Trope}}, as Anais tries to be dumb for a day to enjoy time with her brothers and dad.dad.
* VerbalBackspace: Richard offhandedly mentions that [[ParentalFavoritism Darwin is his favorite]]; when he sees his family's angered reaction he amended "fish! My favorite fish!".
* WatchOutForThatTree: Rocky is taken out of the Dumb Race when he runs headfirst into a low hanging branch.
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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode Richard, Darwin, and Gumball are playing "butt puppets" (pretending their own butts are heads). At the end Richard seems to be doing it again at Gumball's besides, but it's actually a doctor that happened to look exactly like Richard's butt puppet and is named "Dr. Butt".

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* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode Richard, Darwin, and Gumball are playing "butt puppets" (pretending their own butts are heads). At the end Richard seems to be doing it again at Gumball's besides, bedside, but it's actually a doctor that happened to look exactly like Richard's butt puppet and is named "Dr. Butt".
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* {{Balloonacy}}: At the beginning of the dumb race Tobias grabs a bunch of balloons and floats off ("I'm winning, I'm winning!... ''[[OhCrap I'm not winning!]]''"). [[OffscreenInertia He's still seen floating around at the end of the episode.]]
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode Richard, Darwin, and Gumball are playing "butt puppets" (pretending their own butts are heads). At the end Richard seems to be doing it again at Gumball's besides, but it's actually a doctor that happened to look exactly like Richard's butt puppet and is named "Dr. Butt".
* CanisLatinicus: When Gumball and Darwin play "I'm the president" and both decide to kiss the "flag" (a smelly sock), they claim the motto for Dumb Land is "Dumbus Kissus Flagus".
* SomethingWeForgot: At the end of the episode at the hospital, everyone realizes they left Darwin at the park, as he continued to run around a tree blindfolded.
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Anais asks Gumball and Darwin how to be dumb so she can enjoy playing with them and Richard. She ends up succeeding, to the point that Gumball thinks he's being replaced.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: {{Invoked|Trope}}, as Anais tries to be dumb for a day to enjoy time with her brothers and dad.

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