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* UnPerson: Molly, as especially evidenced in the yearbook photos.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: A person vanishes from the world because the universe found him/her to be boring and erased all evidence of his/her existence? If this show wasn't a kids'/family comedy, the premise would be great for sci-fi or horror (or the type of sci-fi horror inspired by Lovecraft and his contemporaries).

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* CosmicHorrorStory: A person vanishes from the world because the universe found him/her them to be boring and erased all evidence of his/her their existence? If this show wasn't a kids'/family comedy, the premise would be great for existential sci-fi or horror (or of the type of sci-fi horror like inspired by Lovecraft and his contemporaries).Lovecraft.
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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Mr. Small was ''right'' about people suddenly disappearing, even Janis--though it turns out to be a van, not his girlfriend. And when he said Janis runs on "good vibes" [[NotHyperbole he's not even exaggerating]]: being nice to it makes it run better.

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* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Mr. Small was ''right'' about people suddenly disappearing, even Janis--though Janice--though it turns out to be a van, not his girlfriend. And when he said Janis Janice runs on "good vibes" [[NotHyperbole he's not even exaggerating]]: being nice to it makes it run better.



* NotHyperbole: Mr. Small says Janis could never go anywhere without him. It turns out she literally couldn't, as she's a van.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Gumball beats on and yells at his own ''head'' to remember Molly. Everyone tries this on Janis (a van), but Darwin instead tries being nice to "her" and it worked.

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* NotHyperbole: Mr. Small says Janis Janice could never go anywhere without him. It turns out she literally couldn't, as she's a van.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Gumball beats on and yells at his own ''head'' to remember Molly. Everyone tries this on Janis Janice (a van), but Darwin instead tries being nice to "her" and it worked.
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* BittersweetEnding: Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small successfully save Molly from the Void. However, just as they plan to tell everyone else about the Void, it sucks their tinfoil hats in, causing them to forget about it.

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* BittersweetEnding: Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small successfully save Molly from the Void. However, just as they plan to tell everyone else about the Void, it sucks their tinfoil hats in, causing them to forget about it. And as revealed later on, they ignored and forgot about Rob in the process, which led him to become a villain instead.
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* WhamEpisode: This is the introduction to The Void. Which would become a pivotal location later in the series.

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* WhamEpisode: This is the introduction to The Void. Which Void, a location which would become a pivotal location later in the series.series. It also comes with the reveal that the world is implicitly sentient, and is capable of erasing anything and anyone it deems "a mistake".
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* ExitPursuedByABear: A [[LawyerFriendlyCameo thinly-veiled parody]] of Crazy Frog is chased offscreen by two [[DoofyDodo flightless birds]]--in this case, it's [[LiteralMetaphor going the way of the dodo]].

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* ExitPursuedByABear: A [[LawyerFriendlyCameo thinly-veiled parody]] of Crazy Frog is chased offscreen by two [[DoofyDodo flightless birds]]--in birds--in this case, it's [[LiteralMetaphor going the way of the dodo]].
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* ExitPursuedByABear: A [[LawyerFriendlyCameo thinly-veiled parody]] of Crazy Frog is chased offscreen by two [[DumbDodoBird flightless birds]]--in this case, it's [[LiteralMetaphor going the way of the dodo]].

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* ExitPursuedByABear: A [[LawyerFriendlyCameo thinly-veiled parody]] of Crazy Frog is chased offscreen by two [[DumbDodoBird [[DoofyDodo flightless birds]]--in this case, it's [[LiteralMetaphor going the way of the dodo]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small successfully save Molly from the Void. However, just as they plan to tell everyone else about the Void, it sucks their tinfoil hats in, causing them to forget about it.
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* AnyoneRememberPogs: Several of the objects found in the void are dated fads from the late 1970s to the 2000s, like pogo balls, laser discs, cassette tapes, jorts, the mullet, disco, Mr. Small's airbrushed hippie van, the pitch pilot version of The Wattersons' house, and an expy of Crazy Frog.

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* AnyoneRememberPogs: Several of the objects found in the void are dated fads from the late 1970s to the 2000s, like pogo balls, laser discs, cassette tapes, jorts, the mullet, disco, Mr. Small's airbrushed hippie van, the pitch pilot version of The Wattersons' house, and an expy of Crazy Frog.
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* AnyoneRememberPogs: Several of the objects found in the void are dated fads from the late 1970s to the 1990s, like pogo balls, laser discs, cassette tapes, jorts, the mullet, and disco.

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* AnyoneRememberPogs: Several of the objects found in the void are dated fads from the late 1970s to the 1990s, 2000s, like pogo balls, laser discs, cassette tapes, jorts, the mullet, disco, Mr. Small's airbrushed hippie van, the pitch pilot version of The Wattersons' house, and disco.an expy of Crazy Frog.



* CosmicHorrorStory: A person vanishes from the world because the universe found him/her to be boring and erased all evidence of his/her existence? If this show didn't run on comedy, this would be a great premise for a horror or Sci-Fi show or film.

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* CosmicHorrorStory: A person vanishes from the world because the universe found him/her to be boring and erased all evidence of his/her existence? If this show didn't run on wasn't a kids'/family comedy, this the premise would be a great premise for a sci-fi or horror or Sci-Fi show or film.(or the type of sci-fi horror inspired by Lovecraft and his contemporaries).

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No justifying edits. And it's wrong anyway. The hats are what let them keep the memories period, since Mr. Small said he only remembered Janice because of the hats, and told Gumball and Darwin to wear them so they wouldn't forget Molly, since anything the world erased would be removed from their memories. But Molly never wore a hat since she was in the Void, and as Rob demonstrated when he came back, people that returned from the Void do retain their memories of it, albeit Rob lost his temporarily due to the damage caused by escaping.


* MediumBlending: Someone interacts with the show's photographic backgrounds for the first time: Mr. Small, Darwin, and Gumball [[ArtShift turn into]] [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CG]] so the perspective is able to shift angles, showing the backgrounds to actually be completely flat.



* MediumBlending: Someone interacts with the show's photographic backgrounds for the first time: Mr. Small, Darwin, and Gumball [[ArtShift turn into]] [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CG]] so the perspective is able to shift angles, showing the backgrounds to actually be completely flat.



** Except... not really. The tinfoil hat's absence was what allowed their memories to be erased, so Molly not having one in the first place just means that it's easier for her to forget.
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* WhamEpisode: This is the introduction to The Void. Which would become a pivotal location later in the series.
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** Except... not really. The tinfoil hat's absence was what allowed their memories to be erased, so Molly not having one in the first place just means that it's easier for her to forget.
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->'''Gumball:''' So you're telling me that in a class full of our friends, who went to school with her your whole life, not one of you remembers Molly?
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* MythologyGag: The CGI version of Darwin used in the show's pilot is seen floating in the void.
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* MediumBlending: Someone interacts with the show's photographic backgrounds for the first time: Mr. Small, Darwin, and Gumball [[ArtShift turn into]] [[ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon CG]] so the perspective is able to shift angles, showing the backgrounds to actually be completely flat.

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* MediumBlending: Someone interacts with the show's photographic backgrounds for the first time: Mr. Small, Darwin, and Gumball [[ArtShift turn into]] [[ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon [[TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects CG]] so the perspective is able to shift angles, showing the backgrounds to actually be completely flat.

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