History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E2TheFan

* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: Darwin and Gumball finds Sarah's fan fic of them. Gumball is especially peeved that she draws him shorter than Darwin.
* StalkerShrine: Sarah has one to Gumball and Darwin, including numerous pictures of them cut and pasted (on live action human bodies) to look they're hanging out with her.
* PervertedSniffing: One shots of Sarah's video has her in Gumball's room, wearing his daytime clothes, putting the shirt he sleeps in over her face, and inhaling. It's accompanied by the line "I dressed in your clothes and breathed in your air."

* StylisticSelfParody: Gumball describes the effect of the water supply being contaminated by the Rainbow factory.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Gumball and Darwin riff through Sarah's locker and discover [[IJustWantToHaveFriends she just wants Gumball and Darwin's friendship]]:

* MediumAwareness: At the episode's end, Sarah [[ThemeTuneCameo begins singing the end credits tune]], [[AudienceWhatAudience confusing Gumball]].

Gumball and Darwin deal with their fangirl, Sarah G. Lato, who begins to unveil her creepy stalkerish nature.

Gumball and Darwin's race to stop a disaster at The Rainbow Factory is sidetracked when a new kid at at Elmore Junior High, a sentient ice cream cone named Sarah G. Lato (the same one from season two's "The Sweaters"), follows them everywhere and reveals that she's Gumball and Darwin's number one fan -- but her fangirl ways begin creeping out the two, especially when she has them act out her latest shipping fic.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Cartoon Network Arabia cuts out parts of Sarah's stalkerish song.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Cartoon Network Arabia cuts out parts of Sarah G. Lato's stalkerish song.

* ContractualGenreBlindness: Darwin and Gumball go along with Sarah's fan fiction, even though it's ridiculous, because they want to cheer her up and think it'll be fun.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Several scene early on appear to have a LaughTrack which is actually being played by a recorder Sarah is hiding behind her back. She uses it throughout the episode to play sitcom music. Hilariously played with at the end of the episode when, during what is supposed to be a dramatic climax to the "battle" between Gumball and Darwin, Gumball is slowly shoving Darwin into a spinning fan[[note]]That's covered by a grate... so no real danger[[/note]] while Sarah's tape recorder is playing dramatic music. Gumball keeps shoving Darwin in but is shouting for Sarah to intervene, as per her story, but she won't because she can't get the tape player to stop playing the music. This forces Gumball to prolong the scene until he [[OffscreenTeleportation suddenly appears next to Sarah]], grabs the recorder, and breaks it by throwing it off the building, causing the music to stop altogether--barring the music that she can sing.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Sarah seems to think that she, Gumball and Darwin are in a sitcom, or some other kind of story than the correct genre.

* TakeThatAudience: Sarah's behavior is a pretty clear jab at the stereotypical fangirl. She's well-meaning, but she annoys them through her interference and even wrote adventures about the three of them, in the style of a stereotypical fanfic.

* TakeThat: To the stereotypical fangirls of the series, using Sarah as their representation. She's well-meaning, but she annoys them through her interference and even wrote adventures about the three of them, in the style of a stereotypical fanfic. They were pretty fair compared to most other series and a bit more in-depth, acknowledging shipping and Gumball mentioning she should go to art school (which is a common criticism to those who draw crappy fan-art).

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Just like the "Make the Most of It" song on the previous episode, Cartoon Network Arabia cuts out parts of Sarah G. Lato's stalkerish song (though this edit here is a bit more justified).

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Several scene early on appear to have a LaughTrack which is actually being played by a recorder Sarah is hiding behind her back. She uses it throughout the episode to play sitcom music. Hilariously played with at the end of the episode when, during what is supposed to be a dramatic climax to the "battle" between Gumball and Darwin, Gumball is slowly shoving Darwin into a spinning fan[[note]]That's covered by a grate... so no real danger[[/note]] while Sarah's tape recorder is playing dramatic music. Gumball keeps shoving Darwin in but is shouting for Sarah to intervene, as per her story, but she won't because she can't get the tape player to stop playing the music. This forces Gumball to prolong the scene until he [[OffscreenTeleportation suddenly appears next to Sarah]], grabs the recorder, and breaks it by throwing it off the building, causing the music to stop altogether.

* NoTimeToExplain: Gumball keeps yelling this at the beginning to explain all of his reckless behavior as he's running, even though a lot of the stuff he's doing (like running over cars instead of the sidewalk or through a topiary or walking ''back'' to Sarah to push her) are clearly slowing him down.

** In the shot at the end of the song one of the pictures is a closeup on Darwin's face, which is from the deleted [[BadExportForYou (in almost every country except the UK)]] shock collar scene in "The Skull".

* ContinuityCavalcade: Sarah's video includes pictures she took of Darwin and Gumball during events of previous episode. Some of them are from before she transferred to Elmore Junior High and actually met them, implying ''she's been stalking them throughout the first two seasons'':

The new kid at at Elmore Junior High, a sentient ice cream cone named Sarah G. Lato (the same one from season two's "The Sweaters"), reveals that she's Gumball and Darwin's number one fan -- but her fangirl ways begin creeping out the two, especially when she has them act out her latest shipping fic.

* ContinuityCavalcade: Sarah's video includes pictures she took of Darwin and Gumball during events of previous episode. Some of them are from before she transferred to Elmore Junior High and actually met them, implying ''she's been stalking them throughout seasons one and two'':

** In the shot at the end of the song one of the pictures is a closeup on Darwin's face, which is from the deleted shock collar scene in "The Skull".

* MediumAwareness: At the episode's end, Sarah begins singing the end credits tune.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Several scene early on appear to have a LaughTrack which is actually being played by a recorder Sarah is hiding behind her back. She uses it throughout the episode to play sitcom music. Hilariously played with at the end of the episode when, during what is supposed to be a dramatic climax to the "battle" between Gumball and Darwin, Gumball is slowly shoving Darwin's into a spinning fan[[note]]That's covered by a grate... so no real danger[[/note]] while Sarah's tape recorder is playing dramatic music. Gumball keeps shoving Darwin in but is shouting for Sarah to intervene, as per her story, but she won't because she can't get the tape player to stop playing the music. This forces Gumball to prolong the scene until he [[OffscreenTeleportation suddenly appears next to Sarah]], grabs the recorder, and breaks it by throwing it off the building, causing the music to stop altogether.

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Several scene early on appear to have a LaughTrack which is actually being played by a recorder Sarah is hiding behind her back. She uses it throughout the episode to play sitcom music. Hilariously played with at the end of the episode when, during what is supposed to be a dramatic climax to the "battle" between Gumball and Darwin, Gumball is slowly shoving Darwin's into a spinning fan[[note]]That's covered by a grate... so no real danger[[/note]] while Sarah's tape recorder is playing dramatic music. Gumball keeps shoving Darwin in but is shouting for Sarah to intervene, as per her story, but she who won't because she can't get the tape player to stop playing the music. This forces Gumball to prolong the scene until he [[OffscreenTeleportation suddenly appears next to Sarah]], grabs the recorder, and breaks it by throwing it off the building, causing the music to stop altogether.

* WallpaperCamouflage: Sarah hides by blending in with a mural full of yellow circles and brown triangles.

* SayingTooMuch: Sarah briefly tells Darwin and Gumball "I moved schools to be near you guys." in the cafeteria, although it goes without comment.

* WallpaperCamouflage: Sarah hides by blending in with a mural full of yellow circles and brown triangles.