History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS3E5ThePuppy

* SeldomSeenSpecies: When's the last time you saw a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trionychidae Softshell Turtle]] in a cartoon?

* BittersweetEnding: The turtle's rampage was stopped for now, but the Wattersons are pretty much stuck with her until she dies of old age.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever the turtle did that finally made Nicole and Richard agree that they needed to get rid of her was never shown and not really described (all we can gather is that was ''really'', really bad).

* BrokenPedestal: In spite of ''everything'', Darwin ''still'' cared about the turtle...until she tried to kill him just like the rest of his family.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Darwin spends the whole episode advocating for the turtle, but she tries to devour him the same as the rest of the family.

* TheBait: Since Richard eats all the food they were going to use to bait the turtle, the kids use Gumball instead, because she likes biting him the most.

* BittersweetEnding: The turtle rampage was stopped for now, but the Wattersons are basically stuck with her until she dies of old age.
* BlatantLies: Darwin says the turtle "passed away peacefully" while looking at her desiccated body with her face writhed in agony ("Like a peaceful, evil raisin.")
* BrokenPedestal: In spite of ''everything'', Darwin ''still'' cared about the turtle... until she dragged him to the bottom of the lake.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Richard believes he purchased the terrifying, near-immortal turtle from a shop that wasn't where he remembered it being... [[SubvertedTrope but it turns out it was just a red van that sold (probably stolen) merchandise and it drove off instead of disappearing]].

'''Richard:''' It's a labraturtle.

* OutOfTheInferno: The turtle crawls out from the exploded van unharmed. Then Anais puts her under a bowl.

* SealedEvilInACan: The ultimate fate of the turtle, as the Watterson's decide to keep her from rampaging by stuffing her in a terrarium.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever the turtle did that finally made Nicole and Richard agree that they needed to get rid of her was never shown and not really described.

* OutOfTheInferno: The turtle crawls out from the exploded van unharmed. Then Anais puts him under a bowl.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When proposing to get a puppy, the children show a chart of their "projected happiness level" represented by a bar that goes off the notepad and through the ceiling.

* NighInvulnerable: The turtle cannot be physically harmed, and even severe dehydration was merely [[NotQuiteDead an inconvenience]] -- shortly after being rehydrated, a car hits the turtle ''[[PedestrianCrushesCar and gets bounced back]]''.

* TheBait: Since Richard eats all the food they were going to use to bait the turtle, the kids use Gumball instead, because it likes biting him the most.

* BittersweetEnding: The turtle rampage was stopped for now, but the Wattersons are basically stuck with it until it dies of old age.
* BlatantLies: Darwin says the turtle "passed away peacefully" while looking at its desiccated body with its face writhed in agony ("Like a peaceful, evil raisin.")
* BrokenPedestal: In spite of ''everything'', Darwin ''still'' cared about the turtle... until it dragged him to the bottom of the lake.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Darwin spends the whole episode advocating for the turtle, but it tries to devour him the same as the rest of the family.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: At the end, the Wattersons decide to keep the turtle, if only to spare the rest of the world its wrath. It helps that the turtle's stubby little limbs render it unable to leave its terrarium.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Gumball hated the turtle even more than everyone else, so he couldn't think of anything to say when it appeared to be dead.

* SealedEvilInACan: The ultimate fate of the turtle, as the Watterson's decide to keep it from rampaging by stuffing it in a terrarium.

* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever the turtle did that finally made Nicole and Richard agree that they needed to get rid of it was never shown and not really described.

Gumball, Darwin, and Anais convince Richard to get a new puppy, despite Nicole's objections. Too bad Richard buys a turtle instead, which turns out to be a psychotic killer bent on attacking the family.