History Trivia / TheAmazingWorldOfGumball

* TheOtherDarrin:
** Gumball was voiced by Nicky Jones (aka WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}) in the early reel version of the show while Darwin was voiced by Jake Pratt.
** Between seasons 1 and 2, many characters changed voices:
*** Creator/LewisMacLeod quit the series, so his roles were recast between Adam Long (Mr. Small), Steve Furst (Principal Brown), Hugo Harold-Harrison (Ms. Simian and Rocky Robinson), and Dan Russell (Donut Cop).
*** Creator/RupertDegas also left, and his roles were passed to Max Cazier(Clayton), Hugo Harold-Harrison (Tobias, Felix sometimes) and Stefan Ashton Frank (Gaylord Robinson).
*** Aurelie Charbonnier was the original voice of Sussie in the show's first season. From season two to four, British comedian Fergus Craig replaced Charbonnier as Sussie's speaking voice (while Charbonnier's chin is still used as the character and Bocquelet still does Sussie's screaming and laughter).
*** A few others changed voice actor despite their original voice actor still playing other characters: Alan the balloon and Idaho the potato went from both being voiced by Kerry Shale to both being voiced by Hugo Harold-Harrison; Carmen the cactus went from being voiced by Creator/TeresaGallagher to being voiced by Alix Wilton Regan; Tina Rex went from being voiced by Dan Russell to being voiced by Stefan Ashton Frank.
** Both Gumball and Darwin were recast in season three from Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye to Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr. respectively due to their original voice actors hitting puberty and sounding too old for their roles. The season three premiere "The Kids" is both a farewell to Grove and Boakye and an introduction to Hopkins and Ransom, Jr. They in turn were recast midway into season five by Nicolas Cantu and Donielle T. Hansley, Jr, respectively. Darwin was replaced ''again'' shortly into season six by Christian J. Simon.
** In the third season, Rocky went from Hugo Harold-Harrison to Simon Lipkin and Jamie the bully went from Jessica [=MacDonald=] to Maria Teresa Creasey, even though Harold-Harrison and [=MacDonald=] still voice other characters.
** In his first two speaking roles, Louie was voiced by Dan Russell. Starting with "The Extras", Shane Rimmer of ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' fame took over the role and stayed in it for the rest of the series, being one of his final roles before his 2019 death.
** Almost all voices were recast in the Hungarian version after season 1, save Gumball, Darwin, Nicole, Anais and a few side characters. Season 3 changed even more voices, including Gumball's, Darwin's and Nicole's. Now Anais, Banana Joe, and Penny are the only characters with their original voices.
** In the Brazilian dub, not only were Gumball and Anais recast due to puberty[[note]]Darwin's voice actor was not replaced though due to being too iconic[[/note]]; almost all characters changed voice actors for at least one episode, except for Carrie and Ocho. Marvin and Principal Brown's voice actors also died in 2013 and 2021 respectively, having to be replaced.
** In the Italian dub:
*** Gumball and Darwin were initially voiced by actual children, Federico Bebi and Andrea Di Maggio. Midway through season 2, their voices began to crack more and more. Early season 3 episodes just pitched up their voices to hide the cracking, but starting from "The Shell" they were recast respectively with Creator/AlessioPuccio and Creator/MauraCenciarelli.
*** The recasts also touched Gumball and Darwin's {{Non Singing Voice}}s: in season 1 and early season 2, Gumball's singing was done by Leonardo Caneva, while Andrea Di Maggio did his own singing. in the latter half of season 2 and early season 3, Mirko Fabbreschi did the singing for both Gumball and Darwin. After the speaking voice actors were recast, Fabbreschi continued doing only Gumball's singing while Maura Cenciarelli did her own singing as Darwin.
*** Tobias is usually voiced by Creator/StefanoOnofri, but for a bunch of episodes in season 4 the role was taken by Creator/LeonardoGraziano.
*** Julius Oppenheimer Jr. was voiced by Creator/FabrizioMazzotta in his first appearance, but when he reappeared later on he was replaced with Creator/DavideLepore.

** The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie's lead writer is Shane Mack who is best known for making the Hard R raunchy comedy Coffee and Kareem and various [[BleachedUnderpants NSFW short films]]. Downplayed in that considering [[BlackComedy this]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld particular]] [[DarkerAndEdgier ser]][[DenserAndWackier ies]] this choice is pretty appropriate.

*** Lewis [=MacLeod=] quit the series, so his roles were recast between Adam Long (Mr. Small), Steve Furst (Principal Brown), Hugo Harold-Harrison (Ms. Simian and Rocky Robinson), and Dan Russell (Donut Cop).
*** Rupert Degas also left, and his roles were passed to Max Cazier(Clayton), Hugo Harold-Harrison (Tobias, Felix sometimes) and Stefan Ashton Frank (Gaylord Robinson).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There was a popular rumor that the show was originally pitched to Adult Swim, and got denied for being too cute, but [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/557632076636499969 it was denied by Ben Bocquelet]].

* PosthumousCredit: Shane Rimmer's last episode as Louie aired two months after his death in March 2019.

* WordOfGod: According to [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/837059822151426051 this response]] regarding Nicole's reaction to buff!Richard in "The Diet" due to her not appearing in the episode, she prefers Richard the way he is, being fat and chubby, more than being buff.

** The initial voice actors for Gumball (Logan Grove), Darwin (Kwesi Boakye), and Anais (Kyla Rae Kowalewski) took the roles at approximately the age of 12, 11, and 9, respectively. About three years later, Gumball and Darwin were recast for the third season due to puberty: Gumball's new voice actor (Jacob Hopkins) was 11 and Darwin's (Terrell Ransom Jr.) was 10. Anais's original voice actor continues to voice her even as she enters her teens as Kowalewski can still make her voice sound young -- and the fact that girls' voices don't change as dramatically as boys' voices do during puberty. In Season 5, Gumball and Darwin's new voice actors hit puberty and were recast again, with Gumball being now voiced by Nicolas Cantu, which was 13 years old when he was cast, and Darwin voiced by Donielle Hansley Jr, which was 12 years old when he was cast. A few episodes into Season 6, Donielle was replaced as Darwin's voice actor by Christian J. Simon.

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: In the Brazilian Portuguese dub for Season 1, all songs which weren't sung by a character (such as "Inner Warrior", "You Gotta Think Big" and "Because We're Men") were mantained in the original English audio. However, this was changed from Season 2 onwards, when all songs started being translated, including a short reprise of "You Gotta Think Big" in "The Grades".

* TheSongRemainsTheSame: In the Brazilian Portuguese dub for Season 1, all songs which weren't sung by a character (such as "Inner Warrior", "You Gotta Think Big" and "Because We're Men") were mantained in the original English audio. However, this was changed from Season 2 onwards.

* ActingForTwo:
** Both Principal Brown and Ms. Simian were voiced by Lewis [=MacLeod=] in the first season.
** Richard, Mr. Fitzgerald, the Doughnut Sheriff (after season one), and the Ripley 2000 manager, are all voiced by Dan Russell.
** All the police officers are voiced by Dan Russell, except for the female Coffee Cop (who is the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female police officer]]), the Doughnut Sheriff in Season 1 (when there weren't any other cops), and the soda can cop.
** Creator/JessicaMcDonald voices Carrie, Masami, Sarah, Rachel, Molly, Jamie in Season 1 and 2, Betty in Season 1 and Daisy The Donkey.
** Her sister Creator/NaomiMcDonald voices Clare, Rotten Cupcake, Brydie and Banana Barbara from season 6 onward.
** Aside from voicing Gumball, Jacob Hopkins also voiced Zach and Chi Chi.
** Kyla Kowalewski voices both Anais and Rosie.
** Teresa Gallagher voices Nicole, Penny, Mrs. Robinson, Jackie, Teri, Polly and Chi Chi's mother.
** Sandra Searles Dickinson voices Granny Jojo, Mrs. Jotunheim, Alison Sandra Gator, Martha Miller, Felicity Parham, Karen and Maria.
** Mic Graves voices Banana Joe, William, Sussie's father, Banana Bob, Daniel Lennard, Leonard Daniels and the Clown.
** Kerry Shale voices Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Hector, Sal Left Thumb, the sun, the virus, Colin and Vladus.
** Max Cazier voices Clayton season 2 onwards, Ocho and the checkout clerk.
** Simon Lipkin voices the Green Bear, Mr. Corneille, Mowdown and Ken.

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*** Richard has gotten ''three'' replacements: Arturo Castañeda in episode "The Nobody", Miguel Ángel Ruiz in "The Guy", and despite his official actor recording most of his lines in "The Singing", Moisés Iván Mora recorded the very last one.[[note]]Presumably because Benjamín Rivera was also replaced in the singing role by Dan Frausto[[note/]]

** Despite being one of Creator/NicolasCantu's best-known roles, Gumball is rather against type for him. Most of Cantu's characters tend to be kind, upstanding types - such as [[WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst Prince James]], [[WesternAnimatiom/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem Leonardo]], and [[WesternAnimation/SkullIsland Charlie]]. Gumball, however, is an irascible, scheming cynic motivated primarily by greed and spite.

* PlayingAgainstType: The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie's lead writer is Shane Mack who is best known for making the Hard R raunchy comedy Coffee and Kareem and various [[BleachedUnderpants NSFW short films]]. Downplayed in that considering [[BlackComedy this]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld particular]] [[DarkerAndEdgier ser]][[DenserAndWackier ies]] this choice is pretty appropriate.

* TheWikiRule: Has a wiki [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball_Wiki here]].

* AdoredByTheNetwork:
** After the series premiered to high ratings and very positive reviews, Cartoon Network has been giving a lot of attention to the show. In fact, it seems to get as much attention as Cartoon Network's other CashCowFranchise, ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and receive [[AdoredByTheNetwork/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball its own page as well]].
** Cartoon Network gave the series premier a huge buildup: a "sneak peek" six days before the premiere (which also aired on Boomerang and streamed on the website), a countdown bug on-screen the day ''of'' the premiere, and at least one rerun a day for the entire week afterward. It was also renewed for a second season 2 months before the official premiere.
** The Latin American version of Cartoon Network brings this trope up to eleven. They went to such extent to dedicate a whole day to the show. They also use them to announce the new stuff of the month and air reruns '''three''' times a day, everyday, and they often air clips of this show during the commercial breaks for no reason at all.
** The United Kingdom [[SerialEscalation puts Latin America to shame]]. On some weeks, Gumball reruns more times a day on the UK feed proportionally than '''''Teen Titans Go!'' does on the US feed'''. Part of this is probably because ''Gumball'' is the first (and remained the only for a while before ''The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe'' in 2017) show produced by CN's studio in the UK.
** Cartoon Network also put a lot of faith into the show by renewing a second season a week before the premier, though this could have been done as the show spends a long time in production. Cartoon Network later renewed the show for a fourth and fifth season before the third season had even started airing and, a few days before the fifth season started, renewed it for a sixth. Overall, next to ''Teen Titans Go'', it's probably the network's most-aired series. Tellingly, the network continues to air frequent reruns of it after it ended, and shows no sign of stopping.

* CreatorsFavorite: Bocquelet said that he likes Darwin the most [[https://web.archive.org/web/20201216220614/https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/1122226256978771968 here]].

** Richard Mr. Fitzgerald, the Doughnut Sheriff (after season one), and the Ripley 2000 manager, are all voiced by Dan Russell.

* OldShame: When a fan suggested a forest episode, Ben Bocquelet replied he "already did a rubbish one", referring to "The Picnic".