| 1 | [[center:[-[[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballTheWattersons The Wattersons]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballStudentsOfElmoreJuniorHigh Students of Elmore Junior High]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballElmoreJuniorHighStaff Elmore Junior High Staff]] | [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballOtherCitizensOfElmore Other Citizens of Elmore]] | '''Other''' | [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballExtremelyMinorCharacters Minor Characters]]]]-] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ! Antagonists |
| 6 | [[folder:Anton Clones]] |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_0.png]] |
| 8 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Anthony Hull (Clones), Stefan Ashton Frank (Ant-One) |
| 9 | |
| 10 | Numerous clones of Anton that Darwin and Gumball made in "The Recipe" using an everyday toaster. Among them, only the first two clones were named: the burnt first one, who named himself "Ant-One", and the second, which Gumball and Darwin named "Ant-Two". |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | [[hardline]] |
| 13 | * EvilTwin: After surviving being burnt, Ant-One comes out of the garbage can to try and replace the original Anton. |
| 14 | * ExpendableClone: Although Darwin and Gumball worry about getting in trouble for making them, almost all of them die, and nothing seems to come of it. |
| 15 | * LiteralGenie: They're so naive that they'll follow whatever orders they hear first as literally as possible, even taking "split up" to mean "tear yourself in half". |
| 16 | * NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:Ant-One falls into a pool and is [[FoldSpindleMutilation torn to pieces by the grate of the drain he's sucked into]].]] |
| 17 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Ant-Two is the only clone left at the end of "The Recipe". The "real" Anton also died, but he was just a different line of clones that would presumably be replaced again by his parents, raising the question of exactly what happened to Ant-Two.]] |
| 18 | * TooDumbToLive: All but Ant-One have even fewer self-preservation instincts than the real Anton, even directly causing their own deaths just because some random people told them to. |
| 19 | * VerbalTic: Ant-Two repeats the last words of something someone else said. |
| 20 | ** [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Something someone else said!]] |
| 21 | [[/folder]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:The Copycats]] |
| 24 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_2_3.jpg]] |
| 25 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Jacob Hopkins (Chi Chi), Terrell Ransom Jr. (Ribbit), Creator/TeresaGallagher (Mother), Dan Russell (Father) |
| 26 | ->'''Debut:''' Season 5, "The Copycats" |
| 27 | |
| 28 | A family of goats and a frog who relentlessly copy the Watterson family, putting the results online as ''The Wonderful World of Chi Chi'' to make ad revenue. They have no equivalent of Anais, though. They're a parody of a series of Chinese commercials, for a brand of goat milk called Animation/MiracleStar, whose mascots and scenes blatantly plagiarize ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. |
| 29 | ---- |
| 30 | * AllegoricalCharacter: They don't make much sense as literal characters, they're more like personifications of plagiarism, especially the Miracle Star characters they're based on. |
| 31 | * CaptainErsatz: They're stand-ins for the family from the Miracle Star commercials who themselves are ripoffs of the Watterson family—essentially {{Lawyer Friendly Cameo}}s of very lawyer unfriendly characters. In the storyboard, the copycats just were the characters from Miracle Star, unaltered in name or appearance. |
| 32 | * DiabolusExNihilo: We don't know anything about them personally except that they're trying to make money and are almost incapable of original thought. Why do they look almost identical to the Wattersons? Did they alter their own appearances or were they already a bunch of Identical Strangers? Are they a real family, or just actors? How do they know everything the Wattersons do so they can copy them? Within the universe of the show, their existence is only really justified by the RuleOfFunny. |
| 33 | * FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: All of them. |
| 34 | * FunnyAnimal: Mom, Dad and Chi Chi are goats, DELETED is an unknown animal, and Ribbit is a frog. |
| 35 | * {{Greed}}: The only thing we know about their real personalities, rather than their affected ones copying the Wattersons, is that they want money and they're not sharing it with the guys they make it off. |
| 36 | * HoistByTheirOwnPetard: To drive off the Copycats, the Wattersons start doing increasingly dangerous things in the hope that the Copycats will either give up or off themselves trying to replicate them. This culminates in them attempting a stunt so dangerous that it's doubtful that even they would survive it, but they escape at the last second thanks entirely due to Anais. The Copycats intentionally removed their Anais counterpart, however, so when they tried to ripoff the stunt they're unable to save themselves in time and they plummet to their fiery, brutal de- er, severe maiming. |
| 37 | * IntentionalEngrishForFunny: Their website is written in Chinese, and the Wattersons can only read it by putting through a translator. This leads to them laughing at the translations. |
| 38 | ->Chi-Chi: This goat is the attention of the center. He is serious, don't you trust him? A heavy party-love hero with powerful personality defectives. |
| 39 | ->Ribbit: This frog is a frog, but why? He is so green and mighty you wouldn't trust him with lunch. What's that? Yes, he is determined. |
| 40 | ->Dad: I'm a tired lazy belly male lurking inside sofa. Watch him obnoxious. Laugh and spoil yourself. |
| 41 | ->Mom: Wowee - What a mother. Who cares if she's annoying? You? |
| 42 | ->DELETED: Woman no right to celebrate in republic of people. |
| 43 | * OddballDoppelganger: They're pretty much the Watterson family with slight alterations to make them look like different species. Of course, the real reason they're like this is they're a parody of ripoff characters in a real-life Shoddy Knockoff Product. |
| 44 | * MeaningfulName: The ripoff of Gumball is a goat named Chichi, which is Japanese for milk. The work he's parodying is a character named "Kiki" from a goat milk advertisement. |
| 45 | * ParodyNames: Chi Chi and Ribbit's names are plays on Kiki and Gua Gua, the Miracle Star ripoffs of Gumball and Darwin. |
| 46 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Copycats". |
| 47 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: It's implied they didn't copy Anais because they figured their videos would be more profitable with one less female character. (The real Miracle Star lacked one mostly because of the one-child policy, along with general ValuesDissonance regarding desirability of female children.) |
| 48 | * SignificantDoubleCasting: They share voice actors with the Wattersons. |
| 49 | * UnnamedParent: The children's names are found listed on their website, but it just calls the parents "mom" and "dad". (For the curious, their Miracle Star equivalents are called Chun Ni and Miao Cheng Gong, respectively.) |
| 50 | * {{Unperson}}: Disturbingly, the website implies a little sister existed in some form, but was removed. There's a blurred picture of a character with Anais' silhouette that's crossed out and marked "DELETED". |
| 51 | * VillainHasAPoint: When Gumball introduces himself to Chi Chi, Chi Chi responds back with the same phrase except with his name instead of Gumball's. Gumball, unsurprisingly, goes ballistic but Chi Chi points out that's how you respond to someone's greeting. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Evil Turtle's Babies]] |
| 55 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_22_94.png]] |
| 56 | Evil Turtle's army of children. They wreak havoc across Elmore when their mother goes missing. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * {{Expy}}: They are a strange combination of {{Film/Gremlins}} and the eggs from Film/AlienS. |
| 59 | * GroinAttack: One of them does it to Goblin while he was in the shower. [[AssholeVictim It was much deserved]]. |
| 60 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Nest". |
| 61 | * NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Subverted. The Wattersons believe that they weren't evil and just lashing out because they miss their mother. When they finally reunite, they swim away into the ocean - but not before sinking an entire ocean liner. Anais argues that it's probably both. |
| 62 | * TheSwarm |
| 63 | * ZergRush: They may not be as strong as their mom, but they make it up in sheer numbers. |
| 64 | [[/folder]] |
| 65 | |
| 66 | [[folder:Fuzzy]] |
| 67 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fuzzybff.png]] |
| 68 | ->'''Voiced by:''' [[https://twitter.com/OverallRichard/status/1183299750482907138 Jack Simmons]] |
| 69 | -> '''Debut:''' Season 6, "The BFFS" |
| 70 | Gumball's original BFF before Darwin came into the picture. A pink, furby-like creature who supposedly comes back from Minnesota. |
| 71 | ---- |
| 72 | [[hardline]] |
| 73 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: He too, has a {{Yandere}} friend that kidnaps him. |
| 74 | * EvilCounterpart: To Darwin. They are both [=BFFs=] to Gumball, they're both insecure that Gumball may eventually abandon them for another friend, and they both have there jealous / {{Yandere}} moments when Gumball shows affections to others. However, while Darwin is usually well-meaning and makes up for his nastier moments, Fuzzy double downs on his jealous nature and tries to kidnap Gumball to keep him all for himself. |
| 75 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The BFFS". |
| 76 | * OldFriend: Gumball's original BFF. |
| 77 | * RoboticReveal: Is revealed to be a robot when Darwin whacks him in the head with a shovel, revealing a metallic skeleton. Just like a real Furby. |
| 78 | * TheStoic: Spends most of the episode with a relative calm and chill persona. [[NotSoStoic Then the climax comes...]] |
| 79 | * {{Yandere}}: To Gumball. He imprisons Gumball in a cabin so he can "make-up" for all the missing time. |
| 80 | * ZeroEffortBoss: Played-with. He proves to be a formidable foe to Gumball and Darwin, but he is immediately dispatched right when it seems like he's won when Hank takes him away in fear of losing ''his'' best friend. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Gargaroth the Devourer ]] |
| 84 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gargarothfullbody.png]] |
| 85 | ->'''Debut:''' Season 4, "The Compilation" |
| 86 | ->'''Last appearance:''' Season 4, "The Scam" |
| 87 | A blob creature who is the Monster of the Week in "The Scam". Carrie pretended to be him and thought he was fake, but it turned out he is not, and he rises from the Underworld to haunt the school. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * BlobMonster: A monstrous, massive pile of living sludge [[BodyHorror with limbs protruding all over his body]]. |
| 90 | * TheDreaded: Everybody is afraid of him. |
| 91 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He appears in "The Compilation", which aired in the US before "The Scam". |
| 92 | * EldritchAbomination: He's an unholy, otherworldly monstrosity out to consume everything in his path. |
| 93 | * KilledOffForReal: He explodes when Gumball gives him the last piece of candy. |
| 94 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Scam". |
| 95 | * RealAfterAll: Carrie thought his existence was just a "ghost ghost story" but he turned out to be real. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:The Ghouls]] |
| 99 | A class of horror-movie expies that used to be feared across Elmore. Nowadays not so much due to how much everyone has become desensitized with their brand of horror. |
| 100 | ---- |
| 101 | * TheBadGuyWins: The final shot of the episode has them causing chaos in Elmore to an almost apocalyptic degree. |
| 102 | * ButtMonkey: No one treats the Ghouls with respect anymore and most of them are stuck in dead end jobs. |
| 103 | * HarmlessVillain: What they have become. People in Elmore are too desensitized with horror and view them more as just a mere annoyance. |
| 104 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once Gumball and Darwin give them their scare back, they waste no time in enacting their revenge across Elmore for humiliating them. |
| 105 | * YouWillBeSpared: From the looks of it, Gumball and Darwin seemed to be spared by the ghouls for making them scary again. As the titular spooks don’t chase the duo unlike the rest of the citizens of Elmore and the Scary Clown even thanks them for bringing their scare back. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Mr. Gruber]] |
| 109 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thedeliveryguy_0.png]] |
| 110 | ->'''Voiced by''': Rob Rackstraw |
| 111 | ->'''Debut''': Season 6, "The Slip" |
| 112 | A bald eagle. He's one of Elmore's delivery guys. Friction is caused between him and Richard over a late package. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * BigNo: Lets out a huge one when Richard finally beats him. |
| 115 | * FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Wears a postal uniform. |
| 116 | * FunnyAnimal: An eagle. |
| 117 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Makes a point to Richard that he shouldn't have lied to the mailing company. However, that doesn't excuse him for the actions he pulls out later on.. |
| 118 | * NonActionBigBad: Rather than facing Richard head on, he instead manipulates him into going through several false locations that may have his missing package. |
| 119 | * OneShotCharacter: Only appears in "The Slip". |
| 120 | * OnlyOneName: No first name. |
| 121 | * ToothyBird: He has teeth. |
| 122 | * {{Troll}}: His methods of tricking Richard fall into this. |
| 123 | [[/folder]] |
| 124 | |
| 125 | [[folder:Jealousy]] |
| 126 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_4_92.png]] |
| 127 | [[caption-width-right:350:Gumball possessed by Jealousy.]] |
| 128 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JohnKassir |
| 129 | -> '''Debut''': Season 2, "The Flower" |
| 130 | A ghostly spirit that possesses anyone who gets violently jealous. |
| 131 | ---- |
| 132 | * DemonicPossession: He possesses Gumball. Darwin, Leslie, and even Carrie (despite also being a ghost). He is also implied to have possessed Penny in the end, after she gets jealous over Gumball and Carrie's friendship. |
| 133 | * GreenEyedMonster: What those who are possessed by it become, with them having literally green glowing eyes. |
| 134 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Only appears in "The Flower", though Darwin exhibits similar behaviour of it in "The Bros" and "The BFFS". |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Joao Diga]] |
| 138 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joao.png]] |
| 139 | ->'''Voiced by''': Javier Fernandez Pena |
| 140 | ->'''Debut''': Season 6, "The Cage" |
| 141 | ->'''Last appearance''': Season 6, "The Buddy" |
| 142 | A strong Russian fist cage fighter. Was once assigned to fight [[NonActionGuy Mr. Corneille]] in a match. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | [[hardline]] |
| 145 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: A fighter who has fists all over his body. |
| 146 | * CartoonCreature: A fist. |
| 147 | * MegatonPunch: He was able to sink an entire ''ocean liner'' with a single punch. |
| 148 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Cage". |
| 149 | * OneHitKill: It takes only strike from Joao to literally demolish Corneille. |
| 150 | * StrongAndSkilled: He is both incredibly strong and a master at cage fighting. He was once assigned to fight the entire country of Belgium and ''won''. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Joy]] |
| 154 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_5_81.png]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | A Mystical Plague that is caused by a "Wonder Hug". It forces you to smile and act happy. |
| 157 | ---- |
| 158 | * TheBadGuyWins: By the episode's end, the virus has fully infected everyone in Elmore Junior High with the implication that the infection has gone worldwide. |
| 159 | * BloodFromTheMouth: Infected people have rainbows spewing out of their mouth. |
| 160 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul: The basic gist of it. When infected, the victim become extremely happy and delusional. |
| 161 | * MysticalPlague: It was caused by Richard's wonder hug. |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:The Puppets]] |
| 165 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_6_7.png]] |
| 166 | ->'''Voiced by''': [[Creator/BeckyAndJoe Rebecca Sloan]] (Howdy), Baker Terry (Frank, Grady) |
| 167 | ->'''Debut''': Season 5, "The Puppets" |
| 168 | |
| 169 | A trio of puppets named Howdy, Frank, and Grady. Darwin and Gumball played with them about seven years ago, but kept them packed away in the attic since. They may or may not be alive, but either way they have a bone to pick. |
| 170 | ---- |
| 171 | * AscendedExtra: The Monster of the Week in "The Puppets", but they also star in about half of the ''Waiting For Gumball" shorts. |
| 172 | * BigOlUnibrow: Grady sports the villainous version. |
| 173 | * BrightIsNotGood: Frank and Howdy are brightly colored children's toys, and Grady's clothes are similarly colored, and they all want to torture their owner for not playing with them. |
| 174 | * CreepyMonotone: Grady always speaks in a monotone voice. He lampshades this when he betrays Gumball. |
| 175 | ->'''Grady:''' This... was a trap... for you... Dum, dum, dum...\ |
| 176 | '''Gumball:''' What was that?\ |
| 177 | '''Grady:''' A dramatic music cue. It probably would have been better if my voice wasn't so flat. |
| 178 | * DarkReprise: Downplayed, in that said "The Fun Will Never End" was already a Villain Song (albeit an upbeat one), but after it's revealed that Grady tricked Gumball, the tune shifts into that of a creepy musicbox/carnival feel and the lyrics get darker. |
| 179 | * TheDitz: Frank is easily the most dimwitted and silly of the trio. |
| 180 | * EvilBrit: They all have a British accent... due to being played by British people |
| 181 | * FauxAffablyEvil: They act like they just want to play with Gumball and Darwin, but really want to sadistically torment them to get back for being abandoned. Howdy and Frank are more blatant examples than Grady, considering they kidnap Darwin and force him to party with them. |
| 182 | * IncrediblyLameFun: Howdy and Frank's ideas of "fun" is stuff like wearing a hat (or two hats at once, or no hat at all, which they declare the only options since they only have two hats), baking cakes all day (apparently without ever intending to eat them), counting to 7 (which Frank claims is "the funniest number"), standing in a corner, and arranging a spoon. |
| 183 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's not really clear if they're actually sentient, albeit requiring a puppetmaster, or just a figment of Darwin and Gumball's imagination. The show seems to lean more on them being real, given that everything in Elmore is alive at one point. |
| 184 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Puppets". |
| 185 | * OhCrap: The Puppets have a moment like this when Darwin pulls on their loose strings. |
| 186 | * {{Revenge}}: Though the puppets nominally wanted Darwin and Gumball to play with them again, they eventually decided the "fun" they want is a Fate Worse than Death in retribution for being left in the attic. They also smash up their gaming console, because video games were what diverted the kids' attention away from their puppets in the first place. |
| 187 | * ShoutOut: Their live-action sequence with people in large costumes in a studio background is heavily reminiscent of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'', which makes sense considering both were made by [[Creator/BeckyAndJoe the same people]]. |
| 188 | * TwoGuysAndAGirl: The villainous trio consists of Howdy (female) and Frank and Grady (male). |
| 189 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: It's implied in "Waiting for Gumball" that at least Frank was lashing out because he missed Gumball and Darwin. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Razor]] |
| 193 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skull29.png]] |
| 194 | A gigantic, muscular student who wants his {{Revenge}} on Gumball, Darwin, and Clayton for framing him for their accident and getting him expelled from school. [[CompulsiveLiar At least that's what Clayton says]]. In truth, while he was framed and expelled, he's not actually mad at them. His appearance was also lied, he's actually really scrawny in real life. |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | * EasilyForgiven: In reality, he forgave Gumball and Darwin for framing him, as it got his band popular online. |
| 197 | * {{Geek}}: In real life he's a short skinny CartoonCreature wearing glasses and has a very dorky voice. |
| 198 | * ImplacableMan: In Clayton's lie, he was an unstoppable behemoth who chases Gumball and Clayton across the school. |
| 199 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Skull". |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Richwood High Tennis Team]] |
| 203 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richwood_tennis.png]] |
| 204 | ->'''Voiced by''': Hugo Harold-Harrison (Carlton), Fergus Craig (Troy), Steve Furst (Mr. Kreese) |
| 205 | ->'''Debut''': Season 2, "The Sweaters" |
| 206 | ->'''Last appearance''': Season 6, "The Spinoffs" (Carlton and Troy) |
| 207 | |
| 208 | A trio of [[StylisticSuck poorly-animated]] humans: two high-school tennis players named Carlton and Troy and their coach, Mr. Kreese. They're the first humans to appear on the show in person (not counting Santa Claus, who may be a sort of elf/fairy). |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | [[hardline]] |
| 211 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Troy has a somewhat dark skin tone, but it might just be a tan. |
| 212 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: In spite of their delusional behavior, Carlton and Troy are actually extremely skilled at playing tennis. The one time Gumball actually tried to return one of their serves, the spin alone was enough to tear the racket out of his hand. |
| 213 | * TheBusCameBack: After a three season long absence, Carlton and Troy finally make another prominent appearance in "The Spinoffs". |
| 214 | * ADayInTheLimelight: In "The Sweaters." |
| 215 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Ironically it's after ''they'' win that Darwin and Gumball get their respect. They're impressed that Gumball managed to keep playing after a minor injury, despite neither one trying to win before or after it. |
| 216 | * TheDividual: Carlton and Troy look different besides their clothes but are, for most purposes, the same person. They receive some DivergentCharacterEvolution in "The Spinoffs". |
| 217 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: In "The Spinoffs", Carlton is shown to be not as indulgent with '80s tropes and [[EveryoneHasStandards even has his limits with them]]. Troy on the other hand double downs on them. |
| 218 | * {{Expy}}: Carlton/Troy and Mr. Kreese blatantly parody the arrogant but honorable student/ruthless coach dynamic of Johnny and John Kreese in ''Film/TheKarateKid''. Although unlike John Kreese, Mr. Kreese has a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 219 | * HeelFaceTurn: They decide to become friends with Gumball after seeing just how "hardcore" he really is. |
| 220 | * ImpossiblyTackyClothes: They wear extremely stereotypical [[OutdatedOutfit 1980s clothing]], including tennis shoes and high-socks with rainbow highlights, long wavy hair, rectangular shades, and brightly colored sweaters--worn as clothing and accessories, for the shoulder ''and'' waist, all at the same time. |
| 221 | * GenreRefugee: All of them act like they're in a cheesy '80s sports movie when they're really in an episode of a cartoon parodying those movies. Unfortunately, their presence seems [[InfectiousInsanity to cause almost everyone else to act the same.]] |
| 222 | * ManChild: Mr. Kreese engages in UnsportsmanlikeGloating with all the grace, eloquence, and enthusiasm of a five-year old. |
| 223 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Their designs look like they're from a '70s or '80s cartoon made by Creator/{{Filmation}} or Creator/{{Sunbow|Entertainment}}. Even with the show's extremely diverse art style they're all ''very'' out of place. |
| 224 | * OpposingSportsTeam: Relentlessly parodied: all three continuously insist that they're "more hardcore" than Darwin and Gumball, despite facing no disagreement, and [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave won't stop bothering them]] until the two accept their challenge to prove it. |
| 225 | * OnlyOneName: Mr. Kreese's first name is unknown. |
| 226 | * {{Retraux}}: Their '80s-ness extends not just to their clothes and character design, but also their ''animation'': their movement are all very choppy, they make flamboyant mannerisms reminiscent of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/File:Sweatershardcore.png closeups]] show them with non-uniform outlines and bleeding colors to make them look like they're cel-animated, and there are some [[StylisticSuck deliberate art errors]] like Carlton suddenly having freckles for just one scene. |
| 227 | * RichBastard: Carlton threatens to have his rich dad [[CommunityThreateningConstruction bulldoze Elmore Junior High to make a golf course]] if Gumball and Darwin don't have a tennis match with them. |
| 228 | * SatelliteCharacter: Troy to Carlton; while the latter has several lines in his debut episode, the former only has two, and doesn't do much besides being around his brother. |
| 229 | * TokenHuman: They are the first and one of the few human characters seen in-person. However, Carlton, Troy, Mr. Kreese, and the background characters of Richwood High are animated rather than live-action like the humans shown on television, so they [[AmbiguouslyHuman might not be quite the same thing]]. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Ripley 2000 Manager]] |
| 233 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/225px-ripley2000manager_4409.png]] |
| 234 | ->'''Voiced by''': Dan Russell |
| 235 | ->'''Debut''': Season 1, "The Refund" |
| 236 | ->'''Last appearance''': Season 3, "The Question" |
| 237 | The diminutive [[CartoonCreature plush toy-like]] manager of the Ripley 2000 video store who bullies Larry and likes to cheat his customers. |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | [[hardline]] |
| 240 | * TheBusCameBack: He was originally just a OneShotCharacter in "The Refund", then suddenly made a reappearance in "The Question" when Larry goes mad from the realization that his life is a grind, more than two seasons later. |
| 241 | * CartoonCreature: He has animal ears, though. |
| 242 | * FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Either he's wearing some kind of coveralls (with teddy bear ears) or [[ClothingAppendage that's part of his body]] and [[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal the only article of clothing is his tie]]. |
| 243 | * HonestJohnsDealership: He's sold a paper shredder claiming it was a game console. |
| 244 | * KarmaHoudini: He never suffered any consequences for how he treats Larry and his customers. |
| 245 | * KillerRabbit: Subverted; despite what Larry insists, he's physically capable of nothing more than slight annoyance. The person he was attacking just happened to be a complete wuss. |
| 246 | * MeanBoss: He makes Larry admit it was ''his'' fault that there was traffic which caused him to be late (and probably make him say it like he means it). Then he hangs up on him. |
| 247 | * TheNapoleon: Short and incredibly aggressive. |
| 248 | * NoNameGiven: Since he only appeared in two episodes. |
| 249 | * TheScrooge: He absolutely refuses to give refunds for anything under any circumstances. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Mr. Robinson's Heart]] |
| 253 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_7_50.png]] |
| 254 | ->'''Voiced by''': Unknown |
| 255 | ->'''Debut''': Season 1, "The Debt" |
| 256 | ->'''Last appearance''': Season 6, "The Heart" |
| 257 | [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mr. Robinson's Heart]]. Just like his host, he's a grump who refuses to show his true feelings. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * AllegoricalCharacter: He's less of a character and more of a phsyical manifestation of Mr. Robinson's fear of showing his true feelings. |
| 260 | * AntagonistTitle: Of Season Six's "The Heart", where he forces Mr. Robinson to not show any positive emotions. |
| 261 | * ChekhovsGag: Remember that quick gag where Mr. Robinson's heart came out in "The Debt"? Turns out that his heart is actually it's own sentient being. |
| 262 | * PetTheDog: He does begrudgingly admit that he felt something when Gumball and Darwin pour all their love out to him. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Superintendent Evil]] |
| 266 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superintendent_evil.png]] |
| 267 | -> '''Played by''': Garrick Hagon |
| 268 | -> '''Debut''': Season 6, "The Inquisition" |
| 269 | ->''"I've had enough of your cartoonish conduct. From here on, any abnormal behavior is to be corrected."'' |
| 270 | |
| 271 | A live-action human being who is the school's superintendent. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * AdoptionDiss: He calls Darwin "Watter-adopted-son". |
| 274 | * DeanBitterman: Evil is an incredible overbearing enforcer of what he considers "proper", even before showing himself to be [[EvilTeacher outright villainous]]. |
| 275 | * TheDreaded: Everyone is scared and intimidated by him. |
| 276 | * DirtyCoward: Acts like he's a threat to everyone after taking over the school. But after Gumball and Darwin free everyone from his control. He prepares to engae into a fist fight with Gumball but he then runs away like the coward he truly is. |
| 277 | * FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Subverted]] He seems to hate the students of Elmore Junior High for being {{Toon}}s,[[spoiler: until it's revealed he is actually Rob and his motives turn out to be much more benevolent than they initially appeared.]] |
| 278 | * FinalBoss: Played-with. He’s the final antagonist faced in the show -- [[spoiler:but he's also Rob in disguise, who reveals himself to be a WellIntentionedExtremist and barely puts on a fight.]] |
| 279 | * HumanityEnsues: Plans on trying to turn all the students into humans (first cartoon humans, then live-action ones like him). [[spoiler:It turns out to have been a plan by [[MetaGuy Rob]] to let them escape to "the other place" before Elmore is sucked into the Void.]]. |
| 280 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: His criticisms towards all the students almost lean on the fact that this show has no real central art style. [[spoiler:Considering that he's [[MetaGuy Rob]] in disguse, who is aware that they are in a TV show, it makes sense]]. |
| 281 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As Gumball points out, his name is literally "Evil". But his insistence that it is pronounced as "EV-ul" (as in "Neville") instead of "ee-VIL", is enough to fool most of the students and faculty at the school. |
| 282 | * NonActionBigBad: Does no action, but makes up in his supreme power over the school and scary intimidation. |
| 283 | * OhCrap: His expression is this when he hears Gumball singing to the human Banana Joe before he changes back. |
| 284 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: Overrules Principal Brown's authority to take over the school almost the instant he shows up. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Virus]] |
| 288 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_9_5.png]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | ->'''Voiced by''': Kerry Shale |
| 291 | ->'''Debut''': Season 2, "The Virus" |
| 292 | A sentient virus and leader of a new strain that mutated on Gumball's unwashed hand. Teri forced Gumball to wash that hand, killing all his soldiers and setting him off for revenge. |
| 293 | ---- |
| 294 | * AdaptiveAbility: It's constantly mutating, causing it to gain strange properties such as flight and infecting computers instead of people. |
| 295 | * AvengingTheVillain: The virus was the commander of a virus army and Sole Survivor of Gumball washing his hands. He swears he'll avenge them by infecting and killing Gumball, his family, his friends, and everyone else until "nothing is left alive on the surface of the Earth". |
| 296 | * BoisterousWeakling: Its ability to infect and control things make it genuinely dangerous, but in spite of all the boasts, it does not understand that its extremely small size makes it physically harmless to anything close to human-sized. |
| 297 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being an evil virus, he did truly care for his comrades. |
| 298 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Played with; anytime it's in closeup, it's voice sounds very deep. Farther shots, however, show that its voice is extremely high-pitched from a subjective perspective because it's so small. |
| 299 | * ExtraEyes: It has three eyes, though given it's a virus any of the eyes are "extras". |
| 300 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Of "The Virus". He's dead by the end of the episode he premiered in. |
| 301 | * MonstrousGerms: He has flagella that are like limbs and give a humanoid build, three eyes, and his visible organelles act like a face. |
| 302 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: It has eight tentacle-like protrusion that it uses like two legs and six arms. |
| 303 | * NoNameGiven: He never goes by any name, and as a virus, he probably doesn't even have one. |
| 304 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy: It speaks of infecting a body like waging a war and is extremely offended at Gumball calling it a coward. |
| 305 | * UndignifiedDeath: For the sake of proving its might, it agrees to fight mano-a-mano against Gumball, who is millions of times his size, and is immediately Trampled Underfoot. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:The Snatcher/Vladus Lokowitchki]] |
| 309 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_14_7.png]] |
| 310 | An apparition that curses Gumball and kidnaps the family. Is Carrie's father. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * {{Expy}}: He has a lot of similarities with [[Literature/TheRing Sadako Yamamura]]. |
| 313 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: His sadistic curse and anger is the cause of being trapped in the mirror for so long, away from his lover and daughter. |
| 314 | * HeelFaceTurn: Breaking the mirror not only breaks Gumball's curse, but also restores Vladus back to normal. |
| 315 | * KilledOffForReal: Once he comes back to life, he tries to hug Carrie, his daughter, for the first time. Obviously, since she's a ghost, he immediately goes through her and accidentally falls out of a window. In an odd turn of events, this was actually good, as he turns into a ghost and can now physically hug her. |
| 316 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Only appears in "The Mirror". |
| 317 | * {{Retraux}}: His "human"/ghost design resembles a Fleischer Studios character. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Zach]] |
| 321 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zachwatterson.png]] |
| 322 | ->'''Voiced by''': Jacob Hopkins |
| 323 | ->'''Appears in''': Season 3, "The Name" |
| 324 | |
| 325 | An intolerable split personality Gumball develops upon finding out his real first name in "The Name". |
| 326 | ---- |
| 327 | [[hardline]] |
| 328 | * AssholeVictim: Gumball more or less kills Zach, albeit in self-defense and maybe by accident. Considering Zach was an independent consciousness, this might have significant moral implications... but he's such a jackass that no one gives it a second thought. |
| 329 | * CoolCat: Zach definitely ''tries'' to invoke the "confident" form of this trope, even wearing sunglasses, but everyone just thinks he's a tremendous douche. He even proudly declares that "There's a new cat in town!" shortly after appearing. |
| 330 | * CoolShades: He suddenly starts wearing neon-purple rimmed shades from nowhere, which [[SubvertedTrope really aren't very cool looking]], and work more like SinisterShades. |
| 331 | * CrazyPrepared: One genuine skill he demonstrates is planning all sorts of tricks to delay the other Wattersons, even putting a trap in his pocket for when they'd try to frisk him. |
| 332 | * EnemyWithin: To Gumball. They both [[ItsAllAboutMe have huge egos]] [[ButtMonkey and usually fall flat on their face because they try to look cool]]. However, while Gumball [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold can show compassion and empathy belatedly]], Zach is a straight up {{jerkass}}. Also, unlike Gumball, who recognizes his own failures, and lives with them, Zach refuses to acknowledge any of his shortcomings or losses, going so far as to alter the memories of his/Gumball's failures to turn them into victories. |
| 333 | * EvilSoundsDeep: When Zach is in control, Gumball speaks in a deeper voice. However, it's so obviously affected that instead of being intimidating it just makes Zach sound like more of a poser. In his last scene in Gumball's mind, however, his voice starts getting pitched down and slightly distorted, being more of a genuine example of this trope. |
| 334 | * FascinatingEyebrow: He's raising one of his eyebrows almost constantly, which leads Darwin to tell him he "spent the whole day with one eyebrow raised, behaving like a horrible jock". |
| 335 | * IRejectYourReality: He maintains his disillusions of greatness and popularity in the face of all evidence and words of others. He goes so far as to [[SelfServingMemory consciously and completely alter his memory of events]] so he'll look better in them. |
| 336 | -->'''Zach:''' Hey Carrie, I think we really nailed the song last night. We're totally gonna win the battle of the bands, man.\ |
| 337 | '''Carrie:''' You're not in a band. I'm not in a band. I bet you can't even give me the name of a band. \ |
| 338 | '''Zach:''' Psh, yeah, like... Germany. |
| 339 | * {{Jerkass}}: Zach is amazingly impolite, has an almost pathological [[ItsAllAboutMe disregard for and lack of awareness of other people]], and literally won a contest for being obnoxious. |
| 340 | * JerkJock: Zach ''thinks'' he's a jock, despite not being on any sports teams, not being able to ride his skateboard well, and generally not being any more athletic than Gumball was before. |
| 341 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: When Gumball finally beats Zach at something, bits of him start chipping off, showing a bright light in his silhouette as he's torn to pieces. Although this of course wasn't really a "body" to start with. |
| 342 | * SmallNameBigEgo: For all the misplaced confidence Gumball has expressed, Zach is ''[[ADarkerMe much worse]]'' in this regard than Gumball ever was. Gumball would always acknowledge his shortcomings eventually; Zach does not and seems to believe his own hype with all his heart. |
| 343 | * SplitPersonality: Gumball initially seems to be acting obnoxious when he finds his real name, but Zach becomes a separate entity before he even notices. |
| 344 | * SplitPersonalityMakeover: You can tell when Zach is controlling Gumball's body because he pops the ([[RuleOfFunny non-existent]]) collar on Gumball's sweater. |
| 345 | * SplitPersonalityTakeover: He attempts to fully replace Gumball's original personality by [[SelfServingMemory altering their memories]] until he's erased. |
| 346 | * SuperPoweredEvilSide: Played with. There isn't as much focus on Zach being evil as being a huge jerk, though he really ''is'' evil, as he planned to erase Gumball's original personality so he didn't have to share. He's also not really that much better at most things than Gumball, he's just extremely confident and obnoxious. But when [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind mentally confronting]] his other, less-confident side, said confidence provides a tremendous advantage. But it's also his biggest weakness, as Gumball is mentally resilient enough to take losing all the time, but the one time Zach is forced to face defeat ''it literally destroys him''. |
| 347 | * SmugSnake: His boundless pride directly leads to Gumball beating him. |
| 348 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Zach always refers to himself in third person, likely to emphasize he's not Gumball, and it's definitely the "arrogant" form. |
| 349 | * TheUnapologetic: He accidentally ''bites part of Kayvon's face off'' and shows no regrets for it, because "Zach does what he wants". |
| 350 | -->''Zach doesn't apologize, he uses his charm.'' |
| 351 | * UndignifiedDeath: Zach is destroyed in Gumball's mindscape, then Gumball immediately ''farts'', his body literally [[StealthPun clearing out the hot air]]. |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | ! Locations |
| 355 | [[folder:Chanax]] |
| 356 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_79_5.png]] |
| 357 | The looming office complex in Elmore. Has an infamous reputation for being "pure evil". Was originally runned by Paperball, but since his disposal, Green Goblin has seized control. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | [[hardline]] |
| 360 | * EvilInc: They literally ''steal'' your soul if you work there and force you to work 24/7. During Gumball's expedition to the CEO's office, the building turns into an ominous trap-filled complex with filing cabinets try to crush you, tidal waves of paperwork to drown you, and man-eating secretaries. |
| 361 | * MegaCorp: Chanax's imposing presence stretches across Elmore, whether it be owning smaller businesses or to many of it's citizens working there. |
| 362 | * LaserGuidedKarma: The building finally collapses in "The Founder" and it makes no signs of recovery in later episodes. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Elmore]] |
| 366 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_76_7.png]] |
| 367 | [[caption-width-right:350:Population: Weird]] |
| 368 | -->'''Debut''': Early reel/Season 1, "The DVD" |
| 369 | -->'''Last appearance''': Season 6, "The Inquisition" |
| 370 | |
| 371 | Not only is every individual object in the Elmore alive and sentient, but Elmore in its totality seems to possess some sort of intelligence. Although it hasn't talked or shown a face like any of the others objects or the planets, "The Void" heavily implies the world itself was responsible for the void's creation and "mistakes" being sent into it. |
| 372 | ---- |
| 373 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Its modus operandi is pretty much that of an author who doesn't mind [[RetCon changing their world retroactively]] or doing terrible things to their characters for the sake of making the story more interesting. |
| 374 | * TheBadGuyWins: Maybe not "bad", but it can be considered an antagonist. And regardless, it succeeded in drawing Elmore into The Void in the finale. |
| 375 | * EldritchLocation: It's an entire town that can warp reality. It seems to exist beyond its own time, having banished the platybelodon (an elephant ancestor) to the Void. |
| 376 | * GeniusLoci: Elmore is able to decide what things the world would be better without, then send them to the void. Mostly, it gets rid of dated fads and inefficient technology, but people may go out as well. Being sent to the void isn't necessarily a one-way trip; it's possible to enter the void and retrieve something within it, though it is ''very'' dangerous to do so. |
| 377 | * GreaterScopeVillain: It is responsible for Molly's disappearance and is the reason how Rob turned into the BigBad. It is also implied that the events that occurred in "The Vegging" where not just its doing, but also by ''someone''! |
| 378 | * RealityWarper: The world can send things and people to another dimension, suppress most memories of them, and cover up evidence that they ever existed. Given the void's pattern flashed at the end of "The Kids", it might also be responsible for Gumball and Darwin's voice changing. It doesn't have absolute power, however, as Mr. Small, Darwin, and Gumball were able to remember anyway and break Molly out of the void before they were all sealed in. But even then The Void erased their memories of the whole ordeal so they wouldn't be able to tell anyone. |
| 379 | * TotalitarianUtilitarian: If it will make the world better, it will take people and make them spend the rest of their life in an infinite nothingness with only other mistakes for company. Naturally, it also wants to keep this a secret, even if it means sealing people who it ''didn't'' think of as mistakes in that same void. Of course, since ''it'' is the world, utilitarianism and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] are one and the same. In "The Vegging", it ends up trying to get Gumball and Darwin to do something for the episode to the point they put their family in a dangerous situation only ''they'' can solve! Then it is implied at the end that ''someone'' was behind the events as the message was trying to warn them. |
| 380 | * WalkingSpoiler: Simply knowing that the world has a will of its own is a major part of the twist of "The Void". |
| 381 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When the world feels like a thing goes out of style or out of its usefulness, it sucks it up back into the Void. [[spoiler:In the final episode, it does so to the ''entire world of Elmore'' in the ending, starting with Rob!]] |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Elmore Junior High]] |
| 385 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elmorejrhigh.png]] |
| 386 | Elmore's public junior high school. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * AcademyOfAdventure: The school is teeming with all sorts of strange students and insane adults that Gumball and Darwin frequently interact with. ''A lot'' of episodes in the show take place here. |
| 389 | * SuckySchool: Elmore Jr. High is not a school you'd want to be in. The people running it are all either insane, neurotic, or too apathetic to care, or even all three of these combined. Many students have all sorts of strange abilities and powers. The school is ''regularly'' destroyed by its students, teachers, or natural elements. At one point, the school had to merge with a ''prison'' to keep it running. |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:The Void ('''MAJOR SPOILERS''')]] |
| 393 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/void9.png]] |
| 394 | -->'''Mr. Small''': Look, children. All the mistakes the world has ever made. |
| 395 | A mysterious TV-static dimension where all the world's mistakes are put in forever, [[AndIMustScream including people]]. |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | [[hardline]] |
| 398 | * AmbiguousSituation: It turns out to be sentient and ''may'' have caused all the reality-stuttering errors that plagued Elmore in "The Routine" and "The Signal". |
| 399 | * ApocalypseHow: How the SeriesFinale ends. The Void presumably goes off to destroy all of existence because the [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall show is ending]]. |
| 400 | * BeautifulVoid: Horrifying implications aside, this is one of the most visually pretty locations and it should be noted that nothing inside the Void is directly harmful. |
| 401 | * CosmicHorrorReveal: Most of the show's plots beforehand were relatively tame (aside from The Job), but this is a literal CosmicHorrorStory. The show would continue this trend later on. |
| 402 | * EarlyBirdCameo: "The Kids" (11 episodes before it's main debut), remember when Gumball and Darwin's voices changed permanently? Well a FreezeFrameBonus reveals that their own ''original'' voices were taken away by the void. |
| 403 | * HeWasRightThereAllAlong: "The Disaster" implies that the show's own credit-sequence takes place inside here. |
| 404 | ** In "The Future", Rob assumes that the reason why Banana Barbara's future paintings keep depicting static is because she refuses to show him the future, not realizing that she ''is'' predicting the future, where [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight the Void has consumed all of reality and there is nothing left but infinite static for all of eternity]]. In the SeriesFinale, we [[ForegoneConclusion see the paintings coming true in the last few seconds]]. |
| 405 | * KnightOfCerebus: Location variant. Whenever the Void makes a prominent appearance, you know [[WhamEpisode something big is going to happen]]. |
| 406 | * RetGone: Can instantly erase anything from Elmore and change everyone's memories so they won't find out. |
| 407 | * WalkingSpoiler: You cannot mention the Void without spoiling the show's hidden meta-MythArc. |
| 408 | [[/folder]] |
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