Line #14 Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E14TheShippening


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zachariah_lopez_kirby.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:Gumball meets his cousin Zachariah Lopez Kirby and his girlfriend, Bexi.]]
3	->'''Darwin:''' It's like a commercial for male deodorant out there!
4	When the Awesome Store escapes from the police for selling illegal and stolen items, it drops a black notebook with the letters "[[Creator/CartoonNetwork CN]]" on the cover outside of Sarah G. Lato's house. Naturally, Sarah takes it in and uses it to draw fan art and write fanfiction, which causes Elmore's reality to warp to her fangirl whims.
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6	!!Tropes:
7	* AffectionateParody: [[invoked]]Of the very concept of {{shipping}}. Ben Bocquelet on Twitter made it very clear that he doesn't hate shippers, and even asked for ship examples, telling them to continue and have fun.
8	* {{Animesque}}: The human versions of Gumball and Darwin.
9	* ArtisticLicenceBiology: The picture of the Jolly Hamburger's wife is a moose with antlers. In real life, female moose don't have antlers, only male moose do.
10	* BlackComedy:
11	** The police who rummage through the back of the Awesome Store suffer such fates as being disintegrated by lightning and having their body stolen by a DemonicDummy.
12	** Some of the notebooks' overly-literal effects are horrifying (Larry and Mr. Small "couldn't look at each other" and get {{Eyeless Face}}s, Alan's "chiseled features" are achieved by ''[[FacialHorror chipping his face away like rock]]'') and even lethal (Larry being "destroyed" by a breakup, Tina and Jamie [[BlackComedyCannibalism eating Bobert]] because of a missing comma), but still part of an unceasing HurricaneOfPuns.
13	** Sarah tries to reverse the notebook [[NoOntologicalInertia by destroying its pages]], but that just results in the humanized, adult version of Darwin she made being mutilated and in severe pain (but vocally still alive).
14	* BiggerOnTheInside: The Awesome Store, apparently. The owner mentions that there's a map of the whole thing on the fifth floor.
15	* BilingualBonus: Sarah's shirt reads "{{otaku}}" in Katakana.
16	* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: The Awesome Store owner claims to have paperwork that proves his merchandise is legal and hands Donut Cop a briefcase full of bills. Donut Cop [[ComicallyMissingThePoint doesn't realize that it's supposed to be a bribe]] and [[BribeBackfire tosses the briefcase aside]].
17	* CharacterCatchphrase: Bexi (the fake Darwin) has "This bird is out of control!", which the real Darwin points out wouldn't come up often. Bexi does get to use it when she's in a swan boat that's out of control.
18	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Gumball sees a future version of himself that apparently had a baby with Carrie, he's more weirded out by the fact that he's wearing sandals than the fact he apparently stole Darwin's girlfriend. When he sees a CatGirl version of him marrying a human version of Darwin seconds later, he's more weirded out by the fact that he's the one in the dress than the relationship itself.
19	* CompanyCameo: The plot of the episode centers on Sarah finding a magic notebook that makes any stories written into it become a reality, and using it to ship everyone in Elmore with each other. Said notebook has the logo of the show's production company and broadcast channel, Creator/CartoonNetwork, on the front cover in gold, implying it's used to write episodes of the show.
20	* ContinuityNod:
21	** The {{Animesque}}, humanized, adult versions of Gumball and Darwin is based on the plot of "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E6TheDress The Dress]]". It even has Gumball in a similar wedding dress.
22	** Nicole and Yuki's anime designs are from [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E37TheFury The Fury]].
23	** [[RunningGag Once again]], Larry [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E11TheLaziest tries to]] [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS1E21TheGoons propose]] to his girlfriend Karen, but is interrupted and ends up proposing to Mr. Small.
24	* CopycatSue: [[invoked]] Sarah's fanfic includes an original couple who are blatant ([[StylisticSuck poorly drawn]]) knockoffs of Gumball and Darwin named Zachariah Lopez Kirby and Albexandra "Bexi", respectively. Visually they're {{Palette Swap}}s with a tacky accessory added on, and Zachariah is Gumball's cousin.
25	* CrackPairing: In-universe, Sarah ships (and accidentally brings together in reality) an enormous number of couples together, not for any logical reason, [[ItAmusedMe just for her own entertainment]].
26	* ADayInTheLimelight: For Sarah.
27	* DemonicPossession: While the police are raiding the Awesome Store, Frank pulls the string on a [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chucky-esque]] [[CreepyDoll haunted doll]], causing the spirit within it to possess him.
28	* FreezeFrameBonus: When Sarah sees all her characters paired together, the [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E37TheFury anime-style versions]] of Nicole and Yuki are briefly shown riding across the screen on a unicorn.
29	* ExactWords: The notebook Sarah writes on works based on this.
30	* FromBadToWorse: Sarah's fanfic leaves people suddenly in relationships against their actual will. Gumball's attempt to reverse these relationships leaves them miserable, mutilated, or ''dead''.
31	* IncestYayShipping: InUniverse example. One of Sarah's "ships" consists of (human versions of) Gumball and Darwin.
32	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Kind of an odd example; while what the notebook is or the exact nature of it is never stated outright in the episode, the fact that the front cover has the "CN" in the Cartoon Network logo embroidered on it seems to suggest that it's a script for the episode or a series bible[[note]]a book or collection of documents that outline the series premise, characters, worldbuilding, settings, how the episodes play out, and any story or character arcs of a television show. Series bibles are vital for anyone looking to pitch a TV show, animated or otherwise[[/note]] for the show.
33	* LiteralMetaphor:
34	** Because the magic notebook takes metaphors too literally, it leads to things like characters literally falling apart because they're "broken up".
35	** Gumball says that "this mess has got Sarah's name written all over it", then points to Sarah's signature on one of the original characters.
36	* LiteralMinded: How the notebook interprets Sarah's writing when she tries to fix reality.
37	* NotBrainwashed: As the police are breaking down the door, Gumball tries to use the notebook to stop them. Cut to Donut Cop and the female coffee cop police officers looking at each other with CrushFilter and suddenly falling in love as Sarah made happen repeatedly. Cut back to Gumball explaining that he hasn't written anything yet.
38	* NotHyperbole: When Sarah claims the notebook FellOffTheBackOfATruck, she isn't lying.
39	--> '''Sarah''': That's not a euphemism, it literally did.
40	* OfficialCouple: Turns out that Donut Cop and the female coffee cop are the only ones who genuinely fell in love with each other.
41	* PleasureIsland: Sarah's hobby of writing fanfiction causes chaos all across Elmore because she was unknowingly RewritingReality.
42	* PortmanteauCoupleName: Invoked by Darwin when, upon seeing an adult version of Gumball with an adult version of Carrie, declares "It's supposed to be Car''win'', not Car''ball''!"
43	* PunctuationChangesTheMeaning: Gumball uses a notebook that [[RewritingReality magically makes everything drawn/written in it a reality]] to write a story about Bobert, Tina, and Jamie. When he writes out, "Let's eat Bobert", Darwin asks, "Shouldn't there be a comma before 'Bobert'?" Cut to Tina and Jamie eating Bobert.
44	* ResetButton: Sarah quickly thinks up one to hit at the end, with only enough space for one sentence left in the notebook, by saying that none of her writings mattered because it was all just fan fiction. She still took the opportunity to write a kiss from Gumball and Darwin however.
45	* RewritingReality: What's written in the notebook actually happens, and in the most [[LiteralMetaphor literal]], [[ArtifactOfDoom destructive]] way possible. Seemingly the only limitation is running out of paper to write on.
46	* Rule63: The humanized version of Gumball, seen marrying humanized!Darwin, is also GenderFlipped.
47	* SelfDeprecation:
48	-->'''Gumball:''' I mean what?! You think you can just lock 3 people in a room and pressure them to keep coming up with gold? Eventually they'll start repeating material. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I mean what?! You think you can just lock 3 people in a room and pressure them to keep coming up with gold? Eventually they'll start repea-.]]
49	* SeriousBusiness: Darwin freaks out at Gumball after seeing Adult!Gumball and Adult!Carrie together, calling him a "homewrecking woman-eater".
50	* {{Shipping}}: Sarah frequently writes in-universe RealPersonFic pairing together her friends (basically at random). Unbeknownst to her, all of her writing comes true.
51	* ShoutOut:
52	** Among the items confiscated from the Awesome Store are [[Franchise/ChildsPlay a Chuckie-like doll]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} a familiar magic lamp]].
53	** A black notebook that makes whatever you write come true. [[Manga/DeathNote Sound familiar?]]
54	*** Said notebook also has the current logo for Creator/CartoonNetwork on the cover.
55	* StylisticSuck: Zachariah and Bexi are rather crudely designed and animated in contrast to all the other characters. Justified as they were both created by [[LoonyFan Sarah]].
56	* TakeThatAudience: Sarah's writing is a parody of many stereotypes about shipping fanfiction.
57	* TitleThemeDrop: As Sarah first looks the notebook over, the first 6 notes of the credits play in the background.
58	* TooDumbToFool: Played with. When handed a BriefcaseFullOfMoney, Donut Cop doesn't realize it's a bribe, just that it's not the requested paperwork, and tosses it aside.
59	* {{Tulpa}}: Sarah's writing creates several new people (some of whom are heavily-altered versions of existing characters). She has a rather [[BlackComedy morbidly comical]] [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman willingness to destroy them]] just to get things back to normal.
60	* TwoFacedAside: In response to the chaos her fanfic caused, Sarah's openly [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone aghast]], but then turns away to celebrate that her ships became "canon".
61	* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: Darwin points out that Gumball's story about Jamie, Tina, and Bobert has a line, "Let's eat Bobert", that needs a comma. Gumball simply shrugs "What difference does that make?" Cut to Jamie and Tina chomping down on Bobert's metal pieces.
62	* YourHeadASplode: The LiteralMetaphor of "Larry was destroyed [by the breakup]" causes his head to explode.

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