If Gumball doesn't attend any clubs, why did his family bring him along to the school for Club Day? He was just going to have to sit around for hours, and would be on his out there just the same as at home.
I suppose they just wanted to encourage Gumball to try and join a club.
May I remind you that he's GUMBALL?! Nicole probably thought that if they left him at home, he'd somehow destroy the house (he has flooded the house once.)
Actually that was Anais and I'm very sure they have left him home alone before since it's not the first club day for the Wattersons just the first Gumball came along.
A 12 year old sitting around for a few hours home alone doesn't sound like the greatest of ideas. It's possible that something bad happened (or Gumball just got too sad + lonely), and they don't wanna repeat that incident again.
I'm fairly sure that because he was home alone they felt the need to bring him along with them.
"The Blame
In "The Blame", why would Nicole get angry with Gumball and Darwin pretending to be her and Richard?
Because they were impersonating them in front of a school assembly to try to get their way.
We could have avoided this, y'all.
In "The Spoon" why didn't Gumball and Darwin just give Sal Left Thumb the money like he demanded of them? Would've saved them a WHOLE lot of trouble....
Because he’s a criminal.
Vague Ages
Just how old are most of the adults in the show? Nicole and Richard's age can be estimated to be around their late-30's or early-40's, along with the other characters visible in Nicole's flashback to her junior high days like Patrick and Mr. Small, but then Mr. Robinson makes a sudden appearance in Richard's flashback in a later episode, and it's been said that he's at least fifty! What the what?!
Maybe Gaylord was older than he looked then?
Nicole and Richard were confirmed by the creator to be 38. Plus that episode with Mr. Robinson in Richard’s flashback to high school was in Season 1, most stuff from that season was retconned.
Many adults are known to have studied at Elmore Junior High with Richard and Nicole, making them around their late 30's.
The ruined economy, maybe.
In "The Candidate", how is the economy being ruined the fault of Richard and Nicole's generation?
Every generation the economy's gotten worse—you could work five days a week and afford a 30-year mortgage to house a wife and three kids in the seventies, but these days both parents have to work full-time just to make rent and pay bills. Yes, the generation before theirs had a big hand in ruining the economy for the kids of today, but as it declined further the blame, naturally, fell to the next generation down (the parents).
The Imagination Spots
How come whenever characters imagine things, the imagination sequences play out in ways the characters imagining them DON'T expect them to play out?
That's part of their fun.
How'd he get this far in the education system?
If Gumball is so dumb, how did he get to middle school? I do not want the "because he's Gumball" excuse. I would be happy if someone could answer.
The Elmore educational system is seriously messed up.
In a world mostly filled with idiots the education system's standards would be more lax.
Simple: No child left behind.
This was touched upon in "The Finale" where Principal Brown realizes this and quotes,
Principal Brown: I'm afraid I have some not-very shocking news. It appears that Gumball and Darwin have to restart school from kindergarten.... because all you do at school is argue about your little problems and aggravate students and staff members until they go nuts and chase you through the halls. None of which makes for a decent education!
Ironically, this line is from the end of the second season, where Gumball is much smarter and we actually see from his grades in "The Apology" that's he's a mediocre to slightly-above average student: a bunch of Cs and Bs, a few Ds, and only one class (Music) he's failed this year.
Main characters never get held back in TV Land.
Someone actually asked Ben Bocquelet this on his twitter. His response? "Same way I got a TV show, dumb luck."
"The Grades" reveals that he did in fact fail kindergarten, but nobody apparently found the evidence.
Those genetics don't make sense
Why isn't Gumball half-cat and half-rabbit since Richard is a rabbit and his father?
Maybe the inverse of Gender Equals Breed? I mean Anais is shown to be a bunny.
As the seasons go on, this question becomes more and more intriguing. At first it seemed it was that every generation was the opposite gender, since Richard's mother is a pink rabbit but his father is a rat, so his family was Female-Male-Female, while there was Nicole and Gumball on the other side. But then we learned Nicole's mother is also a blue cat, so it's Female-Female-Male on their side. Though given her father is also a breed of cat, we don't know if that changes anything or not.]
It might be that or just how their genetics are (I think this is the term) expressed. Case in point, Richard's father is a rat but Richard is a rabbit, however, he has his father's face/body shape, while Anais is a rabbit and resembles more/less a combo of Nicole and Richard (looking more like a younger Granny Jojo), while Gumball, looks-wise, takes after Nicole, who's own parents were blue (her mother) and irritable (her father).
That's an out of place lesson, Miss Simian.
In "The Mustache", Miss Simian is shown teaching her class about puberty of the human body... But why?, when none of the characters in the show are human? For that matter, the only confirmed primate we've seen period is Simian...
Many of the characters tend to have the general characteristics of one head, two arms, two legs, basic brain/lungs/heart/digestive system; the human shape might just be considered an "overlap" of all the others, or an agreed-on composite of all the different body types.
Later in the episode, Gumball, Darwin, and Anais experience puberty due to their cereal being mixed up with testosterone supplements. The fact that cats, rabbits, and fish don't go through such changes in real life mean they have human-like biology.
Humans (in live action as opposed to the animated people from "The Sweaters") are shown in several internet videos, like the brick-breaking in "The Gi". It's highly possible that the vast majority of the planet outside of the town of Elmore is human (hence the photographic backgrounds), and Elmore just recycles educational material it ships in from outside (although this raises obvious questions about the sentient objects, especially the moon and sun and Bernie and Ethel from “The Ad” said that they were from another town).
Perhaps the chars or, rather, the humanoid-ish ones have human like anatomy or, at least, go through a human-ish puberty, which could be implied since they're in middle school. On another note, learning about puberty (or some facets thereof) is something one learns about in 6th grade biology.
Why didn't Gumball pull an Uno Reverse?
In "The Robot", why Gumball didn't think on stealing Bobert's life because Bobert was doing the same to him? It would be absolutely fair...
Gumball at that point in the series wasn’t as petty. Plus Bobert was able to do it cause being a computer he was able to perfectly imitate Gumball’s personality and behaviors.
Why punish the whole club
In "The Club", why the Wattersons decide to drop the Reject Club members off the mall naked if the punishment would have only affected Colin and Felix? Bobert and Ocho don't wear any clothes, so such punishment would not be even a punishment for the pair.
Also, in "The Club", regardless what they did to Gumball, they are still minors!!!! Nicole and Richard could be easily charged and arrested for that.
Deadly Facepalms?
In "The Brain", if Anais facepalmed herself to the point of dumbifying brain damage, then why would she still facepalm at stupidity?
It's probably become a reflex for her at this point. Habits like that are hard to break.
Nobody dies in this world.
In "The Rival", when Gumball gets crushed pushing the box with "Anais" in it, (which is listed under the recap as a Heroic Sacrifice ) why is he so surprised that he lived? And if he thought he would for sure die, WHY DID HE DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? That doesn't seem like something Gumball would do.
It doesn't? In "The Uncle" Gumball decides to jump and risk his own life rather than Ocho's (luckily it was just a prank.) and in "The Rerun" he tries to save Rob even when he's at the risk of being erased from existence, and he doesn't even like either of them very much. Gumball is fairly self-sacrificing, so of course he'd be willing to do it for family.
How exactly did Gumball and Darwin break the law in "The Recipe"? Cloning animals and people isn't illegal, let alone a crime against humanity. They didn't even violate any of man's OR nature's laws.
How exactly were Gumball and Darwin in the wrong in "The Hero"? Criticism of parents is NOT the same as not appreciating them. In fact, Gumball and Darwin had every right to criticize both Richard AND Nicole BOTH.
This is an important scratcher. How can Gumball and his mom be cats and Anais and Gumball's dad be rabbits? Cats and rabbits don't procreate at all.
How can Nicole say there's no such things as ghosts WHEN THERE'S ONE GOING TO THE FREAKING SCHOOL?
Maybe she's never met Carrie.
Most viewers don't believe in ghosts, so the characters don't believe in ghosts, unless they're stupid or children, even if it doesn't make any sense for them not to.
It should be pointed out that canonically, Carrie isn't a dead being without a body but rather the fruit of a pairing between a living woman and a ghost man. As such, whether she knows this or not Nicole could consider Carrie not a ghost in that she sees her as just another citizen of Elmore who at worst is just unique.
Actually the Father was the Living one given that he actually Died at the end of the episode.
How does he write?
How is it possible for Alan the Balloon to do homework at his school when obviously... he has no arms?
He probably has someone to write for him, like some physically disabled kids do in real life.
He uses his string like a hand/finger. It's able to type at the very least.
How do William, Carrie, the pixel octopus, the blue wig and box squid, Tina (she has short arms) and Hector write?
Hector doesn't go to class, he's always in exterior places like the schoolyard and stadium. Box Squid and Pixel Octopus could just use their tentacles (it's a cartoon), Tina and William are actually unable to write, and Carrie is able to write for whatever reason.
IIRC, he uses his balloon string to grip things.
Such a juvenile insult, Miss Simian.
How come Miss Simian is able to roast people very well throughout the show, yet the only name she used for Nicole was "loser"? I mean, seriously? LOSER? That's hardly even an insult. I mean, it's still an insult, but it's not a very good one. Nicole also seems to be bad about it. She can't even handle the word even though it's not even that big of an insult.
Say it enough times to a person and it'll begin to hurt.
It can be a painful enough insult to a perfectionist bent on succeeding.
After seeing what Nicole's upbringing was like being called a "loser" when all she was told to do was succeed and be the best would sting.
Inconsistent Driving Skills
Why does Richard drive so competently in "The Party"?
The main reason he was driving so insanely in "The Bumpkin" was because he was following a terrible GPS. He probably hadn't gotten it by then.
Wouldn't a usual T-Rex just eat the teacher or somethin'?
Why does Tina let Miss Simian tell her what to do?
Because she's a kid. She won't answer to other kids but she'll answer to a teacher because teachers will call your parents and Tina doesn't want her parents called.
Talking to random objects.
To what extent can the "people" of Elmore communicate with the "objects"? I'm specifically talking about in "The World". Darwin can talk to the soda can, and Nicole can talk to the wires, so how come Gumball doesn't notice the fries and milkshake begging for help as he's eating them?
They probably can whenever they want to, they just don't most of the time because the "people" think it's weird or a waste of time. Notice that all of those cases have the object initiating conversation. And Gumball probably could hear them, but he and everyone else ignore the food because otherwise they'd starve to death.
Alternatively, it might be partly powered by belief: objects are alive if you think they're alive. "The Origins" has a similar thing.
Pals before Gals?
What happened to "pals before gals"? In "The Pressure", Banana Joe, Tobias, and Darwin agreed to the Pals Before Gals doctrine, with Gumball reluctantly partaking in it, but in later episodes, Tobias is shown taking interest in dating, and Darwin takes interest in Carrie. So, what's the deal? Why were they ready to distance themselves from the female gender in one episode, but then go after the opposite gender for the rest of the series? In that case, why does literally EVERYBODY in this show that's not married want a romantic partner?
It wasn't as serious as you probably think it is. It's just a dumb thing young boys (and girls) did at school. Example: cooties. They'll grow out of it eventually, and they did.
Kissing Carmen? Ouch.
In "The Storm," how did the kids believe that Gumball kissed Carmen when he's clearly in pain from being rammed onto her spikes?
Alan still dates/is affectionate towards Carmen even tho he’s a balloon. Maybe they assumed Gumball (who would only be pricked/in a bit of pain as opposed to popping) would still go through with it anyways.
The Oddness of a Dutiful Cat lady and Lazy Rabbit Dude
What did someone like Nicole, ever see in someone like Richard that would want her to marry him? Maybe because she wants control?
That might be possible. Considering that Richard so much as getting a job is enough to send her off her rocker, it's possible that she enjoys Richard's incompetence because it enables her to easily be the one in charge. Other than that, some of their interactions, like the one in "The Gi", could indicate that she likes him because he's an incompetent goofball. Maybe his childish ridiculousness acts as a counterbalance for how serious and high-strung she often is. But who really knows?
In "The Choices" it's shown that she fell in love with Richard because he's one of the few people who's genuinely nice to her.
Also she sings in "Weird Like you and Me" that he supports her and provides comfort.
If it helps, they can kinda be themselves around each other, as, with Richard, Nicole didn't have to be "perfect" all the time.
Irrationally Angry at the Plan
In "The Guy", why did Anais get angry at Gumball for his waiter plan when he TOLD HER he was gonna do it?
She was probably angry he actually went through with it.
What's under their shells?
Can we assume that the rest of Penny's family are also weird amorphous energy masses underneath their shells? And if so, why was her father so shocked to see her once her shell had disappeared? If he's the same way, shouldn't he have known exactly what was going on, and been way cooler with it than he was? Or is Penny seriously the first doe-nut to come out of her shell, ever?
Patrick clearly knew what she's like under her shell (he said under it was something "unstable and dangerous"), but why would that mean he would easily accept it? Last time he saw her, she was still in her shell. Then she snuck out, he was presumably looking for her, and she suddenly shows up as a pig made of mud. Even then, after he got over his surprise, he pretty immediately realized what he said was terrible. Penny said "Everyone in the family has spent their life hiding from themselves!", implying she's the first one to take her shell of in a long time, if not ever.
“The Transformation” reveals that the whole family, even both parents, are fairies.
Hypocritical anger
Why do Gumball and Darwin get on Clayton for lying when they themselves are liars?
The duo are simply annoyed by Clayton lying compulsively and twisting situations to make himself look good. Compulsive lying and telling small lies are different.
Juke's alien language
If Juke can't even write in proper language, then how has he been getting through school at all? The switch on his head has been like that for a long time...
Maybe Miss Simian understands beatbox language, since she apparently understands William.
If that's the case, I would go on to ask why Gumball & Darwin didn't go to her immediately, but I already know.
The episode's ending implied the sounds Juke were making in music mode were not a language at all, just random noise mistaken for another language. Although there apparently is a beatboxing language going by what Alan says.
Maybe Translator Buddy is why they're able to understand or, rather, at least, what he writes (I knew a kid from Japan that didn't know much English but we had another kid that could understand both languages, so she would translate it).
Juke could have an in school interpreter.
Getting Daisy back
In "The Quest", if Anais wanted Daisy back but didn't want to confront Tina, why didn't she just tell her mom? Nicole can shut Tina down just by yelling and completely demolish Mr. Rex if she wants to, and even if Anais didn't know that, they agree later in the episode that their mother's wrath is far worse than anything a T-Rex could do. They acknowledged that Nicole is more intimidating than Tina, so why didn't they use that to their advantage? It's not like Daisy getting taken was their fault, so they wouldn't really be in trouble or anything if they told her about it.
Maybe that didn't really cross their mind. That and we wouldn't have a story otherwise. Now that I think about it, didn't she (Anais) threaten to tell on them for losing Daisy?
And it’s likely Anais told Gumball and Darwin to do it since it’s their fault Daisy ended up with Tina. She did threaten to tell their mom so she may have wanted the guys to give it a chance.
The Cupcake trick
In "The Flakers", when Anais pulls the cupcake trick to get Darwin and Gumball to be friends again, when they feed each other the cupcakes, then take off their blindfolds, they can clearly see that the plate they didn't grab food off of also has cupcakes on it. Shouldn't Anais have just put the bad food, "like liver and stuff", on one of the plates, then lied about which plate that was on, instead of putting cupcakes on both plates? I know her brothers aren't the smartest guys in the show by a long shot, but them not noticing this has always bugged me. There's even a cupcake left on the plate that they chose! Shouldn't they see that and realize they were tricked?
They did realize it a couple seconds later ("But I thought the left plate was..."), but decided to stay made up anyway.
But they way they phrased it seemed to imply that they just thought they themselves had chosen the wrong plate, even though they intended to give each other gross food. They didn't seem to notice that both plates had cupcakes on them, just that they had "made a mistake" in giving each other the good food, then deciding to let THAT go.
They did think they chose the wrong plate. Then they glanced over at the other plate and saw that both plates actually contained cupcakes.
From Fish to Dog?
So how come in "The Nuisance", when the Wattersons transform, the only one who DOESN'T become a human is Darwin?
Darwin started out as a pet, and he transformed into a pet. The "ideal" nuclear family—into which the Wattersons were transforming—consists of two parents, two kids, and a family pet, and so it was.
Faking it, 'til you make it but why tho?
Why was Darwin wanting out of the fake relationship with Masami in "The Pressure", but he went along with the fake relationship with Jamie in "The Girlfriend"? I mean, in "The Pressure", he said right then and there that he didn't wanna get married, yet he was willing to let that opportunity potentially take root in "The Girlfriend", and then start dating Carrie several episodes later. What's the deal?
Maybe Darwin remembered the events of "The Pressure" during "The Girlfriend"? But then decided not to stand up to Jamie because... well, "If you break up with me, there'll be serious consequences involving you, me, a spoon, and a salt shaker"? And he was afraid Jamie would beat him up if he dumped her, but was a tiny bit more confident in dumping Masami, because she's less dangerous? About the Carrie thing... He genuinely loves her while he wants nothing to do with Masami and Jamie.
Messing with Evolution (somehow)
In "The Countdown" Gumball and Darwin go back in time and accidentally mess with an ape several times, and this results in different things happening to everyone. My question is... How??? I mean, Anton is a toast, Leslie is a flower, Tobias is a multi colored cloud thing, and Sarah is an ice cream, yet they're all affected by the evolution of an ape. Also, at the end, Gumball and Darwin themselves are affected. Gumball is a CAT and Darwin is a FISH. Neither one evolved from an ape! It's really confusing.
None of the people of Elmore are human, but they are anthropomorphic, so they're human-like. So, by changing humanity, they indirectly changed what Elmore does to the animals and objects located inside it.
In "The Nobody," why did Nicole, Anais and Richard accuse Gumball and Darwin of taking their stuff? I can get the accusation of them taking Nicole's money, but why would they want Daisy or Richard's toothbrush?
Basically, there is no reason: the whole point of that scene was to leave Darwin and Gumball in the house alone, so the rests' unreasonable attitude was being played up for a joke.
Who else could it be (besides The Reveal)? If Nicole, Richard and Anais ruled out each other, the only remaining suspects as far as they know are Gumball and Darwin. It's a simple process of elimination.
What is Penny again?
So if Penny isn't a deer, how could she have had antlers, arms, and legs coming out of her peanut body that clearly aren't part of her shell?
Whatever species she is are probably born with the shell on, grow up with that body naturally, and become shapeshifters permanently once they break the shell. Elmore has plenty of stranger-looking Cartoon Creatures and Penny being a deer wouldn't make any more sense: if her, her mother, and her sister were any kind of deer but reindeer, they shouldn't have any antlers (barring severe hormonal imbalance).
According to "The Void", the antlers, arms and legs are retractile, when she falls into the ground her antlers, arms and legs get out of her shell.
Frozen in the Void
Why is it Molly was frozen while in the Void, but Rob wasn't?
She unfroze from just being poked, so everything sucked into the Void is probably frozen to start with, but eventually unfreezes once something disturbs them. It probably just hadn't happened to Molly yet because she was inside her treehouse, which kept her from being hit by any floating debris.
Where did Rachel go
Why is it that we don't see Tobias' sister Rachel anymore? Where the hell did she go?
Because some of the show's staff didn't like her.
A storyboard for "The Hug"◊ shows a girl that looks like her mom Jackie in the cafeteria. Either they redesigned Rachel or the storyboarder accidentally drew Jackie in the scene.
The latter. In the actual episode, 8-Bit Dog replaces her.
Probably to the void.
In "Darwin's Yearbook", it's finally explained: she went to college.
Arguing with Felicity
In "The Egg", I understand that, at first, Nicole was taking all of Felicity's crap because she was sucking up to her, but when Nicole gives up on that and they start to argue for real, why doesn't anyone point out the fact that Felicity went completely berserk in "The Law"? I mean, Gumball and Darwin had a front row seat to her meltdown, and I'm pretty sure they could use it to shut down Felicity's two-faced remarks.
Gumball and Darwin were the ones trying to keep the peace between the two families and were encouraging them to get along. They probably knew that bringing up that incident would just add fuel to the fire.
Juke's Switch
If Juke can't reach the switch on the back of his head with his hands, why doesn't he use some long object to reach it?
Have you tried flicking a switch with a pole? It's surprisingly hard.
Can't he press the back of his head against a wall and, I dunno, crouch?
Getting the money back
In "The Money", why not try and recover the money that Richard dumped? Darwin's a fish, so he could easily look around the bottom of the pier to see if he can find the suitcase. Have him attach a rope, have the family pull it out, and presto, they've got about the same amount of money they used to have (possibly slightly more or less, depending on how much the gold course changed in a day).
Ever since he adapted to oxygen, Darwin can't breathe underwater.
Yes he can. He sleeps in a fish bowl full of water every night.
Goldfish are freshwater fish and die if placed in saltwater.
While that is true for real goldfish, we have seen Darwin in the ocean before (in "The Origins") and he suffered no ill effects. In fact, this was before he got his lungs so we can only assume he was breathing in ocean water and he was fine.
In The Bus, half of Miss Simian's class is inexplicably absent: Bobert, Penny, Masami, William, Ocho, Jamie, Tina, and Carrie are never seen, Clayton showed up in the opening scene, but vanish after that. From an out-of-universe perspective, the reason for their absence is obvious: They've got powers that would make a hostage situation impossible to maintain. But what's the in-universe explanation?
I'd have to rewatch the episode to be certain, but isn't it possible their houses were later in Rocky's bus route, and he just hadn't picked them up yet?
Unlikely, since we see the bus driving past the school.
As a kid who used to take the school bus, I have a theory. It might be out there but MAYBE their parents were giving them a ride to school (or Bobert just flew). I mean, we know for certain that Patrick has a car, and I wouldn't put it past Masami's parents having a vehicle (given how rich they are).
Ocho may have went with Uncle Mario in his kart. Also, Principal Brown could have called the kids or their parents, with an excuse saying why they could not go to the school bus that day.
Tina does not take the bus as far as i can remember, she is too large to fit.
More on Choices
In "The Choices", How did both of them not only work their way up to a house, but keep the relationship intact the entire way? Richard is not only incompetent to the point where no one will hire him, but "The Job" basically says If he actually gets one the world will be destroyed. Neither of their parents seemed that willing to help out, either, as neither really approved of the relationship. So you have one person's income feeding 2 people, one of which is an idiot and she somehow not only managed to find a good paying job, but managed to put up with Richard doing basically nothing to help out AND managed to have money left over to save towards buying a house, even if it was a fixer-upper?
Also, why is Nicole still upset when Richard mentions eating together for once despite the imperfections?
Well, we only see Granny Jojo kicking Richard out of the house, not disowning him entirely. It's shown that she's still very protective of Richard in "The Authority", so it seems entirely possible that she could provide Richard with some sort of financial support while not approving of his relationship with Nicole. In addition, we don't know what job Nicole had before she worked at the rainbow factory, but we have evidence that, either it was quite lucrative, or Nicole had accumulated quite a lot of savings, because it's shown that Richard spent a large sum of money in "The Treasure" when he buys the star. This was sometime around or before Gumball was born. My guess is they stayed at the very shoddy, cheap apartment in "The Choices" long enough to save up a considerable amount of money and move into a more decent home. As for keeping their relationship intact, "The Choices" also shows us that, no matter how lazy and incompetent Richard may be, he clearly loves and supports Nicole more than her parents ever did, which is probably why she stays with him.
Alternatively, Nicole may had a large savings account based on prize money from the numerous various competitions she was likely in.
It’s also mentioned Nicole picked up penny pinching skills from her family - in "The Egg" it’s shown she used so many coupons for groceries the store owed her money.
Why not tell Nicole?
In "The Girlfriend", why didn't Gumball, Darwin or Richard tell Nicole about what Jamie did to them? Like, she even beat up a gigantic T-Rex, so Jamie wouldn't be any problem. Also, where was Penny? Was she sick or taking a break from school during two days? And Coach Russo didn't even care about Jamie bullying others anymore, even when she fought Richard at the gym, in front of her mom.
Nicole has a habit of going nuclear on people, kids included.
Selling the Dishwasher
In "The Money", how exactly was Gumball going to sell that dishwasher if it was built into the Wattersons' house?
He ain't real bright.
More on this show's reproduction
How did most of the kids' parents find the only other "person" of their species? Along with their children, Patrick and Judith are the only antlered fairies in peanut shells in Elmore, Alan's parents are the only balloons, Banana Bob and Barbara are the only banana people, among others. And almost all non-married couples are Interspecies Romance.
We do see the rest of Alan's family briefly in "The Fuss", and they're all balloons, so it's not as though there are only two of any given "species". I would assume that, because Gumball mentions a "flat country" in the "2D-ist" comment he posted on Alan's ElmorePlus profile (in "The Saint"), there might be other countries where there are much higher concentrations of the same types of "species". So, maybe Elmore (and, by extension, Gumball's version of America) is just more of a melting pot than most other locations, meaning other members of one's own fantasy species aren't THAT uncommon.
What's so bad about not knowing about computers?
In "The Web", why were Gumball and Darwin so afraid when they saw that Nicole's fellow employees weren't tech savvy?
Who are these guys
If Gumball and Darwin didn't know there students outside of his class until "The Others", why did The Green Bear, Fuzzball, the 8-Bit Dog, the Book Kids, etc. appear before, specially since they interacted with Gumball and Darwin and Gumball and/or Darwin noticed them before "The Others"? And the school has at least 5 grades, so it doesn't make sense Gumball's class still is all over the school and the other students only appear occasionally.
Gumball is well aware of people around him - he'd have to, otherwise he'd just continuously bump into people. It's just that he tunes out anyone he doesn't care about, and as a result only people relevant appear.
"The Spin Offs"—why does Rob have basically only short directing cameos here when part of his "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Gumball stated he wanted to be the main character for once? He can set up a diner set and direct other people but can't star in his own spin-off?
Sharing a bed
Why did they show Ethel and Bernie sleeping in the same bed in "The Ad"? I know it was probably meant to throw people off from the twist at the end where they're actually siblings, but given that we see Ethel in Gumball and Darwin's bedroom, meaning they had full access to the other beds, it really gives off some weird implications
The only other sleeping accommodation would be Gumball and Anais' bunk beds, which can be too small or uncomfortable for adults. They might have prioritized comfort over privacy. Especially since they seem to be quite elderly and the bunks might've been hard on their backs or hips.
The purpose of School
Why do Bobert and Carrie go to school? One is a robot that basically knows everything, and the other is a 300+ years old ghost, and it doesn't even seem like she was a student in the past (she is never seen in flashbacks, photos of the past, and Nicole previously did not acknowledge her existence). It's most likely that she was originally meant to be a 12-year old who had a body but died.
Why is Hector a student there considering he can’t even fit in the building?
Actually, he probably can, considering Tina (a T-Rex) can fit in the school and has been seen on the inside of it isn't that much smaller. However, it's possible that the school has a way to accommodate bigger students.
In Season 1 he did fit inside, but in other seasons, when it's not a dream and he's not shrunken, he is only fully seen at exterior places (except for his cave).
Why did it seem like Penny would have died from falling off the second floor of the mall in “The Disaster” and “The Rerun”, but Rocky fell from the second floor in “The Shippening” and survived?
Rocky's a puppet made of stuffing and cloth. Not sure what sort of physical properties Penny has at this point, but she seems sturdy enough that she would still be hurt by a great impact. Though, the physical qualities of people on this show aren't very consistent, if we're being honest here.
Destroying a girder
So, in The Fury, Nicole is strong enough to punch a crater in the ground (with Yuki Yoshida not being too far behind), yet it takes their combined power to destroy a steel girder. Yeah, this series lampoons stuff all the time, but that's crossing a line.
Must have been one of those unbendable girders from Futurama.
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In The Wicked, during the Sound of Music parody scene, one of Mrs. Robinson's Kick the Dog actions is to spray a speed limit sign marked 30 with spray paint, changing the 3 to an 8... and then adding another 0 at the end, causing two cars to crash into each other. The gag itself is hilarious (if a bit cruel), but it doesn't make sense when you think about it. For one thing, what kind of driver would actually believe that the speed limit in a neighborhood area is 80 mph/kph, much less 800? It's also pretty implausible that both drivers saw the sign at the same time (and especially without seeing Mrs. Robinson change it) and managed to get up to that speed, all without seeing each other. Not to mention that most cars couldn't go nearly that fast, whether 800 is in mph or kph. In the show, it can simply be chalked up to Rule of Funny, but it's very unlikely that this would work in real life. (Not that you'd want it to, of course! A high speed collision like that would be much more horrific in real life, so Don't Try This at Home.)
Never underestimate a motorist's desire to floor it at any given opportunity.
Where were the staff
"The Schooling" took place on a school day (specifically, a Friday). However, why were Principal Brown, Mr. Small, Banana Joe, Billy and Hot Dog Guy in other places instead of being at Elmore Junior High?
None of those characters are exactly known for caring about education.
Billy doesn't care about education??
How does she bathe?
How does Teri bathe? Given how mysophobic she is, I assume she has a pretty exhaustive hygiene regimen. But... she's made of paper. How does she get herself wet without turning into a sopping pile of mush?
We don't know what kind of paper she's made out of and how durable she so happens to be depends on the ep in question.
In "The Agent," Teri gets in the pool despite being paper and begins turning to mush. So she must not care and does it anyway.
You can clean yourself of grime and remove BO without soaking yourself in water.
Well, since we don't know what kind of paper she is, maybe she's made out of the kind that dollar bills are or she's made out of a paper that's more durable to water.
How does the Void work?
So why does the world of Gumball send mistakes to the void?
Everything the Void has is subjectively a mistake. It considered Molly and Rob mistakes, so it just threw them in there. The world seems to have a conscience, so it probably throws what it considers a mistake, even if it's not necessarily one.
It's more that they serve no purpose as Molly and Rob were generic guys.
How does the transformations work?
So how exactly does Superintendent Evil deprive all of the other students of Toon Physics by turning them into humans? I mean, they're people, but they're still ANIMATED people. Since they're utilizing the same medium, they should at least be able to use a weakened version of Toon Physics. Only when turned into live action humans would they be deprived of the benefits of Toon Physics, because, I mean, have you ever seen a character in a live action show slide through an air vent and come out looking like grated cheese, or have their torso pulled off their body?
It might just be a "your species determines your abilities" situation. They were being turned into humans instead of cloud-girls, ghosts, etc. Also, going from Banana Joe they were given some blocks that prevented them from behaving as they were before being transformed. Those same blocks might've prevented the ones with legit superpowers or magic or whatever from trying to use their powers.
He turned them into normal animated people, the kind that would populate any old slice-of-life school cartoon i.e. Recess, Hey Arnold, etc. Show like that usually avoid using Toon Physics apart from dream sequences and stuff.
Technologically Blind Nicole
In "The Web," a huge point is made about how bad Nicole is with technology. The entire episode is pretty much an exaggerated "LOL old people can't understand computers, LOL." But if Gumball and Darwin are about tween-aged, Nicole is probably in her 30's or 40's at the latest. Which means she's a millennial. WTH?
As you said, it was just one big "the elderly/old-fashioned can't handle the newest technology" (with a side helping of corporate mismanagement) on a character it didn't really suit (Nicole has long been the most aware of following societal standards of her family). It really would've suited Granny Jojo except she's already been shown as able to use computers reliably.
Actually, she's 38 and the plot wasn't that she couldn't use computers, it more was that she couldn't understand the internet and was going by what she read in a parenting magazine. Though, it's also possible that she didn't know how to use that computer's model or system (she does use a computer, just for work).
The Bully Problem
In "The Pest" Gumball talks with Miss Simian to see if she can help Anais with dealing with her bully problem, but she is extremely unhelpful. Miss Simian isn't even her teacher, so why did they go to her for help? Mr. Corneille is her teacher and he and Principal Brown would probably be much more helpful with these kinds of things, so why didn't Gumball and Anais go to them in the first place or after consulting Miss Simian?
Miss Simian is the most reliable teacher and staff member that we see, so, of course, they'd go to her.
What you SHOULD be asking is "why go to an authority figure AT ALL".
Fairy Procreation
How did Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald procreate with their shells on?
Maybe they didn't. I mean, we've only seen Penny without her shell, so it's possible they weren't always shelled.
It could be that it's traditionally acceptable to procreate without their shells on.
Walking all the way to Minnesota
Why did Gumball walk all the way to Minnesota with Fuzzy? He could have suggested that Fuzzy stay the night and the plot would have worked just as well if not better.
"Who hurt Clayton?!"
In "The Skull", when Miss Simian enters the cafeteria demanding to know who hurt Clayton's feelings, Gumball and Darwin begin decorating her with food. Even if Simian WAS Clayton, why would they do that to ANYBODY for ANY reason? I would understand if they would've done it at another point as a prank on Simian, but neither Simian NOR Clayton were really any bad in this episode. Clayton didn't mean any harm and he genuinely liked Gumball and Darwin and actually wanted to be their friend and stick up for them, so what's the deal?
Right after Clayton exits the cafeteria, coincidentally, Miss Simian enters it. As shown in the very same episode, Clayton isn't exactly the most honest person, and he can even shape shift into other people. Gumball and Darwin thought Miss Simian was just Clayton in disguise... But after decorating her with food, they realized she wasn't Clayton in disguise.
The REAL question should be "why don't they ever do stuff like this to her at any other point in the series"
...Are you asking why two students aren't attacking an authority figure with food on a regular basis? An authority figure who will literally go ape when angry, to a point where her boyfriend—the principal of the school—is afraid to tell her her breath stinks, even though it's true?
The Superintendent
In "The Inquisition, if Superintendent Evil was really just Rob in disguise, then who's the REAL school superintendent?
Again, what is Penny?
Did we ever get explicit confirmation that Penny's family are a race of fae?
It's implied heavily.
Back to the void you go, Molly!
Why didn't the world ever try putting Molly back into the Void? I know they needed her for background character, but you have to wonder why the world never getting her back into the Void?
It's been a while, but I remember 12 year old kids at my middle school dating. As long as it doesn't go further then holding hands and kissing, I think it's fine.
Yea plus like you mentioned Nicole fell in love with Richard at Gumball's age, and she even saw aspects of their relationship in Gumball and Penny's, like how she stood up for Gumball being himself.
Eating candles, how?
"The Lady": The premise is that the boys are sent home early because the entire school faculty mistook candles for candy and ate them, landing them all in the hospital. I have so many questions...
Did no one at all check to see what the objects were before ingesting them? These are all grown adults we're talking about.
I can buy Rocky, Coach, and Mr. Corneille eating the candles because they aren't too bright, and Principal Brown was the one to figure out they were candles in the first place, but shouldn't Miss Simian and especially Nurse Markham have known better?
Where the hell was Mr. Small when all of this was going down? Did he not hear any of the mayhem outside from his office, or the ensuing ambulances? He obviously didn't eat his own candles, so what was he doing all this time?
Is there not a lineup of substitute teachers specifically for situations like this?
"The Origins" explained how Darwin grew legs and lungs, but how exactly did he grow in size?
The same way he grew legs? Just the fact that he has legs now would make him taller, even if the rest of his body remained the same size.
It’s not just the legs. His whole body is bigger. He went from the size of a normal fish (i.e. small enough to fit in Gumball’s hands) to close to the same size as Gumball. Compare his size in relation to Gumball from here to here.
The same answer still applies. The Power of Love making him taller is a significantly less drastic change than growing lungs and legs in the first place.
Isn't she already live-action?
In "The Inquisition" why did Rob put Susie in the machine when she's already portrayed by a live-action actor?
What does Gaylord even see in Margaret anyway?
Granted, Gaylord himself is a douchebag, but Margaret is a cold remorseless monster, and he seems to be aware of that and possibly is even perturbed by that fact. Does he secretly like how demented she is? Or is something else at play here?
◊ shows a girl that looks like her mom Jackie in the cafeteria. Either they redesigned Rachel or the storyboarder accidentally drew Jackie in the scene.
