Principal Brown and Miss Simian's relationship falls apart due to Nigel's troubles expressing his love. Meanwhile Gumball and Darwin believe they've accidentally turned Simian into a neck pillow.
Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch Sentiment: Done twice in written form, as Principal Brown is so emotionally constipated that he can't even express himself through practice sentiments to Gumball and Darwin.
- [first page] Lucy, to me you are perfect [second page] ly capable of severely injuring me with your bite and grip.
- [shirt front] I ♥ U [shirt back]-nicorns
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: The neck pillow ends up at the mercy of a fluffy white dog, who makes to pee on it before taking it and running away. It makes winningly cute Puppy-Dog Eyes right before kicking the pillow down the sewer.Darwin: How can something so adorable be so mean?!
- The "I Love You" Stigma: The conflict between Nigel and Lucy is that he can't say "I love you" to her.
- Love Confessor: Nigel confesses his love to "Lucy" the neck pillow as it's hanging on the back of Miss Simian's bus. Luckily for him, the real Lucy's within earshot and disembarks to reunite with him.
- Mistaken for Transformed: Gumball and Darwin think that their wish transformed Miss Simian into a neck pillow.
- Overly Long Gag: Principal Brown guesses virtually every object in his girlfriend's classroom as the object that she's been transformed into before Gumball and Darwin realize it's gone on too long and tell him they meant the neck pillow.
- Shout-Out: To Grease. When driving through the sewer, a greaser rat challenges Principal Brown to a race for the girl and loses, just like how the rival greaser loses the car race in Grease. Both the film and the episode end with the happy couple driving off into the sky, though Nigel and Lucy are revealed to have driven onto a car carrier.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: When Gumball points to the neck pillow he thinks is Miss Simian, Darwin thinks he's pointing at the chair. Later, when they show the pillow to Principal Brown, he also thinks they mean the chair.
- Stupid Crooks: Sal Left Thumb decides to steal a neck pillow out of a car to sell for money before realizing he could have just stolen the car and sold it for more money.
