The Amazing World of Gumball

I wondered if that was just a reference to all the indiscriminate spying that goes on nowadays. I got the distinct feeling some of "The Safety" was social commentary not on excessive health and safety but on the political context of loss of liberty in the name of security. Something about planning to "invade the rest of the world to make it safe"...

For what it's worth I find Gumball and Penny make a refreshingly uncringeworthy pairing. Their interactions are genuinely touching and don't feel crammed in just for the sake of convention, so the relationship feels like a natural development between likeable three-dimensional characters, regardless of how many dimensions they actually have. I always like it when writers commit to actually writing a relationship rather than teasing the whole series and then having people get together at the last minute. That really gets on my nerves and it seems like it's everywhere.

edited 20th Feb '15 1:48:12 PM by attercop

*claps hands and nods in respect*

What is this "respect" you speak of?

Eh - sounds like you knew what you were talking about - that a lot of people don't fully understand, or worse, outright refuse to understand.

The newest episode is the most amazing way the characters broke the forth wall! Wasn't the ending somewhat like the end of Tereehouse Of Horror?

It's actually a trope in-of itself, though they are particularly similar examples.

Kinda had a hunch that it was that Cyclops kid from that episode when they chase after the DVD they lose.But I was not expecting him to be connected with that Void.Are they building an arc in this series?Cause we've already seen Mrs. Banana making that painting of the Watterson's running from the void.

WOW! Now, the painting's ending and the Void are all making continuity and sense! Ivan was created due to Gumball giving him a purpose! This is going to reach Adventure Time levels of madness!

This latest episode was a bit mean-spirited at first (unfortunately), but I am admiring the world-building on display here. Shows me there's more to this show than I ever thought - and I admire that!

People were suspecting from the previews that it was either Rob or Rachael. I certainly wasn't expecting Rob to have turned into a glitched-up monstrosity.

He was in "The Void" as a Funny Background Event, although the flashbacks Ret Cons the circumstance (Rob wasn't yelling out to Darwin or Gumball and there was clearly no one on the back of Janis). Barbara's picture makes is pretty clear what he has planned (something that will send all of Elmore or at least the Wattersons to the Void), the real question is how.

Bad news, however: there are only four episodes left of this season^* According to leaks, they're called "The Downer", The Wife", "The Money", "The Triangle" but it seems there aren't airing them next week or the week after.

edited 6th Mar '15 11:39:36 AM by thatother1dude

Half of the episodes will probably be regular episodes while the last 2/1 will probably have to do with the Void.

"The Downer" is about the Wattersons trying to cheer up Gumball when he's in a bad mood. "The Wife" is presumably about Nicole and Richard. "The Triangle" is probably the finale, and while "The Money" might be a part one or lead into it, it seems more likely there's just an 11-minute finale.

If we're lucky, they might air them all over the course of one week like they did with Adventure Time, Clarence, Uncle Grandpa, and Over the Garden Wall (and Steven Universe is doing next week).

edited 6th Mar '15 11:53:38 AM by thatother1dude

The last four episodes of season three have all aired in various countries. I'm not going to get into any specifics, but I'll just straight up say that none of them pick up the plotline(s) with Rob or the painting—in fact, I think "The Nobody" was sort of supposed to be the season finale itself, with whatever follows being in the fourth season.

edited 7th May '15 5:30:13 PM by thatother1dude

Does anyone else find Anais to be really annoying and unlikeable now? She was all right when she was the Only Sane Man who was also often wrong about the craziness of the world and actually caring little sister but now it seems that all she does is make sarcastic and insulting remarks about how stupid Gumball (and other are) she has no personality beyond that. The episode where she suggests Darwin has become allergic to stupidity illustrates nicely what I'm talking about.

I still find her likable, but maybe that's because I have been so use to Lisa in this day and age.

I still like it more now that she's actually doing stuff instead of just being ignored or refusing to be involved in anything.

It's funny that you mention "The Allergy", considering how many people were complaining that Gumball and Anais were acting more like they did in season one.

I'm rather mixed towards Anais, but that depends on how well the write her manipulative tendencies. IMO she was better in "The Remote" than in "The Password", thoguh that's largely due to how she got the rest of the family to fight amongst each other. The latter was a bit amoral of her.

Though I'd argue the notion she has no personality beyond that. "The Oracle" and "The Lie" showed that she can be supportive of Gumball's efforts while "The Friend" reveals she has some social awkwardness going on. She also shown to be quite stubborn in "The Spoiler" when Gumball insists she'd be too scared to watch the movie.

She's basically any real kid her age in sitcoms.

She's also had a much better dynamic with Gumball and Darwin in later seasons than she did earlier on: she's written as very smart and as a kid simultaneously, and often takes active part in silly situations without the writers feeling the need to act as though it needs explanation.

Anais has improved immensely as a character when she was actually allowed to get hurt and not just be there to make everyone else look stupid like she was earlier on when the show first started out - for example, TBH with all of you discussing the matter, "The Remote" and definitely "The Password" are some of my least favorite eps (Remote was good, but that ending made me kinda hate Anais a little for awhile, at least until she got hurt again at some point later on in the series to make up for it in my eyes.) because of this idea that she has to come off cold and calculating, especially in the latter, which only makes her look like DW from Arthur, only worse. Thankfully, the later episodes have showed her able to hang out with Gumball and Darwin and actually make it entertaining and sometimes, even heartwarming enough to actually sit through with little to no problem, which is what I want to see more of if this show is still going.

It's generally accepted that there's going to be a week of premiers for Gumball some time in July. Even if this is in the first week of July, that will mean the current hiatus will end at 18 weeks, beating out the 16 weeks between "The Authority" and "The Virus" as the show's longest mid-season hiatus^{for reference} There were 22 weeks between seasons one and two, and 27 weeks between seasons two and three.. So far these have all had five or six new episodes, and there are only four episodes of season three unaired in the US—with any luck, it'll have the fourth season premier as well.

In other news, Bocquelet suddenly posted some stuff about episodes in seasons four (which they finished writing) and ideas they're working on for season five:

• More than one Multi Part Episodes. One of them may be about "the question everyone asks themselves about the show".
• An Origins Episode for Darwin joining the Watterson family called "The Origins". [1]
• An episode about Richard's daily life called "The Routine"
• An episode about Anais's school life.
• Two ideas being considered for season five episodes: one about Elmore's relation to the rest of the world, another about the Rainbow Factory where Nicole works.

In other other news, Richard Overall, the show's voice director, got an account on the Gumball wikia a few weeks. He corrected a hilarious amount of errors, some of which (like who are voice actors for Miss Simian in the first season and Banana Joe) had gone uncorrected since the show started over four years ago. British voice acting: truly the greatest mystery of our time.

edited 6th Jun '15 12:01:23 AM by thatother1dude

The horrifying ramifications of a place where everything, even one's own internal organs, can become alive and independent at any time?

"What would happen if Richard tried to get a job... inside The Void?"

"Is Bobert really the second coming of Robot Jones?"

edited 6th Jun '15 12:53:18 AM by KnownUnknown

"Why is Gumball blue?"

"Because I am a cat."

edited 6th Jun '15 6:18:04 AM by NegaKingKix

Really looking forward to the origin episode. I'd think how Darwin joining the Wattersons would be a question a lot of people had about the show.

I always wanted to believe that Nicole had extra water inside her after Gumball's birth, and Darwin evolved inside her after an anniversary sushi dinner, but that would be a little too graphic to depict on a kids' show.