Joe Parham — Writer

Episodes 105

The Joy

80%
June 19, 201411m
3x4

When Miss Simian sees Gumball and Darwin joyful on Monday, she knows that something is wrong with them. She performs tests on them, but the nurse disapproves what she's doing. But suddenly, Gumball and Darwin start to infect the school with the 'Joy Virus', and it's up to Miss Simian and her tape player to cure the students.

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The Name

68%
July 10, 201411m
3x7

When Mom reveals that Gumball's real name is "Zach," Gumball adopts a cheesy, annoying persona to match the name. His family tries to make him remember the old Gumball, as this new Zach persona is progressively taking over Gumball's life and erasing his memories.

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The Boss

77%
August 21, 201411m
3x13

Mr. Robinson has a stress attack and needs a stuffing transfusion from his son Rocky the janitor. He won't take it unless Rocky gets a better job in life. Rocky gets one with Chanax, where he becomes a work drone. Gumball and Darwin now need to get Rocky's soul back from his boss in order to get him to surgery.

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The Move

80%
August 28, 201411m
3x14

Clayton, a compulsive liar tells Gumball and Darwin about his awesome martial arts move, and discover that he wasn't lying.

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The Law

68%
September 4, 201411m
3x15

Doughnut Cop shows Gumball and Darwin that the smallest misdemeanor can lead to a breakdown in law.

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The Allergy

72%
September 11, 201411m
3x16

Gumball needs to find a cure for Darwin's allergy before he sneezes Elmore off the map.

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The Mothers

79%
September 18, 201411m
3x17

It's Mother's Day and kids put their moms through a series of tests to determine who has the World's Greatest Mom.

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The Password

70%
September 25, 201411m
3x18

Gumball and Darwin are shocked to discover that Anais is Dad's favorite child.

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The Procrastinators

79%
October 2, 201411m
3x19

Gumball and Darwin spend the day doing other things instead of taking out the trash like their mother told them to do before she got back home.

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The Burden

88%
October 16, 201411m
3x21

Gumball and Darwin are left in charge of the class pet hamster, Chris Morris, but they end up leaving it at school over the weekend.

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The Bros

85%
October 23, 201411m
3x22

Darwin becomes jealous of Gumball and Penny's new relationship and sets out to find information that will break them up.

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The Mirror

86%
October 30, 201411m
3x23

Gumball refuses to forward an e-mail purportedly sent by a ghost, against Darwin's advice. When a curse begins to take effect and their family is dragged into another dimension, Gumball and Darwin seek Carrie's help to save them.

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The Man

84%
October 30, 201411m
3x24

After Granny Jojo brings her new boyfriend to dinner at the Watterson household, Richard forbids her from seeing the boyfriend again.

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The Pizza

89%
November 13, 201411m
3x25

The Wattersons have had a bad day, but it turns out Larry has too and it's about to get worse... for everyone!

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The Lie

85%
Mid-Season Finale
November 20, 201411m
3x26

Noticing that everyone is in the doldrums of January, Gumball and Anais invent a new holiday to spark excitement.

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The Butterfly

76%
January 8, 201511m
3x27

When a Butterfly emerges from its chrysalis Gumball and Darwin want to release it. Miss Simian warns them about the butterfly effect. Gumball releases it anyways, and a domino effect causes chaos throughout the city.

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The Question

82%
January 8, 201511m
3x28

Gumball and Darwin try to figure out the meaning of life after coming down from a sugar rush.

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The Saint

76%
January 15, 201511m
3x29

After failing at making Alan lose his temper, Gumball and Darwin decide to adopt Alan's positive attitude.

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The Friend

83%
January 22, 201511m
3x30

Gumball and Darwin help Anais make up an imaginary friend who turns out to be all too real.

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The Oracle

87%
January 29, 201511m
3x31

After discovering a prophetic painting depicting Gumball's naked run through the mall, he is determined to avoid that outcome.

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The Safety

93%
February 5, 201511m
3x32

Darwin becomes obsessed with safety after seeing a video in class.

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The Countdown

85%
February 26, 201511m
3x35

Miss Simian threatens to expel the boys if they are late for school, so they race a clock in order to arrive on time.

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The Egg

85%
April 5, 201511m
3x38

Nicole wants to show to Felicity that the Wattersons are a normal family, while her son, Billy, meets Anais.

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The Triangle

80%
April 12, 201511m
3x39

Gumball grows jealous of Darwin's new talent.

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The Money

90%
Season Finale
April 12, 201511m
3x40

The Wattersons become poor when Richard loses all their money.

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The Return

90%
July 7, 201511m
4x1

Richard tries to find the kids before Nicole realizes they're gone.

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The Nemesis

90%
July 10, 201511m
4x2

Gumball and Darwin discover that Rob, who once swore to wreak vengeance on them, has been trying to destroy them for some time… but his traps never work.

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The Crew

83%
August 13, 201511m
4x3

When Gumball and Darwin decide to join a crew, they are determined to prove their worth to senior citizens.

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The Others

90%
August 20, 201511m
4x4

After learning what grade Anais is in, Gumball and Darwin learn that there is a whole new world of students.

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The Pest

83%
September 1, 201511m
4x7

When they find Anais training herself for a brutal showdown, Gumball and Darwin realise that their sister is being pestered at school by an annoying kid: Billy. They try to teach her how to resolve the problem peacefully, but Billy has other ideas.

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The Sale

90%
September 2, 201511m
4x8

Gumball and Darwin are crushed to learn that Mr. Robinson is selling his house and moving away, and when trying to make their final moments together last doesn't work, the duo decide to sabotage the sale.

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The Gift

87%
September 3, 201511m
4x9

After they receive an extravagant invitation to Masami's birthday party, Gumball and Darwin are anxious to find just the right gift for her. However, they're not the only ones: it turns out every kid in Elmore is competing to get Masami the perfect present.

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The Parking

82%
September 4, 201511m
4x10

When the Wattersons arrive at the mall for a day of shopping, they struggle to find a space in the parking lot. They search for a space everywhere -- using all their intelligence, cunning and trickery -- but as the day goes on, the desperate hunt for a space becomes more important than the trip to the mall itself.

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The Routine

90%
October 5, 201511m
4x11

Richard's trip to the store to find mayonnaise for the family's burger night turns into a Neverending Story-meets-Conan the Barbarian-style quest where he squares off against Tina Rex's father, Mr. Rex.

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The Upgrade

90%
October 6, 201511m
4x12

Gumball and Darwin upgrade Bobert the robot – and discover that his new operating system is full of buggy and useless applications and is prone to crashing.

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The Romantic

90%
October 8, 201511m
4x14

Fearing that she may be sick of him due to a missing emoji on her message to him, Gumball sends Penny on a romantic quest to rekindle their love, which turns into a disaster when Penny gets lost in the woods.

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The Uploads

90%
Mid-Season Finale
October 9, 201511m
4x15

Gumball and Darwin get hooked on watching Elmore Stream (the show's version of YouTube) and viewers get a look at the different online videos the residents of Elmore have uploaded on the Internet.

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The Wicked

80%
January 21, 201611m
4x18

After being framed for feeding coffee- and prune juice-laced nuts to the squirrels, Darwin tries to prove to Gumball that Mr. Robinson's wife, Margaret, is a good person underneath her destructive, sociopathic tendencies, but when Darwin sees just how evil Margaret is, the duo decide to catch her committing grand theft auto.

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The Traitor

80%
January 28, 201611m
4x19

When Alan allegedly ditches Gumball's dinner date with him, Gumball is desperate to track him down and make him pay for his betrayal, only to learn that Alan is taking his mother, Jessica, to the hospital for an organ transplant.

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The Origins (1)

93%
February 15, 201611m
4x20

In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.

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The Origins (2)

93%
February 15, 201611m
4x21

In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.

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The Girlfriend

75%
March 31, 201611m
4x22

After seeing Alan and Carmen bond during her lunchtime bullying, Jamie decides that she needs a sweetheart... and has her eyes on Darwin.

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The Advice

75%
April 21, 201611m
4x23

Mr. Small feels that he hasn't inspired the children of Elmore Junior High, so Gumball and Darwin try to lift his spirits... and end up causing chaos and putting most of the students (and faculty) in the school infirmary (and others in the hospital) after following Mr. Small's useless advice.

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The Signal

85%
April 28, 201611m
4x24

Gumball develops a strange stutter, and it makes him accidentally offend Darwin.

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The Love

75%
May 12, 201611m
4x26

The people of Elmore search for the meaning of love.

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The Awkwardness

75%
May 19, 201611m
4x27

Gumball is walking in the same direction as Hot Dog Guy, and with each step it becomes increasingly awkward.

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The Points

77%
June 2, 201611m
4x29

In order for Tobias to let them use his points in a video game, Gumball and Darwin must do his chores for him.

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The Bus

90%
June 9, 201611m
4x30

Rocky convinces the kids that they do not have to go to school. However, unbeknownst to the kids, some adults are trying to teach them about skipping school.

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The Night

97%
June 16, 201611m
4x31

The Moon examines dreams and nightmares of Elmore residents.

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The Misunderstandings

90%
June 23, 201611m
4x32

On his way to a date with Penny, Gumball finds himself dealing with people at their most oblivious.

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The Roots

87%
August 15, 201611m
4x33

The family tries to make Darwin connect with his fish roots.

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The Blame

90%
August 16, 201611m
4x34

After Felicity bans video games in Elmore, Gumball and his friends try to have books banned instead.

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The Slap

85%
August 17, 201611m
4x35

Tobias offends Gumball when he doesn't slap him on the butt.

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The Detective

83%
August 18, 201611m
4x36

When Daisy goes missing, Anais suspects Gumball and Darwin.

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The Fury

100%
August 19, 201611m
4x37

A strange figure arrives and insults Nicole, but the kids are surprised when Nicole doesn't fight back.

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The Stories

83%
September 1, 201611m
5x1

Fed up with having to listen to Molly's long, tedious anecdotes, Gumball and Darwin try to teach her how to make them sound more exciting. When this doesn't work, they decide their only option is to give Molly a story worth telling.

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The Disaster

97%
Season Finale
September 5, 201611m
4x40

Rob gets new powers through a remote control and tries to destroy Gumball's world.

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The Re-Run

97%
September 5, 201611m
5x2

In this sequel to last season's "The Disaster", Gumball travels back to the events of the previous episode to prevent Rob from ruining his life, but everything he does makes things worse.

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The Guy

90%
September 8, 201611m
5x3

Gumball and Darwin are wary of Anais' new friend, Josh, making her question his motives as well.

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The Boredom

90%
September 15, 201611m
5x4

Gumball and Darwin search for adventure during a walk around Elmore.

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The Vision

85%
October 6, 201611m
5x5

After finding a secret manifesto on Alan's memory stick, Gumball and Darwin decide to foil his plan for world domination.

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The Choices

100%
October 13, 201611m
5x6

Nicole reminisces about how she met Richard during a disastrous family dinner, and how things could have turned out for her if she had not.

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The Code

85%
October 20, 201611m
5x7

The family goes without wi-fi after Mr. Robinson changes the passcode, so Gumball tries to recover it.

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The Scam

90%
October 27, 201611m
4x39

Gumball scares the school into thinking a monster named Gargaroth is haunting the place, then recruits Carrie and Darwin (who has a crush on Carrie) as ghost exterminators in order to scam everyone in Elmore of their candy.

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The Test

75%
November 3, 201611m
5x8

When he is labeled a "loser" in an online test, Gumball believes he must do the opposite of everything he would normally do. Meanwhile, Darwin and Sarah notice Tobias is stealing Gumball's life and role in the series in the form of a cheesy sitcom.

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The Slide

83%
November 10, 201611m
5x9

Rocky decides to stop living life online, and find love on a dating app, and Gumball and Darwin try to help him.

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The Loophole

93%
November 17, 201611m
5x10

Gumball and Darwin give Bobert instructions so he will behave in a safe and responsible manner, but he applies his logic to their rules.

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The Fuss

90%
February 7, 201711m
5x12

Nicole tries, and fails, to hide her disappointment when Richard and the kids fail to remember her special day. Richard has to figure out what special day he has actually forgotten and then make it a day to remember or else.

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The Vase

90%
February 13, 201711m
5x15

Sick of Granny Jojo's ugly gifts, Nicole encourages the kids to take matters into their own hands and "accidentally" break her latest hideous vase. But when Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to destroy it, they discover it is more robust than it seems.

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The Matchmaker

90%
February 14, 201711m
5x16

Gumball enlists Carrie to help bring Darwin and Teri together, but when they can't make Darwin and Teri's love blossom naturally, they decide to make it happen supernaturally.

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The Box

90%
February 15, 201711m
5x17

The Wattersons receive an unmarked package in the mail. To distract themselves from the urge to open it they all take turns to imagine what it might contain.

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The Console

97%
February 16, 201711m
5x18

When Gumball is given a cursed video game console, Elmore becomes trapped inside a fantasy RPG world. Gumball, Darwin and Anais have to battle their way through town, unraveling the secrets of their new virtual reality.

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The Ollie

90%
February 20, 201711m
5x19

Gumball teaches Darwin everything he knows about the world of skateboarding.

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The Catfish

87%
February 21, 201711m
5x20

When Gumball and Darwin realize Grandpa Louie has no friends, they create one called Muriel, when Granny Jojo finds out Louie has been spending time online with another woman, Muriel not existing is not going to stop her from being destroyed.

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The Cycle

70%
February 22, 201711m
5x21

Gumball, Darwin and Anais discover that Mr. Wilson has been picking on Richard for most of his life; ever since he humiliated Richard with a high school prank. The kids try to work their dad through it, but when their efforts fail they realize that getting back at Mr. Wilson is the only way to break the cycle.

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The Stars

77%
February 23, 201711m
5x22

When Richard gives Larry’s hairdresser a bad review for saying he’s bald, he gets offered a free haircut. This inspires Gumball and Darwin to go on a reviewing spree across town, forcing Larry to give them stuff with the threat of a bad review. But, just because the customer is always right doesn’t mean that what they’re doing isn’t wrong.

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The Grades

87%
February 27, 201711m
5x23

When a failed test grade brings down Gumball’s grade point average, he is forced to return to kindergarten.

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The Diet

73%
February 28, 201711m
5x24

Gumball and Darwin find out why Richard's diet wasn't working, and after they help him lose weight, he becomes more obnoxious.

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The Ex

83%
March 1, 201711m
5x25

When Gumball learns that his nemesis, Rob, has found a new nemesis, he tries to sabotage Rob's new "enemy-ship", much to the frustration of Penny.

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The Sorcerer

83%
March 2, 201711m
5x26

Gumball refuses to accept he is the only kid at school that does not have special powers. He convinces Mrs. Jötunheim, Hector's mom, to take him on as her apprentice but she soon learns leaving Gumball unsupervised around magic is a big mistake.

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The Weirdo

83%
March 8, 201711m
5x29

When they see the school bullies making fun of Sussie, Gumball and Darwin decide to try and help her act less weird. They carefully observe her behavior and decide that the only thing they have to change is absolutely everything.

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The Best

90%
September 8, 201711m
5x32

No matter what Gumball does, Carmen thinks she knows better; when Gumball attempts to gain the moral high ground, but fails, his only option left is to bring Carmen down to his level.

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The List

85%
November 3, 201711m
5x39

When the kids find out that Mom's life hasn't panned out as she'd hoped, they start taking on her chores, but they accidentally grab her bucket list instead of her to-do list.

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The News

75%
Season Finale
November 10, 201711m
5x40

From police chases to the inside scoop on Daisy the Donkey, Channel 6 Elmore News has all the top local stories. Experienced newscaster Kip Schlezinger brings the latest news, sports and weather, even when there is absolutely nothing to report.

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The Rival

90%
January 5, 201811m
6x1

When Anais is a newborn baby, Gumball and Darwin become jealous of their new sibling, and spark a baby war.

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The Sucker

78%
January 12, 201811m
6x3

Darwin ends up in detention with Julius, who decides to make Darwin his new target. However, it backfires when Darwin ruins his life.

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The Vegging

90%
January 15, 201811m
6x4

Gumball and Darwin want to veg out all day, but their plans go awry and they have to save the rest of the family.

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The Cringe

70%
February 2, 201811m
6x7

Gumball and Hot Dog Guy discover why they're so awkward with each other.

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The Candidate

75%
March 2, 201811m
6x10

A group of kids get locked in the school after their parents have a charity gala. They appoint Gumball as leader to get them out but it leads to chaos.

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The Anybody

75%
March 9, 201811m
6x11

When Clayton shapeshifts into Gumball to take his detention, he starts framing others for misdemeanors so Gumball and Darwin must track Clayton down to stop him.

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The Pact

70%
April 9, 201811m
6x12

Gumball and Principal Brown make a pact to tell each other what problems their girlfriends have.

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The Neighbor

80%
April 13, 201811m
6x13

Gumball and Darwin try to find out the name of their neighbor, Antlers Guy, but accidentally blow his witness protection cover.

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The Shippening

95%
April 20, 201811m
6x14

Sarah finds a notebook from the Awesome Store which magically makes what she draws happen. Unfortunately, she draws bizarre love stories throughout Elmore.

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The Brain

80%
June 18, 201811m
6x15

The Wattersons have to stop doing stupid things in order to prevent Anais from falling into a coma from facepalming too much.

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The Schooling

90%
June 18, 201811m
6x18

Gumball and Darwin take on Larry's jobs for 5 minutes and realize how bad it is.

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The Intelligence

80%
June 18, 201811m
6x19

Technology reaches human intelligence then becomes dysfunctional as it picks up human flaws.

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The Transformation

80%
July 16, 201811m
6x22

Gumball is asked to settle a dispute between Penny and her family.

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The Understanding

60%
July 16, 201811m
6x23

Gumball and Darwin get into trouble misunderstanding a new kid in school.

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The Stink

80%
November 5, 201811m
6x26

Mr. Small goes feral after Gumball and Darwin expose his hypocrisy.

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The Awareness

95%
November 6, 201811m
6x27

Gumball decides to engross himself in plant culture to appease Leslie after making an offensive comment.

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The Buddy

0%
November 9, 201811m
6x30

Anais and Jamie form an unlikely partnership when they're accused of a crime they didn't commit.

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The Web

80%
June 3, 201911m
6x38

Gumball and Darwin realize that the adult residents of Elmore are dangerously naive when it comes to being safe online, and in fact are in serious need of the boys' help with even the simplest of tasks.

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The Revolt

70%
June 17, 201911m
6x41

Darwin tries to highlight the plight of all the household objects he feels are being oppressed and maltreated by the uncaring residents of Elmore, then decides to lead those objects in a revolt against the townspeople.

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The BFFs

0%
June 24, 201911m
6x43

When Gumball's old BFF Fuzzy turns up on his doorstep, Darwin struggles to accept that there was someone before him and fails to contain his jealousy.

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The Inquisition

97%
Season Finale
June 24, 201911m
6x44

The students of Elmore Junior High find their world turned upside down when the mysterious school superintendent comes to stamp out their cartoonish ways.

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