# The Amazing World of Gumball season 3

The third season of the British-American animated sitcom The Amazing World of Gumball, created by Ben Bocquelet, aired on Cartoon Network in the United States and was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe. The season has 40 episodes. The series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.

## Development
### Plot

The season focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school. In a behind-the-scenes video documenting the production of the second season, creator Ben Bocquelet expanded on the development of some of the characters, and how they are based on interactions from his childhood.

### Production

The third season began filming on December 5, 2013, and ended filming on February 5, 2015. In October 2012, Cartoon Network announced that The Amazing World of Gumball had been renewed for a third season consisting of 40 episodes. The season was written by Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Howard Read, Ben Cottam, Paul McKenna, Kieran Hodgson, Tom Meltzer, Joe Parham, Tim Allsop, Stewart Williams, Paul Rice, Jon Foster, James Lamont, Tony Hull, Richard Overall, Louise Coats, Timothy Mills, and Richard Preddy, and was storyboarded by Aurelie Charbonnier, Akis Dimitrakopoulos, Adrian Maganza, Andy Kelly, Chuck Klein, and Wandrille Maunoury. The season marks the debut of series voice actors Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr., who take over the roles of Gumball and Darwin from Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye at the end of this first episode "The Kids", which also introduced Hopkins and Ransom.

## Broadcast

The season premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland in September 2014. This season had 1.937 million viewers per episode in the United States.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
| 77 | 1 | "The Kids" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier, Andy Kelly and Akis Dimitrakopoulos | June 5, 2014 (2014-06-05) | GB301 | 2.39 |
| Gumball's and Darwin's voices begin going haywire, which gets them in trouble with the citizens. After learning they are hitting puberty, the two become depressed that they might be growing up, so they try to cling to their childhood as tightly as possible. Note: This is the last episode in which Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye voice Gumball and Darwin, and at the end of this first episode Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr. represent their new voices as the two main characters. Guest Animation Provided By: CRCR |||||||||
| 78 | 2 | "The Fan" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, Howard Read, Paul McKenna, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | June 5, 2014 (2014-06-05) | GB303 | 2.39 |
| Sarah the ice cream cone becomes Gumball and Darwin's obsessive number-one fan. Note: This is the first full episode with Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr. as Gumball and Darwin after they represent their new voices at the end of this first episode "The Kids", replacing Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye due to the latters' voices changing from puberty. |||||||||
| 79 | 3 | "The Coach" | Mic Graves | Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Ben Cottam, Paul McKenna, Jess Ransom, Stewart Williams, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | June 12, 2014 (2014-06-12) | GB306 | 1.68 |
| Elmore Junior High's new gym coach stands up to Jamie, who vows to get her street cred back by attacking the coach. |||||||||
| 80 | 4 | "The Joy" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Ben Cottam, Jon Foster, Mic Graves, Kieran Hodgson, Tom Meltzer, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly | June 19, 2014 (2014-06-19) | GB305 | 1.86 |
| After being hugged by Richard one morning, Gumball and Darwin become mindlessly happy and end up spreading a zombie-like contagious joy virus across Elmore Junior High, which Miss Simian must put an end to. |||||||||
| 81 | 5 | "The Puppy" | Mic Graves | Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Ben Cottam, and Stewart Williams | Aurelie Charbonnier | June 26, 2014 (2014-06-26) | GB304 | 2.15 |
| Gumball, Darwin, and Anais' long-awaited pet turns out to be an aggressive turtle that hates them. |||||||||
| 82 | 6 | "The Recipe" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 3, 2014 (2014-07-03) | GB311 | 2.17 |
| Gumball and Darwin discover the secret behind their classmate Anton's immortality, but things go wrong when they end up producing multiple Anton clones, even an evil burnt one. |||||||||
| 83 | 7 | "The Name" | Mic Graves | Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tom Meltzer, Joe Parham, and Stewart Williams | Chuck Klein | July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10) | GB307 | 2.32 |
| When Gumball discovers his real name is Zach, he starts developing an evil alter-ego who takes over him and his memories. Darwin and his family must save Gumball and his memory by changing it back to his legal name "Gumball" before Zach takes over completely. |||||||||
| 84 | 8 | "The Extras" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, and Mic Graves | Adrian Maganza | July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17) | GB312 | 1.93 |
| On a slow day for Gumball and Darwin, the background characters — some of which are from past episodes, like the crowd members from "The Sweaters" — decide to use the time to have their own adventures. |||||||||
| 85 | 9 | "The Gripes" | Mic Graves | Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Kieran Hodgson, Stewart Williams, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | July 24, 2014 (2014-07-24) | GB308 | 2.21 |
| Gumball and Darwin's complaining goes too far when people mistake them for charity cases, and it is up to them to reveal the mix-up. |||||||||
| 86 | 10 | "The Vacation" | Mic Graves | Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly | July 31, 2014 (2014-07-31) | GB310 | 1.90 |
| After Nicole tells her family a scary story on a camping trip, the events of the story begin to come true when their car breaks down on a desert road and they are taken in by an ugly old man who lives with his mother. |||||||||
| 87 | 11 | "The Fraud" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | August 7, 2014 (2014-08-07) | GB316 | 1.91 |
| Gumball and Darwin discover that Principal Brown's diploma is a fake, and Brown goes to great lengths to prevent his secret from being exposed. |||||||||
| 88 | 12 | "The Void" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Paul Rice, and Tobi Wilson | Akis Dimitrakopoulos and Wandrille Maunoury | August 14, 2014 (2014-08-14) | GB309 | 1.90 |
| Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small investigate the disappearance of Molly and soon find themselves sucked into the Void, a mysterious dimension containing all the mistakes the world has ever made. |||||||||
| 89 | 13 | "The Boss" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly and Wandrille Maunoury | August 21, 2014 (2014-08-21) | GB313 | 1.82 |
| When Mr. Robinson suffers a life-threatening accident, Gumball and Darwin help Mr. Robinson's son, Rocky, get a more respectable job to pay for the operation — but the effects of working a white-collar job turn Rocky into a soulless drone. |||||||||
| 90 | 14 | "The Move" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Akis Dimitrakopoulos | August 28, 2014 (2014-08-28) | GB317 | 1.88 |
| Gumball and Darwin attempt to cure Clayton of his compulsive lying, but their refusal to believe in his capability of performing a secret martial arts move leaves Tobias laying unconscious after he attempts to prove it. |||||||||
| 91 | 15 | "The Law" | Mic Graves | Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier and Wandrille Maunoury | September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) | GB314 | 2.15 |
| Doughnut Sheriff takes Gumball and Darwin along with him for the day in an attempt to show them how cool cops can be, but he ends up too excited and loses his job. When Felicity causes a breakdown in law, however, it is up to the three to stop her and save the day. |||||||||
| 92 | 16 | "The Allergy" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Joe Parham | Adrian Maganza | September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11) | GB318 | 1.91 |
| Darwin begins sneezing continuously whenever he witnesses unintelligent behavior, which leads the family to theorize that he must be now allergic to stupidity. They have to find a cure for Darwin before the latter's sneezes become explosive to the point where he'll end up sneezing Elmore off the map. |||||||||
| 93 | 17 | "The Mothers" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Jon Foster, Mic Graves, James Lamont, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly and Wandrille Maunoury | September 18, 2014 (2014-09-18) | GB315 | N/A |
| On Mother's Day, Tobias, Banana Joe, Gumball, and Darwin put their respective mothers, Jackie, Banana Barbara, and Nicole through a series of tests to determine who has the "World's Greatest Mom". However, when Nicole sends Gumball and Darwin to the car as punishment after realizing that she's been put through multiple tests by them, the duo attempt to make it up to her. |||||||||
| 94 | 18 | "The Password" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Joe Parham | Andy Kelly | September 25, 2014 (2014-09-25) | GB320 | 2.00 |
| Richard changes the password to the Watterson children's computer at Nicole's insistence, but after Gumball and Darwin decipher the password as "Anais" from the inputted hint "favorite child", they start sucking up to Richard in various ways, all of which end up unintentionally injuring him. When Richard gets fed up and sends the two to their room, they denounce him as only being their second favorite parent, and the situation escalates into Richard competing for the title of favorite parent with Nicole. |||||||||
| 95 | 19 | "The Procrastinators" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier and Wandrille Maunoury | October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02) | GB319 | 2.26 |
| Nicole tasks Gumball and Darwin with taking out the trash before 5:00 p.m., which they take great measures to avoid doing. |||||||||
| 96 | 20 | "The Shell" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Tom Crowley, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier | October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09) | GB302 | 2.31 |
| After accidentally headbutting her during a school play and causing a crack to form in her shell (which lands him in trouble with Penny's father), Gumball urges Penny to break from it and reveal her true form. However, when Gumball is left speechless by its appearance, Penny misinterprets his shock as disappointment and goes on a rampage through Elmore, shapeshifting into several monsters. Eventually, Gumball is able to confess his true feelings to Penny, alleviating her distress as they become a couple. |||||||||
| 97 | 21 | "The Burden" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16) | GB321 | 2.36 |
| Gumball and Darwin are left in charge of Elmore Junior High's pet hamster, Chris Morris, over the weekend and come to appreciate its presence for different reasons, but when they discover that the "hamster" is a clump of hair from Principal Brown, the duo go to school to retrieve the real Chris Morris. |||||||||
| 98 | 22 | "The Bros" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier | October 23, 2014 (2014-10-23) | GB322 | 1.70 |
| Darwin becomes jealous of Gumball and Penny's new relationship and sets out to find information on Penny and intrude between the two in the hopes of breaking them up. |||||||||
| 99 | 23 | "The Mirror" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, and Joe Parham | Akis Dimitrakopoulos | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | GB323 | 1.61 |
| 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 and lift the curse. |||||||||
| 100 | 24 | "The Man" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier | October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30) | GB326 | 1.40 |
| Richard is shocked to learn that his mother, Granny Jojo, is dating Louie the mouse and tries to break them up. |||||||||
| 101 | 25 | "The Pizza" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13) | GB325 | 1.55 |
| A frustrated Larry quits all his jobs thanks to the Wattersons' anger and stupidity making his jobs difficult, and things get worse when the town becomes a post-apocalyptic warzone and the townspeople turn savage. |||||||||
| 102 | 26 | "The Lie" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20) | GB328 | 1.66 |
| In the month of January, Gumball and Anais invent a new holiday called "Sluzzle Tag" to counter the January doldrums. Guest Star: Derek Jacobi as the narrator |||||||||
| 103 | 27 | "The Butterfly" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier | January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08) | GB330 | 2.14 |
| Gumball inadvertently puts the butterfly effect into motion throughout Elmore when he releases a human-faced butterfly from a jar in Miss Simian's class. |||||||||
| 104 | 28 | "The Question" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Tony Hull, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly | January 8, 2015 (2015-01-08) | GB329 | 2.14 |
| After going on a sugar rush, Gumball and Darwin experience oneness with the universe and try to find the answer to the meaning of life. |||||||||
| 105 | 29 | "The Saint" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Ben Marsaud | January 15, 2015 (2015-01-15) | GB332 | 1.69 |
| Sick of Alan's saintly behavior, Gumball sets out to test the limits of Alan's goody-goody personality by ruining his life, but when that fails, he decides to be just as positive and charitable as Alan. |||||||||
| 106 | 30 | "The Friend" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Andy Kelly | January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22) | GB324 | 2.07 |
| After no one comes to Anais' birthday party and Anais reveals she has no friends, Gumball and Darwin help their sister make up an imaginary friend who turns out to be all too real – and wanted by the authorities. |||||||||
| 107 | 31 | "The Oracle" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Tony Hull, Richard Overall, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier and Akis Dimitrakopoulos | January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29) | GB327 | 1.80 |
| During a yard sale at the Banana house, Gumball happens upon a collection of paintings done by Banana Barbara, all of which have been finished before the events portrayed in them occurred. When her latest work of art depicts Gumball appearing naked at the mall in front of an angry mob, Gumball does everything he can to prevent it from happening. |||||||||
| 108 | 32 | "The Safety" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Louise Coats, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05) | GB333 | 1.89 |
| After watching a scary safety video, Darwin develops an unhealthy obsession with safety which spreads throughout Elmore and culminates in a plan for world domination. |||||||||
| 109 | 33 | "The Society" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Wandrille Maunoury | February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12) | GB334 | 1.64 |
| Gumball believes that the reason for his bad luck around Elmore Junior High is his exclusion from a non-existent secret school society, and his determination to infiltrate it irritates those around him. |||||||||
| 110 | 34 | "The Spoiler" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Akis Dimitrakopoulos | February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19) | GB335 | 2.21 |
| Gumball and Darwin must wait a week to watch a horror film entitled The Screamening, but the former struggles to last the week without hearing spoilers of the film's plot. |||||||||
| 111 | 35 | "The Countdown" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Wandrille Maunoury | February 26, 2015 (2015-02-26) | GB331 | 1.90 |
| Miss Simian threatens to expel Gumball and Darwin from school if they turn up late again, so they race a clock in order to arrive on time. However, Gumball accidentally freezes time and the duo travel through time and space in order to get to school on time. |||||||||
| 112 | 36 | "The Nobody" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Louise Coats, Timothy Mills, Jess Ransom, Paul Rice, and Tobi Wilson | Akis Dimitrakopoulos | March 5, 2015 (2015-03-05) | GB339 | 1.84 |
| After Gumball and Darwin got grounded by Nicole after blaming them for stealing their parents' and sister' belongings, such as Nicole's money, Richard's toothbrush, and Anais' Daisy the Donkey doll, they search for the culprit who sneaked in their house, which turns out to be Rob, who had lost his memory. They eventually find out that Rob was one of the people banished to the void whom Gumball and Darwin didn't help, thus committing Rob to become the villain of Gumball and Darwin. |||||||||
| 113 | 37 | "The Downer" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Aurelie Charbonnier, Chuck Klein, and Wandrille Maunoury | July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) | GB338 | 1.66 |
| Gumball's family tries to cheer up Gumball, who is in an inexplicably bad mood — and things get worse when Gumball finds himself the last person in Elmore after wishing everyone would go away and his misery comes to life and consumes Elmore. |||||||||
| 114 | 38 | "The Triangle" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Timothy Mills, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Akis Dimitrakopoulos | July 8, 2015 (2015-07-08) | GB340 | 1.65 |
| Gumball grows jealous of Darwin's new talent at playing a swanee whistle and tries to sabotage him, only to be banned from the marching band. However, someone else is planning to sabotage Darwin as well. |||||||||
| 115 | 39 | "The Money" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Timothy Mills, Richard Overall, Joe Parham, and Richard Preddy | Adrian Maganza | July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09) | GB337 | 1.76 |
| When Richard loses the family's money again, Larry the clerk offers them the chance to perform in a commercial for Joyful Burger to get paid with money, but Gumball -- who loathes the idea of selling out -- refuses to do the commercial and urges his family to keep their dignity in the face of losing their house, their car, and their show. |||||||||
| 116 | 40 | "The Egg" | Mic Graves | Ben Bocquelet, George Gendi, Guillaume Cassuto, Louise Coats, Mic Graves, Timothy Mills, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson | Adrian Maganza | August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) | GB336 | 1.75 |
| Anais has a play date with Billy Parham, but Nicole must contend with Billy's snobbish mother, Felicity. Note: This episode has aired in other countries (including its native UK) as a season three episode. In the United States, "The Return" aired instead, and "The Egg" aired in the US as an apparent season four episode. On digital streaming platforms, such as iTunes and Hulu, "The Egg" airs as a season three episode, though it's shown as the final episode, airing after "The Money." Guest Animation Provided By: Montblanc Pictures Co. Ltd |||||||||