The Watermelon

"The Watermelon" is an 15-minute episode of the British-American animated television series The Amazing World of Gumball. The episode is all about Lewis Grover, the new student at Elmore Junior High. It premiered on Cartoon Network on August 15, 2018. In the episode, it's Lewis Grover the Liger's first day at Elmore Junior High, and he is chosen by a random group of strangers to help him on a surprise.
This episode features Jake Goldberg, Charlie Adler, William Lawrenson, Sean Ryan Fox and Andy Berman guest voicing as the series' newer characters, Lewis Grover, Matthew Ruggies, Walter Milo Waters, Ronald Potter and Sticky Planesfield, in addition to Andre Robinson, William Salyers, Zach Callison, Sean Giambrone, Jeremy Shada and Amy Birnbaum as the newest characters of the series.
== Synopsis ==
It's Lewis Grover the Liger's first day in Elmore Junior High, and he's starting to make friends with some more new students, plus he is chosen by a random group of strangers to help him on a surprise.
== Cast and Characters ==
=== Major ===
* Lewis Grover - Jake Goldberg
* Matthew Ruggies - Charlie Adler
* Walter Milo Waters - William Lawrenson
* Ronald Potter - Sean Ryan Fox
* Sticky Planesfield - Andy Berman
=== Minor ===
* Principal Brown - Steve Furst
* Sofia C. - Grey Griffin
* Sofia H. - Tara Strong
* Sofia M. - Debi Derryberry
* Kyle, Sofia G. - Nancy Cartwright
* Sofia P. - Rebecca Shoichet
=== Guest ===
* Benny Butterson - Andre Robinson
* Randy - William Salyers
* Max - Zach Callison
* Timmy - Sean Giambrone
* Randell - Jeremy Shada
* Wendy - Amy Birnbaum
== Trivia ==
* The cake that is baked looks similar to the cake that Nicole baked for Miss Simmian in "The Ape" and later to the cake Gumball made in "The Knights".
* This marks the appearance of another fruit character.
* Lewis bears a slight resemblance to Gumball, making him one character to do so.
* The locker and desk talking to Lewis are a reference to "The World" where all the objects in Elmore are alive.
* This marks another moment where Anton is eaten by someone else.
* When Mr. Small goes berserk for cake, he screams "The cake is a lie!" which is a reference to The Portal.
* The part where the word "cake" is not to be said could be a reference to Harry Potter where they don't say Voldemort's name.
* Principal Brown shouting "Who wants to eat some cake?" at the end is a reference to Buddy from Cake Boss.
* The voices used by 3 child actors for the new characters weren't their regular speaking voices since they already hit puberty at the time they voiced other characters from other animated TV shows. They had to use a sound machine to make their voices more high pitched.
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