Rob

Rob is the main antagonist of The Amazing World of Gumball.
== Basic Information ==
He first appeared in the show as a purposeless background character at Elmore Junior High. However, due to the futility of his existence, he was eventually exiled into the Void, a dimension that erases mistakes and anomalies from reality. When he escaped, his body was deconstructed and disfigured into a glitching, polygonal form. He found a new purpose by becoming Gumball’s mortal enemy, seeking revenge for his abandonment and a justification for his existence.
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==Archetypes==
=== Angst/Lonely ===
He is constantly depressed and angry due to his experiences with the Void and existential dread, and also because he is an outcast whom was never paid attention to by both the characters and viewers.
===4th Wall Blurring===
His entire character is predicated on the fact that he was initially a purposeless inclusion in the show, so much so that he was erased from the universe and sent to a dimension in which numerous prototype designs and non-canonized ideas reside. When he escaped, he was glitched into an animation error-esque design, and became the main villain in order to justify his existence in the show. He explicitly breaks the 4th wall in various episodes: 
* The Disaster and The Re-run: He uses the Universal Remote to alter reality and the episode itself, also claiming that "none of this is real" and arguing that the world revolves around Gumball; he ultimately tries to eject him from the show.
* The Spinoffs: He hijacks the literal broadcast of the show and tries to replace Gumball with another protagonist.
* The Inquisition: He tries to turn the cast into live-action humans so that they can escape into reality, doing so because the Void is going to destroy their universe.
=== Artsy ===
His post-void character design is abstract, colorful, and aesthetically pleasing. In The Nemesis, he also seems to enjoy dressing up in cardboard and roleplaying as "Dr. Wrecker."
=== Big Ol' Eyes ===
He has one giant eye that takes up most of his face.
=== Butt-Monkey ===
While he is often played for sympathy, the absurd ways in which many of his schemes backfire or fall apart are played for laughs.
=== Chaoslord ===
As a villain, he enjoys wreaking havoc in Elmore and being destructive. He tries to flood Elmore by destroying its "dam," ransoms $1,000,000 from the police while attempting to blow up a bus full of students, and sets up various traps for Gumball, Darwin, and Banana Joe throughout the series. His methods of antagonism are often eccentric, such as using exploding burgers, bazookas, wrecking balls, rolling oil drums, etc.
=== Cosmic ===
He is heavily associated with the Void, a space-like realm and negative space in the universe complete with floating, rock-like formations and fluctuating entities. 
===Distinctive Voice/Quotable Catchphrase===
Charles Philipp has a distinct voice-cracked and tense vocal performance as Rob. As Dr. Wrecker, Rob was voiced by David Warner, who has a distinct, gravelly British voice. His catchphrase is "I will destroy you and everyone you love!" He also coins a short-lived catchphrase with "You just got wrecked" for his alter-ego.
===Goober===
Despite being intelligent among the cast, he is still quite goofy, as most of his plans are ridiculous and fail due to his incompetence. He also has a short temper and bitter, somewhat awkward personality, is often the subject of punishment, and he tries to act threatening when usually he is not.
=== Mad Scientist ===
He engages in reality-altering experiments and schemes without due concern for morals or other people, such as him controlling the universe with the Universal Remote, or using a machine to transmutate the students of Elmore Jr. High into humans without consent.
=== Neurodivergent Coded ===
He is quite awkward and struggles with social connections, self-perception, and communicating his intentions. He also has a unique and hyperfixated perspective on reality and metafiction compared to the other characters due to his experiences, and is extremely obsessive over exacting revenge on Gumball. Despite his bold front, he also frequently engages in silly and eccentric antics, is quite irritable, and his villainous plans are often clumsy.
=== Creacher ===
He is not a human, but rather a humanoid cyclops / glitch.
=== Nonstandard Character Design ===
His Season 1 design is notoriously made with poor, ugly CGI, reminiscent of uncanny, early 2000s animation and likely inspiring his banishment into the Void as a "mistake." On the contrary, his Post-Void design is widely regarded as one of the standout character designs in the series for its glitchy spasms, colorfulness, polygonal shapes, TV static, and overall futuristic appearance. Also, a peculiar detail about him is that he switches from his original CGI to 2D in Season 2, but back to CGI again after his disfiguration.
===Pathetic===
He was so inadequate in terms of characterization that he was literally erased from the universe, and when he escaped, he didn't know what to make of himself, so he became a villain. Despite his bold front, he remains extremely cowardly and insecure, and he rarely succeeds due to incompetence, arrogance, and poor communication skills
=== Unkempt ===
His design resembles a completely fractured and disjointed CGI model, randomly spasms or warps, and has holes in it. Even before his transformation, his hair was somewhat long and messy.
=== Alternative Fashion ===
His glitching, colorful, and disjointed character design is vaguely alternative in nature. Furthermore, he dresses in a makeshift supervillain outfit in The Nemesis constructed from cardboard, tissue boxes, a strainer for a helmet, among other items. 
=== Viont ===
His nonsensical and fruitless schemes are particularly evident in episodes like The Nemesis and The Ex, where his traps for Gumball, Darwin, and Banana Joe are extremely goofy and constantly fail, and he even hurts himself in the process. For example, he tried to destroy the "Elmore dam" but mistakenly destroyed a vending machine, and also attempted to crush Banana Joe with oil drums, but was foiled by Gumball's phone flashlight alerting his victim. Despite this, he is taken more seriously and is an actual threat in episodes like The Disaster or The Future.
== Fanon ==
=== Fanon Splintering ===
Fan-art often depicts Post-Void Rob interacting with his original, organic self, usually contrasting the latter's innocent personality with the malevolence and bitterness of the former.
=== Humanization ===
He is frequently depicted in human forms in fan art, typically with long brown hair, white skin, a tall stature, and bandages in place of his static to represent his fractured existence.
=== Flanderization ===
Because he was briefly comparing watermelons to purchase from a grocery store in The Nemesis, the fandom exagerated his love for watermelons as if it was a defining trait of his.
===LGBTQ+ Coded===
In The Ex, Rob engages in a psuedo-romantic "break-up" with his ex-nemesis, Gumball, who is male. This inspired many fans to ship them together and picture Rob as LGBTQ+.
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