The Pony

**"The Pony"** is the twenty-first episode of the second season of *The Amazing World of Gumball.* This episode marks Rob's first solo speaking role.

## Synopsis

Gumball and Darwin rent a film called *A Pony's Tail* to watch with Anais, but keep getting distracted on their way home.

## Plot

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The episode opens with Gumball attempting to rent *A Pony's Tail* from Ripley 2000, but his body physically refuses to let him rent it due to how terrible it is. Darwin tries afterwards by running to the front register at a quick speed with it, but the same exact thing happens. Carrie, aware that the two will be attempting to rent the film all day, offers to hide the DVD between her horror films, and after putting in a great amount of strength is finally able to rent the movie. Gumball and Darwin explain to Carrie how they promised they would buy Anais a movie of her choice, and how they also promised they would watch it together.

Running late, the two rush home, but their troubles begin as an obese Tony has fallen into a manhole while updating his Elmore Plus status on his phone. Gumball is left to get him out as a nearby tow-truck driver who opened the manhole in the first place refuses to. Meanwhile, Darwin calls an angry Anais on a payphone, she believes Darwin has made up the manhole story in order to get out of spending time with her. Luckily, Gumball has gotten Tony out of the manhole by tying him to the end of the worker's tow-truck, thus making it his problem as opposed to theirs. Before the two are able to set off, they encounter Rob. They manage to get him angry by forgetting his name. Darwin comes up with a quick solution to get him out of their way: kick him down the same manhole.

Meanwhile, Anais is still waiting at home. She asks Richard why her brothers do not seem to want to spend time with her. He has no idea how to reply to his concerned daughter, so he bails out on her, telling her to ask her mother.

Gumball grows exhausted after running so much, so he and Darwin trade each other's legs for a brief time. They then come upon Sussie's house, where her birthday party is being hosted. They attempt to sneak past, but are inopportunely caught by Sussie. Awkwardly, they are invited and forced to hang out with her family. Gumball tries to excuse himself and Darwin, but Sussie's father bribes him into staying for $1,000. Darwin then calls Anais, asking her if they could hang out next time. He notices that she is pretty disappointed, so he has to talk Gumball out of the party. Gumball reluctantly lets go of the money.

While complaining about lost money, Gumball and Darwin approach Mr. Small, who keeps changing paths in front of them. Eventually, Darwin runs into him, knocking the DVD out of its case. They realize they have the wrong DVD -- *Night-Mare on Elmore Street* instead of *A Pony's Tail*. They rush to Carrie's house, where they find her mesmerized by their DVD. Darwin goes to retrieve their DVD from the DVD player, but it flies out, away from them.

The two run after the runaway DVD, when they collide with Marvin, who is carrying a bag of DVDs. They quickly recover their DVD, but Darwin manages to lose it again. From that point on, they basically go in the opposite direction: first, they run into Mr. Small again. Next, the DVD falls into the hands of Rob, who is trapped inside a sewer drain. He immediately throws the DVD away when Gumball and Darwin forget his name again. The DVD bounces in and out of Sussie's party. Eventually, it ends up wedged into Tony's butt crack, who then pins the teal tow-truck driver underneath him. The trapped worker pleads for help, but Gumball refuses, as a retribution for what happened earlier. He and Darwin retrieve the DVD and rush home.

Back home, Gumball and Darwin are eager to see how Anais is feeling. She gradually smiles, and the kids are glad. They then play the movie. Only a few seconds in, Anais declares that she hates it. The boys are relieved that they will not have to sit through it, ending the episode.