The End

**"The End"** is the fifth episode of season 1 of *The Excellent World of Rumball*.

## Synopsis

Gumball and Darwin are convinced that the world will end in 24 hours.

## Plot

The episode starts with Rumball and Hammer Bro flipping through TV channels while eating junk food. After a moment, Rumball asks Hammer Bro if his heart is still beating. Hammer Bro checks his heart, and when it does not beat, he starts to worry. After Rumball's heart beats again (which of course they are relieved to find out), they continue flipping through the TV.

As they flip through channels, lines of the shows make a message, "Listen, Rumball, the world will end in twenty-four hours, so look for the signs!" They suspect something is up but then ignore it. Later, the boys are on the school bus, and they notice Gary screaming "The end is near! The end is near! The end is near! The end is near! For our discount sale, so hurry up!" Rumball and Hammer Bro do not notice the last part, so they are a bit spooked. Afterward, lunch starts and birds fly quickly together in the same direction, to eat Anton and his sandwich. However, they do not know the purpose of the birds' actions, so the boys suspect something unorthodox is brewing. Suddenly, Bobert walks up and asks them if they want to watch a solar eclipse in exactly twenty-four hours.

They nervously ask what a solar eclipse is, so Bobert explains what the event entails, and adds that the Mayans believed that they signified the end of the world. Upon hearing this, the boys believe that the solar eclipse could mark the end of the world, ignoring Bobert who tries to tell them this is not true.

23:59:58 - Rumball panics. Then they remind themselves that twenty-four hours is a lot of time, so Rumball asks Hammer Bro what he what he wants to do with his life. Rumball loses interest after Hammer Bro stats talking about charity, so he thinks they should do something he wants to do.

22:42:50 - Rumball and Hammer Bro are sitting in class, and Rumball is bored out of his mind, so he tells Penny to kiss him. Then with absolutely no warning, Mister Boris gives out a test, but Rumball rips it up and chucks water at Mister Boris, declaring that the world will end in twenty-four hours, and that the other students should throw a party. Hammer Bro yells "Wooo!" but everyone else stares at him and Rumball, puzzled.

22:10:10 - Due to chucking water, Rumball and Hammer Bro get after school detention. Rumball realizes he is late for his "wedding" with Penny. When he arrives, Penny believes she should not marry Rumball, because they are both underage, their "wedding" is in the school hall, and her wedding ring is a bagel; still, she tells him that it should not stop him from asking her again in twenty years and kisses him on the cheek and walks away. Then out of the blue, Rumball proposes to Carmen.

13:02:58— The Hattersons are eating dinner and Coiny notices Rumball has a blonde perm. Rumball then asks Spiffy if he can have a pony as his final birthday present, which she assumes he will get bored of in a day, but Rumball complains. So, Spiffy agrees to get Rumball a pony when Numberblock 1 starts laying golden eggs, which he has apparently tried to do for a while. Without wasting time, Rumball explains what is going on, but Spiffy and Coiny just laugh. Numberblock q believes them, however, and tells them they should prepare for their survival.

05:03:54— Numberblock 1 tries to go to the store, after three failed attempts to drive the car, they decide to run. A security guard tells them no running in the supermarket, so they race-walk and get as much food as possible.

04:16:12— When they see the long line at the check out counter, Numberblock 1 panics, and they go to the self-service aisle instead.

03:57:20— Numberblock 1 fails to check out a can of corn over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until he becomes very frustrated about rescanning the can again with "insufficient speed."

03:57:20— They all race-walk out of the store without paying; the security guard informs them of the discrepancy and Numberblock 1 throws money at the guard.

00:57:22— Numberblock 1 gets a porta-potty for the family to hide in, but they can hardly fit in it. After a while, Rumball and Hammer Bro decide to sacrifice themselves for their family's safety.

00:00:33— Rumball and Hammer Bro spend their supposed last few seconds with each other. The eclipse is upon them, a huge shadow covers the city, but the moon only passes the sun, literally "mooning" it at the same time. Realizing the world is not ending, the boys learn an important lesson: one should live their life to the fullest, because it can be very long (or very short). Rumball suggests they watch some TV, but forgets that Coiny, Spiffy, Numberblock 1, and the TV are still in the porta-potty. After a few attempts to kick the porta-potty door open, they all fall over and toilet water splashes on them, ending the episode.

## Trivia

* When Numberblock 1 attempts to drive to the grocery store, the rear wheels are spinning while the car remains stationary. Numberblock 1 releases the parking brake and the vehicle moves. However, the parking brake locks the rear wheels, so the wheels should have never spun. This means that the car has an anti-lock braking system installed.
* This is Ben Bocquelet's favorite episode overall because "it never fails to make him laugh."
* For Keynote Network's 2018 April Fools' Prank, this episode and "The Prank" were rerun with the Hattersons having googly eyes.