The Amazing World of Gumball

***The Amazing World of Gumball*** (sometimes referred to simply as ***Gumball***) is a British-American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. It is produced primarily by Cartoon Network Studios Europe (formerly Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe) and Studio Soi. On May 3rd, 2011, a sneak preview of the episode "The DVD" was shown after the premiere of *The Looney Tunes Show*. It officially premiered on May 9th, 2011, with the episodes "The DVD" and "The Responsible," and ended on June 24th, 2019, with "The BFFs" and "The Inquisition."

## Episodes

There have been six seasons. The complete list of episodes can be seen here.

Every single episode's title begins with "The" and then the name of a supporting object or matter. The only episodes not to do this are "Christmas" and "Halloween."

## Animation of *The Amazing World of Gumball*

The first ten episodes or so were animated slightly differently from the later episodes. All the episodes have mixed media, with CGI dinosaurs, mixed in with claymation balls of clay, and 2D flowers and ghosts. However, the animations of the 2D characters became slightly more jerky and generally cartoony than the first episodes' more lifelike motions. Gumball's body also changes in form slightly, with his fangs rounded and his eyes slightly smaller than before, All of which changed by the first season finale, as the animations in the last two episodes seemed less jerky and more lifelike, along with Gumball's fangs being sharp again and his eyes being bigger. Also, unlike most cartoons, it uses backgrounds from the real world, due to the reason that the creator worked on commercials for the UK before creating the show, learning how to give a realistic feeling to the background.

## Episodes

The complete list of episodes can be seen here.

## Intro

*Main article: Opening theme (The Amazing World of Gumball)*
## Cast

### Season 1

* Logan Grove as Gumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Darwin
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, Rachel, Molly, and Daisy the Donkey
* Dan Russell as Richard, Tina, and Marvin Finklehimer, Dr. Butt, Patrick, and the Ripley 2000 manager
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole, Penny, Margaret Robinson, Teri, and Carmen
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais and Rosie
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Karen, and Martha
* Lewis MacLeod as Rocky, Principal Brown, Miss Simian, Mr. Small, and the Donut Cop
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, Idaho, Alan, Hector, and Sal Left Thumb
* Rupert Degas as Tobias, Clayton, Mr. Robinson, Bean, and Paperball

### Season 2

* Logan Grove as Gumball
* Kwesi Boakye as Darwin
* Jessica McDonald as Masami, Carrie, Jamie, and Daisy the Donkey
* Dan Russell as Richard, Jealousy, Marvin Finklehimer, Patrick, the bandage doctor, the Donut Cop, "Porky" Cassidy, and the French fries
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole, Penny, Teri, Ms. Markham, Siciliana Pepperoni, and Margaret Robinson
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Kerry Shale as Larry, Bobert, Leslie, and Hector
* Hugo Harold-Harrison as Tobias, Idaho, Alan and Miss Simian
* Maxwell Cazier as Clayton and Ocho
* Adam Long as Mr. Small
* Mic Graves as Banana Joe and William
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, Mrs. Jotunheim, and Cupcake Woman
* Brian Blessed as Santa Claus

### Season 3

* Logan Grove (one episode only), Jacob Hopkins as Gumball, Zach
* Kwesi Boakye (one episode only), Terrell Ransom Jr. as Darwin
* Dan Russell as Richard, Coach, Patrick, the scary old man, Mr. Chanax, Chicken Bucket, and Marvin Finklehimer
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole, Penny, and Margaret Robinson
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Sandra Searles Dickinson as Granny Jojo, and Felicity Parham
* Shane Rimmer as Louie
* Maria Teresa Creasey as Jamie
* Simon Lipkin as Rocky
* Clive Russell as the manly warrior
* Sir Derek Jacobi as the narrator in "The Lie"

### Season 4

* Jacob Hopkins as Gumball
* Terrell Ransom, Jr. as Darwin
* Dan Russell as Richard and Marvin Finklehimer
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole, Penny and Margaret Robinson
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Gillian Hanna as Betty
* Naomi McDonald as Clare
* Rich Fulcher as Frankie
* Sir Derek Jacobi as the Moon in "The Night"
* David Warner as Rob

### Season 5

* Jacob Hopkins (from "The Rerun" to "The Copycats"), Nicolas Cantu as Gumball
* Terrell Ransom, Jr. (from "The Rerun" to "The Copycats"), Donielle T. Hansley Jr. as Darwin
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole
* Dan Russell as Richard
* Richard Overall as Josh
* J.G. Quintel as Hi-Five Ghost in "The Boredom"
* Pete Browngardt as Uncle Grandpa in "The Boredom"

### Season 6

* Nicolas Cantu as Gumball
* Donielle T. Hansley Jr. (from "The Rival" to "The Anybody]]"), Christian J. Simon as Darwin
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Teresa Gallagher as Nicole
* Dan Russell as Richard

## Trivia

* *The Amazing World of Gumball* was originally titled *Gumball* only, even before Gumball Watterson was the main character or created.
* While the concept for the show had been around since 2007, production on the show did not officially begin until 2009.
* *The Amazing World of Gumball* was named "Cartoon Network's first original series to be animated in the UK," being produced by Dandelion Studios from season 1. Its world premiere was in the United States and its first sneak peek in the United Kingdom.
* The show was renewed for a second season before it even premiered.
* It was originally supposed to be about rejected cartoon characters attending a remedial school.
* The series changed air dates from Monday to Tuesday to accompany *Level Up* in America and Europe. Then, the show moved to Wednesdays since all the time slots were taken on Tuesdays. However, it went back to Tuesdays towards the end of season 2, only to be moved to Thursdays starting in season 3.
* Every episode has had the word "the" in its name except for two episodes, "Halloween" and "Christmas." Both are holiday specials.
	+ This is not the case in Japan, where the episode names are changed to be similar to the names of episodes from anime series in Japan.
* All episodes are ten to eleven minutes long. There have been no half-hour specials, though "The Origins" and "The Origins: Part Two" add up to almost thirty minutes, and another two-parter that forms a half-hour special in total exists, comprised of the season 4 finale, "The Disaster," and the first season 5 episode, "The Rerun."
	+ Season 3 was originally supposed to have a half-hour special about how Gumball and Penny would break up because she found her true shape after "The Shell," but the episode was quickly scrapped.
* "The Man" is the hundredth episode of the series.
	+ "The Vegging" is the two hundredth episode.
* In Season 2, the Wattersons' eyelids are darker when they close their eyes.
* In Season 3 and onwards, the Wattersons' eyes are permanently round, except for a few episodes where Richard and sometimes the rest of the family still have oval eyes.
* The show is rated TV-Y7 with fantasy violence in the United States.
* Several episodes featured guest animators like CRCR, Monteblanc Pictures Co. LTD., Studio•4C, and Simon Landrein.
* There is an episode featuring parodied versions of the *Miracle Star* cast in Season 5 known as "The Copycats."
* Contrary to rumors, Ben Bocquelet never actually pitched the show to Adult Swim.
* It takes about one year to produce an episode and about 26 are worked on at the same time.
* On December 1st, 2017, writing for the series officially concluded.
* *The Amazing World of Gumball*  is featured on Code.org as a play lab.
* *The Amazing World of Gumball* is available for streaming on HBO Max.

1. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/gumball/comments/3o0rna/episode\_discussion\_the\_romantic/
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/557632076636499969
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/936613418504777729