The Light

**The Light** is a cult led by Enzo Higuchi. The cult rose to prominence in 2023 when the cult started murdering people who are considered "darkness" and encouraged others to kill themselves to join and follow the light.

This also served as a story arc for TEG1994 between April and May, which was notorious for causing the wildfires in BFF City, the murder of Anais Watterson, and the attempted executions of Isabella-Garcia-Shapiro and Ferb Fletcher.

The story arc ultimately ended with all the members of The Light commiting suicide by drinking a poisoned drink.

## Storylines

In April 2023, The Light was mentioned by Test Tube, which was during the aftermath of Sue Sullivan's death. The Light claimed that they want to destroy LOL-LOL land with a "widespread wildfire", and attempting to clear people's minds by making them join The Light.

A meme was shown about The Light and threatens to kill someone who tries to mess with the cult. Suddenly, Bow disappears from the studio, presumably kidnapped by the cult. When Skeleton goes to the cabin and tries to save her, but was drugged by its leader, Enzo. Bow manages to escape, but Skeleton was tased by Enzo and drugs him again into seeing the dead Carmen Mariposa.

Skeleton was eventually rescued, but begins to hallucinate about Carmen. He then goes too far by strangling Sam and thinks that he was strangling Carmen. Later on, Maggie and Creeper are both captured by The Light and records a live video of them being "executed". When the screen turns black, nothing was shown about what happened with Maggie and Creeper, until it was revealed that the two survived and turned up alive and well.

Gumball's sister, Anais, was kidnapped by the cult and was crucified to a cross. She was rushed to the hospital, and Gumball himself tries to save her life, but later dies.

After Creeper and Skeleton both left for Italy, Isabella was kidnapped by Light member Marc Klein, who declares an execution for her. Isabella later appeared in court where The Light staged a creepy court hearing against her, presided by Judge Fairly, who was brainwashed by The Light into sentencing Isabella to death. Ferb also showed up to the court, who was also awaiting for execution.

The gang were shocked to see Anais alive, but it was revealed that it was her twin sister, Scarlett. She arrives to help the gang to save Isabella and Ferb from The Light, and finds the cabin and rescues Isabella and Ferb, and Marc Klein was killed.

The Light then declares an "Ultimate Revenge" against the gang and begins a wildfire at BFF City as an effort to "Destroy LOL-LOL Land once and for all". When Candace and Jeremy were at the car, they drive into a burning forest, putting their lives at risk. However, it was later revealed that Declan Witty was driving the car, and crashed it into a tree deliberately. Declan tries strangling Jeremy to death. As the fires get closer, The Genie says that there is not enough time and asks the gang to leave BFF City. Then, panic erupts when the fires hit the Blooper Center, with Harvey still trapped inside. Harvey, who was shot twice by Candace's abusive boyfriend Alistair Smith, was brutally murdered by Enzo who bludgeoned his skull with a fire extinguisher.

The studio was later destroyed in the fires, and the gang moves to New ROFL City to try to begin new lives there. After the fires, Gumball teams up with Watt and Lidia to bring down The Light, but Enzo finds them in the cabin and is joined by his son, Ezra, who brainwashed him into supporting his dad with his plan. Enzo then places a bomb at his own cabin to kill the "darkness", but Sam tackles Ezra to the ground and forced him to drink the medicine, with the others escaping.

Lidia then finds a bomb in the basement, and the cabin was destroyed, trapping Lidia. After the bombing, Ezra goes face to face with Enzo and shoots him. After being admitted to the hospital, Enzo dies in the hospital from his wounds.

The cult later realized that there was nothing left for them after Enzo died, and prepares to put an end to their rampage by killing themselves. Then, all of a sudden, Enzo tells his cult beyond the grave to join "The Light", and encourages his followers to commit suicide, keeping the gang alive.

## Legacy

The story arc was well-received from fans and critics, describing it as "The worthy succesor of the BFF Mafia story". Antionette Pena considers the cult "Very evil and shows no mercy to people", and adds that this kind of cult has never existed elsewhere in the world.

The season finale of PBS Logo Bloopers was the most-watched episode of May 2023, with over 1,000,000 viewers on YouTube and 2,200,255 others on Two TV Bravo.

Clever Mark Entertainment described the story arc as a "major game changer" for a Logo Blooper series, seeing that no other logo blooper show would have ever dealt with cults before.