100 Fun Facts About Amazing World of Gumball

Who created The Amazing World of Gumball?

Ben Bocquelet based the Wattersons on his own family: his real father, mother and sister share their first names with Gumball's.

What kind of animal is Gumball?

A blue cat with an accidental middle name: his parents meant to call him Christopher, but it went onto his birth certificate as Tristopher.

What kind of animal is Gumball's adoptive brother Darwin?

A goldfish: he arrived as Gumball's pet, then sprouted legs, learned to live out of water and was taken in as a full member of the family.

Which stuffed toy is Gumball's little sister Anais devoted to?

Daisy the Donkey is a children's TV star with her own theme park, and in 'The Quest' the brothers sneak into the school bully's home to win Anais's doll back.

The Amazing World of Gumball places its cartoon characters against what kind of backgrounds?

Live-action photographs: the creator first tried his mismatched 2D, 3D and stop-motion characters by dropping them into a photo of a schoolyard, and liked the look of cartoons invading the real world.

Where does Gumball's mother Nicole work?

The Rainbow Factory belongs to the father of Gumball's spoiled classmate Masami, and Nicole's long hours in its office keep the family afloat while Richard stays at home.

What kind of animal is Gumball's little sister Anais?

A pink rabbit like her father: Anais is only four, yet she sits a grade above her brothers at the junior high and is usually the smartest person in the room.

What martial art has Gumball's mother mastered?

Karate: Nicole was racing to a tournament on the day she first met Richard, and years later an old rival from her fighting days turns up spoiling for a fight.

What does Richard Watterson call himself when he dresses as a woman?

Samantha is the alter ego Richard invents in 'The Lady' so that he can make friends with a circle of old ladies, until his sons mistake her for a secret girlfriend.

What was Gumball's birth first name, before it was changed?

Zach is the legal name he uncovers in 'The Name'; using it wakes an obnoxious alter ego that starts overwriting his memories, so the family races to town hall to make him Gumball for good.

Which classmate eventually becomes Gumball's girlfriend?

Penny Fitzgerald and Gumball spend years too tongue-tied to admit their crushes; a botched stage kiss in the school play finally forces the issue in 'The Shell'.

What was Penny before she shed her shell?

A peanut with antlers: the shell hid a shape-shifting fairy, and Penny's whole family turn out to be shape-shifters who hide their true forms inside shells.

Which character becomes Gumball's arch-nemesis after escaping The Void?

Rob spent two seasons as a background classmate; after clawing his way back he blames Gumball and Darwin for leaving him behind, and appoints himself their nemesis.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, what is The Void?

Where the universe's mistakes end up: the brothers are sucked in while hunting for a classmate nobody else remembers, and find her frozen among the world's discarded errors.

What kind of creature is Gumball's gloomy classmate Carrie Krueger?

A ghost who cannot eat: in an early episode Carrie borrows Gumball's body for the pleasure of food, then keeps coming back for junk-food binges until he learns to say no.

What kind of creature is Alan, Carmen's boyfriend?

A balloon filled with helium, hence the permanently high voice; his relentless niceness has an edge, and in 'The Vision' the brothers find his manifesto and set out to stop what they take for a plan to rule the world.

What kind of plant is Gumball's classmate Carmen?

A cactus with a past: before she reformed and joined the cheerleaders, Carmen was expelled from her old school, Franklin Junior High, as a notorious troublemaker.

What happens to Masami when she loses her temper?

She becomes a storm cloud: Masami is normally small, white and smug, but a tantrum turns her grey and crackling, and one rage in 'The Storm' sends her rampaging through the school.

Why is Gumball's classmate Hector usually seen only from the legs down?

He is a giant, a gentle Bigfoot-like one whose mother forbids him strong feelings; when the brothers liven him up in 'The Colossus', his rampage shows why.

What is Gumball's classmate Bobert?

A robot, and one of the school's smartest pupils; when Gumball coaches him to act like a real boy in 'The Robot', Bobert learns so well that he tries to take over Gumball's life.

What kind of character is Teri, the class hypochondriac?

A paper bear: Teri's conviction that she has caught every illness going lands her in the nurse's office almost daily, though she is one of the friendlier faces in class.

The American-set Amazing World of Gumball was created at Cartoon Network's studio in which European city?

London: Cartoon Network's new European development studio there hired the show's creator to help other artists pitch, then asked its staff for ideas of their own.

Where did the creator of The Amazing World of Gumball find several of its characters?

Rejected commercial designs: he first pitched them as cartoon misfits at a remedial school, a premise the studio found too sad, so he rebuilt the idea as a family sitcom.

How did 'The Kids' explain the recasting of Gumball and Darwin?

Their voices break with puberty: the original child actors' voices really were changing, so the season three opener hands the roles to their successors on screen.

What is the title of the very first episode of The Amazing World of Gumball?

The DVD: Gumball and Darwin wreck an overdue rental disc and try one scheme after another to pay for a replacement before their mother finds out.

In Gumball, Richard's father Frankie left his family after saying he was off to buy what?

Milk was the excuse; Frankie, a smooth-talking rat, vanished for years and came back only to trick Richard into signing the family house over to him.

In 'The Puppy', what does the Watterson children's long-awaited new pet turn out to be?

A vicious turtle: Richard brings her home by mistake from a shady dealer's van, and she terrorises the family until she lays her eggs and swims off to sea with her young.

What is the surname of the Wattersons' grouchy next-door neighbours?

Robinson: Gaylord and Margaret are grey Muppet-like puppets who loathe the family next door and thrive on yelling at each other, while their son Rocky does the odd jobs at Gumball's school.

Gumball's episode 'The Puppets' was made with the creators of which unsettling web series?

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared: its creators co-wrote the episode and performed the puppets, a box of Darwin's childhood toys that trap the brothers in a land where playtime never ends.

Which episode featured cameos from Clarence, Regular Show and Uncle Grandpa?

The Boredom: on a dull Saturday the brothers go looking for something to do and walk straight past every strange event in town, the three guest casts included.

Which Chinese series was parodied in 'The Copycats'?

Miracle Star copied Gumball's look and even whole scenes, so the writers answered on screen: the Wattersons meet a family of lookalikes and challenge them to a string of dangerous stunts.

After season six ended, which six-episode Gumball miniseries of clip shows aired in December 2019?

Darwin's Yearbook: the principal hands Darwin the job of compiling the school yearbook, and each episode replays old clips as he weighs up who deserves a place in it.

What were the four Gumball Chronicles episodes of November 2020 themed around?

The US presidential election: all four aired back to back on the eve of the 2020 vote, each titled 'Vote Gumball… and' after his hunt for a running mate in the race for school president.

The Amazing World of Gumball's original run ended in 2019 with what?

A cliffhanger: in 'The Inquisition' the unmasked villain tries to warn the school of a coming disaster, is knocked out mid-explanation, and then the floor swallows him.

How does Banana Joe's mother Barbara predict the future in The Amazing World of Gumball?

Through her paintings: Gumball finds canvases at a yard sale that were finished before the events they show, then panics over one of himself naked at the mall before an angry mob.

Before it got a title of its own, the 2025 Gumball revival was billed as what?

A seventh season of the original is how it was presented at the Annecy festival in 2023, when there was still no news of the Gumball film announced beside it; it launched in 2025 under a new name.

What job does the New Age hippie Mr. Small hold at Gumball's school?

Guidance counsellor: his New Age advice leaves pupils more confused than when they went in, and the lost love he pines for, Janice, turns out to be a purple van.

What is Banana Joe's role in his year group?

The class clown: Banana Joe cracks a joke at every opportunity and believes everyone is laughing with him, when they are laughing at him or not at all.

What sort of creature is Tobias Wilson?

A cloud-shaped humanoid in several bright colours, Tobias is convinced he is a heavily built jock; he first appears charging the brothers cash to be their friend.

In the Gumball revival episode 'The Rewrite', what would end the characters' universe?

The cast learning they are fictional would tip everyone into the Void, so two schemers with a script-editing laptop spend the episode rewriting events to keep the brothers from the truth.

Gumball's sadistic 2-million-year-old teacher, Lucy Simian, is what kind of animal?

A baboon who lives for pop quizzes and loathes children: after falsely accusing the brothers in 'The Apology', she tries to frame them rather than say sorry.

What is the 2025 revival series, which premiered on Hulu in the US, called?

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball had to pick up the story cold: a feature film meant to bridge the old series and the new one stalled, so its plot threads were folded into the episodes instead.

Elmore Junior High's principal, Nigel Brown, is what sort of creature?

A furry slug, and a fraud: in 'The Fraud' the brothers discover that Principal Brown's diploma is fake, and he goes to great lengths to stop the secret getting out.

Where does the bullying Tyrannosaurus Tina Rex live?

The city junkyard is home for Tina and her father; when the brothers sneak in to rescue a stolen doll she chases them through it, then admits she is afraid of the dark.

Larry Needlemeyer, who works at nearly every business in Elmore, is what?

An origami rock with a reformed character: he was once 'Lazy Larry', Elmore's laziest resident, until Richard Watterson took the title and Larry threw himself into work.

The talkative, widely avoided classmate Sussie is what, exactly?

An upside-down chin with googly eyes, played by a real one: storyboard artist Aurelie Charbonnier is filmed upside down so that only her chin shows.

When Gumball's classmate Anton dies in a freak accident, what do his parents use to bring him back?

A toaster: Anton is a slice of toast, so his parents simply brown a fresh piece of bread; when the brothers copy the trick in 'The Recipe' they end up with a crowd of clones, one of them burnt and evil.

Which publisher put out the Gumball comic book series that ran for eight issues from 2014?

Boom! Studios put writer Frank Gibson and artist Tyson Hesse on the comic; Hesse was later the artist called in to lead the redesign of Sonic the Hedgehog for his 2020 film.

In 'The Parents', what is revealed to be Nicole Watterson's actual first name?

Doctor is her legal first name and Nicole only her middle one: it was one of the ways her ambitious parents pushed her towards success, a grievance aired when they reunite in 'The Parents'.

Juke, the classmate who speaks only in beatboxing, comes from where?

Boomboxemburg is home for the boy with a stereo for a head; a switch at the back flips him from music to speech, but his arms are too short to reach it.

Gumball's surname, Watterson, is a tribute to the creator of which beloved newspaper comic strip?

Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson is a hero of the man who made Gumball, who confirmed in 2011 that the whole cartoon household was named in his honour.

The creator of The Amazing World of Gumball named Nicole, Richard and Anais Watterson after which people?

His own relatives supplied the names: Nicole, Richard and Anais are what his real mother, father and sister are called.

The Amazing World of Gumball takes place in the fictional city of Elmore, in which US state?

California is Elmore's home state, even though the series was produced on the other side of the Atlantic by a European studio.

Carrie Krueger, Gumball's gloomy classmate, takes her surname from the villain of which horror film series?

A Nightmare on Elm Street gave her the surname of its killer, Freddy Krueger. Carrie, for her part, is said to enjoy being depressed.

The bomb-headed bully Julius in The Amazing World of Gumball shares his surname with which real scientist?

Oppenheimer is the bully's surname, a nod to the physicist known as the father of the atomic bomb. Julius's own father is a stick of dynamite.

Sarah G. Lato, the obsessive superfan of Gumball and Darwin, is drawn as which sweet treat?

An ice cream cone, she hides her flavour in her name: G. Lato reads as gelato. She was named after Sarah Fell, one of the show's producers.

In the Gumball episode 'The Uncle', Gumball befriends Ocho believing his uncle is which video game hero?

Mario is who Gumball believes Ocho's uncle to be, hence the sudden friendship. Ocho himself originally spoke only in video game blips.

In the Gumball episode 'The Line', all of Elmore queues for 'Stellar Odyssey', a spoof of which film franchise?

Star Wars is the target: the spoof's subtitle is The Force Rehashed, and the whole town battles to be first into the screening.

The voice and manner of the doughnut sheriff in The Amazing World of Gumball closely resemble which cartoon lawman?

Chief Wiggum of The Simpsons is the clear likeness. Elmore's force later gains a Coffee Cop, a Hamburger Cop and a squad of Fry Cops.

In Gumball's 'Christmas' episode, whom do the Wattersons hit with their car and then take for Santa Claus?

A homeless man is the victim, and because the family believes he is the real thing, it falls to them to save the holiday.

Nicolas Cantu, the third voice of Gumball Watterson, later played which masked brother in the film Mutant Mayhem?

Leonardo was his role in the 2023 film, four years after he finished as Gumball. Cantu held the title role from 2017 until the original run ended.

In the Gumball episode 'The End', which event do Gumball and Darwin think will finish the world within 24 hours?

A solar eclipse is what the brothers mistake for doomsday; the panic keeps escalating until it passes and nothing at all happens.

In the Gumball episode 'The Flower', which of Gumball's emotions becomes a demonic entity and takes over his body?

Jealousy takes him over when he thinks Leslie is dating his crush. The irony is that Leslie is her cousin, not a rival.

In the Gumball episode 'The Allergy', what does Darwin's family conclude his explosive sneezing is a reaction to?

Stupidity sets him off: Darwin sneezes whenever he sees unintelligent behaviour, and the blasts grow strong enough to threaten to blow Elmore off the map.

In Gumball's 'The Shell', which fairy tale is the school staging when Gumball accidentally headbutts his co-star?

Beauty and the Beast is the play; leaning in for a kiss, Gumball cracks his co-star's shell instead. The episode went on to win Best Children's Series at the British Animation Awards.

In the Gumball episode 'The Date', the outing Gumball has trained for turns out to be what kind of gathering?

A pet's funeral is what his crush has in mind: after all his lessons in how to date, Gumball finds himself mourning her beloved Mr. Cuddles.

Richard Watterson nearly destroys the universe in The Amazing World of Gumball by taking a job delivering what?

Pizza delivery is the job, and because Richard working upsets the balance of the universe, his family races to get him fired.

In the Gumball episode 'The Routine', Richard Watterson's epic fantasy quest starts as a shopping trip for what?

Mayonnaise for a family dinner is all he is after, yet the errand swells into a sword-and-sorcery saga with Tina's father as the foe.

In the Gumball episode 'The Faith', what does the town of Elmore suddenly lose as it slides into chaos?

Its colour drains away, leaving Elmore in black and white, because the relentlessly kind Alan has lost his faith in humanity.

In Gumball's season six finale 'The Inquisition', what does Superintendent Evil start turning the cartoon students into?

Humans are what he makes of them, banning all cartoonish behaviour as he goes, until Gumball and Darwin race to change everyone back.

Richard Watterson's runaway father Frankie, a conman in The Amazing World of Gumball, is what kind of animal?

A rat by species and by nature, Frankie once came back only to trick Richard into signing the family house over to him.

Ocho, the quick-tempered 8-bit classmate in The Amazing World of Gumball, is drawn as what kind of creature?

A spider in chunky pixels, Ocho came to Elmore as a refugee from another planet, smuggled in by his mother.

Which classmate of Gumball Watterson is a compulsive liar who can shapeshift into anything he likes?

Clayton, a red ball of clay, tells absurd stories and reshapes himself at will; in 'The Anybody' he poses as other townspeople and frames them for misdemeanours.

William, who spies on classmates for Miss Simian in The Amazing World of Gumball, is what kind of creature?

A flying eyeball with psychic abilities, William speaks aloud only when reporting back to his teacher; otherwise his thoughts are heard as narration.

Elmore Junior High's deadpan gym coach in The Amazing World of Gumball is the mother of which school bully?

Jamie does listen to her mother, Coach Russo, a large three-dimensional cube, even though the coach disapproves of her bullying.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, Mr. Small pines for a lost love named Janice, who is what kind of vehicle?

A purple van that runs on good vibes, Janice is only revealed when Mr. Small joins Gumball and Darwin on a rescue mission.

In the Gumball episode 'The Void', which missing classmate do Gumball, Darwin and Mr. Small set out to find?

Molly, a shy sauropod, was a regular face in the first season, then all but vanished from the second until this rescue.

Which character in The Amazing World of Gumball is defined by his extreme mutual awkwardness with Gumball?

Hot Dog Guy and Gumball cannot stop bumping into each other after one impulsive hug, and they finally build a makeshift time machine to undo it.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, why can beatboxing Juke never flip the switch that lets him speak English?

His arms are too short to reach the back of his own head, where the switch from Music Mode to Voice Mode sits, and nobody understands his pleas for help.

Which title did hard-working Larry Needlemeyer lose to Richard Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball?

Elmore's laziest person was once Lazy Larry, who lost the crown to Richard and remade himself as the man behind almost every counter in town.

In The Amazing World of Gumball, Hector's mother Mrs. Jötunheim is which kind of magical being?

A witch with green skin, she takes Gumball on as her apprentice in 'The Sorcerer', and he promptly unleashes a literal internet troll on Elmore.

In the Gumball episode 'The Agent', Gumball and Darwin's mission in borrowed spy clothes parodies which film series?

James Bond is the model: Principal Brown sends the pair, with Bobert in tow, to track down items stolen from around the school.

The planned Gumball movie was dropped from which platform's line-up in 2022 during a corporate restructuring?

HBO Max lost it along with five other projects; the film, announced as the tale of a superfan who opens a portal to Elmore, was then shopped to other outlets.

The first pitch for The Amazing World of Gumball, judged too sad by producers, was set in what kind of place?

A remedial school was the original setting; producers found that idea too sad, so it was reworked into a cheerier family sitcom.

Which YouTube-style site hosts the video Gumball accidentally uploads in The Amazing World of Gumball?

Elmore Stream is where the clip goes viral, forcing Gumball to confront the Internet face to face to get it taken down.

Which knighted actor narrates the Gumball episode 'The Lie' and returns as the voice of the Moon in 'The Night'?

Derek Jacobi narrates the tale of Sluzzle Tag, a holiday Gumball and Anais invent to beat the January doldrums, then returns as the Moon surveying Elmore's dreams.

Which Japanese company guest-animated Nicole Watterson's fight with Yuki Yoshida in Gumball's 'The Fury'?

Studio 4°C drew the showdown between Nicole and Masami's mother in full-blooded anime style, an old rivalry reignited on the morning school run.

Which episode opened the 2025 Gumball revival, with Gumball and Darwin sneezing years of dust off Elmore?

The Burger begins with the brothers waking from a long sleep, then turns to a fast-food scare set off by one of Miss Simian's lessons.

Which elderly mouse becomes the second husband of Richard Watterson's mother in The Amazing World of Gumball?

Louie, a former member of a crew of Elmore senior citizens, married Granny Jojo, whose first husband had walked out on her and young Richard.

In Gumball's 'The Signature', how does Richard Watterson try to stop his mother's fiancé becoming his stepfather?

By adopting him as one of his own kids, Richard hopes to rule out a stepfather; the scheme unravels when Nicole is tricked into being adopted too.

Chris Morris, the Elmore Junior High pet that Gumball and Darwin look after for a weekend, is what animal?

A hamster, at least officially: the creature the boys take home turns out to be a clump of Principal Brown's hair, so they go back for the real one.

In the Gumball episode 'The Ollie', Gumball teaches Darwin all he claims to know about which sport?

Skateboarding is the subject, though nearly everything Gumball passes on to his brother is a lie or an exaggeration.

In the Gumball episode 'The Brain', which exasperated habit leaves Anais with brain damage?

Facepalming at her household's antics does the damage, and the prescribed cure is a week in which the Wattersons do nothing foolish.

In the Gumball episode 'The Helmet', what is the supposedly lucky hat that tears the Wattersons apart made of?

Tinfoil is all it is, yet once everyone believes the hat really brings good luck, the household starts to fall apart over it.

In Gumball's 'The Romantic', what missing detail in a text message makes Gumball fear his girlfriend is sick of him?

An emoji left off her message is all it takes; Gumball's grand quest to rekindle the romance ends with her lost in the woods and attacked by wildlife.

Sal Left Thumb, one of Elmore's most wanted criminals in The Amazing World of Gumball, is a walking what?

A fingerprint whose weapon of choice is a rusty spoon, Sal makes Gumball and Darwin unwitting accomplices in a gas-station stick-up.

In the Gumball episode 'The Triangle', which instrument does Darwin turn out to have a surprising talent for?

A swanee whistle is his new gift, and a jealous Gumball gets himself banned from the marching band for trying to sabotage him.

In Gumball's 'The Neighbor', why is the Wattersons' mailman neighbour revealed to be living under a cover name?

Witness protection is the reason: the name the boys finally dig up is his real one, which the alias 'Gary Hedges' was invented to hide.

Gumball's 'The Game', about the perilous board game Dodj or Daar, parodies Jumanji and which other film?

Zathura shares the joke with Jumanji as the Wattersons are forced to survive a session of Gumball and Darwin's old board game to the very end.

Mr. Small's mannerisms in The Amazing World of Gumball resemble those of a teacher from which other animated series?

Beavis and Butt-Head has Mr. Van Driessen, whose manner Mr. Small shares; Small's own unconventional methods tend to leave students more confused than helped.