The sixth season of the British-American animated television sitcomThe Amazing World of Gumball, created by Ben Bocquelet, premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on January 5, 2018, and was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe. The series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school. Unlike the previous seasons of the show, this season has 44 episodes,[1] making it the longest season of the series.
Development
Production
On June 22, 2016, Cartoon Network renewed the series for a sixth season.[2]
This is the final season where Donielle T. Hansley Jr. voices Darwin due to puberty. He voices Darwin until Christian J. Simon takes the role in "The Anybody" onward when Darwin clears his throat.
This is Shane Rimmer (voice of Louie) and Gillian Hanna's (voice of Betty) final acting roles before their deaths on March 29, 2019, and August 18, 2019, respectively.
The writers for the season were Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, Jon Purkis, Tobi Wilson, Jack Bernhardt, Andrew Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Tom Neenan, Cariad Lloyd, Tom Neenan, Jess Ransom, Mic Graves, Jess Ransom, Eddie Robson, Natasha Hodgson, Gemma Arrowsmith, Sophie Duker, Lucien Young, Tony Hull, Richard Overall, and Paul Rice. The storyboard artists for the season were Adrian Maganza, Chloé Nicolay, Richard Méril, Wandrille Maunoury, Max Loubaresse, Bianca Ansems, Zhihuang Dong, Ben Marsaud, and Oliver Hamilton.
The sixth season production began on July 13, 2017, and ended on October 24, 2018.
On October 7, 2018, series creator Ben Bocquelet retweeted a tweet with an article saying that the sixth season may be the final season,[3][4] but the author of that article made a follow-up article clarifying that there could still be more seasons.[5][6][7]
Back in time to when Anais is a newborn baby, Gumball and Darwin are terrified of her sinister and evil nature of trying to get the boys in trouble and killed. They decide to ship her away, but her box ends up getting picked up by the garbage men, forcing the boys to go and rescue her.
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"The Lady"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball and Darwin become suspicious of Richard's connection to a woman named Samantha who is always hanging out with a group of old ladies.[13] When they realize that Richard and Samantha are one and the same, they set out to right a wrong.
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"The Sucker"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Darwin ends up in detention with Julius Oppenheimer Jr. (the 1920s cartoon-inspired, bomb-head bully first seen on "The Lesson") for trying to fix Julius' vandalism, and Julius cons Darwin into being part of his gang, but soon regrets it when everything Darwin does goes wrong. Note: This is the second episode where Gumball is not shown.
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"The Vegging"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Andrew Jones, Joe Markham, Ciaran Murtagh, Tom Neenan, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball and Darwin decide to spend the whole day vegging out and watch TV. To do so, they drown out all the weird happenings around them, but end up having to rescue the family when they are stuck in their car hanging over the edge of a broken bridge.
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"The One"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Andrew Jones, Joe Markham, Ciaran Murtagh, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball is put off by Tobias' constant burns, despite the fact that he allows Darwin to do so and that he himself is self-deprecating. Realizing that Tobias wants to be his "best" friend, Gumball tries to let him down easily, but Tobias takes it as an invitation to eliminate Gumball's other friends, Highlander-style.
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"The Father"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Feeling bad for not having had a childhood with his father, Frankie, the kids convince Richard to try and reconnect with him through bonding, but Frankie cannot seem to break his criminal habits and Richard is starting to lose his patience with him.
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"The Cringe"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Andrew Jones, Joe Markham, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Fed up with their constant awkward encounters, Gumball and The Hot Dog Guy decide to be friends so they can revel in their embarrassing moments. When that doesn't work, however, Gumball fashions a makeshift time machine and the two go back to when all their awkward encounters started.
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"The Cage"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
When Mr. Corneille (the computer-pixelated frog geography teacher first seen on "The Others") lies to the Band-Aid school nurse about how he got injured, Gumball and Darwin think Mr. Corneille is a mixed-martial artist and convince him to go up against a Russian fighter named Joao in a cage match to raise money badly needed for the school.
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"The Faith"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, Cariad Lloyd, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Elmore suddenly loses its color and turns black and white. As the town descends into chaos, Gumball and Darwin venture out to look for the source and save Elmore by getting all the colors back which turns out to be Alan who has lost faith in humanity. The two convince him that while life is imperfect we must do our best to make the world a better place.
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"The Candidate"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Tom Neenan, Joe Parham, Jon Purkis, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
While the adults are having a charity gala for the school, Gumball decides to elect himself leader in a plan to escape from the school, but every decision he makes leads to the school crumbling.
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"The Anybody"
Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Tom Neenan, Joe Parham, Jon Purkis, and Jess Ransom
Clayton (the red ball of clay known for being a liar) poses as Gumball so Gumball can get out of detention for being late at school after he has a bad day, but Clayton takes his shapeshifting powers too far and ends up posing as different people in Elmore and framing them for misdemeanors. The two must follow him to apologize to Clayton. Note: This is Christian J. Simon's first episode voicing Darwin, succeeding Donielle T. Hansley Jr. who voices Darwin (for the last time) up until he clears his throat.
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"The Pact"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, Eddie Robson, and Tobi Wilson
When Principal Brown has to take the bus, he and Gumball relate their grievances about their respective girlfriends (Miss Simian's bad morning breath and Penny's irritable laugh). They make a deal to tell each other's girlfriends about their issues, but Principal Brown backs out on his end, causing Gumball to pester him.
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"The Neighbor"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Andrew Jones, Joe Markham, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball and Darwin realize that they don't know the name of their neighbor, the Antlers Guy. After trying and failing to know his name, they eventually learn that his name is Harry Gedges. Unfortunately, this turns out to be his "actual" name as the name he was under, Gary Hedges, was actually a cover name from the witness protection program. Note: This is the last episode that Donielle T. Hansley Jr. voices Darwin. Christian J. Simon takes over for him from "The Anybody" onward.
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"The Shippening"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Tom Neenan, Joe Parham, and Jon Purkis
As the Awesome Store flees Elmore, it drops a Cartoon Network notebook that is found by Sarah who begins writing fan-fiction in it. Unbeknownst to her, her writing becomes reality in the town, and Gumball and Darwin confront her. They soon become pressured when the cops arrive looking to get the notebook back.
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"The Brain"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Natasha Hodgson, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Anais begins suffering from brain damage after facepalming so much from her family's stupidity. The doctor prescribes that the Wattersons not do anything stupid for a week, but Gumball, Darwin and Richard are too dumb to prevent any catastrophes and Nicole cannot stop running into inept people.
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"The Parents"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
The Wattersons run into Nicole's estranged parents, Daniel and Mary, and invite them home. They vent their frustrations out on each other regarding Nicole's anger issues and her parents' strict and overachieving expectations. Eventually, Gumball attempts to solve their problems with a song.
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"The Founder"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Nicole and Richard head to the Chanax building to pay for their internet. Even though he is told to wait outside, Richard wanders in and gets mistaken for the reclusive CEO of Chanax. His ideas end up causing chaos all throughout the building and Nicole must put a stop to it mostly so that she can pay that bill.
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"The Schooling"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Joe Parham
Gumball and Darwin complain about school and wish they can just get a job like Larry. Intrigued, Larry has Gumball and Darwin spend a day doing all of his jobs for "five minutes" while he goes on break. Gumball and Darwin are shocked to discover that doing every single job in Elmore is more difficult than they thought.
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"The Intelligence"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Joe Markham[nb 3], and Tobi Wilson
Gumball and the Internet argue with each other causing the latter to upgrade himself. Unfortunately, he becomes overpowered causing all technology to stop working, sending everyone into the Dark Ages. With no other options, Gumball and Darwin set out to look for the Internet and figure out how to fix him.
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"The Potion"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, Sophie Duker, Mic Graves, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Hector Jotunheim is tired of being tall, so Gumball and Darwin steal a potion book from his mother to make him small. Hector ends up disliking his new height and asks to be turned back to normal, Gumball and Darwin oblige, but they forget an ingredient causing Hector to morph and forcing them to find the missing ingredient.
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"The Spinoffs"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Natasha Hodgson, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
Rob kidnaps the Internet and forces him to play a VHS tape full of pilots that focus on other characters, including Banana Joe, Tina, Bobert, Larry, and Tobias. Note: While Gumball is briefly seen on a TV in the background in one scene, he does not directly appear making this the third episode where he is totally absent.
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"The Transformation"
Ben Bocquelet, Andrew Jones, Joe Markham, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Parham, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
While on a video chat, Penny asks Gumball to help them settle an argument over whether her family is in or out of their shells. After much debating, Patrick and Penny tell a story about whether they should or shouldn't be in their shells. So Patrick asks Gumball to settle the argument and he tells story after story to try and make them change their mind. Guest animation provided by: Julian Glander
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"The Understanding"
Jack Bernhardt, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Tony Hull, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Principal Brown introduces a new student named Peter Pepperoni to Gumball and Darwin. However, Peter's speech is almost entirely gibberish and Gumball and Darwin have no idea what he is saying. This ends up leading the two to meet his parents who have an intense dislike for the government and bring them along on a heist.
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"The Ad"
Ben Bocquelet, Sophie Duker, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
Richard buys a horse named Wunderklopp which angers Nicole. Luckily, she has already contacted someone to buy it, but he will not arrive to get it for two weeks. In the meantime, the Wattersons decide to transform their home into a Bed and Breakfast for a goat couple named Bernie and Ethel. Things seem fine until they "die" and the Wattersons must fake their stay in Elmore.
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"The Ghouls"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tony Hull, Joe Markham, Richard Overall, Jess Ransom, Paul Rice, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball and Darwin visit Carrie who is upset that Halloween isn't scary anymore and is just a day where people care about candy. To prove her point, she takes the two around Elmore to show what has become of all of the famous horror icons. Gumball and Darwin then decide that they want to help Halloween get its scare back.
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"The Stink"
Jack Bernhardt, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball points out to Mr. Small that everything he does has consequences and therefore makes him hypocritical when it comes to living a healthy vegan lifestyle. Overcome with remorse, Mr. Small decides to cut himself off from society and live in the wild, forcing Gumball and Darwin to go and rescue him before he hurts himself.
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"The Awareness"
Jack Bernhardt, Mic Graves, Joe Markham, Tom Neenan, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball accidentally offends Leslie when he says that plants are useless on Green Week. Feeling that Leslie is taking advantage of him for not knowing much about plant culture, Gumball decides to get back at him by exploiting supposed "plant things" that he and Leslie can do.
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"The Slip"
Mic Graves, Joe Markham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
After missing his package, Richard cannot be bothered with picking it up at the package depot or paying for it. The mail delivery bird criticizes him for his laziness and begins tormenting him by having him repeatedly miss his package. Richard, along with Gumball and Darwin, set out to get the package from him.
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"The Drama"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
After talking to Leslie and Masami, Gumball begins to doubt the solid nature of Darwin and Carrie's relationship due to their contrasting personalities and tastes. This is further complicated by the appearance of Azrael, Carrie's ex who has come for a visit, forcing Gumball to intervene. Guest animation provided by: Jeremy Pines
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"The Buddy"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, Natasha Hodgson, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
When the computers in the library suddenly come down with a virus, Anais and Jamie are viewed as the culprits by Principal Brown. In order to clear their names, the two decide to solve the mystery with Anais hoping to make Jamie her friend.
Nicole tries to get Richard to get rid of the refrigerator due to its age, but he refuses due to the memories he's had with it. He agrees under the condition that she and Granny Jojo get along. As Richard and the kids try and fail to get rid of it, Nicole and Jojo discover that it came from the Awesome Store and that Richard is in danger.
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"The Master"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Natasha Hodgson, Tony Hull, Joe Markham, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
Gumball, Darwin, Anais, and Nicole will not stop arguing with each other. To get them to stop, Richard decides to set up a tabletop role-playing game for Saturday game night with himself as the dungeon master. The Wattersons must now put aside their differences if they want to get through Richard's campaign.
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"The Silence"
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Markham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
While having another typical colorful conversation, Gumball and Darwin realize that they have run out of interesting things to say. They try numerous things such as therapy, medicine and other outlandish tactics to get their verbal exchange back, but fear that their friendship is growing stale and struggle to save it.
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"The Future"
Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, Jon Purkis, and Tobi Wilson
Banana Barbara has been missing for a week and Gumball, Darwin and Banana Joe have been looking all over Elmore to find her. She has actually been kidnapped by Rob who wants her to paint a specific future for him. Meanwhile, Banana Joe reveals the origin of Banana Barbara's bizarre prophetic abilities.
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"The Wish"
Gemma Arrowsmith, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Tony Hull, and Joe Markham
Principal Brown is having trouble saying "I love you" to Miss Simian, causing her to think that their relationship is over. In a very bizarre turn of events, Gumball and Darwin think that they may have accidentally wished Miss Simian into a neck pillow. Principal Brown must now try to "break the curse" and make her normal.
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"The Factory"
Jack Bernhardt, Ben Bocquelet, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, and Tobi Wilson
For bring your child to work day, Gumball and Darwin force themselves to the Rainbow Factory to see Nicole's workplace. To their surprise, the Rainbow Factory turns out to be a dreary place that makes making rainbows look bland. Nicole must also try to impress the investors who are threatening to shut down the factory.
In a parody of James Bond, Gumball and Darwin end up with "spy clothes" after misplacing their own. Principal Brown sends them on a "mission" to look for items that have been stolen from around the school. The duo, along with Bobert, travel across Elmore to discover that William is the culprit who then tries to frame them.
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"The Web"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Joe Markham, Richard Overall, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
Aurelie Charbonnier
June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)[nb 9] (June 3, 2019 (2019-06-03)[nb 9])
When it becomes apparent that Nicole knows absolutely nothing about computers, Gumball and Darwin head to her workplace to see what exactly it is she is doing on her computer. They begin to find it funny when they see that all the adults fail to understand computers until they realize just how serious that is.
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"The Mess"
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Markham, Jess Ransom, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
Max Loubaresse
June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10)[nb 9] (June 10, 2019 (2019-06-10)[nb 9])
Gumball and Darwin stay up all night watching videos despite having to babysit Penny's sister Polly in the morning. Their lack of sleep causes them to black out during their time with her and cause them to lose her in a series of increasingly bizarre and erratic situations. In the end, all of the missing spaces are filled in by Polly herself.
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"The Heart"
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Markham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson,
Gumball and Darwin overhear Mr. Robinson admit that he hates the two. He actually begins to feel bad and at the suggestion of his son Rocky, tries to find some way to make up with them. Gumball and Darwin learn that the problem lies within his heart who tells them that he hates feelings forcing the two to try to teach it about love.
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"The Revolt"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, James Hamilton, Natasha Hodgson, Tony Hull, Joe Markham, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson
Darwin tries to convince the objects around Elmore to stop being repressed by their owners. He fails to get through to them, but when he and Gumball accidentally inform them that they get replaced and thrown out after being misused or used up, they begin to rise up and revolt against the people of Elmore.
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"The Decisions"
Mic Graves, Tony Hull, Joe Markham, Richard Overall, Tobi Wilson, and Lucien Young
Darwin has trouble making decisions, so he has Gumball decide for him. After a week, Darwin has had enough and decides to have Alan be his new mentor. Things appear to be fine, but Gumball points out that he is still listening to others instead of himself. Darwin's indecision leads to the mall getting flooded and Darwin needing to save the day.
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"The BFFs"
Ben Bocquelet, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
Gumball's old BFF from Minnesota, Fuzzy (guest voiced by Jack Simmons), returns to catch up on old times. Darwin immediately becomes jealous and suspicious, despite Gumball's insistence that he is still his BFF. After another argument, Gumball heads back to Fuzzy's place, only to learn that he is psychotic and wants to keep Gumball to himself.
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"The Inquisition"
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Joe Markham, Richard Overall, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson
School Superintendent Evil (/ˈɛvəl/; guest acted by Garrick Hagon) comes to Elmore Junior High and critiques the quality of the school. He begins banishing all cartoonish behavior and transforming everyone into humans to eventually make them live-action like himself. Gumball and Darwin race to save everyone and manage to change everyone back to normal, only to discover that Evil is actually Rob in disguise. He tries to justify his actions and warn everyone about an unspecified event, but Tina knocks him out. Rob wakes up in the school late at night as the Void opens beneath him and he falls in.
Notes
^This episode was first released online on December 8, 2017.
^ abcdeThis episode was first released online on June 15, 2018.
