The Amazing World of Gumball is one of those shows I looked at and said, "How can anyone like that?" But like other shows on Cartoon Network it surprised me to see it was actually a well written show.

The show takes place in the fictional city of Elmore inhabited by talking animals, animate objects, tyrannosaur, talking peanuts, and other weird things you wouldn't even expect to live together. The show follows the Watterson family, mainly Gumball and his adopted brother Darwin, and their misadventures.

You got Richard, a lazy stay at home dad with good intentions but small intellect. Nicole who is a typical workaholic mom with a short fuse but deeply loves her family. Gumball and Darwin are your average pre-teen boys who have all sorts of weird interests and misconceptions on girls, adults and life in general. And their sister Anais who is a child prodigy at four years old. Together they get into all sorts of unbelievable situations around their house, school, or city in general.

What I find really appealing about this show are the characters. Each character has a different animation style. One character can be traditionally animated but another can be done in CGI. And another could be a puppet. And another could be an 8-bit video game character. They all have individual character traits and it's really interesting to see all these animation styles really blend together.

The family is pretty close to real life too. I can remember as a kid actually getting into some of the fads Gumball and Darwin do.

This show is still pretty new and obviously has a lot more to offer, but from what I've seen it's worth watching a few episodes. I don't really see anything that bad for younger kids like I do in shows like Regular Show and the adult humor is subtle enough for kids to not know what they're missing. I'm looking forward to seeing more of this unique style in the future.

So far I give The Amazing World of Gumball an 8.5

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9/10

One of the best Cartoon Network programmes

I've watched some episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball and it's absolutely brilliant. This is one of the best cartoons I've ever watched. It's also very funny and bizarre.

My favourite character is Richard Walterson because he is the funniest character I've ever met. He's an absolute gas.

I'm nearly 27 years old and I'm still watching this cartoon.

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The Amazing World of Gumball

This show is very entertaining, even for an adult. The innuendos are the funny part. The humour is directed at children below the ages of 13, but it makes the show a great timepassing tool nonetheless. The art style progressively gets brighter and less "eye candy" than it was in the first and second seasons. It aged like SpongeBob. I'm a fan of this show. Each episode really has no ongoing theme except for some minor problems that can later show up randomly. That's what makes this show so entertaining to watch. Instead of clinging onto one episode, waiting for the next to see what happens, each episode begins something new. You don't have to keep up with one plot, and issues having to be fixed and have to be drawn out into two or three episodes. You can watch an episode and still get the main plot and idea of it.

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8/10

Really funny

Not only is the animation an amazing blend of everything (CG, flash, stop-motion, traditional and some live-action) But this show is really damn funny. Gumball humor can go all over the place and still be really funny. Gumball and Darwin are a great duo and work off each other pretty well. The rest of the family are pretty good to but the one who takes the cake (and eats it to)is the dad, I know the dumb dad cliché is way too common But Richard is really a cut above the rest. The side characters are nothing to sneeze at to, Principal Brown gets some good quips in, Mr.Small is a hippie guidance counselor, The robot is a fan favorite, The ghost girl is cute, and Penny gumball's crush is more than just some token love interest. Anyways I'm just gonna recommend so episodes to give you an idea what kinda show Gumball is. The Fraud, The Law, The Check, The Shell, The Bus, The question and The origins part 1&2.

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10/10

Unique and Entertaining

The Amazing World of Gumball. Reading the name of the show might make it sound utterly absurd, but that's only because you haven't seen it. When you get the whole feel of the show, you can see why they called it that. Everything about TAWOG is unique, harmless, entertaining, and like nothing you've ever seen before-- with funny characters (albeit stereotyped), harmless humor that is almost never crass yet still hilarious (for those who hate Teen Titans Go!) and inventive stories that are a mix of surrealism, drama and over-the-top hilarity. With all that in only one show, how could anyone possibly resist?

The premise of the show is simple; it's how the set-up is taken to crazy measures that makes everything entertaining. TAWOG takes place in a fictional town called Elmore where everything is just WACKO. The main characters are a family called the Wattersons, who are unintentionally a nuisance to almost everyone around them at some time or another. Nicole is the mother, a blue cat who is the cliche hard-working mother who strives to support her family. Richard is the father, a huge pink bunny (how can two different animals have offspring that are NOT mixed breeds?) who does nothing but sit around all day and eat--a rather insulting but admittedly necessary character. There is no way the family could have been as funny without his stupidity thrown in. Gumball, for whom the show is named, is a cat like his mom--a rather self-centered yet likable character who is the main protagonist. Darwin is his adopted brother--a fish with feet that can live out of water, his constant companion. Lastly, Anais--the genius sister, at four years old, a little pink bunny a grade above her two brothers.

That's just the beginning of all the weird creatures in this show. The city of Elmore is truly an amazing place--the title does not rob the credit it deserves. The town is all realistically photographed backgrounds, which is already unique in a cartoon show. And the inhabitants are anything but normal--you have a CGI family of bananas, a 3-d monkey teacher who's been around since the beginning of time, a cut-out figure with a drawn face and clothes, two neighbors who oddly resemble muppets, a family of peanuts who happen to have antlers...I could go on. All these different techniques--CGI, live action, and various styles of cartoon animation, are all morphed into one crazy world, seamlessly done and with amazing results.

And the stories--they vary in many ways also. You have episodes like "The Fury" and "The Nobody", which are overly dramatic yet entertaining in a weird sort of way. You also have episodes like "The World", "The Downer", and "The Signal" which are surrealistic and creative while staying fun. And then there's stuff that's just plain over-the-top funny, like "The Heist" and "The Tape". While I can think of some episodes I'm not particularly too fond of, I can say I haven't seen anything that was annoying, not containing any humor, and disappointing. That's saying a lot--after all, most shows have poor episodes at one time or another.

TAWOG would be a great show for families to see. After all, I said there's really nothing crass or insulting here, everything's just a heap of good, clean humor to be had. Overall, "The Amazing World of Gumball" gets my vote of 10/10--and probably also as being the best show on the Cartoon Network.

EDIT: As of June 24, 2019, this show has met its sad end. Although having seen a few episodes of it in 2017, I really only became a fan at the end of 2018 to present. This is a wonderful show and Ben Bocquelet clearly lost his marbles when he decided to give up on it. (At least we have an upcoming movie, still in its early stages, to look forward to). Thankfully, bless their souls, Cartoon Network has not stopped airing it and continues to replay old episodes as though the thing was still going strong. It's my hope that plenty of reruns of Gumball are in CN's future.

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9/10

Funniest Show On Cartoon Network

I saw the commercial for this show, and was hoping it wasn't going to turn out like Secret Mountain Fort Awesome or Problem Solverz. Although, I don't think anything can be as bad as those. But, surprisingly, it was quite good. I was like, "Here We Go...huh, this is good!" It has laughs, weird, yet entertaining, stories, and funny characters. I'll review the characters first. GUMBALL: A fun-loving, detention-getting blue cat, who could care less about school, grades, and hygiene. Gotta love 'im! DARWIN: A more-hygienic-than-Gumball, orange fish, he cares a tiny bit more about school, doesn't wear clothes (Although you can't see anything), and his legs are 3 times as long as his head. He is playful, considerate, and doesn't make sense sometimes, he is Gumball's brother. ANAIS: A pink bunny, about 1 foot tall, and wears the same baby sun-dress every episode, and is smarter than the whole family combined. RICHARD: Sleep loving, un-hygienic, sausage-eating, fat pink bunny, he's the dumbest and most irresponsible person in the whole family, yet one of the funniest people on the show. NICOLE: The blue cat mom who is always a buzzkill, represents the usual overprotective mom who doesn't stop worrying. I am gonna stop right there for the character reviews because that's really all you need to know, because it is Gumball's family. The voice acting, I thought, was great and hilarious. No complaints about that. I would like to say that I heavily disagree with all of the people who said this show was horrible. Don't listen to them, readers! You would probably like this show as much as I did. You will probably think the parodies of movies and real life are funny and random. Ben Bocquelet did a good job creating this show and probably won't be able to pull off a show like this again in his career (Sorry, Ben). I give it a 9/10 because it is funny random, and not trash like Problem Solverz. Thanks for reading!

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9/10

A variety of humor and characters to please all

This show is hilarious in many ways. It's a children's show that somehow reaches older ages as well.

Characters are created in many ways, such as traditional animation, Claymation, stop-motion, CGI, pixilation, and even puppets. They're inspired from everyday thing, too. As an example, the burglar is a walking fingerprint. Then you have a variety of personalities, such as Mr. Small, the school counselor that's a hippy; Mrs. Simian, the ancient, ill-tempered monkey that is a teacher; a CGI tyrannosaurus rex named Tina; a peanut with antlers named Penny. The list is endless and new things are being discovered in every episode, whether they are costars or hidden in the background. Everything about the setting is lovable.

The family is quite cliché, however, but they manage to be cliché in a new way. Richard, the father, is a gluttonous, pink rabbit that does nothing but sleep, unless his wife Nicole says otherwise. Speaking of Nicole, the blue cat, she's a workaholic that will blow up on someone at any given moment. She's a freakishly amazing mother. Her ways of doing things for her kids is something that's not seen very often in the real world, so although she's fantastical, her views are good. Gumball, the protagonist, is always getting into trouble with his walking-fish-adopted-brother named Darwin(an ongoing mystery to the series: Where did Darwin come from?). Their troubles are usually accidental and good-natured. Think of the Apple Dumpling Gang. Darwin is the one that usually has moral views and wants to do what's right, whereas Gumball wants the same result but reaches it in a more troublesome way. He often talks Darwin into helping him achieve his goals. Finally, you have Anise, the youngest of the family and for some reason, the smartest. She has a scientific explanation for everything that her "dumb" brothers can't understand.

The show has a lot of slapstick humor. As an example, Gumball was calling someone, and the screen split into two to show the ends of the line. The camera zoomed in on the one Gumball was calling, but as it did this, his side of the screen got bigger and bigger until Gumball was crushed on his end, morphing his face into a goofy-looking thing.

But you have to listen to the dialogue, for jokes are hidden in almost every sentence, whether they be hilarious or simple tings that make you smile. Dialogue helped make this show as funny as it is.

The show ha made several references to other things as well. There was a scene where Gumball is fighting his brother, Darwin, but they've become pixelated and are jumping into the air with robotic moves. It was spoof off Mortal Kombat. Again, the dialogue related to it. One episode, called The Sweaters, brought new characters in, dressed like teenagers from the eighties. They sported big, colorful glasses, leg warmers, and sweaters. And their hair... Eighties-style music can be heard at the end.

The show is unbelievably cute at times as well as so funny that my parents have even laughed at it. One scene showed Gumball losing his clothes, and in place to cover the special spots, was that pixelated box that shifts and changes color with movement. It's not raunchy or anything. Nothing that should scar kids or offend parents. But sometimes scenes are cute wonderful and heart-touching.

It's rare that an awful moment has appeared in the show, but they have happened. However, any show can have those. This show easily outweighs the bad with all it's humor and goodness.

I think the shows Uncle Grandpa and Steven Universe have tried to embrace the hilarity that Gumball wields, but those shows are too weird to understand and the humor is minimal or uncreative. Gumball also doesn't feature creepiness like Adventure Time and Regular Show, although those are popular, for what I don't know. But I understand that some parents don't allow their young kids to watch those. Gumball is much milder and nicer, more pleasant, even in its ridiculousness.

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10/10

Best Show Ever Made

Out of all the cartoons and TV shows I can find, this is my

1 favorite. There's no way I could find a better show than this one. There's just no other show I like. Here's why. This show is adorable, hilarious and simply awesome. The animation is really good, and I can't believe this show has both hand-drawn animation and CGI. They did a really great job designing the characters, too. I can't pick one best part of the show, because it's perfect in every way. This show should have been rated TV-Y or TV-G instead of TV-Y7-FV. If you're looking for a recent animated show, you'll want to watch this one. Overall, I give this a great big 10/10. My favorite episodes are "The Responsible" and "The Pressure."

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10/10

An under-appreciated gem!

While shows like "Steven Universe" are more popular on Cartoon Network, I find this to be better. It's mostly because everything is just so wonderful to look at. Having thousands of reviews on Newgrounds, this seems just like something from that website. It's still wonderful in its own right. You get 2-D animation, CGI, claymation and live action all in one gorgeous package! The characters may have the best designs I have ever seen. Next to MLP, this has the best animation of any show I've ever seen in my life! There is just so much movement with these character models.

The characters may have the most distinct designs of any cartoon characters. It's not just that they're animated differently, it's that almost none of these characters are the same king of thing! I could just go on long listing all the different objects these characters are! I really am starting to wonder if the writers just looked around their rooms when thinking of ideas. It's the best British cartoon I've ever seen. It is still pretty Americanized.

Besides all these gorgeous visuals, the characters are amazing. I love how these kids all act like real kids! I mean, they get jealous, they have crushes, they get arrogant, they get into trouble. As bizarre as this show is in the strictest sense, it's actually done in a realistic manner. It reminds me of when the writer of "Regular Show" say that you would never know that these characters were talking things because he wanted to do an authentic story about a group of friends hanging out. I think Gumball set some record for the shortest time to get a really popular model on the MUGEN game. Yeah, look it up! All of these characters are so hilarious.

I love how there are certain episodes that mock various tropes. "The Void" makes fun of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome and "The End" makes fun of Negative Continuity. My favorite episode is "The Safety" as it's just nothing but a massive mocking of cartoon censorship. Apart from being hilarious from the get go, it really shows what kinds of stuff kids are exposed to and how we're overprotective of them. Penny was frequently depicted in fanart as a deer, but when she wasn't, they still made it wonderful.

I really think that scene in "The Shell" where Gumball confesses his love to her is one of the most heartwarming things I've ever seen in a cartoon. He just says, "That's not who you are, that's just how you feel" and kisses her in a magic embrace. If only Dipper did that with Pacifica! All of these characters have their flaws and crazy moments, but they still come off as so real and likable even in this insane environment.

Thank you Ben, for having Gumball being the only modern cartoon character that's in a steady relationship! I love this couple also because Gumball accidentally hurts Penny like giving her food she's allergic to, twice. Don't see Finn doing that. You have no idea whatsoever will happen on the next episode. While the show's exploits are amazingly wacky, it still gives us great and endearing characters. Please watch this! 10/10!

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10/10

Up there with the finest of Cartoon Network's New Generation

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When Cartoon Network's new line of programming is brought up, people think of the following: Adventure Time for its unbridled imagery, Regular Show for its surrealism intertwined with realism and Steven Universe for its world-building and thematic storytelling/writing.

The Amazing World of Gumball, courtesy of Cartoon Network Studios Europe, is a show that can be classified in any of the categories alongside its American contemporaries. What started as a charming project between the UK and America that was rough around the edges eventually blossomed into a show that is on the same league as the above mentioned shows.

Helmed by former in-house development artist Ben Bocquelet, Gumball chronicles the escapades of the titular blue cat, Gumball Watterson, and his chaotic yet still close-knit family; pet-goldfish-turned-brother Darwin, child prodigy youngest sister Anais, overbearing and overworked mother Nicole and deadbeat, stay-at-home father Richard. They're admittedly character archetypes that we've seen many times in the past, but the way these archetypes are played with is what makes them truly memorable.

Right off the bat, the most obvious draw to the show is its art style, which is undoubtedly one of the most creative in recent memory. It's a hodgepodge of individual styles put together (hand-drawn, claymation, 8-bit, stop-motion, live-action, CGI, puppets, and so forth) to create the vibrant and illustrious town of Elmore, the show's setting, as well as the vastly diverse cast of characters. And in an odd yet refreshing way, these styles manage to compliment each other and not look like a slapdash college project.

Speaking of the characters, Elmore is inhabited by a very charming ensemble with their own separate quirks to distinguish themselves from each other. This is aided by the fact that many of them get their own time in the spotlight as opposed to just being an afterthought.

Gumball's comedy is the deal-breaker here. Is it funny? Yes. Yes, it is. As is the standard fare for Western Animation, the humor has something for every age bracket. The show still retains a family-oriented atmosphere, but it's not afraid to throw in the occasional joke that flies over kids' heads but adults will completely understand. Season 2's "The Job" and "The Storm" have two fantastic examples that I'll let you see for yourself; it's too good to just tell you.

Bolstering the humor are the solid writing and voice work. Jacob Hopkins (Gumball) and Terrell Ransem Jr. (Darwin), and their predecessors before them, Logan Grove and Kwesi Boyake, bring the youthful energy that you can expect from their characters' ages. The rest of the main cast (Teresa Gallagher as Nicole, Kyla Rae Kowaleski as Anais and Dan Russell as Richard) also do a bang-up job with their roles.

Now, when I say that the show was initially rough around the edges, that applies more to the first season, which was definitely a good outing for Mr. Bocquelet. However, it's set back by some tired and quite frankly annoying characterization, mainly from the protagonist, Gumball. Depending on the writer, he's either helplessly idiotic, not-as-idiotic but still something of a loser, or an outright punching bag, physically and emotionally. Not helped is the frequency of mean-spirited episodes in the first season such as "The Gi", "The Robot" and (arguably) "The Curse", or episodes with mind-numbing plots like "The Picnic" and "The Genius".

And that's not to say that the rest of Elmore leaves scott-free. Elmore as a whole is usually the biggest contributor to the mean-spiritedness that I mentioned. Richard Watterson, however, is arguably the worst of them all. He's more or less Homer Simpson if he were an overgrown pink bunny rabbit, except with NONE of Homer's endearing qualities.

Thankfully, the second season on-wards have seen a tremendous improvement in the show's quality, the writing more competent, the characters more consistent, the plots more engaging and mature, and the art style cleaner. And the show has only seen improvement since then.

The point about the art style is kind of subjective in the fandom. A handful of fans preferred the less-defined, less-shadowed and swifter animation from season one, which gave it a rugged appeal, while another school of thought prefer the subsequent 'cleaner' style with more defined shapes, thicker lines, shadows and slower, slightly-stilted movement. I personally go with the latter.

And that is all I have to say about The Amazing World of Gumball. It's an amazing (redundancy not intended) cartoon series that will appeal to a wide demographic much like its contemporaries and predecessors before them, thanks to its writing, its art and its characters. As of late, I actually hold both Gumball and Steven Universe in higher regard than any other show in Cartoon Network's new line-up, and that includes the other two powerhouses Adventure Time and Regular Show.

For new viewers getting into Gumball, I'd recommend the following: "The Painting", "The Meddler", "The Job", "The Third"

This show gets a ten out of ten from me, and damn right is it deserving of it.

Thank you, Ben Bocquelet, for this marvel of a show, and thank you, Cartoon Network, for your continued support of the show.

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10/10

I am an adult and this is my favorite show.

I am a 42 year old man and this show makes me lol consistently. This show is clearly written for me. There are a lot of jokes that will fly directly above the heads of its target audience and at least make me crack a smile, usually laugh, and sometimes raise an eyebrow. If you haven't you owe it to yourself to at least check it out.

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9/10

The Amazing World of Gumball is a hilarious show for all ages

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The Amazing World of Gumball is a Cartoon Network kids show for maybe 10 and above. The entire show is about a Cat named Gumball and his walking, talking fish Darwin and their incredible funny everyday adventures in 'Elmore'

The reason I love this show and recommend it to everyone is that in the show many of the things that happen are real life problems like oil spills and presidential issues. And as the show makes those issues funny we forget how bad they actually are.

Many of the shows also are about Gumball weird comedic family and things that happen their. GB's mum is a frantic, loud strict mother who takes no nonsense and GB's dad is a fat, stupid, bunny who loves food and eats all day. Lastly, GB's sister Anais is an intelligent freak who is smarter than everyone, but all of them are funny in their own way.

To conclude, Cartoon Network is back! With much better show like gumball regular show and adventure time.

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8/10

Not quite amazing, but very good

Cartoon Network are not as good as they were, back in the days when Dexter's Laboratory, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and Powerpuff Girls were airing, but it is not a channel to give up hope on. There is trash like Problem Solvers, Mad and especially Johnny Test(Ben 10: Omniverse is not quite as bad but an example of a great franchise going a huge step backwards), but there are also gems like Regular Show and Adventure Time. While it's not without its faults The Amazing World of Gumball is one of Cartoon Network's better shows. In the earlier episodes especially, some jokes do fall flat due to either not being funny or having bad(rushed and drawn out, starting and ending too early or late) timing, and there are a few tired story lines here and there.

On the most part however, The Amazing World of Gumball is a very good show that has gotten better overtime and has potential to grow even more given the chance. The selling points are the animation, music and characters. The animation is colourful and wonderfully surreal, the mix of traditional, CGI, stop-motion and surreal environmental-like backgrounds make for one very unique visual style and in a good way. The music is bubbly and catchy, always memorable and enough to keep you in a good mood. The theme tune is not quite a personal favourite(populated with Hanna Barbera and 90s Disney shows admittedly), at least though it's not as cheesy as the ones for Ben 10: Omniverse and Johnny Test. The characters are admittedly cliché but they're funny, quirky and cute and fit beautifully within the show's overall tone. Gumball is an endearing titular character, but the most memorable are Anais and especially Darwin.

Some have shown annoyance towards Richard and understandably, he was annoying to begin with. But once the writing got better the more easier it was for me to like him better. Besides the father figures on the Seth McFarlane shows(especially Peter Griffin on Family Guy) are far more obnoxious. Although the writing and stories for The Amazing World of Gumball haven't been consistently perfect, they still have more shining moments than utter failures. Most of the humour and writing is smart and hilarious with clever timing, while the stories have a great oddball charm and are sweet-natured and fun. The voice acting is great, the voice actors of Gumball and Darwin have such a good dynamic and should get more work. To conclude, not quite amazing but very good. It starts off a little shaky but if you stay with it it gets better, and has more potential to grow even more than it is doing.

8/10 Bethany Cox

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9/10

Cartoon Network is coming back

This show is one of the apples of our time. I mean, so far, it has some sophisticated humor that makes us laugh, and it is on Cartoon Network. And it's current.

I'd say, it's Adventure Time and Phineas and Ferb combined with Flapjack. I mean, T-Rexes in 2011? That's not on all of the TV shows today.

So far, on Cartoon Network, not many shows are good. The Problem Solverz and Johnny Test are two of the things killing it's rating overall. But this show is something new, something fresh. Check it out! Protecting a store from robbers, wearing a dress to school...it's fun.

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10/10

I love it!

The Amazing World of Gumball is you know...AMAZING! That's why they put "Amazing" in the show's title so that it can make sense, am I right? I love the characters, a blue cat, a walking fish, a talking banana, a talking balloon, a walking coconut (I think that's what Penny is), and a bunch more cool and crazy stuff. Every time Gumball and Darwin scream, I always have to laugh because they scream like little girls. It was really funny in one episode when Gumball was crossdressing with his momma's wedding dress. I cracked up when I saw Gumball crossdress. Every time I'm bored, I always have to watch this show. If you're asking me what I wanna give this funny show, I give it a perfect 10/10.

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8/10

Best comedy cartoon ever

This is the best comedy cartoon ever you can finish all the season in on night and not get bored at all

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10/10

Watch it. No questions, just watch it

After previously watching the pilot on YouTube, I was amazed by it I thought the mix of 2d and 3d was amazing, and I have never seen any other TV show do that, to my knowledge of course.And then a couple of months later, I found out it was a Cartoon Network series and was eager to watch it. After watching my first episode(The DVD), I was speechless and desperately wanted to watch more. Sadly though, the only way to get it is in dollars on DVD, so I am still waiting for a UK DVD release. But back to the subject.This show is amazing. Acting, story, Characters. All of it. Just bonkers. I'll begin with the acting and characters. Logan Grove and Kwesi Boyoake as the unforgettable duo Gumball and Darwin Watterson. They go together like butter and toast, just those two alone could teach kids a valuable lesson about friendship. I only dread the day when Kwesi Boyoake's voice breaks.

And the storyline. P.E.R.F.E.C.T. Every episode differs in jokes and story lines, so you never get bored of an episode. Unless its a repeat.

Overall 10/10, amazing

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10/10

Masterpiece

This cartoon is absolutely a masterpiece, if not perhaps the greatest masterpiece of all the cartoons that have ever existed in the history of mankind, neither before nor after has anyone managed to equal the emotion and entertainment that this series has managed to achieve. Give to generations of adults and children. The love you feel for this masterpiece if you are passionate about it is immense and the cartoon succeeds in the arduous task of making you passionate and fall in love with all the characters in the series, each beautiful and extravagant that acts as a caricature of each of us, in fact it is practically impossible not to recognize oneself in at least one of the characters present there.

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10/10

10/10

An awesome show from 2011 and my all time favorite Cartoon Network show next to Adventure Time and Regular Show and this show is cool but the bad episodes were : The Limit, The Hero and The Dream.

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8/10

Kind of amazing

Excellent, super-creative animation. Jam packed with fun pop-culture references. This show is meta and super smart. As far as children's shows go, this is one of the best.

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8/10

An Amazing World of Characters

There are so many characters, none of them normal, but I have to say that Nicole Waterson is my favorite. Maybe because she's the closest thing to normal or maybe because she can kick. Either way, the show is funny and all the characters, even the antagonists, are funny.

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10/10

Didn't think it was going to be this amazing!

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When i first saw the commercials for this show i thought to myself what is wrong with Cartoon Network? What are they thinking? I thought the cartoon was poorly drawn and the mix of characters was just ridiculous. A fish with legs,a talking banana, a dinosaur , a piece of toast.... did not appeal to me at all.

Boy was i wrong!

One day being bored and having nothing else to watch i decided to give it a shot, why not? I have to say that i laughed till my stomach hurt.

This is the story of the chaotic and insane Watterson family. A lazy beyond words dad, a workaholic mom, Gumball and Darwin the two crazy brothers one of which is a fish that one day sprouted legs and Anais their 5 yr old sister who honestly seems to be the only smart and responsible person in that entire family, and their chaotic life.

The Amazing Word of Gumball is absolutely clever and so well written. The commercials does not do this cartoon any justice. Trust me it is worth giving a shot im sure anyone call have an appreciation for it.

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10/10

The Amazing world of gumball is a very good show

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The Amazing world of gumball is a very good show. but its not for little kids. it has lots of edgy Adult jokes. gumballs crotch is seen censored in some episodes. gumball and Darwin accidentally kiss when a tree falls over. the doughnut sheriff says there's mustache on your sausage. and gumball and Darwin say that's our specialty. and then wink at the camera. Richard wants his man boobs to stand up for his wife. Alan motorboats 2 balloons. miss simian and principal brown are caught making out in the closet. a ghost walks into the girls bathroom. and the girl ghost screams. a turtle bites a goblins crotch in the shower off-screen. Sarah watches gumball undress. Darwin wakes up with orange handcuffs on him. Darwin says mother forking ass clown. by the way of showing images. gumball takes off his pants to reveal he has no crotch. gumball asks a guy in a trench coat if he has clothes on. and he takes off his trench coat. and gumball closes his eyes. because he thought he was going to get flashed. gumball and hot dog guy sleep in a tent. and gumball tries to leave but instead falls on top of him. and the outside of the tent is shown moving suggestively. gumball puts the warm water on while hot dog guys is in the shower. and he comes out all shrunk. Richard breastfeeds gumball by taping a milk carton to his chest. Terrie thinks Darwin has cooties then we see a closeup of his diseased mouth. gumball and Darwin pull to bias in a locker while only wearing towels. then Darwin slaps him in the butt with a towel. gumball wants to bias to slap him on his butt. but he refuses. then there's a montage of him trying to get to bias to slap his butt. he even goes as far as to lock them on top of a building. just hell slap his butt. gumball asks Carrie if he can buy a potion for true love.and Carrie says that sounds like a mistake potion and we need a fake ID to buy one. gumball tries to flip off a character but fails. a old guy is seen with a pimp hat walking with 2 dogs. and gumballs also shown dressed up as a pimp. seasons 2 on wards are much darker. with darker humor. gumball and Darwin deliver a pizza to a pizza couple. who think its there baby. then gumball accidentally drops it on the ground. and the pizza couple is shocked. Anton a piece of bread falls into the water. and when gumball pulls him out hes all soggy. and there's a montage of gumball and Darwin killing Anton in a bunch of different ways. such as shredding him in a paper shredder. giving him a heart attack. and making to bias bite off his head. all the clones of Darwin kill themselves. gumball gets jealous and plans to kill Leslie with weed killer. gumball Darwin Carrie and penny hold a seance. to try to get the jealousy out of gumball. Nicole reaches her limit. and shes seen with flames in her eyes. and looks into a guys eyes and then hes traumatized. a character gets his soul sucked out by his boss. rob fakes a heist with real money and a real bomb. and was planning to kill anybody who was on the bus still. rob erases a guy from existence. Nicole fights her rival in a very violent anime style fight. a bird jumps down a chimney. a ghosts parachute pops out and he says oh now you work. Alan wants to put people into happy camps. Nicole runs outside all excited because the balloons have arrived. and they turn over. and reveal there sad. as a car with a casket drives by. and she then feels ashamed. daisy has a dream were anais is a doll. and she drowns her pulls her across the road. and rips her arm off. banana Joe slices off a clipboard men's eyes. gumball and to bias rip off there limbs to make a help sign. gumballs head gets stapled. gumball vomits on to bias and his skin burns off. gumball and to bias imagine they see the grim reaper when trapped on top a building. rob almost kills gumballs mom dad and his sister. by aging them backwards. and succeeds in killing Darwin. and hes seen dried up on land. but gumball brings him back to life 5 seconds later. with that being said The Amazing world of gumball is for preteens and teens. and is a very good show for preteens teens and adults.

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9/10

This show is so good it almost covers Cartoon Network's mistake with Teen Titans go.

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This show is absolutely the best! The only thing that I took a star off for is the fact that the scenery is repetitive, similar to South Park. Otherwise, the character development is great, there are cool fighting scenes, there is very funny humor, and things that make no sense to the point where it somehow is funny. I hope this show never falls down the same hole as Teen Titans GO! did.

GOOD JOB PEOPLE THAT MAKE THIS SHOW+THE ACTORS WHO VOICE THE CHARACTERS!

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10/10

The Amazing World of Gumball is brilliant!

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Many shows on Cartoon Network have tried and failed to be funny, like the forgettable My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Johnny Test, Teen Titans Go or maybe even Chowder in some episodes (doesn't mean I don't like Chowder though). However, with the recent uprising of Regular Show, Adventure Time and The Amazing World of Gumball, I thought it's best to review the third show that, according to some people, saved the network.

The setting for starters is actually pretty cliché. It takes mostly things from The Simpsons and doesn't really change it around. Anyway, other IMDb users have pointed out this flaw already so I can't say much. However, the humour in Gumball in general is actually funny. In my opinion, it is a wide array of humour, like abuse humour in Season 1, Slapstick from Season 2-present, social commentary in Seasons 3-present and random-but-actually- makes-sense-in-the-whole-storyline jokes from Season 2-present.

The writing is actually quite good, with episodes about Gumball going through a rerun of the episode and the Universe collapsing on itself just because Richard got a job. This means that Gumball writers are good especially when they find out different ways to break the fourth wall. They can also do heartwarming episodes such as The Choices and The Origins Part 1 and 2, but even though it's heartwarming and supposed to be serious, the writers manage to add jokes that are actually funny.

The characters. This family started out cliché, but due to all the events that have happened to them over the course of 5 seasons, obviously they will have some character development. Anais is now more involved with the family, as opposed to Season 1 where she got little screen time, Richard has been shown to generally care for his kids and Gumball and Darwin resolve their conflicts even more in more ways and sends a good message to me in my opinion.

So I have talked about good things. Why do I not rate this a 10/10? The reason is because some of the Gumball episodes such as The Girlfriend, The Apprentice and The Boombox are all the worst examples of a character not deserving what they got in my opinion (Darwin should have been given an apology by Jamie in The Girlfriend, Gumball should have had a good relationship with Patrick Fitzgerald in The Apprentice and Juke should have been able to speak English in The Boombox). However, 1. Some people might like those episodes 2. You can't make every episode of a show good and like it.

Is Amazing World of Gumball okay for kids?

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following: Tina Rex, the dinosaur, is a scary looking creature who bullies other children. Miss Simian the teacher is a scary looking ape with a bad temper.

What age group is The Amazing World of Gumball for?

It's loved by the target demographic (6 to 12-year-olds) but also students and increasingly parents who are tuning in with their offspring.

Is Gumball 12 or 13?

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL centers on the misadventures of a 12-year-old cat named Gumball (voiced by Logan Grove), for whom chaos at home is nothing compared to the scrapes he can conjure up for fun.

Is there swearing in Gumball?

Profanity (1)The words "suck" and "sucky" are used in the episodes "The Ghouls" and "The Pony" and one use of "damnation" in the episode "The Mirror" respectively.