The Amazing World Of Gumball – News & Discussion Thread
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The Amazing World Of Gumball – News & Discussion Thread
Alright, we now have pictures to go with the images. I now get the joke of Alan and Carmen's relationship; a balloon and a cactus don't mix well.
They didn't upload a solo pic for Banana Joe, but I'm pretty sure they meant to.
Gumball: Twelve-year-old Gumball has an epic flair for misadventure. But no matter how his dumb schemes turn out, Gumball never seems to learn his lesson.
Darwin: Darwin used to be the family pet until he sprouted legs and became one of the Wattersons. He's innocent, na?ve and Gumball's best friend.
Anais: Anais is the smartest member of the family, but no one will listen to her because she's only four.
Nicole: Mom is the only truly responsible person in the family. She works long hours at the rainbow factory to put food on the table.
Richard: Dad is a giant pink dummy rabbit. He spends most of his time at home watching TV and playing video games.
The Robinsons: Although they only live next door to Gumball's family, the Robinsons think they belong to an altogether different class. They're fussy, stuck up and mean.
Miss Simian: This sour-faced schoolmistress has been teaching second grade for 300,000 years. Miss Simian despises Gumball and always ruins his plans.
Principal Brown: Principal Brown is hopelessly in love with Miss Simian. He spends more time thinking about her than running the school.
Rocky: Rocky is a jack of all trades. He's the school cook, janitor, bus driver and handyman.
Mr. Small: Mr. Small is a new-age school counselor. Although his job is to advise others, he’s actually the one with the most problems.
Penny: Penny is a cute peanut with antlers. She's also the apple of Gumball's eye. They have a massive crush on each other but are both incapable of expressing it.
Larry: Larry works at just about every convenience store, gas station and DVD shop in Elmore.
Tina: Tina Rex is the school bully. Fearsome and aggressive, she makes the other kids’ lives unbearable.
Alan: Alan is the heart-throb of junior high, but only has eyes for Carmen… an impossible relationship for obvious reasons.
Carmen: Carmen the cactus is a leader amongst the girls. She returns Alan’s feelings even though she knows it can never be.
Hector: Hector is a furry, gentle giant. Despite his size, he's actually quite sensitive.
Anton: Anton is a crumbly piece of toast. He was drafted into Tina's gang against his will.
Tobias: Tobias thinks he’s a heavily-built jock, but is actually quite puny. Nevertheless he’s obsessed with sports and is always finding new ways to hone his physique.
Masami: Masami is the spoilt daughter of a wealthy rainbow-factory owner.
Clayton: Clayton is quite the storyteller. He's always telling absurd tales about himself.
Jamie: Jamie is a tough cookie. She’s Tina's sidekick and also loves to pick on people.
Idaho: Idaho is a good ol' potato from the countryside, a rural kid with old-fashioned beliefs and blunt manners.
Banana Joe: Banana Joe is the class clown. He spends his time laughing at other people and never quite realizes that the joke is usually on him.
Ocho: Ocho is a small but tough 8-bit spider. He's a nice guy, as long as you stay on his good side.
Bobert: Bobert is a true robot-dork. He is by far the smartest kid in class and is Miss Simian's self-appointed teacher's pet.
Carrie: Carrie is a depressed, deadbeat ghost. Like most emo kids, she enjoys being miserable.
Teri: Teri is always worried about being sick. She spends most of her time at the nurse's office.
Juke: Juke the ghetto-blaster is a foreign exchange student. Nobody understands a word he says because he only speaks in "beatbox."
Leslie: Leslie is a delicate, gentle flower-boy who plays the flute in the school band.
William: William is Miss Simian's snitch. He spies on his classmates and only ever speaks when whispering into Miss Simian’s ear.
Alright, we now have pictures to go with the images. I now get the joke of Alan and Carmen's relationship; a balloon and a cactus don't mix well.
They didn't upload a solo pic for Banana Joe, but I'm pretty sure they meant to.
Gumball: Twelve-year-old Gumball has an epic flair for misadventure. But no matter how his dumb schemes turn out, Gumball never seems to learn his lesson.
Darwin: Darwin used to be the family pet until he sprouted legs and became one of the Wattersons. He's innocent, na?ve and Gumball's best friend.
Anais: Anais is the smartest member of the family, but no one will listen to her because she's only four.
Nicole: Mom is the only truly responsible person in the family. She works long hours at the rainbow factory to put food on the table.
Richard: Dad is a giant pink dummy rabbit. He spends most of his time at home watching TV and playing video games.
The Robinsons: Although they only live next door to Gumball's family, the Robinsons think they belong to an altogether different class. They're fussy, stuck up and mean.
Miss Simian: This sour-faced schoolmistress has been teaching second grade for 300,000 years. Miss Simian despises Gumball and always ruins his plans.
Principal Brown: Principal Brown is hopelessly in love with Miss Simian. He spends more time thinking about her than running the school.
Rocky: Rocky is a jack of all trades. He's the school cook, janitor, bus driver and handyman.
Mr. Small: Mr. Small is a new-age school counselor. Although his job is to advise others, he’s actually the one with the most problems.
Penny: Penny is a cute peanut with antlers. She's also the apple of Gumball's eye. They have a massive crush on each other but are both incapable of expressing it.
Larry: Larry works at just about every convenience store, gas station and DVD shop in Elmore.
Tina: Tina Rex is the school bully. Fearsome and aggressive, she makes the other kids’ lives unbearable.
Alan: Alan is the heart-throb of junior high, but only has eyes for Carmen… an impossible relationship for obvious reasons.
Carmen: Carmen the cactus is a leader amongst the girls. She returns Alan’s feelings even though she knows it can never be.
Hector: Hector is a furry, gentle giant. Despite his size, he's actually quite sensitive.
Anton: Anton is a crumbly piece of toast. He was drafted into Tina's gang against his will.
Tobias: Tobias thinks he’s a heavily-built jock, but is actually quite puny. Nevertheless he’s obsessed with sports and is always finding new ways to hone his physique.
Masami: Masami is the spoilt daughter of a wealthy rainbow-factory owner.
Clayton: Clayton is quite the storyteller. He's always telling absurd tales about himself.
Jamie: Jamie is a tough cookie. She’s Tina's sidekick and also loves to pick on people.
Idaho: Idaho is a good ol' potato from the countryside, a rural kid with old-fashioned beliefs and blunt manners.
Banana Joe: Banana Joe is the class clown. He spends his time laughing at other people and never quite realizes that the joke is usually on him.
Ocho: Ocho is a small but tough 8-bit spider. He's a nice guy, as long as you stay on his good side.
Bobert: Bobert is a true robot-dork. He is by far the smartest kid in class and is Miss Simian's self-appointed teacher's pet.
Carrie: Carrie is a depressed, deadbeat ghost. Like most emo kids, she enjoys being miserable.
Teri: Teri is always worried about being sick. She spends most of her time at the nurse's office.
Juke: Juke the ghetto-blaster is a foreign exchange student. Nobody understands a word he says because he only speaks in "beatbox."
Leslie: Leslie is a delicate, gentle flower-boy who plays the flute in the school band.
William: William is Miss Simian's snitch. He spies on his classmates and only ever speaks when whispering into Miss Simian’s ear.
Well, the internet finally knows that the series exists. rabroad was the only place acknowledging its existence for the longest time, but the recent preview has been posted on numerous blogs and websites; twitter traffic about the show has picked up as well. Hopefully they start releasing some more stuff soon, if not from the US then the UK. I would imagine that Cartoon Network's UK counterpart will promote the series more heavily, seeing how the series is produced over there.
I suppose we'll have to wait until next week either way. Once it's formally announced at the upfront, those non-disclosure agreements should lighten up considerably. The people who worked on it might actually be able to start posting stuff on their blogs. Frankly, I'll never understand why networks don't take the Adventure Time route and just let the show creators post as much material as they want on their blogs. It worked out pretty well for Adventure Time.
I suppose we'll have to wait until next week either way. Once it's formally announced at the upfront, those non-disclosure agreements should lighten up considerably. The people who worked on it might actually be able to start posting stuff on their blogs. Frankly, I'll never understand why networks don't take the Adventure Time route and just let the show creators post as much material as they want on their blogs. It worked out pretty well for Adventure Time.
The extended version of the fake movie trailer promo aired last night over the end credits of Looney Tunes: Back in Action. (On that note, I kind of think that CN should've paired Gumball with The Looney Tunes Show on Tuesday nights, as it seems to have more in common with that show than it does with the likes of Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Problem Solverz.) This is the most that we've seen of Richard in the previews so far. Pretty much what I expected, typical "dumb dad" stuff, but that's his character. I wasn't expecting Oscar Wilde. The bit with the remote was cute, as was the scene with Richard making Nicole laugh in the garden. I'm curious to see what sort of relationship Nicole and Richard have as a married couple.
Does anyone else find it interesting how the title character's name is "Gumball", yet the rest of his family all have normal names (Richard, Nicole, Anais, Darwin)?
Does anyone else find it interesting how the title character's name is "Gumball", yet the rest of his family all have normal names (Richard, Nicole, Anais, Darwin)?
choicelucky01
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WHOA!!
Effective May 23, Gumball will be airing weekdays at 7:30am. That is not a typo. Also keep in mind the show will only have three episodes aired at that point.
Effective May 23, Gumball will be airing weekdays at 7:30am. That is not a typo. Also keep in mind the show will only have three episodes aired at that point.
Adventure Time was handled a lot differently than almost any other series CN to begin with, though. I mean, between what you outlined with the blog postings, promotion coming literally months in advance, and the sheer loudness and overall hype of the whole thing, CN already put AT up on a whole other level before it even premiered, and continues to do so at the present time (it gets far more promotion than any animated series on CN does).
I dunno; maybe CN isn't banking on this to become their "next big thing", whereas with AT, they were (which would explain why they've been so tight-lipped about it). I really hope that isn't the case, though, as it doesn't exactly spell a winning attitude and/or vote of confidence for a new series going in. You can look no further than Robotomy for proof of how that tends to turn out.
I dunno; maybe CN isn't banking on this to become their "next big thing", whereas with AT, they were (which would explain why they've been so tight-lipped about it). I really hope that isn't the case, though, as it doesn't exactly spell a winning attitude and/or vote of confidence for a new series going in. You can look no further than Robotomy for proof of how that tends to turn out.
hottie_247_365
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Anybody else getting an animesque vibe from this show? The characters designs and colorful artsyle remind me that of a japanese children's cartoon.
Black Leopard
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Capital! Cartoon Network usually doesn't order second seasons before the premiere, but international support means the world, as Robotomy showed us. 40 episodes in the first season. 40 episodes in the second season. That's eighty weeks worth of new episodes for the network. This is very good news.
Here is the article for those who are interested.
EDIT
They've released another new picture. The full sized version can be seen here.
Here is the article for those who are interested.
EDIT
They've released another new picture. The full sized version can be seen here.
andwegocold
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The Amazing World Of Gumball – News & Discussion Thread
One thing that I really like is the revelation that Nicole has anger issues. That adds something to her character beyond being the ?responsible? one. When you click on her, you interrupt her conversation and she punches a hole in the door.
One thing that I really like is the revelation that Nicole has anger issues. That adds something to her character beyond being the ?responsible? one. When you click on her, you interrupt her conversation and she punches a hole in the door.
ji taurus ji
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I'm almost certain it's a nickname. But if not, you have to realize that "The Amazing World of (insert regular name here)" isn't nearly as searchable or catchy. And I wouldn't call Anais a normal name. I wouldn't call Mordecai, Rigby, or Benson normal names either.
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Thanks. It looked to me that they uploaded one image twice, so I assumed they accidentally skipped Joe. I added it to the list. Hopefully the website launches in a day or two and they'll get some new videos up.
Jamal Timbukkake
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Seems interesting. I'm waiting for this show to come to Canada (On Teletoon, hopefully.) so I can watch it.
niki4horses
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:^: I don't think it's a nickname; there hasn't been any indication of such. Besides, on a show that features a doughnut cop and a living balloon who mysteriously is able to sustain gravity and not just float to the ceiling, a cat kid named Gumball seems kind of ordinary by comparison.
yagotabfnkidnme
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Well, that was funny. I just saw Kiddington this morning talking about if this isn't/is the "next big thing" like Adventure Time, now I come back on the forum and see The Amazing World of Gumball receiving a second season. It looks good, I can't blame Cartoon Network for giving it another season.