User blog:Nacho1804/Season 6 Expectations Analysis 4: I'm Running Out of Ideas

The Introduction
Hello, everyone! Happy (belated) Easter or Passover or... April Fools' Day or something. Happy April. I don't know.

True to form, I've procrastinated for several weeks during which I could have been writing this. So this entry into my Expectations Analysis comes one day before the next episode airs. I have no ideas and want to get this done, so let's just go to the first episode.

The Pact
Synopsis: Gumball and Principal Brown make a pact to tell each other's girlfriends about problems they have.

Expectations: Average

If I were a casual viewer scrolling through the wiki and saw this synopsis, I'd think it was the most bland of the four episodes airing this month. But I've been following Gumball for long enough to know there is no such thing as a 'bland' episode. Pointless or gross, sure, but not bland. I'll be excited to see what the writers have in store for us.

Let's hit the nail on the head here: Penny. A point of contention in many an argument over whether this season is good or bad, everyone's favorite spapeshifter (sorry, Clayton) has spoken a grand total of four words this season, and those were in a short flash-forward in an episode that had little to do with her. Finally, she's getting a role in an episode, for better or for worse.

Also worth note is Principal Brown and Miss Simian's relationship, which I honestly couldn't care less about. I don't hate it, I just... don't care. On that note...

The Neighbor
Synopsis: Gumball and Darwin try to find out the name of their neighbour, Antlers Guy, but accidentally blow his witness protection cover.

Expectations: Average

His name is Gary, guys.

When I look at this episode's synopsis, I see a show attempting to retcon an inconsistency which has plagued the show for seasons. Sometimes Gary (I'm not calling him Antlers Guy, he has a name) lives next to the Wattersons, sometimes across the street from them. Until now, I thought that was just a mistake, but no! Gary (hah) is under witness protection! He changes identities to escape the damage the Wattersons have done to him! How could I have been so short-sighted! It was so obvi- ok I'll stop now.

Other than that small amount of definitely-not-retconning, this episode looks to be a fun little outing for an oft-overlooked character. As always, we'll just have to wait and see.

Witness protection, huh? Maybe his real name isn't Gary.

The Shippening
Synopsis: Sarah finds a notebook from the Awesome Store which magically makes what she draws happens. Unfortunately, she draws bizarre love stories throughout Elmore.

Expectations: High

I know I dismissed this episode before, but... new evidence has come to light. I'm as hyped for this as anyone else.

First of all: the Awesome Store. The show cannot have a satisfying conclusion without telling us what it is. Well, we know what it is, in a way; it sells reality-altering organisms and items. A short list: And of course, the Awesome Store will also be the source of Sarah's new notebook, which allows the user to pretty much do whatever as long as they can draw it. (Notice the synopsis says it can 'make what [the user] draws happen.' By which it means, anything and everything. This makes it possibly the most powerful item on the show, well eclipsing even the Universal Remote.) Of course, Sarah uses it to make all the ships happen, which is convenient and good and great and all the positive adjectives for Tumblr.
 * Darwin. Able to create a mystical bond between himself and Gumball, which allows him to undergo accelerated evolution.
 * Evil Turtle. A nearly invulnerable turtle with limited, malevolent intelligence.
 * Gamechild. A cursed videogame console, which remakes its surroundings into a JRPG and requires its user beat the game- and the console itself- to escape.
 * Universal Remote. Can be used to do nearly anything, including creating a portal to the Void, one of only two known ways to do so.
 * 'Backstage Pass.' It was part of a rumored crossover episode, able to transport users between realities somehow.

Sarah started out as an annoying late addition to the show, and her first appearances earned her the dislike of many a fan. She got better, though, and now she manages to give the impression of genuinely caring about the Watterson brothers, but not in a weird way. Nope. (To be perfectly honest, though, she could still retain her 'helpful friend' reputation, and bring an end to her arc, by realizing that what she's doing is wrong. This is my little prediction for how this episode will end. To have others stop her just wouldn't make sense, considering that she can pretty much do anything. This will have to be her choice, unless someone could make it so that Sarah can't draw them... or get to her before she can finish...)

The Stink
Synopsis: Mr. Small goes feral after Gumball and Darwin expose his hypocrisy.

Expectations: Average

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... the Mr. Small episode Tumblr's been waiting for. And the end of his arc.

This episode has largely been overshadowed by The Shippening, as have all the episodes announced at the same time, because of the massive amounts of hype surrounding the aforementioned episode. But something tells me Tumblr, with its odd obsession with Mr. Small's eating habits, will be pretty hyped about this episode too.

I, and most other people, expect the 'hypocrisy' in the synopsis to be Mr. Small's love of meat, despite claiming to be a vegetarian. We've known this for a while. (And technically, so should the brothers.) Also, the episode is named 'The Stink,' which tells us two things: one, that the writers are running out of common nouns; and two, that some sort of smell is involved (perhaps the stench of meat.) That's all I could gather from any of this, so let's do the conclusion.

The Conclusion
I don't know what to put here. Ahh.

I hope you all have a great April, and I'll see you one day before the next episode to be announced airs. Or maybe I'll follow up on that one theory about how The Future is going to be the series finale. I still believe that one, by the way.

If you want to see my now-outdated predictions for the previous episodes in Season 6, click here, here, or even here.

Bye.