User blog comment:Mattalamode/Second Opinion: The Promise/@comment-30307603-20170211174733/@comment-31194372-20170211180347

Thanks! And I can't wait to talk about "The Dream," even if I'm not sure if it's universally-abhorred or not. (I really love that episode because it was one of the first ones I watched that help sell the show to me. And also all the others you listed. STOP EXPANDING MY WORKLOAD!)

I definitely agree that it was vital for the show to tone Gumball down for Season 3 onwards, even if (CONTROVERSIAL OPINION) I do prefer his Season 2 variant a bit more for being more, if not just for being more well-defined and having a consistent attitude. I think it helped make the character seem more realistic, even if it limited the variety of some of the episodes.