Board Thread:Gumball Talk/@comment-31124329-20161205015541/@comment-28485972-20161205215223

ThatGuy456 wrote: Well, for me personally, Season 1 was just...mediocre. The animation was pretty was kind of weak compared to the rest of the seasons, especially the CGI. and Gumball and Darwin just come across as way too dumb. Richard is annoying to the point I just want to turn the TV off, and the supporting characters (with the exception of Penny and Tina) are so inconsistent; one day Banana Joe is their friend, and the next day, he's an even bigger bully than Jaime. The season tries to do one of those legendary and awesome "cringe" comedy episodes (The Slap, The Hug) and fails because they forget DARWIN LIVES WITH GUMBALL (The Dress). Anais is too "perfect" and above-it-all. Season 1 just feels like it's all over the place without an identity.

This season also brought some of the worst episodes of the series: "The Laziest", "The Goons", "The Robot" and "The Picnic".

That's not to say the Season didn't bring some good. As much flack as I give it, the season provided some great episodes such as "The Sock", "The Meddler", "The Mystery", "The Ape", "The Gi", "The Pressure", and my personal favorite, "The Fight". Season 1 in general was just...weak. It's a mehball season. Season 1 also created Rachel Wilson, so I think I have said enough.

Season 2 was when the show started to get good (goodball), and Season 3 started the "godball" era. I think Anais was "too perfect" because she's based on Ben's younger sister, whom he described as being very smart and cute during their childhoods. My only problem with her in season 1 is that she never really contributed to the plot except in The Goons, which wasn't a very good episode.

But yeah, the creators thankfully realized later on that the audience are more likely to accept the show if it has a continuity (even though it's mostly about character development in TAWOG's case)