The Robot

The Robot is an 19th episode of The Amazing World of Gumball. In this episode, Gumball tries to teach Bobert how to act like a real boy, but Bobert misunderstands and begins to steal Gumball's identity.

Plot
The kids are playing with a soccer ball at school while Bobert watches. After a few kicks back and forth, the ball hits him. Tobias asks him to kick it back, but Bobert overdoes it and kicks it all the way to the sun, prompting the kids to yell insults at him and leave. Bobert sadly walks away after a while, too.

Meanwhile, Gumball and Darwin are playing with dolls. While they're making exploding noises, they notice Bobert looking sad. They ask him why he's sad, and he expresses his wish to be a real boy. Gumball tries to help, teaching him about emotions (using a silly demonstration), walking (using an over-exaggerated "cool guy" walk), and talking. Because Bobert is unable to make his voice more humanlike, he copies Gumball's voice, with his permission. Suddenly the bell rings and they go to class.

That night, Bobert goes to the bathroom before dinner, and tests out his voice. He still isn't satisfied - although he talks like a real boy, he still doesn't look like a real boy. It is then that he decides to copy Gumball's look and steal his identity. Before we see this transformation, his mother calls him for "dinner simulation".

The next day, while going to his locker, Gumball overhears some girls talking about how dreamy he is. Feeling smug, he walks over to his locker, only to find the combination has changed. He brings his backup - a bobbypin that, instead of picking the lock as you would expect, pokes his butt to make him smash into the locker. The locker now opened, he looks inside to discover that it is empty.

At lunch, he tries to eat a burger, but Rocky takes it away from him, saying that he already got one. He cleans the burger and gives it to Carmen, who smiles and runs off, unaware that it has been in Gumball's mouth. Gumball insists that he didn't get one yet, but before he can finish, he sees Penny being flirted with by someone. Gumball moves in to try to eavesdrop on their conversation and notices none other than Bobert, who painted the front of his head to look like him. Right after Penny kisses Bobert on the cheek and leaves, Gumball rushes up to him, demanding to know why Bobert is copying him. After a short argument, Gumball asserts the famous phrase, "There's only room in this town for one Gumball!" and challenges Bobert to see how long people will believe he is Gumball.

Exhausted and annoyed with Bobert copying him after school, Gumball walks home. He is shocked to find both doors locked. He looks into the window to see his family (plus Bobert) sitting at the dinner table. Nicole is pleasantly surprised at Gumball's perfect grades. His whole family is fooled by Bobert's disguise. They move in for a family hug as Gumball yells "no!". Bobert pulls down the blinds to tune out Gumball's voice and knocking, as well as hide him from sight.

Gumball, having no way to get into the house and convince his parents he's the real Gumball, curls up in the yard. Feeling cold and hungry, he rips up a bunch of leaves to use as a makeshift blanket. He was finally semi-comfortable, but then the sprinklers turned on, causing him to cry.

The next day, Darwin and Bobert are playing Dodge or Dare out in the yard. As Darwin picks up a card, Gumball tackles Bobert, demanding that he stop impersonating him. He yells at Darwin to hit the robot, but Darwin still believes Bobert is the real Gumball, causing him to hit Gumball. Gumball, hitting his boiling point, yells at Bobert to stop. Bobert seemingly agrees, but requests to say a few last words. Gumball and Darwin assume it will be a sob story, so they prepare for it.

Unfortunately for them, Bobert has no intention of surrendering, and instead activates his defensive systems. He starts shooting lasers from his eye at Gumball and Darwin. They panic and hide behind the shed to catch their breath and formulate a plan.

Meanwhile, Richard plays a handheld video game as he is asked by Nicole to check on the boys. Through the window, you can see and hear lasers and the boys running away from them. Richard is apparently oblivious to this fact, and tells Nicole that he's busy playing a video game. Nicole asks him again. He groans and pretends to get up and ask the boys if they're okay.

Back outside, Gumball suggests that Darwin draws Bobert's fire while he sneaks around behind him to reboot the robot. Darwin agrees, and steps out into the open and taunts Bobert. Bobert immediately vaporizes him.

Since Darwin only distracted him for a few seconds, Gumball was not able to reboot Bobert. He instead throws a bunch of dirt at him, covering his eye. Gumball thinks he's won by some miracle and starts gloating, but instead Bobert transforms into a much bigger robot with dual gatling lasers (which was visible in the promos). Gumball whimpers and becomes visibly terrified, then starts running away. After blowing away all the cover that Gumball could have used, Bobert gets Gumball out in the open. He targets Gumball's head with a laser and fires a devastating laser, causing a mushroom cloud to form over the city. Amazingly, Gumball is alright, and hiding behind some debris which were not affected by the blast. He successfully taunts Bobert into "fighting like a man", which means hand to hand.

Bobert shrinks back down to his normal size and prepares to face off against Gumball in hand to hand combat. The lunge at each other and land in the middle. Gumball attempts to karate-chop Bobert in the head, but since he's made of metal, Gumball just recoils his hand in pain. Feeling brave, he then goads Bobert into hitting him. Bobert obliges, and Gumball flies across the yard from the force of his blow. Bobert walks up to Gumball, preparing to finish him. Gumball, too scared or too weakened to do anything, simply just prays for "something insignificant" to save him. Darwin answers his call, and runs up to Bobert with a shovel in a Leroy Jenkins sort of way, but Bobert just punches him away. Gumball then prays for "something else insignificant" to save him. Suddenly, the sprinklers turn on and Bobert gets shorted out. Gumball gets up and prepares to reboot Bobert, but Bobert gets up first and pleads Gumball not to do it, saying the two of them can do "great things" together. Gumball flatly declines and reboots Bobert.

Darwin, his face swelled up from Bobert's hit, arrives as Bobert powers back on. He seemingly doesn't remember anything about the fight with Gumball, and then randomly hugs the two of them. As Gumball and Darwin walk off, Bobert expresses his intent to try stealing an identity again. Darwin peaks back, wondering what he said, but Bobert shrugs it off. The episode ends with Bobert's eye turning red again and playing a recording of Darwin's voice, implying he will steal Darwin's identity.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Bobert
 * Darwin

Minor Characters

 * Anais
 * Nicole
 * Richard
 * Banana Joe
 * Tina
 * Tobias
 * Alan
 * Jamie
 * Penny
 * Rocky

Cameo Characters

 * Molly
 * Leslie
 * Masami
 * Carmen
 * Carrie
 * Ocho
 * Hot Dog Guy
 * Bobert's Mom (voice only)

Music
Unknown

Trivia

 * Bobert wanting to be a real boy in this episode is a reference to the classic Disney character, Pinocchio.
 * Also when Bobert was huge, his guns-for-hands with plasma lasers were a reference to Super Battle Droids from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones but his size his of AT-AT walkers from Star Wars Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back.
 * This is the second time the Dodge or Dare motto was interupted: "It's time to play Dodge or Dare! Just roll the dice, pick a--".
 * In Japanese, the title card was called "Gumbalio nan da Intodo", meaning "Gumball's Identity".
 * This is one of the few TAWOG episodes focusing primarily on a minor character. According to the Ben Bocquelet in an interview at Toonzone, episodes of season two will be more focused primarily on other minor characters. This is supported by this episode and The Ghost.
 * It is unknown how Bobert fooled people while they may have been viewing him from the back, since his face is the only section covered in blue paint. It's also unknown how he was still able to fool people sence he still looked much different then Gumball.
 * For some reason, there wasn't a preview of this episode available on the show's official website, even though the next episode The Picnic had a preview released.
 * A Robot wanting to be a Real boy is a posssible refrance to the Season 3 Episode of Phineas and Ferb, A Real Boy.

Quotes
Gumball: The one that's obviously not a robot! [Darwin hits the real Gumball with a shovel]
 * Darwin: Which one is the real Gumball?!
 * Darwin: Okay!


 * Gumball: There's only room in this town for one Gumball!
 * Bobert: Challenge accepted.


 * Tobias: Way to go, Robo-Dork.
 * Alan: Hey, don't push it!
 * Tobias: Why? It's not like he's a real boy or anything.
 * Banana Joe: (After the rest leave) I'm a banana!