User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Dress/@comment-30307603-20171015033913/@comment-31194372-20171015220153

In all fairness, Season 1 and cartoons in general aren't all about adding up. Sure, all of these internal mechanisms are important beyond words to the show's current identity (to a degree where it mocks cliched storytelling conventions outright), but TAWOG wasn't exactly aiming as high for Season 1, so I have to hold it to the same standards as other shows of its relative caliber moreso than the show in its current iteration. I think it was you yourself that said it wasn't worth comparing the quality of Season 1 to its other seasons, though by all means, if you'd like to nullify those claims...

I just think looking into this sort of stuff is a bit much for Season 1 is all. Obviously, the show can be accountable now, considering how much work it's done to get to where it's at now, but back then, the show operated solely on the basis of humor without much regard for common sense. How would nobody recognize that Gumball in a dress is still Gumball in a dress? How would Gumball and Darwin be dumb enoug to accidentally abet in a robbery? How would it be remotely comprehensible that Tina, as a character, has any depth at all? These are all questions that Season 1 posits with no explanation in sight.