Alan Keane

Alan Keane is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He is a friendly twelve year old high-pitched teal balloon who attends Elmore Junior High. He is currently dating Carmen.

Appearance
Alan is a slightly deflated, teal colored balloon, whose face is drawn on with black permanent marker ink.

In Season 2 onwards, his design changes very little. Alan has slightly more round/oval shaped eyes than his original design, and he appears to be colored brighter.

In the early reel, Alan seemed to have a nose and freckles, looking more baby-like, but this was taken out when the official series started.

Personality
Alan is considered to be "perfect" - he has got good looks, friendly demeanor, and a nice attitude. He has a high-pitched voice, mainly because he is filled with helium. Alan sacrifices himself selflessly in the need of other people and seems to always have the positive outlook on things regardless of how negative they might appear to other people. Even though many people congratulate Alan on his deeds, almost everyone at Elmore Junior High is disgusted by his relationship with Carmen.

Alan's do-gooder personality annoys Gumball so much that in "The Saint," Gumball sets out to prove Alan has a dark side by any means necessary; true to his record of selflessness, Alan eventually pretends to be extremely annoyed by squeaking footsteps simply to appease Gumball. However, Gumball was later proven right in "The Vision," in which Alan is revealed to have extremely manipulative, egotistical and power-hungry inner thoughts. He can outright take advantage of people's vulnerability to rise in power. The episode also shows his intense hatred for sad people and the evil things he plans to do with them in his "Happy Camps."

Episode Appearances
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Prototype

 * "Early reel": (debut) He is popped by Carmen.

Season 1

 * "The Third": Gumball forces him to be his friend.
 * "The End": He is in class.
 * "The Dress”: He is attracted to Gumball.
 * "The Pressure": He is in the cafeteria.
 * "The Ghost": He is scared by Carrie.
 * "The Mystery": He is accused of hurting Principal Brown.
 * "The Gi": He laughs at Gumball.
 * "The Kiss": He cheers for Gumball.
 * "The Party": He is at the party.
 * "The Robot": He gets mad at Bobert.
 * "The Picnic”: He is with the class.
 * "The Sock”: He is in class.
 * "The Genius”: He is in the library and a book pulls him down.
 * "The Mustache": He is in class.
 * "The Ape": He is in class.
 * "The Curse": He is in the cafeteria.
 * "The Meddler": He is in class.
 * "The Fight": He wants to watch the fight.

Season 2

 * "The Banana": He is popped by Carmen.
 * "The Apology": He is in class.
 * "The Words": He sings What He Thinks About Us!
 * "The Skull": He is in class in Clayton’s imagination.
 * "The Bet": He is in class.
 * "The Sidekick": He is in the yearbook.
 * "The Photo": Darwin pops him.
 * "The Storm": His first major role. He breaks up with Carmen.
 * "The Game": He is in class.
 * "The Voice": He apologises to Gumball and Darwin.
 * "The Boombox": He is forced to go into the bathroom with Principal Brown.
 * "The Tape": He is in the tape.
 * "The Finale" (mentioned)

Season 3

 * "The Coach": He is turned into a square by Coach Russo.
 * "The Joy" He turns into a zombie and Carmen pops him.
 * "The Recipe": He is on the bus.
 * "The Name": Gumball dreams that he is friends with Zach.
 * "The Gripes": He donates to Gumball and Darwin.
 * "The Void": He tries to remember Molly.
 * "The Bros": He is on the bus.
 * "The Mirror": He is in class.
 * "The Pizza": He tries to eat the Wattersons.
 * "The Lie": He is on the bus.
 * "The Question": He is beaten up by Julius and Mowdown.
 * "The Saint": His second major role. Gumball tries to make him angry.
 * "The Oracle": He wants to be the millionth customer at the mall.
 * "The Safety": He is on a screen.
 * "The Society": He is in the school play.
 * "The Spoiler": He is on the bus.
 * "The Downer": He is insulted by Gumball.
 * "The Triangle": He is in the school band.
 * "The Money": He is on the bus and disintegrates.

Season 4

 * "The Return": He is on the bus.
 * "The Pest": He is used as a shield by Gumball.
 * "The Gift": He explains to Gumball and Darwin about love.
 * "The Upgrade": He marries Leslie.
 * "The Comic": He sings Laserheart’s theme song.
 * "The Uploads": He is crushed by Bobert.
 * "The Hug": He is on the bus.
 * "The Traitor": His third major role. His mother is sick.
 * "The Girlfriend": His balloon knot is opened up by Jamie.
 * "The Advice": He is popped by the Abraham Lincoln Goat.
 * "The Love": He sings What is Love?
 * "The Points": He is on an icon.
 * "The Bus": He thinks father, Richard, Harold, and Principal Brown are hijacking the bus.
 * "The Night": He has a Satanic dream.
 * "The Blame": He has his string cut by Gumball.
 * "The Slap": Tobias slaps his butt.
 * "The Fury": He is at school.
 * "The Scam": He is at school.

Season 5

 * "The Stories": He is popped by Jamie.
 * "The Guy": He pops himself to avoid being friends with Anais.
 * "The Vision": His fouth major role. He wants to send his classmates to a happy camp.
 * "The Test": Tobias tells him that he hit on his girlfriend.
 * "The Fuss": He mourns a dead family member.
 * "The Matchmaker": He is forced by Gumball to kiss Teri and Carrie tries to get Darwin to kill him.
 * "The Catfish": He is at school.
 * "The Grades": He is in class.
 * "The Diet": He has his coin given to him by Richard.
 * "The Ex": Gumball forced him into Penny’s locker.
 * "The Sorcerer": He floats into the sun.
 * "The Best": He is in the cafeteria. Later, he is blown up by Gumball.
 * "The Worst": He is in class.

Season 6
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 * "The Lady": He watches Principal Brown go insane.
 * "The Cringe": He is on the bus in a flashback.
 * "The Anybody": He is popped by Gumball.
 * "The Faith": His fifth major role. He loses his faith in the world.
 * "The Candidate": He is one of the students trapped by his parents in a boiling hot room for a long time.
 * "The Pact": He is on the bus.
 * "The Shippening": He goes through Teri’s face.
 * "The Ghouls": He goes trick or treating with his ex-husband.
 * "The Awareness": He is on the bus.

Quotes
"A broken heart is like a mirror. It's better to leave it broken, than to hurt yourself, trying to fix it."

"NO HANDS!"

"Dude, I don't have any hands!"

"What's so hard to understand? It's not difficult. Air goes in the knot, air goes out the knot."

"Real beauty comes from within."

"Alan."

"Dude, it's never too late for friendship."

"This would be better with poison nunchucks."

"But, who would date such a shriveled bag of sadness?"

"Your best buddy is about to play computer games with someone who's rich, athletic, multicolored, and a good listener! He'll never play Dodj or Daar with you again!"

"Spaghetti goes in, turns into air, goes back out."

"Whatever makes you happy, my friend."

"No matter how much i try, the world will never be perfect."

Voice Actors

 * Kerry Shale (USA/UK, Season 1)
 * Hugo Harold-Harrison (USA/UK, Season 2 onwards)
 * Sérgio Stern (Brazil)
 * Barbara Sacchelli (Italy)
 * Marie-Line Landerwijn (France)
 * Nicolas Dubois (France, "The Vision")
 * Marco Göllner (Germany)
 * Anna Apostolakis (Poland)
 * Takuya Sato (Japan)

Trivia

 * Alan can propel himself through the air without any visible assistance.
 * Most people who have never seen the show before mistake Alan for a female, possibly because of his eyelashes, which are more common on female characters in animation, and also because of his high voice, which, again, is caused by helium.
 * Alan can be seen going out with Masami in the early reel. Ironically, she planned on going out with him in The Storm.
 * Alan seems to be able to float without helium on occasions, as in "The Storm," Gumball inflates him up without the use of helium.
 * Alan's voice is never consistent with each appearance, notably throughout Season 1.
 * During the first season, Gumball seems to have trouble remembering Alan's name, calling him Alfred, Andrew, Arthur, Alex, etc.
 * He is shown to be good at chess, beating Felix in "The Vision."
 * He deflates in response to horrible smells, as shown in "The Ghost."
 * Alan has popped a total of fourteen times in the series so far:
 * The first time was in the early reel, where Carmen got launched at him.
 * The second time was in the original trailer, where he attempts to kiss Carmen but gets popped by her needles.
 * The third time was in "The Mustache," where he pops in shock at Gumball's transformation.
 * The fourth time was in "The Banana," where he gets knocked into Carmen by Gumball.
 * The fifth time was in "The Photo," where Darwin punches Alan, popping him.
 * The sixth time was in "The Voice," where Gumball throws a rock at him for constantly saying "sorry."
 * The seventh time was in "The Joy," when he was spreading the Joy Virus and rammed into Carmen, causing him to pop on the lockers, leaving behind a rainbow-colored stain in the process.
 * The eighth time was in "The Pizza," when he along with other citizens try to attack the Wattersons.
 * The ninth was in "The Uploads," during Alan's ice bucket challenge.
 * The tenth was in "The Advice," when the Abraham Lincoln Goat attacks him.
 * The eleventh was in "The Bus," when he thought everyone should go to school, but Gumball thought otherwise.
 * The twelfth was in "The Stories," when Jamie threw a dodgeball at him.
 * The thirteenth was in "The Guy," when Anais tried attacking him.
 * The fourteenth was in "The Vision," when he was typing his new world domination plan and Gumball came in and popped him.
 * In almost every photo shot Alan appears in, his facial features look very realistic and human-like instead of his original face. However, in "The Storm," his pictures, especially with Carmen, shown him with his usual appearance.
 * It is revealed in "The Photo" that Alan anonymously donates all of his allowance to charity, and never tells anyone about it, because he cares very much about the cause.
 * It is revealed in "The Storm" that whatever he eats gets turned into air.
 * If he has a string or not varies in some episodes.
 * In "The Uploads," it is heavily implied by Bobert that Alan is not really friends with Gumball.
 * His last name is revealed in "The Vision."
 * Alan Keane is also the name of a script editor on the series.
 * In "The Saint," it is suggested that he is unable to be annoyed or angered by anything.
 * This can be contradicted, though, because in "The Storm," he stares angrily at Gumball and Carmen when she tries to test their relationship, and he gets angry at Gumball when he tries to talk to Masami, and yells at him to "shut up." He also gets mad at Gumball for accusing him of attacking Principal Brown in "The Mystery" and gets angry with him again in "The Faith."

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