The Void

The Void is the twelfth episode of Season 3 in The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
When Gumball and Darwin investigate a missing classmate, they discover a far greater mystery...about Elmore.

Plot
The episode starts with Gumball and Darwin watching Sarah, Penny, Carmen, Leslie and Teri practice cheerleading on the football field. The girls eventually fall over and then, for no apparent reason, suddenly explode. Later in the school yard Gumball and Darwin talk about how the cheerleaders are missing something. Mr. Small comes over and tells them that strange stuff goes on around the town but he can see it because he has a tinfoil hat on for protection or the world will erase his memory of "The love of his life, Janice". Gumball and Darwin don't believe him, but before they leave, Mr. Small says to be aware of stuff that doesn't make sense and to make a hat. Later Darwin admits that something doesn't seem to be right but then they notice that the locker numbers skip 116 and there's a crack where the lockers supposed to be. They look in the year book and find that someone is missing from the cheerleader team and they soon remember it's Molly, the dinosaur but find out that there friends don't remember her. They then go to look at the crack with Mr. Small with their new protective hats. They then use a pin to take a photo out of the crack that reveals a photo of Molly, Gumball, and Darwin.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Mr. Small
 * Molly

Minor Characters

 * Penny
 * Leslie
 * Carmen
 * Teri
 * Sarah
 * Carrie
 * Banana Joe
 * Alan
 * Paperclip
 * Rob
 * Yellow Wig
 * Principal Brown (Picture)

Trivia

 * This episode was originally titled "The Hole."
 * This is Molly's first major role.

Continuity

 * Multiple things from previous episodes/scrapped content can be seen in the background of the void:
 * Character models from How to Ratatwang Your Panda - they were first seen in "The Treasure."
 * Darwin's original CGI design.
 * Scrapped concepts for the Watterson's house.
 * Rob reappears, although he was also in the void and was never noticed.

Cultural References

 * The paperclip is styled after Clippy, the mascot for Microsoft Office Assistant.
 * The tinfoil hats worn in the episode are associated with conspiracy theories, due to the belief that the hats prevent mind control by governments, spies, or paranormal beings that make use of extrasensory perception.
 * The blimp that caught on fire is a reference to the Hindenburg disaster, where a passenger airship caught fire in a similar manner.
 * The frog standing in the way of Mr. Small's van resembles the Crazy Frog.
 * While Mr. Small searches for his van, a ventilation tube from the Titanic is seen in the background.
 * Gumball and Darwin using hairspray cans to fly through the void is similar to a similar scene from the movie "Wall-E" where the title character flies through space with a fire extinguisher.

Goofs/Errors

 * When Darwin gets mad at Gumball, his eyelashes go missing.