Opening Theme



The Opening Theme is the theme song of The Amazing World of Gumball. The full introduction is aired along with most worldwide airings of the show, but the US decided not to air the full theme. Instead, the US airs a shortened version that simply plays the ending note of the original opening theme along with the title screen of the series.

Creation
For the composing of the theme song, Ben Bocquelet asked composer Ben Locket to score the original early reel of the show in 2008. Bocquelet sent Locket various production images, and Locket felt the show needed a bright and quirky theme with a good vibe to match the feeling of the colorful art styles. The arrangement was created for the early reel, but was later redone for the opening of the show.

Opening
In the United Kingdom and most other parts of the world, the opening theme music and video is played before each airing of The Amazing World of Gumball. The introduction is a disjointed display of various psychedelic images of various inhabitants of the city of Elmore, accompanied by a cheery and bright melody.

US Version
In the United States airings of The Amazing World of Gumball, the theme song is shortened to a length of five seconds. A possible reason for this is the American version of Cartoon Network tends to sell as much advertising as possible to maximize profits. This is a common tactic used by American television networks that often precludes full end credits from being shown, often abridging, minimizing, or, in Nickelodeon's case, showing the credits on the lower left part of the screen as the episode is ending, to the chargin of many viewers who may miss gags during the credits.

Characters (in order)

 * Gumball
 * Anais
 * Richard
 * Nicole
 * Darwin
 * Saturn
 * The Moon
 * Ocho
 * Mr. Robinson
 * Masami
 * Tina
 * Anton
 * Doughnut Sheriff
 * Rocky
 * Alan
 * Sussie
 * Jamie
 * Bobert
 * Larry
 * Miss Simian
 * Carrie
 * Idaho
 * Banana Joe
 * Leslie
 * Principal Brown
 * Penny

Trivia

 * "The Quest," "The Shell," "The Procrastinators," "The DVD," "The Pony", "The Return", and "The Nemesis" are the only episodes that aired with the full opening theme. This occurred on the following dates:
 * May 2, 2011 with "The DVD" (premiere)
 * November 29, 2011 with "The Quest" (rerun)
 * January 12, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
 * June 6, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
 * July 11, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
 * September 24, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
 * June 12, 2013 with "The Pony" (premiere)
 * November 23, 2014 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (premiere)
 * January 2, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * February 8, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * March 8, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * April 14, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * April 18, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * April 29, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * May 22, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * May 24, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * June 15, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
 * July 7, 2015 with "The Return" (premiere)
 * July 10, 2015 with "The Nemesis" (premiere)
 * October 10, 2015 with "The Return" (rerun)
 * Nobember 4, 2015 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
 * The music was written before Gumball was fully produced to give Ben Bocquelet an idea of how the show might sound. Ben Locket was given a set of drawings by Ben Bocquelet as inspiration. It later became the theme song.
 * On all four The Amazing World of Gumball DVD releases, every single episode has the UK opening.
 * Principal Brown, who appears near the end on top of Miss Simian's head, appears to be a happy version of himself animated using live-action photos instead of flash-animated as he is in the show itself.
 * Some parts of the theme can be heard in the chorus of "Make The Most of It," making it the extended version of the theme song.