The DVD

The DVD is the first episode of Season One and the first episode of The Amazing World of Gumball. It was shown as a sneak peek on May 3rd, 2011; then officially premiered on May 9, 2011. In this episode, Gumball and Darwin have to return a late movie, and it gets destroyed. So they must make a lot of plans to get a replacement while at the same time not letting their mom knowing about their quandary.

Plot
Nicole asks Gumball to return a movie called "Alligators on a Train", but he tries to get her to do it for him. She gets furious and punches a large hole into a door scaring Gumball to go return it himself. He goes to the kitchen to get Darwin to help him, and is shocked by Darwin using the DVD as a pizza cutter. Gumball grabs it from him and starts cleaning it, but he is completely unaware that he is using the rough side of the scouring pad, ignoring Darwin's warning. He finally listens to him, and realizes that the DVD is horribly scratched. Gumball screams and the DVD is flung into the air, and it lands in the garbage disposal, destroying the DVD. They flip out for a moment, but then Gumball decides they need to find a way to replace the DVD without their mom finding out, ignoring Darwin's suggestion, to "tell the truth and face the consequences of their actions".

Gumball replaces the DVD with a cardboard cutout and returns it, but Darwin thinks the Video Store Manager will not be fooled. Later, Gumball and Darwin receive a red envelope with red writing on it. It turns out that they knew the DVD was fake, and want the real one. So now they must pay the DVD fee of $25, and Gumball tries again to make a new plan. Two days later, Gumball and Darwin decide to get money by pretending to be beggars on the streets, which gets them $3 but a real hobo asks them that they're begging just because of paying off a DVD replacement fee. Gumball agrees, so the hobo switches with the hat containing Gumball's money with his empty one. Everytime Gumball reaches his hand out for his hat, the hobo growls at him, so Darwin starts human beatboxing and Gumball reaches for his hat rhythmically. A man walks down the street and pays Gumball and Darwin a dollar, but the hobo steals it and heads inside the store. He gets a scratch ticket, and as he's getting it, Gumball tells Darwin that their begger plan was wrong. They feel sorry for him until he wins the lottery and gets a million dollars. Gumball asks for his $4 back, but the hobo says he does not have any money, although his pockets are full of it.

Later, Gumball and Darwin try to find jobs in the newspaper. They reject many jobs, as they aren't skilled enough. (Ironically, Darwin turns down a job which he is suited for, because he says no in Chinese when Gumball asks him if he can speak Chinese.) They finally find a job in cosmetics for make-up testing. As they test inside a customized photo booth, the boys have to look at a red dot and make a face, and then makeup is splatted at them. Darwin focuses the dot all the way through, giving him perfect results. However, Gumball yelped and lost focus when the blush was splatted on, and he also gets an allergic reaction, deforming his face. When he wipes off the makeup, his eye stretches, making him look at the floor. They only make $5, but waste it on a bus ride home.

Gumball and Darwin find many more letters from Laser Video in their home, before hearing the telephone ring. Answering, he dicovers his mom is on the other line and is suspicious, claiming she can "smell trouble" from her mother senses. He states that everything is fine, but she is unconvinces. Believing that Gumball is lying, she tells him that she is coming home. When Darwin hears this, he once more suggests to face the consequences, but Gumball instead thinks that they should download a copy the film. Darwin points out that it is illegal to do so, and comes up with a better plan, one that Gumball already assumes was "stupid, desparate, very unlikely to save them, and above all humiliating (if/when they get it wrong)", but decided to go along with it. Nicole sniffs out "trouble" and discovers one of the letters. Gumball and Darwin takes out a disk when Nicole arrives, and she chases them to find out what they did. They jump many fences until Nicole faceplants on the ground, and is even more furious. So Gumball and Darwin run and escape a dog, while Nicole fights the dog and Darwin is scared that Nicole is getting hurt. But the fighting stops, and then Gumball and Darwin are running for their lives as Nicole chases them, riding the dog. She fights until she hits a brick wall, giving Gumball and Darwin the advantage.

Gumball and Darwin arrive to the DVD store, and hands over a disc, which turns out to be a homemade version of "Alligators on a Train", to the manager of Laser Video. Unfortunately, he was unconvinced. The disc was poor quaility, five minutes long, and only Darwin and Gumball's names were on all the credits. They soon told him what happened and beg him not to tell their mom. However, she is right behind them, and she finds out. So she pays the $25 for the lost DVD (shocked that she went through all that trouble for this) and tells Gumball and Darwin about how she's not mad, but she still loves them no matter what happens. After the speech, Larry tells her that she must pay the late fee. It is $700. She calmly tells the boys that "sometimes in life, you have to face the consequenses of your actions, and sometimes you just... RUN!" while Larry shouts "HEY, HEY, HEY!" when they didn't pay the late fee.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Nicole
 * Hobo Otter
 * Laurence Needlemeyer
 * Penny (cameo) [debut]
 * Penny's Dad (cameo) [debut]

Trivia/Goofs

 * Coincidentally, this episode(after with the premiere of The Looney Tunes Show on May 3) aired exactly 2 years after the series finale of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.
 * Alligators on a Train is a spoof of Snakes on a Plane.
 * Nicole seems to be very athletic since she did all of those stunts while chasing Gumball and Darwin.
 * Alligators on a Train seems to be an HD DVD, a short-lived DVD format which has been criticized for it's not-so-awesome HD quality. This is the first appearance of product placement; the second is in The Spoon.
 * Darwin lists all of the things people wouldn't steal in a popular anti-piracy video.
 * In this episode, Darwin acts more mature than Gumball.
 * The black stripe on Nicole's tail disappears and reappears occasionally during the chase scene.
 * It is possible that Gumball is allergic to make-up as shown when his face was severely swollen during the scene where they try to get money from doing a make-up test experiment.
 * It is revealed that Gumball has watched "Alligators On a Train" 72 times.
 * Anais, Richard, and most of the other minor characters were absent in this episode.
 * Penny appears in this episode but has no voice yet and has a minor apperance. In her back garden, she has a swimming pool. Her dad also appears.
 * Darwin's voice cracks when he shouts "stealing!".
 * We learned that Darwin can speak Cantonese, but not full Cantonese as he stated that it's complicated to speak).
 * This is the first store Laurence is seen working in, though he works in many stores in Elmore.
 * Gumball may be a slow thinker as it took him two days (mentioned by Darwin) to think up of how to pay the DVD, or he just intentionally did that for an unknown reason.

Episode
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Memorable Quotes
Gumball: Ah, put it with the others. [A pile of envelopes are shown including one stamped "Final Notice", one stamped "Urgent", one stamped "Final Demand", and one stamped "Past Due" next to the couch] Darwin: No, this is important! It's in red! Gumball: Red envelope or red writing? Darwin: Red writing on red envelope. It's kind of hard to read actually.
 * Darwin: It's a letter from Laser Video! We have to return the DVD!

Darwin: Gumball! You wouldn't steal a car! You wouldn't steal a woman's purse! You wouldn't steal a cell phone! Piracy is stealing! (voice cracks when he says "stealing") Gumball: I know, I'm- I'm so sorry. Darwin: Anyway, I have a better idea.
 * Gumball: And we are going to return a copy of Alligators on a Train. I know. I'm gonna download it.

Gumball: We need to get to Laser Video before mom kicks our butt! [Gumball and Darwin attempts to run, but gets caught by their mom] Nicole: What did you do this time? [seeing both of them escaping] Gumball: Aah! Nicole: Stop! Right! There! Gumball: [while pulling Darwin over the fence] Quick! Nicole: [while chasing the two down] Where do you think you're going? Don't you dare run away from your mother!
 * Nicole: I knew it. You are in so much trouble!