User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Dress/@comment-31620203-20171014012451

Interesting analysis. The Dress, at its core, didn't work for me because of the dumb plot, but I think that looking into it a little more, it makes sense. It could have been a lot worse, but that doesn't fully redeem the weird vibes the episode gives off. Still, I have to give the show credit where credit is due: the song was catchy, even though its context made me cringe, and the jokes worked decently.

Overall, I think this episode is strange in its plot and placement alike, and while, for better or for worse, it did break out of the mold a lot in terms of "standard Season 1 Gumball episode", there wasn't much of an established mold, so it fell flat on its face. I'd love to see this episode as it might have been done in Season 2 (my favorite season) or Seasons 3/4. I'd say I'd be interested in seeing it in Season 5 too, but I think we already got that with "The Worst". shivers