Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-3065639-20131204004717/@comment-25991365-20140101021843

Right, I hate to break out cringeworthy analysis' but I'm going to have to.

" Anais noticing that they were relatively unscathed after falling from such a large height in The Responsible", a reference to the humorous laws of cartoon physics. "

This is leaning on the fourth wall,because it just directly address the viewer. Anais doesn't say something like "Hey remember how we had absolutely no pain inflicted on us when we fell from a large height in that one episode called The Responsible!?"

"Richard explaining that when he is placed in prison, he is suddenly "just not in there anymore", a reference to the shift back to the status quo at the end of episodes."

A reference. He didn't say anything like " Oh,we'll just randomly get  out of prison at the end of the episode anyway,who cares?"

"Gumball noticing how they looked different in the family album, a reference to the transition in drawing style and animation that occurred between Season One and Season Two."

Yes,but let's not forget that canonically,those events actually happened to them and if we know it's fictional then we know that in real life,you grow older and think the same way. To quote once more,they didn't say anything like "Remember how we looked so weird in Season 1?"