The Fan

The Fan is the second episode of Season 3 of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
New Elmore Junior High student Sarah becomes Gumball and Darwin's obsessive number-one fan.

Plot
Gumball and Darwin are running through the streets of Elmore to save the Rainbow Factory, but they keep running into Sarah, trying their best to ignore her. Finally, they give up and talk to Sarah, who only wanted to tell them that it is "ice" to see them. The two try to get past her to get to the Rainbow Factory,  but it explodes before they could do anything

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Sarah

Minor Characters

 * Cube Dog
 * Penny
 * Leslie
 * Carrie
 * Carmen
 * Eggheads
 * Tobias
 * Tina Rex
 * Idaho
 * Bobert
 * Mr. Small
 * Purple Moose

Trivia

 * This is the first time the Rainbow Factory's exterior has been seen.
 * Sarah breaks the fourth wall when she plays the show's background music as the scene changes.
 * Sarah breaks the fourth wall again by humming the ending credits.
 * The fighting image from Sarah's story can be seen on her wall toward the end of The Stalker Song.
 * This is the first full episode with Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom Jr.
 * Sarah's full name is revealed in this episode.
 * Sarah's voice appears to sound slightly different from "The Sweaters ".

Continuity

 * This is Sarah's second major role in an episode. Her first was in "The Sweaters".
 * Pictures from "The Colossus", "The Date"," The Dream", "The Photo", "The Flower" and "The Sweaters" are shown during Sarah's song.
 * Suburban Karate Master is seen being played by Gumball and Darwin during Sarah's song.
 * The ukulele from "The Knights" and "The Internet" is seen in this episode.
 * It is also heard playing on the title card.

Cultural References

 * Sarah pausing after telling a joke is a reference to other sitcoms.

Goofs/Errors

 * All of the cars that appear in the running scene are driverless.
 * When Gumball throws Sarah's recording device, the buttons are on the right side, when they should be on the left.
 * Minor cosmetic errors appear during the cafeteria scene, such as Darwin's cup changing its place, Gumball's green food disappearing then reappearing, and Darwin's spoon not actually touching the food when he eats it.
 * The ukulele has 4 tuning pegs, but has 2 strings.
 * When viewed from the cover side, Darwin flips the pages of Sarah's comic to the right (as if Sarah arranged the page to imitate the way manga is printed), but when we see the open side, the pages are flipped to the left.
 * Gumball stands to Darwin's right side as they read Sarah's comic, but when Gumball points at it, his hand comes from Darwin's left side.

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