The Third

The Third is the third episode in season one and the third episode The Amazing World of Gumball. In this episode, Gumball and Darwin gets a third friend, resulting in Gumball becoming left out when Darwin and Tobias play video games.

Plot
There is only a day before Gumball and Darwin have to go to school. They decide to play various games, but they find that they are all boring since the two have already played them many times. Gumball thinks that the two of them are bored of each other. They freak out for a moment, but then they notice ants. 2 ants are struggling to lift up a cookie, but another one soon joins in and together, they lift up the cookie. The 3 ants then take Darwin's cookie and run off. Gumball, noticing this, decides there needs to be a third best friend instead of two of them.

At school, the two search for a new friend. The problem is, there's something dangerous (Tina), creepy (William), or just plain disgusting (Banana Joe) with many people they see.

Soon, they wind up in the boys' restroom after they run away from Leslie (who was being weird and freaky). Darwin points out that a friend should be athletic, rich, colourful, and a good listener. Tobias was listening and was willing to be their friend for $20, which sounded like highway robbery. Gumball realizes that it is just $10 each. Gumball pays Tobias $10, but Darwin did not have his money, so Gumball pays for him. However, once Tobias is paid, Darwin and Tobias set off without Gumball.

At dinner, Darwin amuses the family with stories about his time with Tobias. At one point, Gumball throws his dinner at Darwin so he can speak. Unfortunately, the family just listens to Darwin instead.

In the school gym, the kids play a game requiring a best friend. Gumball sees this as a chance to hang out with Darwin, but Darwin is with Tobias, to Gumball's dismay. The straw breaks when Darwin decides to have a sleepover with Tobias. This makes Gumball decide to sleep over with Alan in order to make Darwin jealous.

At Gumball's house, Gumball tries to play games with Alan. Alan cannot play them, as he has no hands. Alan soon asks what's really going on, which is that things are different without Darwin. Alan says that Gumball needs to go to Darwin, which eventually, he decides to do.

Gumball then had to find a way to get to Tobias' house (which is far away), so he asked a little girl to borrow her tricycle. She charged him $70, to which he threw money at her and pedaled off on the trike. Gumball, in his fury, goes through wet cement and it dries all over him and the bicycle, making him unable to move. He thinks about Darwin playing video games with Tobias, and forgetting about Gumball. This makes him break the concrete and keep going, into a trash can. He gets out of this, too, and heads for the bumpy region standing between him and Darwin. Gumball rages about the "stupid ants" and their "stupid cookie" that got him in the mess while he goes over many hills and valleys. Suddenly, he sees and goes down a hill, which causes him to catch on fire and zip through town like a meteorite. Donut Policeman's speedometer catches on fire from tracking Gumball's speed.

Soon, Gumball gets to Tobias' house. He immediately asks for Darwin, who is in another room sobbing over Gumball. Fortunately for Darwin, Gumball is outside (after Darwin was thinking that he was seeing things in his shadow). The two make up and start playing video games. When Tobias asks to play, the episode ends with a "no!" from the brothers.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Tobias

Minor Character

 * Alan
 * Nicole
 * Richard
 * Leslie
 * Miss Simian
 * Banana Joe
 * William
 * Bobert
 * Hot Dog Vendor
 * Bunny Girl

Cameo Characters

 * Anais
 * Tina
 * Rachel

Memorable Quotes
[Tina steps on Anton and wipes her feet] Gumball: "How about not?"
 * Darwin: [referring to Tina] "How about her?"


 * Gumball: "I'll never forget you, Adam! Alex? Andrew?!"

[Tobias looks at Gumball in an odd way and pauses the game] Gumball: "What did you do with my friend?!" Tobias: "Uh, he's in the garden...I think..." [resumes playing game]
 * Gumball: "Where's Darwin?!"

[Scene shifts to Gumball and Darwin in the same bathroom stall] Gumball: "Phew, I think we lost him!"
 * Leslie: [hugging Gumball and Darwin against their will] "Oh, this is so much fun! We can do everything together..." [slow motion] "...FOREVER!" [does a really creepy smile]

Trivia

 * The game that Darwin, Tobias, and Gumball play looks similar to Street fighter.
 * Ironicaly, this is the third episode of "The Amazing World of Gumball".