The Shippening

"The Shippening" is the fourteenth episode of Season 6 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 206th episode overall.

Synopsis
Sarah finds a notebook from the Awesome Store which magically makes what she draws happen. Unfortunately, she draws bizarre love stories throughout Elmore.

Plot
The Doughnut Sheriff investigates the Van Shopkeeper of the Awesome Store. Some of the other officers look in the back, and are attacked or harassed by his mysterious items. The shopkeeper drives off, and the police have to chase him. As the shopkeeper drives away, he accidentally crashes into a fence next to Sarah's house.

As Sarah checks her mailbox for her next manga comic book, she discovers a magic notebook that the shopkeeper dropped behind. She brings it to her room and starts to write fanfiction, shipping specifically. It cuts to a shot of the street, with Sarah narrating. The moon, then sun come up to show sunrise. Leslie’s face closes up and he crashes into a sign. Love intoxicates the people in the mall. Then, it cuts to Teri walking down an aisle in the mall. Sarah narrates their love story, causing Alan to fly toward Teri and for them to confess their love to each other. Gumball and Darwin walk by. Carmen, who is horrified, stands there as Gumball tells Alan he shouldn’t be with Carmen. Gumball and Darwin look around to see Hot Dog Guy and Clare confessing their love for each other, too. They leave the store.

Gumball sees Mr. Robinson about to get a tattoo to show his love for Banana Barbara. Rocky walks by, and Gumball decided it would be bad for Rocky to see his dad cheating on his mom. Idaho is thrown by him, knocking Rocky down so he can’t see his dad with Barbara. Hector also tries to kiss Masami, but accidentally chokes on her and passes out.. The boys go down to the bottom level, and see Tobias kissing his reflection. On the parking lot, Gumball and Darwin see people looking similar to them. Zachariah Lopez Kirby claims to be Gumball’s cousin. He has a similar body, although no ears and he has green wings. Zachariah weirds the brothers out. Darwin’s doppelgänger is Zachary's girlfriend Bexi, and Darwin is weirded out too.

Gumball and Darwin walk off. Gumball sees his adult self and Carrie’s adult self (both look like fan fiction) with a baby. Gumball makes fun of his future self’s sandals and Darwin freaks out because he was supposed to marry Carrie, not Gumball. Darwin calls him a woman eater, and Gumball says he didn’t stop at women, showing an anthro female Gumball in a wedding dress getting married to a human-looking male Darwin, both drawn like anime characters.

Gumball spots Sarah’s signature by Adult Gumball’s sandal. The two go to Sarah’s house to confront her.

Main Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Sarah

Supporting Characters

 * Van Shopkeeper
 * Doughnut Sheriff

Minor Characters

 * French Fries
 * Female Coffee Cop
 * Blue Coffee Cop
 * Hamburger Cop
 * Soda Cop
 * Demon Doll
 * Duck Horse
 * Sphere Citizens
 * Orange Goatee Guard
 * Pantsbully
 * Cupcake Woman
 * Clipboard Man
 * Leslie
 * Patrick
 * Jackie
 * Carmen's father
 * Marvin
 * Martin
 * Cowboy
 * Karen
 * Byrdie
 * George
 * Teri
 * Alan
 * Carmen
 * Hot Dog Guy
 * Clare
 * Larry
 * Flight Attendant
 * Jeff
 * Mr. Small
 * Mr. Robinson
 * Banana Barbara
 * Tattoo Artist
 * Rocky
 * Idaho
 * Masami
 * Hector
 * Tobias
 * Zacharia Lopez Kirby
 * Albexandra
 * Female Gumball
 * Adult Darwin
 * Gumball and Carrie’s child
 * Fanart Gumball
 * Fanart Carrie
 * Carrie (mentioned)
 * Hobo
 * Hexagon Lady
 * Penny
 * Banana Joe
 * Mrs. Jötunheim
 * Hank
 * Melted Cheese Guy
 * Richard
 * Felicity
 * Ocho
 * Dr. Literature
 * Leonard
 * Yuki
 * Nicole
 * Unicorn
 * Frog Kid
 * Principal Brown
 * Jamie
 * Bobert
 * Tina

Trivia

 * The episode's title was first revealed on Ben Bocquelet's Twitter on November 11, 2016.
 * This is the only episode title to be a combination of two words instead of one single noun.
 * The notebook that Sarah uses has the Cartoon Network logo on the front cover.
 * Many pieces of fan art from the Gumball fandom have been referenced in this episode:
 * The OCs (Original Characters) Zachariah and Bexi are based off the Gumball OCs Zack Silvia by Zack30 and Sklyn by Mielyn Johnson.
 * Adult versions of Gumball and Carrie together is based off a series of fan art between them by Jonathan Elrod.
 * Darwin references the names "Carwin" and "Carball", both names of the corresponding ships in the show, "Carwin" being Carrie and Darwin and "Carball" being Carrie and Gumball.
 * Although it is not outright stated, the episode also references the ship of "Gumwin": Gumball and Darwin, though this version of Gumball is female.
 * Sarah is a self proclaimed Otaku, even wearing a shirt that has the word "Otaku" upfront written in Katakana.

Continuity

 * This is Sarah's sixth major role. The first five being "The Sweaters," "The Fan," "The Comic," "The Test," and "The Potato."
 * Nicole and Yuki can be seen in the style of the anime fighting scene from "The Fury."
 * Pictures from "The Anybody," "The Ollie," "The Fan," and "The Comic" can be seen around Sarah's room.
 * The Marvin and Hexagon Lady ship from "The Watch" and "The Tag" is seen again when Sarah ships them.
 * The Melted Cheese Guy and Karen are shipped together by Sarah. The Melted Cheese Guy was revealed to love Karen in "The Love."
 * This episode is the third time Larry attempts and fails to propose to Karen, the first two being "The Laziest" and "The Goons." The fourth time if you count Anais' Flickr.

Cultural References

 * The music that can be heard during the title card is a parody of L's theme from Death Note.
 * The scene where Sarah finds the notebook is a parody of when Light finds the Death Note.
 * Another reference to the anime is how everything Sarah writes down on the said notebook comes to life, alongside her facial expressions when she was writing her fanfictions, mirroring that of Light's facial expressions when he is seen writing on the Death Note.
 * A Bullet Bill from the Super Mario franchise appears in the Awesome Store.
 * The title of the episode seems to reference M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening.
 * The doll that the French Fry cop picks up is a reference to Chucky from the Child's Play franchise, but has white hair instead of the usual brown.