The End

The End is the fifth episode of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
Gumball and Darwin believe that the world is coming to an end.

Plot
The episode begins with Gumball and Darwin flipping through TV channels eating potato chips. After a moment, Gumball asks Darwin if his heart is still beating. Darwin checks his heart, and when it doesn't beat, they start to worry. After Gumball's heart beats (which of course they are relieved to find out), they flip through the TV again. Commercials come on making a message, "Listen, Gumball, the world will end in 24 hours, so look for the signs!" as Gumball changes channels. They suspect something is up but then ignore it. Later, the boys are on the school bus, then some weirdo walks over screaming "The end is near! For our discount sale, so hurry up." Gumball and Darwin don't notice the last part, so they are a bit spooked. Afterward, lunch starts and birds fly quickly together in the same direction, to eat Anton the toast and his sandwich. The boys suspect something is going on. Suddenly, Bobert walks up and asks them if they want to watch a solar eclipse in exactly 24 hours. They nervously ask what a solar eclipse is, so Bobert explains what happens in one, and adds that the Mayans believed that it would signify the end of the world. Upon hearing this, the boys believe that the solar eclipse marks the end of the world, ignoring Bobert who tries to tell them it wasn't true.

23:59:58 - Gumball panics and starts to cry. Then they remind themselves that 24 hours is a lot of time, so Gumball asks Darwin what he what he wants to do with his life, but then he loses interest. Gumball thinks they should do something he wants to do.

22:42:50 - Gumball is bored out of his mind, he tells Penny to kiss him. Then with absolutely no warning, Miss Simian gives out a test, but Gumball rips it up and chucks water at Miss. Simian, declaring that the other students should throw a party. Darwin yells "Wooo!" but everyone else stares at him and Gumball, puzzled.

22:10:10 - Due to their actions, Gumball and Darwin get detention. Gumball realizes he's late for his "wedding" with Penny. Penny believes she should not marry now for three reasons. One- they're both 12, two - they're getting married in the school corridor, and three - her wedding ring is a bagel, so she tells him that it shouldn't stop him from asking her again in 20 years and kisses him on the cheek and walks away. Then out of the blue, Gumball proposes to Carmen.

13:02:58 - The Wattersons are eating dinner and Anais notices Gumball has a yellow perm. After a little while, Gumball explains what's going on, but Nicole and Anais just laugh. Richard believes them, however, and tells them they should prepare for their survival.

05:03:54 - Dad tries to go to the store, after 3 failed attempts to drive the car, they decide to walk. A security guard tells them no running in the store. So they race walk and get as much food as possible. When they see the long line at the check out counter, they go to the self service isle instead.

03:57:20 - Dad fails to check out a can of corn over, and over, and over, and over, and over again until he gets very frustrated about rescanning the can again with "sufficient speed".

03:57:20 - They all race walk out of the store without paying, and Richard throws money at the guard.

00:57:22 - Richard gets a porta-potty for the family to hide in, but they hardly can fit in there. After a while, Darwin and Gumball decide to sacrifice themselves for their family's safety.

00:00:33 - Darwin and Gumball spend their supposed last few moments with each other. The eclipse is upon them, a huge shadow covers the city, but the moon only passes the sun. Realizing the world wasn't ending, the boys learned an important lesson: you should live your life to the fullest, because it can be very long or very short. Gumball suggests they watch some TV, but forget that Anais, Nicole, and Richard are still trapped in the porta-potty. After a few attempts to kick the porta-potty wall, Richard tries to kick the door open, but they just fall over and toilet water splashes on them.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Richard
 * Nicole
 * Anais

Minor Characters

 * Anton
 * Bobert
 * Miss Simian
 * Penny
 * Rachel
 * Carmen
 * Molly
 * Masami
 * Laurence Needlemeyer
 * Teri
 * Juke
 * Leslie
 * Newspaper Employee
 * The Librarian
 * Rocky Robinson
 * Ocho
 * Banana Joe
 * Tina
 * Alan
 * Carrie
 * Idaho
 * Rainbow Lady
 * Tobias
 * Charlie
 * Karen
 * 3D Cube Employee
 * The Old Men
 * Newspaper Employee

Trivia

 * Richard throws payment at the guard, similar to how Gumball throwing payment to a girl for a bike ("The Third").
 * The timer featured in some scenes of the episode parody the timer scenes of the popular FOX action series 24.
 * Some parts of this episode parodies scenes from the movie 2012. Like in one scene, Gumball and Darwin see the birds fly over to Anton. In the movie, the birds fly away before the Yellowstone super eruption.
 * Darwin breaks the fourth wall when he states that the Sun getting mooned by the Moon is "anti-climatic".
 * Bobert's voice is different than how it sounded in "The Third". This is one of several cases of character voices being inconsistent with each appearance.
 * The moon had a horseshoe thrust through it.
 * Masami was at Gumball and Penny's wedding, probably as the witness.
 * Darwin was at Gumball and Penny's wedding as the best man.
 * This is the first time somone has been kissed (Penny and Gumball).
 * Gumball's Grandfather was mentioned for the first time in this episode.
 * The part when Richard says 'In every disaster movie...', he could also mean the 2008 parody film, Disaster Movie.
 * Right before kids were on the bus and Gumball and Darwin seeing the old man saying The End is near! and the last channel Gumball and Darwin saw a channel the person on it sounds like Bobert.
 * Debut: Masami

Memorable Quotes
Sun: [unimpressed] What is wrong with that guy?
 * Moon: [as "mooning" past by the sun] Dude, you just got mooned!


 * Gumball: "Well, I have a surprise for you!" [crumbles up his pop quiz paper] "I'm not taking the test because it's the end of the world and nothing matters anymore! Not even this!" [grabs the glass of water on Miss Simian's desk and splashes the water on her] "How's that for a surprise?"

Banana Joe: "By the power of the banana, it is my duty to ask if there is anyone here to see why Gumball and Penny should not be joined in marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace." Penny: "Actually, I've got more than one reason. Firstly, I'm 12. And so are you. Secondly, you didn't even propose to me! You're just trying to marry me in the school corridor!" [zoom out to them in the corridor in front of a sunset backdrop] Tobias: [walking by] "Hey guys! Happy wedding!" Penny: "And finally..." [holds up a bagel on her finger] "This is not a wedding ring. It's a bagel." [gives bagel back] "But you know, that shouldn't stop you from asking me again in 20 years." [kisses Gumball on the cheek and leaves] Darwin: [gasps] "But you don't have 20-" Gumball: [stops him] "I love her too much to let her know the truth." [turns to Carmen] "Hey, wanna get married?" [Carmen looks at him surprised]
 * [Gumball is trying to marry Penny]

Richard: Absolutely! In every disaster movie I've seen, the family survives by staying in a bunker! Nicole: Richard, that's not a bunker. It's a toilet. Richard: Come on, gang. Think outside the box. It's got everything we need. A toilet...a toilet... Gumball: I don't think we can all fit in there. Richard: We have to! [everyone is crammed into the porta potty] Anais: Dad, for the last time, there won't be any apocalypse. It's just an eclipse. Richard: Apocolyclipse, apolcolyclipse. It's all the same, smarty pants.
 * Anais: Dad, is this really necessary?

Gallery
The gallery for The End can be found here.