The Sucker

"The Sucker" is the third episode of Season 6 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 199th episode overall.

Synopsis
Darwin ends up in detention with the Bomb Kid, who decides to make Darwin his new target. However, it backfires when Darwin ruins his life.

Plot
The episode begins with Julius sitting in detention, then suddenly, Darwin was put in detention by Principal Brown. Julius explains that he got into detention for vandalizing a tree in the school courtyard, spelling the word “Vandalism" with toilet paper and Darwin explains how he too was in detention for vandalizing the same tree with the addendum of "Is Bad" with the same method.

Darwin begins to question what happens in detention, to which Julius proclaims that he desired to commit violent acts against other students; however, as a result of Darwin's naivety, he misunderstands Julius' words and thinks he is referring to random, positive aspects of life. Julius acknowledges these misinterpretations to conclude that Darwin is so naive that he would be easy to manipulate, which is only confirmed when Darwin states that he would do whatever Julius wants - once again, out of pure naivety. Pleased with this response, Julius calls someone and says that he finally "got one" and states that he is so perfect, they could get away with anything as Darwin holds the phone for the student.

We then see Darwin in an alleyway - after Julius and Darwin presumably escaped detention - being overshadowed by delinquents that are friends with Julius. Despite their threatening appearances, Darwin remarks that they are quite friendly - a little too friendly. The delinquents introduce themselves as Reaper, Scythe, and Mowdown; Darwin once again misunderstands the context of the situation and assumes that they are from families specializing in agriculture in order to receive such nicknames, rather than having nicknames that hint towards something more sinister. Julius and his gang acknowledges Darwin's naivety to be perfect for the gang. Darwin then asks if they have a secret handshake and offers to give the gang one, but only further confirms that Darwin is so foolish that he gets accepted into the gang on the spot. Julius' first command for the fish is to steal everything from Crocodile Woman's purse, to which Darwin accepts.

As a result of the command stating to clean out the woman's purse, Darwin appears to be on a good start in the gang's viewpoint by dumping out the contents of the purse, but things take a turn when Darwin uses a compact vacuum to literally clean out the purse, and places the woman's belongings in the purse. When he grabs the wallet, Julius shakes his head, trying to convey that he has misunderstood what he had wanted. It is here that Julius signals that he wants money, and once again Darwin is shown to understand by pulling out money, but blows dust off of the bill and places the dollar back into the wallet and sets it back in the purse, and to put icing on the cake, he even attaches a pine tree shaped air freshener, much to Julius' chagrin.

Upon Darwin's return, Julius quickly recovers from the failure and tells Darwin to order $1,000 of pizza to the police precinct to which the youngster accepts. We then see Larry delivering a massive pile of pizza boxes to the police precinct as Julius, Darwin, and the rest of the delinquents eavesdrop from a nearby bush in front of the establishment. Things go according to plan; however, Doughnut Sheriff waves in a friendly manner towards the group, much to Julius' surprise. Here, it is revealed that Darwin was questioned by the person taking the order as to who it was from, to which Darwin said it was from Julius; on top of that, they already had the delinquent's credit card details which means instead of this being a prank, it was an unintentional act of generosity. Doughnut Sheriff walks up to the group and expresses gratitude for the pizzas; however, in order to not make it look like bribery, he is pressured to write a ticket for the group for loitering.

At a car garage, Julius begs the group for one last chance to prove that Darwin is a worthy member of their group. Julius' next order for Darwin is to cover a van in dirt, and the youngster agrees to this and throws mud on the car; however, Mr. Small approaches his van and is pleased with the muddy statues that have formed on the van and pays Darwin $5 for the good deed. Darwin comes back to the group, who are now appalled by what just transpired. Darwin then states that the money goes to the boss, to which Julius takes it; however, this only causes a fight between the members as to who should be the boss. Darwin attempts to diffuse the fight with a musical number; however, Mowdown cuts off his song angrily and declares that him, Reaper, and Scythe are not friends with Julius after calling him unworthy of being their leader and after multiple failed attempts to get Darwin to do one bad thing.

As Darwin laments over his failed musical number, Julius plots to get back at the delinquents by proving he can get Darwin to do anything and gives Darwin a figuritave way of saying they are leaving; however, Darwin once again proves his naivety by taking it out of context. Fed up with Darwin's antics, he grabs him and drags him offscreen.

At Elmore Junior High, Julius and Darwin come to a building that contains the public swimming pool. The plan is to pour detergent in the swimming pool, and finally Darwin's sense of a moral compass shines through minimally when he mentions that trespassing is wrong and states (wrongfully) that it is one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Julius cuts him off when he says that it is not wrong if it is for a good cause, in this case the "good cause" is that every child has a right to access clean water. Darwin agrees to this, evident that he is once again able to be manipulated. After asking about how to get through the door, Darwin rams into it (after being told to use his head), but this fails. Julius hands him his credit card and Darwin drops it in the mail slot to supposedly pay for the damage done to the door, but the delinquent angrily states that it was to gain access to the interior.

In an attempt to get his credit card back, they go towards a door and Julius lifts it up and orders Darwin to drop and roll; however, upon opening the door, Darwin drops and rolls past Julius when he was supposed to go inside to get the card back. Out of rage, Julius accidentally drops the door on his foot and becomes injured. Darwin asks for his phone and calls for medical help, but accidentally gives away Julius' intentions. Out of fear, Darwin cancels the call and smashes the phone so the call cannot be traced. Darwin helps Julius get his foot free, to his success, and the delinquent attempts to physically attack the youngster in retaliation, but only hurts himself further.

Police sirens can be heard and Darwin helps Julius walk to a hiding spot, but upon being unable to see one, Darwin suggests kissing one another to hide each other's faces, but Julius backs away from the child and falls down a small flight of stairs into a dark, abandoned building. The camera cuts to an open environment where Darwin helps Julius walk and they take a break at a tree. Stating that he cannot walk any further, he orders Darwin to steal a bike. Darwin's normal self comes through again when he becomes skeptical of that order, but Julius is quick to reassure him that if they did one bad thing then, they would do two good things later in compensation.

Darwin runs off and gets in the way of a bike rider, causing her to become flustered and wreck. Julius is quick to scold Darwin for this since the bike rider was Debbie, his girlfriend. Darwin suggests that they kiss in order to hide their faces and the delinquent tries to fend him off, but upon recovering, Debbie gets the wrong idea and breaks up with him, leaving him devastated that his life turned for the worst in just a span of a day since he lost his girlfriend, his friends, is at risk of being arrested, and being a disappointment to his parents. Darwin states that Julius isn't making any sense, remarking that if he lived in a world just as Julius said - which was filled with "kittens and rainbows" - that the kittens would have nothing to eat. Amidst hopelessness, Julius sends away Darwin, much to the latter's sadness.

Darwin snaps out of his sadness to proclaim that he will fix everything that he is done and asks of Julius to meet him at a bus stop. Later that evening, Darwin is dropped off at the same bus stop Julius is waiting for him at and states that he has fixed everything.

Darwin begins to explain that he reunited the gang after they supposedly declared war on a biker gang, then goes on to say that he patched things up with Debbie and says that her and Julius will be married that weekend; however, Darwin is the one kneeling before her and holding the ring to which Debbie and everyone else think that Darwin was the one proposing for her, rather than proposing for Julius in his absence. Darwin then says that he even took care of the police problem by saying it was Julius' father being the one who broke into the public pool. Upon lamenting over how his mother will be angry, Darwin says that she will never find out since she is being deported to an unspecified country.

Julius is in shock to hear all of those things, but Darwin reassures him that it was a joke, but did patch things up with his crew and his girlfriend to get the bully to learn an important lesson.This confirms that Darwin was putting up a facade the entire time to prove a point.

Julius then says that he should bully more people in order to supposedly learn more life lessons, much to Darwin's fright. Darwin is about to scold Julius, but Julius makes the same facial expression to signal that what he said was a joke. Julius then apologizes to the youngster for bullying and manipulating him and the two share an embrace. When asked about his parents' anger, Darwin had someone send an apology cake on his behalf.

Before going their separate ways, the two of them share in Darwin's secret handshake demonstrated earlier in the episode. The episode ends when Julius realizes the cake had sparklers, and we see fireworks appear in the distance, much to Julius' dismay.

Main Characters

 * Darwin
 * Julius

Supporting Characters

 * Mowdown
 * Reaper
 * Scythe

Minor Characters

 * Principal Brown
 * Gumball (mentioned)
 * Crocodile Woman
 * Pigeons
 * Larry
 * Doughnut Sheriff
 * Mr. Small
 * Pink Squirrel
 * Animals
 * Debbie
 * Dolphin Man
 * Cupcake Woman
 * Karen
 * Siciliana
 * Hot Dog Guy
 * Cowboy
 * Mr. Oppenheimer
 * French Fries
 * Coffee Cop
 * Earl
 * Flight Attendant
 * Mrs. Oppenheimer
 * Jeff
 * Susan
 * Leonard

Trivia

 * This is the first episode where Darwin appears without Gumball.
 * Bomb Guy’s real name is revealed to be Julius Oppenheimer Jr.
 * Also, Julius’s friends nicknames are revealed to be Mowdown, Scythe, and Reaper. "Mowdown"'s real name is also revealed to be Phillip.
 * Julius’s parents are also revealed in this episode.

Continuity

 * This is Julius' second major role. His first was in "The Lesson."
 * This the second time Darwin was put into detention, the first was “The Lesson.”
 * The same two characters that Gumball and Darwin Watterson made up in their vision who were both first seen in "The Rival" make a reappearance in this episode. The first one as Julius' girlfriend and the second one as a flight attendant, respectively.
 * This is the second episode that Gumball doesn't physically appear in, the first was "The Singing," though he was not even mentioned in that episode.
 * An instrumental version of "Through the Eyes of a Kid" plays when Darwin sings.
 * Music from "The Outside" is reused.

Cultural References

 * Darwin mentions the Trojan Horse from the Trojan War.
 * When Julius said "popping", Darwin thought it was a type of hip-hop dance style.