The Name

The Name is the seventh episode of season three of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
When Gumball discovers his real name is Zach... he starts acting like one!

Plot
The show starts when Gumball defeats a final boss on an arcade game using a technique called "button-mashing" and he is told to put three letters as a name for the leaderboard. He first proposed "Gum" and "Bal" until Darwin suggested to use his real name, trying to find out what it is. Gumball then gives a long speech lasting most of the day about what he will do to find out his real name. Then at the house, Gumball was talking about his real name as Nicole revealed that it was Zach and him, along with Darwin was whispering it in the school bus. Later, Gumball as an alter ego, went to school to talk about the school basketball team and band, eating Banana Joe's cousin's face, skipping in line in a supermarket and letting Darwin take his place while shoppers throw items at him. When Darwin came home, he discovered that Anais had to live in a shoe, Richard is dressed as a woman and not considered a dad but a "male mother" and their mom lost in a match between Gumball in being the most obnoxious. Later, the family proposes to change his name to Gumball by going to the Town Hall by driving a car at full speed. Darwin and Anais tried to tell Gumball to remember his true identity as in his subconscious, his alter ego tried to change his memories from being a loser to being always a winner. Meanwhile in the real world, Nicole tried to evade from police and at the paintball match dream as seen in "The Fridge", his arcade memory appears and after remembering that his name was Gumball, Zach disintegrates, and Gumball wakes up signing his nickname into the document, and the bureaucrat says that they could've used the internet.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Anais
 * Nicole
 * Richard
 * Zach

Minor Characters

 * Coach
 * Juke
 * Apple Kid
 * Coffee Cop
 * Carrie
 * Evil Turtle
 * Banana Bob
 * Banana Joe
 * Lizard Woman
 * Larry
 * Jamie
 * Bobert
 * Carmen
 * Anton
 * Tobias
 * Alan
 * Mushroom
 * Green Bear
 * Tina
 * Mr. Small
 * Penny
 * Sarah
 * Pantsbully
 * Marvin
 * Construction Men
 * Karen
 * Orange Woman
 * Mrs. Jötunheim

Gumball's subconscious

 * The Pepperonis
 * Hector
 * Kenneth
 * Idaho
 * Idaho's Family
 * Mr. Fitzgerald
 * Razor
 * The Creatures
 * Carlton
 * Troy
 * Santa Claus
 * Prisoners
 * Mrs. Wilson

Trivia

 * This episode reveals that Elmore Junior High's mascot is a duck.
 * This episode reveals that Gumball's real name is Zach.
 * The theme song can be heard in Gumball's subconscious.
 * The scene from "The Curse" where Gumball fell off the bridge was redubbed with Jacob Hopkins' voice.
 * This is the second time clips from Season 1 are shown, the first was "The Finale".
 * Gumball's nickname becomes his legal name in this episode.

Continuity

 * This is the second time Richard dresses as a woman, the first time was "The Finale".
 * This is the second time Gumball sweats a large amount of sweat. The first time was in "The Coach".
 * The Evil Turtle from "The Puppy" reappears in this episode.
 * The Watterson car is damaged and loses its roof in the same manner as in "The Authority".
 * The music used in Gumball's memory of winning the video game is the same piece used in Gumball and Darwin's fight in "The Words".
 * Darwin mentions the the time Gumball tried to jump an unfinished bridge on the Elmore Expressway in "The Curse", the time Tobias had beaten him in the "duel" in "The Knights", the time Gumball had kissed Darwin, believing he was kissing Penny in "The Pressure" and when Gumball purposely lost the tennis match in "The Sweaters". Scenes from "Halloween", "The Picnic",  "The Tag", "The Bumpkin", "The Job", "The Authority", "The Pressure", "The Finale", "The Dress", "The Phone", "The Knights", "The Fridge", "Christmas", "The Flower",  and "The Skull" are also shown as Gumball explores his subconscious.
 * A poster for Alligators on a Train from "The DVD" can be seen in the background of Funland.
 * This is the third time an episode makes multiple references to past episodes.

Errors

 * Gumball's collar starts popping to indicate Zach is in control, but Gumball's sweater clearly doesn't have a collar.
 * There are some errors during Gumball's flashbacks:
 * In the scene from "The Sweaters", Carlton and Troy's positions on the court switch with Gumball's, and Darwin is not present.
 * In the scene from "The Fridge", Zach holds the flag, standing on a rock, but in the actual episode, the flag is on a hill.

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