User blog:Jamesgrout/Top 5 Worst and Best Amazing World of Gumball Season 2 Episodes

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So, I personally find Season 2 to be the best season of Gumball so far, there are so many good ones and with the highest average quality of its episodes, it even has least amount of bad ones and, with that, the average quality of the bad ones is the strongest one of all of the seasons so far. At worst, other the bad ones, some episodes the odd glitch here and there, but to me, this is where the show really shone. Before I go on, 100% of commenters have requested to use photos, that's only 2 comments XD, but the fact is, I hate the episodes on my worst list so much that I just do not want photos of them on my blog page, then if they were just on the best list,, it might look a little uneven, I'm keeping it simple for now but feel free to give feedback then we'll talk. Anyway, like I say, there are hardly any bad ones in season 2 to the point it doesn't make a lot of sense that you'll be reading it first, but 2 things that make sense are consistency and getting the bad out of the way to begin with. So here are my top 5 worst:


 * 1) #5 Worst: The Remote- Possible unpopular opinion but I found it just unpleasant and boring for most of the way through. The scenarios like Gumball trying to change the channel from the TV itself, even the fight sequence on the way back home from the car park I just didn't find interesting. Maybe it's that they're nothing clever or different as ideas or that the episodes actual antagonist isn't involved in any of them and, outside of her, all parties are equally as deserving to win, speaking of which, that's the real problem. I really didn't like how dead easily Anais was able to win using her superior intelligence, Nicole said she was proud but scared, I was just scared and to make it worse, Anais seemed like the least deserving to win. Gumball and Darwin were going to be shown on TV, Nicole had the problem of mutation and Richards was a finale, which Anais' at least wasn't. The eerie music and build up it ends on as the Wattersons realize how she did it, put the pieces together and watch her watching her show is something I would never want to see again.


 * 1) #4 Worst: The Fridge- Competitiveness can really bring out the worst in a person but Nicole was made such a monster, she wasn't happy that her son was happy as he was and basically wanted him to change and just be a winner, not to mention that there are plenty of things Gumball is good at. She abandons Gumball in a desert, she asks him "what do I have to do to get you show a little competitive spirit?" As if he should after everything she does to him, she is unwatchable in this episode. Now this might contradict what I said at the beginning, only being at number 4 and already using words like unwatchable, but, this episode would have been number 1 worst, maybe 2 is it were lucky, but it has a saving grace, Gumball himself. His good heartedness in this episode is just the sort of thing that makes me like him so much with not caring about competition, trying to end the charts control over his family, if only this could have been against an actual antagonist like Ms Simian. Also, I was at least satisfied to see Anais wanting to win but losing. Lastly, the best that Nicole says to Gumball in the end is "I'm sorry if I upset you", obviously forgetting she abandoned him in a desert, we're done let's just move on.

But this episode was just bad, there's the average bad episode of a good show then there's real bottom of the barrel like Modern SpongeBob with episodes like 'One Course Meal' and Modern Family Guy with episodes like 'Herpes the Love Sore'. From season 1 Gumball, The Curse, The Dress and The Club are actually that level to me, so where shows usually have those episodes in their later seasons, TAWOG had it's in its first. The Lesson is just the average bad and the fact is that all good shows have at least 1 bad episode, and, knowing that, if this was the worst TAWOG got, I'd take that, but there are those episodes from season 1 and... well...
 * 1) #3 Worst: The Lesson- Gumball and Darwin are imprisoned in school and can't go home for all of Spring Break (I'm English and don't actually know how long that is in America but that's beside the point), at least that's what I got the first time, and I never wanted to watch this episode a second time. An unpleasant vision usually makes for an unpleasant experience, and when it's the entirety of the episode, no good does come from it, the characters of the detention crowd are no better either. Maybe if Brown was punished for kidnapping in good time, or at least ever at all, but I guess it doesn't really matter.


 * 1) #2 Worst: The Internet- You may or may not recall on my season 1 worst list is The Secret, and this one is basically for the exact same reasons, embarrassment and horrible mistakes that can't ever be undone. This one being the one that confirms that, apparently, in this sort of cartoon universe, videos can't be deleted from websites. Even the cyber police can't do anything about it. We didn't need one of these episodes let alone both, and nothing is accomplished in the end, the video isn't taken down, nothing is changed for the better about The Internet, so all Gumball and Darwin can do is just accept a harsh reality, this also isn't the sort of ending I like.


 * 1) #1 Worst: The Hero- Most misleading episode title of the series, I was really looking forward to seeing Gumball, the hero if the show, prove himself as such, a hero, what happens instead? Richards feelings hurt from hearing what his kids have to say about him, child neglect, Anais is a horrible brat, Gumball is insensitive, I'm kind of surprised and pretty disappointed they actually got away with this. Gumball and Darwin may have been in the wrong refusing to apologize, but they didn't deserve not to be fed, they're not old enough to get jobs and pay for their own food and water, Nicole could have just grounded them, I can't believe they made Nicole an absolute monster twice, first The Fridge now this. No characters were likeable up to the end, then it ends with Nicole talking to Richard, who she wasn't against in this episode, that she's happy things are back to the way they were, but not making amends with Gumball and Darwin for neglecting her own children... no that's it, we're done

But enough of that now, like I said, season 2 has been the shows best season so far and there are just so many good episodes, any episode other than those 5 could be in my top 5 best, with just a few exceptions, The Photo, The Promise and The Dream. If it's a season 2 episode and it's not one on my worst list or any of them, then I really do like it, so more than usual, you mustn't feel like I left any out, because only 5 can be on a top 5, also, don't forget to tell me what your favourites and least favorites are. However, my particular most favourite episodes of season 2, I don't often see spoken about so positively, so they'll probably mostly be different from yours. But, here they are:


 * 1) #5 Best: The Finale- The consequences of damage caused from previous episodes actualized when it usually seems to resolve itself ready for the next episode. A great concept used to its full potential, the way the Wattersons just don't expect it, all the references to the way the status quo would always reset at the end of an episode, the way the goal in the end becomes to cause that reset their selves, Gumballs determination for a happy ending. I was delighted to see this done in this show with how I'd come to love it. It has action, it makes me laugh, it has tension, it has a lot of different and fun scenarios, then of course, there are all the references to the past episodes, with the amount I hated, I really hoped none of them would be in it and thank goodness for me none were. The worst one there was The Lesson, but that doesn't really add anything, it's just bomb guy in a crowd of many, he's as good as just an irrelevant background component.


 * 1) #4 Best: The Pony- I love everything that happens in this episode. When they first rent the film, every atom in Gumball and Darwin's bodies refusing them to is the sort of this that makes this show unique, how dedicated they are to keeping their promise to hang out with their sister despite this and how much Anais wants them to, it has real sweetness. The faces running gag, Carries reaction to the pony film, Sussie's birthday party, all really amusing, Rob's first speaking role and the playing up of him expecting them to remember him as a previously non speaking extra. All characters who appear in this episode did something I enjoyed watching and what's more, the correct character is actually punished.


 * 1) #3 Best: The Game- I love the plot itself simply because it reminds me of a family having fun playing a board game together, but I had even more fun, and a lot of, watching all of the different effects of the game, Gumballs singing disorder, the dramatic music fourth wall break. The humour is top quality, Richards fake report to the police dare, an actual and ironic reference to Gumball being a cat, nobody wants to see him clean himself with his tongue XD, Richards date with the sheep. It's just the perfect concoction of intense and funny at the same time, or rather that it's funny because it's passed off as dramatic, either way, a top notch episode with everything that happens in it.

Now, I consider Gumball the best cartoon with the most bad episodes BUT, even with this many bad episodes, I always found that the show was good at making up for things, this one makes up for The Date. Do the episode where Mr. Fitzgerald meets Gumball for the first time and has doubts over him until he proves himself again, and thank goodness instead of a tarantula, Gumball saves Penny's life and isn't hurt himself from doing so.
 * 1) #2 Best: The Knights- I am a lover of young love, how can I not love an episode about Penny choosing Gumball as her partner for a school project and Gumball determined to prove himself to her dad. This is also the only episode where Tobias' feelings for Penny come into effect and with him challenging Gumball for her hand, their fight in this episode is great silly humour as well, it's a shame they never did this again. This is such a perfect case of the underdog proving his target wrong through all the doubt against him. Gumball plays ukulele and sings such a great and uplifting song and all that happens in the episode leads up to Gumball saving Penny's life, it doesn't get much better than that, they don't kiss yet but this was more than good enough for its time being.

Honorable mentions, kept to a limit as much as possible:- The Job, The Words, The Tag, The Flower, The Voice


 * 1) #1 Best: The Apology- An episode all about Gumball and Darwin being good people, this absolutely highlights what I love about Gumball as a character, good-heartedness, unselfishness. They try to help Ms. Simian, Gumball gives a speech about fighting being wrong, just a huge tidal wave of feel good vibes and I couldn't be more joyous for it. Gumball and Darwin go to set up Ms. Simian to catch them for her benefit, all ultimately making her realize she was wrong about them, she apologizes to them and when she does, Gumball is even honest about just wanting to milk it. After all the bad episodes and dissatisfying ending, this one comes and I'm just so grateful for it, this episode felt like a real apology in itself. Then there's Principle Brown having to resort to gluing everything to the floor, what Gumball sprayed onto Browns car, Richards signature, the list goes on. This episode brings me so much joy it's kind of emotional. Huge epic yes writers, huge epic yes, thank you all for this episode.