The Comic

"The Comic" is the thirteenth episode of Season 4 episode of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 129th episode overall.

Synopsis
Gumball is the star of his own comic, but struggles to match up to his heroic alter ego.

Plot
The episode begins when Gumball is walking through the hallway of Elmore Junior High, The Eggheads encounter Gumball and squeals and run towards Gumball tearing off Gumball's clothes. After that, Bean explains to Frank that his clothes is not his cstume, but part of his molecular structure, After Frank and Bean walk away, Molly then yells to Gumball to save her, like he saved the President.

She then jumps off the stairs and onto Gumball, splattering him on the lockers. She then explains why Gumball didn't save her and gives Gumball a kiss on the cheek before running away.

Gumball then encounters Banana Joe in the hallway. Joe then greets him with the word "Plaser". A confused Gumball then questions Joe, but Joe then tells him another pun with laser before running off to Art Class.

Tobias then walks to Gumball and starts chanting a beat. Soon after, the whole school joins Tobias and a confused and scared Gumball runs away and finds Darwin and Sarah. Gumball then grabs Darwin and asks who is Laserheart. Sarah then explains that Gumball is.

She then explains that Gumball is a Superhero whose power is his optimistic heart. Darwin then explains that he inflicts justice with terrible dialogue who fights the villains of Villmore. He says that Laserheart is anatomically incorrect and shows Laserheart's feminine costume. And Darwin thinks that it is very revealing, and disturbing. Although, Gumball thinks that it looks awesome, he asks Sarah how she did it, and she explains that she learned it from a book on how to draw superheroes. The book only has 2 steps: Draw Muscles, and Draw more muscles.

Sarah explains that every story is based on Gumball's life. In one story, Gumball saved Elmore Junior High from a plague of giant insects, which was actually a small fly that Gumball was struggling to get it out the window. And how he saved the ice caps from melting, but he just threw a soda can in a recycling bin. And then how he travelled through time, Gumball then prepares for a flashback, but Darwin insisted that he doesn't and in reality, just sat in front of a clock. But, Gumball says that what happened is how it went down in Sarah's comic books.

Darwin then grabs the comic and points at it with a confused face. Gumball says that you can be anyone you want to be, and that the only thing you need is the power of optimism, then Sarah squeals.

Then it switches to Gumball's bedroom. He stands in a mirror in his "costume" which is consists of a Purple Ski mask, a belly shirt with a heart cut into it, yellow rubber gloves, his underwear, and pink boots. And then realizes that it isn't what he thought it was. And says that it looked very heroic in Sarah's comics but in reality is very revealing, just like what Darwin said earlier. But then points at Sarah saying it was very weird that she was cosplaying as herself, which is just a plastic helmet. And complains that it is too hot and removes the helmet and her head is melting and she shakes her head, returning it back to normal. She also complained that it looked nothing like her, but compliments Gumball's costume, saying that it is "perfecto" and proceeds to rub her knees. Darwin then whispers to Gumball that she has issues. But, Sarah says that Darwin is right, and takes out every issue of the comic series. Gumball then says that he hears something using his "super-hearing" and hears a cat meowing, presumably in distress. Darwin scoffs and shakes his head, saying that he is not a superhero.

Gumball then says that he is just a regular hero, but in time that all o fthat is going to change. Then it shows Darwin and Sarah looking up and down, then a amazed Sarah says that he vanished. Then, they heard a struggling Gumball outside the room, with his costume getting stuck. He then rips of a piece of his suit.

Main Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Sarah

Supporting Characters

 * Shadow Person

Minor Characters

 * Masami
 * Eggheads
 * Molly
 * Banana Joe
 * Tobias
 * Leslie
 * Carmen
 * Alan
 * Octopus
 * Juke
 * Bulldog
 * Mr. Corneille
 * Teri
 * Mr. Small
 * Jared
 * Clayton
 * Clare
 * Bobert
 * Anton
 * Carrie
 * Principal Brown
 * Idaho
 * Harold
 * Gary
 * Crocodile Woman
 * Martin
 * Sausage Dog
 * Marvin
 * Billy
 * Suzy
 * Bandage Doctor
 * Dr. Butt
 * Nicole

Trivia

 * This is Sarah's third major role in an episode. The first two were "The Sweaters" and "The Fan."
 * This episode was shown at the Paris Comic Con on October 24, 2015.
 * The author of the "How to Draw Superheroes" book that Sarah carries is Chuck Klein.
 * In this episode, Sarah makes the same excited squeals she made in "The Fan".

Continuity

 * This is the second episode features superhero comics. The first was Captain Punch from "The Colossus."
 * The shadow person looks similar to one of Penny's forms from "The Shell."
 * Many of the new introduced characters from "The Others" reappear in this episode.
 * This is the second time Gary screams for a long period of time. The first was in "The Upgrade".

Cultural References

 * The scene where Gumball discards his Laserheart costume is a reference to a panel from "Spider-Man No More!"
 * Gumball's inquisition of Billy uses the same dialogue and circumstance as a scene from "batman begins".
 * The Laserheart "theme" is similar to Superman theme by John Williams.
 * The transition with Laserheart's logo is a reference to the transition of the 1960's Batman series.