The Painting

The Painting is the tenth episode of season one ,and The Amazing World of Gumball. It premiered on June 13, 2011.

Plot
Anais's family is sent to the principal's office due to Principal Brown's concern for the Wattersons. A painting by Anais showed that Nicole is too busy, Richard is too lazy, and Gumball and Darwin are too undiciplined. To fix this, Nicole stays home and tries to relax, while Richard goes to work and Gumball and Darwin receive classes on how to use their energy in a more constructive way. Anais tries two separate times to tell them that she loves her family just the way they are, but is shushed both times.

Mr. Small followed a five-step plan to fix Gumball and Darwin. Step One, called "primal scream" by Mr. Small, was for the boys to yell in order to release their anger. Gumball says he doesn't have any anger, but Mr. Small says everyone does and that he just needs to look inside himself. Gumball decides to open his mouth and let Darwin "look inside" for the rage. Gumball then tries screaming twice, only being able to produce a small squeak each time. Then Darwin tries. His scream comes out as a huge bubble, taking up a large portion of the room. Mr. Small pops this bubble, and the picture suddenly transitions to a black and white house violently exploding. When we get back to Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small, there's a ringing sound, indicating that they have gone deaf for a while.

The scene cuts to Nicole, who is taking Richard's place at home. She finds it hard to relax and do nothing.

The scene then switches to Richard, who is having a dream about being promoted and receiving the key to the executive washroom. However, when he wakes up and tries to get through the automatic door to the building, he fails and runs into it.

Back at school, Mr. Small starts step two, which has to do with painting. He shows the boys a portrait of a muppet-version of Benjamin Franklin and asks if this is what they consider painting. After Gumball and Darwin agree, he snaps and throws the portrait on the floor and proceeds to smash it to pieces with a baseball bat while repeatedly screaming "This is not painting!". He then drops a lit match onto the smashed pieces, saying "Burn you relic of convention!" and quickly puts out the resulting fire. After this, he holds up a bucket of paint and asks them who wants to go first. Gumball enthusiastically says "me", and Mr. Small dumps paint all over him, saying "Be the brush!". He does the same to Darwin after Gumball runs around for a while, both of them screaming in pain because of the paint getting in their eyes.

At home, we see the house is spotless. Nicole washed the entire house (including the car) thoroughly, and still had five hours before anyone would be home. She decides to create her own messes for the sake of cleaning them.

When Anais and Principal Brown come home, they find that the family hasn't changed. Anais is okay with this and Principal Brown leaves, but not before getting covered in paint by Darwin, who says "Be the brush!".

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Richard
 * Nicole
 * Principal Brown
 * Anais
 * Mr. Small(debut)