User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: (Week 5) "New Amazing World of Gumball in February!"/@comment-31194372-20170312051357/@comment-31194372-20170312170904

Well, it's just natural progession. Shows have peaks and valleys. I think the idea is more that they want to keep the show fresh, and considering that gross-out is a new venture for them, it's going to at least find a small place in the show. I'm not too psyched about, but it's an option.

I can't vouch for how Season 6 is supposed to be, but if it's the end-all season (which I'm still not necessarily sure of), I'm sure there will at least be extra focus on doubling down on plot, so extraneous gross-out may be pushed aside, at least partially.