User blog:Nacho1804/The Future Was Never Meant To Be First.

The Introduction
Yes, you heard me right. The Future was never going to be the season premiere. Bam. Theory complete.

No, there's more than that. Bam. Intro complete.

In all seriousness, though, I've briefly covered this theory before in my Season 6 Expectations Analysis Part 2 entry for The Future. I've found a bit of (sometimes flimsy, I'll admit) evidence to support every point I can reasonably make surrounding this. So, for the sake of clarity, I'll Give each point in a seperate section, and explain my reasoning behind it in said section. Now, for your viewing pleasure, I present to you: Ben Lied, and Other Stories From A Gumball Conspiracy Theorist.

Point 1: Ben Lied.
In a Twitter post on October 31st, 2017, Ben told us the name of a previously unknown episode, The Future, adding that it was meant to be the first episode of Season 6 but would be delayed because it was "too heavy production-wise." All well and good, until you realize this was two whole months before the episode was supposedly going to air. That's one-sixth of the time it takes to produce an episode. Seems a little early to say, "Nope, we're delaying this, we're calling it off, we have two months to get it done but there's absolutely no way we can get what we need to get finished done in the two months he have."

The tweet itself seems like it would be a suspiciously good way to tease an important episode without raising too many questions. An episode being a season premiere, and the last season premiere at that, (sorry #prayforseason7, It's not happening,) is pretty important, even if it's delayed and replaced with a conveniently themed episode (more on that later.) The Future has been set up as an important episode, very possibly the series finale, but we've been tricked into thinking it's nothing special, or at least nothing more special than any other episode. (I'm looking at you, The Shippening.)

Sounds flimsy? I'll admit, yeah, this peice of evidence sounded much more convincing in my head. Don't give up on me just yet, though, I've got some better stuff.

Point 2: The Future, And The Past, Have Been Themes Of Season 6.
The first episode of Season 6 was The Rival, though it presumably wasn't meant to be the season premiere. It took place completely in the past, and included short flash-forwards to a hypothetical future. The Vegging continued this trend, with the literal writing on the wall saying "THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE" as well as the "we'll just wait until our brains tune it out" gag messing with time repeatedly, sending the Watterson brothers far into the future. The One had a gag in which Tobias remembers the past in the form of The Phone's ending. The Father was about Richard and Frankie coming to terms with each other and the past, and featured the foreshadow-y sounding phrase "The future starts now." And most recently, the final act of The Cringe explored Gumball and Hot Dog Guy's shared experiences in- you guessed it- the past.

It just seems a bit odd to me that the future and the past are themes of the season containing an episode called "The Future," the season that begun- not unintentionally, if you believe me- with a look into the past. It looks like it would set up a nice book-end, at the very least.

Point 3: The Message In The Vegging Is From The Future. Or It's From The Future.
As I've gone over before, the mysterious message in The Vegging is, in full, "THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE / THE STRANGE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TODAY WERE FOR A REASON AND IT WAS ALL THE WORK OF..." We don't know who sent the message, or why (to me, it sounds like some sort of distress signal,) but we do know when. "The future." Or, perhaps, "The Future." If the former, it could have been sent at any interval of time after The Vegging, but if it is the latter... that would entail that The Future is not simply about the characters' future lives, and also that whoever sent the message is aware that they are currently in an episode called "The Future." That, in turn, would entail that the character sending the message is aware of their own fictional existence. But I digress. My point is that that message in The Vegging could very much be from The Future. The Future could change everything. It's important.

The Conclusion
Thus having satisified the sacred Rule of Three, I rest my case. This random post is just so I can tell you that The Future should not be taken for granted. I don't really know what else to say.

I've been thinking about this since The Vegging, and I genuinely believe that something fishy is going on here. Even if Ben didn't lie to us, the frequent themes of the future and the past are just coincedental... even if the references to 'the future' in The Vegging's message mean nothing in regards to the episode of the same name... The Future will still be an episode well worth watching, just in case.

Have an amazing week, everybody.