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Jamesgrout wrote:

Valer22 wrote: Gumball wasn't really "the villain". He was just being himself. Gumball has always been kind of an [redacted] (one of the reasons why the general audience like him). He is kind of selfish, naïve and mischievous. And Gumball didn't force Darwin to scam the school with him, Darwin could have just said "no", but he chose to come along because he wanted to be with Carrie.

But despite Gumball's greed in this episode, he still chose to sacrifice all his candy for the sake of Darwin and Carrie's safety. He was not an [redacted] to start with, he wasn't selfish in season 1 or 2 episodes like The Spoon, eager to help a charity out or The Storm encouraging Alan to attack him for Carmen to see he still loves her, he wasn't mischievous, just prone to making colossus mistakes, he never meant for anything bad to happen, he may be depicted pretty badly in most later episodes but he hasn't always been an [redacted], Getting Darwin involved wasn't what I meant, steeling everyone's candy was what I meant.

I always used to like and support Gumball for always having good intentions, not for being an [redacted] Actually, he was kind of selfish (sometimes even insensitive) in season 1 and 2. He's no Eric Cartman, but he's no Mother Teresa either. Like in The Helmet, when he wanted the power of that tinfoil hat for himself despite that it was ruining his family, The Bet, when he took advantage of Bobert's slave mode to do mischief, The Hero, when he was quite mean to Richard and The Quest, when he took Anais' doll on the bus knowing that she would be teased and didn't even want to get it back from Tina until Anais used puppy eyes on him.

And yes, he was mischievous from the beginning. I already mentioned what he did in The Bet. But he also displayed miscief in Halloween, when he drew on Larry to make him look like a convict, in The Prank, when he excessively pulled pranks on Richard and The Limit, when he put makeup on Nicole when she was unable to move.

And while he isn't necessarily trying to be mean, he is often mean to others, he's just so naïve that he doesn't always realize his error. He has been like that since the series' beginning. In later episodes, he isn't any more selfish or mischievious as he was before. He still does good things as well like before. Like in The Shell, when he helped Penny overcome her insecurity. The Mothers, when he was determined to do something good for Nicole. The Fraud, he could have easily blackmailed principal Brown but he didn't. He helped Rocky get a new job in The Boss. He saved Bobert in The Upgrade and much more.

So Gumball is pretty much like he was in earlier episodes. The only difference is that he is slightly more mature now.

And yes, it may have been wrong of him to scam people to get candy. But then again, he is just a kid.