User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: A Look Back at Gumbomb/@comment-31194372-20170605045821/@comment-30307603-20170605133526

I do agree that "The Vase" succeeded because it was a nice blend of the different humor styles of Gumball. There are scenes such as the montage of the children destroying the vase or Nicole's quest to reclaim the vase that effectively highlight the series's ability to convey visual humor while scenes such as Richard's failure to drop the vase or Jojo's interactions with Nicole highlight the series's sharp writing. "The Vase" gets bonus points for being able to effectively do this with such a simple premise. Classic episode.

While I wouldn't say I like "The Stars", I'm at a point where I can at the very least appreciate it. I do agree that it's such a shame so much work is put into such an awesome concept for such weak characterization; in fact, I think sounds just like my initial complaint with the episode in February. It's such a shame too because had the execution been much better, "The Stars" probably could have been one of my favorite episodes of the season. It has such a great concept going for it. (Inhale, exhale. Okay, I feel a little better about bald Richard).

"The Sorcerer" was by no means amazing, but it did enough to be passable in my eyes. Although, I find that I vastly prefer the Season 2 episode "The Internet" or even Season 4's "The Uploads" over this. "The Internet" went about its humor in a much more clever way; I haven't quite seen another episode in cartoon executed as nicely as "The Internet" was. "The Uploads", while not groundbreaking, did manage to keep me laughing all the way through, which I can't say for "The Sorcerer". However, I will give credit where credit is due and say "The Sorcerer" had some good jokes, as self-indulgent it may be at times.