The Law

The Law is the fifteenth episode of Season 3 episode of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
The Doughnut Sheriff shows Gumball and Darwin that the smallest misdemeanor can lead to a breakdown in law.

Plot
It is a scorching day in Elmore, and Gumball and Darwin are sweltering at their home. They hear the jingle of the ice cream truck, and they rush toward it. Unfortunately, they have to stop at a crosswalk and wait for the green signal as customers buy their ice creams. When Billy and his mother receive the last ice cream, an impatient Gumball has had enough and attempts to jaywalk. In an instant, Doughnut Sheriff halts him. He then tickets him for violating the law.

Doughnut Sheriff then goes on to explain the importance of the law, and Gumball remarks that it's "not his job to be cool." Doughnut Sheriff takes offense, and counters that cops can be cool, explaining that it was what he wanted to be when he was a kid. He invites the boys to go for a ride in his police car.

Main Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Doughnut Sheriff

Supporting Characters

 * Orange Woman
 * Chicken Bucket

Minor Characters

 * Squirrel
 * Larry
 * Sarah
 * Masami
 * Billy
 * Idaho
 * Librarian
 * Tobias
 * Carmen
 * Mrs. Wilson
 * Harold Wilson
 * Shooting Star
 * Pantsbully
 * Mr. Small
 * Rosie
 * Bobert
 * Cowboy
 * The Pepperonis
 * Blue Elephant
 * Mr. Fitzgerald
 * Newspaper Employee
 * Construction Men
 * Eggheads
 * Neck Beard
 * Karen
 * Marvin
 * Corn
 * Lizard Woman
 * Principal Brown
 * Harold Wilson
 * Carmen's Father
 * Shape People
 * Gary
 * Coffee Cop
 * French Fries
 * Jolly Hamburger
 * Nurse

Trivia

 * This is the Doughnut Sherrif's major role.
 * This is the Orange Woman's second major role.
 * The ice cream truck jingle is based on the show's end credits theme song, thus breaking the fourth wall.
 * This episode marks the first full-body appearance of a live-action character.

Continuity

 * Bobert uses the same dance moves from "The Hero."
 * Music from "The Pony" is reused.
 * This is the fourth time we see Bobert's combat mode. The other three were in "The Robot", "The Club", and "The Apology".
 * Billboards from The World reappear when Doughnut Sheriff is driving through Elmore.

Cultural References

 * A speed camera photograph captures the Doughnut Sheriff's police car going at 88 miles per hour, a reference to Back to the Future.
 * Gumball and Darwin singing "That's the sound of law enforcement!" is a reference to "Sound of da Police" by KRS-One.
 * The tune that Darwin hummed as Gumball encouraged the Doughnut Sheriff is America the Beautiful.
 * The Doughnut Sheriff stops the Orange Woman with the precision immobilization technique, developed by the Fairfax County Police Department of Virginia, United States.
 * Gumball's line "That got out of hand quickly" is a reference to the line from Anchorman, "That escalated quickly".

Goofs/Errors

 * The Chicken Bucket throws his badge at Doughnut Sheriff, but in the next scene it disappears from the sheriff and reappears on the bucket's chest.