Board Thread:Gumball Talk/@comment-30307603-20161211010948/@comment-28485972-20161214015835

Karymme123 wrote: Valer22 wrote: I don't know why people complain about Gumball being out of character in The Hero. He isn't always a nice kid and is sometimes pretty obnoxious and self-centered (although he has matured a bit in later seasons). If anything, I think Nicole was out of character in this episode. What kind of mother denies their children food and their basic needs? That's practically child abuse. She could have just grounded them or something. Aside from this episode, Nicole has always been portrayed as the only rational one in the family.

But none of that is enough reasons to "hate" the episode. The plot was fine, the writing was fine, it was funny etc. And it is the first time they actually give Richard some capabilities. He deserves to have at least SOME capabilities, especially since he can't keep a job without upsetting the natural order of the universe. And this time they did, they showed that despite his irresponsibility, he does try. Yeah, I agree about Nicole being out of character, but I think she just wanted to teach them a lesson. As for Richard, they did give him some character devolpment. In season 1, he seemed like he didn't even care for his kids (example: by being so lazy to check what they were doing outside in The Robot). Anyways, as an overall episode, it was good and I like it. Yes, but as I said, judging by her character, she is too caring to treat her children like this. I mean, if this were done in real life, it'd be a valid reason to notify child protective services. Wouldn't she be teaching them a lesson by grounding them until they apologized? Even in season 1, she was very caring about her sons (such as when she noticed them being ridiculed for wearing gis in school, wanted to give Gumball the attention she felt he needed and took him to confront his bullying issues with Tina).

As for Richard, you are right. I don't see what was wrong with that episode aside from that Nicole thing. The main criticism for that episode is directed at Gumball's attitude though because people are under the impression that he was not always a self-centered deuce with a big ego (even though at the same time he also has his mother's caring personality and is generally friendly).

Yes, I know what Richard was like in season 1. But then again, after that season, they reorganized a bit and realized that having a continuity is more acceptable.