The Apology

The Apology is the eleventh episode of Season two of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Synopsis
Miss Simian goes to extreme lengths to prove Gumball and Darwin are bad kids.

Plot
The episode starts out with Miss Simian teaching upfront. Every time she turns around the children gasp. In disgust, they do whatever they can to block the ugly sight. Gumball and Darwin decide to write her a note, and make it into a paper airplane to throw at her. Unfortunately, the paper airplane goes straight into Miss Simian's eye.

Next, they are in the office, as Miss Simian yells about how bad Gumball and Darwin are to Principal Brown. Principal Brown asks why the boys threw the paper airplane at her, so they tell him to read the message. Miss Simian goes to close the window, right when Principal Brown finally notices that her butt is exposed. He informs her of the situation, and she's very embarrassed and furious. However, the boys aren't punished for their actions, and Principal Brown tells Miss Simian that she should apologize. She goes berserk and wrecks his office.

Miss Simian is determined not to apologize, and she conspires to prove that Gumball and Darwin are bad kids. First, Gumball gives her his report card, and Miss Simian takes them to Principal Brown's office on suspicion of forged signature. Richard is called in to sign the suspension card, and to their surprise, his signature exactly matches the one on the report card.

Next, Miss Simian plants a $100 bill at the library for the boys to find, therby proving they are thieves. Of course, Gumball and Darwin are overjoyed upon the discovery of money. However they both agree that the $100 bill is corrupting them, so they throw it away.

Later, Gumball and Darwin are having their lunch when they start discussing about a rumored upcoming fight, and who's going to be in said fight. It turns out they are the ones involved in the fight. The classmates egg them on, but utlimately Gumball and Darwin resolve peacefully. Miss Simian, the one who staged the fight, is devastated.

After a brief, one-sided conversation with the skeletal remains of her father at the museum, Miss Simian makes one final attempt. She enters the boys' restroom to spray graffiti in order to frame Gumball and Darwin. It backfires on her, as she has got spray paint all over herself. Principal Brown is fed up with her attempts, and threatens to fire her. Truth be told, he's sad that it may mean the end of their relationship.

Gumball and Darwin see Miss Simian and Principal Brown's plight, and they plan to commit a bad deed and get themselves caught in order to preserve the faculty staff's relationship. They retrieve the spray paint can from the restroom, when they get caught by Miss Simian. She goes into a bout of primal ape rage, and chases them through the hallway. They manage to delay her by unintentionally slamming a locker door into her face. They proceed outside, where Gumball begins spraying paint onto Principal Brown's car and Darwin unsuccessfully throws rocks at his office's window. They get into an arguement about Darwin's poor throwing skills when they are caught by Miss Simian. At last, she realizes she finally can take them to the principal's office, only to be surprised upon learning Gumball's intent. She quickly excuses the boys to clean up the car, and as the boys leave, she whispers an apology to them. As she goes back to cleaning, Principal Brown peeks out of his car, and asks her for an explaniation on why his car has been defaced.

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Miss Simian
 * Principal Brown

Minor Characters

 * Richard
 * Tina Rex
 * Bobert
 * Alan
 * William
 * Penny
 * Leslie
 * Tobias
 * Masami
 * Dolly
 * Anton
 * Banana Joe
 * Teri
 * Clayton
 * Sussie
 * Juke
 * Carmen
 * Carrie

Trivia

 * The actions that the students do are the following: Tobias' eyes catch on fire, Banana Joe throws his eyeballs away, Masami barfs rainbows, William falls unconscious, Leslie's petals fall off, Dolly melts, Bobert shorts out, Sussie drools, disgusted, Idaho explodes, and Tina paralyzes.
 * Gumball breaks the fourth wall when he asks why he has to run every 8 minutes in his life. When he said that, it was 8 minutes into the episode.
 * This episode first aired on Election Day in the United States.
 * Anton has gotten a redesign - he isn't burnt as badly in this episode as he was in all Season 1 episodes.
 * Gumball's suspension would have started on May 11, so it is likely that the episode takes place on or near that date.
 * There have been 2 episodes whose titles start with an A, and both of them have Miss Simian as a major character.
 * This episode reveals that Miss Simian's first name is Lucy.
 * When Miss Simian looks out at Gumball and Darwin from between a gap in a shelf full of school library books, the authors' names on those books are animation staff members'
 * On the chalkboard, Miss Simian is most likely teaching about the sun, referencing the symptoms one may experience if they look directly at the sunlight
 * It is revealed Miss Simian and her father may have father-daughter issues.

Continuity

 * This is Miss Simian's second major appearance; the first was in "The Ape".
 * A flyer advertising Mr. Robinson's performance at the Elmore Senior Talent Show can be seen in the background when Darwin gives Gumball a leg up. Its design is nearly identical to the one in "The Debt".
 * Tina is seen clapping her hands in this episode, but in "The Mustache", her hands couldn't reach each other to do so.

Cultural References

 * The music played during Gumball and Darwin's "fight" is similar to the music played in Star Trek during the infamous Spock vs Kirk Battle.
 * This scene of Gumball imagining Tina fighting Bobert is a parody of Godzilla and similar film series.
 * When Gumball and Darwin find the dollar on the floor, they both yell "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!" This is a reference to Mordecai and Rigby from Regular Show, who often yell the same thing when they're excited.
 * When the camera was zoomed in on the $100 bill, it says "CN Series" on its left.
 * The set in which Miss Simian is speaking to her father is an image of the London Natural History Museum. The statue of Charles Darwin located on its staircase is seen.
 * Richard's signature is similar to the logo of the metal band Metallica.

Goofs/Errors

 * When Miss Simian asks for Gumball's report card, a sign in the background claims to list the rules for "Waterson Junior High" instead of "Elmore Junior High". It also spells "Watterson" incorrectly.