Opening Theme

The Opening Theme is the theme song of The Amazing World of Gumball. The full introduction is aired along with UK airings of the show, but the US decided not to air the full theme. Instead, the US airs a shortened version that simply plays the ending note of the original opening theme along with the title screen of the series.

Creation
For the composing of the theme song Ben Bocquelet asked composer Ben Locket to score the original Early Reel of the show in 2008. Bocquelet sent Locket various production images and Locket felt the show needed a bright and quirky theme with a good vibe to match the feeling of the colourful art styles.

UK Version
In the United Kingdom and most other parts of the world, the opening theme music and video is played before each airing of The Amazing World of Gumball. The introduction is a disjointed display of various psychedelic images of various inhabitants of the city of Elmore, accompanied by a cheery and bright melody.

US Version
In the United States airings of The Amazing World of Gumball, the theme song is shortened to a length of five seconds. A possible reason for this is the American version of Cartoon Network wanted to run more advertisements during the commercial breaks. The main reason is that test audiences didn't like the UK intro.

Characters (in order)

 * Gumball
 * Anais
 * Richard
 * Nicole
 * Darwin
 * Ocho
 * Mr. Robinson
 * Masami
 * Tina Rex
 * Anton
 * Doughnut Sheriff
 * Rocky
 * Alan
 * Sussie
 * Jamie
 * Bobert
 * Larry
 * Miss Simian
 * Carrie
 * Idaho
 * Banana Joe
 * Leslie
 * Principal Brown
 * Penny

Trivia

 * The Quest and The DVD are the only episodes that aired with the full opening theme.
 * The theme song was written by the show's composer, Ben Locket.
 * The only one time the US viewers saw the UK opening is the series premiere episode, The DVD. The US also saw the UK opening on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011 during a normal airing of the episode The Quest. The US then saw the full opening again in a re-run of The Quest in January 12, 2012, and once again in a re-run of the same episode on June 6, 2012, and again on July 11th, 2012 and again on September 24th, 2012.
 * The music was written before Gumball was fully produced to give Ben Bocquelet an idea of how the show might sound. Ben Locket was given a set of drawings by Ben Bocquelet as inspration. It later became the theme song.
 * In Cartoon Network India, they have a different theme song.
 * On the Amazing World of Gumball DVD, all 12 episodes have the UK opening.