The Responsible

The Responsible is the first episode of Season One and the very first episode of The Amazing World of Gumball. It premiered on May 9th, 2011. In this episode, Gumball and Darwin babysits Anais when Nicole and Richard are at the parent-teacher meeting. But things start to get a little out of hand when Gumball and Darwin can't really control Anais.

Plot
When Richard forgets to hire a babysitter for Anais, Nicole reluctantly allows Gumball and Darwin to babysit her instead while they go have a conference with Miss Simian. The two boys have no idea what "responsible" means, but they promise to look after Anais. After Nicole and Richard leave, Anais is about to go upstairs, but Gumball and Darwin forbid her by jumping on top of her because "79% of stair accidents happen on the stairs." So instead, Anais decides to watch her favorite TV show, Daisy the Donkey. When the commercial break comes on, Gumball then states that "commercials can corrupt your mind.", so he and Darwin smash the television set with a baseball bat, setting it on fire. When Anais asked them if they lost their mind Gumball said that there is too much violence on TV ironically. They then throw a bucket of water on it despite Anais' advice to not throw water on electric fires. She then puts it out wih a fire extinguisher. Gumball and Darwin decide to take Anais for a walk in the park, where they drag her along with a leash. An old man then stops and teases her with a dog biscuit, before getting bitten by Anais. Assuming that she is hungry, Gumball and Darwin make her a disgusting lunch, consisting of a fish sandwich, a potato and a stinky boot. They then decide to chew it and spit it back out so she doesn't choke on it. She then spits it all over them so Gumball and Darwin make her take a bath. Darwin points out that water is dangerous so they ask her to dry clean herself. She decides to take a regular bath anyway. Before she hops in they ask her to wear a diaper so she "doesn't have an accident". Anais decides she has had enough so she starts running around the house with Gumball and Darwin chasing her the whole way, while the bath water is still running. Anais eventually locks them out on the roof and taunts them by not following their rules. She starts to go take her bath but then she realizes that the house is flooded. She can't open the window so she is stuck in her bedroom while Gumball and Darwin are forced to climb through the sewers to get inside. They swim into the fireplace and out the chimney. Nicole and Richard then get home and are swallowed by the amount of water that meets them when they open the front door. Nicole says she is furious and asks who is responsible for the flood. Anais starts to confess but then Gumball says he wants to take responsibility for once. He then sees how angry Nicole is so instead blames it on Darwin. Darwin then states out that Anais left the faucet running, and Anais says it is Nicole's fault for leaving Gumball and Darwin in charge. Nicole then points fingers at Richard for not hiring a babysitter. He then points to a smashed laptop and blames it. Nicole askes what he's blaming. He replies, "The Internet?". The whole family calms down and say, "Okay, that's fair enough".

Characters

 * Gumball
 * Darwin
 * Anais (debut)
 * Nicole
 * Richard (debut)

Minor Characters

 * Miss Simian (debut)
 * Banana Joe's parents (cameo)
 * Tree sap who Richard hired
 * Daizy the Donkey

Transcript
View the transcript for this episode here.

Trivia

when gumball and darwin eat the food it is how gummy from adventure time eats finn's food.

Quotes

 * Gumball: Come on, Mom. We were born reprehensible
 * Nicole: Responsible.
 * Gumball: Yeah, that's what I meant.
 * Nicole: Richard put your pants on we're off.
 * Richard: No!
 * Nicole: Richard, pants on!
 * Richard: No!


 * [Gumball and Darwin land on top of Anais]
 * Anais: Ow. What are you doing?
 * Gumball: 79% of stair accidents happen on the stairs.
 * Anais: What does that even mean?
 * Gumball: It means you're safer right here.


 * Gumball: (to Anais) You can run, but you can't hide!
 * [Anais throws water balloons]
 * Gumball and Darwin: RUN! HIDE!


 * Nicole: Look at this bill. How do you set a swimming pool on fire?
 * Richard: I know. Pretty cool, right?


 * Richard: [after seeing the TV burnt] How do you burn a TV underwater?


 * Richard: None of this would have happened if it wasn't for you!
 * Nicole: And exactly who are you blaming here?
 * Richard: The internet?
 * [Everyone agrees]
 * Old Man: Oh isn't she lovely! How old is she then? [ To Gumball]
 * Gumball: She's 4 now.
 * Old Man: Well now. You wann a biscuit? Huh? You wanna taste of this, you wanna have a little tase of this? Well you can't have it 'cause it's mine! OOOH I was teasin' ya! (Baby talk) AAAH!!! OH SHE BIT ME!! [To Anais]

Tree sap Richard hires: I'm here to sit on the baby.