User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: My Top Ten Favorite Episodes of 2018/@comment-31194372-20181225074311

Honestly, there's not a ton for me to say about your list, considering that I find it pretty freaking spot-on. While I think the past year has had its ups and downs while remaining at a fairly consistent level of quality, there's only a select few episodes that I feel deserve to be talked about past their airdate with positive notes, and these make the list.

"The One" is an episode that I may have been a little bit harsh towards initially, but while I haven't fully come around on it, it's certainly a solid episode in its own right, and the amount of focus it has on telling the story it wants to tell with its perspective is admirable, considering we haven't ever seen an episode through Tobias' eyes. Meanwhile, "The Shippening" is an episode I can respect on the list on the basis of its notoriety and significance within the fandom, but I was never too sold on it as a whole, finding it passable more than game-changing. It probably deserves a rewatch, though.

While I'm happy that "The Vegging" fought its way onto your list, as it's probably my favorite Gumball episode from the past year, I personally would've added "The Founder." I just think that, aside from "The Vegging," it's the most comedically strong, delivering an awesome laughs-per-minute sort of ratio, doing an awesome song, and finding some fun satirical angles. I doubt it'll ever get much recognition after the fact, though.

Merry Christmas, dude. Have fun!