User blog:Thediamondtree/Top 10 Facts: The Amazing World of Gumball

Fact 1: On May 3 2011,there was a sneak peak pilot episode which was known as "Early Reel", then two episodes were officially released in May 9 2011. The website also says that it is one of the popular shows in Cartoon Network along with Adventure Time and Regular Show.

Fact 2: The protagonist Gumball was originally going to be a blue dog, not much was put into choice and decided to scrap the idea, then they came to make Gumball a black cat and made his personality "unlucky" since black cat eyes symbolize bad luck, they idea was scrapped also until the decided to make him blue.

Fact 3: There was once an outbreak in the school "Elmore Junior High" which was known as "The Joy Virus", it would take over a child or adult's body filling joy in turning them mindless and zombie-like, there are known as "Huggers" which is because they hug a victim turning them into another zombie, but as known the episodes aren't canon, so people theorize that The Joy episode would have been the end.

Fact 4: There was a lot of references in the series, for example the movie "alligators on a Train" is a reference to "Snakes on a Plane", The Tale of Zelmore is a reference to Th Legend of Zelda, Space invaders is a real-life video game appearing in a few episodes, Captain Elmore is a spoof on Captain America, Kebab Fighter is a reference to Street Fighter, one of Penny's forms in "The Bros" actually resembles "Medusa" from the Greek mythological ages and in the movie Clash of The Titans.

Fact 5: There was a big theory about the Fitzgeralds are actually "Deer" but this is not true, as seen in The Shell it reveals the are actually "Shape Shifting Faries".