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Character Information
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Ethel and Bernie Klein are single-appearance characters in The Amazing World of Gumball. They are elderly goat siblings from Glory, Minnesota who have "toured" around Elmore. They only appear in "The Ad."
Appearance
Ethel and Bernie are both elderly goats with pale cream skin. Bernie wears a dark blue fishing hat, a brown shirt, and crumpled beige shorts, and Ethel wears a beige shirt and green trousers. Both wear large, black-rimmed glasses, gray shoes, and backpacks. Bernie's horns are slanted, while Ethel's curve back.
Personality
Ethel and Bernie are cheerful and polite. They struggle due to an issue involving them fainting when they are shocked.
It is possible that Bernie is a con man of sorts, as he supposedly sold the dolphin man a faulty car.
Episode appearances
Season 6
- "The Ad": Their debut and first and only major role. The Wattersons rent out their house to them, but accidentally knock them out and thus have to fake their holiday. They are fooled by this until they find a photo of them in a romantic situation, whereupon they reveal they are actually brother and sister and figure out what really happened.
Gallery
.jpg "The Ad - Crowd Wave (1).jpg (307 KB)")
.jpg "The Ad - Crowd Wave (2).jpg (285 KB)")
.jpg "The Ad - Photo-op Cutout (2).jpg (348 KB)")
Trivia
- Ethel and Bernie are animated in the style of the anime Crayon Shin-Chan, also bearing some resemblance to Misae and Hiroshi Nohara respectively.
- Their surname is likely a reference to former storyboard supervisor Chuck Klein.
- They are based on a real breed of goat called fainting goats, which faint and fall over whenever they are surprised.