The Candidate

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Season:

6

Broadcast number:

208

Production code:

GB613

Premiere dates

U.S. air date:

March 2, 2018

U.K. air date:

May 31, 2018

International premieres:

France: May 11, 2018
Turkey: May 21, 2018
Poland: September 14, 2018
Latin-America/Brazil: September 19, 2018
Germany: September 25, 2018

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"The Candidate" ^[1] is the twelfth episode of Season 6 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 208^th episode overall.

Synopsis

A group of kids get locked in the school after their parents have a charity gala. They appoint Gumball as leader to get them out but it leads to chaos.

Plot

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The episode begins with a group of kids attacking one another in an apocalyptic corridor at school. The event pauses and Gumball appears. He begins to explain how this chaotic scene came about, and we see the Wattersons driving to school to attend a charity gala the previous evening. The kids are annoyed because not only are they returning to school after the end of the day, they will spend the charity gala locked in a room, watching low-quality TV shows while their parents party wildly. Nicole asserts that it will be a formal meeting. The scene changes to the aftermath of the gala— the room is dark and all the parents are lying unconscious while a song plays on loop.

Next, a group of kids are shown sitting in the art classroom watching a cartoon featuring poorly-drawn versions of Santa and some donkeys on a sled while a parody of the song "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" plays. The kids seem very bored, but Gumball acknowledges that it is at least a distraction. Unfortunately, the signal runs out, causing the television to turn itself off with the remote. With no source of entertainment left, Gumball tries anything he can to open the door. Darwin, however, is more worried by the increasing temperature— all the kids are sweating and when Gumball walks he burns the floor beneath his feet. The cause of the rising heat is shown to be Nicole. She is asleep and inadvertently presses the thermostat up repeatedly with a noisemaker while snoring.

Gumball decides to eat some of the cookies left for them, but Tobias snatches it from him and eats 90% of the plate due to his parents funding half of the gala. Anais says that they should work together due to the fact that none of them know how long they could be stuck in this room for. Idaho and Clare dismiss her, Banana Joe and Sarah join the argument, and the seven squabble until Darwin stops them, telling them to focus on the heat problem. At this moment, Felix boils, cracks, and collapses. Bobert tells them they have three hours until the room sets on fire. Anais reminds them all about the food, and asks them what they should do about it, to which Gumball suggests they fight, and thus they do. They are interrupted by Anais who suggests that they instead elect a leader. The kids agree, and the scene changes to Anais and Tobias running against one another. Both are rejected angrily by their fellow students, who then proceed to argue. Darwin overheats to the point of hallucinating, and he is starting to ripple with heat, but still nobody cares about the heat problem.

Eventually, Gumball runs for leader, and the kids (except for Anais, Darwin, and Tobias) root for him delightedly. Darwin wants to know what Gumball will do about the temperature problem, but Gumball claims there is no temperature problem, despite his head setting on fire and activating the sprinklers. Darwin tries to drink the pool of water, but the heat evaporates both it and the tears of disappointment he sheds when it disappears. Anais tries to convince the students to vote for her, but they ignore her and elect Gumball instead. Darwin, though disapproving of Gumball's misbehaviour, does not believe he can do much harm on his own.

The scene changes to the group of kids kicking down the door and attacking one another, beginning of the episode repeats. Gumball pauses the scene once again, and claims to the viewer that although he will be blamed, it was technically the other kids' fault since they elected him in the first place. It is then shown that he did not actually pause anything when Anais asks him what he is doing. He claims he is dictating his memoirs, but Anais tells him that now is not the time and that he should reunite his people. He tells them they should fight a common enemy, not one another, and that that person is Anais. They ignore this and put him in the stocks to pelt him with rotten fruit. They then have to escape school because the heat is causing it to set on fire and crumble. They get past their various obstacles using everyone's skills, and then reach the boiler, which appears to be overheating. Most of them run past it, but Darwin stops and suggests they do something about it. Gumball tells him that it is boiling because it is a boiler, and they run on, reaching the front doors and escaping the crumbling building in the nick of time.

Gumball tries to take credit for the situation, claiming that if he had not embezzled all the food, lied to everyone, fueled their differences until they hated each other, and then seized power, they would not be as good friends as they are now. This angers the rest of the group, provoking Tobias into throwing Idaho at him. Anais tells them that since they could all work together then, there is hope for the future, and that they can leave the school a better place than it was when they found it. She is interrupted in this motivational speech by the school exploding due to the boiler, and Darwin scolds his siblings for not attending to the issue sooner.

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Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Minor characters

Production music

Lacrimosa 6 - James Brett [Audio Network] (The opening.)

Trivia

Running gag: Idaho is thrown into the air whenever Anais tells everybody to stop, and starts spinning in midair.
The fourth wall is broken twice.
- In the first scene, Gumball knows he is introducing the prologue to the viewers.
- Anais interrupts Gumball's focus to the viewers with an inquiry on who he is talking to.

Continuity

A shorted and looped version of "Dad Rock" from "The Father" plays at the Children's Future Ball.
Gumball's middle name is mentioned for the first time since "The Club."
This is the second episode that Gumball mentions Chatsnap. The first episode was "The Vegging."

Cultural references

This episode is a satire/social commentary of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with the characters representing certain figures and attitudes during the election process, and the increasing temperature (which is ignored throughout the whole episode by everyone but Darwin) representing global warming.
"32 Donkeys Playing on a Sled" is a reference to poorly-animated "Elsagate" kids videos on YouTube, particularly those that use the "5 Little Monkeys" song.
Banana Joe uses the term "Sheeple," a term generally used when talking about government conspiracies and the people of a nation or system being extremely gullible and manipulable.
The domain of the website Banana Joe visits (www.neckbeardfrogalternativetruth.ru) is the combination of all the things related to the alt-right and the alt-lite.
- "Neckbeard" is a term used to refer to people (usually said to be overweight) with strong political views within right-wing forums. The term is associated with the growth of facial hair on one's neck.
- The "frog" in the domain name is a reference to the famous internet meme and Boy's Club character Pepe the Frog, which became commonly used by the alt-right in 2016 as a mascot, and was labeled as a hate symbol by Hillary Clinton's campaign.
- Alternative Truth is based on the phrase "Alternative Facts" by Kellyanne Conway, member of the Trump administration.
- The .ru is the internet country code for a domain that was created for Russia. This is a reference to the claim that Russian hackers interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
- Banana Joe mentions that this website helps to prevent him from listening to the "lamestream media"; as in the mainstream media, which includes news outlets like The New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC. A common belief within both the alt-lite and the alt-right is that traditional media outlets are politically biased and try to sway the public's opinion.
Sarah later mentions that Joe will never find true love and end up being married to an anime body pillow. The anime body pillow is a direct allusion to Dakimakura, a large pillow that portrays a life-size image of an anime character.
Chatsnap, as mentioned by Gumball and Clare, is an obvious reference to the Snapchat app.
When Bobert says "...this room will be lit," Gumball responds with positivity, given his initial thought of the slang definition of "lit," meaning exciting and turned up.
The way how Gumball interrupts the episode to talk to the viewers could be a reference to Kuzco interrupting the audience during the beginning of the Disney film The Emperor's New Groove.
The scene where Idaho passes out is a reference to a 2009 incident in which Columbia University professor David Buckner passed out on the set of Fox News's Glenn Beck, later going viral on YouTube.
Shazoo is a parody of the Shazam app, used to identify music using a microphone.

Goofs/errors

The Fitzgerald par ents, Mrs. Jötunheim, and Felicity are seen at the party, but Penny, Hector, and Billy are not included in this episode.
Darwin states that he has no reception on his phone. A couple of minutes later, Banana Joe holds his phone and there is a website opened where he gets all of his sources.
While the children watch the video of "32 Donkeys Playing on a Sled," Darwin asks Gumball sarcastically if he does not want to see what happens to the thirty-second donkey, even though at the time he says this they have already seen the thirty-second donkey hurt his leg, and are now watching the thirty-third donkey doing the same.
The gym in this episode is located outside of the school, while in "The Sucker" the swimming pool is the one located outside.

Other titles

Français (French): Le candidat (The Candidate)
Polski (Polish): Kandydat (The Candidate)
Български (Bulgarian): Кандидатът (The Candidate)
Русский (Russian): Кандидат (The Candidate)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): Ứng Viên (The Candidate)
Türkçe (Turkish): Aday (The Candidate)

References

↑ http://affiliate.zap2it.com/tv/the-amazing-world-of-gumball-the-candidate/EP014122931650?aid=mailonline

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Episode 1 The DVD	Episode 2 The Responsible	Episode 3 The Third	Episode 4 The Debt

Episode 5 The End	Episode 6 The Dress	Episode 7 The Quest	Episode 8 The Spoon

Episode 9 The Pressure	Episode 10 The Painting	Episode 11 The Laziest	Episode 12 The Ghost

Episode 13 The Mystery	Episode 14 The Prank	Episode 15 The Gi	Episode 16 The Kiss

Episode 17 The Party	Episode 18 The Refund	Episode 19 The Robot	Episode 20 The Picnic

Episode 21 The Goons	Episode 22 The Secret	Episode 23 The Sock	Episode 24 The Genius

Episode 25 The Poltergeist	Episode 26 The Mustache	Episode 27 The Date	Episode 28 The Club

Episode 29 The Wand	Episode 30 The Ape	Episode 31 The Car	Episode 32 The Curse

Episode 33 The Microwave	Episode 34 The Meddler	Episode 35 The Helmet	Episode 36 The Fight



Episode 1 The Remote	Episode 2 The Colossus	Episode 3 The Knights	Episode 4 The Fridge

Episode 5 The Flower	Episode 6 The Banana	Episode 7 The Phone	Episode 8 The Job

Episode 9 Halloween	Episode 10 The Treasure	Episode 11 The Apology	Episode 12 The Words

Episode 13 The Skull	Episode 14 The Bet	Episode 15 Christmas	Episode 16 The Watch

Episode 17 The Bumpkin	Episode 18 The Flakers	Episode 19 The Authority	Episode 20 The Virus

Episode 21 The Pony	Episode 22 The Hero	Episode 23 The Dream	Episode 24 The Sidekick

Episode 25 The Photo	Episode 26 The Tag	Episode 27 The Storm	Episode 28 The Lesson

Episode 29 The Game	Episode 30 The Limit	Episode 31 The Voice	Episode 32 The Promise

Episode 33 The Castle	Episode 34 The Boombox	Episode 35 The Tape	Episode 36 The Sweaters

Episode 37 The Internet	Episode 38 The Plan	Episode 39 The World	Episode 40 The Finale



Episode 1 The Kids	Episode 2 The Fan	Episode 3 The Coach	Episode 4 The Joy

Episode 5 The Puppy	Episode 6 The Recipe	Episode 7 The Name	Episode 8 The Extras

Episode 9 The Gripes	Episode 10 The Vacation	Episode 11 The Fraud	Episode 12 The Void

Episode 13 The Boss	Episode 14 The Move	Episode 15 The Law	Episode 16 The Allergy

Episode 17 The Mothers	Episode 18 The Password	Episode 19 The Procrastinators	Episode 20 The Shell

Episode 21 The Burden	Episode 22 The Bros	Episode 23 The Mirror	Episode 24 The Man

Episode 25 The Pizza	Episode 26 The Lie	Episode 27 The Butterfly	Episode 28 The Question

Episode 29 The Saint	Episode 30 The Friend	Episode 31 The Oracle	Episode 32 The Safety

Episode 33 The Society	Episode 34 The Spoiler	Episode 35 The Countdown	Episode 36 The Nobody

Episode 37 The Downer	Episode 38 The Egg	Episode 39 The Triangle	Episode 40 The Money



Episode 1 The Return	Episode 2 The Nemesis	Episode 3 The Crew	Episode 4 The Others

Episode 5 The Signature	Episode 6 The Check	Episode 7 The Pest	Episode 8 The Sale

Episode 9 The Gift	Episode 10 The Parking	Episode 11 The Routine	Episode 12 The Upgrade

Episode 13 The Comic	Episode 14 The Romantic	Episode 15 The Uploads	Episode 16 The Apprentice

Episode 17 The Hug	Episode 18 The Wicked	Episode 19 The Traitor	Episode 20 The Origins

Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two	Episode 22 The Girlfriend	Episode 23 The Advice	Episode 24 The Signal

Episode 25 The Parasite	Episode 26 The Love	Episode 27 The Awkwardness	Episode 28 The Nest

Episode 29 The Points	Episode 30 The Bus	Episode 31 The Night	Episode 32 The Misunderstandings

Episode 33 The Roots	Episode 34 The Blame	Episode 35 The Slap	Episode 36 The Detective

Episode 37 The Fury	Episode 38 The Compilation	Episode 39 The Scam	Episode 40 The Disaster



Episode 1 The Rerun	Episode 2 The Stories	Episode 3 The Guy	Episode 4 The Boredom

Episode 5 The Vision	Episode 6 The Choices	Episode 7 The Code	Episode 8 The Test

Episode 9 The Slide	Episode 10 The Loophole	Episode 11 The Fuss	Episode 12 The Copycats

Episode 13 The Potato	Episode 14 The Outside	Episode 15 The Vase	Episode 16 The Matchmaker

Episode 17 The Box	Episode 18 The Console	Episode 19 The Ollie	Episode 20 The Catfish

Episode 21 The Cycle	Episode 22 The Stars	Episode 23 The Grades	Episode 24 The Diet

Episode 25 The Ex	Episode 26 The Sorcerer	Episode 27 The Menu	Episode 28 The Uncle

Episode 29 The Weirdo	Episode 30 The Heist	Episode 31 The Singing	Episode 32 The Best

Episode 33 The Worst	Episode 34 The Deal	Episode 35 The Petals	Episode 36 The Nuisance

Episode 37 The Line	Episode 38 The List	Episode 39 The News	Episode 40 The Puppets



Episode 1 The Rival	Episode 2 The Lady	Episode 3 The Sucker	Episode 4 The Vegging

Episode 5 The One	Episode 6 The Father	Episode 7 The Cringe	Episode 8 The Cage

Episode 9 The Neighbor	Episode 10 The Anybody	Episode 11 The Faith	Episode 12 The Candidate

Episode 13 The Pact	Episode 14 The Shippening	Episode 15 The Brain	Episode 16 The Parents

Episode 17 The Founder	Episode 18 The Schooling	Episode 19 The Intelligence	Episode 20 The Potion

Episode 21 The Spinoffs	Episode 22 The Transformation	Episode 23 The Understanding	Episode 24 The Ad

Episode 25 The Ghouls	Episode 26 The Stink	Episode 27 The Awareness	Episode 28 The Slip

Episode 29 The Drama	Episode 30 The Buddy	Episode 31 The Possession	Episode 32 The Master

Episode 33 The Silence	Episode 34 The Future	Episode 35 The Wish	Episode 36 The Factory

Episode 37 The Agent	Episode 38 The Web	Episode 39 The Mess	Episode 40 The Heart

Episode 41 The Revolt	Episode 42 The Decisions	Episode 43 The BFFs	Episode 44 The Inquisition

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v • e



Episode 1 The DVD	Episode 2 The Responsible	Episode 3 The Third	Episode 4 The Debt

Episode 5 The End	Episode 6 The Dress	Episode 7 The Quest	Episode 8 The Spoon

Episode 9 The Pressure	Episode 10 The Painting	Episode 11 The Laziest	Episode 12 The Ghost

Episode 13 The Mystery	Episode 14 The Prank	Episode 15 The Gi	Episode 16 The Kiss

Episode 17 The Party	Episode 18 The Refund	Episode 19 The Robot	Episode 20 The Picnic

Episode 21 The Goons	Episode 22 The Secret	Episode 23 The Sock	Episode 24 The Genius

Episode 25 The Poltergeist	Episode 26 The Mustache	Episode 27 The Date	Episode 28 The Club

Episode 29 The Wand	Episode 30 The Ape	Episode 31 The Car	Episode 32 The Curse

Episode 33 The Microwave	Episode 34 The Meddler	Episode 35 The Helmet	Episode 36 The Fight



Episode 1 The Remote	Episode 2 The Colossus	Episode 3 The Knights	Episode 4 The Fridge

Episode 5 The Flower	Episode 6 The Banana	Episode 7 The Phone	Episode 8 The Job

Episode 9 Halloween	Episode 10 The Treasure	Episode 11 The Apology	Episode 12 The Words

Episode 13 The Skull	Episode 14 The Bet	Episode 15 Christmas	Episode 16 The Watch

Episode 17 The Bumpkin	Episode 18 The Flakers	Episode 19 The Authority	Episode 20 The Virus

Episode 21 The Pony	Episode 22 The Hero	Episode 23 The Dream	Episode 24 The Sidekick

Episode 25 The Photo	Episode 26 The Tag	Episode 27 The Storm	Episode 28 The Lesson

Episode 29 The Game	Episode 30 The Limit	Episode 31 The Voice	Episode 32 The Promise

Episode 33 The Castle	Episode 34 The Boombox	Episode 35 The Tape	Episode 36 The Sweaters

Episode 37 The Internet	Episode 38 The Plan	Episode 39 The World	Episode 40 The Finale



Episode 1 The Kids	Episode 2 The Fan	Episode 3 The Coach	Episode 4 The Joy

Episode 5 The Puppy	Episode 6 The Recipe	Episode 7 The Name	Episode 8 The Extras

Episode 9 The Gripes	Episode 10 The Vacation	Episode 11 The Fraud	Episode 12 The Void

Episode 13 The Boss	Episode 14 The Move	Episode 15 The Law	Episode 16 The Allergy

Episode 17 The Mothers	Episode 18 The Password	Episode 19 The Procrastinators	Episode 20 The Shell

Episode 21 The Burden	Episode 22 The Bros	Episode 23 The Mirror	Episode 24 The Man

Episode 25 The Pizza	Episode 26 The Lie	Episode 27 The Butterfly	Episode 28 The Question

Episode 29 The Saint	Episode 30 The Friend	Episode 31 The Oracle	Episode 32 The Safety

Episode 33 The Society	Episode 34 The Spoiler	Episode 35 The Countdown	Episode 36 The Nobody

Episode 37 The Downer	Episode 38 The Egg	Episode 39 The Triangle	Episode 40 The Money



Episode 1 The Return	Episode 2 The Nemesis	Episode 3 The Crew	Episode 4 The Others

Episode 5 The Signature	Episode 6 The Check	Episode 7 The Pest	Episode 8 The Sale

Episode 9 The Gift	Episode 10 The Parking	Episode 11 The Routine	Episode 12 The Upgrade

Episode 13 The Comic	Episode 14 The Romantic	Episode 15 The Uploads	Episode 16 The Apprentice

Episode 17 The Hug	Episode 18 The Wicked	Episode 19 The Traitor	Episode 20 The Origins

Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two	Episode 22 The Girlfriend	Episode 23 The Advice	Episode 24 The Signal

Episode 25 The Parasite	Episode 26 The Love	Episode 27 The Awkwardness	Episode 28 The Nest

Episode 29 The Points	Episode 30 The Bus	Episode 31 The Night	Episode 32 The Misunderstandings

Episode 33 The Roots	Episode 34 The Blame	Episode 35 The Slap	Episode 36 The Detective

Episode 37 The Fury	Episode 38 The Compilation	Episode 39 The Scam	Episode 40 The Disaster



Episode 1 The Rerun	Episode 2 The Stories	Episode 3 The Guy	Episode 4 The Boredom

Episode 5 The Vision	Episode 6 The Choices	Episode 7 The Code	Episode 8 The Test

Episode 9 The Slide	Episode 10 The Loophole	Episode 11 The Fuss	Episode 12 The Copycats

Episode 13 The Potato	Episode 14 The Outside	Episode 15 The Vase	Episode 16 The Matchmaker

Episode 17 The Box	Episode 18 The Console	Episode 19 The Ollie	Episode 20 The Catfish

Episode 21 The Cycle	Episode 22 The Stars	Episode 23 The Grades	Episode 24 The Diet

Episode 25 The Ex	Episode 26 The Sorcerer	Episode 27 The Menu	Episode 28 The Uncle

Episode 29 The Weirdo	Episode 30 The Heist	Episode 31 The Singing	Episode 32 The Best

Episode 33 The Worst	Episode 34 The Deal	Episode 35 The Petals	Episode 36 The Nuisance

Episode 37 The Line	Episode 38 The List	Episode 39 The News	Episode 40 The Puppets



Episode 1 The Rival	Episode 2 The Lady	Episode 3 The Sucker	Episode 4 The Vegging

Episode 5 The One	Episode 6 The Father	Episode 7 The Cringe	Episode 8 The Cage

Episode 9 The Neighbor	Episode 10 The Anybody	Episode 11 The Faith	Episode 12 The Candidate

Episode 13 The Pact	Episode 14 The Shippening	Episode 15 The Brain	Episode 16 The Parents

Episode 17 The Founder	Episode 18 The Schooling	Episode 19 The Intelligence	Episode 20 The Potion

Episode 21 The Spinoffs	Episode 22 The Transformation	Episode 23 The Understanding	Episode 24 The Ad

Episode 25 The Ghouls	Episode 26 The Stink	Episode 27 The Awareness	Episode 28 The Slip

Episode 29 The Drama	Episode 30 The Buddy	Episode 31 The Possession	Episode 32 The Master

Episode 33 The Silence	Episode 34 The Future	Episode 35 The Wish	Episode 36 The Factory

Episode 37 The Agent	Episode 38 The Web	Episode 39 The Mess	Episode 40 The Heart

Episode 41 The Revolt	Episode 42 The Decisions	Episode 43 The BFFs	Episode 44 The Inquisition

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Catastrophe

[The episode starts in front of the door of the art room as vocalized music plays. Several students, wildly battling each other, crash through the door. Tobias tackles Bobert, while Clare jumps onto Sarah. This leads to complete chaos, as flames and ruins are scattered all over the lockers]

Anais: Wait! Stop!

Bobert: [To Tobias] Give up. You have a two percent chance of defeating me. [Tobias hits him with one of the locker doors] You have a four percent chalice of repeating me. [Tobias hits him again] You have a squirrel chocolate geography hairbrush.

[Bobert collapses in error. Tobias screams in triumph and runs off-screen]

Anais: [Appearing from background] Wait, we have to work together!

[As Sarah throws her head at Clare, everything freezes. Gumball walks into frame, addressing the viewer]

Gumball: They say lions throw their cubs off ravines and only raise the ones strong enough to climb back up. Well, firstly, that's not true, and it's also completely irrelevant to the story, but it makes for a cool opening. You might be wondering how things got to this point. It all started yesterday evening. I remember it as if it were yesterday... evening.

Before the Charity Ball

[Rewind to the previous day, with the Wattersons in their car. However, the Watterson children are completely annoyed by their arrival to the Charity Ball]

Gumball: Why do we have to go back to school?! We already wasted the whole day there!

Nicole: How can someone be so grumpy going to a charity ball, especially when it's about building a better future for children?

Gumball: Yeah, one chocolate fountain at a time.

Richard: How are we supposed to raise awareness for the children of tomorrow if we have low blood sugar today?

Gumball: Maybe your generation should have thought about our future before ruining the economy.

Darwin: And the environment.

Anais: And the education system!

Gumball: And ruining Chatsnap by following their kids! Not related, but I think it should be said.

Richard: You think we had it easy? When I finished high school, all I had was three dollars in my pocket. So, what did I do? I bought a house, a car, and started a family. And the other two dollars went into my savings.

Gumball: You guys just don't realize, do you?

Richard: I realize that, in spite of how self-entitled my kids are, I still have space in my heart to think about their future.

Gumball: More like space in your stomach for free prawn cocktails and fruit punch.

Anais: And if you really care about us, why do we have to be stuck in a room with some bargain-bin VHS tape, while you animals party like it's nineteen-ninety-nine B.C.?

Nicole: For your information, it will be a very formal and civilized evening.

Children's Future Ball

[Cut to the aftermath of the Children's Future Ball: all the parents and teachers seem to all be sleeping in an ironically uncivilized and informal manner; Richard is then shown to be laid out on a giant plate with a roasted pig in his mouth, poking out every time he snores. During the scene, loud rock music plays in the background]

Voice: I'm gonna rock you till you do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll—

[In the art room, a crudely animated music video for children plays on a television]

Voice: [On television] Thirty-two donkeys playing on a sled,

One fell off it and hurt his leg

Santa called the doctor, and the doctor said,

"No more donkeys playing on that sled!"

Thirty-three donkeys playing on a sled...

[All the students whose parents are contributing to the charity ball are shown to be completely exhausted]

Gumball: This has to stop!

Darwin: Really? Don't you want to see what happens to the thirty-second gosh-DARN DONKEY?!

Gumball: At least it's a distraction.

[The television turns itself off with a remote placed against its head, suggesting a method of "killing itself." In response, Gumball screams to an insane extent, and with overwhelming tears, knocks repeatedly on the door]

Gumball: Let us out! Let us out! [Cries in vain and lets out an abundance of tears]

Darwin: [Walks up to Gumball, holding a phone up to detect a signal] Still no signal. There must be some way to open that door.

Gumball: I've tried everything— turning the handle clockwise, turning it counterclockwise, not turning it, staring at it for a while... [Eyes become watery] ...telling you about it.

Darwin: [Sweating] I'm more worried about the heat. Is it me, or is the room getting globally much warmer?

[Nicole is shown to be unconsciously blowing her party horn, which, upon extending, presses the button of the thermostat, which increases the temperature at high intervals]

Gumball: [Sweating] Meh, seems fine to me. I'm hungry.

[Gumball goes to the table to get a cookie, and as he does, the sweat of his steps evaporate instantly. As Gumball is about to eat the cookie, Tobias slaps it away from his hand]

Tobias: Okay, I'd like to point out that, as my parents paid for half of this fundraiser, ninety percent of that cookie belongs to me.

Anais: That's not how math works.

Tobias: Check your textbook.

Anais: [Searches for a fraction section in the textbook] Fractions, fractions... ah! "Half always equals whatever Tobias wants"? What?! [Flips textbook to reveal the back] "This textbook was generously funded by the Wilson family"?!

Tobias: I'll look after that. [Eats the whole cookie]

[Gumball and Anais sigh]

Tobias: Mm-mm. [Spits out a crumb, representing Gumball's portion] You're welcome.

Anais: That's not fair! Who knows how long we're gonna be stuck in here for? We need to apportion our resources equally.

Idaho: "Apportion resources equally"? Sounds to me like highfalutin' city garble to keep all the food for yourselves! You should do what we simple countryfolk call "good old-fashioned equitable distribution of commodities."

Anais: What?

Clare: [Sighs loudly] Yeah, Anais, you think you're so woke, but if you truly cared about the cause, you'd be giving that food to the endangered trees of the Amazon.

Anais: [Even more puzzled] Wha— what?

Banana Joe: Wake up, sheeple! It's the other people we should worry about, coming through that door and stealing our food!

Anais: The door's locked, Joe. That's the main part of our problem.

Banana Joe: Not according to my sources.

Anais: And where are you getting your information from?

Banana Joe: [Pulls out phone] Www (dot) neckbeardfrogalternativetruth (dot) ru. I'm too clever to let myself get manipulated by the lamestream media— which brings me to my next problem.

Sarah: [Holding her head melting from the heat] How you'll never find love and end up marrying an anime pillow?

Banana Joe: No, that's number three. I meant I think I'm coming down with some weird disease. The doctor said my heart's gone black, and my bad breath may be due to my soul rotting.

Tobias: Well, there isn't much to discuss about that food anyway. It already belongs to me!

[Tobias, Gumball, Idaho, Anais, Banana Joe, Sarah, and Clare argue against each other]

Darwin: GUYS! Shouldn't we focus on the rising temperature? It's kind of boiling in here...

[Felix collapses as he "sheds" his shell, due to being boiled]

Darwin: ...Literally.

Bobert: I concur. If the temperature continues to rise at this rate, in three hours, this room will be lit.

Gumball: Sounds pretty good!

Bobert: I mean, literally on fire; it is a scientific fact.

Banana Joe: Bobert, facts are like stars—

Anais: They're always in the sky, but you can't always see them.

Banana Joe: No, they're like shiny holes in the dark light of my ignorance, and I don't like 'em!

Anais: [Sighs] Okay, guys, what are we going to do about the food?

Gumball: Mmm... fight?

[All the students except Anais chatter in agreement and clash together, split in a parallel line formation, wildly assailing each other. Leslie yells and launches his own pot, which ends up causing him to fly off as well. Tobias and Gumball, fighting, are suddenly frightened by the projectile launch. Banana Joe and Hot Dog Guy come on-screen, fighting each other. After they battle on the floor, they end up with Hot Dog Guy wearing Banana Joe's peel and arms, and Banana Joe wearing Hot Dog Guy's buns and arms. Banana Joe manipulates the disconnected peel to close, trapping and crushing Hot Dog Guy inside, and laughs in triumph, only to be beat up by Hot Dog Guy's arms. Clare and Sarah enter, with Clare biting and crushing Sarah's head to the extent where the some of the ice cream launches out of her end, resulting in a fart noise. Clare then gets off and slips on the spilled ice cream. Anais reacts in horror. Alan enters, pulling Colin by the foot]

Colin: Let me go!

[Bobert randomly shoots with his laser, causing Anais to duck. Idaho cries in battle and ends up being grabbed by Gumball to be thrown. Anais finally cries out, stopping everyone except Idaho, who keeps spinning in midair]

Anais: STO-OP! How about we hold an election to choose a leader?

Tobias: Yeah.

Colin: Yeah.

Alan: Fine by me.

Gumball: All right, I'm cool with that.

Bobert: Yes, that's fair.

[Everyone, except Idaho, calmly gather together]

Idaho: [Still spinning] Uh, fellas, what about— uh, uh, can someone give me a hand? I, uh— okay, I'm gonna pass out. I— I— I'm passing out. Uh, ah, gone. [Passes out]

Democracy

[Anais and Tobias are made candidates in the debate. As they are both standing behind podiums ready to convince the others to vote for them, Anais delivers her own speech first]

Anais: My slogan is easy to understand: "Vote for progressive distribution, not regressive attribution."

Banana Joe: That's about as easy to understand as a Scottish scatman wearing a diving helmet!

All others: Yeah!

Tobias: Exactly. My slogan is much clearer: "Vote for me [Under breath] I'll keep everything for myself." [Smiles]

Clare: That sounds as fishy as your best friend's boyfriend liking your Chatsnap photos at three in the morning!

All others: Yeah!

Banana Joe: And enough with the blah-blah and the politricks. It's forcing me to think, and thinking makes me angry!

[The others angrily comment on the subject, in a mob-like manner]

Anais: Guys, please calm down!

Darwin: Can we at least talk about the temperature? It's so hot in here, the saliva in my mouth is starting to bubble! We need to—

[Darwin hallucinates that he is in a tropical island and runs around, laughing; then falls to the floor. The arguing students notice and stop for a moment, then return their verbal debate]

Colin: I demand change! Change! Change!

All others: [Following his words] Change! Change! Change!

Anais: But I'm offering you change!

Idaho: Yeah, but it's the same change as before!

Anais: But nobody else is more competent than me to take us through these hard times!

Banana Joe: Enough with the competent people doing nothing! We want incompetent people doing something!

Idaho: The people are craving hope!

Gumball: [Stomping on Idaho] Did somebody call for a "raving dope"?

Anais: What? No, they said—

Gumball: The people have spoken! If they want a slack-jawed bozo to take charge, then I shall be their champion. [Goes to the podium]

Tobias: But I— [Is pushed off by Gumball]

Gumball: You want change?!

Others: Yeah!

Gumball: Tired of fancy words?!

Others: Yeah!

Gumball: How about this for a slogan?! [Makes an incomprehensible assortment of various sounds while making various expressions]

Others: [Short pause] Yeah! [Applause]

Banana Joe: He's just saying what we're all thinking!

Darwin: But what will you do about the temperature?!

Gumball: There's no problem with the temperature.

Darwin: Just look at yourself!

Gumball: [Revealed to presumably be wearing only his underwear] It's not hotter. It's just less cold.

Darwin: Dude! Your head is literally on fire!

Gumball: [Revealed to have his head on fire] No, it's not.

[In response to the fire, the roof sprinklers shoot water below, extinguishing the flame]

Gumball: See?

[Darwin gasps when a puddle forms in front of him and tries to gather up to drink water as much as he can. However, it instantly evaporates, and Darwin wells up tears, which also evaporate]

Anais: Okay, listen, you can vote for me, and I promise I'll do my best to get us out of this situation. Or you can vote for some loon in his underpants who doesn't even know the meaning of the adversity we're all facing!

Gumball: Pbht, I know exactly what "vardersity" means.

[Anais raises her eyebrow in skepticism]

Gumball: [Reading a dictionary] Oh, what do you know? Turns out it's not some kind of dance.

Anais: [Sighs] Please, this is serious! Vote, and vote wisely. Our future— everyone's future— depends on it!

[The students seem to fully interpret Anais' message; however, Gumball ends up being the most voted, as he is shown taking the oath of leader]

Gumball: [With his hand on the book] I, Gumball T. Watterson, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of leader of this group...

Anais: In their desire for change, the people forgot that they could get short-changed.

Darwin: But he's only one guy. I mean, how much harm can he—

Catastrophe and Remedy

[The scene then returns to the beginning of the episode, with the students fighting each other exactly as seen before]

Anais: Wait, stop!

[Everything freezes as Gumball comes on-screen to speak to the viewer again]

Gumball: And that brings us back to now. I know they'll blame me, but it was once said that the higher we soar, the smaller we appear to salty little people who can't fly, [Gradually becoming furious] 'cause they're losers, and therefore, blaming me for every little thing, even though they kind of elected you in the first place—

Anais: [Interrupting] Gumball...

[Everything resumes as the students continue to fight each other]

Anais: What are you doing?

Gumball: I'm dictating my memoir. What do you think of the title? "An Eagle Amongst Pigeons."

Anais: This is not the time!

Gumball: Fine! [Dictating in a poetic manner] He said confidently, the flickering light reflected in his fierce, imperious eyes—

Anais: Gumball, you're responsible for the whole school falling apart! Now it's time to get your people back together!

Gumball: [Sighs] All right, fine. [Runs and climbs up a pile of thrown items to build height] Everybody, stop!

[As his voice sounds out through the whole area, the students stop in response; Idaho unfortunately has been thrown and now spins in midair again]

Idaho: Oh, come on.

Gumball: In these troubled times, a true leader must take it upon himself to unify his people. Maybe what you need is a common enemy, someone to take the blame for the greater good.

[Anais nods to him. In response, he nods back]

Gumball: And it is my duty to inform you that enemy... [Inhales] is Anais.

Anais: What?!

Gumball: What? You just nodded. I thought that meant you were cool with it.

[Anais groans]

Gumball: [Sighs] Anyone else want to take the blame?

[The students are then shown running through the hallways]

Anais: Quick! It's so hot, the whole school's crumbling!

Gumball: [Following after the crowd, trapped in a pillory and covered with bruises and food, due to being the one who has taken the blame] Guys, wait for me!

[The students walk up to a unavoidably large hole on the floor and gasp]

Darwin: What are we gonna do?!

Anais: If we use everyone's skills, we could pull through this together!

[Tobias is shown throwing money at the hole]

Anais: Tobias? What are you doing?

Tobias: Throwing money at the problem.

Anais: Okay, money isn't the solution to every problem.

[The hole is entirely filled with money, fixing the problem]

Tobias: It is if you've got enough.

[The students run over the "bridge" of dollars. They then run through an overwhelming cloud of smoke and cough in reaction]

Clare: Wait! I've got this. Anais, say something clever.

Anais: Okay. We can eliminate the toxic particles in the smoke by creating a filtration system using our wet clothes—

[Clare groans exaggeratedly, causing an enormous wind to blow out most of the smoke]

Anais: Okay, rude.

Darwin: But effective.

[The crowd of students resume running through the corridors past the boiler, in which Darwin slows down to show his concern]

Darwin: Wait! What about the boiler?

Gumball: It's a boiler, Darwin! It boils! [Guides Darwin back to the group]

Anais: Quick! We're almost there!

[A large piece of the roof collapses upon Clare. Anais gasps]

Clare: My face!

Leslie: Don't worry, I'll fix this! [Does handwork on her face]

Anais: Of course! The natural healing properties of plants!

Leslie: [Reveals Clare's face with makeup] Uh, no, I mean she might not make it, but at least she'll go down on fleek.

[The school's verge to completely collapsing frightens the students]

Anais: Come on, quick!

[The students scream as they barely escape the overbearing dust cloud that results from the school collapsing]

Unsatisfying End

All: Yeah! [Celebrate their survival]

Banana Joe: We made it!

Anais: Yeah, but no thanks to them. [Points to the charity ball at the gymnasium]

[The charity ball is still revealed to be full of dormant parents; Banana Joe's parents are then shown playing with their mouths during their sleep]

Voice: Do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the rock 'n' roll— do the—

Gumball: That's right, Anais, it's all thanks to... me. I mean, if I hadn't seized power after lying to everyone and embezzled all the food and fuelled your differences until you hated each other and started a civil war in the school that almost led to your extinction, you guys wouldn't be here being all chummy.

Tobias: Oh, why, you little— [Throws Idaho]

Anais: Stop!

[Idaho once again spins continously]

Gumball: Yes, enough of this violence!

Anais: No, it's just that he was gonna miss.

[Anais readjusts Idaho to launch into Gumball's face, which he does, giving Gumball a black eye]

Anais: The important thing is we all worked together. It means there's still hope for the future. We can leave this school a better place than we—

[The school explodes, due to the lack of maintenance of the boiler, resulting in piles upon piles of flame-ridden debris. Gumball, Anais, and Darwin reemerge. Gumball and Anais have horrified and shocked expressions while Darwin looks at them angrily]

Darwin: Told you we should have done something about that overheating problem.

[Episode ends]

v • e



Episode 1 The DVD	Episode 2 The Responsible	Episode 3 The Third	Episode 4 The Debt

Episode 5 The End	Episode 6 The Dress	Episode 7 The Quest	Episode 8 The Spoon

Episode 9 The Pressure	Episode 10 The Painting	Episode 11 The Laziest	Episode 12 The Ghost

Episode 13 The Mystery	Episode 14 The Prank	Episode 15 The Gi	Episode 16 The Kiss

Episode 17 The Party	Episode 18 The Refund	Episode 19 The Robot	Episode 20 The Picnic

Episode 21 The Goons	Episode 22 The Secret	Episode 23 The Sock	Episode 24 The Genius

Episode 25 The Poltergeist	Episode 26 The Mustache	Episode 27 The Date	Episode 28 The Club

Episode 29 The Wand	Episode 30 The Ape	Episode 31 The Car	Episode 32 The Curse

Episode 33 The Microwave	Episode 34 The Meddler	Episode 35 The Helmet	Episode 36 The Fight



Episode 1 The Remote	Episode 2 The Colossus	Episode 3 The Knights	Episode 4 The Fridge

Episode 5 The Flower	Episode 6 The Banana	Episode 7 The Phone	Episode 8 The Job

Episode 9 Halloween	Episode 10 The Treasure	Episode 11 The Apology	Episode 12 The Words

Episode 13 The Skull	Episode 14 The Bet	Episode 15 Christmas	Episode 16 The Watch

Episode 17 The Bumpkin	Episode 18 The Flakers	Episode 19 The Authority	Episode 20 The Virus

Episode 21 The Pony	Episode 22 The Hero	Episode 23 The Dream	Episode 24 The Sidekick

Episode 25 The Photo	Episode 26 The Tag	Episode 27 The Storm	Episode 28 The Lesson

Episode 29 The Game	Episode 30 The Limit	Episode 31 The Voice	Episode 32 The Promise

Episode 33 The Castle	Episode 34 The Boombox	Episode 35 The Tape	Episode 36 The Sweaters

Episode 37 The Internet	Episode 38 The Plan	Episode 39 The World	Episode 40 The Finale



Episode 1 The Kids	Episode 2 The Fan	Episode 3 The Coach	Episode 4 The Joy

Episode 5 The Puppy	Episode 6 The Recipe	Episode 7 The Name	Episode 8 The Extras

Episode 9 The Gripes	Episode 10 The Vacation	Episode 11 The Fraud	Episode 12 The Void

Episode 13 The Boss	Episode 14 The Move	Episode 15 The Law	Episode 16 The Allergy

Episode 17 The Mothers	Episode 18 The Password	Episode 19 The Procrastinators	Episode 20 The Shell

Episode 21 The Burden	Episode 22 The Bros	Episode 23 The Mirror	Episode 24 The Man

Episode 25 The Pizza	Episode 26 The Lie	Episode 27 The Butterfly	Episode 28 The Question

Episode 29 The Saint	Episode 30 The Friend	Episode 31 The Oracle	Episode 32 The Safety

Episode 33 The Society	Episode 34 The Spoiler	Episode 35 The Countdown	Episode 36 The Nobody

Episode 37 The Downer	Episode 38 The Egg	Episode 39 The Triangle	Episode 40 The Money



Episode 1 The Return	Episode 2 The Nemesis	Episode 3 The Crew	Episode 4 The Others

Episode 5 The Signature	Episode 6 The Check	Episode 7 The Pest	Episode 8 The Sale

Episode 9 The Gift	Episode 10 The Parking	Episode 11 The Routine	Episode 12 The Upgrade

Episode 13 The Comic	Episode 14 The Romantic	Episode 15 The Uploads	Episode 16 The Apprentice

Episode 17 The Hug	Episode 18 The Wicked	Episode 19 The Traitor	Episode 20 The Origins

Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two	Episode 22 The Girlfriend	Episode 23 The Advice	Episode 24 The Signal

Episode 25 The Parasite	Episode 26 The Love	Episode 27 The Awkwardness	Episode 28 The Nest

Episode 29 The Points	Episode 30 The Bus	Episode 31 The Night	Episode 32 The Misunderstandings

Episode 33 The Roots	Episode 34 The Blame	Episode 35 The Slap	Episode 36 The Detective

Episode 37 The Fury	Episode 38 The Compilation	Episode 39 The Scam	Episode 40 The Disaster



Episode 1 The Rerun	Episode 2 The Stories	Episode 3 The Guy	Episode 4 The Boredom

Episode 5 The Vision	Episode 6 The Choices	Episode 7 The Code	Episode 8 The Test

Episode 9 The Slide	Episode 10 The Loophole	Episode 11 The Fuss	Episode 12 The Copycats

Episode 13 The Potato	Episode 14 The Outside	Episode 15 The Vase	Episode 16 The Matchmaker

Episode 17 The Box	Episode 18 The Console	Episode 19 The Ollie	Episode 20 The Catfish

Episode 21 The Cycle	Episode 22 The Stars	Episode 23 The Grades	Episode 24 The Diet

Episode 25 The Ex	Episode 26 The Sorcerer	Episode 27 The Menu	Episode 28 The Uncle

Episode 29 The Weirdo	Episode 30 The Heist	Episode 31 The Singing	Episode 32 The Best

Episode 33 The Worst	Episode 34 The Deal	Episode 35 The Petals	Episode 36 The Nuisance

Episode 37 The Line	Episode 38 The List	Episode 39 The News	Episode 40 The Puppets



Episode 1 The Rival	Episode 2 The Lady	Episode 3 The Sucker	Episode 4 The Vegging

Episode 5 The One	Episode 6 The Father	Episode 7 The Cringe	Episode 8 The Cage

Episode 9 The Neighbor	Episode 10 The Anybody	Episode 11 The Faith	Episode 12 The Candidate

Episode 13 The Pact	Episode 14 The Shippening	Episode 15 The Brain	Episode 16 The Parents

Episode 17 The Founder	Episode 18 The Schooling	Episode 19 The Intelligence	Episode 20 The Potion

Episode 21 The Spinoffs	Episode 22 The Transformation	Episode 23 The Understanding	Episode 24 The Ad

Episode 25 The Ghouls	Episode 26 The Stink	Episode 27 The Awareness	Episode 28 The Slip

Episode 29 The Drama	Episode 30 The Buddy	Episode 31 The Possession	Episode 32 The Master

Episode 33 The Silence	Episode 34 The Future	Episode 35 The Wish	Episode 36 The Factory

Episode 37 The Agent	Episode 38 The Web	Episode 39 The Mess	Episode 40 The Heart

Episode 41 The Revolt	Episode 42 The Decisions	Episode 43 The BFFs	Episode 44 The Inquisition

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