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Season:

3

Broadcast number:

96

Production code:

GB302

Premiere dates

U.S. air date:

October 9, 2014

U.K. air date:

March 23, 2015

International premieres:

Brazil/Latin America: December 29, 2014
France: March 16, 2015
Poland: April 16, 2015
Hungary: April 21, 2015

Credits

Written by:

Ben Bocquelet
Guillaume Cassuto
Tom Crowley
Tobi Wilson

Storyboarded by:

Aurelie Charbonnier

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"The Shell" is the twentieth episode of Season 3 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 96^th episode overall.

Synopsis

After accidentally cracking open Penny's shell, Gumball encourages her to show the world who she really is.

Plot

SPOILER AHEAD!

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Gumball and Penny are acting out the final scene of their school play, Beauty and the Beast, Gumball as the Beast and Penny as Belle. At the final resolution, Penny announces they should kiss. Gumball fills with shock, and Penny tells him she is improvising. The play is fast drawing to a close, so Gumball attempts to kiss her but does so too quickly and inadvertently head-butts her.

In the dressing room, Gumball is upset over having fumbled on his kiss, and it turns out his unintended head-butt has caused Penny's shell to crack on her eye. She is worried, and is shown quickly covering her eye after something is shown sparkling inside , so Darwin tries to cover her crack up, to no avail. Reluctantly they all decide to face Mr. Fitzgerald.

On the walk to her house, after Gumball and Darwin question her about it, Penny reveals under her shell is the real her, but no one can see it because her dad will flip. Mr. Fitzgerald is dismayed upon discovering the crack on his daughter's face. Gumball argues that whatever is underneath her shell is nothing to be ashamed of, but an enraged Mr. Fitzgerald prohibits him and her from seeing each other again.

At home, Gumball is too distraught to eat dinner or even discuss his problem with his family. He goes to his bedroom alone to cry, and soon Penny shows up at his window. She announces that her father is moving her to another school. Shocked, Gumball protests and encourages Penny to be herself. She takes his advice, and sheds her shell, revealing her true form - a glowing, antlered fairy-like creature with wings. Gumball is too stunned to finish his sentence, leading Penny to misinterpret his response as negative. Thinking she must look ugly, Penny shape-shifts into an ugly creature. He tries to explain, but she shape-shifts through her emotions thinking she must be a monster and flees his bedroom before he can declare that she looks "extraordinary."

Gumball runs after Penny, trying to tell her what he really thinks of her, but Penny keeps evading him. Soon, Penny encounters Tobias' parents in their car. After Harold flees, Jackie calls the pest control. Penny continues fleeing from Gumball. On another road, Penny encounters her father in the car (who is surprised and distraught to see her out of her shell). Gumball then goes to Penny and protects her from her father's remarks (that are unintentionally offensive to Penny, especially when he remarks that she has become a monster). After Penny shape-shifts to a dragon and flies away, Gumball finally stands up to Mr. Fitzgerald for speaking without thinking. After that, he tells him to "pop the hood" of his car (on which Gumball is standing) and Gumball is sent flying to Penny.

He clings onto Penny's leg and struggles to cling on. By this point, he has gathered that Penny only shape-shifts based on her emotions, Penny says that he might get hurt and that he is too heavy for her to keep flight upwards. Then Gumball lets go and smashes into the Bananas' house and Penny lands on the roof. After finding his way through the house, Gumball jumps out of another window and grabs on to Penny's leg. Penny starts flying again, and they fly through a road filled with cars. To stop Penny from hitting a truck, Gumball says that "[She is] nothing!" to make her shrink to a much smaller form, which she does. Gumball catches her, and barely avoids the cars on the road, but she did not know that he only said that to make her shrink and avoid hitting the truck. She then shapeshifts to another ugly form and continues to the forest.

Pest control arrives, and the pest controller takes a tranquilizer gun. Just as he is about to shoot Penny, Mr. Fitzgerald rams into his van, making the pest controller miss his shot, and encourages Gumball to go after Penny. The pest controller loads another dart into his gun and fires a second time, but this time he hits Nicole by accident. The rest of the Wattersons (aside from Gumball) arrive with her.

Gumball goes to find Penny in the forest, and he finds her in a wolf form. Penny says to Gumball that she knows he was just trying to protect her, she also grieves her appearance and asks Gumball if he could really love her. Gumball assures her that her looks do not define who she is but rather just how she feels. Then Gumball finally admits his true feelings for her by kissing her. This makes Penny feel beautiful and joyful again and so she reverts back to her default form as a fairy.

The two then embrace their mutual love and they gaze at each other affectionately. Gumball's family and Mr. Fitzgerald gather round to watch them happily, Richard announcing as he realizes that the way they have come to be as a couple is exactly the same as how the characters they played in the school play did, to which Anais comments on how everyone had already figured that out.

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Characters

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Minor characters

Trivia

This episode reveals what Penny looks like without her shell. It also marks the last time she is seen with her shell (with the exceptions of "The Countdown," "The Mirror," "The One," "The Silence," and "The Decisions," in which she is erroneously seen wearing it) and the first time she appears without it.
This was the first episode of season 3 to be revealed.^[1]
The soap and hair dye in Banana Bob's bathtub has Daniel Lennard's name as the brand.
Later in the episode, Banana Barbara's painting shows the scene that comes right after hers.
- This becomes the focus of the main plot in "The Oracle."
Gumball breaks the fourth wall when he asks why he and Penny are always in space when they want to kiss.
This episode reveals that Mr. Fitzgerald's first name is Patrick.
Forty-six characters appear in this episode, making it the episode with the third-most appearances so far. This episode is beaten by "The World," in which eighty-three characters appear, as well as "The Butterfly" and "The Spoiler" which are tied with sixty-five character appearances.
This episode won a BAFTA for best animation in the children's animation category.^[2]^[3]
- This episode also won two British Animation Awards for the categories Best Children's Series and Children's Choice.
This is Guillaume Cassuto's favorite episode of season 3.
Running gag: When Richard gets way too into the story, he shouts out the obvious.

Continuity

This is Penny's seventh major role. The first six were in "The Pressure," "The Party," "The Date," "The Knights," "The Flower," and "The Dream."
The wig Gumball wears for the play is identical to his hairstyle seen in "The Void" after using hairspray.
One of the faces Gumball makes is exactly like the one he made in "The Sweaters" when Penny told Gumball that it would be brave and kind of attractive if he fought Carlton and Troy.
This is the second time Penny sneaks away from her dad and goes to the Watterson's house. The first was in "The Knights."
This is the fifth time that two characters kiss on the lips. The first time was in "The Kiss," the second time was in "Halloween," the third was "The Boombox," and the fourth was in "The Extras."
This marks the third episode where Gumball and Penny are in outer space when they are about to kiss. The first time was in "The Pressure," and the second time was in "The Party."
This is the first episode in which Gumball and Penny kiss on the lips successfully.
This is the first time Banana Barbara's prophetic paintings are seen. They would show up again in "The Oracle."
This is the first episode where the status quo was not restored at the end, as Penny is still shell-less and is dating Gumball in the next episode.
This is the fourth time Patrick has crashed his car. He crashed his car three times in "The Knights" and "The Internet."
Music from "The Password" is reused.
A filler character can be seen, resembling Pantsbully's old design.

Cultural references

Ben Bocquelet described the episode as "Miyazaki-esque."^[4]
- References are made to some of Hayao Miyazaki's films, such as when Penny morphs into a dragon (which resembles Haku when he is in his dragon form in Spirited Away), and a wolf, a la Princess Mononoke.
  - Her pig form is also a reference to Princess Mononoke.
- Gumball kissing Penny who is in another form (specifically her wolf form) could be a reference to Howl's Moving Castle when Sophie kisses Howl (who is also in another form, specifically his bird form).
Gumball's response to Penny that he is sweating through his eyes is similar to a line from the Phineas and Ferb episode "Voyage to the Bottom of the Buford," where Buford responds that he is sweating through his eyes when anyone asks him if he is crying.
The school play is Beauty and the Beast, a well-known fairy tale written by French novelist Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, and published in 1756. Richard calling Gumball "Gum-Belle" is a likely reference to the protagonist of the 1991 Disney adaptation being named "Belle" instead of the proper "Beauty."
- Additionally, the song that plays when Gumball and Penny kiss seems to be a pastiche on "Tale as Old as Time" from the 1991 film.
The logo on the pest controller's van resembles the Ghostbusters logo and the van is similar to the exterminator's van used by The Bug in Men in Black. The exterminator himself being a giant humanoid cockroach may also be a reference to the character's true form in Men in Black.

Goofs/errors

When Darwin says "Pass me the paint roller," his eyelashes disappear.
When Darwin was explaining to Nicole what was wrong with Gumball, her food and bowl change colors.
When the camera moves towards Darwin in the scene where the family is sharing each other's food, Nicole's food, and bowl fade away too early.
When Richard says "No! It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!" there is another picture of the Wattersons (like the one downstairs), but a portion of it is transparent, fading into the texture of the wall.
When the Wattersons are eating, Anais eats food from nobody as Richard waits for Gumball to feed him.
When everyone watches Gumball and Penny drift back to earth after kissing, Nicole and Richard's eyelashes are missing, although Richard's eventually reappear.
When Patrick crashes his car into the pest controller's truck, it shows the truck and Patrick's car on one highway lane, the other highway lane blocked by a guard rail. When Nicole stops her car to stop the pest controller preparing to shoot at Penny, the Wattersons' car is on the other lane which is blocked by the guard rail, and Nicole is on the same side as the pest controller's truck and Patrick's car. In between the shot looking through the exterminator's scope, and the wide shot of Nicole and the exterminator, she seems to teleport through the guardrail, and into the opposite lane.

Other titles

Italiano (Italian): Il guscio (The Shell)
Polski (Polish): Skorupa (The Shell)
Türkçe (Turkish): Kabuk (The Shell)
日本語 (Japanese): 飛びだせ!ペニー (Fly away! Penny)
العربية (Arabic): جمال الروح (The beauty of the soul)
Български (Bulgarian): Черупката (The Shell)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): Cái Vỏ (The Shell)
Русский (Russian): Скорлупа (The Shell)

References

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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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Miscellaneous

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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School Play

[The episode opens on Elmore Junior High, which is showing a school play of Beauty and the Beast. Gumball, portraying the beast, hammily stumbles around the stage as though he is dying]

Gumball: [Gagging] Oh, my heart! Oh, it is broken! Argh! I'm going! [Strains] I'm going! Argh! Ooh! This is the end of me! [Groans] Argh! My heart! [He gurgles and babbles incoherently until abruptly stopping and falling onto the floor]

[The audience sighs in relief. Gumball starts gurgling again, much to their annoyance]

Audience: Aaah...?

[Gumball continues gagging off-screen]

Richard: [Whimpering] Is the beast gonna be all right? He just wanted to be loved!

[Anais pats Richard on the shoulder to calm him down while still reading her book]

[Gumball continues gurgling, before finally falling over with a death rattle. The lighting spotlights on Darwin, who is sweating with a nervous look on his face]

Darwin: Uuuuuuuuhhhh...

[Mr. Small reaches his arm on-screen and makes Darwin talk by moving his mouth]

Darwin: [Monotonously] When Belle came to see the Beast, she realized that she had loved him all along and cried for her lost love.

[The lighting switches back to Gumball and Penny, who is crying. Suddenly, Gumball stands up, now wearing a blonde wig in place of the beast mask]

Gumball: Thanks to your tears, Belle, the curse has been lifted!

Richard: [Stands up] They called him a beast, because he looked like a beast, but her love made him beautiful!

Penny: Yeah. Now that the fairy's curse has been lifted, we can finally seal our love, [Whispers] with a kiss!

[Gumball's face lights up and the stage falls away. Penny and Gumball are floating in space once again, like they always do when they are about to kiss. Penny readies her lips for kissing]

Gumball: Is this really happening?! 'Cause there was no kiss in rehearsals.

Penny: [Whispering] I kinda improvised.

Gumball: [Hyperventilates] Then how come we're not exploding?! We're in space! And why are we always in space when we're gonna kiss? Also—

Penny: [Whispering] Come on, hurry up. Everyone's looking.

[Camera briefly cuts to the audience. A cough can be heard]

Penny: [Whispering] Three, two, one...

[Gumball inhales deeply and accidentally headbutts Penny. The curtains subsequently close]

A Small Crack

[We cut to the dressing room. Gumball is sobbing on the floor]

Darwin: Come on, I'm sure it wasn't that bad.

Gumball: [Lifts his head up, with his face being melted] Not that bad?! If I did that in a cage fight, I'd be disqualified! [Continues sobbing with his face on the floor] This can't be happening!

Penny: Okay guys, don't panic. We don't know how bad it is yet. Come on, tell me how it looks.

[Penny reveals her eye to Gumball and Darwin. They both inhale sharply]

Gumball: Uhh... it's a nice scar. Gives you character, like a... beautiful warlord or an adorable Frankenstein, or something.

Penny: Wait, I've got a scar?!

Darwin: No, don't worry. It's not a scar, it's more of a crack!

Penny: What?! How bad is it?!

Gumball: [Speaking sweetly] Oh, no, it's cute! It's like there was a teeny-weeny really pretty earthquake in your face.

[Penny looks at herself in the mirror and examines the crack in her eye. Something yellow sparks up within it, so she quickly covers up her eye again]

Gumball: What was that?

Penny: Nothing!

Gumball: Ohh, what have I done?!

[Gumball takes Penny's hand and slaps his face with it repeatedly]

Penny: [Sighs] What are you doing?

Darwin: Hurting your head made his heart hurt, so he's hurting his head with your hand to heal his heart.

[Gumball spins Penny in her chair, making her accidentally kick Gumball. He then takes Penny's foot and slams it against his head repeatedly]

Penny: [Sighs] Look, if you really want to do something, just help me fix this.

Darwin: Hmm. Well, maybe if we put the accent on your good eye and integrate the area of discontent into the piece as a whole, no one will notice. Okay, pass me the rouge [Applies rouge to Penny's eye]. Okay, pass me the mascara [Applies mascara to Penny's eye]. Forget it, pass me the paint roller.

[Scene cuts to the outside of the room and then to Penny with a crudely drawn eye and mouth on the right side of her face]

Penny: Guys, this isn't going to work. [Softly] I'm going to have to tell my dad.

Street

[Gumball, Darwin and Penny are walking down the street at night]

Gumball: Hey, so, um, you know when you were looking at your eye and there was that... mm... what was that?

Penny: [Dismissively] Don't know what you mean.

Gumball: You know, there was that... [Makes a bubbly, crackling noise]

Penny: I have no idea what you're talking about.

Gumball: You know. The... [Babbles]

Penny: I really don't know—

Darwin: [Shouting] What's in the shell, woman?!

Penny: [Sighs] Okay. It's the... It's the real me.

Gumball: Get outta here! Can I see?

Penny: No. No one can see. My dad would go nuts.

Gumball: Don't worry, young lady. [Laughing] I am the nutcracker! [Laughs; Darwin and Penny look angry] Oh, that's funny. 'Cause I cracked your shell, and... uh... [Laughs nervously and then sighs]

[Darwin imitates a rim shot]

The Fitzgerald House

[Gumball and Penny are both flapping their tongues at each other, looking angry]

Darwin: Okay, I think you've done enough argument warm-up. Are you ready to tell her dad now?

[Gumball takes the newspaper Darwin was reading and shoots his tongue through it, making several holes]

Gumball: Yeah, I guess it's time. [Inhales deeply] No, I'm still terrified.

[Gumball and Penny start flapping their tongues again]

[Penny's father, Patrick, opens the door. Penny is facing Gumball with her back towards her father, giving the appearance of the two of them French kissing]

Patrick: Hey! What's going on here?!

[Penny gasps and covers her cracked eye, moving away]

Patrick: Penny! Where were you? We were worried sick!

Gumball: Mr. Fitzgerald! Can I call you Rob?

Patrick: No.

Gumball: Can I call you Bobby?

[Patrick grunts]

Gumball: Bobert? The Bebop? Burcher? Bobzilla? No, wait! Trebor! [Chuckles] That's Robert backwards.

Patrick: My name is Patrick.

Penny: Okay Dad, before you say anything, don't get mad.

[Penny removes her hand from her eye, revealing the crack]

Patrick: What the—?! What happened?

[Patrick steps forward]

Patrick: [To Gumball] Were you involved in this?

Darwin: I wouldn't say involved, more like directly responsi—

[Gumball grabs Darwin's tongue]

Gumball: I don't see the problem. I mean, what's inside that shell that's so scary?

Patrick: Something unstable and dangerous, and we need to fix this right now!

Gumball: HEY!

[Patrick drags Penny inside, Gumball and Darwin follow]

Penny: What if I don't want to be fixed?!

Patrick: You don't know what you want, Penny. [Turns to Gumball and Darwin, slamming his fist on a table] AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE MESSING WITH!

Gumball: [Slams his fist on the table as well, but starts shaking] How would you know?!

Penny: He's right, Dad. Everyone in the family has spent their whole lives hiding from themselves!

Patrick: Penny, you're grounded!

Penny: Ugh! [Walks away]

Patrick: [To Gumball] Now listen, you. Penny is my daughter, AND I DECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR HER!

Gumball: [Suddenly stands up higher than Patrick, who staggers back] What?! So "best" is not being herself?!

[Camera zooms out, revealing Gumball standing on Darwin's shoulders. Unimpressed, Patrick pushes Gumball and Darwin out, slamming the door]

Gumball: Hey Patrick, come on! Pat! Pat-man! Patty-cakes? Let's just go.

[Gumball, dejected, leaves the Fitzgerald's house, riding on Darwin]

The Watterson House

[Everyone is eating dinner. Anais feeds Nicole her food, Nicole feeds Darwin, and Darwin tries to feed Gumball, but he refuses to eat. Richard gapes at Gumball, silently motioning to be fed]

Anais: Why are we doing this again?

Nicole: Because your father is always jealous of what's on his neighbor's plate.

Anais: But why do we all have to do it?

Nicole: Because he always cries when he's the first one to finish.

Richard: Nicole! Operation Greener Grass has failed! The chain is compromised! We are losing calories! Repeat: we are losing calories!

Nicole: What's wrong, Gumball, honey? Don't you like Darwin's dinner?

Gumball: I don't wanna talk about it.

[Darwin stops eating]

Darwin: Gumball headbutted Penny, and now he's never allowed to see her again. [Continues eating]

Gumball: I meant I don't want anybody to talk about it.

Richard: Aww, come here. [Hugs Gumball, then licks some of his food]

Penny's True Form

[Gumball walks off to his bedroom, depressed]

Nicole: You okay, honey? You had nothing to eat.

Gumball: Pft, don't worry mom! I'm a big boy, I'll be fine.

[Once inside his room, Gumball leaps onto his bed and cries. He stops when he hears and sees Penny knocking on the window of his room outside]

Gumball: Penny?

[Gumball lifts his head up, revealing a facial imprint on the pillow. He then opens the window and lets Penny in]

Penny: Thanks. Gumball, I came to… [Notices Gumball's eyes are red] Have you been crying?

Gumball: No! I just have really sweaty eyes. Wait, that's disgusting. [Sighs] Yeah, I was crying.

Penny: I came to say… I'm moving to another school. Dad thinks it's for the best.

Gumball: WHAT THE WHAT?! Excuse my French, Penny, BUT THIS IS TOTAL BAGUETTE! It is not for the best that you're forbidden—

[Nicole, Anais, Darwin and Richard are listening to them through the door. Richard's stomach growls]

Gumball: [Off-screen] —to be who you really are!

Penny: [Off-screen] But there's no other way.

Anais: Shh!

Darwin: Shh!

Nicole: Shh!

Richard: Shh! [His stomach stops growling]

Penny: [Off-screen] What do you want me to do?

[Scene changes back to the bedroom]

Gumball: Be yourself. Come out of your shell.

Penny: But maybe you wouldn't like the real me.

Gumball: There's no way that could be true. Whatever is inside, we can deal with it together.

Penny: Together?

Gumball: Together.

Penny: You're right. You're right! I'm gonna do it!

Gumball: That's it. Break free, Penny!

Penny: Okay, here we go! [Begins to glow] I'm gonna be… MYSELF!

[Penny's voice echoes and her body bursts into light as she breaks free from her shell and reveals her true form to Gumball: a golden, glowing fairy-like being with wings]

Gumball: What the what? Y-you look… you look—

Penny: What? Do I look bad? [She shape-shifts into a gremlin]

Gumball: No! You look, uh—

Penny: [Raspy voice] I look disgusting, don't I?!

Gumball: No, Penny, I think you look—

Penny: Don't look at me! [Deep voice] I'M A MONSTER!!!

[Penny shape-shifts into an amorphous fist, breaks through the wall of Gumball's room, and flies away, now in the form of a gargoyle]

Gumball: No, Penny, wait! You look… extraordinary.

Richard: NO! It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been really easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!

[Nicole slowly opens the door and the rest of the Wattersons rush into Gumball's room]

[Gumball climbs down the ladder, going after Penny]

Gumball: Penny, please wait!

Nicole: Gumball!

Chasing After Penny

[Penny shape-shifts into a jackalope. Gumball continues running after her]

Gumball: Penny! Let me finish… please stop running! My sweat marks are reaching my pants!

[Penny stops and looks back]

Gumball: Please, please…

[Gumball continues, panting and trying to finish his sentence]

Penny: [High-pitched voice] Oh Gumball, stop trying! You've said enough. How can anyone [Transforms into a minotaur, adopting a loud, distorted voice] LOVE THIS?! [Smashes the pavement]

[Penny runs into the street, and in front of the Wilsons' car. It screeches to a halt]

Jackie: Ah! Harold, do something!

Harold: [Deep, serious voice] Don't worry, honey, I'll deal with this. [Opens the car door and runs away]

Jackie: [Sighs, then dials a number on her phone] Hello, is that pest control? Yeah, yeah, I need help! What does it look like? Kinda like an ugly cow on steroids but… uglier.

[Penny groans dismally and runs away]

Gumball: PENNY, COME BACK!

Penny: I'm disgusting! I'm a disgusting pig! [Shape-shifts into a slimy, warthog-like creature]

[Gumball and Penny encounter Patrick in his car. It screeches to a halt]

Patrick: What the…? You came out of your shell.

Gumball: [Laughs nervously] I know, she looks fantastic, right?

Patrick: What have you done? You've turned her into a freak.

Gumball: A freak…ishly beautiful young lady. [Laughs nervously]

Patrick: She looks like a pig-

Gumball: -ture of beauty. Ha ha, absolutely!

Patrick: You turned my daughter into a monster!

Gumball: -truck! Of... prettiness?

[Penny shrieks as she transforms into a dragon]

Penny: [Deep voice] Gumball, please tell my father that the monster's gone to live in the forest, with all the other beasts! [Flies away]

[Gumball turns to Patrick, with an angry expression on his face]

Patrick: What?

Gumball: [Mockingly imitates Patrick] Ohh, I wonder why my daughter is upset after I called her a freaky pig monster!

[Gumball hops on the hood of Patrick's car]

Gumball: NOW, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO SHUT UP! Think about what you've done! Do you realize you were wrong?! [Patrick nods] Good! But don't beat yourself up about it, parenting is hard! Now pop the hood!

[Patrick pops the hood of his car, launching Gumball up into the sky, and onto Penny]

Gumball: I'm not letting you leave!

Penny: Gumball, no! You'll get hurt!

Gumball: Ah! Look out! AAH!

[A plane approaches them. They barely dodge it]

Gumball: Penny! Go up go up GO UP!

Penny: You're too heavy!

Gumball: Aww, man!

[Gumball crashes into a window of the Banana's house. Penny lands on the roof]

The Bananas' House

[Gumball lands in Banana Barbara's studio, where she is painting a picture of him. Weirded out a bit, he runs into the bathroom (the scene that Banana Barbara had painted him in), startling a bathing Banana Bob]

Banana Bob: [High-pitched] AAAAH! [He puts on his mustache, and the scream deepens] AAAAH!

[Gumball bursts into Banana Joe's room, where he sees him on the computer, watching an orange being peeled. Banana Joe turns around, looking shocked, and Gumball looks back, clearly confused, and slowly closes the door. Finally, the scene cuts outside the house, where Penny is preparing to take off]

Gumball: WAIT!

[Gumball crashes out of another window, and grabs Penny's leg as she flies off again]

Penny: Gumball, get off. Let me go!

Gumball: NOOOOOO!

[Gumball screams in terror as the two of them are now flying hastily over the Elmore Expressway]

Pest Control

Penny: Why do you care? I'm nothing to you now!

[Penny is flying into the path of an oncoming truck]

Gumball: Y-you know what? Maybe you're right, you're nothing to me!

[The truck is approaching fast]

Gumball: You hear? You're nothing!

[Hurt by this remark, Penny shape-shifts into a small spirit form, which resembles her shell. Gumball catches her and tumbles under the oncoming truck]

Penny: [High-pitched voice; sadly] I knew it!

Gumball: No, no, no! I just said that so you'd shrink.

[Penny shape-shifts into a hairy creature and flees. A pest control van pulls up in front of Gumball]

Pest controller: Pest control! [Loads a dart gun] Outta the way!

[The pest controller aims his gun at Penny. Patrick rams his car into the pest controller's van, making him miss his shot. Penny stops and looks back for a moment before growling and getting back on her tracks]

Patrick: Hey, kid! Go get her.

[Gumball nods, and runs after her. Patrick's car's airbag suddenly deploys. The pest controller, now out of his van, loads another dart and aims at Penny. The rest of the Wattersons, in their car, block his shot, and Nicole exits the car]

Nicole: Stop! I command you to [Gets shot by a dart] stooooooop. [Goes limp]

Pest controller: Oh, creepers! I am so sorry, madam!

Nicole: [Slurring] How dare you! You shot me! Kids, help me teach this guy a lesson.

[Darwin and Anais grab her limp arm and leg, stretching them over to the pest controller, and repeatedly slap him with them]

[Richard exits the car and calls out to Gumball]

Richard: That's it, Gum-Belle! Go save the beast!

A Happy Ending

[In the forest, a wolf is heard howling]

Gumball: Penny? Penny?

[Pushing aside some branches, he finds Penny, now in the form of a wolf, and walks towards her. Penny grunts, knowing he has found her]

Gumball: You know I… I-I was trying to protect you back there.

Penny: [Deep, rasping voice] Yes, I know.

Gumball: And you know why?

Penny: Yes, I know why. But just look at me, what will you think when people laugh at us?

Gumball: No offense, but you kiiinda looked like a big coconut with holes in it before.

Penny: But do you really think you could love… [Bares teeth and growls] THIS?!

Gumball: That's not what you are, it's just how you feel. [Whispers] And this is how I feel…

[Gumball grabs Penny and kisses her on the lips. Penny's eyes widen in surprise and she lets out a small gasp. As they kiss, the space background reappears and Penny morphs back through all her previously seen forms in reverse chronological order until she is back to her base form. Finishing the kiss, they stare at each other affectionately. Richard (in the background with the rest of the Wattersons and Patrick, watching them happily) vocalizes the music, heavenly]

Richard: [In tears of happiness] She was a monster! [Sniffs] But he made her beautiful… [Sniffs] …with his love [Sniffs] …like in their play, but backwards!

Anais: Yeah, I kinda think we all got that, Dad.

[Episode ends]

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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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