Opening theme

Opening theme
Episode	“The DVD” onwards
Season	1-6
Length	0:20 (United Kingdom, Europe and other countries) 0:10 (United States of America/other episodes)
Key	G major

The opening theme is the theme song of The Amazing World of Gumball. The full introduction is aired along with most worldwide airings of the show, but the US decided not to air the full theme. Instead, the US airs a shortened version that simply plays the ending note of the original opening theme along with the title screen of the series.

Creation

The title card.

For the composing of the theme song, Ben Bocquelet asked composer Ben Locket to score the original early reel of the show in 2010. Bocquelet sent Locket various production images, and Locket felt the show needed a bright and quirky theme with a good vibe to match the feeling of the colorful art styles. The arrangement was created for the early reel, but was later redone for the opening of the show.

Opening

In the United Kingdom and most other parts of the world, the opening theme music and video are played before each airing of The Amazing World of Gumball. The introduction is a disjointed display of various psychedelic images of various inhabitants of the city of Elmore, accompanied by a cheery and bright melody.

US version

In the United States airings of The Amazing World of Gumball, the theme song is shortened to a length of five seconds. A possible reason for this is the American version of Cartoon Network tends to sell as much advertising as possible to maximize profits. This is a common tactic used by American television networks that often precludes full end credits from being shown, often abridging, minimizing, or, in Nickelodeon and the USA's case, showing the credits on the lower left part of the screen as the episode is ending, to the chagrin of many viewers who may miss gags/extra bits during the credits.

Characters (in order)

• Gumball
• Anais
• Richard
• Nicole
• Darwin
• Saturn
• Moon
• Ocho
• Mr. Robinson
• Masami
• Tina
• Anton
• Donut Cop
• Rocky
• Alan
• Sussie
• Jamie
• Bobert
• Larry
• Miss Simian
• Carrie
• Idaho
• Banana Joe
• Leslie
• Principal Brown
• Penny

Cartoon Network Anything

On the Cartoon Network Anything app, a modified version of it plays with other CN characters:

• Gumball
• Finn
• Jake
• Starfire
• Grizzly Bear
• Clarence
• Steven
• Banana Guards
• Ice Bear
• Chloe
• Belson
• Mordecai
• Cats
• Rigby
• Darwin
• Giant Realistic Flying Tiger
• Pizza Steve
• Garnet

Gallery

Trivia

• "The DVD," "The Quest," "The Pony," "The Shell," "The Procrastinators," "The Return," "The Nemesis," "The Others," "The Crew," "The Boredom," and "The Faith" are the only episodes that aired with the full opening theme in the United States. These airings occurred on the following dates:
  • May 2^nd, 2011 with "The DVD" (premiere)
  • November 29^th, 2011 with "The Quest" (rerun)
  • January 12^th, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
  • June 6^th, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
  • July 11^th, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
  • September 24^th, 2012 with "The Quest" (rerun)
  • June 12^th, 2013 with "The Pony" (premiere)
  • November 23^rd, 2014 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (premiere)
  • January 2^nd, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • February 8^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • March 8^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • April 14^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • April 18^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • April 29^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • May 22^nd, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • May 24^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • June 15^th, 2015 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • July 7^th, 2015 with "The Return" (premiere)
  • July 10^th, 2015 with "The Nemesis" (premiere)
  • October 10^th, 2015 with "The Return" (rerun)
  • November 4^th, 2015 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
  • February 6^th, 2016 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • March 1^st, 2016 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • March 30^th, 2016 with "The Return" and "The Others"
  • May 2^nd, 2016 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
  • September 23^rd, 2016 with "The Nemesis" and "The Crew" (rerun)
  • April 1^st, 2017 with "The Boredom"
  • February 23^rd, 2018 with "The Faith" (premiere)
  • October 18^th, 2018 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • December 10^th, 2019 with "The Faith" (rerun)
  • January 21^st, 2020 with "The Faith" (rerun)
  • February 3^rd, 2020 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • March 20^th, 2020 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
  • April 18^th, 2020 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • May 8^th, 2020 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • May 31^st, 2020 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • July 15^th, 2020 with "The Return" (rerun)
  • July 16^th, 2020 with "The Shell" and "The Procrastinators" (rerun)
  • October 29^th, 2020 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
  • May 4^th, 2021 with "The Nemesis" (rerun)
• On all four The Amazing World of Gumball DVD releases, every single episode has the UK opening.
• On Max, a decent number of episodes contain the full opening, while some episodes use the shorter theme used in the US.
  • On Hulu, every episode uses the full opening theme. The only exception is "The Check," where the intro is not shown at all.
• Principal Brown, who appears near the end on top of Miss Simian's head, appears to be a happy version of himself animated using live-action photos instead of flash-animated as he is in the show itself.
• The melody of the theme can be heard in "What He Thinks About Us!".
• Some parts of the theme can be heard in the chorus of "Make the Most of It."
• The opening credits changed on February 23^th, 2018, (“The Faith”), as Bocquelet and Graves are now listed as Series Creator and Series Director, respectively, and both Executive Producers.