Teri

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Teri Season 2 onwards Season 1 Young Early reel

Character Information Gender: Female ♀ (final concept) Male ♂ (prototype) Also known as: Paper Boy (by Gumball in the early reel) Species: Paper bear Age: 12 Friends: Gumball (at times) Darwin Penny Masami Molly Carrie Carmen Leslie Bobert Juke Sarah Ms. Markham (unrequited) Rocky William Rob (formerly) Enemies: Miss Simian Jamie Tina Tobias the virus Gumball (at times) Relatives: Unnamed mother Unnamed father Brian (uncle) Occupation: Student, school cheerleader First Appearance: The early reel (prototype) "The Third" (final concept) Voice: Teresa Gallagher Juan Dellaglio (early reel) Gallery Color Scheme coat cloth eye outline none none

Teri is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. She is a hypochondriac, and can usually be found in the nurse's office. Despite her being a bit self-absorbed, she is a very nice girl. She is also notable for her severe germaphobia.

Appearance

Teri is a slightly crumpled paper cutout of a bear. Her design resembles that of a school kid doodling on a piece of folder paper, and then cutting it out. She is usually seen wearing a blazer, which is commonly used for school uniforms or formal occasions and she has three blush lines permanently drawn on her cheeks.

In season 2, she acquires eyebrows, though the rest of her design remains unchanged.

In "The Origins: Part Two," she is shown to be smaller and her facial features are crudely drawn, resembling a child's drawing.

In her early design, she appears to be male, wearing only underwear and having visible nipples.

Personality

Teri is a hypochondriac, and her hypochondriac tendencies seep into many facets of her personality. Teri is a hypochondriac to the point she is fairly delusional, believing that she has contracted a number of ailments based on one or two flimsy and exaggerated pieces of evidence. This is especially apparent in "The Virus" and "The Allergy;" in both episodes, she believes that she has fallen ill to a multitude of diseases, causing her to make a fool of herself, much to the irritation of others. This habit of hers lands her in the nurse's office nearly every day.

Hypochondria and germaphobia go hand-in-hand with each other, and Teri is no exception. In much of her free time, Teri can be caught with a spray bottle in hand, disinfecting everything and everyone in her path. Even those who she views as friends, such as Gumball and Darwin, are not safe from her wrath of cleanliness, as evidenced by "The Virus," in which she and Gumball have an argument about Gumball's refusal to wash his paw after Penny high-fived it.

Her hypochondria does pay off, however. Because she is so fearful of the microscopic world, she has dedicated much of her study time to learning how to fend off the vile creatures. This makes Teri one of the more intelligent members of her class.

When she puts aside her fears, Teri is one of the nicer characters on the show, willing to befriend everyone that gives her a chance.

Abilities

Being made out of paper, Teri has several anomalous characteristics. She can both slip into extremely narrow spaces (such as the crack of a door) and can disappear by turning sideways (both demonstrated in "The Night"). She can also fold or crumple herself into a more compact form to fit into a tight space, such as crumpling into a paper ball ("The Night") or fold into a paper sleeve ("The Virus"). In the latter episode, Teri exploits her lack of a skeletal system by bending her head completely behind her back to avoid being decapitated by a rotary saw blade (though Gumball and Darwin initially assumed she had been killed). This is shown again when Darwin pushes her head and it folds completely backwards in "The Matchmaker." Teri can also completely rip herself in half at will, as shown in "The Pact." She can also alter her appearance and manipulate her features using a writing utensil. This includes drawing tears and a surgical mask on her face, erasing her mouth, drawing a sleeping mask over her eyes, and drawing clothes on herself ("The Virus" and "The Night").

But also being made of paper makes Teri extremely weak. She "slapped" Gumball in "The Party," which looked more like a 'stroke' and didn't hurt him at all. She can easily be damaged and subjected to pain, something shown frequently throughout the series. Teri can also be saturated from being exposed to water, as shown in "The Agent" (although she wasn't affected by the rain in "The Flower"). But despite her physical weakness, she was able to (with great effort) hold on to Gumball's wrist and forcefully move his arm despite his resistance. Though as Darwin pointed out, this was mostly just due to Gumball's own physical weakness ("The Virus").

Episode appearances

Prototype

• Early reel: Her debut. She is male, and is blown into the girls' bathroom.

Season 1

• "The Third": She is in the schoolyard.
• "The End": She is at the park.
• "The Dress": She is among the students worshiping Gumball while he is in a dress.
• "The Pressure": She is with the other treehouse girls.
• "The Ghost": She is scared by Carrie.
• "The Mystery": She is in the library.
• "The Gi": She laughs with the crowd at Gumball.
• "The Kiss": She cheers for Gumball.
• "The Party": She is at the party.
• "The Genius": She reads a book.
• "The Mustache": She is in class.
• "The Date": She appears on Penny's painting.
• "The Ape": She is in class.
• "The Curse": She is in a photo on the wall.
• "The Meddler": She is in class.
• "The Fight": She wants to watch the fight.

Season 2

• "The Fridge": She has bees almost sting her.
• "The Flower": She helps Penny get up after she falls.
• "The Banana": She is in the hallway.
• "The Phone": She plays a xylophone.
• "The Apology": She wants to watch Gumball and Darwin fight.
• "The Words": She is in class. Later, she gets into an argument with Darwin.
• "The Skull": Clayton imagines that she cheers for him.
• "The Virus": Her first major role. She annoys Gumball by being a hypochondriac.
• "The Hero": She says that her father can beat rock.
• "The Sidekick": She is in the yearbook.
• "The Photo": She is pushed by Banana Joe.
• "The Storm": She says that Alan and Masami both float.
• "The Game": She is in class.
• "The Tape": She is in the tape.

Season 3

• "The Coach": She is surprised by Jamie apologizing to Gumball.
• "The Joy": She is in class and Miss Simian burns a hole in her face. Later, she is a zombie and Miss Simian rips off her arms.
• "The Recipe": She is on the bus. Later, she says hi to Anton.
• "The Void": She is ripped up by Carmen.
• "The Move": She pours water on Tobias' face.
• "The Allergy": She is in the nurse's office and is blown out a window by Darwin. Later, she is in the schoolyard and gets hit in the face by Sarah's head.
• "The Bros": She sees Darwin in the women's locker room.
• "The Mirror": She is in class.
• "The Lie": She is on the bus.
• "The Saint": She tells someone to give Tobias CPR.
• "The Safety": She appears on one of the monitors.
• "The Society": She is part of the school play, and is later in the fake secret society.
• "The Spoiler": She is on the bus.
• "The Countdown": She is in class.
• "The Nobody": She walks by Gumball, Darwin, and Rob.
• "The Triangle": She is in the school band.
• "The Money": She is on the bus and disintegrates.

Season 4

• "The Return": She is on the bus.
• "The Pest": She is turned sideways by Gumball.
• "The Gift": She tries to get a gift for Masami. Later, she tries to figure out what Masami wants, and is later at her birthday party.
• "The Upgrade": She is in gym class. Later, she is in class and passes out after playing a flute for too long.
• "The Comic": She sings Laserheart's theme song.
• "The Uploads": She turns over William's paper.
• "The Hug": She is on the bus.
• "The Origins: Part Two": She is scared by Darwin.
• "The Girlfriend": She is in gym class.
• "The Advice": She tears in half twice.
• "The Bus": She is on the bus and thinks Richard, Dexter, Principal Brown, and Harold are hijackers.
• "The Night": She draws on her face to go to sleep. Later, she has a dream about being naked at school.
• "The Compilation": She sings part of "Weird Like You And Me" and is blown away by the wind.

Season 5

• "The Stories": She is on the bus.
• "The Guy": She goes under a door to avoid being friends with Anais.
• "The Vision": Gumball imagines that she steals Clayton's idea.
• "The Potato": She sings happy birthday to Idaho in a flashback.
• "The Matchmaker": Her second major role. She is forced to fall in love with Darwin.
• "The Catfish": She is on Elmore Plus.
• "The Grades": She is in class.
• "The Sorcerer": She is in gym class and gets mad at Clayton.
• "The Uncle": She bets with Masami that Gumball will ask Ocho to marry him.
• "The Singing": She sings "Filth, Filth, All Around."
• "The Best": Gumball drops her phone.
• "The Petals": She is in the hallway in a flashback. Later, she is practicing with the other cheerleaders.

Season 6

• "The Cringe": She is on the bus in a flashback.
• "The Neighbor": She is in class.
• "The Pact": She is on the bus and tears in half so Principal Brown cannot sit with her.
• "The Shippening": Sarah ships her with Alan.
• "The Spinoffs": She is on the bus.
• "The Transformation": She is on Elmore Plus.
• "The Stink": She is in class.
• "The Awareness": She tells Gumball and Darwin that Bobert is participating in Green Week.
• "The Silence": She is on the bus.
• "The Agent": She is in a flashback.
• "The Web": She is on Elmore Plus.
• "The Mess": She is in the line of the kissing booth.
• "The Decisions": It is her birthday.
• "The Inquisition": She is at the meeting. Later, she is made to erase her face.

Voice actors

• Teresa Gallagher (US/UK)
• Christiane Monteiro (Brazil)
• Marie-Line Landerwijn (France)
• Chihiro Takada (Japan)
• Borbála Csuha (Hungary, season 1)
• Adrienn Pekár (Hungary, season 2, and "The Uploads")
• Zselyke Szabó (Hungary, season 3–present)

Relationships

Ms. Markham

Much like her relationship with Gumball and Darwin, Teri always collides with Ms. Markham, criticizing her treatment of the students and overreacting with her, which makes the nurse ignore Teri more than she usually does the other students.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Her name is a pun on the fact that paper tears easily.
• In her concept art, Teri was wider, and un-crumpled. She also lacked a collar and buttons on her dress.
• In the early reel, Teri was male, as he was blown into the girls' bathroom, eliciting quite a commotion. Gumball also refers to Teri as "Paper Boy."
• A writer of the show suggests that Teri is skilled at paper craft and origami. This is supported by her reading a book on origami on three occasions: in "The Quest," "The Mystery," and "The Vision."
• She may like Leslie, since she was with him in "The Party."
• She likes to scribble fake tattoos on her arm, according to James Lamont's Formspring.
• In "The Phone," it is shown that Teri plays the xylophone (the marimba, specifically).
• Despite not having a skeletal system, Teri apparently has an organ system, which becomes visible if she stands in sunlight ("The Words").
• In "The Virus," it is revealed that Teri's mother is a doctor, which may explain why she is such a germaphobe.
• It is revealed in "The Origins: Part Two" that when she was younger, her face was crudely drawn, most likely referencing a children's drawing.
• Her parents made their first appearance in "The Potato," although they were seen as origami because of Gumball and Darwin.
• She seems to be a fan of J-pop as seen in "The Singing."
• Teri is shown to be a member of Coach Russo's swimming team despite being made of paper and being saturated by water ("The Agent").
• She is shown to own a paper cellphone in "The Best."