The Awareness/Transcript

What Is The Theme?

[Gumball and Darwin grab their backpacks and are about to go to school.]

Darwin: Wait, isn't there some kind of theme at school this week?

Gumball: Argh, I hate all these theme weeks! Cake week, cake crumb cleanup week, ant week, how do we get rid of ants week, anteaters week, how do we get rid of anteaters week. What is it this week?

Darwin: Technology week?

Gumball: No, that was three weeks ago.

[Flashback to three weeks ago. Gumball and Darwin are standing in the hallway with Bobert, dressed up like robots.]

Gumball: Happy technology week, Bobert! Hey, who's your little friend?

Bobert: That is a vacuum cleaner. Do you assume all machines know each other?

[Gumball tries to say something to defend himself against Bobert's sound argument, but he cannot. He and Darwin silently walk away toward a flight of stairs.]

Darwin: Dude, Technology week, remember?

Gumball: Yuh-huh.

[Gumball and Darwin move like robots. Darwin moves his cardboard robot body but gets exhausted after only four tiny steps. Gumball barely makes it up to the second step of the stairs before he falls onto his back with his arms and legs still moving, like a robot.]

Bobert: Not helping.

Gumball: Oh, we haven't done history week!

Darwin: No, you haven't done history week.

[Flashback to history week. Darwin is walking down the hall and sees Gumball dressed up like a panda.]

Darwin: Why are you dressed as a panda? It's history week. Endangered species week was last week.

Gumball: Exactly. I'm dressed up as last week, that's history, right? Anyway, surely pandas are history by now.

Darwin: You just forgot, didn't you?

Gumball: Yup.

Darwin: Okay, we're definitely going to mess this up again! We don't even know what the theme is!

Gumball: Don't worry, I've got this.

Green Week

Darwin: I'm not sure about this.

[Gumball and Darwin are wearing multiple parts of different themed costumes.]

Gumball: Ah, come on. Chill. We've got all the bases covered.

[The bus comes to a stop, and Gumball and Darwin board it]

Gumball and Darwin: Huh?

[The students already on the bus are wearing several environmentally-themed constumes]

Gumball: Oh, it's green week.

Rocky: Yeah! I even filled up the bus with cod liver oil instead of gas!

[The bus suddenly breaks down and comes to a stop]

Rocky: Wait, it's sunflower oil that works in engines. Well, looks like you're walking to school. And it was so difficult squeezing all those fish into the gas tank. [sniffs his hand and gags]

[All the students are seen walking on the sidewalk to reach school]

Darwin: Sarah, great detail! Even your ice caps are melting.

Sarah: Actually, it's just a hot day, but thanks for pointing it out, Darwin.

[Sarah scrapes off some of her globe face-painting making it look like it's really melting. Gumball and Darwin see a tired Tobias with a green texture all over him.]

Gumball: Whoa! Love the green rainbow, Tobias!

Tobias​​​​​​: It's not a costume... I think I have food poisoning--[vomits]

Gumball & Darwin: [disgusted] Ugh!

Gumball: Hey, Bobert! Thank goodness. Glad we're not the only ones who've done nothing for Green Week--

[Bobert looks like he's been shut down.]

Gumball: Bobert? [inspects his face] Installing updates?

Teri: Actually, Bobert is taking part. He turns himself off every night. Unfortunately it takes him ninety minutes to reboot.

Darwin: Oh. We are the only ones then.

Gumball: Ah, well, it's only Green Week. I mean there's nothing special about plants. Think about it. Superheroes are all named after animals and insects for a reason. The city's been invaded by evil alien robots, but fear not, Tree Man will save us! By silently standing in a field with nothing but the power of going bald annually.

Sarah: [gasps and takes out her notebook] I can already see the merch!

Gumball: Yup, plants are pointless.

Leslie​: Eh-hem! I'm a plant! I think we're pretty important!

Gumball: Leslie! Yeah, m-me too! Plants do loads of important things!

Leslie​: Really? Name one.

Gumball: Only one? But there's so many!

Leslie​​​​​​​​: Okay, then give me five.

Gumball: Let's just start with one, shall we?

Leslie​​​​​​​​: Okay, then give me one.

Gumball: Uuuuuuhhhhh.......salad!!

Leslie​​​​​​​​: [unimpressed] Salad?

Gumball: Yeah......yeah, this whole thing is coming out wrong! Lettuce-I mean let us forget about it! It's clearly a thorny issue. Thorny? Uhh, we should just nip it in the bud.

Leslie​​​​​​​​: No, let's not! That phrase is actually incredibly offensive to plants! Hmph! [Storms off in a huff]

Gumball: Leslie, wait! Let me explain!

Leslie​​​​​​​​: Okay.

Gumball: Ah, sorry, I got nothin'. I didn't think you'd actually turn around.

Leslie​​​​​​​​: Hmph! [walks off]

Darwin: You wanna do it, or shall I?

Gumball: You do it.

[Darwin shoves Gumball's feet into his mouth.]

Some Research on Plants

[Elmore Junior High, in the hallway]

Gumball: I can't believe Leslie thinks I don't care about plants!

Darwin: Well, do you?

Gumball: Yeah! I care loads! What about the, you know, big thing? The big green thing?

Darwin: The woods?

Gumball: No no, the other one. Bigger. The wet one.

Darwin: The rainforest?

Gumball: The rainforest! Yeah, the rainforest.

Darwin: What about the rainforest?

Gumball: Well, isn't it that there's too much of it? [pause] Or....not enough?

Darwin: Which one?

Gumball: Too much?

Darwin: Wrong. If you wanna get Leslie to forgive you, you're going to have to do a whole lot of research.

Gumball: Oh yeah. Absolutely. I mean, that's very important, of course. [pause] About what?

Darwin: PLANTS!

[At the school library]

Gumball: Excuse me, I'm —

Librarian: Computers one, three, and four work. Please surf responsibly.

Gumball: Actually, I'm here for some books.

Librarian: [whips around and drops her book] WHAT??!! Shh! Quiet! Sorry, I'm just excited! Kids only come here for the computers!

Gumball: Yeah, no, I wanna learn about the history of plant culture!

Librarian: Ah, you're in luck! I'm doing a lecture on plant history soon, and —

Gumball: Ooooh, sorry, I'm...busy that day.

Darwin: She didn't say when it was.

Gumball: Could I just have the notes? [The librarian reaches behind her and slams a huge stack of papers onto her desk] Do the notes have notes? [She reaches behind her again and slams another huge stack of papers onto her desk] Could you just summarize it for me?

Librarian: You want me to summarize the entirety of plant culture and history?

Gumball: Yeah! Preferably in one word.

Librarian: Photosynthesis.

Gumball: One that I know?

Librarian: Out!

[Back in the hallway]

Gumball: Well, I did learn one thing: the word photosynthesis. It's my way in!

Darwin: Do you even know what it means?

Gumball: [blows raspberry] That's not the point. Like, why would you bother learning Australian when you can just wear the hat with the dangly cords and skip right to the good stuff?

Darwin: Is Australian a language?

Gumball: Hm. I guess we'll never know. Anyway, I'm gonna go talk to Leslie about sotophynthesis before I forget how to say it.

Darwin: Photosynthesis.

Gumball: Yep! Photosynthe-see you later! [runs off]

An Amazing Photosynthesis Session

[In the courtyard, Leslie is reading while Gumball walks in front of him, talking on his phone.]

Gumball: Yeah, yeah, totally. It was an amazing photosynthesis session. [This catches Leslie's attention] You shoulda seen me, everyone was like, slow down, you're doin' it too hard, but I was like, nah, I'm in the zone! Yeah. Cool. Speak to you later, Darwin. [his phone beeps]

Phone: Calling Darwin.

Gumball: [frantically hangs up] Oh hey, Leslie! How's it growin', my man?

Leslie​​​​​: So, you've been photosynthesizing? Isn't that more of a plant thing?

Gumball: Yeah, but I just respect the plant culture so much I got into it, you know?

Leslie​​​​​: Really?

Gumball: Yeah, I've already done, like ppphhh, eight hours today.

Leslie​​​​​: But the sun wasn't up eight hours ago.

Gumball: Mmh. I got a method.

Leslie​​​​​: Well, I was about to do some now, do you wanna join me?

Gumball: Cool, yeah, count me in! I might just do mine in the shade, though.

Leslie​​​​​: Hah! Nice one. [gets off the bench] Right. Let's face the sun full-on so we can really get into it!

Gumball: Oh. Yeah, of course. It's gotta be in direct sunlight, I was just kidding. That was a joke I got from....uh, Photosynthesis Weekly! MONTHLY!!

Leslie​​​​​: Oh, you read PM too? What did you think of the latest issue? Controversial, right?

Gumball: I think...everything that can be said about it has been said!

Leslie​​​​​: [whispering] You're so right. Well, let's settle in, then. [gets into position]

Gumball: Cool, cool. [awkwardly copies Leslie's position]

[Later, Leslie is happily photosynthesizing while Gumball is completely dehydrated.]

Gumball: Aaahh! Gotta love that heat, right?

Leslie​​​​​: Ho-ho, you wait till it really kicks in at noon!

[Noon. The sun is blistering. Gumball is even more dried out than before, while Leslie still photosynthesizes peacefully.]

Gumball: How long have we got now?

Leslie​​​​​: 'Bout three minutes.

Gumball: Hooooo!! Have you got any water?

Leslie​​​​​: Sure! You gotta have water for the session, right? [He takes a water bottle from his backpack and hands it to Gumball, who starts to drink from it] What are you doing? Plants drink like this! [pours some water into his roots] Ahhh. Allow me. [smugly pours the rest of the water at Gumball's feet] Drink up!

Gumball: Aaaaahhhhh!!

[The bell rings]

Leslie​​​​​: I've gotta go. But a guy your size, you're gonna wanna stay out here for at least another couple of hours, right? [He responds with a dehydrated scream] Oh-okay, time for me to leaf! [leans in and whispers] That's a plant joke, since I know you love plants so much. Ciao! [walks off]

[Suddenly, two blue arms rip out from underneath Gumball's dried-up skin. A newly shed Gumball tears out, completely naked, and curls up on the ground, shivering in fear. Ominous music plays. Banana Joe, in the background, sees this, and his eyes go wide in terror. Cut to him pulling the same expression on the bus and then in the shower.]

Banana Barbara: Joe, honey! Dinner's ready!

[Joe is still traumatized at the dinner table. His mom serves him dinner]

Banana Barbara: Did you have a nice day at school?

Banana Joe: No. No, I did not.

Drawing A Line Under It

[Meanwhile, in Gumball and Darwin's bedroom]

Gumball: This was totally uncalled for!

Darwin: Yes.

Gumball: And you're sure only plants can photosynthesize?

Darwin: Yes.

Gumball: So he obviously knew, and he didn't tell me! He took it too far, right?

Darwin: Yes. [turns on light] Can we please just go to sleep?

Gumball: Sorry. [He is sitting in an ice bath inside Darwin's fishbowl, bright red and steaming] It's hard to get comfortable when even your teeth have third-degree sunburns.

Darwin: Look, you upset him and he got you back. Maybe you should just draw a line under it.

Gumball: Oh, I'm going to draw a line under it alright.

Darwin: Good. [turns off light, then turns it back on] I feel like we're on different pages here.

Gumball: No, no, draw a line under it, I get it, I understand. [beat] TO EMPHASIZE IT!!!

[Darwin turns the light off and sighs, defeated.]

It's a Plant Thing

[ Leslie is drinking from an orange juice carton during lunch. Gumball approaches him.]

Gumball: Mind of I join you? [grinning evilly] BUDDY?

Leslie​​​​​​​: Don't you usually have lunch with Darwin?

Gumball: Oh, he had other plans, something to do with me going too far, people getting hurt, that sort of thing.

Leslie​​​​​​: So you're not eating?

Gumball: [grinning evilly] Oh, sure I am. I thought I thought I'd try some nice, fresh soil for lunch. [sets a bucket full of soil on the table] 'Cuz that's what plants eat, right?

Leslie​​​​​​: [glares in suspicion] Oh, absolutely. We eat soil all the time.

Gumball: Great. 'Cause I brought enough for two. [takes out another bucket of soil and pushes it towards Leslie]

Leslie​​​​​​: [shoves it away] Yeah. Actually, I've already eaten.

Gumball: No you haven't. I've been watching you for the last three hours and I'm absolutely sure you haven't had lunch. So tuck in.

Leslie​​​​​​: Heh... [He scoops a spoonful of soil and lifts it to his mouth. Gumball is about to do the same, but then sets his spoon down.]

Gumball: Unless this isn't a plant thing.

Leslie​​​​​​: [nervously] No, no! It's a plant thing! [He tentatively puts the dirt into his mouth. Gumball does the same. They both chew disgustedly, but don't swallow.]

Gumball: Clumpy!

Leslie​​​​​​: Well, you know what else is a plant thing?

[Cut to the two on the street next to a fire truck. Leslie is turning on the hose, with Gumball in its trajectory.]

Gumball: Are you sure this is a plant thing?

Leslie​​​​​​: 'Course! We get watered every day!

Gumball: But does the pressure have to be so high?

Leslie​​​​​​: Probably.

[He grabs the hose as the water comes on, and a massive jet of water shoots Gumball across the street and up a waterslide Tobias is about to ride. He falls off the slide]

Rocky: Dude! One at a time!

[The Doughnut Sheriff and two french fry cops are examining a crime scene by the road.]

Donut Cop: Luckily, all the evidence has been preserved, so this should be an open-and-check case. [Gumball on the jet of water hurtles by, taking the evidence with him] And that's lunch.

[The Melted Cheese Guy is finishing a marathon, but is exhausted and can't go on]

Melted Cheese Guy: Ah, it's gonna take a miracle for me to finish this race! [He notices Gumball zooming towards him and gladly readies himself for impact, but the water jet misses him] Ah, to heck with this. [Slaps his bib on Pantsbully, who starts running]

[ Gumball opens of a box full of bees, releasing them into the classroom.]

Gumball: Naw, it's a plant thing!

Leslie​​​​​​​: [offscreen] But aren't they dangerous??

Gumball: That's fine as long as you don't aggravate them. After all, Bees are just overweight wasps!

[ Gumball closes the window, puts sunglasses on leaves Leslie in the classroom, freaking out as the bees swarm his face.]

Leslie​​​​​​​: Ahh! Aaah! Oh!.. AAAAHH!!!

[Leslie; covered in bee stings throws bird seed at Gumball to attract woodpeckers to peck at him.]

Gumball: Don't tell me. Plant thing?

Leslie​​​​​​​: Guess so.

[Leslie is chained to the bottom of the lake while Gumball wear scuba gear. Both of them talk, making bubbles. The bubbles reach the surface and pop, revealing what they said]

Leslie​​: [Bubble pops] Plant thing?

Gumball​​​​​​: [Bubble pops] Yeah.

[Finally, Gumball and a evil grinning Leslie are shown skydiving without parachutes]

Gumball​:AAH! OKAY! I GIVE IN! I might not know anything about plants, but skydiving without a parachute is definitely NOT A PLANT THING!

Leslie​​​​​​​​​: Aha! So you admit it! You DON'T know anything about plants!

Gumball: Aha! So YOU admit that you were aware I didn't know anything about plants when you put me through all that stuff!

Leslie​​​​​​: Aha! Then if you were aware that I knew that you knew that I was aware, why didn't you say anything?

Gumball: Aha! Uh—no! Wait! I didn't follow any of that. Look, we'd better call a truce before this escalates any further!

Leslie​​​​​​: Weed? Is that another plant joke?

Gumball: What? No! [sighs] Leslie, I'm sorry I called plants pointless.

Leslie​​​​​​: And I'm sorry I made you stand waist-deep in fresh manure!

[They embrace in a warm hug. ]

Gumball: Friends?

Leslie​​​​​​: 'Till the end!

Gumball: [looks down] Which, judging by the speed the ground is coming up, is in about five seconds.

[They scream and brace for impact, until they are pulled up like a parachute. Gumball looks up at Leslie, and we see he has transformed into a dandelion weed. They float gracefully to the ground.]

Gumball: Wow. Where did that come from?

Leslie​​​​​​: I don't know. Plant thing, I guess.

Gumball: Well, thanks for teaching me something new.

Leslie​​​​​​: Yeah. I'm not really convinced you learned anything about plants, but I guess we better get out of here. I mean, you're gonna wanna go home and get milked, right?

Gumball: Cool, cool. [stops in his tracks] Wait, you think all mammals get milked?

[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