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Season:

5

Broadcast number:

162

Production code:

GB503

Premiere dates

U.S. air date:

October 13, 2016

U.K. air date:

November 7, 2016

International premieres:

France: January 21, 2017
Germany: April 24, 2017
Poland: April 26, 2017

Credits

Written by:

Ben Bocquelet
Jon Foster
James Lamont
Tobi Wilson
Nathan Auerbach
Daniel Berg
Joe Parham
Assistant Director:
Antoine Perez

Storyboarded by:

Adrian Maganza

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"The Choices"^[1] is the sixth episode of Season 5 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 162^nd episode overall.

Synopsis

Nicole reminisces about how she met Richard during a disastrous family dinner, and how things could have turned out for her if she had not.^[2]

Plot

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The episode begins on a rather chaotic night in the Watterson household as Nicole struggles to provide dinner for her family. However, the kids only show impatience and disrespect, and Richard is no help with either the kids nor with preparing the food, which eventually accumulates in their meal lighting on fire and Darwin spraying Nicole with whipped cream. Nicole finally loses her temper and is about to lash out on her family. However, from her perspective time freezes and she suddenly wonders how it all came to this situation before quickly determining the root of this conflict: the day she met Richard. Shortly after this realization, Nicole recalls back to her childhood, reminiscing on the date in question.

The flashback opens with Nicole and her parents driving to a karate tournament which starts at 2:00 pm. Unfortunately, the road in front of them is becoming congested with traffic. Her mother is chastising her for her grades (despite the fact that they are all A's, claiming she got an F for gender) and planning her entire life for her while her father is experiencing road rage, causing the family car to break down; left with only five minutes, Nicole has no other choice but to run to her tournament.

As she runs through the park, she avoids running through a younger Gary's cement work and takes a different path where she passes child and teenage versions of Banana Bob, Harold, Mr. Small, and Sal Left Thumb, all of whom she ignores when they try to talk to her. Somehow, Nicole deters from her intended course and gets lost; once she realizes this, Richard is revealed to be stuck in a tree log next to her and asks for help.

Modern-day Nicole then wonders what would have happened had she taken a different path. She first imagines a future where she passes through Gary's cement work, arriving at her tournament on time. This leads to her winning first place, graduating, becoming rich, getting elected as President, becoming a futuristic overlord, and eventually becoming dethroned by revolutionaries in a post-apocalyptic future.

Nicole decides to avoid such a heinous scenario by taking her normal route, but this time, she takes up Banana Bob as a potential suitor. The banana manages to win her over romantically via a song, and the two eventually get married. Despite his good intentions, Banana Bob's constant singing of the word "banana" causes Nicole to snap and become insane.

Concerned about her sanity, she ignores Banana Bob and instead stops by Harold, who proceeds to negg her (i.e. "that creepy thing where guys criticize girls to lower their confidence so they will go out with them"). He continues to be verbally abusive throughout the marriage. Feeling degraded, future Nicole becomes very submissive and tries anything to win Harold's respect, with her appearance being greatly modified with plastic surgery to impress him. Regardless, her inability to appease his whims causes her to finally break down and burn their mansion down, resulting in her arrest.

Nicole tries again to redeem her future, this time stopping by Mr. Small, who is leading a protest advocating the use of hugging as an alternative to modern medicine. Nicole tries to imagine a future following his path, but she realizes that his beliefs would end up killing her. She then considers how the tiniest changes can have the grandest consequences and wonders what would have happened if she had missed hopping onto the butterfly while leaping over the hippie protest. The butterfly ends up flying into her mouth and getting lodged in her throat, after which Mr. Small comes to her aid with a hug to cure her. It does not.

Desperate, Nicole visualizes a potential future where she takes a young Sal and his crew's offer for a moped ride without a helmet; once again, this scenario only results in her death. She finally realizes there are no viable ways to prevent her encounter with Richard, and accepts her fate.

The young Nicole stops and greets a young Richard, noticing that he is stuck in a log following a poor attempt to observe squirrels. As Nicole is about to leave for her tournament, Richard questions its importance. Nicole explains that she has to be successful so people will like her. However, Richard claims that people already do like her. When Nicole doubtfully asks who, he blushes, making her blush in return. Suddenly, the clock strikes 2:00, signifying the start of the tournament. Despondent, Nicole laments on how she has failed and has to leave empty handed. Richard replies she won't have to and gives her one of his nuts, cheering her up a bit. When she asks what she should do with her life, Richard suggests that she should maybe start living it.

These words trigger a filmstrip montage of the happy memories shared by Nicole and Richard, accompanied by a piano piece. She remembers them playing in the park together the same day they met to the times of their awkward teenage years, along with her parents' disapproval of their relationship. We then see Nicole in her late teens leaving her parents' home and become estranged with them after a huge argument, and how Richard (whose mother also kicked him out of the house that same night) was there to walk with her into the journey of life. The two spend the next few years living together in a small apartment, although they make do with what they have. Nicole and Richard are then shown discovering at the doctor's that she is pregnant with Gumball and the joy and shock that came with it, especially since the two were not married yet. The memory of their wedding then returns, and although the feeling of sadness comes when her parents do not arrive, Richard is more than enough to make Nicole happy.

Gumball's birth is the next event to hit Nicole, and she remembers how content she and her husband were when they had their first son. The three of them are shown moving into their new home (depleted at the time) and fixing it up. Also shown are the memories of Gumball's first steps, Darwin's reunion with Gumball, and Anais' birth. The montage ends with a family photograph taken recently.

After such an emotional experience, Nicole realizes that she is truly happy with her family and that she would not trade her current situation for the world. She then un-pauses from her flashback and starts laughing, and begins to have a food fight with her family. The episode ends with the five laughing and throwing food together.

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Characters

Main characters

Supporting characters

Minor characters

Production music

Wedding March - Christian Marsac [Audio Network] (Plays at Nicole and Harold's wedding.)
Prelude In Db Major No. 15-Raindrop-JP - Frederic Chopin, NJ Currie [Jingle Punks] (Nicole sitting with Harold at the table.)

Trivia

In this episode, it is revealed that Nicole's maiden name is Senicourt. Nicole Bocquelet, Ben Bocquelet's mother, shares the same maiden name.
Nicole's parents make their first appearance.
- It is also revealed Nicole became estranged from her parents in her late teens due to their disapproval of her relationship with Richard, even being absent from their wedding (although they reveal in "The Parents," their first encounter in twenty years, that they did try to attend but misunderstood the initialism "RSVP" for the Slavic looking town of "Rsvp, Moldavia")
This is the first time Anais is seen as a newborn.
If given a closer look at Nicole's report card, it says she is in 7^th grade, the same grade Gumball and Darwin are in. This means that she and Richard are around twelve years old in the flashbacks.
Liza Ross provided the voice for Mary Senicourt, Nicole's mother, making her the eighth guest star in the series.
Ben Bocquelet, Jon Foster, and James Lamont originally came up with the premise of this episode back when the latter two were still working on the show.^[3]
In this episode, it is revealed that Gumball was conceived before his parents were married.
In Nicole's flashback, Harold is a teenager while Jackie is a pre-teen, suggesting that the two have a few years of difference.

Continuity

This is the eleventh episode in which Gumball and Darwin are not main characters. The first ten were "The World," "The Extras," "The Joy," "The Butterfly," "The Egg," "The Return," "The Routine," "The Uploads," "The Night," and "The Compilation."
Footage from "The Origins" and "The Origins: Part Two" is reused.
Principal Brown, Mr. Small, Jackie, Tobias, and Mr. Verde can be seen in their post-apocalyptic outfits from "The Pizza."
This is the seventh time that two characters kiss on the lips. The first time was in "The Kiss," the second time was in "Halloween," the third was in "The Boombox," the fourth was in "The Extras," the fifth was in "The Shell," and the sixth was in the "The Man."
The butterfly effect is mentioned again. The first time was in "The Butterfly."
This is the fifth time Gumball is shown as a newborn, the other times were in "The Treasure," "The Hero" (in pictures), "The Origins" and "The Origins: Part Two".
This is the second time we see Darwin as a newborn. The first was in "The Origins."
This is the fourth time Nicole has been shown arrested, albeit this time only hypothetically. The other three were in "The Spoon," "The Flakers," and "The Finale."
The background from "The Photo" can be seen in the Wattersons' family photo at the end of the montage.
This is the third episode to be set before the current events of the series. The first two were "The Origins" and "The Origins: Part Two."

Cultural references

Daniel's facial expression, coat pattern, and small size are reminiscent of Grumpy Cat (aka Tardar Sauce.)
Banana Bob's song is a rendition of "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley.
The scene where Banana Bob approaches Nicole in the basement is a reference to an iconic scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho where Lila Crane approaches Norma Bates' corpse before turning it around.
The music that plays in the background during Nicole's affair with Harold is Frédéric Chopin's "Raindrop Prelude" to the point at which she is arrested.
The music that plays in the background when Nicole imagines her tombstone is "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Nicole pondering the butterfly's potential impact on her life refers to the idea of the Butterfly effect.
- The phenomenon was previously explored in "The Butterfly."
Similarly to Carl and Ellie Fredrickson from Pixar's Up, a filmstrip-like montage of young Nicole and Richard's relationship between when they first met and the present day plays, completely instrumental with no dialogue, from when they were children, to when they got married, to when they purchased a rundown house which they then fixed up together, to when they gave birth to a child.
The shirt Richard wore when Granny Jojo kicked him out of her house resembles the Snaggletooth logo from the popular metal band Motörhead.
Richard is seen wearing a T-Shirt with a symbol on it that resembles the Nirvana logo.
Gumball makes a reference to stop, drop, and roll, a technique used when someone is on fire.
In the scene where Nicole is shown as a futuristic ruler, the center sculpture in the background bears a strong resemblance to the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea. The hotel is a symbol of the dictatorship.

Goofs/errors

This episode has many contradictions to past episodes:
- Nicole and Richard are married in a park, instead of the church as shown in "The Wand" and "The Ape."
- Nicole also wears a different wedding dress and veil than the one from "The Dress" and those other two episodes.
- Richard was not screaming during the wedding like in "The Wand."
  - However, this event was also contradicted in "The Ape."
- In "The Gi," Nicole's flashback shows that she and Richard have already met at Elmore Junior High at a seemingly younger age, but in this episode, they've met at the park.
- In "The Treasure," Gumball was deformed as a newborn, but in this episode, along with "The Hero," he appears to be quite healthy and normal looking as a newborn.
  - "The Treasure" also shows that Nicole and Richard lived in the Wattersons' house when Gumball was born, although they did not move in until after Gumball was born.
  - However, this inconsistency may be justified, in the sense that Gumball's deformation as a baby in "The Treasure" was just temporary, possibly due to Richard accidentally dropping him sometime during his infancy, as implied in "The Vase."
- In "The Hero," Gumball learns to walk in the backyard of the house but in this episode, he learns in the front yard of the house, and without Richard supervising (which was basically the base story for "The Hero").
- In "The Man," Nicole is still living with her parents when she was a young adult.
During the food fight at the end of the episode, Nicole disappears for a frame. Likewise, Anais disappears in a different frame.
In "The Signature" Richard was living in their current house as a child, but in this episode, it was shown to be abandoned.
Apart from contradictions, Nicole's mother says that her daughter will graduate high school in 54,321 minutes (equivalent to 37 days), get her diploma from law school in 374,582 minutes (260 days), and get married to a doctor in 754,471 minutes (1.4 years).
- This was likely just to exaggerate Nicole's mother's ridiculously high expectations for her.
At the wedding, Karen is sitting in a chair at first, but when Nicole and Richard are shown, she is behind them.
During the traffic jam, the car next to Mike does not have a driver.
At the wedding, when Richard puts a wedding ring in Nicole's hand, her nose is blue instead of pink.

Other titles

Español Latinoamericano (Latin American Spanish): Las Opciones (The Choices)
Français (French): Les Choix (The Choices)
Italiano (Italian): Le Scelte (The Choices)
Deutsch (German): Die Möglichkeiten (The Possibilities)
Polski (Polish): Wybór (The Choice)
日本語 (Japanese): 選択肢 (The Choices)
Български (Bulgarian): Изборите (The Choices)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): Lựa Chọn (The Choice)
Türkçe (Turkish): Seçenekler (The Options)

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



Episode 1 The Burger	Episode 2 The Assistant	Episode 3 The Distance	Episode 4 The Butts

Episode 5 The Thing	Episode 6 The Cheerleader	Episode 7 The Astrological	Episode 8 The Letter

Episode 9 The App	Episode 10 The Traffic	Episode 11 The Boring	Episode 12 The Portrait

Episode 13 The Cancellationgation	Episode 14 The Gut	Episode 15 The Repression	Episode 16 The Eagles

Episode 17 The Trumpet	Episode 18 The Speedrun	Episode 19 The Gourmet	Episode 20 The Climb

Episode 21 The Teacher	Episode 22 The Summoning	Episode 23 The Survivalists	Episode 24 The Homework

Episode 25 The Scooter	Episode 26 The Proposal

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Animation stills

Clean-up stills

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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



Episode 1 The Burger	Episode 2 The Assistant	Episode 3 The Distance	Episode 4 The Butts

Episode 5 The Thing	Episode 6 The Cheerleader	Episode 7 The Astrological	Episode 8 The Letter

Episode 9 The App	Episode 10 The Traffic	Episode 11 The Boring	Episode 12 The Portrait

Episode 13 The Cancellationgation	Episode 14 The Gut	Episode 15 The Repression	Episode 16 The Eagles

Episode 17 The Trumpet	Episode 18 The Speedrun	Episode 19 The Gourmet	Episode 20 The Climb

Episode 21 The Teacher	Episode 22 The Summoning	Episode 23 The Survivalists	Episode 24 The Homework

Episode 25 The Scooter	Episode 26 The Proposal

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The Family Dinner

The episode starts.

Gumball, Darwin and Anais: [Banging on the dinner table] WE WANT FOOD! WE WANT FOOD! WE WANT FOOD-

[Gumball, Darwin and Anais' faces freeze as Nicole begins to narrate]

Nicole: It was a day like any other—by which I mean, just as terrible as the rest. All I wanted was for us to behave like a normal, civilized family at meal times. I might as well have wished for it to rain pancakes.

[The episode unfreezes. A pancake falls on Nicole's head, the scene then changes with Richard in view and a piece of pancake on the ceiling peeling off]

Nicole: And not just the one the kids made for breakfast.

[Gumball, Darwin and Anais continue to chant]

[Richard is annoyed and takes the matter in his own hands]

Richard: Kids, please. It needs to be way louder to have an effect.

[Richard starts chanting with them]

[Scene changes to Nicole, who is annoyed and stirring in the pot faster]

Nicole: Was that really necessary?

Richard: But you work better under pressure. Anyway, I helped.

Nicole: You were supposed to salt the potatoes, boil the carrots and tenderize the meat. But instead...

[Nicole opens the oven to show the still raw meat with a pile of salt on top of it, the potatoes smashed with the meat tenderizer and the whole carrots on a kettle inside]

Richard: It's okay if it's not perfect, honey. It's just nice to eat together for once.

[Nicole grumbles]

[Richard sniffs, then touches the back of his head]

Richard: Hmm, something's burning. Oh, it's just your eyes burning a hole in the back of my head. Oh, scratch that, it's your pot catching fire because I distracted you.

[Nicole turns around and gasps, then Gumball jumps over the counter]

Gumball: Don't panic! In case of fire, you should stop, drop and roll!

Richard: OK!

[Richard and Gumball drop on the floor and roll]

Nicole: What the?! Somebody get a blanket!

Richard: Leave it to me!

[Richard races to the dinner table and pulls the table, causing the tablecloth to fall, and the plates and glasses to break]

Richard: Gumball, grab the tablecloth!

[Gumball hurriedly grabs the tablecloth and fans the fire, which only serves to]

Anais: It's getting worse!

[Gumball, Darwin and Anais begin to shriek and panic, but Nicole places the lid on the pot, effectively smothering the fire. Darwin jumps over the counter]

Darwin: I got this!

[Darwin sprays a can of whipped cream at the pot, but it hits Nicole's face instead. Nicole wipes some whipped cream off her face, revealing a red eye. The family gasps and, just as Nicole is about to muster up her anger, the screen freezes]

Nicole: That was the moment I asked myself, "How did it come to this, where did I go wrong?" [The camera focuses on Richard] That's it, it was the day I met him. I was on the way to the tournament with Mom and Dad.

The Events That Started It All

[Nicole flashes back to a moment in her childhood. She sits in a car with her parents, on the highway]

Mary: Nicole, we need to talk about your report card.

Nicole: But, I got straight As!

Mary: Not here. [Turns to Nicole, pointing to her gender as "F"] Gender.

Nicole: Uh, yeah! "F" because I'm female!

Mary: Being a girl is not an excuse.

[The Senicourts' car reaches a traffic jam]

Daniel: Ugh, what is it with this TRAFFIC?!

[Daniel freaks out and punches the steering wheel, causing the engine to hit the car in the front]

Nicole: Dad! Now what am I gonna do?! How much time have I got?

Mary: Fifty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-one minutes until your graduation, three hundred and seventy-four thousand five hundred and eighty-two minutes until you get your diploma from law school, and seven hundred and fifty-four thousand four hundred and seventy-one minutes until you marry a doctor.

Nicole: I mean before the tournament.

Daniel: [Looks at his watch] Five minutes. You'll make it if you run.

[Nicole gets out the car, about to jump over the barrier, Nicole's mother says something to her]

Mary: And remember—

Nicole: I know, I know. Love you too.

Mary: No, I was gonna say second place is first place for losers but yeah, that too.

Nicole: Ugh.

[Nicole jumps over the barrier and runs through the park. She spots two people pushing a stroller in her direction and jumps over them with a front flip]

[Nicole sees a construction worker, Gary, who had just finished cementing the floor]

Gary: Well, it took me all day, but I got the job done.

[Nicole grumbles and takes detours]

Banana Bob: Hey, do you wanna hear my son—

[Nicole runs past him, leaving a trail of fire behind]

Banana Bob: Wait, you didn't answer my—

[Bob notices the fire spelling "NO"]

Banana Bob: Oh.

[Harold walks by and turns around, seeing Nicole racing past]

Harold: Hey girl, you don't have to run. I ain't going nowh—

[Nicole runs over Harold]

Mister Small: Mother Nature is my doctor! Prescription hugs! Prescription hugs! [Noticing Nicole] Hey, a moment of your time?

[Nicole jumps on peoples' heads, then on a butterfly. She continues to perform a series of stunts through the park]

Sal Left Thumb: Hey, you need a ride?

[Nicole jumps and lands on a spray can guy, causing him to spray the face of his friend]

Nicole: Then, I realized I was lost.

[Nicole stops running. Next to her, Richard can be seen stuck in a log]

Richard: Uh.. hello?

Nicole: And that's when I saw him.

Richard: A little help, please?

[The screen freezes on Nicole's face]

Nicole: That was the moment.

[Nicole flashes back to reality]

Nicole: But, what if I hadn't turned right. Where would I be now?

[Nicole flashes back to the moment she encounters Gary]

If She Won the Tournament

Gary: Well, it took all da—

[Nicole speeds past, causing cement to fall on Gary. She eventually makes it to the tournament and wins it, leading her to graduate, become rich and own a mansion, be voted for president and become a dictator until she dies, causing Principal Brown and others to topple a statue of her in the distant future]

Nigel Brown: Thank heavens she's gone.

[Mr. Small throws his slipper at the statue. Nicole flashes back]

Nicole: 'kay, I'll try not to dwell on what that says about me. Maybe I should've listened to Banana Bob's song.

If She Married Banana Bob

[Nicole runs up to Banana Bob]

Banana Bob: Hey, do you wanna hear my song?

Nicole: Okay.

[Banana Bob begins to play the guitar]

Banana Bob: Bana-na-nan-na-banana...

Nicole: [Chuckles] You're funny.

[The scene cuts to Banana Bob and Nicole's wedding, with Bob singing the same melody as their wedding song. He sings it again during her birthday, and in his sleep instead of snoring. Then the scene cuts to Nicole sitting in the basement, rocking back and forth, wearing a torn yellow outfit, and surrounded with drawings of bananas]

Nicole: Banananana... Bananana...

Banana Bob: Nicole, are you okay?

[Nicole turns around, revealing she now has Bob's eyes, moustache and mouth]

Nicole: BANANA-NANA. BANANA-NANA.

[Nicole flashes back]

Nicole: Ugh, banana not. Banana— Guh, better not!

[Nicole races past Banana Bob]

Nicole: But, what about Harold?

If She Married Harold

Harold: Hey girl, you don't have to run.

Nicole: Okay, whaddya want?

[Harold slides up to Nicole leaning on a street pole]

Harold: Have you lost weight? Your head looks bigger.

Nicole: What?

Harold: Nothing. I just wanted to say I like girls with really short legs.

Nicole: What? What's wrong with my legs? Wait, are you doing that creepy thing where guys criticize girls to lower their confidence so they go out with them?

Harold: You're way too intelligent for that kinda trick. Your parents don't love you.

[The scene changes to show Harold and Nicole's wedding, they emerge from the church waving at the crowd]

Harold: You look better with the veil on.

[Nicole sadly pulls the veil back over her face]

Harold: [Waving at the crowd] H-heh. Hey!

[Scene changes to Harold and Nicole in a mansion, with Nicole drastically looking different due having had extensive amounts of plastic surgery]

Nicole: So, how do you like the sushi? It took me hours.

Harold: It's cold.

[There is a short pause]

Nicole: Let me heat it up for you.

[Cut to Nicole being arrested, with the house on fire in the background]

Nicole: Is that hot enough for you?! Is it? Is it hot enough?! Is it hot enough for you?!!

[Nicole flashes back]

Nicole: Eh, almost worth it.

[Nicole then runs over Harold]

If She Received a Prescription Hug

Mister Small: Prescription hugs! Prescription hugs!

[Nicole stops, listening to Mr. Small]

Mister Small: Hey there, have you ever considered using the power of hugs as an alternative to modern medicine?

[Nicole considers it and ends about thinking about her gravestone]

Nicole: Ah, makes sense. The hugs will only transmit diseases faster.

[Nicole jumps over peoples' heads]

Mister Small: Hey, moment of your time?

[Nicole is about to step on the butterfly, but she thinks about it]

Nicole: Wait, they say the single flap of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane on the other side of the world. So what would've happened if I'd never stepped o—

[Nicole accidentally chokes on the butterfly, causing Mr. Small to hug her, thus showing her gravestone]

Mister Small: Don't worry, a hug will cure you!

[Nicole flashes back]

Nicole: Ugh, whatever they only live for a day anyway.

[Nicole runs and exits the Prescription hugs section]

If She Took a Ride From Sal

Sal Left Thumb: Hey, you need a ride?

Nicole: No— Oh wait, I do actually. Uh, you got a spare helmet?

Sal Left Thumb: You don't need a helmet when you're cool!

[Nicole's gravestone is seen again]

[Nicole flashes back]

Nicole: I'm gonna have to write the mayor about how dangerous this park is.

[Nicole performs her stunts and ends up in a section of the park with nobody there, except Richard]

Meeting Richard

Richard: Uh.. hello? A little help, please?

[Richard rolls over, putting his hand up]

Richard: I'm Richard.

[Nicole stops the flashback for a second]

Nicole: I guess there was no other way around it.

[Nicole resumes the flashback]

Nicole: [Giggles]

[Nicole shakes Richard's hand]

Nicole: Nicole.

[Richard rolls back, showing his face again]

Richard: I know.

Nicole: So, how?

Richard: Well, I was feeding a squirrel some nuts.

Nicole: Awww.

Richard: To see where he hides all his nuts.

Nicole: Okay...

Richard: And it worked a little too well.

Nicole: Okay, don't move.

[Nicole screams and prepares to chop up the branch]

Richard: AHH! N-NO-NO-NO— DON'T HIT ME AH—

[Richard runs into a tree, breaking the log]

Nicole: Okay, I gotta run now.

[Richard gets back up and puts on his cap]

Richard: Why?

Nicole: To compete.

Richard: Why?

Nicole: 'Cause... I have to fight?

Richard: Why?

Nicole: Because, I have to be the best.

Richard: Why?

Nicole: So people will like me?

Richard: [Shrugs] But lots of people already like you.

Nicole: Really? Like who?

[Richard blushes, followed by Nicole. But after that a bell chimes]

Nicole: Oh! It's two o' clock already! I'm too late!

[Nicole plumps herself on a log, crying]

Nicole: I gotta go home and empty-handed.

Richard: Not quite empty-handed. You have...

[Richard shows Nicole a nut in his hand]

Richard: ...a nut!

[Nicole takes the nut. Richard checks his back pocket and realizes he is out of nuts, so he tries to get Nicole to give him half]

Richard: Half a nut?...

[Nicole eats half of the nut, giving the other half to Richard]

Nicole: Hm. What would you do if you were me?

Richard: If I had done everything you've done? Sleep 'til I'm forty.

[Nicole chuckles]

Nicole: I mean...what should I do with my life?

Richard: Hmm. Maybe start living it?

[A montage starts showing Richard pushing Nicole on a swingset, presumably on the same day that Nicole missed her tournament. It then shows Nicole trying to push Richard on the swingset, but failing, due to Richard being extremely heavy. She backs up and charges to push him, but she ends up knocking the whole swing over, causing Richard to fall on his face. It then shows them both laying in a field of grass. Richard points at a cat-shaped cloud, then Nicole points at a bunny-shaped cloud, then they both point at a heart-shaped cloud, following with them blushing. The next series shows a time in Richard and Nicole's teenage years, where Richard, who now has acne, braces, and teenage attire, knocks on the Senicourt's house's door, with Mr. Senicourt appearing in the doorway. Richard sheepishly holds a bouquet of flowers, as if asking if he could date Nicole, followed by Mr. Senicourt closing the door on Richard. Richard realizes one of his pants' legs got stuck in the doorway, and they rip, followed by him falling down the doorway. The next series shows Nicole and Richard in their later teen years, with them about to kiss in their car on top of a mountain, but the car suddenly rolls down the street. It then shows Nicole storming out of her house, with a bag of luggage, while yelling at her parents, both glaring. Her mother then looks distraught, and starts crying, while her father goes back inside still angry. It then shows Granny Jojo kicking Richard out of the house. Nicole and Richard meet up, they sigh, and then hold hands and walk off. They are then seen in their early adult years living in a small apartment. In the apartment, Richard prepares a cup of Ramen, Nicole gets out of the shower with a towel around her head and body, and when the both are about to eat, a train goes by their window, startling them, but are not harmed. The next scene shows Nicole and Richard in a doctors office, and the doctor tells Nicole that she is pregnant. Nicole and Richard happily hug, but their happiness turns to fright when they realize that they're about to be parents, and they're not married yet. At the wedding, Nicole looks sad as she looks at two empty seats reserved for her parents, who did not show up. She sighs, but then she and Richard put on each other's wedding rings. Richard dips Nicole as he kisses her, and he then jumps on top of her for her to catch him. The next scene shows Richard holding a newborn Gumball, who holds his finger. Nicole wakes up and smiles as Richard feeds Gumball with a carton of milk taped to his stomach. The three move into an old home, where they begin to fix it. Richard is painting the front of the house, and he calls Nicole outside as Gumball begins to take his first steps. Richard is so excited he accidentally throws the paint can he was holding, which lands on Mr. Robinson, who was mowing his lawn. Gumball is now a toddler, and Richard is measuring how tall he is. We then see scenes from "The Origins" as the Wattersons adopt Darwin, and Darwin growing legs and becoming Gumball's brother and best friend. A few years later, a pencil erases the "ia" on newborn Anais' hospital bracelet and writes "ai" in its place. The person who did this was in fact Anais herself, who smiles while the rest of the family looks confused. The montage ends with a current family photo of the Wattersons]

After the Montage

[At the family picture, Nicole stops the flashback, and goes back into paused reality]

Nicole: Actually, you know what? I wouldn't change a thing.

[The screen unfreezes and Nicole laughs for a bit before throwing whipped cream at Darwin]

Gumball: [Raises his hand] Food fight!

Nicole: Oh no little man, this is a food war!

[Everybody starts throwing food as the camera pans out to show the house, with only the Wattersons' laughter being heard]

[The 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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