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Bad Wi-Fi

[Gumball and Darwin sit in the living room trying to watch a video on their laptop, but it does not seem to load]

Anais: Are you guys having problems with the wi-fi as well?

Gumball: [Glitching as he speaks] I dunno, but I— I've been— been waiting for th— this video to load for ages.

Anais: What?

Gumball: Sorry, we're so dependent on the Internet that our brains literally can't function without it.

Anais: So, do you have a problem with the wi-fi or not?

Gumball: Well, I— I— I—

Anais: [Sighs] Come on.

Gumball: Sorry, I'm just really confused by Dad.

[Richard's fur is painted black. He is wearing a white wig and a revealing set of women's armor]

Richard: Hast thou fair imps encountered trouble with the sacred thread of communion?

[The kids look confused for a moment]

Richard: I'm in character. I'm a dark elf. I was in the middle of a raid on a dwarf burial ground. So, do you have wi-fi or what?

Anais: No, the Internet's down.

Richard: [Sighs] I knew this day would come. Kids, there's something I have to tell you.

Darwin: [Gasps] You're not my father?!

Richard: How did you guess?!

[Darwin and Richard chortle]

Richard: No. We've just been using Robinson's wi-fi for years.

Gumball: That would explain why the network is called "Get off my LAN, Watterson."

Richard: Yeah, well, when he asked me to help him set up his Internet, I kinda grabbed the opportunity to—

Gumball, Darwin and Anais: Mooch off it?!

Darwin: Mr. Dad, how could you?!

Richard: Easy! You just turn it on, choose a passcode and— Oh. You meant in a moral sense.

Gumball: [Sighs] Well, Mr. Robinson must've finally got wise and changed the code. No problemo, we'll just get some wi-fi of our own!

Richard: Excuso little burrito, it's mucho problemo.

[Richard goes in the kitchen to take a can of soda from the fridge]

Richard: You see, we got bad credito. Why do you think we have a coin-operated fridge?

[He opens the can and starts drinking, but the soda stops flowing in mid-air. He inserts a coin into a slot on the fridge and the drink splashes all over his face]

Darwin: What are we gonna do without the Internet?!

Gumball: Wait! I remember something. Something from a time long forgotten. A mystical repository of long lost knowledge, which the ancient people called... [Echoing] a bo-oic.

Anais: Are you trying to say book?

Gumball: Exactly! A buque.

[Gumball takes an encyclopedia from a nearby bookshelf. He blows some dust off of it, sits on the couch and places the book on his lap]

Gumball: Entertain me!

[Naturally, nothing happens. He opens the book, gasps, then starts poking it repeatedly with his finger]

Gumball: Hm. It's not touch-sensitive and it looks like a double keyboard with the letters all messed up.

Anais: What is wrong with you?! It's like you've only got one neuron left and you're using it for stupidity.

Gumball: It's because we don't have to retain any knowledge! It's always readily available online.

Anais: Well I guess you'll just have to take what the Internet does, and do it yourselves.

Gumball and Darwin: Hmm...

Non-Digital Internet

[Darwin is moving a cardboard frame in front of some pictures taped on the TV, as if scrolling]

Darwin: Dude! I think I found a way to reproduce the Elmoreflix experience. Now we can get back to looking at thumbnails for hours without actually watching anything.

Gumball: Well in that case, you may also like...

[Gumball imitates a notification sound and drops a letter into a cardboard box]

Darwin: What's that?

Gumball: Your inbox.

[Darwin takes the envelope to examine it more closely]

Darwin: Ah, cute. It's like the little e-mail icon.

[He opens it and pulls out drawings of Richard]

Darwin: "Hey, look who got stuck in a lawnchair!" [Laughing] He had to drive to the hospital to get it removed!

[Darwin gasps and writes something on the paper, then drops it in a box upstairs. He imitates a notification sound. Gumball reads the letter]

Gumball: "Did you know that you copied Mr. Dad in your e-mail?" Oh no! How?!

[Gumball flashes back. He is seen writing letters and riding the bus. He places a letter next to his father, who is in a hospital bed with a chair stuck to his backside. The flashback ends]

[Darwin holds a cardboard frame around his head while making a ringtone sound. Gumball 'picks up.']

Darwin: Hey, maybe you should just e-mail him to apologize.

Gumball: Nah, this manual e-mail is way too complicated.

Darwin: Yeah, much easier to bounce digital messages from server to server between interlinked computers. What about Mr. Dad, though?

[Richard enters their room laughing]

Richard: Did you get those pictures of that guy stuck in a lawnchair? [Laughs] What a fool!

[He turns around to leave, revealing a wheelchair stuck to his backside]

Darwin: You know what I miss most about the Internet?

Gumball: Your royal Nigerian penpal?

Darwin: Yeah, him too. But I meant playing online with other nice kids from all over the world.

[Gumball and Darwin are now wearing headphones, pretending to play an online game]

Gumball: Say cheese, 'cause you're about to get your head shot!

Darwin: Oh yeah? Well I hope you like the taste of your own butt, because that's what you're getting handed for dinner!

Gumball: Hey, have you ever noticed that if you say, I'm gonna "insert made-up verb" your "insert made-up noun," everything sounds like a really rude alien insult? Like, I'm gonna cybernize your thrusters.

Darwin: I'm gonna gallifrak your automatron!

Gumball: I'm gonna cryptify your proto-eggs with this word!

[The view changes to reveal they are actually playing Scrabble]

Gumball: Xenopus! It's a type of frog. Scores thirty-two.

Darwin: Meh, the insults are on point, but the gameplay is boring and the graphics are terrible.

Real Socializing

[Larry is walking through the aisle of Food N' Stuff. He notices a sticky note on a carton of eggs]

Larry: Huh?

[He takes the note and starts reading it]

Larry: "I bought these ping pong balls two months ago, and was shocked when they turned into small chickens. I have to say they don't function as well as the more common ping pong balls, and it's very hard to give backspin to a chicken." What is this?

[Larry keeps walking, only to discover more notes on the shelves. He takes another one]

Larry: "Very disappointing. I purchased this sledhammer to enjoy the snowy slopes of Vermont, and only managed to slide a couple inches. I would not purchase again." WHAT THE HASHTAG, DOLLAR SIGN, AT-SIGN, ASTERISK IS GOING ON HERE?!

Gumball: "This tank is completely unsuitable for modern warfare. Though the glass panels provide a wide field of vision, I worry my fish'll be exposed to enemy fire."

[Gumball sticks the note onto the fish tank]

Darwin: Dude, Larry's coming!

Gumball: Nah, it's fine. The beauty of trolling is that you're anonymous.

[Larry throws them out of the store]

Larry: You Wattersons are BANNED! And thank you for shopping at Food N' Stuff.

Gumball: Don't worry. All I have to do is change my IP address.

Darwin: How?

Gumball: You reboot your router.

[Gumball picks up a plank from the floor and hits his face with it]

Darwin: Did it work?

Gumball: No. I still remember my name.

[He hits his face again, and ends up groaning on the floor]

Darwin: Maybe we just move on.

[Gumball and Darwin walk into the school cafeteria as the bell rings]

Gumball: [Shouting] Gumball just checked into the cafeteria!

Darwin: What are you doing?

Gumball: Exactly what I do on Elmore Plus.

Darwin: What, looking at people's pictures and being jealous of their lives?

[Gumball snorts and his butt falls off]

Darwin: What was that?

Gumball: LMBO! Laughing my butt off?

Darwin: You forgot the laughing bit.

Gumball: Nah, no one really laughs on the Internet. They just go: [Snorts]

[They go sit with Ocho]

Gumball: [Shouting] I am walking to a table! Hey, look at my food! [Shoves his food tray into Ocho's face] Look at it, you like it?

Darwin: [Puts his face against Ocho's] You like my face? Hashtag no filter! Come on, gimme a thumbs up.

[They look a Ocho, waiting for a reaction]

Gumball: Dude, he doesn't have thumbs. I'll try something else.

[Gumball takes spaghetti from a tray and smears it onto his face]

Gumball: This boy was diagnosed with a rare condition. One like equals one prayer. Ignore if you don't care about his pain.

[He wipes the food off his face]

Gumball: Hm, maybe he's not online.

Darwin: Let's poke him!

[Gumball and Darwin poke Ocho repeatedly, until he finally starts talking]

Ocho: Look! [Sighs] I don't feel like g—

Gumball: Dude, you have to type or we don't know what you're saying.

Ocho: Look, I— I don't feel like goofing around today. My grandma's really sick.

Gumball: Aww. I like that!

Ocho: W-what do you mean, you like it?!

Gumball: Sorry man, there is no button to express sympathy without having to do all that typing. I mean after all, we're only Elmore Plus friends.

Ocho: That's it, I'm deleting you from my friends list! ...How do you delete someone in real life?

Darwin: [Whispering] I suggest we run before he works it out.

[They run away]

The Cyberspace

[Gumball and Darwin sit in the front yard of their house. Anais rides up to them on her tricycle]

Anais: What are you guys up to?

Gumball: We're crowdfunding to pay for our own Internet.

Anais: I think you mean you're begging.

Gumball: No, it's not begging if you offer perks.

Anais: What perks?

Darwin: For one dollar, you get a verbal thank you.

Gumball: For ten dollars, you get a smile and a warm feeling in your heart.

Anais: Yeah, that's begging.

Richard: [From inside the house] Anais!

Anais: We really need that wi-fi back. Dad usually looks online for tips on raising kids, but now he has to improvise.

[Richard opens the door, with a leash in hand]

Richard: Mom said I have to take you to the park!

Anais: You're gonna have to hack Mr. Robinson to get the password.

[Richard retracts the leash, slowly dragging Anais towards him]

Gumball: How?

Anais: Ow! I left instructions for you!

Gumball: Where?

Anais: Check your BoxDrop!

[Richard and Anais go back inside]

Gumball: What's a BoxDro—

[A large cardboard box falls directly onto Gumball]

[Gumball and Darwin materialize into the digital world]

Darwin: What is this place?

Gumball: This is cyberspace, Darwin. Better switch to incognito mode so the cyberpolice can't trace us.

[A menu appears, allowing them to go incognito, and while walking towards the Robinsons' house they come across what seems to be a floating face]

Darwin: Who's that?

Gumball: Probably a fellow hacker. We should greet him in a friendly fashion.

[Gumball kisses both sides of the face and they start walking again]

Gumball: This is Robinson's house!

[Gumball tries to open the front door, but an error message wipes them. They materialize again]

Darwin: Access denied?! How do we get in?

Gumball: Anais says we need to find a backdoor.

[They walk through the backyard and towards the house again]

Gumball: You gotta hand it to Mr. Robinson, he keeps a tidy desktop.

Darwin: Look, he left a window open!

[Gumball helps Darwin climb through the window]

Darwin: Almost there!

[While reaching for the top of the window, Darwin accidentally minimizes it and gets stuck]

Darwin: Ah! Do something!

[Gumball points a finger at Darwin and laughs]

Darwin: Do something useful!

Gumball: Oh, sorry.

[Gumball tries to push Darwin in, to no avail]

Darwin: Maximize the window!

[Gumball presses the button to maximize the window, but nothing happens. He starts mashing it]

Gumball: It's not working! Oh, hold on.

[The window maximizes and minimizes repeatedly, hitting Darwin's back over and over. When it eventually stops, he glares at Gumball]

Gumball: Sorry, buddy. I should've known that clicking faster never works.

[Clicking noises are heard]

Darwin: What's that?

Gumball: [Gasps] The firewall!

[A flame bursts under Gumball's feet, forcing him to jump through the window and into the house]

Gumball: Quick! We don't have much time before someone spots us!

Darwin: What do we do?

Gumball: We're gonna have to use a Trojan horse.

[Gumball and Darwin walk through the house wearing a horse costume. They have trouble moving, resulting in them breaking a few vases and running into walls]

Darwin: I have trouble seeing how this will save us from being detected.

[Mrs. Robinson is heard approaching]

Darwin: [Gasps] The antivirus!

Gumball: Where?

[Darwin's arm reaches out of the horse costume]

Darwin: There!

[Mrs. Robinson appears as a floating head shooting lasers from her eyes]

Margaret: Meh meh meh.

Gumball: Quick, let's hide in one of these folders!

Darwin: We won't fit!

Gumball: We can compress our files.

[A menu comes up, compressing them until they fit in the folders. Mrs. Robinson floats past them]

Margaret: Meh meh.

[Gumball and Darwin extract themselves from the folders, but their appearance is different]

Gumball: [Distorted voice] I think our f-f-files got c-corrupted!

Darwin: [Distorted voice] What n-n-n-n-n-now?

Gumball: Hit control-Z!

[They undo until they turn into DNA strands]

Gumball: [High-pitched voice] Too far! Control-Y!

[They redo, and manage to recover their appearances]

Gumball: [Normal voice] Now for Anais' next step. We need to get Mr. Robinson to accept cookies.

[Gumball is stuffing files into a sleeping Mr. Robinson's mouth]

Gumball: Hm, nothing's happening.

Darwin: Maybe 'cause he's in sleep mode.

Gumball: Let's try a worm.

Reclaiming the Internet

[Gumball takes another file when he is interrupted by Anais, looking in through the window]

Anais: Guys! What are you doing?!

[The world returns to its normal, non-digital appearance, showing Gumball has in fact filled Mr. Robinson's mouth with cookies. Darwin holds a bowl of worms]

Gumball: Hacking Mr. Robinson, like you said.

Anais: I meant hack his computer, not his face. What exactly have you been doing this whole time?

[They flash back to the moment Gumball kissed a floating face, only in the real world it was Hank's butt]

Gumball: How do you do, good sir?

[Then, Gumball is seen sliding the window up and down on Darwin's back. The firewall turned out to be the barbecue bursting into flames. Gumball and Darwin were walking through a corridor with their eyes closed, breaking a flower pot on the way]

Darwin: The antivirus!

Margaret: Meh.

[Mrs. Robinson is seen as well, revealing the laser-shooting eyes were only a cleaning product she sprayed on a window. Finally, the flashback stops]

Gumball: Yeah, well you shoulda been more specific.

Anais: Lemme in.

[Anais takes Mr. Robinsons' laptop and turns it on. It chimes]

Anais: That's weird, he never changed his password. Wait a minute, the wi-fi isn't down. He's using all of it up with all these stupid toolbars!

[Mr. Robinson groans slightly]

Gumball: Well, fix it then. Quick!

[As Anais removes the toolbars one by one, an alarm clock rings next to Mr. Robinson. Mr. Robinson starts to grumble, almost beginning to wake up]

Anais: I need more time!

Gumball: I got this. All I have to do is hack into the mainframe, adjust the power options, and put it to sleep.

Anais: What?

[Gumball presses the snooze button. The alarm stops]

Anais: Oh, that was less stupid than I thought it was gonna be.

[Mrs. Robinson's voice is heard offscreen as she walks in their direction. Gumball, Darwin, and Anais gasp. Thanks to Anais deleting all of the toolbars, the wi-fi comes back on and they are able to leave through the window without being seen]

Margaret: Meh-meh-meh.

[Mrs. Robinson notices nothing. She cleans Mr. Robinson, as he is still sleeping]

The Internet Is Back

[Screen fades to nighttime. Gumball, Darwin and Anais run into their room and sit in front of the computer]

Gumball, Darwin and Anais: Yay, the Internet is back!

Gumball: We can get back to refusing invites from obscure relatives to play lame games on Elmore Plus!

Darwin: Reposting someone's original content and pretending it's ours!

Anais: And correcting people's grammar in their Elmore Stream comments!

[They start laughing. Suddenly, all the lights in the house turn off]

Richard: Anybody got a quarter for the electric meter?!

[The kids groan in unison, ending the episode]

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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