Black and White
- [The episode begins at the Wattersons' house. Gumball, Darwin, and Richard are trying to watch Elmore News, but it is turning grey]
- Mike: And in other news, scientists have discovered a completely new color; a mixture of blue and red called "bled." And here it is on TV for the first time.
- [Camera pans to the right to show a clipboard man holding a test tube. The screen is grayscaled at this point. Richard then hits the TV to try and fix it]
- Richard: Gah, typical! Stuff always breaks just when the warranty runs out!
- Gumball: When'd it run out?
- Richard: About twenty years ago.
- Gumball: Hmm.
- [Anais walks into the living room, grayscaled]
- Anais: Uhh, I think there's something wrong with our mirror, too.
- Darwin: I don't think that's the mirror.
- Gumball: Yeah, you look like a pair of English buttocks.
- [Gumball and Darwin giggle]
- Anais: Yeah? Well, at least I'm not eating kitty litter.
- Gumball and Darwin: [Look at their bowl] Huh?
- [Gumball finds out that they have been eating cat litter the whole time]
- Gumball: Eww! Mom!?
- Nicole: I got confused, okay? Everything was in black and white at the supermarket. I chose that one because I like the picture.
- Gumball: [Grabs the cat litter box from the table.] It literally says "non-clumping" on the box.
- Nicole: Uhh, I assumed that meant it was full of fiber. [Suddenly turns grayscale] Huh? [Screams]
- Gumball: Okay? Something weird is going on here.
- [The Wattersons hear loud horns outside, which makes Gumball and Darwin go out and check. The camera zooms out to reveal that the houses, the road and the cars are partially black and white]
- Gumball: What the what?
- [We cut to a large traffic backup due to the traffic lights losing their color. Doughnut Sheriff tries to manage the traffic]
- Donut Cop: Alright! Alright! Everybody calm down. I'll take care of this. Okay, dark grey car, move forward. [Points at his left. The car to his right moves forward, wedging him between two cars] Not you! Light grey. [Signals to his right] Reverse! Reverse! [The car to his left reverses. He becomes even more stuck.] Ahh! Medium grey, move forward. [The second car to his right moves forward, colliding with the car in front of it.] Uggh! Somebody, do something! [A semi truck pushes him and all the other cars out of the way]
- [Cut to the mall, Gumball and Darwin observe things turning black-and-white]
- Gumball: What is going on around here?
- Darwin: It's like the color's been sucked out of the world.
- [Rocky enters the mall, wearing a formal suit and holding a rose. He grabs his phone and reads a message aloud]
- Rocky: "Excited for our blind date and first kiss. I'll be the one wearing gray."
- [Several girls at the mall turn grayscale. Rocky shrugs, uses some mouth spray, and walks over to them. Rocky is then seen getting beaten up by the girls]
- [Cut to the football stadium, the whole stadium turns grayscale which stops the game]
- Person in audience: The spell is broken!
- Milk Guy: I don't have to spend my life supporting this team anymore. Now I can finally dedicate my time to my real passion: close-up magic.
- Butterknife: And I can get back to the greatest passion of them all: embroidery!
- Milk Guy: Magic.
- Butterknife: Embroidery.
- Milk Guy: [Angered] Magic!
- Butterknife: [Angered] Embroidery!
- [Milk Guy and Butterknife begin fighting, and several stadium members start angrily shouting as well]
- Guy: Sha-zang!
Graffiti
- [Gumball and Darwin are walking down the sidewalk, passing an area with graffiti all over the wall and posts]
- Darwin: Hmm...what's all this now?
- Gumball: There's something we're not seeing. [Smashes into a post that's covered in graffiti] Oh, dagnabbit.
- [Gumball checks in front of him by moving his hands while climbing a stairway that has no pathway leading to it. He eventually fall head-first]
- Gumball: Aw, come on, man. [Darwin continues walking] No, no, no. Watch out, dude.
- Darwin: It's alright, I got this. [Walks into a fire hydrant] Oww! Right in the... neck. [Falls to his knees, holding his neck]
- [Gumball continues to walk and check in front of himself. He stumbles upon something in his way]
- Gumball: Huh? What's this?
- Darwin: What is going on here? This place looks like a gas station restaurant mugged in UV light.
- Hobo: [Eyes and nose suddenly appear] I know what happened. [Gumball and Darwin back away in fear] The kid that used to clean up the trash hasn't come for a while.
- Darwin: Uh, you got a... you got a little bit of paint on you.
- Hobo: [Wipes off part of graffiti on his face] Did I get it?
- Darwin: Uh- yeah, sure.
- Gumball: One last thing. Could you point the way out?
- Hobo: Uh, sure, it's that way.
- [Due to graffiti covering his arms, Gumball and Darwin cannot see which direction he's pointing]
- Gumball: I really don't know why I thought that would help.
- [Gumball and Darwin carefully walk away, continuing to check in front of themselves]
A Hole in the Ozone Layer
- [Gumball and Darwin are both seen attempting to shield their faces from the sun]
- Darwin: I think there might be trouble ahead.
- Gumball: Yeah, I can smell it. [Takes a deep sniff] Uh, actually, it smells like popcorn.
- [Jeff is heard screaming in the distance. He then is seen approaching Gumball and Darwin as his kernels pop]
- Jeff: You can't stay here!
- Gumball: What? Why?
- Jeff: [Kernels continue to pop] The sun! THE SUN!
- Gumball: What's wrong with the sun?
- Jeff: That nice boy who did the recycling has given u- [Faints]
- Gumball: Wait, has what?
- Jeff: ...has given up. [Left eye kernel pops and faints again]
- [Gumball and Darwin are shown with their faces now looking very old]
- Gumball: So, what? [Sees Darwin] What the what, dude!? You look like a trucker's elbow!
- Darwin: You look like a medieval coinsack!
- Gumball: Wait. They stopped recycling, didn't they?
- [Elmore is seen getting shined on heavily by the sun]
- Gumball: IT BURNED A HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER! Ah! I got it. [Grabs the sewer lid for form a shade to himself]
- Darwin: Of course, the sewers! Good idea. [Jumps inside the sewer.] You meant to use the cover as a shade, didn't you? ..Yeah, that's what you meant.
Society Begins to Collapse
- [Gumball and Darwin walk with sewer lids as their shade before tossing them aside. They notice that some police tape is blocking the entrance of the park]
- Gumball: Hmm? What's going on here?
- [A Coffee Cop suddenly blocks the pathway]
- Coffee Cop: Stop! I'm sorry, kid, but you can't go this way.
- Gumball: Why?
- Coffee Cop: The kid who used to feed the ducks has stopped.
- Gumball: Pfft. So?
- Coffee Cop: So...
- [The Coffee Cop steps aside, showing the other cops being destroyed by ducklings]
- Gumball: Ah, I guess we'll go via the old folks' home then.
- Coffee Cop: I wouldn't.
- Gumball: Why?
- Coffee Cop: The kid who used to run the bingo has stopped doing it. [Holds up a walkie-talkie]
- Cop: [On radio] Mayday! Mayday! We need backup! They're coming through the goshdarn walls! [Screams]
- Gumball: Whoa. Turns out the rules of bingo are the only rules in an old folks' home, huh?
- [An explosion happens inside the park]
- Coffee Cop: Whoa! All right, you know what? It's every man for himself now. [She runs away] By the way, avoid the zoo! The kid who used to volunteer there has given up, too! [A monkey tackles her]
- Gumball: I think I'll take my chances with the ducks. [Points at the park]
Scout Ambush
- [Gumball and Darwin are show trekking through the woods]
- Gumball: Dude, the atmosphere's getting kinda creepy.
- Darwin: Yeah, It's like we're being hunted.
- [Gumball stops Darwin from walking]
- Gumball: Not hunted, scouted.
- [Gumball points toward a scout, hiding in the bush. He cautiously picks up a rock to throw at the bush. Timmy suddenly shows up in the bush next to Gumball]
- Gumball: Clever boy.
- Darwin: [Off-Screen] Scout.
- [Timmy tackles Gumball, and the scene goes black. We see from Gumball's point of view that the scouts are attempting to stab him and Darwin with art supplies]
- Gumball: You're scouts! Aren't you supposed to be nice, build birdhouses and play the bugle and junk?
- Timmy the Frog: Our scoutmaster left us, so, we're an army without a leader. This is our territory now. You're either with us or against us.
- [The scouts continue stabbing Gumball and Darwin]
- Gumball: Ah! We're with you, we're with you!
- Timmy the Frog: Hah, what's our motto then? I'll give you a clue: it starts with B.
- Gumball: Be... lieve in men who wear short-shorts in the woods?
- [Scouts poke them again]
- Darwin: Badges! Scouts love badges, right? You want badges?
- Timmy the Frog: When the leader left, we found his stash of badges. We have all the badges now.
- Gumball: Wait, aren't you supposed to earn them by actually learning the skills?
- Timmy the Frog: Pff, like technically, yeah.
- Gumball: So, did you technically learn how to tie knots?
- [Timmy mumbles. Gumball and Darwin discover their arms have not actually been tied. They then growl at the scouts]
Alan and the Society
- [Gumball and Darwin exit the woods, tossing away some of the scouts' art supplies and a baseball bat, while cracking their fingers]
- Gumball: Meh. Shame they didn't earn their self-defense badges either.
- [In the distance, a storm rumbles around the forest]
- Gumball: Hmm, looks like we found the source of it all. Come on, let investi- [Walks in and loses all his color and begins crying] WHAT'S THE POINT, DARWIN?! WE'LL NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON!
- [Darwin pulls Gumball out of the rain, causing him to stop crying and regain his color]
- Gumball: What am I talking about? There's no reason we wouldn't.
- Darwin: Okay?
- [Gumball walks into the rain, again crying and losing his color]
- Gumball: NO! LIFE JUST POINTLESSLY STIRS UP THE DUST THAT YOU'LL EVENTUALLY TURN INTO!
- [Darwin walks into the rain, pushes Gumball, loses his color, and abundantly cries. The boys then find Alan, sitting alone on a swing]
- Gumball: Ah, that makes sense. Alan.
- [Cuts to Alan, with tears sliding down his face]
- Darwin: If someone like him gives up, then the whole world loses its glow.
- [Gumball and Darwin approach Alan]
- Darwin: Hey, Alan, what's wrong?
- Alan: I've lost it.
- Gumball: That's alright, man. Whatever it is, no one ever thought you had it anyway.
- Darwin: [Nudges Gumball] Psh!
- Gumball: [Sighs] Alright, fine. [Teary-eyed] What have you lost, Alan?
- Alan: My faith in the world.
- Darwin: So that's why you stopped all your voluntary work. But why? You were doing great.
- Alan: No matter how much I try, the world will never be perfect.
- Gumball: Well, you gotta get back on the horse.
- Alan: Oh, why bother?
- Gumball: 'Cuz we need people like you to do all that work so that people like me don't have to.
- Alan: There's no point, Gumball. People don't change. Goodness knows I tried to stay positive and turn the other cheek. But what happens when you run out of cheeks to turn?
- Gumball: Well, I could think of a couple more cheeks—
- Darwin: BUUUUUT!
- [Darwin shuts Gumball's mouth and pushes him aside]
- Darwin: Alan, you changed the lives of so many people.
- Alan: Yeah, but what about him? In spite of all the effort I've made to be friends, he STILL can't look me in the eye.
- [Gumball is shown with his eyes twisted away from Alan. Darwin twists his eyes back to normal]
- Darwin: Ha, that's not, heh—that's not true. [Nudges Gumball again]
- Gumball: Yes, Alan.
- [Alan smiles]
- Gumball: We are frie— [Retches. Alan becomes shocked] We are fri— [Retches again and covers his mouth]
- Alan: See? He's physically incapable of saying anything remotely positive about me!
- Darwin: Prove him wrong, give him a hug.
- [Gumball awkwardly approaches Alan, and Alan looks somewhat cheered up. Gumball hugs Alan]
- Darwin: There you go, good job. Give him a good squeeze. That's right. Can you feel the love?
- [Darwin checks Gumball and Alan. It's shown that Gumball is tightly hugging Alan in an uncomfortable way]
- Darwin: [Nervously laughs, separates Gumball and Alan] No, no, no, no! That's too much love.
- Alan: [Deeply pants] SEE!?
- Gumball: I'm sorry, man. But that's just not how life works okay?
- Alan: [Annoyed] Oh, really? Then how does it work?
- Gumball: Well, Alan. Life doesn't work in black and white. [Grabs and holds Alan against his face] Let me give you a little insight.
"Life Ain't Perfect"
- Gumball: It's one big shade of gray
- [Spoken] And the dark kind, I'm afraid to say.
- Because there's war, and fighting, and the bad guy often wins
- So you have to find some comfort in the smallest little things
- There's shouting and there's stealing, there are mortgages to pay
- But that's a grown-up thing and you are still a kid today
- The prospects for society are turning for the worst
- The [Coughs] environment is suffering and might not be reversed
- But at least the nasty kid who makes every day so rough
- In the end gets hit by karma which will kinda make you laugh
- Darwin: And sure the future's looking pretty grim
- The light on the horizon is pretty dim
- But you're a kid and all of life is still ahead of you
- Unlike the ninety-something guy who caught the avian flu
- Gumball and Darwin: Life ain't perfect, it's... eh...
- Some bits are okay, but most of it's [Retches]
- Life ain't perfect it's... meh
- You gotta find the good that's in this great big load of [Raspberries]'
- Gumball: And yes, the more you work on it, the worse it seems to get
- Darwin: Looking at the news can make you break out in a sweat
- Gumball and Darwin: That's the way life is, so you gotta deal with it
- There's not much else to say right now to lift your spirit
- Alan: Tell me how's all that supposed to make me feel better?
- My life's unraveling just like threads pulled from a sweater
- There's no sunshine in my future, it is gray, desaturated
- Tell me why I shouldn't feel so deflated
"Life Is Beautiful"
- Gumball: [Spoken] Because... Because...
- If you stop halfway up the mountain, you will never see the view
- Darwin: When you look how far you've climbed, you'll find the courage to pull through
- Gumball: You'll wonder how on Earth you can put up with all of this
- Then you'll come across a memory of perfect bliss
- Gumball and Darwin: So keep following the light
- No matter how much your heart aches
- Cuz this sad old world will need your hope to fix it when it breaks
- And in times when you can't take it, and you want the day to end
- Gumball: Take my hand
- Darwin: And you will find
- Gumball and Darwin: Life is beautiful, my friend!
The Return of Color
- [As the song ends, all the color returns to Elmore]
- Alan: [Inhales deeply] Thank you, Gumball. I guess this makes us friends now.
- Gumball: What? Pfft, no. [Walks out]
- [Alan feels down in response]
- Gumball: [Walks back to Alan] Dah, alright, maybe a little.
- [Alan smiles, and 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 |