The Gumball Chronicles: Vote Gumball…and Anyone?/Transcript

The Search Continues

[The episode starts of with a black screen as the word "PREVIOUSLY" fades in]

Narrator: Previously...

[Episode cuts to Gumball first seeing the election poster]

Gumball: [Offscreen] Election for school president!

Darwin: President Darwin and his running mate Gumball.

Gumball: Uh, in what world am I the vice president?

Darwin: Well I guess I'm gonna have to run with someone else and let the public decide.

Gumball: I don't need you as my V.P. anyhow, 'cause I'm at the top of my game and I'm gonna win.

[Scene cuts to Gumball talking to Penny on a video chat in the library]

Penny: Hey, Gumball!

Gumball: Will you be my V.P.?

[The librarian shushes Gumball]

Penny: No!

Gumball: Will you be my V.P.?

[The librarian shushes Gumball again]

Leslie: [Through video chat] Be serious.

Gumball: Will you be my V.P.?

[The librarian shushes Gumball yet again]

Bobert: [Through video chat] Negative!

[Bobert targets the camera and shoots it, causing an explosion. Cut to the present, where Gumball, still in the library, is now talking to Darwin]

Gumball: Something like that, anyway.

Darwin: [Texting] So, who you gonna ask next?

Gumball: [Texting] You?

Darwin: [Texting] Sorry, but I've already got a running mate.

Gumball: [Texting] What, who?

Darwin: [Texting] I'm not telling, you'll try and steal them.

Gumball: [Texting] 'Course I won't, tell me.

Darwin: [Texting; in big letters] No.

Gumball: [Texting; in bigger letters] Tell me!

Darwin: [Texting; in even bigger letters] No!

[Gumball leans over to look at Darwin, who is sitting across from him]

Gumball: Come on, tell me.

Darwin: No way.

Gumball: Hmm. [Inhales] Darwin?

Darwin: Uh-huh?

[Camera zooms into Gumball's eyes, which are now realistic]

Gumball: [Deep voice] Look into my eyes!

Darwin: Gumball, you can't read minds.

Gumball: [Deep voice] You don't know that!

Darwin: Yes I do, you've already tried.

[Flashback to Gumball trying to read Darwin's mind in "The Secret." Gumball starts straining, bugging his eyes out and stretching his face in an effort to read Darwin's mind]

Darwin: [Puts his hands on his hips] Are you trying to read my mind?

Gumball: [In a strained voice] I don't know. Are you thinking "my face really hurts?"

Darwin: No.

Gumball: Then I wasn't.

[Gumball's face falls, then slowly retracts, eventually appearing to be sunk into his head]

Darwin's Running Mate Revealed

Gumball: [Texting] Please, I promise I won't steal him.

Darwin: [Texting] Her.

Gumball: [Texting] Aha! Umm... [Sends a picture of Darwin with Carrie from "The Drama"] Carrie?

Darwin: No.

[Gumball sends a picture of Sarah]

Gumball: Sarah?

Darwin: No.

[Gumball sends a picture of Tina]

Gumball: Tina? [Gumball sends several photos of human women] Sandra? Mary? Jessica?

Darwin: Okay, stop. That's just Mambo Number Five. [Sends his campaign poster showing himself and Jamie] I'm running with Jamie.

Gumball: Jamie? But you're terrified of her!

[The scene cuts to Jamie staring and breathing creepily at Darwin in "The Girlfriend"]

Jamie: To think we've only been together for a day. It takes some couples years to have the kind of long, comfortable silences we have when we're alone.

Gumball: You're not alone [He is being used as a bench for Darwin and Jamie] And this isn't exactly comfortable.

Jamie: What did I tell you?!

Gumball: [Sighs, whispers] Benches don't talk.

[Cut to another clip from "The Girlfriend." The school bell rings, and Gumball is at his locker with Darwin]

Gumball: Trust me, man, you need to rub yourself with garlic.

Darwin: She's not a vampire.

Gumball: Yeah, but it'd still keep most people away.

[Jamie approaches, pushes Gumball into his locker, and shuts it]

Jamie: Okay, rule one: If you ignore me or break up with me, there will be serious consequences involving you, me, a spoon, and a salt shaker. [Darwin thinks, then shudders] Oh, by the way, I got you a present to celebrate our love. [Shoves the present in Darwin's face. He opens it - it's a slightly smaller present] My present to you is a present for me. Now hand it over! [He does and she opens it] Perfume?! [She throws the perfume on the floor, breaking it] Are you saying I smell bad?! [Beats up Gumball's locker] See you at lunch.

[Jamie walks away. Gumball's locker opens and he falls out, beat up and with his limbs dethatched. The clip stops]

Gumball: Okay, I am definitely not gonna steal her from you.

[Cut back to Darwin's campaign poster on Gumball's screen]

Gumball: Who's gonna vote for some bully in an orange wig?

[Camera zooms closer into Darwin's poster, revealing a small Anais sitting on a star]

Darwin: We've got Anais as our special advisor.

Gumball: Darn it!

[Scene cuts to Anais in a business suit surrounded by money from "The Check"]

Anais: Brains plus muscle times Darwin's likability plus slicked back hair equals all the power in the world!

[Cut back to the library, Gumball facepalms]

Anyone and Everyone

Gumball: It's fine, it's fine. Still plenty more people I could ask.

[Gumball opens Elmore Plus]

Gumball: Mmmm... ah! Carrie.

[Gumball video-calls Carrie. They connect, but Carrie's room appears to be empty]

Gumball: Hey Carrie? Oh, not there. Ehh, probably for the best, who'd vote for someone that gloomy?

[Carrie sighs, and her body outline becomes slightly visible]

Carrie: Thanks a lot, Gumball. I would've said yes, but if that's how you feel Ill run with Sarah.

[Carrie hangs up]

Gumball: Ugh, doesn't show up on camera...

[Gumball closes the video call app]

Darwin: Oooh! [Texting] You know who's still looking?

Gumball: [Texting] Who?

Darwin: [Texting] Razor!

Gumball: [Texting] Who?

Darwin: [Texting] You know? [Texts in black letters] Long black hair.

Gumball: Mmm, [Texting] no.

Darwin: [Texting in magenta letters] Magenta shirt?

Gumball: [Texting] Not ringing any bells.

Darwin: [Texting in green letters] Green skull for a face.

Gumball: [Texting] Okay in future, lead with the skull stuff, but yeah, I remember him!

[Cut to a scene from "The Skull" of the imaginary version of Razor bursting through some doors in front of Gumball, Darwin, and Clayton. He glares at the trio, and then grows more muscles. The scene then stops]

Gumball: Man, it would be pretty awesome to have that kind of muscle on my side!

[Gumball closes Darwin's chat window]

Gumball: Okay!

[Gumball starts a new chat with Razor]

Gumball: [Texting] Razor, how's it going bro? Was wondering if you wanna team up for the election?

[A video call window with Razor opens]

Razor: Yeah, that sounds super cool! When do you wanna meet up and talk about it?

Gumball: Ummm, shall I say, round abou-

[Gumball abruptly freezes in place]

Razor: Uh, hello? Dude, you're frozen.

[A video call jingle can be heard from Razor's computer]

Razor: Oh well, got a call coming in from Clayton. Bye!

[Razor hangs up. Gumball moves again, and he rubs his jaw after holding it open for so long]

Darwin: [Texting] So I guess you were remembering the massive version of Razor that you made up?

Gumball: [Texting] Got any more ideas?

[Darwin sends a picture of Hot Dog Guy]

Darwin: How about Hot Dog Guy? You two have chemistry, right?

Gumball: Yeah, but we also have history.

[Scene cuts to Gumball and Hot Dog Guy in the showers in a clip from "The Cringe"]

Gumball: One, two, three... [He and Hot Dog Guy pull off their towels at the same time] Bam! Gym shower. How's that for awkward, what? [Looks down, inhales] Just realized you are very much wearing shorts.

Hot Dog Guy​​​​​​​​: So, what's the problem? If anything it makes more awkward.

Gumball: Uh yeah, for me. That's like showing up for costume party when everyone else is dressed for a black-tie event. Come on, man! Take them off!

Hot Dog Guy​​​​​​​​: No way.

Gumball: Just take them off!

Hot Dog Guy​​​​​​​​: Leave it.

Gumball: [Yelling] JUST TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES!

[Gumball looks behind him, only to see that Banana Joe is in the showering stall as well. The clip stops]

Gumball: And we very nearly had biology.

[Cut to Gumball and Hot Dog Guy in the tent in a scene from "The Hug." Hot Dog Guy is asleep, but Gumball is wide awake]

Gumball: [Monologue] I can't tell if he's asleep! He's got no eyes! Do I have to make conversation?

[Hot Dog Guy audibly snores]

Gumball: [Monologue] Oh, thank goodness, I can finally relax.

[Gumball unzips his sleeping bag, revealing his torso to be twisted up. He undoes himself and sighs with relief. Hot Dog Guy suddenly rolls over, slapping his right hand on Gumball's chest and causing Gumball to freak out]

Gumball: [Monologue] Okay! Okay. Hah! I'll just move his hand, very slowly...

[Gumball breathes heavily and begins to move Hot Dog Guy's hand and reorient Hot dog Guy's body to be flat on his back. Hot Dog Guy suddenly wakes up and sees Gumball on top of him]

Hot Dog Guy​: [Monologue] What the?!

[Gumball smiles awkwardly. The clip stops]

Gumball: Yeah, I really don't wanna go any further with that relationship.

Asking the Oddballs

Darwin: Oh, I know! [He sends a picture of Juke] Juke!

Gumball: Great idea! Now there's that Shazoozle app, I can understand what he says.

[Gumball readies the Shazoozle app and video-calls Juke]

Gumball: Juke, how's it going?

[Juke beatboxes. As he does, Shazoozle attempts to pick up on and translate what he is saying, and plays it back in a British text-to-speech voice]

Shazoozle: Well very I am. Is you?

Gumball: Yyesss? Wanna be my V.P.?

[Juke beatboxes]

Shazoozle: Sorry. Interested in other pursuits mainly.

Gumball: 'Kay, so that's... a... a no?

[Juke beatboxes for a brief time]

Shazoozle: There's some whole grain pasta on Dr. Trumpet's pelmet. And he is eating a pretty bonnet which smells of regrets. Thank you very please.

Gumball: Man, this Shazoozle is wack.

[Juke beatboxes]

Shazoozle: Sorry that last message was just me doing some beatboxing. It's a hobby of mine.

Gumball: Okay bro, I'll leave you to it.

[Juke beatboxes but this time for several seconds]

Shazoozle: Bye.

[Gumball hangs up and closes Shazoozle. He exhales in exasperation]

Gumball: [Texting] Is Sussie running with anyone?

Darwin: [Texting] Yeah, she's doing her own thing. [He sends an Elmore Stream-It link] Haven't you seen her campaign video?

[Gumball clicks the link and it opens a video titled "VOTE SUSSIE"]

Sussie: [Singing] Vote for Sussie, vote for me!

I have eyes, so I can see

That we'll all enjoy our days

If we drink more mayonnaise!

Vote for Sussie, Sussiekind!

She stands up for the misaligned!

You can play her like a drum

Vote for Sussie, she's the one!

Darwin: [Texting] Hey, have you considered-

Gumball: [Texting] DON'T... even say it.

Darwin: [Texting] But Peter's pretty fun!

Gumball: [Texting] Yeah, so is K-Pop, but I don't understand that either.

[Cut to a scene from "The Understanding"]

Gumball: So Peter, what do you wanna do first?

Peter: Well, wherever I'm cool, lunch over the canteen there the locker the hunger sandwich and maybe some ketchup?

[Gumball and Darwin make confused faces. The scene cuts back to Gumball and Darwin's chat]

Gumball: [Texting] No way.

Darwin: [Texting] Sorry, I already kinda told him you were looking.

[A video call window appears, it is Peter calling]

Gumball: Oh no...

[Gumball clicks to accept the call]

Peter: Gumball! Voting sorta soonish, righty right?

Gumball: Uh-huh...

Peter: Hoopla-ha! So, come-a Peter run buddy? Affirm or softly softly?

Gumball: [Confused] Softly softly?

Peter: Peter course. Gonna run a Cheesy Danny. All good, fair play. Catch a potato!

Gumball: Bye...?

[Gumball hangs up]

The Depths of Desperation

Darwin: [Texting] So, did you turn him down?

Gumball: [Texting] I have no idea. Who else?

Darwin: [Texting] I'll ask my advisor.

[Darwin tags Anais, adding her to their chat]

Darwin: [Texting] What do you think, miss Watterson?

Anais: [Texting] I believe Josh is struggling to find a partner.

[Anais sends a picture of Josh]

Gumball: Oh, you think?

[The scene cuts to Anais at the ping pong table in "The Guy." A ping pong ball bounces towards her, and she looks up]

Josh: Everyone deserves a second chance.

Anais: So... we're friends?

Josh: Sure. We're friends.

[Josh pulls out a measuring tape and starts taking Anais' measurements. Gumball and Darwin walk up to him]

Gumball: 'Scuse me, what are you doing?

Josh: Measuring her up for her pod! They do take some time to build. [Writes down in a notebook]

Gumball: Pod?

Josh: Yeah, now she's my friend, she'll be cryogenically frozen with me until the year fourty-nine eighty-three, when our great and powerful leader Kratok will be finally hatched from his meat egg and rule us all. Look, here's a picture of him. [Shows a picture of a frog]

Darwin: That's... a frog?

Josh: Oh, silly me! That's his assistant, Maurice. This is Kratok.

[Josh shows another picture of a frog. The scene stops]

Gumball: I am not that desperate.

Darwin: Oh, I know! [Sends a picture of Gregor] Gregory!

Gumball: Okay Anais, have you got Josh's number?

Darwin: No, Gregory's cool!

[Scene cuts to a clip from "The Decisions"]

Gregor: Hey! Who wants to check out the new milkshake place after school? You know your boy Gregor is all about his milkshakes!

[The clip stops]

Gumball: And do his milkshakes bring all the kids to the ballot box?

Anais: Ask him!

[Anais tags Gregor in the chat]

Anais: [Texting] Hey Gregory, my brother wants to talk to you.

Gregor: [Texting] Hey Gumball, what's happenin' my man?

Gumball: [Texting] I don't really know anymore. Wanna be my V.P.?

Gregor:[Texting] Hey naah! Gregory don't like politics. Gregory is all about the anarchy!

Gumball: [Texting] Oh- what? Not milkshakes?

Gregor: [Texting] No, turns out I'm lactose intolerant.

[The chat window closes]

Gumball: [Sighs] Lucky escape.

Darwin: [Texting] Escape! Yes! You should ask Chris!

Gumball: [Texting] Who now?

[The scene cuts to a clip from "The Burden"]

Gumball: [Echoing] CHRIS MORRIS!

[Chris Morris turns around, and makes a "loser" gesture. The scene stops]

Gumball: Okay, one: He escaped. [Texting] Two: He's a hamster. Three: He's surely no longer with us. And four: He is a hamster. Uh, also, he's a hamster.

Darwin: Okay, [Texting] one: He came back. Two: Everyone loves hamsters. And three: He seems to be immortal.

Anais: And [Texting] four: There's no "p" in "hamster."

Gumball: And five: He hates me.

[The scene cuts to another clip from "The Burden." Gumball sprints towards Chris Morris fast enough to leave a trail of flames. Chris is tackled by Gumball, and the two sail through the air with Gumball impacting the ground. They fly through the hallway, the pool, and down a flight of stairs before stopping in Principal Brown's office]

Gumball: Gotcha.

[Chris Morris bites Gumball's thumb. He screams in pain, flinging Chris Morris away. The clip stops]

Darwin: Oh wait, actually forget it. [Sends a campaign poster showing Chris Morris with Juke] He's running with Juke.

Gumball: But... Juke said he wasn't gonna run.

Darwin: Yeah, that's pretty awkward.

Gumball: You mean to say he turned me down in favor of a mangy, brown lump of bitey, wet fluff? That's as bad as... Uh...

[Gumball sits in silence]

Darwin: Hmm, there is nothing as bad as that, is there?

Gumball: [With tears in his eyes] Nope.

A Lesson in Humility

[Defeated, Gumball closes Elmore Plus. As he speaks, he opens a folder full of campaign posters and scrolls through them. In order, they feature Leslie and Jodie, Peter and Cheesy D., Tobias and Bobert, Maurice and Josh, Carmen and Penny, Clayton and Razor, Sarah and Carrie, and Julius with the rotten cupcake, Mowdown, Reaper, and Scythe]

Gumball: [Tearful] Well, that's it. Literally everyone else has teamed up already. I got nobody... nobody! I'm sorry, Darwin. I should've never been mean to you. I should've just swallowed my stupid pride and been your V.P.. I was wr-

[Gumball is hit with and buried by a massive pile of books thrown by the librarian]

Tree Librarian: No emotional epiphanies in the library!

[Darwin looks in silence towards where Gumball was sitting]

Darwin: You know what, Gumball? I think you've learned a valuable lesson in humility.

Gumball: [From beneath the book pile] I don't even know what that means!

Darwin: Look it up, there must be a dictionary in there somewhere.

Gumball: [From beneath the book pile] Oh, yeah. Humility: being humble and modest.

Darwin: So, how about I ask Anais to run with Jamie, and I'll run with you.

Gumball: [From beneath the book pile] You'd do that? You'd be my V.P.?

Darwin: I'm sorry, what?

Gumball: [From beneath the book pile] Oh, right, I'd be your vice president. I get it, I get it. [Pokes his face out through the book pile] Then yes. It would be an honor.

[Gumball and Darwin smile at each other]

Darwin: 'Kay, so we'd better get moving with the campaign.

Sitting on the Sidelines

[Darwin starts sending Gumball various calendars and charts. As he speaks, Gumball's smile slowly gives way to a look of concern]

Darwin: Here's the itinerary that Anais drew up. First we need to work on about twenty election pledges with a timeline in affordability study, then we need to print out the posters, we can split the cost. Then I cancelled our Saturday plans so we can go pass out fliers. Then on Sunday we need to write the first draft of our speeches, and I've arranged public speaking classes with Miss Simian after school on Monday.

[Darwin sends a photo of Miss Simian in front of the chalkboard with "Monday 16 • 00" written on it]

Gumball: [Inhales] You know what, and I've always said this, politics isn't really my thing...? The real power's in the voting, so I'll just sit this one out and, you know... vote.

Darwin: You are so predictable.

Gumball: But don't worry bro! You've got my vote.

[At that moment, a ringing sound comes from Gumball's computer. A video-call window with Penny opens]

Penny: Hey! So Leslie says that you're gonna vote for Darwin?

Gumball: Uhh... I- I mean I- I'll vote for you, Penny!

Darwin: Oh, well thanks a lot! You're gonna vote for Penny!?

Tobias: Gumball's gonna vote for Penny? Did you hear that, Bobert?

[A red scanner from off-screen scans over Gumball's book pile and a whirring sound is heard]

Bobert: Engaging defense protocol.

Gumball: Book please.

[Another book is thrown onto the pile, covering Gumball. Episode ends]