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"The Gumball Chronicles: Vote Gumball…and Penny?" is the second episode of The Gumball Chronicles[1] and the first part of "The Amazing World of Gumball: Election Special." In the United States, it was released on video-on-demand on October 30, 2020 and aired on November 2, 2020.

Synopsis[]

Gumball asks his girlfriend, Penny, to be his running mate.[1]

Plot[]


SPOILER AHEAD!

Important details about the plot or story are up ahead

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The episode starts with Gumball and Darwin noticing a poster on the school bulletin board announcing elections for school president. Darwin suggests that he should run for the position with Gumball as his running mate, but Gumball refuses because he believes Darwin never knows what to do on his own. Darwin counters this by stating that at least having no idea is better than always having the wrong idea. Gumball decides that instead of Darwin, he will find someone else to be his running mate.

Later at the library, Gumball finishes an early version of his campaign poster. Having decided on Penny for his running mate, he calls her on a video chat. After a quick reprimanding by the Tree librarian for talking in the library, Gumball switches to a text chat. After Penny tries to guess what Gumball is trying to tell her, he admits that he is running for school president. Upon hearing this, Penny tells Gumball that she is right behind him. Gumball assumes this to mean she agrees to be his running mate and adds her to his campaign poster. However, Penny tries to explain how, being in a relationship with Gumball already, that they should not mix business with pleasure.

Penny further goes on to remind Gumball that not only did things go poorly the last time he lead the school, but he also frequently leaps before he looks. Gumball insists that they'd make a great partnership due to him being impulsive and Penny being smart, comparing it to the cheerleader effect. Penny then reminds Gumball that this is not how the cheerleader effect works. She then also tells him (after Gumball interrupts her) that to be president, he would have to be a better listener, reminding him of a past incident in which he did not listen.

Gumball agrees that he should improve on listening, and decides to do so by agreeing to whatever Penny says. Penny says that Gumball also struggles with communicating with her clearly, whether in person or on the phone with her. Gumball concedes to this as well, but claims that his public speaking is awesome, reminding her of his eulogy for Mr. Cuddles. Penny says that she called what he said special to be polite. Gumball tells Penny that her behavior is confusing, but she counters this with an Elmore Stream-It clip of the flash mob Gumball once set up for her.

Gumball compliments himself on the flash mob, believing that his biggest flaw is underestimating his own abilities. Penny then sends him another video, showing him that this is not entirely the case. Gumball counters this by saying that although he may overestimate his abilities, he commits to what he starts. Penny then wonders if he will seriously commit to the election, or if it is a craze like the time Gumball tried karate.

Gumball goes over everything Penny has said, and decides that running would be a bad idea. Penny compliments Gumball for being mature about this, but he then says that it would not work because of her. Penny starts to get mad, but Gumball clarifies that all of the examples she listed had her present, which caused him to act out, so both of them running together would not work because of this. After saying that they for sure will not be running mates, Penny sighs in relief. She then asks Gumball if he has considered anyone else, like Leslie. Gumball has an outburst over this suggestion, but the tree librarian throws more books at him. Penny cannot help but laugh at Gumball again.

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Characters[]

Main characters[]

Supporting characters[]

Minor characters[]

Trivia[]

  • Alligators on a Train is mentioned for the first time since "The DVD."
  • The flashback of "The Gi" shows Penny and Leslie sitting on a bench while watching Gumball. The shot of Penny and Leslie uses animation from "The Storm," but with Darwin removed and an added zoom.

Continuity[]

  • The beginning segment re-uses animation from the Grade Tax scene in "The Vision."
  • The section where Gumball tells Darwin he does not need him re-uses animation from "The Hug."
  • When they wish each other good luck, they walk in a similar manner to a scene in "The Coach."
  • The gag from "The Hug" where Gumball blows a raspberry is reused.
  • The instrumental version of "I'm On My Way" from "The Origins: Part Two" plays during the montage of Darwin saying "what are we gonna do."

Goofs/errors[]

  • Chris Garbutt's name is misspelled "Chris Garbugg" in the credits.
  • When Darwin says that Gumball always has wrong ideas, his right arm disappears for a frame.
  • When the flashback appears from "The Gi," it shows that Penny is sitting with Leslie, but Leslie is in the crowd.
    • Also, due to it using animation from "The Storm," Penny and Leslie are in their season 2 designs despite The Gi being from season 1.

Other titles[]

  • Français (French): Les chroniques de Gumball : Votez Gumball... et Penny ? (The Gumball Chronicles: Vote Gumball…and Penny?)
  • Italiano (Italian): La Cronache di Gumball: Le elezioni (The Gumball Chronicles: The Election)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese): Biên Niên Kí Gumball: Hãy Bầu Cho Gumball và Penny (The Gumball Chronicles: Please Vote for Gumball and Penny)
  • Polski (Polish): Kroniki Gumballa: Głosuj na Gumballa... i Penny? (The Gumball Chronicles: Vote for Gumball... and Penny?)
  • Türkçe (Turkish): Gumball Günlükleri: Gumball ve Penny'ye Oy Verin (The Gumball Chronicles: Vote for Gumball and Penny)

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH01412293&tmsId=SH014122930000&from=TVGrid&aid=gapzap
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Vice President[]

[Gumball and Darwin are walking down the school corridor when Gumball sees an election poster on the wall.]
Gumball: [Offscreen] Election for school president!
[Gumball takes down the poster.]
Gumball: [Reading] "Please choose your running mate and prepare a campaign post for the end of the week." What the what?
Darwin: So whaddaya say? President Darwin and his running mate Gumball.
Gumball: Uh, in what world am I the vice president?
Darwin: The amazing world where I'm allowed to make decisions.
Gumball: Hmm, nah, not knowing what to do is literally your catchphrase.
[A montage starts showing different clips of Darwin asking "What do we do?" and "What are we gonna do?" throughout the series.]
Darwin: Gumball, what do we do? What do we do? What should I do? What do we do? What do we do? What do we do? What do we do? What are we gonna do?
Clayton (as Darwin): What are we gonna do?
Darwin: What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we- gonna- do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we going to do?!
[Cut back to the school hallway]
Darwin: Yeah, well, you don't know what to do either.
[Another montage of clips of Gumball asking "what do we do" starts]
Gumball: What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do?
[The next few clips show Gumball with a live action orange mouth over his own, with voiceover by Darwin]
Darwin: [Pretending to be Gumball]: "What are we gonna do?" "What are we gonna do?" "I'm Gumball! What are we gonna do?" "Gumball here! I am incapable of making a deci-"

[During the last clip, it suddenly cuts back to the school hallway, with Darwin speaking the last line]

Gumball: You've said quite enough, Darwin, and I think you've proved my point.
Darwin: Well, it's–it's better to have no idea than to always have the wrong idea.
[Cuts to Gumball and Darwin making a clone of Anton in "The Recipe."]
Gumball: Amazing! We made a living, breathing clone of our frie-
[Cuts to army of Antons charging down the hallway. The footage then stops.]
Darwin: And exhibit B...
[Cuts to Gumball about to tell Hector that he's boring because his mother's strict parenting in "The Colossus."]
Gumball: Yup, that's it! I'm going to speak to him.
[Gumball angrily throws his sandwich on the ground and walks up to Hector.]
Gumball: Hector! I've been thinking!
[Cut to scenes of Hector destroying Elmore.]
Darwin: On to exhibit C...
[Cuts to Gumball talking to Clayton in "The Skull."]
Gumball: Sure, the skull guy that I made up actually exi-
[Cuts to Razor crashing through the school wall.]
Gumball: Okay, you know what? I don't need you as my V.P. anyhow, 'cause I'm at the top of my game and I'm gonna win.
Darwin: Well I guess I'm gonna have to run with someone else and let the public decide who'd be the best president.
[Gumball blows a raspberry, and there is a brief silence]
Gumball: Good luck though, Darwin.
Darwin: [Walking offscreen] Yeah, you too, buddy.

In the Library[]

[Cut to the library. Gumball is putting the finishing touches on his campaign poster. The words "Gumball and ??????" can be seen.]
Gumball: Mhm. Just nudge that a little... I think we're there! Now I just need my running mate.
[Gumball video-calls Penny]
Gumball: Easy.
Penny: Hey, Gumball!
Gumball: [Covers Penny's face on the screen] Guess where I am?
Penny: The library. You need to cover the camera, not my eyes.
Gumball: Oh. Yeah.
[He takes his hand off the screen.]
Penny: And- [Minor glitch] -you're not allowed to cam in the library. It's too noisy.
Gumball: Nah, don't worry. The librarian's so old, she couldn't hear a banshee in a-
[A book is thrown at Gumball and it hits his face.]
Gumball: Ow!
Tree Librarian: [Offscreen] No talking in the library!
[Penny giggles.]
Gumball: [Texting] So yeah, I'm just here designing my poster...
Penny: [Texting] Oh no, what did you lose this time?!
[A missing poster with a drawing of the Wattersons' turtle appears.]

Gumball: What? No, I haven't lost anything.

Penny: Oh, right. So you're selling something?
[Another poster appears depicting Gumball's skateboard, shoes, and vest from "The Ollie"]
Gumball: [Laughs] No! I'm running for class president!
Penny: Oh, I know!
[Cuts to a movie theatre. A promo says "2 Alligators 2 Trains."]
Penny: You've made a sequel to Alligators on a Train!
Gumball: No, I just said.
Gumball: [Texting] I'm running for class president.
[Penny's box shows that she is typing. It flashes on and off two times. The third time, she speaks.]
Penny: [Texting] That's great. I'm right behind you.
Gumball: Cool. For a second there, I worried you thought it was a bad idea.
[Gumball edits his campaign poster and adds an image of Penny, as well as changing the ?????? text to "Penny."]
Gumball: So, you'll be my running mate?
Penny: Okay, when I say "right behind you," I mean at arm's length. Uh, a really long arm. Freakishly long arm.
Gumball: But I'm your boyfriend!
Penny: Exactly. And we shouldn't mix business with pleasure.
Gumball: But it's not a pleasure!
Penny: [Turns into her Gorgon form] What?!
Gumball: [Worried] I mean, it's not business! I mean–Ugh. What do I mean?
[Another book is thrown at Gumball.]
Gumball: Aah!
Tree Librarian: [Offscreen] Silence!
Gumball: [Rubbing his cheek] Ow. But thank you. That wasn't going well.

Are You Sure?[]

Penny: [Texting] Are you sure this is really you? I mean it didn't work out so well last time you tried to run the class.
[Cuts to Gumball's speech in "The Candidate"]
Gumball: You want change?!
Multiple Students: Yeah!
Gumball: Tired of fancy words?!
Multiple Students: Yeah!
Gumball: How about this for a slogan?! [Makes an incomprehensible assortment of various sounds while making various expressions]
[Cuts to the scene of Elmore Junior High exploding.]
Penny: [Texting] And you do have a tendency to leap before you look.
[Cuts to the scene of Gumball jumping into the swimming pool in "The Pressure"]
Gumball: Pals before Gals!
[Gumball jumps off the diving board]
Penny: Hey Masami, have you seen Gumball anywhere?
Gumball: Oh no, I can't do that to Penny. [Sighs] On one hand, I create a diversion to save Dar-
[Gumball falls flat on the water's surface, making a loud slapping noise. He then sinks]

The Cheerleader Effect[]

Gumball: [Texting] Yeah, but that's why we'd be the perfect team! I'm a bit impulsive and you're a bit... [Gumball's box shows that he's typing for a second, then he speaks] wise. And imagine the optics of you and I together! [Gumball sends a picture of a group of cheerleaders] It'd be like the cheerleader effect to the power of triangle.
Penny: That's not how math works, or the cheerleader effect.
[Cuts to the scene from "The Petals" where Gumball, Darwin, and Leslie at the stadium]
Gumball: So you know about the cheerleader effect, right?
Leslie: What's that?
Gumball: It's an optical mind trick. When girls hang out in groups, they look prettier.
Molly, Carmen and Teri: Go Elmore, Go!
[Molly, Carmen and Teri turn around, one at a time. Each time, their faces are replaced by beautiful, live-action ones.]
Gumball: Come on, let's try it. Hey Penny!
Penny: Yeah?
Gumball: How do we look? [Gumball, Leslie and Darwin come closer together, aiming for the Cheerleader Effect, but their faces get more distorted]
Penny: Ah, you're going for the Cheerleader Effect right?
Gumball: [Muffled] Yes.
Penny: Sorry, but for boys it's the opposite. We call it the Frat-guy Effect, make you look like medieval pillaging creeps.
Gumball: But would you still love me if I looked like this?
Penny: Yeah, you'd still be the shining sun of my life.
Gumball: Aww!
Penny: Impossible to live without, [Aside] but it would really hurt my eyes to look at you directly.

Better Listener[]

Gumball: [Texting] See, you said it yourself, I'm impossible to live without!
[Penny sighs]
Penny: [Texting] But if we worked as a team you'd have to be a better-
Gumball: [Texting] I mean imagine it, we'd be unstoppable! Sorry you were saying?
Penny: [Texting] You would have to be a better LISTENER.
[Cuts to the scene when Penny invites Gumball to Mr. Cuddles' funeral in "The Date"]
Penny: Do you want to come around to my house this Saturday?
Gumball: Me, with you, at your place?
Penny: You see, it's [Voice fades out] Mr. Cuddles' funeral...
[Gumball ignores the rest of what she says as he daydreams about her]
Penny: Gumball, are you even listening?
Gumball: This Saturday, four PM, it's... it's a date.
[Gumball runs away, giggling]
Gumball: [Texting] Yeah but that all turned out fine.
Penny: [Texting] Umm...
[Cuts to Gumball rings the doorbell and Penny opens the door. Gumball has his back to the doorway and turns to Penny]
Gumball: Hey.
Penny: Oh, thanks for coming, Gumball. You look... uhh... Dressed. I guess you should come in.
Gumball: [Walking into Penny's house] Well, that's one way to get in the house! [Chuckles]
Penny: [Follows Gumball into the house] Right.
Gumball: So, what do you want to do today?
Penny: Today is the funeral.
Gumball: [Shocked, he takes off his hat] Oh.
Penny: For Mr. Cuddles, my pet.

Straight With Me[]

Gumball: [Texting] Okay, yeah, you're right. I need to improve my listening. And whatever you say, I'll agree with!
Penny: [Texting] Well no, you also have to be straight with me. And you do struggle with that sometimes.
[Cuts to Darwin conversing with Penny in "The Voice."]
Darwin: Hey Penny, I'm sorry for never being upfront about my emotions, or having the courage to stand in front of you like a man to tell you how I feel.
Penny: Oh, wow. I never realized you had any feelings towards me. If anyone did, I would have thought it was Gumball.
Gumball: [From the distance, hiding] Sorry for being too scared to say it in person! [Runs, and trips on a trash bin. The clip stops.]
Penny: And kinda, just be a clear communicator in general.
[Cuts to a clip from "The Mirror." Gumball leans to Darwin]
Gumball: Hey dude, can you pass this on to Penny? "You're so cool that you give penguins brain-freeze".
[Reluctantly, Darwin passes the message on to a bored Leslie, sitting in front of him. Leslie passes it on to Banana Joe, Joe passes it to Carmen, and Carmen finally delivers the message to Penny.]
Carmen: Gumball says you're fat.
Everyone gasps. Penny turns to Gumball and Gumball gives a thumbs up, with a dopey face.
Gumball: [Texting] I'm pretty sure that was Banana Joe's fault!
Penny: [Texting] Okay I'll give you that. But even when it's just you and me on the phone things tend to get muddled.
[Cuts to a scene of "The Misunderstandings", where an unkempt Gumball is snacking on chips. The home phone starts ringing.]
Gumball: [Groans and picks up the home phone] Yes?
Penny: Gumball, are you coming or what?
Gumball: Wha-? But–but I thought you said we were gonna meet at dinner!
Penny: Yeah, we're having lunch at Dinner, the new diner that's just opened.
Gumball: [Screams]
Penny: [Hears Gumball's scream through the phone, pushing the payphone away] Uh, hello?
Gumball: [Scrubbing his body with a sponge in the bath tub] Uh, yeah, yeah, sorry, I thought you said we were going to meet at the mall, not your house.
Penny: I am at the mall.
Gumball: [Muffled speech through the pants on his head.]
Penny: What?
Gumball: Me too! I-I can't see you though.
Penny: Really? Where are you?
Gumball: Oh you know, right by that place, the one that sells uh, stuff–
[The phone cord untangles and his body splats against the wall, leaving his clothes by the door.]
Penny: Gumball, you do realize I called you on your home phone.

Public Speaking[]

Gumball: [Texting] So my one-on-one needs a little work. But my public speaking is awesome!
[Cuts to another scene from "The Date." At the Fitzgeralds' backyard, it is raining, and Judith is playing the bagpipes while everyone stands in silence.]
Penny: Gumball, perhaps you would like to say a few words about Mr. Cuddles.
Gumball: Err... of course. [Walks towards Mr. Cuddles' grave] Well, Mr. Cuddles was Penny's pet. Even though I never met him, Penny's pretty hot. So I'm sure he was pretty hot too. [Walks away from Mr. Cuddles' grave.]
Penny: Thank you, Gumball. That was really special.

Whose Behavior is Confusing?[]

Gumball: [Texting] See? It was "special."
Penny: [Texting] I was being polite.
Gumball: [Texting] Oh, your behavior is so confusing sometimes.
Penny: [Texting] You think MY behavior is confusing?
[Penny sends an Elmore Stream-It link to Gumball. He clicks it and a video called "Flash Fail" loads. It is the scene from "The Romantic" where Penny arrives at the fountain. After a few seconds, everyone drops to the floor.]
Penny: [Panics] Help!
Everyone: Penny Fitzgerald.
Penny: [Yelps, freaked out] How do you know my name? What's going on?
Felicity, Tony, Marvin, and Alison: [Each saying one word] The - first - time - I - saw - you - in - this - mall - I - only - had - eyes - for - you - this - is - how - my - heart - felt.
Penny: Huh?
[Everyone gets up and starts dancing to music, facing her, then stop]
Penny: Okay... can anyone explain what is going—
Everyone: [Making typing gestures while making a sitting pose] Now all I have to do is send this video to some attention hogs to do flash mobs. [They pick their noses and look at their fingers] Is that a booger or a piece of brain? Better put it back. [They do] What the what?! Is the camera still on??
[They stand up and make a gesture as if they're turning off something.]

Gumball's Abilities[]

Gumball: Hmm, I thought that'd be a disaster but it came out really well in the end. You know, I think that's my main flaw. Underestimating my abilities.
[A notification sounds on the computer]
Gumball: Okay just do it.
[Cuts to the scene from "The Ex" where Gumball and Penny are having ice cream. Gumball is eating his at a high speed.]
Penny: Gumball, slow down. You'll get brain freeze.
Gumball: I'll be fine. It's my special skill. I can eat as much ice cream as I want and never get—
[Scene cuts to the bathroom. Penny is holding Gumball, whose head is frozen in a block of ice, under the hand dryer]
Gumball: —brain freeze.
[Cut back to Penny's chat.]
Gumball: [Texting] So I occasionally overestimate my abilities. But hey, at least I commit!
Penny: [Texting] Unless this politics thing is a craze like the judo?
Gumball: [Texting] Don't be silly, Penny. That was karate.
[Cuts to Gumball walking to Penny in "The Gi."]
Gumball: Hey, Penny! Hi-yah! [Punches the air, startling her] What do you think of my new style?
Penny: Mmm. Very, um...
Gumball: Impressive?
Penny: Well... I like to see you happy.
Gumball: Thanks! Wih! [Fakes another punch] You need work on that defense, young lotus. Farewell.
[Cuts to the scene at the school playground, Gumball is preparing to strike the planks in front of him.]
Gumball: [Inhales deeply] HI-YAH!
[Gumball hits the wood, injuring his hand as he whimpers in pain. The classmates start to laugh. Penny and Leslie watch from a bench nearby]
Gumball: Stop laughing!
[Gumball starts hitting the plank with his face]
Gumball: Hiyah! Hiyah! Hiyah! [Stops hitting the plank with his face. His face is beat up.] Maybe I'll just do one plank.
[Darwin removes all the planks except for one.]
Gumball: [Inhales deeply] HI-YAH!
[He stomps on the plank, to no effect, and growls. When he kicks the plank, the clip stops.]

Are We Good?[]

Gumball: Okay, okay, stop! So you're saying that I'd make a bad president because I'm impulsive, bad listener, bad communicator, bad public speaker, I'm sometimes inappropriate, I overestimate my skills and I struggle with commitment.
[Cut back to the library]
Gumball: Yeah, this'll never work.
Penny: Oh... good. Thanks for being mature about it.
Gumball: Mhm, it's fine. And I mean it's not me, it's you.
Penny: [Nervous laughter] You got that the wrong way 'round.
Gumball: No I mean it's you. The one thing all your examples have in common is that you were there!
Penny: [Slowly turns into her Gorgon form] What?
Gumball: Yeah, I'm fine when you're not around, but when you're there- [Penny's snakes hiss] put those snakes away, I haven't finished yet, when you're there I act crazy 'cause I'm... crazy about you.
[Penny stares at Gumball for a moment before slowly turning back to normal]
Penny: Rrrrrrright.
Gumball: So, are we good?
Penny: Let me just make sure. You don't want me to be your running mate for class president?
Gumball: Exactly! We're boyfriend and girlfriend and nothing more.
Penny: Ah, thank goodness! Then yes, we are totally good. [Inhales] So, who are you gonna ask instead? Have you thought about Leslie?
Gumball: WHAT!? Leslie? Are you— [Another book is thrown at Gumball] Ow! "The Condensed Works of Shakespeare?" Well, at least it wasn't the complet-
[A much bigger book is thrown at Gumball, knocking him off his chair]
Penny: [Giggles] Gumball.
[Episode ends]
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