The Transformation/Transcript

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[Episode begins with Gumball at his computer talking to Penny through via webcam]

Gumball: [Chuckles] Okay, next one, would you still love me if I had an amazing six-pack, but each ab had an udder?

Penny: Mmm, yep. But what kind of swimsuit would you wear at the beach?

Gumball: Oh you know, just my usual trunks. And three bikini tops.

Penny: How about you? Would you still love me, if every time we kissed, I shouted... MAMA LOVES HER RAVIOLI!

Gumball: I'd say "what a coincidence! That's what I always say under my breath after we kiss." Okay, what if I had a medical condition that meant I produced ten thousand times more sweat than the average person?

Penny: I'd say you float my boat! A little too literally.

Gumball: What if I had a soul patch?

Penny: Oof... tough one.

Gumball: [Inhales deeply] On my tush!

Penny: I'd say that's where it belongs. Soul patches are obscene. Okay, what'd be the deal breaker with me? Mm, what if I started wearing a dumb ponytail on the side like this? [Shape-shifts a pony tail on the left side of her head while making a derpy face]

Gumball: Eh, not so bad.

Penny: What about this? [Shape-shifts a ponytail at the top of her head instead, making a derpy face]

Gumball: Eh, still manageable.

Penny: How about now? [A ponytail is seen covering part of her face, she makes a derpy face]

Gumball: Oh, I can already see us driving away, you at the wheel, cans rattling behind the car, under the "just married" sign, as we disappear into the sunset... over the edge of a cliff.

Penny: [Laughs, then starts to feel nervous as she speaks] What if I asked you to come to mine and help me resolve a sensitive issue with my parents?

Gumball: I would say I agree. The time has come for an intervention regarding your dad's addiction to socks and sandals.

Penny: Ha-ha. It's a little more serious than that.

Gumball: Ah don't worry. Leave your parents to me. I'll just use my TOOT technique.

Penny: Your what now?

Gumball: It's an acronym for the four steps needed to resolve any argument.

Penny: Oh, right.

Gumball: T-O-O-T - Trumpeting attack, offensive acoustics, optical contact, toxic final charge!

Penny: Oh, we'll just stick with the acronym. [Scratches head] So, what are you doing tonight?

An Awkward Entry

[Gumball reaches the Fitzgerald's house while holding a cake and whistling. He dances to the front door. Suddenly he hears noises inside and rings the doorbell]

Gumball: Penny! [No answer] Uh... hello?

[Gumball presses his ear against the door. Shouting is heard, and the sound of glass breaking can also be heard. He tries opening the door but it is locked. He sighs and heads for the backyard]

Gumball: [Shouting to the nearest window] I'll just go around the back and let myself in, okay?! [The shouting continues] Okay.

[He climbs over a fence while still holding the cake. As he reaches the top, he sees sprinklers at the other side and groans. Scene cuts to Gumball wearing only underwear while holding his clothes and the cake walking past the sprinklers]

Gumball: Wait a minute. [He sees several garden gnomes and a sign reading "WELCOME TO GNOME TOWN!"] Wrong backyard!

Woman: [Light turns on from the neighboring house] Who's there?

Gumball: Ohhhh no! [Tosses the cake and his clothes over the fence leading to the Fitzgerald's backyard and then starts climbing over it. He screams as he sees his clothes get destroyed by Patrick's wood chipper] Man, my clothes! What the- AH! [Falls forwards, his underwear getting caught on the fence before getting launched into the distance] Aah! Oh no!

[Gumball looks at the Fitzgerald's house. Penny is having an argument with the rest of the Fitzgeralds. Gumball then spots some towels at the other side of the backyard. He gulps and tries to sneak past the backyard while holding the grass-filled cake]

Patrick: [Voice muffled through the glass door] -perspective! You think we're all wrong and you're right? You're just a kid!

[Gumball accidentally triggers a light which shines right at him in the middle of the backyard. The Fitzgeralds stop arguing and stare]

Gumball: [Inhales deeply] Patrick. Judith. Good evening.

[They continue to stare in surprise. Judith covers Polly's eyes]

Gumball: [Holds up grass-filled cake] I brought desert. [Smiles awkwardly]

To Shell or Not to Shell

[Gumball, now wearing a Santa outfit, is seen with the Fitzgeralds at the table]

Gumball: So, uh, [laughs nervously] thanks for the clothes, Patrick.

Patrick: Sorry, that's all we had. As you can see, most of us only wear shells, as we have done for generations since the dawn of time!

Penny: But some of us are happy being their true selves and don't feel the need to follow this family's backward rules! I mean, do you realize what it was like to wear that at school?! All the kids used to call me "peanut butt-head!"

Gumball: [Gasps] That is ridiculous!

Penny: I know. Thank you.

Gumball: [Points out a photo of shelled Penny on the wall] It was more like someone carved a blank emoji face into a dried spud. [Chuckles]

[Penny shape-shifts into her gorgon form and hisses at Gumball]

Patrick: That's not the point! Do you realize what it's like for us to see you walking around basically naked?!

Penny: In my defense, [points to Phillip outside] that bear is just wearing a T-shirt, [to Anton] the piece of toast is only wearing shoes and gloves, [and then to Tina] and that dinosaur is wearing nothing at all. Let's be honest. It's pretty hard to know where the line is in terms of public decency in this town.

Patrick: Your mother knows! Can't you see how distraught she is?

Gumball: [Looks at Judith's expressionless face] She looks fine to me.

Patrick: It all happens on the inside, Gumball.

[Patrick grabs a bucket from under the table, and puts it in front of Judith. Judith holds it, bends her head downwards, and water starts pouring from the eye-holes of her shell. Gumball stares]

Penny: Pfft, if you think that's weird, imagine what it's like going to the bathroom.

[Gumball does. A thought bubble appears above him, showing Judith in front of their toilet. She then does a handstand on top of it]

Penny: [Quickly pops the bubble] Yeah, or maybe don't.

Judith: Penny, your shell is part of your heritage; it comes from your ancestors.

Penny: [Smugly] If we follow that logic, the ancestors before those ancestors were primates, and yet I've never seen you guys eating each other's lice.

Patrick: Oh, you think this is funny? Then let me tell you a story [Sinisterly] Once upon a time, there was a young peanut girl who came out of her shell in a dangerous, modern world.

Gumball: [Whispers] And what happened?

Patrick: [Slams his hands on the table] SHE DIED!

[Everyone but Patrick and Polly gasps]

Patrick: Eighty years later.

Gumball: Eh, could have been worse.

Patrick: Of a common cold, because she wasn't wearing her shell!

Penny: Oh, please, I'll tell you a story. Once upon a time, there was a bird who was so backwards, that when his computer had a virus, he poured chicken soup into the DVD tray. He was so backwards that he still watched movies on VHS, in rewind! He was so backwards that when his tablet asked if he wanted to update, he chiseled the word "no" into it!

Patrick: Ha! I like that bird. Sounds like me.

Penny: Well, that bird forced his whole family to stay in their eggs and you know what happened? [Slams her hands on table] THEY DIED!

[Everyone but Penny and Polly gasps]

Penny: Of boredom, for the rest of their lives.

Patrick: Oh, yeah. I think I get the moral of your story.

Penny: Exactly, he should have let go of tradition and just let them be themselves.

Patrick: No, should have made them wear two shells.

Penny: [Growls angrily and her head begins to pulse grotesquely. She then sighs] Don't you get it? That bird is you and you're oppressing this family.

Patrick: I am not oppressing anyone!

Penny: You're oppressing me!

Patrick: I am not oppressing you! I'm just exercising my authority to force you to do something you don't want to do!

Penny: That's the exact [Shape-shifts into a dragon and now has a demonic voice] definition of oppression!

Polly: I have a story.

[Penny returns to her original form]

Polly: Once upon a time, there was a little peanut who found a magical hat, which was also a puppy who could play the flute the end.

[Short pause; everyone stares at her]

Penny: I am not going back in my shell!

Patrick: And we are not getting out of ours!

Penny: [To Gumball] Come on, back me up.

Gumball: I don't know... The atmosphere is getting kind of icy, wouldn't you say?

[Cuts to the other Fitzgeralds. The entire area is cold, they are all covered in icicles, and the water Judith is pouring in her cup is frozen. Gumball uses an ice scraper to remove ice from his eyes]

Gumball: This argument is just not my cup of tea. Mainly because I don't like my tea laced with face-melting poison. [To the other Fitzgeralds] Uh, I-I think maybe you guys need outside help.

Patrick: [Stands up] I agree. Gumball, you decide. Shell or no shell?

Gumball: [Nervous] Uh, I meant, more like professional help.

Penny: You mean like a counselor?

Gumball: Yeah, or like a cage-fighting referee or something.

Patrick: Nonsense, I trust you'll make the right decision. For the good of everyone. [Sinisterly] Including you.

[Gumball suddenly deflates onto the floor]

Penny: Gumball, what are you doing?

Gumball: [Strained] Feeling the weight of this decision.

The Fitzgeralds Threaten Gumball

[Gumball is shown sitting outside the glass door, nervously trying to think. He sighs shortly after. Suddenly grinding can be heard. Patrick is in the tool shed sharpening his axe while casting a threatening look at Gumball. Gumball gasps. Patrick is then shown using the axe to cut a piece of log, with the same face. Gumball gasps again. Patrick is then shown making part of the log into a recorder, with the same face. Gumball is confused. Patrick then plays the Funeral March on it]

Gumball: Maybe you should have stopped at the axe.

Patrick: Yeah, I got a bit carried away and lost the plot a little.

Gumball: [Cheerfully] It's okay. I got the message.

Patrick: [Walks out of the shed towards Gumball, with a sinister voice] Good. [Walks into the house]

[Gumball sighs. Judith then comes out wearing an apron and holding a tray]

Judith: Oh, try not to worry too much. Just follow your heart and say what you want to say. I know you will make the right decision.

Gumball: Oh, thank you Mrs. Fitzgerald.

Judith: [Lowers the tray to Gumball] Here, have a cookie. It'll help clear your mind.

Gumball: Ah, thank- WHAT THE WHAT?! [The cookie is revealed to be a dead Gumball cut into half, with pinkish icing spread around it] Wh-What happened?!

Judith: [Speaking in a sinister tone and a creepy face] Oh, just a little accident in the kitchen.

Gumball: [Takes a piece] O-kay. [Eats it nervously]

Judith: Good boy. Bye now. [Turns around slowly and walks away]

Gumball: [Smiles nervously, then turns back and starts panicking] Oh, no no no! [Stands up and walks around while mumbling. Suddenly, his phone chimes] Huh? Ah! Message from Penny. "I know you'll say the right thing." Aw, then she added a little thumbs-up emoji to cheer me on. [The phone chimes again] "That was the closest I could find to a hand with missing fingers. Just to clarify, it was a threat." [Holds his hand sideways while doing a thumbs-up and looks. He becomes nervous] Mm...

[He hears blinds shuffling. Polly is seen at the second floor window. She holds up a piece of paper with a green duck-like creature with a crocodile mouth and one leg. Gumball squints his eyes]

Gumball: Uh... What is that?

Polly: [Cheerfully] A crocoduck.

Gumball: A... Uh... Okay, cool. [Walks back in]

Once Upon a Time...

[Back at the dining table, Patrick and Penny are looking at Gumball menacingly, Judith is creepily grinning, and Polly is smiling]

Gumball: [Stares at all of them nervously, then exhales deeply] I have made my decision, and to illustrate my point, I'm going to tell you a story.

[Suddenly, clouds flow across the screen and the animation changes to low poly]

Gumball: [Offscreen] Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, in a castle far, far away lived a king, who was irrationally scared of the world outside.

[The king rides on his horse across a hill when a colorful worm walks by]

Worm: Hi, do you know where I can get my parking ticket validated?

[The king and his horse scream and trash around, running back into the castle afterwards]

Gumball: So he decided to close the doors of their castle. [The castle door closes] Forever.

Worm: Uh, it's cool man. I just realized that actually we're in medieval times and there's so such things as cars.

[People inside the castle scream and the screen zooms out to show the entire castle trashing around]

Gumball: But closing the doors was not enough. The king made everyone wear a suit of armor. [A sunbathing person melts inside their armor, and another person breaks the diving board and falls into the pool] It was impractical, but they got used to it. Apart from one person. The Princess, who one day, came out of her armor, and she was beautiful.

Low Poly Penny: [The low poly Penny turns around with several warts shown on her face] Ah!

Penny: [Offscreen] I think the Princess could look a bit better than that.

Gumball: Right. Sorry.

[Penny's face switches through several weird designs]

Gumball: Oh, s-sorry that's not what I was trying to do.

Penny: Come on, I look as if I could lick my own forehead!

Gumball: Uh, sorry. Let me just, um...

Penny: Okay, okay, whatever. Just get on with the story please!

[It stops at a weird cloudy head design that keeps on changing shapes. This continues throughout the rest of this story]

Gumball: The king was upset she ditched her armor, but the Princess wanted everyone else to ditch theirs, too, and be themselves. So she invited an impossibly handsome prince to solve the problem.

[An extremely handsome prince with blue skin representing Gumball comes through the door]

Low Poly Penny: [Gumball voices her] Oh, prince that I love, please help us reach a decision!

Gumball: But the king warned him-

King: [Also voiced by Gumball] May this decision be right, or I will take your hand and it won't be in marriage!

Gumball: And the Princess replied...

Low Poly Penny: Mwarfurludrup!

Gumball: Which was either a threat or an angry burp and neither was good news. So the Prince gave his answer... in a form of a story.

[Clouds flow across the screen again and now a forest is shown]

Prince: Once upon a time, there was a family of cocoons living happily on a tree branch. Then one day, one of the cocoons broke open, and from within emerged... a beautiful butterfly!

Butterfly Penny: Come out of your cocoons, guys, and be gorgeous too.

Prince: The cocoon family was fuming, you could see it on their faces.

[Camera cuts to the faceless cocoons; A long pause]

Prince: The situation was tense, so they called a handsome ladybug boy to help them resolve the problem. And you know what the ladybug said?

Ladybug Boy: [British robotic voice] Once upon a time...

[The Fitzgeralds groan offscreen as the clouds cover the screen again. Now the underground of a field is shown]

Ladybug Boy: There was a family of seeds who lived deep underground. They loved it.

Purple Seed: There's no air!

Penny seed: Or light!

Pink seed: Or sound!

All Seeds: We love it!

Ladybug Boy: But one day, one of the seeds decided to grow, and she became a beautiful flower. The other seeds didn't like it, so they called a handsome gardener to solve the problem. [A large pair of blue feet appears behind flower Penny] Hey, I said handsome! [Each toe becomes a handsome blue head] Uh, anyway, you know what the gardener said?

Blue heads: Once upon a time-!

It Worked?

[The shot suddenly cuts back to reality]

Penny [Sighs]: Oh, Gumball, you can't just keep saying the same thing over and over and expect people to change their minds. Trust me, I've tried that with my parents enough times to [Sticks out her tongue, which has muscles on it] grow new muscles on my tongue.

Patrick: Exactly. Repeating the same point to someone who disagrees with you doesn't change their mind, IT JUST MAKES THEM ANGRIER! Your inane stories are doing exactly what we're do- [Short pause] What we're...

Penny: What we're doing to each other.

Judith: Maybe we just need to agree to disagree.

Patrick: Yeah. It's like riding a three-legged horse. It won't be a smooth ride, and it will definitely hurt your butt, but at least it still goes somewhere. [The three hug each other. Polly smiles]

Penny: Wow. That was really smart, Gumball. Using those stories to show us how-

[The Fitzgeralds look and see Gumball run out of the house and jump over the fence. The episode ends]

v • e Transcript

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