Internet (character)

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Timmy "The Intelligence" onwards "The Internet" and "The Love"

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Species: Computer Enemies: Gumball (formerly), Darwin (formerly), Hexagon Lady (former love interest) Relatives: Unnamed mother Occupation: The Internet First Appearance: "The Internet" Voice: Hugo Harold-Harrison Gallery Color Scheme Screen Outline/Console Face other none

Timmy (The Internet) is a minor character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He made his first appearance in "The Internet." He had the ability to control the contents of the Internet, along with several other pieces of technology, possibly via "hacking." In "The Internet," his face is revealed. In "The Intelligence", he had a body and has computer mice for feet.

Appearance

He looks like a regular computer with computer mice for hands. Starting in Season 6, he is animated in CGI.

Personality

He believes he can act like a jerk to people online with no consequences, and thus has no friends. He also possesses a similar personality to youths on the internet, using slang terms such as "YOLO."

Episode Appearances

Season 2

• "The Internet": His first major role and appearance. He posted an embarrassing video of Gumball online.

Season 4

• "The Love": His second major role. He had a online date with the Hexagon Lady.

Season 6

• "The Intelligence": His third major role. He gets a glitch and powers down, causing Elmore to turn medieval.
• "The Spinoffs": His fourth major role. Rob holds him hostage in order to hijack The Amazing World Of Gumball.

Gallery

Trivia

• His real name is Timmy, as revealed by his mother.
• He also can manipulate objects outside of the Internet, such as traffic lights, telephone poles, and even fire hydrants. He can control and hack anything that has technology.
• His name may be a reference to Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web (often mistakenly called the actual Internet).
• In Portugal, his name is Jimmy.
• He appears as a boss character in the crossover game Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers.
• His personality may be a reference to the stereotype of people who comment and share on websites such as Reddit, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and most notably 4chan, whose actions are often viewed as blind, immature, belligerent, and outlandishly offensive.
• After his full appearance in "The Internet," he gets a slight redesign and becomes a CGI character. He is also given feet consisting of computer mice and black wire.
  • This makes him one of the few characters to be animated in more than one medium, the others being Frank, Howdy, Grady, Blitzer, Principal Brown, Sussie, Larry and Rob.