Episode
The Amazing World of Gumball: The Origins (1)
Overview
In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.
Details
- Series
- The Amazing World of Gumball
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2016-02-15
- Runtime
- 11 min
Episode context
The Origins (1) is Episode 20 in Season 4 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It aired on 2016-02-15. The runtime is 11 min.
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Episode 19: The Traitor
When Alan allegedly ditches Gumball's dinner date with him, Gumball is desperate to track him down and make him pay for his betrayal, only to learn that Alan is taking his mother, Jessica, to the hospital for an organ transplant.
Episode 21: The Origins (2)
In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.
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Episode 18: The Wicked
After being framed for feeding coffee- and prune juice-laced nuts to the squirrels, Darwin tries to prove to Gumball that Mr. Robinson's wife, Margaret, is a good person underneath her destructive, sociopathic tendencies, but when Darwin sees just how evil Margaret is, the duo decide to catch her committing grand theft auto.
Episode 22: The Girlfriend
After seeing Alan and Carmen bond during her lunchtime bullying, Jamie decides that she needs a sweetheart... and has her eyes on Darwin.
Episode 17: The Hug
To prove to Darwin that he can be unpredictable, Gumball decides to hug the first person he sees -- an anthropomorphic hot dog -- and Gumball ends up in over his head when he and the Hot Dog Guy can't stop bumping into each other.
Episode 23: The Advice
Mr. Small feels that he hasn't inspired the children of Elmore Junior High, so Gumball and Darwin try to lift his spirits... and end up causing chaos and putting most of the students (and faculty) in the school infirmary (and others in the hospital) after following Mr. Small's useless advice.
Episode 16: The Apprentice
Gumball tags along with Patrick Fitzgerald (Penny's father) as Patrick prepares to pitch plans for a new hospital to the CEO of Chanax -- and ends up roping him into a golf game with the CEO.
Episode 24: The Signal
Gumball develops a strange stutter, and it makes him accidentally offend Darwin.
Episode 15: The Uploads
Gumball and Darwin get hooked on watching Elmore Stream (the show's version of YouTube) and viewers get a look at the different online videos the residents of Elmore have uploaded on the Internet.
Episode 25: The Parasite
Gumball and Darwin read Anais' diary and discover her relationship with a new friend is one-sided.
Episode 14: The Romantic
Fearing that she may be sick of him due to a missing emoji on her message to him, Gumball sends Penny on a romantic quest to rekindle their love, which turns into a disaster when Penny gets lost in the woods.
Episode 26: The Love
The people of Elmore search for the meaning of love.