The Amazing World of Gumball

TV Show • 2011 • Animation  

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The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.
This tv show contains 65 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Is an animal abandoned?
51 supporters
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
42 supporters
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Are there abusive parents?
29 supporters
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is someone eaten?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
15 supporters
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Abandonment
Yes
10
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3
SiRenfield
S4
 E5
Richard’s father walked out on the family when he was a child
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Abuse
1
NakNakNak
Nicole's parents were always supremely strict with her and acted as if her life was meant to follow the path that they set out for her, down to naming her "Doctor Nicole" to shape her career path at birth. "The Parents" is about them talking with one another for the first time in years, with a strong pro-forgiveness message.
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Is someone stalked?
15 supporters
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22
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5
verosika.
There's a whole song about Sarah sneaking into their house, hiding under their car, watching them in the shower, etc. She's shown in many episodes being the "creepy obsessive one" as they say in an episode.
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verosika.
There's definitely no abuse going on but Mr and Mrs Robinson are knows for their conflict
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4
Is someone gaslighted?
26 supporters
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14
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1
Is a child abused?
64 supporters
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13
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4
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Anonymous
Nicole sometimes acts overly aggressively towards her children, particularly in episodes like "The Fridge," but her level of anger varies per episode and is played for laughs. "The Choices" also depicts Nicole's parents as emotionally abusive by putting too much pressure on her as a kid.
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Addiction
2
BonniBonBon
There are scenes in The Question and The Detective that are meant to resemble drug use, and other episodes also feature hallucinations, however no actual drugs are involved.
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Is there addiction?
7 supporters
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10
Does someone abuse alcohol?
5 supporters
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
52 supporters
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supersinger9000
The Wattersons consider eating a horse when they have run out of food, but ultimately cannot go through with it and end up grazing with him instead.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
94 supporters
Yes
21
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1
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moonlightcutie
Most of the times if a character is seen dead they come back in future episodes looking completely normal like nothing happened because of cartoon logic. Although this is not the case in “The Origins” when Richard keeps buying pet fish for Gumball when the fish keep dying.
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Are animals abused?
109 supporters
Yes
16
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2
0
oreoicecrem
Cartoon animals who act like humans
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12
Yes
19
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1
1
Snoopysketch
Plenty of dead fish.
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Is an animal sad?
42 supporters
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3
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0
2
NakNakNak
Darwin is a fish, Nicole and Gumball are cats, Richard and Anais are bunnies, and a plethora of background characters are animals or animal-based. Their emotions run the full spectrum from happiness to sadness and all in-between.
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Are rabbits harmed?
36 supporters
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4
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0
1
supersinger9000
Richard and Anais are both cartoon rabbits, and main characters, so they are both heavily involved in the slapstick. It's all cartoon logic though, so I wouldn't consider them ever seriously harmed.
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Does a cat die?
96 supporters
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16
2
supersinger9000
Both Gumball and Nicole sustain many comedic injuries, but neither of them die.
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Does a pet die?
85 supporters
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9
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1
mimogutz
the origins shows us that many of gumball's old childhood fish died due to richard's neglect. in one episode, nicole pulls a fish bone from under gumball's bed and says, "darwin I? so that's where you've been hiding"
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Does a dragon die?
17 supporters
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17
Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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22
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0
3
FlaccidPancake
Penny has a pet spider, there's an episode dedicated to it.
A picture of a REAL spider is shown when Polly says she made a drawing.
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Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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21
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0
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verosika.
In one of many episodes with Gumball and Hotdog Guy, they bring each other gifts. Hotdog Guy gives him a present which has 2 snakes that bite him. Not graphic.
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
3
CLODS101
In “The Outside”, Frankie says he lives with over 20 other parasites. One of these parasites is seen. In “The Date”, a pet tarantula called Mr. Cuddles that belongs to the Fitzgeralds is seen. Mr. Cuddles attacks Gumball twice and even gets him into a coma. Mr. Cuddles is only seen again in “The World”
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
16 supporters
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5
Is there pedophilia?
61 supporters
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5
Is rape mentioned?
42 supporters
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5
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Haunted.house
Tina bullies people often along with Jamie, often Gumball is left with the wounds but it's not shown on screen
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Is someone restrained?
11 supporters
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4
Is someone sexually assaulted?
101 supporters
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14
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4
Bodily Harm
Yes
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Alrite_Stoodeos
In an episode, Richard is shown learning how to shave with his father. In another, Gumball and Darwin are seen shaving their legs.
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11
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Anonymous
Darwin loses his gills and suffocates onscreen during "The Rerun." He does revive at the end but it's a disturbing scene.
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Is there cannibalism?
22 supporters
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13
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6
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ProfessorProcyon
Implied at times, considering many characters are anthropomorphic foods.
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3
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3
2
Azmtrx
Mr. Robinson gets squished after he sings a song onstage. He's fine, though, and makes many appearences after that.
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Yes
15
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1
4
oreoicecrem
people get set on fire cos it's a funny cartoon
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Yes
12
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0
0
verosika.
'in the episode where they try to find the Bobert Store, they go through an excessive amount off directions. In one part, they climb out of a grave. not sure if this counts
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Is there body horror?
27 supporters
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11
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3
Azmtrx
Gumball turns into a monster in an elevator after he messed with his DNA.

Anais becomes a parasite and takes over a girl. They're revealed to be a horrible monster.

A couple other random cases, but nothing is graphic and is all cartoony.
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Is there amputation?
12 supporters
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7
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moonlightcutie
Character’s limbs are shown to get pulled off, fall off for comedy relief. Again though, this is a TV-Y7 show so obviously nothing graphic is going to appear.
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15
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moonlightcutie
Heads get squashed but in non-graphic cartoony ways.
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Azmtrx
Gumball sprains his ankle doing a cheer. It's shown in slow motion, a crunch is heard, but it's drawn very cartoonishly. (Like his foot is just a squiggle)
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Is there a hanging?
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5
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Azmtrx
In the episode where everyone plays Dodj or Daar, one of the last cards tells everyone they can't breath until the game is finished. Everyone immediately starts choking.
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moonlightcutie
Gumball and Darwin chip their teeth in the beginning of “The Cage.” However their “chipped” teeth go back to normal after a few minutes.
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Azmtrx
Sometimes characters faint.

Gumball attempts to knock himself out, but fails.
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15
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0
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mimogutz
nothing graphic is shown though
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Does someone have a seizure?
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10
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
42 supporters
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12
Yes
2
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12
1
Azmtrx
The finger of a mascot gets broken off and eaten. It's just a piece of foam, though, and the scene is over dramatic.
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Is someone tortured?
54 supporters
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2
No
8
1
Azmtrx
Larry is kidnapped for not telling Richard how to get a secret burger, and a mascot is damaged in front of him. They never lay a hand on him, though.
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5
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0
1
verosika.
In the start of The Dress, Gumball and Darwin think covering themselves in ice will make them slide down the stairs smoothly. It doesn't work and they fall
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anonymousthefiftieth
The family’s doppelgängers are tricked into driving a truck off a cliff.
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3
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9
0
Azmtrx
Very cartoony cases where someone's eye gets poked.
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Is there excessive gore?
49 supporters
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0
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7
Children
Is an infant abducted?
11 supporters
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0
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4
Does a kid die?
25 supporters
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17
No
2
2
Anonymous
"The Job" makes a dead baby joke with a pizza being delivered to two pizza parents. The pizza isn't portrayed as alive but the parents react with horror when Gumball drops it and the sauce represents gore.
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3
No
3
3
DeenGray
An infamous scene where an eggplant is shoved up Alan’s “butthole” (he’s a talking balloon, so his anatomy is weird). Also, in “The Shell,” Banana Joe is shown watching someone take an orange apart, which is a metaphor for porn.
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Death
1
Azmtrx
Molly sacrifices herself during a dodgeball game. It's very overdramatic.
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Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
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Yes
4
No
1
Disability
Is the r-slur used?
22 supporters
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0
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8
0
verosika.
no slurs are said that i can think of
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
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5
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mimogutz
there are no drugs in the show
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Family
Yes
14
No
0
2
Anonymous
In "The Menu," Gumball, Darwin, And Richard kidnap Larry in order to coax the name of a secret menu item at Joyful Burger out of him.
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Does a parent die?
6 supporters
Yes
14
No
2
1
moonlightcutie
Carrie tries to hug her dad in season 3 episode 23 but as she is a ghost he goes right through her and falls out the Watterson’s 2nd story window. He dies but comes back as a ghost and can finally hug Carrie.
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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1
No
11
6
moonlightcutie
Gumball and Darwin both think Richard is cheating on Nicole in the episode “The Lady.” Turns out Richard isn’t cheating and instead dresses up as a lady because it’s difficult for him to make friends with other men.
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16
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0
4
Snoopysketch
In a Christmas episode, a reindeer decoration ( looks like Rudolph) is melting in front of a child’s eyes, which they are sad about it
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
28 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
3
X4INEY
I forgot the episode but Carrie does jumpscare, that is one major jumpscare
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15
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0
3
BonniBonBon
In the episode The Ghost, a supporting character who is a ghost possesses one of the main characters. It's portrayed negatively but not played for drama/horror.
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Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
3
BonniBonBon
One of the supporting characters that goes to school with Gumball, Carrie, is a ghost with the personality of an emo teen. More ghosts appear in episodes related to her such as Halloween.
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Are there clowns?
8 supporters
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22
No
0
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supersinger9000
There is a creepy clown who is a minor character. However, he doesn't really do anything to the other characters besides creep them out a little.
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Are there razors?
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5 supporters
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4
No
1
0
Azmtrx
Only one time I can think of where Richard and his Dad shave their chins.
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Yes
19
No
0
0
verosika.
Quite a few but always the upper half of the body.
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Gross
Does someone wet/soil themselves?
11 supporters
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2
No
2
Does someone vomit?
56 supporters
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23
No
2
4
verosika.
A bit of gagging but it's not realistic, sometimes you see a bit of drool but it's never anything close to what vomit looks like. In the Procrastinators, Gumball finds a chocolate bar behind the couch and tries to eat it. It keeps coming back and the screen goes black and you hear him vomit but it's very short and not realistic at all.
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Does someone spit?
8 supporters
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13
No
0
Is there audio gore?
28 supporters
Yes
1
No
6
1
Azmtrx
Gumball sprains his ankle during a cheer, and his bones are heard crunching.

A couple other random ocassions where bones crunch.
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Large-scale Violence
Yes
2
No
4
0
NakNakNak
Considering the show only has 6 seasons, I'm saying the person who commented Yes is a troll.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
0
Anonymous
There's an entire episode (The Law) dedicated to a cop committing numerous crimes that range from petty to potentially deadly in order to convince Gumball and Darwin that cops are cool. His actions are portrayed as serious as they truly are. When confronted by Gumball about not following the law, he yells "Nothing can happen, I am the law!"
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LGBTQ+
0
NakNakNak
Gumball finds out his borth name is "Zachary," and turns into a huge jerk when he realises this makes him "a Zack". The family legally change his name to Gumball by the end of the episode to switch him back...not sure if this counts.
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Are there transphobic slurs?
28 supporters
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0
No
3
Is there bisexual cheating?
16 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Medical
Yes
4
No
4
1
jvf0
In a scene from "The Skull" (which is censored in the US) kids use shock therapy to stop lying.
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Are needles/syringes used?
18 supporters
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Yes
3
No
8
Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
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0
No
8
Yes
20
No
0
2
oreoicecrem
there are loads of them, characters get loads of silly injuries, one from facepalming too much. the doctor is a bandaid lol
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Does someone have cancer?
10 supporters
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0
No
8
Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
26 supporters
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1
No
3
Yes
9
No
0
3
moonlightcutie
Characters often slap or hurt themselves, it’s all just played for laughs though.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
17 supporters
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0
No
5
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
2
No
3
1
aspen_giggle
there is some chewing but it doesn’t last very long and isnt significantly very loud.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
17 supporters
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Yes
5
No
1
Yes
0
No
5
Yes
12
No
1
1
supersinger9000
Gumball suffers from a brief one in the episode "The Rival", even saying word-for-word that "he's having anxiety attacks."
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2
FF2
In "The Night", Mr. Small's dream shows in him in a tiny, TINY and confined space and it's incredibly claustrophobic.
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4
Anonymous
"The Ghost" depicts Carrie using Gumball's body to binge-eat despite Gumball's discomfort.
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Yes
2
No
7
2
oreoicecrem
No one in this show is autistic but there's lots of bullying of "weird" or autistic coded kids who are often made the butt of jokes (think bobert, sussie, banana joe etc)
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moonlightcutie
In the episode “The Candidate” the students are locked in a classroom and are watching the tv. The tv decides to “kill itself” and sprouts arms and presses the off button on the remote to turn itself off. And in “The Copycats” the Wattersons live their life as dangerously as they can hoping they can get their copycats to off themselves.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
12 supporters
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Yes
7
No
0
Is there shakey cam?
24 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
0
verosika.
A bit weird for an animated show but pretty much all the time there's shakey cam. It's mostly just for a recorded effect though
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Azmtrx
Anything that's "obscene" is the kid's verison. Darn, what the what, heck, etc. Damnation is said once during a ghost episode. Darwin also makes everything "safe" in another episode. Gumball tries to curse, but he's either muted or cut off.

Gumball makes a gesture to mock someone, but when questioned what it was, he didn't know what it meant. (It was similar to a middle finger. He blows a raspberry and raises his hands with his middle fingers facing him.)
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Are there flashing lights or images?
23 supporters
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Yes
12
No
1
Paranoia
Yes
9
No
0
1
joekeerysnumberonefan
S4 E24 Gumball and Darwin figure out they’re on TV at the end of the episode but it cuts off, S6 Ep1 Gumball gets crushed with a trash compactor and afterwards looks at the camera and says something like “I guess there is an advantage to being 2D”
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Is there childbirth?
14 supporters
Yes
5
No
3
0
moonlightcutie
“The Rival” starts with Richard driving a pregnant Nicole to the hospital because she’s about to give birth to Anais. Anais’ birth isn’t shown on screen but you can see the Watterson’s car drive through the hospital and you can hear the doctor yell “push! congratulations!”
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Are there abortions?
12 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
0
oreoicecrem
lots of babies
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Does someone miscarry?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Does a pregnant person die?
9 supporters
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Yes
0
No
9
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
27 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
1
anonymousthefiftieth
Richard’s obesity is the b**t of many jokes, but not in a genuinely hateful way.
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5
FF2
In "The Dress" Gumball doesn't have any clothes since all his shrunk way too much in the wash and he has to wear his mothers wedding dress and everyone thinks he's a beautiful new girl.
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Yes
0
No
13
5
oreoicecrem
there are no black or white people, theyre all animals or food or some sht
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Are there homophobic slurs?
29 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
11
2
verosika.
There's no sexism like this but Richard dresses up like a woman a lot
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Is there hate speech?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
0
oreoicecrem
In "The Lady", Richard dresses up as "Samantha" so he can hang out with old ladies because he doesn't get along with other guys. Gumball and darwin see "Samantha" and think she's Richard's side peice and that he's cheating on their mother. Gumball and Darwin get very angry with Richard who thinks theyre just mad at him for cross dressing. At the end of the episode, he goes and tells his old lady friends who he really is and they turn out to be middle aged men dressed up as well, they decide to keep dressing up to hang out. Gumball and darwin then start getting annoyed and say "why cant you just hang out as guys". It ends with Gumball and Darwin accepting their dad's hobby and saying "whatever floats your boat"
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Anonymous
Sussie is a highly neurodivergent-coded character who is portrayed as "the weird kid". She is often mocked within the show.
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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Yes
1
No
10
0
oreoicecrem
Bullying "weird" kids
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Are there n-words?
17 supporters
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there aphobia?
13 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Race
Is there blackface?
15 supporters
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Yes
0
No
3
Relationships
Yes
4
No
0
3
oreoicecrem
there is an episode where a middle aged man thinks 12 year old gumball asked him out on a date(he didn't, and they dont). In the same episode gumball kisses an adult man
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Sex
Yes
3
No
10
2
Anonymous
There is a lot of sexual innuendo, but most will fly over kids' heads.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
23 supporters
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Yes
1
No
3
Yes
4
No
1
1
Azmtrx
Whenever a character is naked, they put a blur over it. That or an object is conveniently blocking them.

Gumball (a few times, especially early seasons), Leslie (once), a few random characters with leaves over their privates (once). Ms. Simian's panties are shown in The Apology. Richard's nipples are shown at times.
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Is there bestiality?
45 supporters
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Yes
0
No
4
Are there incestuous relationships?
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48 supporters
Yes
13
No
3
3
Anonymous
Gumball and Darwin are adopted brothers and sometimes have questionable moments. Darwin is attracted to Gumball in "The Dress" when he thinks Gumball is a new girl and Gumball has a nightmare about having kids with Darwin. In "The Pressure" they kiss each other (though we don't see the kiss onscreen) and enjoy it, thinking they kissed their girlfriends instead. "The Shippening" depicts fanart of Gumball and Darwin in a romantic relationship.
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Sexism
Yes
0
No
6
Social
Yes
5
No
0
2
verosika.
There's a recurring character who sits outside the shop and begs for money.
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Spoiler
Yes
9
No
12
4
HoppipHarvest
Santa is thought not to be real in one episode, but he is confirmed to be real later in the episode.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
4
No
10
0
supersinger9000
As of the time I'm writing this, no, no it doesn't. The final episode, "The Inquisition", ends with (Spoilers!) The Void starting to swallow up all of Elmore, ostensibly due to the fact that the show is now over, and Rob falling into it screaming. There have been talks about a potential movie to wrap things up, but so far nothing has been confirmed.
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
8 supporters
Yes
14
No
0
1
supersinger9000
There are many comedic car chases and car crashes throughout the series, but no one is injured.
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0
Azmtrx
Traffic jams, car chase scenes.
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Does a plane crash?
5 supporters
Yes
4
No
6
1
verosika.
No crashes that I can think of, but in the episode where Gumball and Darwin cover for Larry, a plane comes extremely close to them to pick up the pizza
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moonlightcutie
In the episode “The Neighbor,” Gary Hedges gets hit by a train. Also Gumball got hit by a bus according to the episode “The One,” although the only thing the episode shows is Gumball laying in a hospital bed with his leg in a cast reading get well soon cards and a card from Darwin saying “that bus should’ve ended you.”
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there blood/gore?
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mimogutz
often when characters get injured, they're drawn with a black eye, bruises, bandages, etc. but none of it is gorey
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Does someone drown?
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verosika.
Almost. In The Saint, it's very suggested that Tobias almost drowned becauseAlan had to do CPR
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moonlightcutie
Only finger guns, no actual guns.
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