The Amazing World of Gumball - S4 • E1 - The Return
The Amazing World of Gumball
TV-Y7S4 • E1Jul 6, 201511m
8.2
Richard tries to find the kids before Nicole realizes they're gone.
DarlingInThePlexx reviewedJune 12, 2025
An acid trip dipped in nostalgia and rolled through a surreal blender of genius. At first glance, the animation style is like, “What if Photoshop got drunk and tried to raise a child?” You’ve got 2D characters hanging out with 3D donuts, hyperrealistic mouths on stick figures, a banana kid, a T-Rex in gym shorts—it’s chaos, and it’s perfect.
Gumball doesn’t just break the fourth wall. It dropkicks it, turns to the camera, and winks while quoting Nietzsche and Rick Astley in the same sentence. It’s like Adventure Time’s snarky cousin who went to art school and majored in memeology.
The characters? Flipped nuclear family tropes with unhinged upgrades.
• Stay-at-home dad? Big dumb sweetie.
• Working mom? Rage-fueled kung fu anime icon.
• Adorable adopted fish brother? Surprisingly wise and down for chaos.
• Sister? Probably running the multiverse from their living room.
This show knows it’s a show and leans in hard.
You get anime battles, meta commentary, existential dread, AND fart jokes—all in 11 minutes. There’s one episode where the family literally gets into a logic loop that collapses time. Another where they make fun of the animation budget. Oh, and the mom quotes Conan the Barbarian when asked about the meaning of life. In a kids show. I rest my case.
Also? It’s coming back. 😭🙌 I’m not okay.
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Tags: 🐟 Adopted Fish Brother Energy, 💢 Anime Mom Rage, 🍌 Banana With Trauma, 🧠 Too Smart for a Kids Show, 💫 Meta Mayhem, 🖍️ Cartoon Logic Black Hole, 🔥 Conan Quotes in Preschool Settings, 🎭 Adult Jokes Hidden in Plain Sight, 🎨 Art Style on Shrooms, 💖 Chaos with Heart