Gumball Watterson

""WHAT THE WHAT?!""

- Gumball's catchphrase Zach "Gumball" Watterson is the main protagonist of the television series, The Amazing World of Gumball.

He is a student that attends Elmore High School along with his brother, Darwin, and his sister, Anais. He has a major crush on Penny. She has a crush on him too, but both have trouble expressing their feelings to each other. In "The Shell" they finally express their feelings for each other. At times, he causes trouble, but then later learns from his mistakes. His mortal enemy is Rob.

Appearence
Gumball is a light blue cat. On his over sized head, he has 6 whiskers, but 5 are shown because he is 2-D. He wears a tan sweater with brown cuffs and a brown collar and rolled-up grey trousers. The inside of his mouth is pink, his tongue is light pink and his nose is orange.

Personality
Gumball is portrayed as a fun-loving, imaginative, rather optimistic, and a very mischievous cat. When his mishaps get himself into a mess, he usually attempts to fix things with somewhat dimwitted ideas, which usually get him into even more trouble than before. No matter how his schemes resolve themselves, Gumball's naïveté stops him from learning his lesson. He usually plans his mishaps with Darwin. Like Darwin, Gumball does not appear to notice deception, which may mean that he is too optimistic to notice most negative things around him.

Gumball has a big ego, and it is where he is most sensitive. Otherwise, he is usually positive on all matters concerning him. Gumball is smart, but that doesn't mean he's wise. At times, he acts really stupid, and goes to great illogical lengths to find something, but he has shown some degree of cleverness in other circumstances. He happens to have a superior vocabulary than that of most of his classmates, using more mature words. Gumball has also displayed extents of observance and operational ingenuity, such as being able to identify small things like the burn markings on Rocky's palms, intellectually arrange escape routes based on his surroundings, and even counter his own mother Nicole's hand-based offenses for a great deal of time, shown in both episodes "The Date" and "The Remote"; in which case, even secretly confiscating her car keys from her pocket in the process. His antics have gotten him in dangerous and often life-threatening situations, usually saved by luck or by someone more sensible at the time. He has shown skill in building, when he made a system of chain reactions to launch a bowling ball onto the moon, as seen in "The Car," though he failed miserably in the last element that held the launching spring up.

He is a decent cook, making a very good sandwich for Darwin as mentioned in "The Secret," and is shown making a good (extremely spicy) meal for him in the same episode. He also got a B in home eds for his cooking, and Miss Simian called his cooking divine. However, in "The Responsible," Gumball makes disgusting food for Anais, consisting of a rotten fish between bread slices, and an old shoe. In "The Knights," Gumball made a cake for Mr. Fitzgerald. Gumball is also shown to keep on forgetting his Archenemy's,Rob's,name,which is a running gag in the show.

Abilities and powers
Gumball, as a cartoon character, can do all kinds of cartoonish things like growing another head, run very fast, etc.

Deceased/Defeated Enemies

 * Tina on the episode The Mustache he eat all the protein supplements and During School Gym, Miss Simian announces that they're going to play dodgeball, which Gumball can't stand. Tina comes over to Gumball and remarks that's he's going to get pummeled, which he does unfortunately. After almost being hit with a bowling ball, Gumball decides he has had enough, as his arms begin to grow to massive proportions, his body becomes ripped, and the mustaches grow back. He throws a dodgeball with terrifying strength, which hits Tina and causes her to crash through the wall.


 * Tobias on the episode The Knight he kick his belly to save Penny from Penny's dad's car. In The Mothers he and his mom, Jackie were disqualified from the Mom-off after finding out he cheated.


 * Virus on the same name episode he crushed with his foot to save the world.


 * Bomb Guy on the episode The Lesson The 3 escapes goes up to the rooftop inside the vent, but finds themselves stuck as the rooftop vent cannot be opened. Gumball then angers Bomb Guy, causing his fuse to go off without him knowing, and they escape down in time for Bomb Guy to go off and explode the vent. His last words are "Well played." The Duo Finaly escape the School.


 * William on the episode The Voice Gumball hits William with a tennis racket, knocking him out of a window.


 * Ant-One on the episode The Recipe At the pool, Ant-One corners Gumball and Anton, stating that he will replace Anton and become Gumball's friend, whom he calls "father". Gumball climbs up the diving board with Anton, explaining that Ant-One is not the original. This drives Ant-One to charge Anton, stating that if he "can't be the one, then no one can." Gumball grabs them both as they dangle off the board. Ant-One, believing that they are too heavy for Gumball, says that he must let them go. Gumball pulls them up easily, but Ant-One scratches Gumball and is dropped into the pool. He sinks to the bottom and is shredded as he is sucked into the drain.


 * Zach on the episode The Name Gumball defeats Zach by writing Gumball in arcade game.


 * Mr. Chanax on the episode The Boss Gumball says that it is just a bottle of breath air and rips Rocky's and all of Soulless Office Workers' contract. Defeated, Mr. Chanax crumples up into a ball to his death and Newspaper Employee (free from the crontol of Mr. Chanax) collapses and every employee regains their sprit, including Rocky. With the deed done, the three hurry to the hospital while the employees heard the news that the Goblin assistant of Mr. Chanax has been promoted to CEO by the shareholders due to Mr. Chanax's "retirement" and told them to get back to work, earning a groan from everyone in the building.

Gumball tossed the last candy in Gargaroth's mouth when he was about to kiss Carrie, and he exploded, thus killing him.
 * Gargaroth

Quotes
"Don't be silly. I've got a much better idea."

- Gumball, The DVD, first season

Trivia

 * He and Darwin are similiar to Mordecai and/or Rigby:
 * Gumball to act like Mordecai when his love sick and/or Rigby when his hissy egomaniac.
 * Darwin to act like Rigby doing wrong and out of control and/or Mordecai when his warning for nothing.
 * 1) Both are titular anti-heros/heros.
 * 2) Both luckiness and hopeless.
 * 3) Mordecai and Rigby not always winners, Gumball and Darwin not always losers.
 * 4) Both have high-pitched voice.
 * 5) Both have hot head person, who are more mature, than themselves and are control freak a bit: Anais, Nicole, Miss Simian and Benson respectively.
 * 6) Both have love interests, who are shape shifters/nerds: Penny and Eileen.
 * 7) Both have bully friends, who were their enemies: Tobias and Muscle Man.
 * 8) Both have all enemies.
 * 9) Both are idiots and odd.
 * 10) Both are leaders.

Similar Characters

 * Bart Simpson
 * Stewie Griffin
 * Eric Cartman
 * Louise Belcher
 * Bender Bending Rodriguez

Relationships
Friends: Enemies:
 * Darwin (best friend and stepbrother)
 * Penny (Girlfriend)
 * Tobias
 * Banana Joe
 * Carrie
 * Tina Rex
 * Rocky
 * Mr.Robinson (unrequited)
 * Clayton
 * Molly
 * Rob (Archenemy and mortal foe)
 * Miss Simian
 * Principal Brown (at times)
 * Jamie
 * Alan (on and off)
 * Mrs. Robinson