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She's the short-tempered matriarch of the Watterson family, which includes her children: titular character Gumball, Darwin, and Anais, as well as her husband Richard. She and her family live in the zany town of Elmore.
Nicole works at the Rainbow Factory and is arguably the most (and possibly only) responsible person in the family. She is the childhood best friend and on/off rival of Yuki Yoshida.
What is Nicole Watterson's role at the Rainbow Factory?
Nicole Watterson works at the Rainbow Factory, dedicating long hours to support her family. She is the most responsible member of the Watterson family, balancing her job with household responsibilities.
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What is Nicole's relationship with her husband Richard?
Nicole Watterson and Richard met and fell in love, overcoming family disapproval. Nicole left her family, and Richard was expelled from his home. They began living together and had three children: Gumball, Darwin (adopted), and Anais. Their relationship is supportive, with shared responsibilities in raising their children.
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How does Nicole Watterson handle her family's antics?
Nicole Watterson, the matriarch in The Amazing World of Gumball, manages her family's antics with a blend of responsibility and firmness. As the most responsible member, she often deals with the chaos caused by her husband Richard and children Gumball, Darwin, and Anais. Working at the Rainbow Factory, Nicole sometimes uses her temper to address issues, emphasizing the consequences of actions. Despite her stern approach, she is caring and not a villain.
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How does Nicole Watterson influence her children in Gumball?
Nicole Watterson, the matriarch in The Amazing World of Gumball, influences her children by being the most responsible family member. She teaches Gumball and his siblings about facing consequences and provides guidance, ensuring they learn responsibility.
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Appearance[]
Nicole is a tall, slender, anthropomorphic cat woman with light blue fur. She has a large head with whiskers and visible eyelashes. The inside of her mouth, her tongue, and her nose are all pink. Nicole bears a strong resemblance to her son, Gumball, who is also a blue cat.
Her typical outfit consists of a white collared shirt featuring an orange, yellow, and green button that symbolizes the Rainbow Factory where she works. She complements this with a short, light gray skirt.
In Season 2, her appearance changes slightly: her shirt is tucked in, her body becomes slimmer, and she gains wide hips similar to Gumball's. Her mouth and head become a rounder shape, and her whiskers become much shorter. Her eyes change to an oval shape.
By Season 3, Nicole's eyes become permanently round, matching the rest of her family members.
Personality[]
Temperament[]
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Anais: So, you're not angry at us for trashing the house? Nicole: Oh, no. Angry doesn't begin to cover it!
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~ Nicole in "The Responsible."
Nicole cares deeply for her family, so much that she would do anything to express her love for them. She is also very protective of them, as seen in "The Ape," where she begins ramming into Miss Simian's car on the highway after learning she was exploiting them. Since she is the only truly responsible member of the family, Nicole does most, if not all, of the household chores, and she works long hours at the Rainbow Factory just to put food on the table. It's shown in "The Painting" that she cannot sit still for long periods of time, as she has a compulsive need to be productive.
Unfortunately, Nicole also suffers from a tremendous amount of emotional stress because of her many duties. She is quite a demanding mother and sometimes has an extremely nasty temper that can turn her into a very scary person when upset. In fact, on one occasion, Gumball decides it would be easier to face a giant T-Rex than an angry Nicole. She is frequently seen shape-shifting into supernatural, demonic forms in exaggerated displays of her wrath. Despite all that, Nicole is still a good person: kindhearted, sweet, and with a softer and calm side at times, and she still loves her family very much.
Nicole can be quite stern when provoked and occasionally vindictive. On top of this, she has also proven to be very intelligent, resourceful and inventive, a trait she most likely passed on to her precocious daughter Anais. Winning seems to be a necessity for her at times, indicating that she can be obsessive. Nicole is generally competitive and doesn't like losing, as shown in "The Game." Though, despite her somewhat ruthless faults, she can accept defeat, acknowledge her mistakes, and even find humor in them.
Abilities[]
Nicole is very athletic and fully capable of chasing her children across the neighborhood when they're in trouble, as shown in "The DVD." On one occasion, Gumball compared her to a ninja by saying she virtually is one. In "The Remote," she displayed great skills in martial arts that allowed her to fight Richard and her sons and jump between rooftops. Additionally, in "The Fight," Nicole defeats Mr. Rex, a literal T-Rex, and destroys his house, and in "The Pizza," she defeats apocalyptic Elmore citizens when they turn against her family. Most notably, she faces off with the greatly trained Yuki Yoshida in "The Fury" by generating energy blasts and shields, which Nicole describes as a result of "the most grueling training on the planet": raising "three kids and one husband." The same episode shows her jumping very high and landing on a car with enough force to destroy its front, as well as sprinting across town faster than speed of sound (literally, as noted by Anais).
When angry, Nicole is incredibly strong, enough to destroy a door and destroy her car with an elbow drop (in "The Worst), and can fight, defeat and complete intimidate anyone with her rage. In "The Egg," she transforms herself into a red demon-like being capable of devouring people. Nicole can make people fear her and follow her commands without question. In episodes like "The Castle" and "The Limit," just one penance stare reduces her victims to a horrified state, and a snap of her fingers causes a seismic shock across Elmore. In "The Vacation," she completely burns Richard's marshmallow just by looking at it, and the same flaming eyes bring Pantsbully to tears just by looking at him. In both "The Finale" and "The Money," she transforms into a hulking version of herself.
Nicole exhibits even more supernatural powers in "The Traffic," like using her eyes to force Richard, Gumball, and Darwin to remember all the times they held her up when taking Anais to Daisyland. In the same episode, she and the rest of the family channel their energies to escape from the police.
Biography[]
Nicole grew up with strict parents (Daniel and Mary Senicourt) that wanted her to become the most successful person alive. Their obsession with absolute perfectionism caused Nicole to go through extreme measures to achieve results that satisfied them. Their decisions, desires, and actions affected her deeply, as her entire life revolved around being forced to study hard and get good grades at all costs. Nicole was also a martial arts prodigy in her youth and trained with Yuki Yoshida under the tutelage of Yuki's father.
One day, when her parents were driving her to a Karate championship tournament, they were complaining about her exam because there was an "F," though it only stood for her gender as female. Due to traffic and Nicole's father's ill temper, he slammed the dashboard in anger, damaging the car. This forced Nicole to run to the tournament with only 5 minutes to spare. There she met Richard, and they fell in love with each other. Nicole later left her family when they disapproved of her relationship with Richard. Meanwhile, Richard had been kicked out of his house by his mother for unknown reasons.
Nicole and Richard began living together, and not long after, Nicole gave birth to Gumball, adopted Darwin, and gave birth to Anais.
Let me get this straight. I asked you to finally step up as a father and set a good example for your children, and the way you interpreted that was to take them shoplifting?
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~ Nicole to Richard in "The Limit."
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Nicole: That's it. I think you've all done it. You've finally pushed me over… Darwin: Over what? Nicole: THE LIMIT.
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~ Nicole in "The Limit."
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YOU NEED TO RUN. NOW!
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~ Nicole to her family before perusing them in "The Limit."
Season 3
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Alright, that’s it! I only get five days off a year! We already wasted Christmas when you decorated the house with whipped cream instead of fake snow! (…) Then there was the Fourth of July! (…) Then your mother’s visit… (…) And let's not forget Halloween! (…) So I am not going to ruin this by listening to your crazy assumptions! We said we were going camping, so we. Are going. CAMPING! And it’ll be nice.
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~ Nicole in "The Vacation."
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Richard: Well, they shouldn't say "All you can eat" if they don't mean it! Nicole: Richard, you ate a chair.
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~ Nicole to Richard in "The Mirror."
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Nicole: YOU'RE A WORM! YOU'RE A THIEVING, ROBBING, MONEY-GRUBBING CROOK! PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE SQUEEZING THE VERY LAST CENT OUT OF HARD-WORKING FAMILIES! YOU'RE THE REASON ICE CAPS ARE MELTING AND BABY POLAR BEARS ARE HOMELESS! I think that's all there was. Here. Larry: Uh… Would you like to add a tip? Nicole: Sure, a little extra twelve percent- YOU'RE A WORTHLESS MAGGOT, A POINTLESS LITTLE—
Hm, now that's a tricky one. I guess it would be CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES, SEE THEM QUIVER BEFORE YOU, and hear the lamentation of their women… Or having a family! It's pretty much the same.
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~ Nicole on the meaning of life in "The Question."
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Look, to get ahead in life, sometimes you have to meet the right people. (…) You know what we are? (…) The opposite of that. So for once, can we pretend that we're not a bunch of savages who- RICHARD, STOP PICKING YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR TOES!
No, it was the school of life. I have raised three kids and one husband.
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~ Nicole explaining her training to Yuki Yoshida in "The Fury."
Season 5
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What I'm about to do might look cool and impressive, but don't ever, ever do it yourselves, okay?!
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~ Nicole to her kids before traversing magnet grapples in "The Vase."
Season 6
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Well, they're from the sixties. But look, only twenty cents for the whole pallet! I guess times were easier then, if you were a man and not a minority, and were comfortable with the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. Ha! How things have changed, huh?
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~ Nicole in "The Parents."
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Well, at least I'm not as bad as the rest of the guys in this office!
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~ Nicole’s last words in the series on her technological ineptitude.
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
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You're right, Ori. It doesn't make sense. But that's family.
Oh honey. If you think some legendary, overblown anime fight scene is gonna repair a simple misunderstanding, then you know nothing about mothers!
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~ Nicole to Gumball about Yuki in "The Gourmet."
Trivia[]
Nicole delivers the first line in the show (in airing order), being the first character to speak in "The DVD."
Although Teresa Gallagher, the British voice actress who voiced Nicole, has a believable American accent, her native accent sneaks through in some episodes.
In her yearbook photo seen in Richard's flashback in "The Wand," it is shown that Nicole's maiden name starts with G. However, in "The Choices," her maiden name is revealed to be Senicourt.
In "The Parents," it was revealed that Nicole's first name is actually Doctor and that her middle name is Nicole.
Nicole was based on and named after series creator Ben Bocquelet's mother, Nicole Bocquelet, as a working mother. They share both the same first (technically middle with respect to Nicole) name and maiden name with each other.
According to Sylvain Marc, a character designer who helped Ben Bocquelet develop the show, Nicole was originally conceived as an absent mother who would not appear onscreen because of her being busy with work.[1]
When asked what Nicole would think of Richard's buff appearance in "The Diet" (since she was absent in the episode), Bocquelet said she would view him as "not squishy enough."[2]
In "The Job," when Nicole turns into a live-action cat, the species is a tabby. Therefore, it's possible that she and her son Gumball are tabby cats.
Nicole and Richard's wedding anniversary is on November 1st.
Nicole was born on October 12th, as shown in "The Web."
In "The Worst," it is revealed that Nicole has worked at the Rainbow Factory for five years.
The Rainbow Factory was still in construction when Gumball was four years old (seen in "The Origins: Part Two"), and it is currently unknown what Nicole's previous occupation was before working there.
In "The Treasure," it's revealed that Nicole makes only $950 per month from the Rainbow Factory. However, in "The Parents," a joke is made that Nicole only gets paid in literal peanuts.
Nicole is the only Watterson to not directly encounter Rob, Gumball's arch-nemesis.
Nicole is revealed to attend an anger management club with Mr. Small in "The Club."
Nicole cameos in the Cartoon Network series Villainous; in the episode "The Lost Cases of Boxmore," she appears in a high school photo featuring other villains; and in "The Lost Cases of Elmore," she is shown bullying Dr. Flug throughout high school.
Nicole has B- blood, as seen in "The Parents." Her father gave her the wrong blood type for a transfusion, A+, since B- was "underachieving."
In the Icelandic dub, Nicole's name is changed to "Nina" for grammatical reasons. Her surname is also never mentioned because Icelanders do not have surnames.
"The Mom" is one of four scrapped episode for season 1 of TAWOG, which most likely would've centered around Nicole.[4] It's possible the episode's concept was reused in the season 3 episode "The Mothers."
Nicole's long insult rant toward the repossessor in "The Money" was actually two separate takes stitched together, as it was slightly too long for Gallagher to be able to peform in a single breath.[5]
The manga designs of both Nicole and Yuki's backstory in "The Fury" are illustrated by character designer Yoann Hervo and assistant character designer Mapie Demessant.
Studio 4°C animated the anime-styled fighting scene between Nicole and Yuki in "The Fury," making them the fifth guest animator in the show.[6]
Initially, Bocquelet wanted Studio Trigger to guest animate the sequence, but they were busy with various other projects.[7]
In the first shot of "The List," a birthday card that is signed by Yuki can be seen among Nicole's childhood memorabilia.
Nicole reveals that she did not go to college in "The List."
According to the official Japanese website, Nicole originally wanted to be a painter, but had to give up in favor of providing for her family. This hasn't been shown or referenced in the show, however.[8]
