We need to hide! He could be anywhere!
[Grabs the phone] Let's go to the bathroom, it's got a lock on the door!
[The duo run around the living room, stretching the phone's cord everywhere. Then both come rushing into the bathroom. Gumball hurriedly dials the police while Darwin closes and locks the door]
Yeah, help! There's someone in my house!
I see... Are you in the house right now?
Then that someone is you! Case solved. You're welcome!
[The Doughnut Sheriff hangs up, and in a nearby crime statistics chart, he draws from the increasing line a line straight down to zero. Gumball dials again]
Listen, you don't understand si–
Now look kid, I alr– [Phone disconnects]
[Gumball anxiously waits on the other line, frightened]
[Mystically and nervously] Someone cut the phone line!
If you're all hiding so I'd get up, I would like to point out that technically I haven't left my bed, so you don't win! Fine! [Throws his mattress off his back] If everyone is really gone, then no one would mind if I did this.
[Gumball has a weird looking face and knocks over a lamp, the lamp hits the TV, that knocks over and hits a shelf, stuff on the top of the shelf like a vase, falls and then a vase bounces back up and hits the shelf back to where it was, the shelf knocks the TV back where it was, then the TV hits the lamp then hits Gumball, and then he falls]
[Looks around, rubbing his cheek] Aaaaaa- it hurts, [Making weird movements] Ahhhh- I think I fractured my nose and sprained an ear or something. Aa! I think I need very expensive medical help, unless someone gave me a magic kiss? [Thinks and extends his mouth to his cheek, giving himself a kiss] What is going on here? [Gasp] I made a terrible wish [Starts to tear up] and now my whole family have disappeared! [Grouchy face] Good.
(throws Gumball out of the locker room and on the ground.)
(pushes Leslie for inserting gum in and sabotaging Darwin's whistle) NOOO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!
THE SOLO IS MINE, NOT DARWIN'S! HE STOLE MY SPOTLIGHT, AND FLOWERS NEED LIGHT TO GROW!
(hits Leslie by pushing him) Dude, you're a flower boy who plays a flute in a school band. You don't want this to get violent!
You were talking to someone who was a dancer since the year he was born in! (slaps Gumball and punches and kicks Gumball to give him a black eye)
What I meant (takes the Archie head off) (Gumball's black eye and swollen face are shown.) was violence is never the answer, dude. You're supposed to be happy for your friend's success. This isn't about Darwin being good at something, it's about you refusing to make the effort to better yourself, and you know what the definition of that kind of person is?
No, I don't want that to happen!
So, why don't we just enjoy the success of our friend even if it means that we get left behind?
Quick, he's about to play the solo!
Rocky! We need to get to the mall so we can sell out and make a load of cash!
Oh, sure. No probs- [Starts to glitch out before he can finish his sentence]
[The bus starts moving but the glitching begins to infect the bus and everything it comes in contact with. The Wattersons scream as the bus glitches out of control but their screams are temporarily switched to lovely-sounding tweeting birds as the sound begins to cut in and out as well. The bus then glitches into the air before falling back down smoothly, phasing through the ground. The bus then hits Doughnut Sheriff and Mr. Robinson who were glitched as well]
[The bus continues to glitch and the Wattersons continue to scream as the bus begins to break down. The sound begins to drop in quality as well]
We need to get out of here!
[The family jumps out of the bus as it continues to disintergrate to nothing. The family then runs towards the mall]
We got to sign that contract before there is nothing left of Elmore!
[The environment then immediately switches from a barely 3D environment to a storyboard as the Wattersons are running through the Mall Parking lot]
[Muffled] We're... almost... there!
[Muffled] Are you sure? Cos' it doesn't look like we're moving.
[The panels then begin to speed up as the Wattersons are apparently moving faster than before]
[Muffled] AAARGH! 'Too faaast!!!
GDGumball, Darwin, Anais, Nicole and Richard
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH!!!
[Their speed boosts up, which allows them to break through the storyboard panel borders and tear through the entrance of the mall. After they crash through the door, the environment is reduced to a hand-drawn background and the Wattersons become sticky notes]
[Muffled] Where's Joyful Burger?!
[Muffled] It's that way! [Points in a direction]
[Muffled] Err... it's over there. [Sticks her thumb in the opposite direction]
[Nicole's arm is suddenly erased]
AAAAAAAHHH!!!! [Only for it to be drawn back pointing in the right direction] Oh. I meant that way.
[The Wattersons run into Joyful Burger, now crude post-it note drawings]
[In a computer-generated voice with Australian accent] Then hurry up before it's too late!
[The Wattersons, except Gumball, all sign the contract, causing their animation and the environment to revert back to normal, while Gumball remains a sticky note]
[The camera cuts to Gumball, still a post-it note drawing. He grabs the pencil on the contract]
[Puts down pencil] Wait. Are we really going to become clichés of ourselves just to sell a few burgers? Isn't there a way to survive in this world without selling out? Not everything has a price! Some things are more precious than money! Like dignity! Freedom! Love! Sorry, Larry, but you could have all the money in the world and you still couldn't afford the Wattersons!
[at Elmore Junior High, Gumball and Darwin try to resolve Anais's violence issues]
Okay, first I want you to learn what it means to hurt someone.
I'm the one who— [Gumball angrily interrupts her]
NO ARGUING! You wanna use violence? Then first you need to understand how it makes people feel!
Guys, you don't understand.
Do it! [Darwin grabs Anais' hand and forces her to slap Gumball. He acts dramatically] Oh, I feel pain! But also sorrow. Isn't there a better solution to our problem? [Darwin grabs Anais entirely and throws her on top of Gumball] Gaargh! The violence inflicted upon me has instilled a rage! That can only lead to more violence. [Gumball picks up Anais, and uses her like a baton to hit Darwin. Darwin moans dramatically]
As an innocent bystander I feel unjustly hurt. The violence has now become...a vicious circle!
[Again, they use her limp arms to slap each other. The action escalates into Anais becoming a small, involuntary chain-slapping tornado]
See what happens when you let yourself be an instrument of violence?! Everyone gets hurt!
You don't understand! I'm the one who's getting picked on! [Gumball grabs Anais by the cheeks to abruptly stop the spin]
Then forget everything I said.
[Gumball suddenly transforms into a Super Saiyan, including the art style of the referenced anime]
LET'S NAIL THIS GUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Come on, man. We both know this is just posturing. [Gumball causally reverts back to normal]
Yeah, but I thought you might buy it if I went big. Let's just try to find an actual solution.
(The episode opens on a statue of a distinguished warrior)
NNarrator
In an age long forgotten, legend speaks of an unsung hero. Some call him the Couch Crusher; to others he's known simply as the Oncoming Wind. But, to a special few, he's known as--
GDGumball, Darwin and Anais
DAD!
Should we call the police?
(groans) And tell them what? That we spent the day dressed like eastern European popstars and got mugged for $7 by a shadow?
(Sarah slides her latest Laserheart issue to the boys.)
Sarah, please, just stop.
(Gumball opens the comic.)
(reading a page) "I'm glad you guys are still friends despite fighting for my affections"?
(The boys give Sarah a questioning look.)
What? It's fanfiction. There's bound to be a bit of shipping.
(As Onyx runs, the next panels show Laserheart performing bizarre poses as he gives chase.)
Yeah, I don't think a body can make those shapes. Onyx took his heart, not his spine.
OOnyx
"Without your laser heart, you cannot defeat me!"
(Onyx throws a punch, and Laserheart does the same, then back, then forth, repeating again and again across the next panel.)
Yeah, the issue was running short, so I photocopied those frames to pad out the fight scene.
(The episode opens on Gumball and Darwin's computer. Gumball opens the Internet and types in "Elmore Stream-It". Before he could click a video...)
I just need one, man. Just one.
Don't! You know what happens if you disappear down the Elmore Stream-Hole. Who knows just how many precious hours you'll lose watching idiotic online videos? So, just back away from the PC.
DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! I'LL CLICK IT! I WILL!!!!
(On the bus...)
Hiding is not gonna make it go away, and why on earth would you invite him to a sleepover?
Whoever pays for lunch gets a sleepover. It's a social contract.
You're talking out of your backside, dude.
At least you'll be there to support me.
(Darwin gets off the bus at Banana Joe's house)
I'm having a sleepover at Banana Joe's. I predicted you'd do something like this, so I decided to get out of the house for the evening.
Fine! I don't need you! I still have Anais!
(Anais pops out of Darwin's backpack.)
Nope. You made your bed, and now you have awkwardly lie next to a stranger in it.
(Gumball yells, slamming his butt against the back windshield of the bus in despair as it departs.)
[Picks it up] Here! A photo album!
[Darwin sets it down and opens it for them both to see. The first photo shows a much younger Margaret Robinson sitting in a boat on a lake, smiling wickedly]
[In the same photo, next to the boat, Margaret Robinson's helpless brother is seen drowning. Slightly concerned, Darwin flips to the next page. The next photo is of Margaret Robinson's first day at Elmore Junior High]
Look, first day of school!
Yeah, probably the last for a few others.
[Margaret Robinson gazes happily at the camera as the school building burns behind her. A fire crew is seen attempting to stop the blaze. Another page is flipped. The next photo shows Margaret Robinson as a child in the living room of her home at Christmas time]
[Darwin gasps as he sees Margaret fanning the hearth fire to burn Santa as he climbs down the chimney]
Santa... [Distraught voice, closes the book] I don't wanna see any more!
[Reopens the book] Well, wait a minute. What about the baby pictures? They gotta be cute.
[The photo is of a human hand finishing the stitching of the infant Margaret]
[Gumball flips to the next page. The photo shows Margaret Robinson as a toddler, ripping off a teddy bear's head]
Oh! I guess she was just born that way, dude.
[Gaylord Robinson, who stands in the shadows behind them, begins to speak as he approaches them. Startled by his voice, Gumball and Darwin quickly turn to see him]
GRGaylord Robinson
Margaret is and will always be a mystery. Nothing happened in her life to justify the way she is. Some people aren't looking for anything logical; they can't be bought, reasoned, or negotiated with. Sometimes, man just wants to watch the world burn.
Uh...are you saying Mrs. Robinson's a man?
GRGaylord Robinson
[Shocked] What? No!
[Quietly] Wait, y-you said "man", Mr.- [Trails off]
GRGaylord Robinson
[Puts his hands on his hips and stomps toward them in frustration] I meant "man" as in "mankind!"
GRGaylord Robinson
No, I-I-I [Defeated] Ah, just get out of here.
[turns the lights back on] Stop! Stop, Jamie, you don't understand! [Gumball struggles to signal him to stop] Love is not something you take, it's something you earn!
