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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. An AnimatedSitcom [[MediumBlending combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the weird and wacky world of Elmore. Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe, before it was renamed Creator/HannaBarbera Studios Europe. An AnimatedSitcom [[MediumBlending combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the weird and wacky world of Elmore. Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.
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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, of that year, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled by Creator/HBOMax and Creator/WarnerBros, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, and has thus had its release delayed.

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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, of that year, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19, 2022, Unfortunately, the project has ended up in DevelopmentHell due to the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. which caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing and led to the movie project to be cancelled by being pulled from Creator/HBOMax and Creator/WarnerBros, though it's being having to be put up for sale for other streaming services, and has thus had its release delayed.
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On August 8, 2023 [[https://ui.eidr.org/view/content?id=10.5240/D0EB-EE3E-B1E9-7D17-0B37-2 public records]] were discovered stating that season 7 would consist of 40 episodes and Dan Russell, Teresa Gallagher, Kyla Rae Kowalewski and, Jacob Hopkins had credited roles.
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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the weird and wacky world of Elmore. Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

The series' most striking feature is the invocation of MediumBlending to the extreme; every single character in Elmore is animated in a different style and borrows design elements from a variety of different media. Some characters are animated in 2D flash animation while others are animated in 3D, and animation techniques like stop motion animation, papercraft animation, and even realistic CGI rendering are all liberally borrowed from and implemented into the character design.

While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartoon Network version of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.

With all that in mind, ''Gumball'' has become somewhat of a powerhouse for ''Cartoon Network'', with the show winning several awards for both its writing and animation as well as eventually coming to rival a certain [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pants-wearing sentient sponge]] in ratings.

The series received a twenty-episode second season before the eighteen-episode first season even premiered, another twenty-episode third season shortly after the second season premiere, and two more twenty-episode seasons right before the third season premiere, and the sixth season was extended by two episodes, bringing its total to 50 hours (a little over two days) worth of episodes. It got a "sneak peek" (i.e., the first of two episodes) in the UK on May 2nd, 2011, and in the US on May 3. On June 22nd, 2016, it was announced that the show was renewed for a sixth season, with series creator Ben Bocquelet [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/773256731908530177 confirming it will be his last season]], but that [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/773572339883794434 this is not necessarily the end of the show]] (which led to rumors that ''Gumball'' would have a seventh season, but Ben Bocquelet would not be involved with it. The rumors were finally put to rest when it was revealed that, yes, season six would be the final season, and, no, there wouldn't be any new episodes after that).

The apparent series finale, "The Inquisition", aired on June 24, 2019, ending the series on a SequelHook. On November 4, 2019, a spinoff mini-series called ''WesternAnimation/DarwinsYearbook'' (a collection of remixed clips with a narrative frame centered on Darwin trying to preserve the memories of the students and staff at Elmore Junior High) was announced and set to premiere on December 2. It consisted of six episodes. As of 2023, no new episodes have aired.

On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled by ''Creator/HBOMax'' and Creator/WarnerBros, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying its release.

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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. An AnimatedSitcom [[MediumBlending Combining combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the weird and wacky world of Elmore. Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

The series' most striking feature is the invocation of MediumBlending to the extreme; every single character in Elmore is animated in a different style and borrows design elements from a variety of different media. Some characters are animated in 2D flash animation while others are animated in 3D, and animation techniques like stop motion animation, papercraft animation, and even realistic CGI rendering are all liberally borrowed from and implemented into the character design.design.

While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, the series quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily]] [[{{Satire}} satirical]] comedy that often weaponised its art style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartoon Network version of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar raunchy]] and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor -- including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke -- and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series' native United Kingdom, as every nation censors the show ''differently''.

With all that in mind, ''Gumball'' has become somewhat of a powerhouse for Cartoon Network, with the show winning several awards for both its writing and animation as well as eventually coming to rival a certain [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pants-wearing sentient sponge]] in ratings.


While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartoon Network version of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.

With all that in mind, ''Gumball'' has become somewhat of a powerhouse for ''Cartoon Network'', with the show winning several awards for both its writing and animation as well as eventually coming to rival a certain [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pants-wearing sentient sponge]] in ratings.

The series received a twenty-episode second season before the eighteen-episode first season even premiered, another twenty-episode third season shortly after the second season premiere, and two more twenty-episode seasons right before the third season premiere, and with the sixth season was being extended by two episodes, episodes on top of all of this, bringing its total to 50 hours (a little over two days) worth of episodes. It got a "sneak peek" (i.e., the first of two episodes) in the UK on May 2nd, 2, 2011, and in the US on May 3. On June 22nd, 22, 2016, it was announced that the show was renewed for a sixth season, with series creator Ben Bocquelet [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/773256731908530177 confirming it will be his last season]], but that [[https://twitter.com/benbocquelet/status/773572339883794434 this is it would not necessarily be the end of the show]] (which show]]. This led to rumors that ''Gumball'' would have a seventh season, but Ben Bocquelet would not be involved with it. The rumors were finally put to rest when it was revealed that, yes, season six would be the final season, and, no, there wouldn't be any new episodes after that).

without Bocquelet's involvement that were eventually debunked.

The apparent series finale, "The Inquisition", aired on June 24, 2019, ending the series on a SequelHook. On November 4, 2019, 4 of that year, a spinoff mini-series called ''WesternAnimation/DarwinsYearbook'' (a collection of remixed clips with a narrative frame centered on Darwin trying to preserve the memories of the students and staff at Elmore Junior High) was announced and set to premiere on December 2. It consisted of six episodes. As of 2023, no new episodes have aired.

On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, of that year, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 19, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled by ''Creator/HBOMax'' Creator/HBOMax and Creator/WarnerBros, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying and has thus had its release.
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The series finale, "The Inquisition", aired on June 24, 2019 and ending the series on a SequelHook. On November 4, 2019, a spinoff mini-series called ''WesternAnimation/DarwinsYearbook'' (a collection of remixed clips with a narrative frame centered on Darwin trying to preserve the memories of the students and staff at Elmore Junior High) was announced and set to premiere on December 2. It consisted of six episodes. As of 2021, no new episodes have aired.

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The apparent series finale, "The Inquisition", aired on June 24, 2019 and 2019, ending the series on a SequelHook. On November 4, 2019, a spinoff mini-series called ''WesternAnimation/DarwinsYearbook'' (a collection of remixed clips with a narrative frame centered on Darwin trying to preserve the memories of the students and staff at Elmore Junior High) was announced and set to premiere on December 2. It consisted of six episodes. As of 2021, 2023, no new episodes have aired.


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On December 13, 2022, a seventh season was supposedly [[https://twitter.com/TheCartoonBase/status/1602784124791562241 confirmed]]. Not much is known about it at this time.
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->''"Wait a minute. This here is a talking and dancing banana who somehow has a butt. We're in a school with a T-Rex, a ghost, a toast, and whatever Principal Brown is! Now, who ''dares'' to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing]]?! The world is what you make it!"''

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->''"Wait a minute. This here is a talking and dancing banana who somehow has a butt. We're in a school with a T-Rex, a ghost, a toast, and whatever Principal Brown is! Now who'' dares ''to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing]]?! The world is what you make it!"''

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->''"Wait a minute. This here is a talking and dancing banana who somehow has a butt. We're in a school with a T-Rex, a ghost, a toast, and whatever Principal Brown is! Now who'' dares ''to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing?!]] The world is what you make it!"''
-->--'''Gumball''', "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E4TheOthers The Others]]"

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->''"Wait a minute. This here is a talking and dancing banana who somehow has a butt. We're in a school with a T-Rex, a ghost, a toast, and whatever Principal Brown is! Now who'' dares ''to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing?!]] amazing]]?! The world is what you make it!"''
-->--'''Gumball''', -->-- '''Gumball''', "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E4TheOthers The Others]]"
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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartoon Network version of WesternAnimation/SouthPark. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.

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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartoon Network version of WesternAnimation/SouthPark.''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.
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->''"Now ''who'' dares to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing?!]] The world is what you make it!"''

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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the quaint little town of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball Watterson, who lives in the quaint little town weird and wacky world of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Elmore. Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.
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The series' launch trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icq2LLOPoTo here]]. You can check out the show's Recap page [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball here]] and the character page [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball here]]. It also has a page for [[Trivia/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball trivia]] and [[ShoutOut/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Shout Outs]]. There's also a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball best episode crowner]]. Please list examples relating to specific episodes and characters on the corresponding page.

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The series' launch trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icq2LLOPoTo here]]. You can check out the show's Recap page [[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball here]] and the character page [[Characters/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball here]]. It also has a page for [[Trivia/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball trivia]] and [[ShoutOut/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Shout Outs]]. There's also a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/crowner.php/BestEpisode/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball best episode crowner]]. Please list examples relating to specific episodes and characters on the corresponding page.
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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartton Network version of WesternAnimation/SouthPark. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.

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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartton Cartoon Network version of WesternAnimation/SouthPark. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.
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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]]. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.

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While the reception to the first season saw it mostly dubbed as SoOkayItsAverage, it quickly [[GrowingTheBeard grew in popularity and reputation]] as it progressed, turning into a fast-paced, [[NoFourthWall highly meta]] and [[BitingTheHandHumor heavily satirical comedy]] that often weaponised its art-style into [[DerangedAnimation full-blown psychedelia]].psychedelia]], essentially becoming the Cartton Network version of WesternAnimation/SouthPark. The series is also infamous for having hefty amounts of raunchy and [[BlackComedy morbid]] humor - including one notorious scene that had a literal dead baby joke - and being frequently {{Bowdlerised}} as a result. The only place the show can be seen uncensored is the series home of the United Kingdom, as every nation Bowlderises the show ''differently''.
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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled by ''Creator/HBOMax'', though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying its release.

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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled by ''Creator/HBOMax'', ''Creator/HBOMax'' and Creator/WarnerBros, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying its release.
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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled for use on the network, though it's being put up for sale for other networks, delaying its release.

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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled for use on the network, by ''Creator/HBOMax'', though it's being put up for sale for other networks, streaming services, delaying its release.
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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball, who lives in the quaint little town of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

As alluded to above, the series' most striking feature is the invocation of MediumBlending to the extreme; every single character in Elmore is animated in a different style and borrows design elements from a variety of different media. Some characters are animated in 2D flash animation while others are animated in 3D, and animation techniques like stop motion animation, papercraft animation, and even realistic CGI rendering are all liberally borrowed from and implemented into the character design.

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Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve-year-old cat named Gumball, Gumball Watterson, who lives in the quaint little town of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

As alluded to above, the The series' most striking feature is the invocation of MediumBlending to the extreme; every single character in Elmore is animated in a different style and borrows design elements from a variety of different media. Some characters are animated in 2D flash animation while others are animated in 3D, and animation techniques like stop motion animation, papercraft animation, and even realistic CGI rendering are all liberally borrowed from and implemented into the character design.
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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discover merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled for use on the network, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying its release.

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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discover Discovery merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled for use on the network, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, networks, delaying its release.
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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one.

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On February 17, 2021, ''The Amazing World of Gumball: TheMovie!'' was confirmed to be in production. On September 21, 2021, Bocquelet was confirmed to be on board to executive produce and direct. The film will serve as both the GrandFinale to the original series and a PilotMovie to a brand new one.
one. However, on August 19th, 2022, the Discover merger with Warner Bros. caused a long string of cancellations of streaming shows and upcoming projects, which ended up causing the movie project to be cancelled for use on the network, though it's being put up for sale for other streaming services, delaying its release.
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->''"I started looking back at the characters that I created for commercials. It was a big mash-up of 2D, stylized 3D, realistic 3D and even stop motion. I lined them up and the result looked varied and unusual. I really liked the idea of a show without graphic unity. All these characters had been rejected; they served no purpose. I found that quite endearing. I integrated them in the photo of a schoolyard and was quite excited with the outcome."''
-->-- Creator '''Ben Bocquelet'''

Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve year old cat named Gumball, who lives in the quaint little town of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.

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->''"I started looking back at the characters that I created for commercials. It was a big mash-up of 2D, stylized 3D, realistic 3D and even stop motion. I lined them up and the result looked varied and unusual. I really liked the idea of a show without graphic unity. All these characters had been rejected; they served no purpose. I found that quite endearing. I integrated them in the photo of a schoolyard and was quite excited with the outcome."''
-->-- Creator '''Ben Bocquelet'''

->''"Now ''who'' dares to say [[TitleDrop this world isn't amazing?!]] The world is what you make it!"''
-->--'''Gumball''', "[[Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS4E4TheOthers The Others]]"

Created by Ben Bocquelet, ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is the first commission from Turner Broadcasting's Creator/CartoonNetwork Development Studio Europe. [[MediumBlending Combining a mixture of several animation techniques with live-action backgrounds]], the series follows the misadventures of a hapless twelve year old twelve-year-old cat named Gumball, who lives in the quaint little town of Elmore - where [[EverythingTalks nearly everything has the power to come to life]]! Joining him is his best friend and adopted brother Darwin, the one-time pet fish who grew legs and joined the family. The two of them go to Elmore Junior High where all sorts of strange characters roam the halls.
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With all that in mind, ''Gumball'' has become somewhat of a powerhouse for ''Cartoon Network'', with the show winning several awards for both its' writing and animation as well as eventually coming to rival a certain [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pants-wearing sentient sponge]] in ratings.

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With all that in mind, ''Gumball'' has become somewhat of a powerhouse for ''Cartoon Network'', with the show winning several awards for both its' its writing and animation as well as eventually coming to rival a certain [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants pants-wearing sentient sponge]] in ratings.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right:[[ChildProdigy Anais]], [[TheConscience Darwin]], [[ClassicalAntiHero Gumball]], [[BumblingDad Richard]], and [[CompetitionFreak Nicole]].]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right:[[ChildProdigy right: [[ChildProdigy Anais]], [[TheConscience Darwin]], [[ClassicalAntiHero Gumball]], [[BumblingDad Richard]], and [[CompetitionFreak Nicole]].]]

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