The Amazing World of Gumball/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Annoying Older Sibling]]: ToInverted; he annoys his younger sister, Anais, most of the time.

{{quote| '''Nicole:''' Honey, are you in trouble? Because my mother senses are tingling. I can smell trouble.<br />

'''Gumball:''' ''(laughing nervously)'' Trouble? No, we're fine. Absolutely fine. No trouble here, bye.<br />

'''Nicole:''' Are you lying?<br />

'''Gumball:''' Ha! Oh, no, of course not.<br />

* [[Catchphrase (game show)|Catchphrase]]: "*sigh* (aggravated) Fine..."

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: He is a cat.

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: He has two whiskers pointing forward and three pointing backward, [[Ambidextrous Sprite|regardless of the direction he's facing.]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: While heGumball can be exasperated with others and often does some dumb or insensitive things, he's a good kid and will go out of his way to try and help.

{{quote| Gumball's pet goldfish-turned-family member after it sprouted legs, grew in size, and began to talk. Gumball and Darwin are seen as brothers (Darwin even calls Nicole "Mom") and attend the same school. Darwin is a bit naive due to his forced adaptation among the "normal" world, though he is more rational and moral than Gumball.}}

* [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifish]]

{{quote| ''"Yeah, he's great because... he's got legs, and, you know... a head..."''}}

* [[Speech Impediment]]: In "The Sock", Gumball points out that Darwin has a lisp where gills whistle. Darwin retorts with "You're so stinky, sailors sing sea shanties about how stinky you are!" making a whistling sound with every 'S'. This only happens for that one and only time, though. In fact, ''the very next sentence'' he says contains 'S'es without the lisp.

{{quote| Gumball's genius little (rabbit) sister, who is his junior by eight years (Gumball is 12, she is 4). Due to her high intelligence, she attends Gumball and Darwin's middle school as well. Despite her competency, she still displays some traits of a typical four-year old.}}

{{quote| The maternal member of the Watterson family (and the same kind of cat as Gumball). She holds down a job at the rainbow factory and appears to be the only member of the family with any sense of responsibility. She's normally collected and organized but when things go awry, she succumbs to violent bouts of anger (almost always sparked by her sons).}}

{{quote| Gumball's father and Nicole's rabbit husband. Richard is very immature for his age and hates to have any sort of responsibility. He is also quite lackadaisical and sleeps frequently. As a result, Nicole is usually forced to be the parent to their children.}}

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parent]]: In "The Hero", Gumball and Darwin fail to come up with something good for their dad and settles on embarassingembarrassing moments. Unknown to them at the time, Richard overhears the conversation and leaves depressed.

== Gumball's classmates ==

=== Alan the balloon ===

{{quote| A teal colored balloon who, despite their physical incompatibility, deeply loves Carmen. He is overly nice and even-tempered, never showing anger or raising his voice even when the subject of insults or physical attacks, much to the annoyance of his classmates. Being filled with helium, Alan regularly speaks in a high-pitched voice.}}

=== Anton the Toast ===

{{quote| A simple-minded piece of toast who was forcibly drafted into Tina's gang despite his unwillingness to do so, and only appeases them to avoid their anger.}}

* [[The Chew Toy]]: Sometimes literally.

{{quote| A hyperactive banana, he is the class clown of Elmore Junior High and has the tendency to crack a joke whenever possible. His jokes often serve as a source of irritation to others.}}

=== Bobert the Robot ===

{{quote| One of the smartest students at Elmore Junior High, he is a robot who constantly struggles to understand emotion and develop a social life. Multiple times in the series, he has showcased his ability to transform into a much larger form by triggering his "defense mode".}}

* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: Gumball learns this the hard way when they play punchies.

=== Carmen the Cactus ===

{{quote| A cactus who is considered to be a leader among her female classmates. She is in a relationship with Alan, though the danger of her spikes bursting him is a constant hindrance. Their relationship annoys their classmates, who are frequently annoyed by their romantic gestures and deem them "too perfect".}}

=== Carrie the GhostKrueger ===

{{quote| An emo ghost who lives in a malevolent mansion and "enjoys being depressed". She has the abilities to teleport and possess living bodies.}}

* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: Darwin sure seems to think so when he kissed her.

=== Clayton the Clay ===

{{quote| A red ball of clay who is a compulsive liar, with a tendency of making up absurd stories about himself.}}

=== Hector the GiantJötunheim ===

{{quote| A massive but [[Gentle Giant]] who is the largest student in Elmore Junior High, to the point that only his legs and feet are seen.}}

=== Idaho the Potato ===

{{quote| A free-spirited potato from the rural countryside with old-fashioned beliefs, he is one of the less popular students of Elmore Junior High.}}

* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: He's a jovial hick.

=== Juke the Boombox ===

=== Leslie the Flower ===

{{quote| An effeminate, friendly daisy who plays flute in the school band and can often be found hanging around the girls.}}

** It's not made entirleyentirely clear what gender Leslie is in the FIRST place. While originally introduced as a boy, Leslie hangs out with the girls, and didn't object when referred to collectively as 'the girls.'

** He's definitely a guy, a very flamboyant and girly guy, but a guy nonetheless.

*** Leslie is a ''flower''. Technically speaking, (s)he's ''both''.

=== Masami the Cloud ===

{{quote| A living cloud, she is the wealthy daughter of the Rainbow Factory's owner. Spoiled by her parents, she is prone to tantrums and has threatened to have her classmates' parents fired should she not have her way. When angry, Masami has the ability to develop into a full storm cloud capable of causing mass amounts of damage.}}

=== Molly the Sauropod ===

=== Ocho the 8-Bit Spider ===

{{quote| An 8-bit spider and a generally friendly person, but often overreacts to what people say about him in a negative manner.}}

{{quote| A living peanut with antlers growing out of her head, who is Gumball's primary love interest. She returns Gumball's affections, but both are incapable of expressing their feelings for one another.}}

=== Sussie the Chinnikin ===

{{quote| An upside-down chin with googly eyes and puppet-like characteristics. She is talkative, odd, and obnoxious, and as a result is generally avoided by the rest of her classmates.}}

=== Teri the Paper Bear ===

{{quote| A hypochondriac paper bear, and as a result of her condition is usually be found in the nurse's office. Although somewhat self-absorbed and paranoid, she is very nice and is one of the school's cheerleaders.}}

{{quote| A Tyrannosaurus Rex who lives in the Elmore city junkyard, she is the Elmore Junior High school bully. She often picks on her fellow schoolmates, especially Gumball, and has her own gang of bullies which includes Jamie, and, to his reluctance, Anton. As a dinosaur, Tina is the strongest person in school, contributing to her fearsome and aggressive reputation.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Jerkass Facade]]: It is revealed in 'The Fight' that she isn't really a bully, she just acts that way because of her scary father and the fact that it is what people expect when they see a T-rex that [[Does Not Know His Own Strength|Does Not Know Her Own Strength.]]}}

* [[Larynx Dissonance]]: Has a very deep male voice, due to being a Tyrannosaurus.

=== Tobias the JockWilson ===

{{quote| A multicolored humanoid who is heavily interested in sports and possesses an overbearing self-confidence. He thinks of himself as a heavily built jock, despite actually being rather weak, and appears to be quite wealthy.}}

=== William the Eyeball ===

{{quote| A flying eyeball who is Miss Simian's personal spy and only talks when reporting information to her.}}

=== OtherRob/Dr. adultsWrecker ===

{{quote| A furry slug who is the principal of Elmore Junior High. Ever since he fell in love with Miss Simian, he has been a dangerously incompetent principal and spends most of his time flirting with her, thus keeping him from properly running the school.}}

{{quote| An ineffective doughnut police officer who works in Elmore. He is rather oblivious, and as such is not a very good police officer. Similar to Carrie, Doughnut Sheriff is eternally hungry, because since he is a doughnut, anything he attempts to consume just goes out the other end of his mouth.}}

* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: AHe's cop ''and'' a living donutdoughnut. As his donutdoughnut hole is his mouth, anything he tries to eat ([[Carnivore Confusion|like other donutsdoughnuts]]) goes immediately out the other end.

* [[Police Are Useless]]: Big time.

=== Laurence "Larry" Needlemeyer ===

{{quote| A rock man who works at almost every movie/video game store, gas station, and grocery store in Elmore. He ultimately despises the Watterson family, mostly because they are consistently getting him fired.}}

{{quote| The Wattersons' stuck-up next door neighbor, and Rocky's father. He is always grouchy and deeply despises Gumball and Darwin for annoying him all the time; the boys, however, idolize him because they believe him to be a war veteran.}}

{{quote| Gaylord's wife and Rocky's mother. She is just as grouchy as her husband and is always in a bad mood. Margaret never speaks; the only vocalizations she can make are hoarse whispers.}}

{{quote| An orange, fuzzy Muppet-like character who has various jobs around Elmore Junior High. He is the son of Gaylord and Margaret Robinson, the Wattersons' next-door neighbors. Rocky is good-natured and gets along with the kids and everyone else much better than he does with his parents.}}

* [[Nice Guy]]: In 'The Ape'" he tells Mrs. Simian that not even ''he'' likes her...and he likes everybody!

{{quote| A tall, fluffy creature who is the counselor of Elmore Junior High. He is interested in New Age culture and possesses hippie-like qualities in terms of appearance and behavior. Mr. Small's strange and unorthodox teaching methods are usually more confusing to the children than helpful, and most of the kids leave his office confused and not any better, if not worse from the time they entered. With this, many Elmore Junior High students are left wondering why he still has his job. Like other characters, Mr. Small is afraid of Tina Rex. He is also shown to have violent mood swings, which could possibly be attributed to bipolar disorder.}}

* [[Hippie Teacher|Hippie Counselor]]: ThoughDownplayed in the show's first season, where he's rather less patient than the typical example. Played straight from Season 2 onward, however.

* [[Large Ham]]:

{{quote| "Don't hate me because I'm ''beautiful!''"}}

* [[Mood Swinger]]: Can go from an easy-going hippie to an enraged maniac in a snap, [[Early Installment Weirdness|especially in the first season]].

* [[Piss-Take Rap]]: Has one about honesty; [[It Makes Sense in Context|while dressed in a ''bear costume'']].

* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Does this to Gumball and Darwin in "The Sock" by showing them a grotesque diagram of the soul of a liar. This can also be applied to his sock puppet, the Silence Snake, whom he uses to scream at people and shock them into shutting up.

{{quote| An elderly baboon who is Gumball and Darwin's sadistic teacher. She takes great pleasure in giving her students pop quizzes and being generally unpleasant. Miss Simian is madly in love with Principal Brown, and he seems to gladly return the feeling. She utterly despises Gumball and will do anything to ruin his mischievous plans.}}

{{quote| A walking fingerprint who is a very dangerous criminal in Elmore. He often is seen doing some devious activity such as robbing a convenience store or trying to break into someone's car. Strangely, Sal's weapon of choice is a rusty spoon, which, for some reason, many of the male characters in the show are terrified by. He has a New York accent and also has a habit of calling people "suckers."}}

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