9.4/10786 votes#1 - The Stories
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2016
Fed up with having to listen to Molly's long, tedious anecdotes, Gumball and Darwin try to teach her how to make them sound more exciting. When this doesn't work, they decide their only option is to give Molly a story worth telling.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh
7.5/10392 votes#2 - The Re-Run
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/2016
In this sequel to last season's "The Disaster", Gumball travels back to the events of the previous episode to prevent Rob from ruining his life, but everything he does makes things worse.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Nathan Auerbach, Daniel Berg
7.3/10391 votes#3 - The Guy
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2016
Gumball and Darwin are wary of Anais' new friend, Josh, making her question his motives as well.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, John Sheerman
8.1/10426 votes#4 - The Boredom
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2016
Gumball and Darwin search for adventure during a walk around Elmore.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Louise Coats, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Nathan Auerbach, Daniel Berg, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.7/10506 votes#5 - The Vision
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2016
After finding a secret manifesto on Alan's memory stick, Gumball and Darwin decide to foil his plan for world domination.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, John Sheerman
9.7/101,837 votes#6 - The Choices
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2016
Nicole reminisces about how she met Richard during a disastrous family dinner, and how things could have turned out for her if she had not.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Jon Foster, James Lamont, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Nathan Auerbach, Daniel Berg
8.5/10455 votes#7 - The Code
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2016
The family goes without wi-fi after Mr. Robinson changes the passcode, so Gumball tries to recover it.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Markham, John Sheerman
8.1/10414 votes#8 - The Test
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/2016
When he is labeled a "loser" in an online test, Gumball believes he must do the opposite of everything he would normally do. Meanwhile, Darwin and Sarah notice Tobias is stealing Gumball's life and role in the series in the form of a cheesy sitcom.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Joe Parham, Nathan Auerbach, Daniel Berg, Joe Markham, John Sheerman
7.5/10374 votes#9 - The Slide
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2016
Rocky decides to stop living life online, and find love on a dating app, and Gumball and Darwin try to help him.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, James Huntrods
8.1/10387 votes#10 - The Loophole
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/2016
Gumball and Darwin give Bobert instructions so he will behave in a safe and responsible manner, but he applies his logic to their rules.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.6/10432 votes#11 - The Potato
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/2017
When Darwin has lunch with Idaho, he decides to stop eating potatoes in solidarity with his brotato, but he finds his obsession with his favorite food harder to kick than he ever imagined, so Gumball decides to help his friend curb his carb cravings.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Markham
9.4/10879 votes#12 - The Fuss
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 2/7/2017
Nicole tries, and fails, to hide her disappointment when Richard and the kids fail to remember her special day. Richard has to figure out what special day he has actually forgotten and then make it a day to remember or else.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.3/10415 votes#13 - The Copycats
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2017
Gumball and Darwin are confused when they meet Chi Chi and Ribbit, a pair of siblings that copy everything they do and say. Then they find out this copycat family is making money online from imitating the Watterson family.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
7.9/10387 votes#14 - The Outside
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2017
The family goes to visit Richard's dad. Based on his basic living standards and extended absence from Richard's life, they assume Frankie must have done a stretch in the slammer.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, James Hamilton, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.2/10385 votes#15 - The Vase
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2017
Sick of Granny Jojo's ugly gifts, Nicole encourages the kids to take matters into their own hands and "accidentally" break her latest hideous vase. But when Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to destroy it, they discover it is more robust than it seems.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.8/10490 votes#16 - The Matchmaker
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2017
Gumball enlists Carrie to help bring Darwin and Teri together, but when they can't make Darwin and Teri's love blossom naturally, they decide to make it happen supernaturally.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Markham
8.3/10401 votes#17 - The Box
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/2017
The Wattersons receive an unmarked package in the mail. To distract themselves from the urge to open it they all take turns to imagine what it might contain.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, Brydie Lee-Kennedy
9.5/10814 votes#18 - The Console
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/2017
When Gumball is given a cursed video game console, Elmore becomes trapped inside a fantasy RPG world. Gumball, Darwin and Anais have to battle their way through town, unraveling the secrets of their new virtual reality.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Nathan Auerbach, Daniel Berg, Joe Markham
7.8/10383 votes#19 - The Ollie
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2017
Gumball teaches Darwin everything he knows about the world of skateboarding.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Timothy Mills, Joe Markham, James Huntrods, Simon Landrein
7.7/10374 votes#20 - The Catfish
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/2017
When Gumball and Darwin realize Grandpa Louie has no friends, they create one called Muriel, when Granny Jojo finds out Louie has been spending time online with another woman, Muriel not existing is not going to stop her from being destroyed.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
7.3/10359 votes#21 - The Cycle
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/2017
Gumball, Darwin and Anais discover that Mr. Wilson has been picking on Richard for most of his life; ever since he humiliated Richard with a high school prank. The kids try to work their dad through it, but when their efforts fail they realize that getting back at Mr. Wilson is the only way to break the cycle.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh
7.9/10380 votes#22 - The Stars
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2017
When Richard gives Larry’s hairdresser a bad review for saying he’s bald, he gets offered a free haircut. This inspires Gumball and Darwin to go on a reviewing spree across town, forcing Larry to give them stuff with the threat of a bad review. But, just because the customer is always right doesn’t mean that what they’re doing isn’t wrong.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, Joe Markham
8.0/10411 votes#23 - The Grades
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/2017
When a failed test grade brings down Gumball’s grade point average, he is forced to return to kindergarten.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh
7.7/10404 votes#24 - The Diet
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 2/28/2017
Gumball and Darwin find out why Richard's diet wasn't working, and after they help him lose weight, he becomes more obnoxious.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, Jess Ransom, James Hamilton, Joe Parham, Joe Markham, James Huntrods
8.0/10404 votes#25 - The Ex
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/2017
When Gumball learns that his nemesis, Rob, has found a new nemesis, he tries to sabotage Rob's new "enemy-ship", much to the frustration of Penny.
Director: Antoine Perez
Writer: Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tobi Wilson, James Hamilton, Tom Neenan, Jon Purkis, Joe Parham, Joe Markham
The Best Episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball Season 5
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The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin...
Genres:AnimationFamilySci-Fi & FantasyComedy
Network:Cartoon Network
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Stories" is the best rated episode of "The Amazing World of Gumball" season 5. It scored 9.4/10 based on 786 votes. Directed by Antoine Perez and written by Ben Bocquelet, Tobi Wilson, Joe Parham, Andrew Barnett Jones, Ciaran Murtagh, it aired on 9/1/2016. This episode is rated 1.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Re-Run".