The Best Episodes Written By Ben Bocquelet

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   #1 - The Survivalists

   S2:E1112/22/2025

   Gumball and Darwin go up against a squirrel in a primal fight for survival (...in their backyard).

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   #2 - The Labels

   S2:E1212/22/2025

   When an evil guidance counselor arrives at school and gives all the kids awful labels, Gumball and Darwin must defeat her to reclaim their identities.

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   #3 - The Necroprancer

   S2:E1912/22/2025

   Gumball and Darwin travel to the underworld with Carrie, intent on finding her a permanent body.

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   9.7/10(6 votes)

   #4 - The Origins (2)

   S4:E212/15/2016

   In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.

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   9.7/10(6 votes)

   #5 - The Re-Run

   S5:E29/5/2016

   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.

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   9.6/10(9 votes)

   #6 - The Game

   S2:E298/21/2013

   The Wattersons play Dodge or Dare (Dodj or Daar).

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   9.6/10(7 votes)

   #7 - The Origins (1)

   S4:E202/15/2016

   In this, the first half-hour episode, a four-year-old Gumball becomes too much for young parents, Nicole and Richard, to handle, so they buy him a goldfish, but after the first six die from neglect, stupidity, and unfortunate incidents, Richard finds a special one in a shady red van who bonds with Gumball on a spiritual level. This gets put to the test when Darwin gets flushed down the toilet and must traverse a scary, new world to return home.

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   9.5/10(7 votes)

   #8 - The Job

   S2:E89/18/2012

   Richard gets a job as a pizza delivery man, which worries Nicole when strange things begin to occur around the neighborhood.

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   9.5/10(6 votes)

   #9 - The Fury

   S4:E378/19/2016

   A strange figure arrives and insults Nicole, but the kids are surprised when Nicole doesn't fight back.

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    9.4/10(5 votes)

    #10 - The Microwave

    S1:E332/21/2012

    Gumball creates a creature, made of every gross thing he could find, with a cannibalistic appetite.

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    9.4/10(7 votes)

    #11 - The Meddler

    S1:E342/28/2012

    Seeing Gumball in need of attention, Nicole hangs out with him at school, which becomes increasingly embarrassing for her son.

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    9.3/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Puppets

    S5:E3610/6/2017

    Darwin is delighted when they discover their old childhood toys, but soon realizes that some things are best left in the past.

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    9.3/10(6 votes)

    #13 - The Disaster

    S4:E409/5/2016

    Rob gets new powers through a remote control and tries to destroy Gumball's world.

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    9.2/10(10 votes)

    #14 - The Remote

    S2:E18/7/2012

    The Watterson family fights over the remote when they realize everything they want to watch comes on at the same time.

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    9.2/10(5 votes)

    #15 - The Virus

    S2:E206/5/2013

    An evil virus seeks vengeance on Gumball, Darwin, and Teri after they wipe out his army of bacteria.

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    9.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Bus

    S4:E306/9/2016

    Rocky convinces the kids that they do not have to go to school. However, unbeknownst to the kids, some adults are trying to teach them about skipping school.

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    9.1/10(8 votes)

    #17 - The Tape

    S2:E3510/15/2013

    Gumball and Darwin fail to make instant home movie classics.

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    9.1/10(7 votes)

    #18 - The Copycats

    S5:E132/8/2017

    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.

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    9.0/10(6 votes)

    #19 - The Curse

    S1:E322/14/2012

    Gumball's good day turns bad to worse throughout his school day, much to the point where he believes he is "cursed".

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    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #20 - The Helmet

    S1:E353/6/2012

    Gumball wears a lucky helmet, but it tears his family apart.

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    #21 - The Flakers

    S2:E182/5/2013

    Darwin abandons Gumball when faced with a beating by Tina, so Gumball plots revenge.

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    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #22 - The Sidekick

    S2:E247/3/2013

    Gumball and Darwin try to get a game back from Tobias, but Darwin begins to feel like he is just a sidekick to Gumball.

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    9.0/10(6 votes)

    #23 - The Safety

    S3:E322/5/2015

    Darwin becomes obsessed with safety after seeing a video in class.

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    #24 - The Money

    S3:E404/12/2015

    The Wattersons become poor when Richard loses all their money.

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    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #25 - The Uploads

    S4:E1510/9/2015

    Gumball and Darwin get hooked on watching Elmore Stream (the show's version of YouTube) and viewers get a look at the different online videos the residents of Elmore have uploaded on the Internet.

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