The Amazing World of Gumball (season 3)

The Amazing World of Gumball (season 3)
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
No. of episodes	40
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	June 5, 2014 – August 6, 2015

The third season of the British-American animated television series series The Amazing World of Gumball, created by Ben Bocquelet, aired on Cartoon Network in the United States. The season has 40 episodes. The series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.

Development

Concept

The season focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school. In a behind-the-scenes video documenting the production of the second season, creator Ben Bocquelet expanded on the development of some of the characters, and how they are based on interactions from his childhood.^[1]

Production

In October 2012, Cartoon Network announced that The Amazing World of Gumball had been renewed for a third season consisting of 40 episodes.^[2] The season marks the debut of series voice actors Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr., who take over the roles of Gumball and Darwin from Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye, respectively. Grove and Bokaye's final episode was "The Kids", which also introduced Hopkins and Ransom.^[3]

Broadcast

The season premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland in September 2014.^[4]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date [5]	Prod. code [6]	U.S. viewers (millions)
77	1	"The Kids"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson	June 5, 2014	GB301	2.39[7]
Gumball and Darwin's voices start to break, and they struggle to cope with the effects of growing up.
78	2	"The Fan"	Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, Howard Read, and Tobi Wilson	June 5, 2014	GB303	2.39[7]
New Elmore Junior High student Sarah becomes Gumball and Darwin's obsessive number-one fan.
79	3	"The Coach"	Ben Cottam, Paul McKenna, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	June 12, 2014	GB306	1.68[8]
Elmore Junior High's new gym coach stands up to Jamie, and Jamie vows to get her street cred back by attacking the coach.
80	4	"The Joy"	Ben Bocquelet, Ben Cottam, Mic Graves, Kieran Hodgson, Tom Meltzer, Jess Ransom, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	June 19, 2014	GB305	1.86[9]
After being hugged by Richard one morning, Gumball and Darwin become mindlessly happy and end up spreading a zombie-like contagious joy virus across Elmore Junior High, which Miss Simian must put an end to.
81	5	"The Puppy"	Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Ben Cottam, Stewart Williams, and Guillaume Cassuto	June 26, 2014	GB304	2.15[10]
The Watterson children's long-awaited pet puppy turns out to be a turtle which hates them.
82	6	"The Recipe"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson	July 3, 2014	GB311	2.17[11]
Gumball and Darwin discover the secret behind their classmate Anton's immortality, but things go wrong when they end up producing multiple Anton clones.
83	7	"The Name"	Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tom Meltzer, Joe Parham, and Stewart Williams	July 10, 2014	GB307	2.32[12]
Gumball undergoes a major personality change after discovering that his real first name is Zach, and soon his new, arrogant Zach alter ego seeks to take over Gumball permanently.
84	8	"The Extras"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, and Mic Graves	July 17, 2014	GB312	1.93[13]
On a slow day for Gumball and Darwin, the background characters — some of which are from past episodes, like the crowd members from "The Sweaters" — decide to use the time to have their own adventures.
85	9	"The Gripes"	Tim Allsop, Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Kieran Hodgson, Stewart Williams, and Tobi Wilson	July 24, 2014	GB308	2.21[14]
Gumball and Darwin's complaining goes too far when people mistake them for charity cases, and it is up to them to reveal the mix-up.
86	10	"The Vacation"	Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson	July 31, 2014	GB310	1.90[15]
After Nicole tells her family a scary story on a camping trip, the events of the story begin to come true when they break down on a country road and are taken in by a strange monster who lives with his mother.
87	11	"The Fraud"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Tobi Wilson	August 7, 2014	GB316	1.91[16]
Gumball and Darwin discover that Principal Brown's diploma is a fake, and Brown goes to great lengths to prevent his secret from being exposed.
88	12	"The Void"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Paul Rice, and Tobi Wilson	August 14, 2014	GB309	1.90[17]
Gumball, Darwin, and Mr. Small investigate the disappearance of Elmore Junior High student Molly and soon find themselves sucked into a mysterious void containing all the mistakes the world has ever made.
89	13	"The Boss"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	August 21, 2014	GB313	1.82[18]
When Mr. Robinson suffers a life-threatening accident, Gumball and Darwin help Mr. Robinson's son, Rocky, get a more respectable job to pay for the operation — but the effects of working a white-collar job turn Rocky into a soulless drone.
90	14	"The Move"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	August 28, 2014	GB317	1.88[19]
Gumball and Darwin attempt to cure Clayton of his compulsive lying, but their refusal to believe in his capability of performing a secret martial arts move leaves Tobias unconscious after Clayton attempts to prove it.
91	15	"The Law"	Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	September 4, 2014	GB314	2.15[20]
Doughnut Sheriff takes Gumball and Darwin along with him for the day in an attempt to show them how cool cops can be, at the cost of his own job. When a simple misdemeanor leads to a breakdown in law, however, it is up to the three to save the day.
92	16	"The Allergy"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Joe Parham	September 11, 2014	GB318	1.91[21]
Gumball must find a cure for Darwin's allergy before Darwin ends up sneezing Elmore off the map.
93	17	"The Mothers"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Jon Foster, Mic Graves, James Lamont, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	September 18, 2014	GB315	N/A
On Mother's Day, Tobias, Banana Joe, Gumball and Darwin put their respective mothers through a series of tests to determine who has the "World's Greatest Mom".
94	18	"The Password"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, and Joe Parham	September 25, 2014	GB320	2.00[22]
Richard changes the password to the Watterson children's computer at Nicole's insistence, but after Gumball and Darwin decipher the password as "Anais" from the inputted hint "favorite child", they start sucking up to Richard in various ways, all of which end up unintentionally injuring him. When Richard gets fed up and sends the two to their room, they denounce him as only being their second favorite parent, and the situation escalates into Richard competing for the title of favorite parent with Nicole.
95	19	"The Procrastinators"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	October 2, 2014	GB319	2.26[23]
Nicole tasks Gumball and Darwin with taking out the trash before 5:00 p.m., which they take great measures to avoid doing.
96	20	"The Shell"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Tom Crowley, and Tobi Wilson	October 9, 2014	GB302	2.31[24]
After accidentally headbutting her during a school play and causing a crack to form, Gumball urges Penny to break from her shell and reveal her true form. However, when Gumball is left speechless by her beauty, Penny misinterprets his shock as disappointment and goes on a rampage through Elmore, shapeshifting into several monsters. Note: This episode has the old intro for Season 1.
97	21	"The Burden"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	October 16, 2014	GB321	2.36[25]
Gumball and Darwin are left in charge of Elmore Junior High's pet hamster, Chris Morris, over the weekend and come to appreciate its presence for different reasons – Gumball uses it to impress Penny on a date, while Darwin sees it as a listener to vent out his personal problems about Gumball and Penny, but when they discover that the hamster is a clump of hair from Principal Brown, the duo go to school to retrieve Chris Morris.
98	22	"The Bros"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	October 23, 2014	GB322	1.70[26]
Darwin becomes jealous of Gumball and Penny's new relationship and sets out to find information on Penny and intrude between the two in the hopes of breaking them up.
99	23	"The Mirror"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, and Joe Parham	October 30, 2014	GB323	1.61[27]
Gumball refuses to forward an e-mail purportedly sent by a ghost, against Darwin's advice. When a curse begins to take effect and their family is dragged into another dimension, Gumball and Darwin seek Carrie's help to save them.
100	24	"The Man"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	October 30, 2014	GB326	1.40[27]
After Granny Jojo brings her new boyfriend Louie to dinner at the Watterson household, an upset Richard forbids her from seeing Louie again.
101	25	"The Pizza"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	November 13, 2014	GB325	1.55[28]
Elmore's economic structure unravels when a frustrated Larry quits all his jobs thanks to the Wattersons' anger and stupidity making his jobs difficult.
102	26	"The Lie"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	November 20, 2014	GB328	1.66[29]
Gumball and Anais invent a new holiday called "Sluzzle Tag" to counter the January doldrums. Sir Derek Jacobi guest stars, voicing the narrator.
103	27	"The Butterfly"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	January 8, 2015	GB330	2.14[30]
Gumball inadvertently puts the butterfly effect into motion throughout Elmore when he releases a butterfly from a jar.
104	28	"The Question"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Tony Hull, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	January 8, 2015	GB329	2.14[30]
Gumball and Darwin contemplate the meaning of life after having a sugar rush.
105	29	"The Saint"	Ben Bocquelet, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	January 15, 2015	GB332	1.69[31]
Sick of his saintly behavior, Gumball sets out to test the limits of Alan's goody-goody personality, but when that fails, Gumball and Darwin decide to be just as positive and charitable as Alan.
106	30	"The Friend"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	January 22, 2015	N/A	2.07[32]
Gumball and Darwin help Anais make up an imaginary friend who turns out to be all too real – and wanted by authorities.
107	31	"The Oracle"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Tony Hull, Richard Overall, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	January 29, 2015	GB327	1.80[33]
After finding a prophetic painting done by Banana Joe's mother depicting Gumball's naked run through the mall, he is determined to avoid that outcome.
108	32	"The Safety"	Ben Bocquelet, Louise Coats, Joe Parham, and Tobi Wilson	February 5, 2015	GB333	1.89[34]
Darwin's unhealthy obsession with safety spreads throughout Elmore and culminates in a plan for world domination.
109	33	"The Society"	Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	February 12, 2015	GB334	1.64[35]
Gumball believes that the reason for his bad luck around Elmore Junior High is his exclusion from a non-existent secret school society, and his determination to infiltrate it irritates those around him.
110	34	"The Spoiler"	Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	February 19, 2015	GB335	2.21[36]
Gumball and Darwin must wait a week to watch a horror film entitled The Screamening, but the former struggles to last the week without hearing spoilers of the film's plot.
111	35	"The Countdown"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	February 26, 2015	GB331	1.90[37]
Miss Simian threatens to expel Gumball and Darwin if they are late for school, so they race a clock in order to arrive on time. However, Gumball accidentally freezes time and he and Darwin travel through time while at school.
112	36	"The Nobody"	Ben Bocquelet, Louise Coats, Tim Mills, Jess Ransom, Paul Rice, and Tobi Wilson	March 5, 2015	N/A	1.84[38]
When things go missing in the house, Gumball and Darwin search for the culprit, discovering that they have an uninvited house guest, which turns out to be Rob, who escaped from the Void and lost his memory.
113	37	"The Downer"	Ben Bocquelet, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	July 6, 2015	GB338	1.66[39]
Nicole, Richard, Darwin, and Anais try to cheer up Gumball, who is in an inexplicably bad mood — and things get worse when Gumball finds himself the only person left in the world after wishing everyone would go away and his misery comes to life and consumes Elmore.
114	38	"The Egg"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, and Tobi Wilson	August 6, 2015	GB340	1.65[40]
Anais has a play date with Billy Parham, but Nicole must contend with Billy's snobbish mother, Felicity. Note: This episode has aired in other countries (including its native UK) as a season three episode. In the United States, "The Return" aired instead, and "The Egg" aired in the US as a season four episode.
115	39	"The Triangle"	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Tim Mills, Richard Overall, Richard Preddy, and Joe Parham	July 8, 2015	N/A	1.76[41]
Gumball grows jealous of Darwin's new talent at playing a swanee whistle and tries to sabotage him – only to learn that someone else is doing it for him.
116	40	"The Money"	Ben Bocquelet, Guillaume Cassuto, Louise Coats, Mic Graves, Joe Parham, Jess Ransom, Tobi Wilson, and Tim Mills	July 9, 2015	GB336	1.75[42]
When Richard loses the family's money again, Larry the clerk offers them the chance to perform in a commercial for Joyful Burger, but Gumball -- who loathes the idea of selling out -- refuses to do it and urges his family to keep their dignity in the face of losing their house, their car, and their animation quality.

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