The Amazing World of Gumball

The Rampage

Part 1 : What is this "normal" you speak of ?


Elmore, the weirdest place in this weird world. Don't let those « little city looks » fool you. You won't find more random and moving than this town.

Now, the inhabitants aren't out for blood or walking on their heads. They try to have a normal life like everyone. A job, a house, a family, all that jazz.

But the thing is that Elmore could be described, at its best, as the « place where racism cannot be a thing ». You see all kinds of guys and gals here. Monkeys, ghosts, lizards, clay balls, mice, litteral butt faces, and many, many more.

But if it was just that, why would it be that weird ? Well, things go awry pretty quickly here. Logic has already jumped out of the window, to then float to the sky instead of falling. Yeah, physics, time, reason, those things can litteraly disappear in a fingers snap in this town.

Elmore wasn't really this way since it was founded. The diversity was there, but the weirdness was much more tamed. It really began to show approximatively 12 years ago. It got stronger and stronger through the years, until disasters were almost monthly. Snapping turtles invasions, mad giants, explosions, etc. The world even got close to collapse on itself. Twice !

If one was to link these events together, it would ultimately come down to a certain family, especially the two boys of the house. A not too bright, slightly greedy, but often well-meaning blue cat, and his adoptive brother, an extra optimistic, naive, ex-pet goldfish, who grew legs with the power of love !

These two seemed to be magnets to catastrophes, whether they cause them by accident, or not at all. They always have a role to play in these events, mostly to fix what they caused. Life is rough for these two, their lives are very often on the line. And quite frankly, one of them is getting quite fed up with those actions.

And, with their luck, a new incident was bound to happen. One of the biggest challenges they would have to face...


"Normal ?"

"Yes dude, normal."

In the Wattersons' house, everybody was waking up, another morning of the week coming on. Richard would tend the house (= Sitting on the couch sleeping, watching TV and eating, then cleaning everything at the last minute before anyone came home), Nicole would go to work (= Typing thousands of numbers on hundred of pages, trying not to punch her boss through the phone, and praying to see the house still standing when she comes home), and Anaïs would go to school (= Going to school. What were you expecting ?).

As for Gumball the cat and Darwin the fish ? Well, they were out of their beds unusually early this morning, clothes on and everything. But they seemed busy discussing a rather unusual subject, even for them.

"I don't see what you mean. What do you want 'normal' ?", asked Darwin, confused.

"I want my day to be normal ! A simple, quiet, normal day.", said Gumball, alterning between frustration and calm.

"But aren't our lives already normal ?"

"Dude, if we were to check the encyclopedia of all words in any language, 'normal' would be accompanied by 'Not the life of these guys' with our pictures next to it ! We are twelve and a half, and we have seen things that not any sane or insane person should be allowed to see or even hear about !"

"Oh come on, it's not that bad.", attempted Darwin, patting his brother's shoulder. Gumball shrugged it off.

"Not that bad ? Not that bad ?! NOT THAT BAD ?!", screamed Gumball to the ceiling, before turning to his slightly frightened accomplice. "We saw the beginning and end of Time ! One of our neighbours is evil itself ! The universe almost ended because our dad got a job ! My own emotions tried to get us killed, multiple times ! And don't get me started with what dad's cooking did to this house yersteday."

Darwin paled, looking straight into the abyss. "So many tentacles... all made of nightmares..."

"Exactly, and this incident made me realize how the percentage of weirdness have been off the charts lately. We litteraly cannot get a break ! So today, we are going to try to have the most normal day possible."

"You want to have a normal day ? In Elmore ?"

"Well, as normal as it gets. T-rex in the school, yes. Guy solely sustaining all of Elmore by his jobs, alright. The fact that the Sun has a face and a conciousness-"

"'Sup ?", said the star, sipping its coffee.

"-I'll give it a pass. But no more stuff that ultimately get us to be almost destroyed in a slow, painful, and/or humiliating way ! I just want to get my breakfast, go to school, get bored, eat lunch, get bored some more, go to home, eat dinner, and go to bed. Plain and simple."

"But can we really ? Even when we don't try, something happens eventually", shrugged Darwin.

"Dude, one normal day of school. Is it really that much to ask ?"

"In our case ? Yeah, pretty much."

"What the what ?!"

"Gumball, it's us we are talking about. Betting on Tina going vegan or Alan being violent would be safer than betting on nothing happening to us two. Face it, it's just how the universe works. We have to be weird, just as the sky has to be blue and the grass green."

"Again, the Sun, and also the Moon, are alive. And we can change the colour of the grass just like that. Watch."

Gumball concentrated, and a pop was heard. The boys looked through the window to see that their grass was now coloured purple with yellow stripes.

"See ?"

"You do know you are just proving my point here ?", said Darwin, an eyebrow raised.

"W-Well, um...", said a sweating Gumball. "I'm just trying to prove that we have control of our destinies ! Yeah, take that ! If we want that day to be normal, then it will be !"

"Dude, we have as much control as we have on the soap in the shower. Or on the remote after eating Michigan Crunchy Pork and its oil."

"Oh come on, why are you so against it ? Doesn't it sound nice ? A day where we just do things as planned ?"

Darwin thought about it. The last few months had been quite shaky. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea. Besides, Gumball was going for the moral path this time.

"Well, when you put it like that, it does sound enjoyable. Being able to go to bed without questioning the way of we live our lives would be quite nice for a change."

"Then it's settled ! Let's have the most boring, uninteresting, normal day of our lives ! It's gonna be lame !"

"Yeah, lameness !"

The brothers exchanged a high-five, and both of them skipped NORMALLY to the dining table, where they proceed NORMALLY to eat their NORMAL breakfast with the other Wattersons. Their little sister seemed to pick on their brother's attitude quickly.

"Do I really wanna know what you're going to make explode or whose secrets you've just learned about today ?", said Anaïs, prepared for the worst.

"That's the thing sis. Today, there will be nothing", said Gumball while he butters his piece of toast.

"Nothing ? Like nothing blows up, or-"

"No no no, nothing as in a non-eventful day. We'll just go to school, and that's it. We won't create any trouble whatsoever."

"Oh, so trouble will just come to you. Playing it safe, but expecting the worst. A tactic I can respect."

"What ? No ! We are just going to school to get proper education, that's it ! Just us and at least 6 hours of pretending to care !"

"Gumball, I know it's hard to swallow, but it's our lives as the Wattersons. No matter what we do, there will always be something weird going on. Just because I complain about it, doesn't mean that I didn't accept it."

"Why is everyone so darn against us being good for once ?!", screamed Gumball, resisting the urges to throw his plate through the window. He was really becoming like his mother, wasn't he ?

Seeing him like this, Anaïs decided to cut him some slack.

"Look guys, I appreciate the fact that neither of you are trying to be the perpetrator(s) of any incident today. And, I've been wrong in the past, so let's see how it goes. I'm doubting all the way, but at least it'll be a good thing if I do end wrong. And if I'm right, it'll just be another day in my life."

"Come on kids, it's time for you to go to school, and for me to go to the pre-purgatory", said Nicole in a cheerful demanour.

"Don't you mean work, miss mom ?", asked Darwin. Nicole's face dropped to acceptance.

"I know what I said sweety. Now come on, don't miss your bus. And Richard, I kept all the cooking ustensils under coded padlock security. You are still grounded from cooking for the next three months."

"I just wanted to make sushis", said Richard next to his wife, with sad eyes.

"Richard, you added chocolate and ghost peppers to the rice mix."

"Originality of the chef ?" attempted the father.

"Have a nice day, honey", then she kissed her disappointed husband on the cheek, and departed as well. As the door closed, Richard got into position to rescue the ustensils necessary to cook half of his meals. That padlock didn't scare him.

Just because he couldn't do it, doesn't mean that he wouldn't waste an entire day trying !

And as the kids embarked on the bus for Elmore Junior High, Gumball adressed one last thing to his buddy.

"You'll see Darwin, we are going to be alright. Normal day, here we come !"

The one who intensely watched them leave didn't think so...

Stakes were going to be raised today, and higher than ever...


Hope you enjoyed that little story ! I sure do like this little random show that is The Amazing World of Gumball. Peppy, funny, sometimes quite smart, and the animation is really great. So here's my piece on these characters. It's going to talk about our favourite duo, as well as tying in with four other characters, and preventing one heck of a disaster. Not "The Job" high, but still pretty high.

This is Superdimentio77, enjoying a nice time at Joyful Burger in Elmore ! (Note: Not an ad for the amazing and friendly place that is Joyful Burger.)