Author's Note: This story is a direct parody of Swiss Family Robinson. It was originally called "Swiss Family Watterson," but the name was changed since the family came from Elmore, not Switzerland.

I do not own any of these characters. They respectfully belong to Ben Bocquelet and Cartoon Network, as well as Disney, Nickelodeon, & Hasbro. This fan-made story is made solely for entertainment purposes.

Chapter 1: The Sweepstakes

It was a bright and sunny Thursday afternoon in the large city of Elmore, where most of its eccentric citizens continued their regular, and somewhat unusual, routines like they did almost everyday. For Gumball Watterson however, it was just another long, boring day at his school Elmore Junior High. Sure, weird things always happened in his hometown, but he became so used to them, they became normal occurrences to him. As for school, everyday was exactly the same. Receiving homework from Miss Simian, sitting and eating throughout lunchtime, and so on. It was as if nothing ever changed there. Deep down, he wished something amazing, even more so than the crazy hijinks of Elmore, would happen for once. That was when he decided to ask his adoptive brother Darwin an important question as they sat all the way in the back of the school bus they were taking home, along with their younger sister Anais, after school was over for the day.

"Darwin?"

The young goldfish turned to his older brother. "Yeah?"

"Have you ever wished something interesting would happen in your life sometimes?"

After listening to Gumball's question, he shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I'm not sure. Weird things always happen here in Elmore."

The 12-year old decided to be more specific. "I mean something way out of the ordinary. Like winning a contest, getting chased by a group of bandits, or discovering a new land."

Looking at the eagerness on the blue cat's face, the 10-year old began to ponder on it more. "Now that you mention it…I agree with the contest and the new land, but the bandits, not so much."

"Darwin does have a point there." Anais agreed as she listened in on the conversation of her older brothers. "Contests are pretty common, but having bandits chase after you would arouse a lot of fear and discovering an unknown land is incredibly rare nowadays."

She saw the disheartened look on her eldest brother's face, so she decided to reassure him.

"But…I'm sure some event will come up eventually. Things happen when you least expect it after all."

She was a bit relieved when Gumball's face lit up at that. Even though Anais was normally a realist, it didn't mean she was unsupportive of the 12-year old cat's wishes for most of the time.

As Rocky slowed down at the bus stop on their home street, the Watterson kids bid him farewell and went straight to their house, with the youngest one pulling out the house key from her pocket once they got there and unlocking the door to the living room. Richard's head popped right out of the kitchen doorway as he heard his children come in.

"Hey kids!" he greeted them in a chipper tone. "How was school today?"

Gumball shrugged his shoulders in response. "The usual. Same classroom lessons, same lunchtime, same gym lessons, you get how it goes."

Darwin and Anais rolled their eyes at their brother's snarky comment.

"Oh. Well, okay." The gigantic pink rabbit retreated back into the kitchen to fix some snacks for himself to satisfy his voracious appetite.

While the 4-year old prodigy headed upstairs to her bedroom to read during her leisure time, Gumball and Darwin sat down on the couch to see what was on TV. Right when the blue cat turned the device on…

"Hiya folks! Do any of you wish you could take a break from the same old boring routines of everyday life and experience the joys of a long, relaxing vacation?"

The host was none other than Mickey Mouse himself, one of the most well known celebrities among the Toons.

"Mickey Mouse? I wonder what this is all about." The blue cat wondered out loud to himself and his brother as they watched the screen. This advertisement immediately caught their interest.

"Well, enter into the Seven Seas Sweepstakes to win a free trip aboard the Seven Seas cruise ship itself for 5 Days and 4 Nights!"

The camera zoomed out quickly to reveal a large ship behind the mouse, who presented the whole thing by spreading his arms out wide for the viewers to see.

"A cruise ship?" Darwin perked up at this. "I wonder what's inside."

"This ship offers some of the best luxuries you could find during this marine voyage!"

When Mickey Mouse finished his sentence, the commercial cut to a Balcony Suite inside.

"Warm and cozy cabins!" One of Mickey's friends, Goofy, presented it to the audience as the balcony overlooked the ocean behind him, with two Minions (Despicable Me) standing by him on both sides doing the same.

"Delicious restaurants and buffets!" Minnie Mouse appeared next, with one of the chefs, Princess Tiana, Mung Daal, and Kronk, as they all introduced a large buffet containing one of the most appetizing dishes anyone could find.

"Lively swimming pools!" Donald Duck was up next as he showed off the swimming pool area with his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, going down a huge water slide to prove their uncle's point.

"Relaxing spas!" Daisy Duck stood with Brandy Harrington, Lotus Blossom and Aloe (The spa twins from My Little Pony) as they presented the spa and boutique.

"And exciting entertainment!" Pete and Buster Moon introduced the theater room, standing right in front of the stage, along with the Sing cast, Cats Don't Dance performers, and the Trolls (2016 movie) standing on top of it.

"But that's not all!" Mickey Mouse came back onto the TV screen outside the ship, with his pet dog Pluto standing by him this time, barking happily to the viewers who were watching.

"While you parents out there relax on the ship, your children will be hanging out at the Kids Cove," Pinkie Pie, the host of the room, showed off the play place as she threw confetti into the air. "…and the Teens Turf, having the time of their lives!" The screen cut to Max Goof, Goofy's teenaged son, showing off the second room as its host, with his two best friends, Bobby and PJ (from the Goofy Movie), introducing themselves along with him.

For the last scene, Mickey Mouse, Pluto, and the rest of the main staff (consisting only of Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Daisy, and Pete) appeared on the main deck of the cruise ship.

"So if you want to have the greatest adventure of your life, visit our website at sweepstakes in order to win this free vacation for you and your entire family! Hurry though! We'll be setting sail on May 6th, and this offers ends this upcoming Sunday night, so very few people would be fortunate enough to receive this prize!"

The commercial came to an end as everyone said their final line with the company's logo showing up. "Seven Seas! Ocean Luxuries to enjoy in the Breeze!"

Gumball and Darwin sat still on the couch, mesmerized by what they had watched. They didn't even bother to pay any attention to the other programs on the screen. Slowly, they turned to one another.

"Darwin…are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yeah…"

At an instant, they both shouted out the same thought. "WE NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THAT SWEEPSTAKES!"

Richard, who was eating in the kitchen, jumped up at the sudden shouting coming form the living room, nearly dropping his gigantic sandwich.

"Boys! Is there something wrong?!" He asked his sons as he popped out from the kitchen doorway again.

"No!" They both exclaimed to their dad in a happy tone.

"What's going on down there?!" Anais called from upstairs as she heard the screaming too.

"Nothing!" Gumball yelled back to his sister before turning to his brother. "I'm going onto that website right now!"

The blue cat dashed up the stairs, with Darwin right behind him, and headed straight into their bedroom, turning on the computer and going to the Seven Seas website to sign up for the contest. Thankfully, today was April 19th (two weeks and a half away from the day the cruise would set sail), so he entered his name, how many people were in their family, their home address, and the type of room they could share (the Balcony Suite). Before he could click the "Enter" button though…

"Gumball, wait! Shouldn't we ask Mrs. Mom for permission before we do this?"

"Oh come on, Darwin!" The 12-year old cat huffed out. "This is our only chance! There could be other people out there signing up for this right now and win the prize before we could!"

"I know that! But…I just don't want us to do this without telling everybody else."

Looking at the unsure expression on the 10-year old, Gumball sighed and began to reassure him as much as possible.

"I don't like to do something behind our family's backs either. Well, most of the time, but this is a free vacation for crying out loud! Something like this could never happen again for the rest of our lives! Don't you want something fun and exciting to happen to us like always? Don't you want us to spend some quality time together as a family to make some unforgettable memories?"

This was one of the few moments where Gumball actually had a point. All of the things they saw on the cruise ship commercial looked extremely promising, but at the same time, he didn't want him and his older brother to cover something up like this from their parents and younger sister. So he took a deep breath and sighed, making his final decision…

"Alright. Let's do this."

The young cat immediately perked up at the answer. "I knew you'd come through with it!"

With one click, the Watterson's were officially contestants for the Seven Seas Sweepstakes. A message popped up on the screen, congratulating the boys and notifying them about a letter containing the winning tickets coming through to them a week from today if they were chosen as winners, meaning they would have to wait until next Thursday on April 25th.

"One week from today? Pfft, I'm sure we could handle waiting for that long." Gumball stated in a confident tone.

Darwin agreed with him. "Yeah. We can do this."

However, they proved themselves wrong when they constantly checked inside the mailbox multiple times throughout the following days.

Well, that's the end of the first chapter. I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out so far. In the next one, we'll see the reactions of the other family members when they find out about this contest.

UPDATE (1/11/2019): This story will be taking place in 2019 to keep up with the current year, so I made several changes to the dates throughout the chapters to correspond with it.