In the cafeteria of the Hub Dome, Simon sits with his old friends; Alvin the Android and Theodore the Mutant. Simon eats a plate of lasagne and Theodore is chewing on his own plate. "Lemme get this straight: your friends went inna 'nother universe… and met cartoon characters?" Alvin asked Simon in confusion. "I couldn't believe it when I heard it. His arm cam confirmed it. Mordecai and Rigby… they were real." Simon responded in disbelief. "Imagine who else they could meet; Gumball, the Bravest Warriors, the GoBots!" Alvin said excitedly.
"They can't really pick and choose the universes they travel to. The Multiverse Bridge opens to a random universe and logs it for future returns. I don't know the details, but ever since Finn's dad opened a portal back to this universe, the Multiverse Bridge has access to more diverse universes to travel to." Simon explained. "Like a random encounter and fast travel?" Alvin asked. "It's a little more complicated than that." Simon answered. "I wanna go on these multiversal adventures with you, like in The Flash, and I'm Cisco." Alvin said. "First off, you're nowhere near as smart Cisco is. Second, you're not going anywhere until Miss Campbell clones a new body for you and the other brain scans." Simon responded.
Simon gets a ping on his Amp Arsenal notifying Finn and Jake's return from another universe. "That's them. You wanna see them?" Simon asked his friends. "Fo sho!" Alvin agreed. "Yeah." Theodore answered as he finished chewing on his plate. Simon leads his friends outside to the spacebridge arch, powered up as Finn and Jake emerge.
"We're back!" Jake announced. "Where'd you go this time?" Simon asked them. "It took a buncha trips, but we finally found another universe with Mordecai and Rigby." Finn answered. "Was it any different than your first trip?" Simon asked. "They looked older, and happier… and they wore clothes that made them look like hipsters." Jake answered.
"Sounds like the Season Eight time-skip." Alvin commented. "Hey, Alvin, Theodore. How're you two doing?" Finn greeted Simon's friends. "For a Terminator-like robot, I'm doing pretty good." Alvin answered. "I'm hungry." Theodore answered. "You ate five grilled mackerels and a pound of fries." Simon said.
"We're going on another trip. Maybe this time we'll see something other than a version of us that wears socks differently." Finn said. "Or a version of us that ate sandwiches for lunch last Tuesday instead of spaghetti." Jake added. "You wanna come?" Finn asked Simon. "I've just finished lectures for today, so I got the rest of the day to go on an adventure." Simon agreed. "Math. We'll wait for mom to give the okay after diagnostics, or whatever she does after a mission." Finn said.
Meanwhile beneath the Hub Dome in the underground labs, Minerva arranges six white MO-like robots on a table, numbered from 001 to 006. She turns them on and they display an animated Voyagers logo before a BMO-style smiley face. "Good afternoon, Miss Campbell!" the robots greeted Minerva simultaneously, all in masculine voices with the exception of 006, who takes the voice of a young woman. "Hello, Odd Jobs. I have a special surprise for you today!" Minerva greeted the robots. "Is it an update?" 004 asked.
"Can we go on missions?" 006 asked. "Do I get permission to prank-trap the toilets?" 001 asked. "Yes, yes, and no, Jerry. You've all completed your logic tests, and now comes motor testing." Minerva said. Teleporting into the room are six Voyadroid bodies, with numbers 001 through 006 on their backs in place of The Voyagers logo. "Soon, you'll be able to join the other agents on their missions. Now, let's begin the transfer." Minerva told the small robots.
In another universe stands a small American town populated by all sorts of strange people, from overweight rabbits, to one-eyed dogs, to living inanimate objects, much like Ooo. This is Elmore, California, a remarkable town known for its odd events and people, two of whom are attending Elmore High School. Sitting at the back of a classroom among students of strange shapes and colours are a blue anthropomorphic cat wearing a tan sweater, and a large goldfish with legs wearing green sneakers sitting on the desk beside him. These are Gumball and Darwin Watterson; two brothers who get into trouble very often, but you knew that already. Their class listens to an old monkey of a teacher as they wait for the bell to ring.
"Whaddya wanna do later, Darwin?" Gumball asked Darwin. "Whatever you're doing later." Darwin responds. Gumball glances at a strange, yet beautiful antlered fairy sitting at a desk at the front of the classroom. "I'm gonna ask Penny out on a date." Gumball told Darwin with a smile. "Oh… can I come?" Darwin asked as the bell rings.
The students stand up to leave the classroom, including Gumball and Darwin who rushes to catch up with Penny. "Sorry, Darwin. It's just me and Penny on this one. Don't even stalk us, 'cause I can tell." Gumball told Darwin as they leave the classroom. "Hey, Penny! Penny!" Gumball called out to the golden fairy. "Hey, Gumball. Did you need something?" Penny asked Gumball. "You wanna go on a date at the mall?" Gumball asked Penny, slightly sheepishly.
"I'd love to! I was going to run some errands for my mom anyway. Might as well have fun." Penny accepted. "Great! I'll meet you at the mall around four!" Gumball suggested. Penny walks down the hallway as Gumball waves goodbye. "What am I gonna do while you're gone?" Darwin asked Gumball. "Remember last week when we bought that Kebab Fighter II H.D.?" Gumball asked Darwin with an unimpressed look.
"Yeah, I played it for, like, an hour." Darwin answered. "You played it for twelve hours straight, and during that time I went to school, hung out with Banana Joe a pizza place, got attacked by a rabid dog on the way back, mistaken for a mugger and arrested, before mom bailed me out and took me home. And you never noticed." Gumball explained bluntly. "Oh." Darwin realized. "You can try getting past Stage Nine while I'm gone." Gumball added as he shook his head. They walk out of the school where their father Richard; a fat pink rabbit wearing an off-white dress shirt and brown pants, waits in an aging yellow station wagon.
Joining them is their sister Anais; a young pink rabbit girl wearing an orange dress. "Hey, Anais!" Darwin waved to her. "Gumball. Darwin." Anais greeted them sensibly as she climbs into the car, followed by her brothers. "Hey, kids! How's school today?" Richard asked them. "Nevermind that, can you send me to the mall at around four? I got a date with Penny." Gumball asked Richard. "Why not? I'm sure your mother won't mind." Richard said as he starts driving.
"She'd ask if we have any homework, but we don't have any." Darwin commented. "Exactly why I chose today for a date. With no homework, I'm free to do whatever I want." Gumball said in a clever tone. "Doesn't matter to me. Unlike you two, the reason why I finish my homework is because I actually focus on it. You either procrastinate or lose focus." Anais told them. "Procrastinate… I remember that word…" Darwin commented. "And for good reason. Lesson learned: take out the trash or else." Gumball added.
They return to their small suburban home where Gumball and Darwin rush up the stairs, passing their mother Nicole; a blue cat woman with a slim physique, wearing a white short-sleeved dress shirt and a grey skirt. "Kids, do you have any homework!?" Nicole called out to Gumball and Darwin as they run upstairs. "No, mom!" "No, missus mom!" Gumball and Darwin answered. "Biology." Anais answered as she enters with house with Richard.
Gumball and Darwin run upstairs to their bedroom and drop off their bags. "What are you doing on your date?" Darwin asked Gumball. "Well…" Gumball said as he reached for something under the bunk bed. He pulls out a pinboard with pictures of mall outlets, red string wrapped around red pins, and several drawings of himself and Penny doing things at the various places around the mall. "What's that?" Darwin asked.
"It's my ultimate universal date plan. I got the idea after watching a cartoon with those turtle ninjas." Gumball answered. "It outlines every single possibility that could happen, and the measures I have to take to ensure a successful date." Gumball continued. "I don't think this'll work." Darwin said. "What makes you say that?" Gumball asked. "First off: your board's the size of a serving tray, so there's not much there. Second: you've clearly not planned this right, as you included a fighting off a mutant lumberjack-bear-cyborg hybrid as the only outcome of shoe shopping. Lastly: most of your dates never end well." Darwin explained.
"Oh." Gumball said as he looks back at his board. "I see." he continued. "At least by the end of a date, Penny doesn't break up with you." Darwin added. At that moment, a surge of energy fills the room as static crackles across the linoleum floor. "What's happening?!" Gumball exclaimed.
A tear in reality manifests before widening into a portal, which Finn, Jake, and Simon emerge from. The two young boys watch in awe at their arrival as the portal closes. "Woah…" they said in awe simultaneously. Jake looks around the room and locks eyes on Gumball. "Cat!" he exclaimed before going into dog mode and barking at Gumball fiercely. Gumball screams and jumps into Darwin's arms.
"Who are you people?! What in the heck was that portal?!" Gumball screamed as Jake continued to bark at him. Finn pulls back Jake and restrains him in his arms. "I'm Finn, this is my brother Jake, and the suit here in Simon." Finn introduced him and his team. "Sorry for the intrusion, we've just come from another universe… I think." Finn apologized as he noted the two boys'… unusual characteristics. Simon makes a look as if he recognized Gumball and Darwin.
"No, we are in another universe." Simon told Finn before turning to Gumball and Darwin. "You're Gumball and Darwin Watterson, right?" Simon asked them. "How did you know our names?" Gumball asked, clearly spooked. "How can I say this that doesn't sound weird?" Simon said as he scratched the back of his neck. "You're a cartoon." Simon answered.
The boys looked at each other but clearly weren't surprised. "We kinda knew that." Gumball replied. "Knowing you, I expected that." Simon responded. "A cartoon? Like Mordecai and Rigby's universe?" Jake asked Simon. "Yeah… on the same network too…" Simon answered before speaking under his breath to himself.
"Well, this is our universe! You can go back to your universe and take your dog with you." Gumball said hurriedly. "Sorry, but we've gotta scout the place before we go home. Mind showing us around?" Finn asked Gumball. "Sorry, but I've gotta go on a date. Ask your friend here, he's watched our show before, right? Gumball told Finn as he pointed to Simon. "I can't remember everything. By the time I was forty, your show was as old as a show from the eighties in your present." Simon answered. "Sorry, but I'm really busy prepping for a date." Gumball said.
"We've got cool future tech." Finn said as he deploys his wrist sword from his robot arm. "Woah! You're a cyborg?" Darwin asked Finn. "Yep, just the right arm and a bit in the throat." Finn answered. "Gumball, we gotta see what cool tech they have." Darwin said to Gumball. "I agree, a robot sword-arm's cool… however, they have that dog." Gumball argued.
"Jake won't bite." Simon said. "If you keep your distance." Jake added with furrowed brows. "How about it, Gumball?" Finn asked Gumball. "Hmm… okay, but you gotta show us your tech when we want to." Gumball agreed. "Deal!" Finn agreed before the two shake hands.
To be continued…