Penny's not amused!
[Episode starts by showing Penny in her backyard with a blindfold covering her eyes.]
Penny: Can I look now?
Gumball: Not yet!
Penny: [Sighs]
[The camera changes to Gumball on the other side of the fence in another person's backyard with Darwin holding two plugs.]
Gumball: Alright, so when I take off the blindfold on Penny, you go and connect the plugs! Penny will go totally bonkers when she sees the changes on her house!
Penny (Off-screen): I can still hear you talking!
Gumball: Erm... I was just talking to Darwin about the christmas lights at home and how we're gonna set them up later!
Penny (Off-screen): It's in the middle of June! Why would you-
Gumball: [Face-palms] You know what!? Forget it! [He points at Darwin.] Alright, Darwin! You know what to do!
[Gumball starts climbing over to the other side of the fence, but is struggling to lift himself up.]
Darwin: Dude, don't you think this is a little too much for a five months anniversary gift? You could've just gone to the supermarket and bought her a perfume or something, like I always do with Carrie!
[Gumball makes it up to the top of the fence.]
Gumball: (Smugly) What was that? I can't hear you over the fact that I am a better boyfriend than you! HA HA HA HA HA HA- [He slips off the fence and falls into Penny's backyard and lets out a scream before he hits the ground.]
[The camera changes to Penny still with a blindfold covering her eyes. Gumball runs up behind her.]
Gumball: So Penny, are you ready?
Penny: [Sighs] Yeah, I guess...
[Gumball takes off the blindfold from her face, and Darwin plugs the contacts in.]
Gumball: TA-DAA!!
[Camera changes to showing the Fitzgerald's house, which reveals Gumball's surprise. It's a text written in christmas lights that says "HAPPY 5 MONTHS ANNIVERSARY! PENBALL FOR LIFE!!"]
[The camera goes back to Penny and Gumball again, but Penny does not look amused.]
Penny: [With a bored tone in her voice.] Wow, you put christmas lights on my house... yaaayyy...
Gumball: What? You don't like it!?
Penny: [Hesitates.] No, no, no! I love it! But it's just... couldn't you have given me something else less overdramatic?
Gumball: But I thought you loved big surprises like this!
Penny: [Sighs] Gumball, this is the fourth time this month you have done a big gesture like this. Remember when Polly had her birthday...
[We get a flashback where we see Gumball serving a huge wedding cake to the Fitzgerald family with Polly's face on it. The cake also has one lit-up sparkler on it.]
Gumball: Happy birthday, Polly!
Penny: Uhh... Gumball, that's a wedding cake...
Gumball: So what? Polly has a big appetite!
Penny: And also, that candle is not a candle... that's a firecracker...
[The firecracker goes off, making the wedding cake explode and sending pieces of the wedding cake flying everywhere. Polly begins crying, leaving everyone else to glare angrily at Gumball. The flashback ends.]
Penny: ...And when my dad got his new car...
[New flashback begins, which shows Patrick driving his new car on the highway. It's a blue minivan resembling a 2007 Honda Odyssey.]
Patrick: Hahahaha! I love this car!
[Suddenly, Patrick notices a plane flying overhead towing a banner. Patrick begins reading it without keeping his eyes on the road.]
Patrick: "Congratulations on the new car from your son-in-law Gumball...?"
[Suddenly, Patrick crashes into a parked car in front of him, making his front bumper become totally jammed in. The other car's alarm goes off before the flashback ends.]
...And remember when my grandma died?
[The last flashback begins showing Penny and the rest of the Fitzgerald family at her grandma's funeral, all wearing fancy clothes. Judith is seen crying into Patrick's elbow while he is singing the same song that he sang for Mr. Cuddles at his funeral.]
[Suddenly, a firework goes off and gets shot up into the sky. It explodes with a text saying "Happy penny's grandma's funeral day, from Gumball Watterson". Then another firework explodes, saying "I love you Penny!"]
[Everyone turns around and glares angrily at Gumball, wearing a black tuxedo. Gumball looks at them confusingly.]
Gumball: [Shrugs] What?
[The last flashback ends and the camera goes back to Penny and Gumball again.]
Gumball: Hmm, was that last one really that bad?
Penny: Yeah, the ashes from the fireworks almost lit up my grandma's coffin...
Gumball: Oh... well, I see how it is, now...
[Depressed, Gumball tries to walk away, but Penny grabs his hand and pulls him back again.]
Penny: Look, Gumball. My birthday is coming up soon. Just do something small for me. No big surprises or anything like you always do.
Gumball: No problem, Penny! I will do something extremely special for you. So special that your antlers will grow flowers! So special that you will shapeshift into an unicorn farting rainbows out of its butt!
Penny: (Giggles) Thanks, Gumball!
[They make eye contact for some seconds before Penny notices something wrong with the christmas lights.]
Penny: Also, I can already tell that you bought the christmas lights from the bargain bin at the superstore...
Gumball: How?
Penny: One of the lightbulbs is on fire...
[The camera changes to the lightbulb on fire. Suddenly, it explodes and makes the entire Fitzgerald house catch on fire. A bunch of sirens are heard in the background before the scene ends.]
At school
[The school bell rings, and the scene begins with Darwin opening the door to the boy's bathroom, carrying a wrapped in gift. When he enters the bathroom, he sees Gumball sobbing on the floor.]
Darwin: Hey, have you ever heard of the sentence "I told you so" before? Maybe you should learn from that sometimes.
Gumball: (Muffled) Her birthday is in two days and I have no idea what to do for her!
Darwin: Just give her something nice that she likes! It doesn't need to be fireworks or anything. Just give her a present!
Gumball: [Muffled] Yeah, but what kind of present? I have no idea what to give her!
Darwin: [Sighs] Well, it sure doesn't help crying about it! Let's get out of here.
Gumball: [Muffled] I can't.
Darwin: Why?
Gumball: [Muffled] I've been crying in here for so long that my face has been permanently glued to the floor...
[Reluctant, Darwin walks up to Gumball and grabs a hold of his face and begins pulling it.]
Darwin: HNGHHH- COME ON!!!
[Suddenly, Gumball's face gets released and sends both him and Darwin flying. Off-screen they crash into a mirror which is heard breaking into pieces.]
In the hallway
[Scene starts in the hallway, where Gumball and Darwin are talking to eachother while walking. Darwin is still carrying the wrapped-in present.]
Darwin: You've seriously dated Penny for five months and you don't know what she likes!?
Gumball: Yeah... all my surprises have always been big gestures like blowing up fireworks, baking cakes, giving her quests and so on. Never a real gift...
Darwin: Sounds like you're princess Peach. Shouldn't she be the princess in the relationsh-
Gumball: And what if she doesn't like the gift? What then!?
[Darwin notices Carrie floating by next to him and Gumball.]
Darwin: Just watch and learn. Hey Carrie!
Carrie: Yeah?
[Darwin walks up to Carrie and hands over the present he was carrying around.]
Darwin: Happy Exorcism Day!
[Carrie accepts the gift and begins opening it. The gift is revealed to be a heavy metal album.]
Carrie: [Gasps happily] You got me the Evil Black Eyes album by Metalicious!? How did you know that they're my favorite band?
Darwin: [Shrugs] Eh, Just a gut feeling!
Carrie: Aww, you're the best boyfriend ever!
[Carrie throws herself onto Darwin and hugs him hard, almost squeezing him. She then lets go of Darwin and kisses him on the cheek, leaving behind a white kiss mark.]
Carrie: Mwah! See you at lunch later!
Darwin: Bye!
[Darwin walks back casually to Gumball again, who now has a shocked expression on his face.]
Darwin: See what I mean?
Gumball: Eh- Wha- How did you- wh- how... [Sighs and looks down in the floor] Yeah, I'm lost for words...
Darwin: [Rubs off Carrie's kiss mark on his cheek.] What I was trying to say with that is that I found out Carrie likes heavy metal music by simply just asking her. So just find out what Penny wants and buy it to her, too!
Gumball: [Gasps] You're right! The answer was right in front of me all along! I'm gonna figure out what she likes and I will buy the most perfect and elegant gift of all! Because I, AM A GOOD BOYFRIE-
Darwin: Actually, on second thoughts... maybe you should just go for the gut before you do anything stupid.
Gumball: Hmm... okay! [Punches himself in the stomach and falls to the ground.] AHAHAHOW...! That hurts way more after crying for 2 hours...
Darwin: [Sighs] Nevermind...
Breaking into Penny's house
[Next scene starts by zooming in on the Fitzgerald's house. It then cuts to the inside of Penny's bedroom, where we see her laying in her bed texting on her phone.]
Patrick: Penny! Dinner's ready!
Penny: Coming!
[Penny gets up and leaves her phone on the bed. Outside, she is seen walking past the window, which Gumball notices as he pops up from the bushes.]
Gumball: Alright, coast is clear!
[Gumball runs up to the Fitzgerald's house with the Mission: Impossible theme song playing and starts swinging a frying pan tied to a rope, which is supposed to be working as a grappling hook.]
Gumball: Hiya!
[He throws the frying pan up towards Penny's window, but misses the window frame. Instead, the frying pan falls down again and hits Gumball in the head off-screen.]
Gumball (Off-screen) Ow...
[On the 2nd attempt, Gumball successfully throws the frying pan inside Penny's room through the window, where it gets stuck under the door frame. He then climbs up the rope and jumps in.]
Gumball: Alright, Penny's phone, Penny's phone, Penny's phone... there it is!
[Gumball jumps and lands on Penny's bed and opens her phone up.]
Gumball: Okay, now we just gotta open up her diary app and then we'll have what we're looking for.
[Gumball opens up the diary app on her phone.]
Gumball: 379 pages!? Oh for crying out loud!
[Gumball starts swiping through every page and reads them one by one.]
Gumball: Dear diary, today I got a B in math and I am sooooo upset angry emoji...
...Dear diary, today my family and I went for a picnic...
...Dear diary, today I found out I'm allergic to blueberries...
...Dear diary, today I gave Alan a high five, even though he doesn't have any hands...
...Dear diary, today I had mac and cheese for lunch...
Gumball: [Sighs] Boooooooring!
[He begins swiping aggressively through all the pages, but then stops at one.]
Gumball: Ooo! "Dear diary, today Gumball and I held hands in the park and I've never been happier." [Blushes] Aww, that's so sweet!
[Gumball then hits himself in the face with Penny's phone.]
Gumball: FOCUS, GUMBALL!!
[Gumball keeps swiping aggressively and gets to the last page, where to his surprise it says all the things that Penny wishes for.]
Gumball: Oh, here it is! Dear diary, for my birthday I wish for a... antler grooming kit...? Some fairy dust...? Some spider food for mr. Cuddles!? Does my girlfriend ever wish for something normal??
[Gumball scrolls down and sees another thing on the page.]
Gumball: AHA! "A new pen"! Now, that's something I can actually get without having to travel the entire country. [He stands up on Penny's bed, proudly.] And I will give her the best and fanciest pen you can ever ask for, because I, GUMBALL WATTERSON, AM A GOOD BOYFR-
[Cut to downstairs, where we see Penny and the rest of the Fitzgerald family all by the dinner table, looking up confusingly at the roof, where you can hear Gumball's muffled speech.]
Judith: Penny, I think that's coming from your room...
Penny: [Sighs and stands up] I'll go check...
[Camera cuts back to Gumball again.]
Gumball: -And good boyfriends always gives their girlfriends good presents, no matter wh-
[Gumball stops speaking when he notices Penny's shadow in the hallway as she walks up the stairs.]
Gumball: Oh no! It's Penny! Gotta get out of here!
[Gumball runs towards the window and notices that his frying pan and rope has fallen down on the grass.]
Gumball: Oh no! My grappling hook! [He looks behind him and notices Penny getting closer.]
[Cut to the staircase, we see Penny slowly walking upstairs.]
Penny: Gumball? Is that you up there? Hello!?
[Camera cuts back to Gumball again.]
Gumball: There's no other way out! I must jump!
[Gumball takes a deep breath and jumps out the window, followed by a loud cracking sound when he hits the ground. Right after he jumps, Penny enters the room.]
Penny: Gumball? Are you in here?
[Penny looks out the window for a second, but then shrugs and walks downstairs again. When she disappears, Gumball appears through the bushes again, now with a blackeye on his face.]
Gumball: Now when I think of it, I should have just asked her...
The Pen
[Scene starts by showing the outside of the Watterson's house. It seems peaceful, with birds flying by and neighbors walking their dogs.]
[Suddenly, the peace gets disrupted by Darwin from his bedroom.]
Darwin: YOU BOUGHT HER A GIFT FROM THE AWESOME STORE!?!?
[Camera changes to Gumball's and Darwin's bedroom, where Darwin is nervously walking around while Gumball is sitting down on the bed.]
Gumball: Yeah, you told me she wanted a pen, so I bought her a pen! And before you ask, yes, I looked everywhere in the mall, but all they had was...
[Flashback of Gumball looking after pens in the superstore. He starts by picking up a regular black ink pen.]
Gumball: Eh, too basic.
[He throws it away and picks up another pen with the eraser shaped like a pineapple.]
Gumball: Too childish.
[He throws it away and picks up a fountain pen.]
Gumball: Too expensive.
[He throws the fountain pen and picks up a giant pen the size of his head.]
Gumball: Eh... too big.
[He throws the pen away, which ends up hitting a senior citizen in the head.]
[Gumball picks up a pen with a sharp tip.]
Gumball: Too sharp.
[He throws the sharp pen away, which strikes right into Alan's dad, making him pop from the impact.]
Alan (Off-screen): DAD!!! NOOOOO!!!!
[Gumball picks up a pen with J-pop stickers on it.]
Gumball: Ugh! Too japanese!
[The pen strikes the milk guy, which ends up stabbing him. He falls to the floor and begins losing milk.]
Gumball: Too multi-colored. Too ghostly. Too amazing. Too girly. Too gothic. Too Penny-ish. Too fat...
[He ends up throwing all the pens away, which stabs multiple people in the background off-screen, before the flashback ends.]
Gumball: And then 50 more pens later, I gave up. So I had no choice, dude...
Darwin: Lemme look at her pen.
Gumball: Sure! [He hands the pen over, and Darwin takes inspects it.]
[Upon closer inspection, we see the pen being made out of stone and has a bunch of skulls inscribed into it.]
Darwin: Dude, that looks like something straight out of Carrie's drawer...
Gumball: [Cheerful tone] Which is why it is highly unpredictable and Penny will never guess what it is!
Darwin: Yeah, unpredictable in two different ways. Couldn't you have bought a pen literally anywhere else!? Haven't we been through this thousands of times before!? WE. DO NOT. BUY THINGS. FROM THE VAN!!!
Gumball: [Sighs and stands up. He starts imitating Darwin with a goofy voice.] Durrrr, my name is Darwin, and I have to take everything too seriously because I have a phobia for everything!!
Darwin: [Crosses his arms] Well, excuse me for caring about you and Penny's safety!
Gumball: Relax, dude. It costed 10 bucks! How dangerous could it be?
Darwin: I'm still not intimidated that the pen isn't cursed. I'm going to Penny's birthday party, aswell!
[Darwin walks out of the room, with an angered Gumball still standing by the desk.]
Gumball: Oh, come on! Do you have to ruin my girlfriend's birthday now!? You don't see me ruin things between you and Carrie now, do we!? Do as you're told and...
[Gumball puts the pen down and walks after Darwin out of the room, arguing. As soon as he walks out, the pen he bought begins laughing evily and starts levitating around the room, until it blasts an energy beam at the camera, breaking it.]
Penny's birthday party!
[Next scene starts at the Fitzgerald's house. Penny is standing by the entrance, welcoming everyone with a pile of presents behind her.]
Masami: Happy birthday, Penny!
Penny: Thanks, Masami! [She accepts her gift and puts it in the pile behind her, as Masami floats inside.]
Leslie: Looking good today, Penny!
Penny: [Giggling] Thanks, Leslie!
[Leslie walks inside, and Gumball and Darwin are next in line.]
Gumball: Hello there, beautiful!
[Gumball kisses Penny on the cheek and she giggles until she notices Darwin.]
Penny: Uhh, Darwin. Shouldn't you be with Carrie today?
Gumball: Ohohoho! Yes, he will my dear! And he will be LEAVING soon!
Darwin: [Crosses his arms] I'm just here for your own safety, mrs Fitzgerald.
Penny: [Sighs] Gumball, what have you done now?
Gumball: [Laughs nervously] Nothing at all sweetie! Please, accept my present and we'll wait for you inside!
[Gumball hands over the present to Penny and hastly drags Darwin inside. Next up on line is Carmen.]
Penny: Hold on a second, Carmen!
[Out of anger, Penny bashes her head into the wall three times. Carmen watches her with a horrified look on her face.]
Penny: [Returns to normal] Please continue inside!
Present opening!
[Next scene starts in Penny's backyard, where everyone is standing with a glass of soda around Penny while she's sitting down in a chair, getting ready to open all the presents.]
Penny: So, which present should I start with?
Teri: Hmm, maybe you should start with Gumball's!
Leslie: Yeah, he is your BF afterall!
[Everyone stares at Gumball and Darwin. Darwin tries to signal Penny not to pick his present first, but Penny has already made up her mind.]
Penny: Hmm... okay! I'll start with his present first! Better not be a wedding ring or anything...
[Darwin facepalms.]
[The camera changes to Penny opening up her present from Gumball, which is the pen that she asked for.]
Penny: [Gasps] You got me a pen!? How did you know I needed this!?
Gumball: Eh, just a gut feeling! [He whispers to Darwin.] Now, since you were wrong once again, I guess this is time for YOU to go to Carrie!
Darwin: But-
Gumball: -Time for YOU to go to Carrie!
Darwin: [Irritated sigh.] You'll be thanking me when the pen starts growing wings and eats your soul!
[Darwin walks away from the party angrily, while Gumball smirks at him.]
Penny: I thought you were gonna give me something weird and big-gestured like a button for a firework display or something, but this is perfe-
[Suddenly, the pen levitates out of Penny's hand and begins laughing evily. It then transforms into a small, levitating rock golem with a cyclop eye.]
Penny: [Horrified] What's wrong with the pen!?
Gumball: [Breathes in out of guilt.] I should have listened to Darwin...
Penny: Gumball, what's going on!?
Gumball: [Nervously] Funnily enough, I may or may have not bought your gift from the awesome store...
Penny: You did WHAT!?!?
Gumball: Aaaannnnd we better start running instead of arguing because that little cyclops guy has his EYES ON US!!
[The pen-golem begins shooting laser beams at Penny, who gets saved by Gumball pushing her out of the way. They both run away and take cover behind some knocked down chairs.]
Penny: [Angrily] I asked you for one normal present. ONE. NORMAL. PRESENT!!! And you didn't listen to me!!
Gumball: I didn't know that the pen was gonna be cursed! How am I supposed to know that!?
Penny: Well, shouldn't you have at least known better buying something from a random stranger in the back of van!?!?
[The camera changes to Alan trying to attack the Pen-golem, still shooting lasers everywhere.]
Alan: Prepare for my Ultra mega blimp... SMASH!!!
[Alan tries to approach the mini-golem, but the golem effortlessly shoots one laser shot at Alan, making him pop immediately. The golem then goes back to firing.]
Penny: We have to stop it! Before it hurts more people!
Gumball: Leave this to me!
[Gumball stands up and waves at the mini-golem.]
Gumball: Hey douchebag! I bought you, so that means I am your master! So playtime is over, now get back in your normal form and-
[The mini golem shoots a laser next to Gumball.]
Gumball: AAAHH!! Okay, that's enough for me! I think I'm good!
[He sits on the grass next to Penny again behind the chairs. Penny looks at him with an annoyed face and sighs.]
Penny: Why do I have to do everything for myself...?
[Penny gets up from the grass and waves at the mini-golem.]
Penny: Over here, you stone-eating maggot!
[Penny picks up a rock from the ground and hits the mini-golem right in the cyclop, making it malfunction. It spins around and then finally hits the ground. It transforms back into the pen again.]
[The camera changes to Penny, Gumball and the rest of the invited walking up to the pen. They all stare at it, waiting for something to happen.]
Gumball: Welp, I guess all we have to do now is put it back in the box ag-
[Suddenly, the pen gets a yellow glow around it and starts shaking. Everyone backs away slowly.]
Gumball: Oh great, it's gonna self-destruct... RUUUUNNN!!!
[Everyone takes cover behind a bunch of tables. Penny and Gumball goes back to the spot behind the chairs.]
Gumball: Penny... Before we both die... I just want to say... (Sobs) I'VE HAD A CRUSH ON YOU FOR MY WHOLE LIFE!!!
Penny: Gumball, I'm your girlfriend.
Gumball: Oh yeah, right...
Penny: But could you at least tell me why you would buy such a thing!?!?
Gumball: [Sighs] Okay, fine... Remember when you told me you wanted something small for your birthday? Well, I broke into your house to find out what you wished for. And when I saw that you wished for a pen... I wanted to give you the best pen you could ever want. So that's why I bought something like this... because I wanted to do something special for you...
Penny: Oh, Gumball. You really did all of that for me?
Gumball: [Nods]
Penny: Come here!
[They both get ready to share a kiss, when suddenly they hear the pen being at the very edge of exploding.]
Gumball: Oh yeah, right. The pen...
[The camera zooms in on the pen, now having a blue energy beam around it. Penny and Gumball hugs eachother, preparing for the blast.]
[But suddenly, the pen gets swung away with a golf club, and gets sent away from the Fitzgerald's house.]
[Gumball and Penny looks up from their spot and the camera reveals that Darwin swung the pen away.]
Gumball: Darwin! You came back! [He runs up to Darwin and hugs him.] Oh yeah... right... (Shamefully) say what you're gonna say...
Darwin: Say what?
Gumball: "I told you so."
Darwin: Oh don't worry, I won't say "I told you so". I'm gonna do this instead!
Gumball: Do what?
[Darwin kicks Gumball in the knee, and he yelps in pain. Darwin then turns Gumball's head around, so he faces Penny's direction.]
Darwin: Now stop chit-chattering, the ladies are waiting!
[Gumball walks up to Penny, who surprisingly has a smile on her face.]
Gumball: Sorry about the whole gift-thingy... I should have listened to Darwin in the first place.
Penny: It's fine. I'm just happy we didn't get exploded into pieces.
Gumball: So are you not mad at me for trashing your birthday party?
Penny: [Shapeshifts into her minotaur form, maddened.] Of course I am, I am FURIOUS at you right now!!
[She then shapeshifts into her normal form again and blushes.]
Penny: ...but I forgive you.
[Penny and Gumball gets closer to eachother and share a long kiss. As soon as they kiss, all the birthday guests cheers at them in the background.]
[The camera then changes to Darwin, smiling at them.]
Darwin: [Sighs sweetly] If only Carrie was here to share a kiss with me right now...
...speaking of which, where is she right now?
Carrie's Pen
[Cut to the final scene where we see the Van shopkeeper counting money with the door open to the Awesome Store.]
Van Shopkeeper: [Laughs] What kind of idiotic being would buy a pen for 10 dollars?
[Suddenly, Carrie is seen floating up to the van. The shopkeeper notices her and hides the money.]
Carrie: Uhh, excuse me. Have you seen my pen somewhere? It can turn itself sometimes into a small golem that can shoot lasers, so I kinda wanna get it back before some kid finds it...
Van Shopkeeper: Ummm... no, not that I know about, at least! Hehehehe-
[Suddenly, the pen that Darwin swung away lands on the roof of the van and explodes, leaving the van to get completely totalled. Carrie is still floating next to it unwounded, in shock.]
Carrie: Welp, now I know what happened to it...
[The episode ends.]