Synopsis: The Wattersons are unable to pay their water bill and are forced deal with the consequences.
[Gumball kicks the door open and walks inside the house, his head hanging as he lets out an exhausted sigh. He trudges over to the couch and plops down before grabbing a bag of potato chips he had hidden between the cushions. He picks up the remote and starts flipping through the channels while he snacks]
Gumball: [Sighs] Why are all the good shows on while everybody is at work...
[Blossom suddenly comes racing down the stairs as fast as she can and goes around the couch trying to get Gumball's attention. A nervous and urgent expression is on her face]
Blossom: Dad! Dad! Dad! [Said nervously]
[She starts tugging on his pant legs to get his attention but he is focused more on the television and is halfway paying attention]
Gumball: Hey sweetheart...
Blossom: Dad, there is a monster under my bed!
Gumball: [Still flipping channels] That's great, Blossom...
Blossom: [Her eyebrows lower and she folds her arms with an annoyed expression on her face] Are you even listening to me?
Gumball: Good for you...I'm proud of you...
Blossom: [Shouts angrily] DAD!
[Caught off guard, he drops his remote and his chips and looks down at her. He hangs his head once more and sighs.]
Gumball: I'm sorry, sweetie, I've had a long day at work. I didn't mean to ignore you.
[He turns the television off and leans over to put his arm around her shoulder.]
Gumball: What's the matter?
Blossom: There's a monster under my bed.
Gumball: [scoffs and chuckles] Oh Blossom, I thought you were too old for this. You know there is no such thing as monsters.
Blossom: [Raises an eyebrow] Okay, first, you know that isn't true. When you were my age you created a monster in your microwave that almost leveled half the city. Second, this isn't some childhood delusion, there is a literal monster under my bed.
Gumball: [Nods] Fair point. Alright let's go check it out.
[Scene transitions to the two of them up in Blossom's room. Gumball gets down on his knees to check under the bed.]
Gumball: There's nothing to worry about, see...
[When he looks under the bed there is a snarling hideous monster with snakes for hair hissing and giving him a terrifying gaze. Gumball lets out such a high pitched scream, all the windows in the house shatter.]
Blossom: [Gets a better look at the creature] Wait... mom?
Gumball: [His frightened expression turns into one of anger] Penny? What are you doing under there?!
Penny: [She reverts back to her normal fairy form, a worried look plagues her face.] Oh Gumball it's awful! I got the water bill in the mail today! Look at it!
[She get gets out from under the bed to hand the bill over to Gumball. Upon receiving it he looks at the amount due his jaw drops to the floor.]
Gumball: WHAT! Five thousand dollars!
[Gumball faints, falling backwards and landing on the floor, passed out.]
Penny: Blossom, can you think of any reason for how this could happen?
Blossom: [She folds her arms again] I can think of several...
[A flashback shows Blossom happily laying in the backyard grass, doing her homework. Suddenly a water balloon lands on her head, completely drenching her. She looks over her shoulders to see Jake cheering and laughing.]
Jake: Woo! Boys rule!
[He darts back into the house. The flashback shows the backyard hose he used to fill the balloon wasn't turned off and was left running. The next flashback shows Jake flushing random household things down the toilet over and over for hours on end, finding it entertaining.]
Jake: Hahaha! Awesome!
[In the final flashback, Jake is in the shower when he hears the phone ringing.]
Jake: That's got to be Marcy! I knew she'd call me back eventually!
[He leaps out of the shower, taking a towel to go answer the phone. The flashback reveals he left the shower running and forgot about it. The flashback ends.]
[Jake then enters the room, seeing what the family is up to.]
Jake: What's with all the ruckus in here?
[Blossom and Penny glare at him angrily.]
Penny: [Puts her hands on her hips] Jake Watterson! You are in big time trouble!
Jake: Is this about Emily's bike? Look, I didn't steal it, I just borrowed it. I was planning to give it back...some time... eventually. I forgot, alright?
Blossom: [Perks a curious brow] What are you talking about?
Jake: [Nervously] Wait that isn't what we're talking about? Uh... heh...nevermind then. [He scratches the back of his head]
Penny: We'll come back to that later. I'm talking about the water! What have you done?
Jake: What do you mean?
[Blossom points a thumb over her shoulder at the bedroom window that overlooks the backyard. Jake approaches the window and looks outside. The backyard is completely flooded in several feet of water. One neighbor is shown paddling a canoe through their yard.]
Jake: [Chuckles nervously as he looks back at his anger mother and sister] Whoopsie...
Penny: Do you have any idea what you've done? We might lose our water because of this!
Blossom: Look, guys, as much as I'd love to see my brother finally get his comeuppance for his actions for once, we need to figure out what we're going to do. I say we ask Grandma and Grandpa for help.
[Gumball suddenly rises up, shouting nervously]
Gumball: NO! Nonononono no no...ha ha, no... we are definitely not doing that.
Blossom: Why not?
Gumball: Because! You spend your entire childhood being a thorn in the side of your parents thinking being a grown up will be easy and you can do it much better than them only to realize you're worse at it than they are. I won't give my mother the satisfaction of being right! plus, she'll give you, "THE FACE"! [His face is lit up creepily and ominous music plays when he says "The Face"]
Jake: What is "THE FACE"? [Same ominous lighting and music plays when he repeats Gumball]
[Gumball demonstrates by putting both hands on his hips and smirks cockily with one eyebrow lowered and the other raised]
Jake: Ugh! That smugness! Who could ever look at that face without falling to their knees and giving an echoing scream?
Penny: [Glares at Gumball, annoyed] Gumball, do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?
Gumball: Oh really? [He grins] Why don't we give your parents a call?
[Gumball picks up the landline phone and offers it to Penny. Penny chuckles nervously, scratching behind her head as she attempts to dodge the question.]
Penny: [Nervously] Uh no no...heh...that's not necessary.
Penny: [Turns to face the children] Your father is right. We're just going to have to wait this out until we have enough money to pay.
Blossom: What?! You can't be serious! That could take months given our net income not to mention the expenditures from groceries and other household needs.
Jake: Why don't we vote on it? All in favor of humbling ourselves in front of grandma and grandpa for quick money say 'aye', all opposed, 'nay'.
[They all give their answers at the same time]
Blossom: Aye
Jake: Aye
Gumball: Nay
Penny: Nay
Jake: Looks like an even tie.
Gumball: The best thing about being a parent is the authority. Mine and Penny's vote count for a hundred each so it looks like it's two hundred to two, the 'nays' have it. Motion dismissed.
[He bangs a gavel on the nearby table]
Jake: Where did you get a gavel!
Blossom: What?! The alternative of smelling like a dumpster-diving raccoon for months is better?
Gumball: [Nods] Much better.
Blossom: [Throws her hands up in frustration] Ugh that is it! You're all going to regret this!
[Blossom storms out of the room, angrily slamming the door behind her.]
Blossom: Wait a second...
[She storms back into the room]
Blossom: This is my room! You guys get out!
[They all exit and she slams the door behind them angrily.]
[Next scene takes place one week later, showing the Wattersons try and cope with daily life. First scene takes place with Blossom in gym class ready to play a game of dodgeball.]
Blossom: Alright, who's ready to go down!
[She holds a dodgeball in her hand, bouncing it up and down with a confident smirk on her face.]
Coach Russo: Alright class! [Blows the whistle] Playball!
[Almost immediately, the students on the enemy team surrender and throw their balls away, saying 'I surrender' as they didn't want to be in the same room with Blossom they all quickly run into the locker room.]
Blossom: [Disappointingly] Oh come on guys, it's not my fault!
Coach Russo: Team one wins by default. Congratulations.
[Upon smelling Blossom's odor, Coach Russo immediately faceplants onto the floor. She then starts mumbling words into the floor inaudibly.]
Blossom: Sorry, I didn't quite catch that.
Coach Russo: I said you're out, Watterson! You're disqualified for smelling like a dumpster-diving raccoon. Now get your things and leave!
Blossom: Can I atleast use the locker room showers first please!
Coach Russo: Showers are for gym participants only. Now get out! [Points to the exit]
[Blossom hangs her head dejectedly and slowly exits the gym. While walking through the hallway she spots a box of hand sanitizer next to the bathroom. Her face lights up.]
Blossom: Ah-ha!
[Blossom runs toward the hand sanitizer and pours some into the palm of her hand before rubbing it all over her face, neck, hair, legs, and arms. She is suddenly interrupted by Michael, the boy she has a crush on.]
Michael: Uhhh... Blossom?
Blossom: [Immediately swings around, caught off guard by his voice.] Uh-oh... Michael! Hi! Uh... good to see you! [She looks down to see the sanitizer on her hands. She quickly rubs it off on her jeans and looks back up to Michael, her heart pounding nervously.] How long have you been standing there?
Michael: The past five minutes? What are you doing?
Blossom: [Gulps nervously, her face blushing a rosy red.] Uh, nothing! Just making sure the hand sanitizer works. [She pours some more into her hand and rubs it onto her cheek and chuckles nervously.] See! Works like a charm! Now I-I-I, gotta use the restroom. Bye!
[She quickly darts into the bathroom and closes the door behind her nervously.] Oh that was so embarrassing! How can it get any worse?!
[She looks up to see a bunch of boys looking at her with shocked expressions on their faces. She chuckles once again as a bead of sweat rolls down the side of her head. She quickly darts out of the bathroom back into the hall.]
Blossom: [Walks nervously past Michael who is still standing in the hall] Sorry, heh... wrong bathroom. [She then enters the girl's bathroom and slams her head into the wall, feeling ashamed. Her voice is muffled as she talks into the wall] Well, my life is ruined...wonder how everyone else is doing...
[Scene transitions to Jake at band practice, polishing his instrument to get ready for class.]
Band Instructor: Alright is everybody ready!
[The Instructor holds up a stick]
Band Instructor: And a one...and a two... and a one two three four-
[The Instructor immediately passes out and faceplants onto the floor after smelling Jake's terrible odor.]
Jake: [Looks at the instructor with concern] Uh, are you okay?
[Jake looks to his left, seeing one half of the class sitting as far away as they can on the other side of the bleachers, covering their noses. Looking to his right, he sees the other half of the class about to vomit. Feeling insecure, he shapeshifts into a mouse and quickly runs away.]
[Next scene shows Gumball at work, talking to a client over the phone.]
Gumball: I can offer you up to a 10% discount on-
[Gumball stops talking when he hears the client on the other end of the phone coughing and wheezing.]
Gumball: Sir, are you alright! Are you having a heart attack?
Client: [Split screen shows him on the other end of the phone line] No, I can smell you over the phone! [He faceplants into his desk]
Gumball: Oh my gosh, are you okay?!
Client: [Mumbling weakly] I'm taking my business elsewhere...
Gumball: No no, wait!
[The client hangs up the phone, cutting him off.]
Gumball: Aw man, not again!
[Gumball's manager angrily walks up to his cubicle.]
Chanax Manager: Gumball! I've been getting complaints about you left and right all morning! Now what is the matter with-
[The Manager immediately faceplants onto the floor, passed out.]
Gumball: [Nervously] Uh, Sir?
[Next scene shows Penny shopping for groceries at the local grocery store.]
Penny: Alright, next thing on the list...milk!
[She picks up a gallon of milk and checks the expiration date. The label on the milk suddenly changes from "March 30" into "Right now" after being in Penny's general area. The milk then instantly solidifies right in her hand]
Penny: [Raises an eyebrow, confused] What the?
[Over the store's intercom, an employee announces a sale on all beauty and personal hygiene products.]
Penny: Jackpot!
[Penny turns her cart around and goes to check down the perfume aisle. After picking up her favorite brand, she looks down both ways of the aisle making sure nobody was looking.]
Penny: I'm sure a little spritz won't hurt anybody...
[She spritzes a little bit of the perfume on her neck. Immediately after she does so a loud alarm starts sounding and she is quickly surrounded by security guards with face masks, riot shields, and bullet proof vests.]
Security: Freeze! You've got nowhere to run, shoplifter! Put down the bottle of perfume or else-
[All of the security guards immediately faceplants onto the floor, passed out cold after smelling Penny's odor. Penny gasps and covers her mouth with her hands in shock.]
[The scene transitions to the end of the day. Gumball and Jake are lazily sitting on the couch with their feet up on the table eating potato chips as they watch an action movie together. Suddenly, the door to the house flies open with a loud bang, revealing Blossom kicked the door in as hard as she could angrily. She marches over to her dad's side to complain.]
Blossom: Dad, do you have any idea what I've had to deal with today?
Gumball: [Half-way pays attention as he continues to eat chips with his son.] That's great, Blossom...
Blossom: Dad! Are you even paying attention to me?
Gumball: Good for you... I'm proud of you...
[Blossom smacks her forehead with the palm of her hand out of frustration. Penny walks into the room.]
Penny: What's wrong, sweetheart?
Blossom: What's wrong?! We smell so bad even the flies over our heads can't take it!
[A bunch of unconscious flies are shown passed out on the carpet floor.]
Blossom: Even the stink lines over our heads are giving up!
Stink line: That's it! It's too much! Abort mission, I repeat, abort mission! [The stink lines leave the Wattersons and all exit through the open door while screaming in terror.]
Penny: [Glares at Blossom with her eyebrows lowered] Blossom, you should be thankful for what we have. There are a lot of people who are worse off than we are.
Blossom: That's a fallacy of relative privation, mom.
Jake: Can you guys keep it down? We're trying to watch Triassic Park.
Blossom: [Facepalms once more before throwing her arms up in the air.] That's it! I'm not playing along any more. If you won't muster the courage to save our family from being shunned by society, I will! [She then darts out the house door.]
Penny: [Gasps] Gumball! Blossom is heading to your parents house!
Gumball: [Continues to eat chips and watch the movie.] Eh... she's on foot. We have the car. Let her have a head start.
Penny: [Glares at Gumball angrily.] Are you really that lazy?
Jake: Shh! This is the best part!
[Penny transforms into a bear and roars at them loudly, frightening both of them to get their attention.]
[Outside the house, a garbage truck is about to collect the Wattersons trash. Blossom quickly darts forward, grabbing onto the arm of the truck which lifts her to the top of the vehicle where she holds on tight.]
[Penny, Gumball, and Jake rush to the door to see Blossom about to escape on the garbage truck.]
Gumball: Quick, into the car! [He frantically searches his pocket for the keys.] Where are my keys at?!
[They all look up to Blossom who is dangling the car keys in front of her for them to see. She then lets out a triumphant laugh as the truck departs down the street.]
Jake: [Impressed] She's good... but how are we going to catch her?
Penny: Desperate times call for desperate measures! [She transforms into a giant dragon and looks back at a stunned Gumball and Jake.] Get on, and hold on tight!
[Blossom expertly leaps from the garbage truck onto a moving car, landing on the roof and catching her balance. She looks behind her, smirking as she does so, but her smirk fades when she sees her family chasing after her on Penny's dragon form.]
Penny: [Starts catching up to Blossom's car.] Young lady, you get down from there this instant! Do you have any idea how dangerous this is?
[The driver of the car looks into his mirror to see a Dragon chasing after his car. He sticks his head out the window to look behind him to make sure it isn't a dream.]
Driver: [Frightened] Holy swiss cheese!
Penny: [With an angry deep voice] Pull over! [She let outs a loud dragon roar]
[The Driver nervously floors the gas pedal, going twice as fast.]
Gumball: [With a sarcastic voice] Nice going, honey.
Penny: [Growls annoyed.] Either stop complaining and help or get off! [She yells back at the driver.] Stop! My kid is on your car!
[The Driver continues to go as fast as he can, much to Blossom's satisfaction.]
Penny: [Looks up at Jake] Jake, get her!
Jake: I'm on it! [He transforms into a falcon and soars forth toward the car.]
[Blossom notices Jake is about to snatch her and gasps. She yanks off the cars radio antenna and starts swatting Jake away.]
Blossom: [Swatting at Jake] Hi-yah! Back! Hah!
Jake: [In pain] Ow, ow, ow! Stop it!
[Blossom successfully fends him off. Jake retreats back to his mother's side, flying alongside her.]
Penny: [Gaining on Blossom, her vision narrows as she focuses.] I almost got her...
Gumball: [Screams loudly] P-p-p-p-penny!
Penny: Quiet! I'm trying to focus!
Gumball: Look out!
[Blossom cockily points upward before ducking]
Penny: [Looks up] Huh?
[Before she can react, Penny is clotheslined by a traffic light line, flipping her upside down and causing her, Gumball, and Jake to crash.]
Blossom: [Cheers happily] Ha ha ha!
[Seeing her stop is just ahead, she lowers her eyebrows and leaps, grabbing onto a traffic light and swinging off of it. She lands on the roof of an oncoming car and rolls off before landing on the lid of garbage can and bounces off it. She does several flips in the air before landing perfectly on her feet with a confident smirk. Behind her, three civilian onlookers each raise a sign that says "10", "10", and "9.7"]
[Blossom quickly darts up to the front door and starts knocking with her fist a hundred times a second, nervously looking behind her to check for her family. Gumball's father, Richard, answers the door. Blossom continues to look over her shoulder and keeps knocking, not realizing the door is open. She pounds her fist into Richard's chest over and over.]
Richard: [Giggles] Hey that tickles! Hiya, Blossom!
Blossom: [Turns to see Richard at the door.] Grandpa! I need your help! Let me in!
Richard: Not without a hug first! [He picks her up and hugs her but upon smelling her he quickly puts her down and covers his mouth as he gags.] What's that smell?
[Before she can answer, Blossom is suddenly tackled by her family. The four of them begin a dust-up.]
Richard: [Raises his arms in the air!] Woo! Watterson fight! [He jumps into the dustup and joins the fight.]
[The chaos is abruptly stopped when Nicole comes to the door and snaps her fingers, creating a massive shockwave that almost blows them all away.]
Nicole: [Angrily] What's going on here?!
[The five of them freeze where they are before standing back up and smiling nervously.]
[Blossom pokes an elbow into Jake's side.]
Jake: Ow! [He looks up to Nicole and chuckles nervously.] We seem to have had our water turned off. [Points at himself] My fault.
Gumball: No! [He interrupts, getting everybody's attention.] I won't let you throw yourself under the bus. It's my fault. It was my turn to watch the kids and I was too busy watching TV to keep an eye on them. I'm sorry mom... What i'm trying to say is we could really... [gulps]... we could really... [gags]... we could really... [shivers]
Blossom: [Facepalms] He's trying to say we could use your help.
Gumball: [Sighs sadly] I'm a terrible father.
[Nicole seems genuinely surprised by his honesty.]
Nicole: [Walks down the steps and places a hand on Gumball's shoulder.] Gumball, you're not a terrible father. I would never judge you...even if you do smell like a dumpster-diving raccoon... Every parent makes mistakes. Me and Richard...but mostly Richard... have both made mistakes. What matters is you have the courage to admit it and learn from it.
Jake: And It only took one high-speed chase to get to that point too.
[Penny and Blossom both elbow him in the side.]
Jake: [In pain] Owww!
Penny: [Smiles] I don't think you're a terrible father either.
Gumball: [Smiles back at her] You don't?
Penny: Of course not. [She leans over to give him a kiss on the cheek but then quickly covers her mouth as she gags from the taste of his dirty skin.]
Nicole: I'll lend you the money. You guys can pay me back whenever you can. Until then, you're more than welcome to use our shower. [She gestures for them to enter the house.]
Gumball: [His face lights up] Thanks, mom.
[They all enter the house together but when Gumball sets foot inside the house he suddenly stops as everyone else heads up the stairs.]
Gumball: Wait a second... [He slowly turns around to see Nicole putting her hands on her hips.] Don't you dare... Mom...
[Nicole lowers her eyebrows]
Gumball: No no no! Not "The Face"!
[Nicole smirks cockily.]
Gumball: [Falls to his knees with his hands in the air.] Noooooooooooo! [Voice echoes dramatically]
[Scene fades out from Nicole and Richard's house as Gumball shouting "No" continuously echoes through the air.]
[End Episode]