2 years ago...
[First scene of the episode begins with a peaceful morning at the Watterson's house. Birds are chirping outside and the morning sun is shining through the windows to the living room.]
Nicole: AaaaAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
[The harmony gets broken by a panicking Nicole, as she kicks down the door to her and Richard's bedroom. Her attire seen in this episode consists of a pink sweater and white jeans.]
Nicole: (Panic) KIDS!!!
[Nicole darts up the stairs and kicks down the door to Gumball's and Darwin's room. The boys are both still sleeping in their fish bowl and bed.]
Nicole: Wake up!! You're gonna be late for your first day of school!!!
[Annoyed, Gumball and Darwin wakes up drowsily, still keeping their eyes closed.]
Gumball: (Yawns) Can't we just skip school today? It's only 4th grade...
Darwin: Yeah... I just had an awesome dream where I was a clownfish and met another clownfish and we were just about to–
Nicole: NO TIME FOR EXCUSES!!
[Nicole grabs Darwin and Gumball and drags them both down the stairs. She throws them into the air and they both land perfectly on the chairs by the dinner table.]
[Nicole then serves two cereal bowls aggressively onto the table for Gumball and Darwin.]
Gumball: (Confused) What the what is this!?
[Gumball takes a look in his bowl and sees cereal, milk, soap and toothpaste mixed together into one weird liquid.]
Nicole: (Pleasantly) Oh, it's my special breakfast called Silkpastereal, which contains milk, soap, toothpaste and cereal! Gives you a breakfast, a teethbrushing and a morning shower all at the same time! (Eyes widen) Aaannnd I just realized that I wasted precious time explaining all of that!
[She runs up to Gumball and Darwin and forces their mouths open. Their jaws both open up like the lids on garbage cans. She then pours the content from the bowls down their throats.]
Darwin: (Coughs) That tasted like mr. Dad's shaving water!! (Coughs)
[Nicole then lifts Gumball off from his chair and without hesitation, rips Gumball's pyjamas off so he becomes completely naked.]
Gumball: AHH!! (Covers himself, embarassed) MOM!!
[Nicole puts on a red and yellow striped t-shirt on Gumball.]
Nicole: (Raises eyebrow) What? Your brother doesn't mind!
Gumball: (With gritted teeth, angrily) That's because he goes around naked all the time!!
[The horn from the school bus is heard from outside.]
Nicole: (Gasps) THE BUS IS HERE!!
[She grabs Gumball's and Darwin's hands and drags them along as she runs outside. Gumball's underwear and pants are still seen lying on the floor.]
Gumball: (Off-screen) Wait!! My pants!!
[Gumball's arm comes into the picture as it extends itself across the living room. He grabs his underwear and pants from the floor before his arm returns.]
[It cuts to outside, as Nicole, Gumball and Darwin runs out. Gumball is still seen putting on his pants, but he slips and face-plants into the ground.]
[But before they can react, the bus drives off, leaving Gumball and Darwin behind.]
[Gumball gets up on his feet next to Nicole, now with his pants on.]
Gumball: (Sarcastic) Oh noooo... guess that means no school for us today!
[Camera zooms in on Nicole's face as she gets a serious expression.]
Nicole: Not on my watch!!
[Nicole grabs Gumball and Darwin and carries them as she starts sprinting towards the bus.]
Gumball: (In panic) Mom!! This is INSANE!!!
Nicole: Hang on, kids!
[Nicole catches up and is now right behind the bus. She then jumps towards a traffic light and grabs the pole with her teeth, making her swing into the air. She performs one last front flip and lands on the roof of the bus, then lifts up Gumball and Darwin and throws them through the back window. Gumball and Darwin lands in the seat at the very back of the bus, but are both left in shock.]
[It cuts back to outside, as Nicole jumps off the roof of the bus and lands on her feet back on the ground. She then blows a kiss towards the bus and waves her hand saying goodbye.]
Nicole: (Sing-song voice) Hope you have a great first day in schoo– OUF!!
[Nicole then suddenly gets hit by a car out of nowhere and gets sent flying off-screen.]
Gumball's in love!
[New scene starts showing the inside of the bus. Gumball and Darwin are still sitting in the back of the bus and the window behind them is still shattered.]
Gumball: [Frowns] Man, I hate school!
Darwin: How come?
Gumball: (Annoyed) You just go to school to get an education, then when you graduate, you switch over to a job and realize that you're doing the exact same thing as you did in school, except now you get paid for it!!
Darwin: (Shrugs) Well, at least there's one thing to be excited about! We're getting a new student today! Do you hope it's a boy, a girl (Weirded out) or whatever that thing in the front seat is...
[Camera pans over to Banana Joe talking to the Rainbow Octopus, a character which has appeared as a background character in previous Gumball episodes.]
Rainbow Octopus: G#*%_\• •••
Banana Joe: ...I didn't understand a single thing of what you just said...
[Camera pans back to Gumball and Darwin again.]
Gumball: (Deadpan) Meh, I hope it's a boy. If it's a girl, then I'm gonna be at the border of hating girls so much that my head will explode into a thousand microscopic pieces!
Darwin: (Raises eyebrow) You hate women now??
Gumball: Yeah, dude! Every boy 10 years of age does! It's like the regular norm around us. Here, let me show you!
[Gumball opens up his own head to show his brain. Around the brain is a blue filter. Gumball narrates from his other part of the head containing his face.]
Gumball: This is our brain! That blue stuff around is around it, you know what that's called? It's called the childhood filter! This childhood filter is what makes us kids, kids! It's basically what makes us be able to climb large trees, break both of our legs in a bike accident without shedding a single tear. And then of course there's the last thing: being a womanspiser!
Darwin: (Confused) What's a womanspiser?
[Gumball's body picks up Gumball's face and puts it back in place again.]
Gumball: (Happily) Let me show you!
[Gumball suddenly conjures up flames around him as he speaks in a demonic, dark voice. It knocks Darwin to the floor off of his bus seat.]
Gumball: (Angrily) I HOPE ALL WOMEN GETS SENT TO THE FIERY PITS OF THE UNDERGROUND FOR THE PAIN THEY PUT ON US MEN EVERYDAYYYY!!!! (Returns to normal) That's what a womanspicer is!
[Darwin gets up from the floor and crawls back into his seat next to Gumball.]
Darwin: What about the adulthood filter?
Gumball: (Raises eyebrow) The what now?
Darwin: You know, the filter in your brain that makes you become a man! You know, when start to road-rage in traffic, pay taxes and feeling love! And not have the personality of someone who thinks they're gonna get married after holding the door to someone...
Gumball: (Realizes) Oh yeah, I have it right here!
[Gumball starts snorting loudly and weirdly as Darwin watches in disgust. He then spits out an orange piece of brain into his hand.]
Gumball: Here it is! As you can see, it's still pretty newborn...
[The orange piece of brain (Adulthood filter) turns around and reveals to have a baby face as it is sucking on a pacifier.]
[Gumball then puts the piece of brain into his mouth and swallows it.]
Gumball: So you see? I'm still a child as far as I know! I probably won't become an adult until I'm like 60 or so. So until I feel love, I will despise girls until that day comes!
[The bus then comes to a quick stop as a student gets on.]
???: Thanks!
[Gumball and Darwin's attention goes to the front of the bus as the new student gets on the bus. The new student is 10 year old Penny, who looks alot younger and is now back in her peanut form.]
[The new girl walks past the students as she finds a place to sit. Everyone looks at her as she walks by.]
Tobias: (Flirty) O la la! Who is the new pretty girl in town?
[Banana Joe, sitting next to Tobias, slaps him in the face as he breaks character.]
Tobias: OW!! (Angered) What!? I was just complime– (Realizes) Oh yeah, I have to have a toxic masculinity... (Points at Penny) This school doesn't NEED any more of you filthy women!!
[All the guys on the bus begins laughing at Penny as she desperately tries to find a seat.]
[It goes back to Darwin again, as he sighs.]
Darwin: Welp, looks like we got a girl this year... Guess we're gonna have to wait until next year, buddy...
[Darwin looks at Gumball.]
Darwin: Uhh... buddy??
[Camera pans over to Gumball as he has now started drooling and his pupils in his eyes has gotten heart-shaped.]
[Camera then goes inside Gumball's brain as we now see the orange piece of brain (adulthood filter) growing massively in size, taking up all the space inside his brain, crushing the childhood filter.]
Childhood filter: (Angered) 'Ey! Get yer own place ya moron!
[Camera zooms out to Gumball again, still in love.]
Darwin: Dude, are you okay?
Gumball: (Weakly) Please hit me in the head with your backpack...
Darwin: Why?
Gumball: Just do it!
[Darwin shrugs and does as instructed as he hits Gumball in the head with his backpack. Gumball then snaps back to normal again.]
Gumball: No! I will NOT let my masculinity get fooled by the girl's dirty tricks! I can't let her sit here!!
Darwin: (Deadpan) Really?
Gumball: (Determined) Yeah!
Darwin: (Points at Penny) Because the new girl is heading this way right now!
[Gumball reacts in shock as his face turns completely white.]
[Cuts to Penny as she walks up to Gumball and Darwin in the back of the bus. We now see Gumball sitting leisurely in his seat, acting cool.]
Penny: Um... excuse me, can I–
[Gumball puts his hand on the empty seat next to him.]
Gumball: (Apathetic) Sorry, this seat is for MANtenance only.
[Penny fails to get the hint.]
Penny: Umm... what?
Gumball: (Slightly annoyed) I meant that it's not MANdatory for you to sit here!
Penny: (Giggles) What are you talking about?
[Gumball pinches his forehead, irritated.]
Gumball: Argh!! This seat is for people only in the MANtis club!! (Horrified) Actually that just sounds disgusting saying it out loud since the male mantis gets their heads chewed off by the female...
Darwin: (Smirks) I think what my friend over here is trying to say is, (Politely) "Please, MAN yourself to a seat next to me, my young lady!"
Penny: (Smiles) Okay, then!
[Penny sits down on the empty seat in-between Gumball and Darwin.]
Gumball: What the– DUDE!?
Darwin: Sorry man, you asked for it.
[Gumball sighs and looks out the window, annoyed. It goes quiet for a few seconds before Penny breaks the silence.]
Penny: (To Gumball) Oh, I should probably start by introducing myself! My name is Penny–
[Penny reaches for a handshake, but instead Gumball makes a demonic face and hisses at her.]
Penny: (Laughs) You're pretty funny! So what's your name, then?
Gumball: (Irritated) Jack. But people call me Jackson the third!
Penny: (Raises eyebrow) Uh, shouldn't your nickname be Jack, since the nickname is always shorter than your real name?
Darwin: His real name is Gumball, but he doesn't want to tell you that since he calls himself an illiteration to society.
[Penny giggles again.]
Gumball: Dude, can you stop!?
[Penny then starts teasing Gumball.]
Penny: What's the matter? Can't fit the insults into your gigantic head?
[Darwin and Penny laughs together.]
Gumball: (Insulted) Hey!! How dare you– (Ponders) Wow, I've never heard a girl say something so insulting yet so clever at the same time!
[Gumball, Darwin and Penny all laughs together.]
Gumball: I take it back! Maybe you're not so bad for being a girl afterall!
[Penny stops laughing and looks confusedly at Gumball.]
Penny: What does that mean?
Julius: Hey!
[Suddenly Julius Oppenheimer Jr. comes into the scene, walking up to Gumball, Darwin and Penny. Since he is now younger, his head is alot smaller and his voice slightly lighter.]
Julius: So, I see we got a new girl here at school! Such a shame that she chose to sit right next to you, Gumball!
Gumball: (Smiles nervously) Haha! Yeah I know, r-right?
Penny: (Smugly) Well, it seems like you don't have a seat yourself here on the bus. Probably because your butt can't handle sitting down carrying around that insecurity everywhere!
[Penny giggles at her own joke, but the guys just stare at her, confused. Penny then quiets down awkwardly.]
Julius: That made literally no sense at all... Either way, that's alot of smack talking for the brown bowling ball!
[Julius pokes at Penny's shell mockingly. Penny smacks away his hand furiously and stands up from her seat.]
Penny: (Angered) Hey, back off! You DON'T want to know what's inside my shell!!
Julius: (Teasing) Oh really!? What's inside there, coconut milk??
[Gumball snickers to himself from Julius' insult.]
Gumball: Pff– Hahahaha! "Coconut milk"... (Gets punched in the shoulder by Darwin) OUW!!
[Darwin looks at Gumball, annoyed.]
Gumball: (Sighs) Fine, I'll help her out...
[Gumball Jumps off from his seat and stands in-between Penny and Julius.]
Gumball: (Acts tough) Hey!! Back off from her!!
Julius: (To Gumball) Oh, come on! You too!? Since when did you fall for women!?
[Gumball realizes that he's now protecting a girl and looks nervously at the camera. He breaks a sweat and also blushes.]
Gumball: (Snaps back) That's none of your business, you mmmmmm...
Julius: (Confused) What?
[Gumball struggles to say the insult to Julius.]
Gumball: You mmmmmmmm...
Julius: What are you trying to say?
Gumball: You mmmmmmmmmm...
Julius: (Impatient) Spit it out already!!
Gumball: YOU MMMMMMMMM...
[Penny sighs and puts her fingers over Gumball's mouth. She makes Gumball speak by moving his lips.]
Gumball: MMMMMMMAGGOTY GOOSEBRAIN!!
[It goes silent.]
Julies: What does that even mean?
Penny: It means... (Whispers in Julius' ear.)
[Julius now looks at Gumball, angered. Gumball smiles awkwardly back, sweating.]
[Suddenly, Julius begins inhaling sharply, rapidly and furiously as his fuse ignites.]
Lunch break!
[Cuts to lunch break in the school cafeteria, as Gumball and Darwin are walking by carrying plates of food. We now see the aftermath of the last scene, as Gumball received a wedgie from Julius and his underwear has now been stretched over his head, covering his eyes. We also see that Gumball and Darwin has received multiple burn marks.]
Gumball: (To darwin) I don't know what's worse, getting the worst wedgie ever imaginable or getting 1st degree burns?
[Camera quickly pans to the school yard, where we see multiple firemen trying to extinguish a fire on the school bus after Julius' explosion.]
[Camera pans back to Gumball and Darwin again.]
Darwin: Meh, probably 1st degree burns.
Gumball: That concludes the "Would you rather?" question, then!
[They continue walking to find a table.]
Darwin: By the way, what was up with you on the bus before?
Gumball: Hm?
Darwin: You know, when your eyes got all sparkly and you were like... (His face turns anime-styled with glittery eyes) "Oh my gosh! I have truly found the love of my liiiife!"
Gumball: Oh, that? Pshh! It was probably just some lame curse that a girl on the bus put on me or something!
[They find an empty table and sits down.]
Gumball: Besides, like I said before, I would never fall for the bait of a woman. That's why the curse went away so quickly.
Darwin: (Smirks) Uh-huh. Is that why you were defending that new girl that sat next to us? Also on the same bus?
[Gumball gets embarassed and blushes.]
Gumball: Aw c'mon, man! Gimme some space here, I don't know what I was doing!
[Gumball proceeds to eat from his plate. He tries to put the fork with food into his mouth, but ends up just stabbing himself in the face with the fork as he cannot see anything.]
Gumball: (Annoyed) Aurgh!! Stupid underwear blocking my eyes!
???: Don't worry, I got it!
[The unknown person pulls in Gumball's underwear and snaps them off completely, out of his pants. Gumballs yelps in pain.]
Gumball: AHAHAHAOUW!! That hurt way more than the wedgie... (Excited) But hey, at least I can now eat my food! (Stuffs mouth with his meal.) Thank you, random person who helped me out– AAAAAHHH...
[Gumball screams in shock as he sees that the unknown person who helped him out was Penny. She is sitting in-between Gumball and Darwin.]
Gumball: (Continuing) ...AAAAAAAAHHHHH– Oh, it's just you... (Unsurely) Heeeeeeey... um... Penelope?
[Penny's smile fades and her expression goes over to raising an eyebrow.]
Gumball: N-no? Uhh... Patricia?
[Penny's expression goes over to being annoyed.]
Gumball: Not that either...? How about... uh...
Penny: My name's Penny.
Gumball: Penny! Oh, now I remember your name! Heh heh heh heh heh– (Sighs, defeated) Okay, I never remembered your name from the beginning, I admit it...
Penny: (Shrugs) It's okay. We've only known eachother for a day, so...
Gumball: Yeah...
[It goes quiet.]
Gumball: ...So what are you doing here, then?
Penny: (Smiles) I don't have any other friends!
[Gumball's and Darwin's eyes widen up in shock.]
Penny: ...And also because I wanted to thank you for standing up against that bully before.
Gumball: Ah! Well it was my pleasure to help you out! Truly. (He continues eating from his plate)
[Penny then blushes and rubs her arm shyly.]
Penny: Erm... not only that, but I uh... also wanted to ask you if you wanted to hangout sometime...
[Gumball spits out all of his food onto his plate as reaction.]
Gumball: Penny, uh–
Penny: (Cuts Gumball off) Oh, wait! I have some silly gift too for you, since I have never really found a way to use this bracelet myself. See it as a reward after the bus incident!
[Penny hands over a handmade bracelet to Gumball. He takes a closer inspection at it, and he sees that it says "Hers" on it.]
Gumball: (Raises an eyebrow) Uh, why does it say "Hers" on it?
Penny: Oh! It's originally supposed to be a couple's bracelet, but I hope that's not an issue for you... (Blushes) unless you want to... y'know...
[Penny realizes what she is saying. She blushes even harder in embarassment.]
Penny: Erm– I mean, um... that's not what I– ... I gotta go powder my nosehole!!
[Penny stands up and runs away from Gumball's and Darwin's table.]
Gumball: Dagnabbit!! She likes me, too!!
[Gumball buries his face in his hands, shamefully.]
Darwin: Meh, I wouldn't really say that she "Likes" you, more like "Trying not to look embarassing in front of your male friend"...
Gumball: Dude, I don't think you've studied feelings for mammals in the biology textbook yet. Did you see how she just asked me if I wanted to hangout!? That was a sign that she likes me!
Darwin: So why don't you just go up to her and tell her that you don't like her?
Gumball: What!? Why would I want to hurt her feelings for??
Darwin: Y'know, because you hate girls and all that?
Gumball: When did I say that?
Darwin: (Annoyed) On the bus, literally this morning! (Suspiciously folds arms) Are you telling me that you're having feelings for her back?
Gumball: (Acts cool) Whaaat? Pshhh, no! I still despise women but Penny is a bit different! I still hate her, but I also really like her, so when that combines, she's just normal to me... I uh... what's it called... (Ponders) Aha! Like-dislike her! That's what I think of her...?
[Gumball smiles nervously at Darwin, but Darwin is not convinced.]
Darwin: Dude, just admit it already...
Gumball: (Annoyed) Yeah whatever, let's get outta here!
[They take their plates and walk away from the table. End of scene.]
The plan
[Scene starts in the school hallway, where we see Gumball and Darwin peeking out behind a corner.]
Gumball: Alright, I admit it! I do like her back! But that does not mean that I like her back!
Darwin: (Confused) What?
Gumball: Y'know, when you like someone, but refuse to go out with her at the same time because of... personal reasons?
Darwin: Ohhh, now I understand!
[Gumball and Darwin hides behind the corner, next to the drinking fountain.]
Gumball: But luckily, I have a plan! What's something every girl hates about them that guys don't notice?
[Carrie, Carmen and Masami walks by Gumball and Darwin, appearing to be mildly annoyed.]
Carrie: Their personality.
Carmen: Their lack of common respect.
Masami: The fact that they can be complete douches.
[The girls walks off-screen. Gumball thinks to himself.]
Gumball: (Silently talks) Hmm, that actually isn't an overexaggeration now when I think of it... (Loudly) But no!! It's the hygiene that they hate!
[Masami yells from off-screen.]
Masami: That too!! And I don't even have a nose!!
Gumball: (Continues) So if I just hangout with Penny enough, she will DEFINITELY start to dislike me after a while, after sensing how much I reek!
[Darwin stares questionably at Gumball.]
Darwin: Now why on Earth would you want to do that?
Gumball: (Deadpan) Dude, do you really want to see me get picked last in the basketball groups?
Darwin: What does that have to do with–
Gumball: Because every guy in school hates couples! You don't want to see me getting a wedgie everyday, right?
Darwin: N-no?
Gumball: That settles it then!
Penny: (Off-screen) Hey mom!
[Hearing Penny in the hallway, Gumball and Darwin runs up to the corner and peeks out behind it. They see Penny walking up to her locker as she's talking into her cellphone.]
Penny: (Distant) Yeah, I was just checking in to tell you how it went. School's okay, I guess. Not really my type of class, though.
Gumball: Alright, here's my chance! Quick, smell my armpit and tell me if I'm disgusting enough.
Darwin: Uh... okay?
[Darwin quickly smells Gumball's armpit from a small distance. The scent is so rancid, it makes Darwin's face disintegrate.]
Gumball: I'll take that as a yes!
[Gumball runs in Penny's direction, but the camera is focused on Darwin as he now disintegrates into ashes and collapses into a pile of dust on the floor.]
[It cuts to Penny as she reaches her locker.]
Penny: (Annoyed) No– (Sighs) Mom! What I meant by that is that the school's good, just not perfect! (She opens her locker) You understand that now?– AAAAHHH!!
[Penny gets startled as she sees Gumball squished into her locker. She drops her cellphone and the books that she was carrying.]
Gumball: (Quickly rambles) Alright, I know you said you wanted to hangout with me, so we'll do it now during schooltime so no one can see us! Any questions? No? Good! Let's go!!
[Gumball pops out of the lockers and grabs Penny's hand before she can say anything. They run away, ending the scene.]
Quick love montage
[Next scene begins with a montage of Gumball's and Penny's "date", as as an instrumental of "I'm on my way" plays.]
[Montage begins with Gumball and Penny laying down next to eachother on top of a hill, laughing as they're pointing at clouds. Gumball starts by pointing at a cloud shaped like Penny. They both laugh together. Penny then proceeds to point at a cloud shaped like Gumball, making them laugh again. Finally, Penny points again at three clouds forming a heart in-between the two previous figures of Gumball and Penny. Penny ends up blushing and looking at Gumball smiling, but desperate to get out of the love-situation, Gumball starts sweating nervously, then proceeds to roll down the hill onto a road and gets hit by a car.]
[Montage cuts to Gumball and Penny in the cinema. Penny is sitting unnerved in her seat from the horror movie while Gumball is sitting next to her eating from a bag of popcorn, unamused. Suddenly, a jumpscare appears on the cinema screen, making Penny get startled and grabs Gumball's hand out of nowhere. They look at eachother as they're holding hands, but Gumball then lets go and licks all over his hand, disgustingly covering it in saliva. He then puts his hand back in the same spot and smugly gestures to Penny to hold his hand again, thinking that she will refuse. But instead, Penny shrugs and grabs Gumball's hand to hold it again, leaving Gumball shocked.]
[Montage cuts to the last part, showing Gumball and Penny now in a restaurant. Larry, working as a waiter, walks up to their table.]
Larry: Here you go, sir!
[Larry serves them a plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Gumball and Penny begins eating, when suddenly Gumball notices they're eating on the same spaghetti noodle, making a kiss imminent. Trying to avoid the kiss, Gumball grabs a pair of scissors and tries to cut through the noodle, but oddly enough it doesn't cut through and the scissor breaks into pieces instead. Gumball then makes a final move pushing himself backwards and inhaling all he can, trying to get Penny's end of the noodle out of her mouth. He succeeds and the other end of the noodle gets sucked out of Penny's mouth, but Gumball ends up falling backwards out of his seat and plants to the floor.]
Goodbye, Gumball.
[The love montage ends and it cuts to Gumball and Penny in the school cafeteria, laughing together.]
Gumball: Hahaha! And then she said... (Mocks Nicole) Durr! I don't know how to cook breakfast so here, eat this toxin that I made for you instead!!
[Gumball and Penny laughs again.]
Penny: (Sighs) I truly had a great time today, Gumball.
Gumball: Yeah, maybe it pays off to skip school to go out and have fun instead!
Penny: (Raises an eyebrow) But I still don't get why we can only hangout when no one else watches. Can you explain that?
[Gumball realizes and starts stuttering nervously.]
Gumball: (Sweating) Uhhh...
[But before he can say something, Banana Joe suddenly slams his fists into Gumball's and Penny's table furiously. Next to him is also Idaho and Tobias with their arms folded in disappointment.]
Banana Joe: That's it!! I've had enough of you, Gumball!!
Gumball: Why?
Banana Joe: Hanging out with a girl!? Have you completely lost your mind!?!
Gumball: (With gritted teeth, nervously) C'mon, dude! I'm trying to get rid of her right now! Just give me time!!
Penny: (Suspiciously) Wait a minute, did you just say you're trying to get rid of me!? (Glares) What's going on here!?
Gumball: (Acts cool) What!? No, no, what I meant when I said that was to get rid of you so they can't see the real inside of you (mumbles) uh... (Whispers to the guys) c'mon, dudes! What gave it away!?
Tobias: (Irritated) What gave it away!? Sharing eachother's food!! Having matching bracelets!! Holding hands in public???
[Tobias points at Gumball and Penny holding hands. Gumball notices and immediately lets go of it.]
Gumball: (Nervously smiles) Hehe, oops! How did that hand get there?
[Gumball unscrews his hand and throws it out a window. Outside, it hits a car off-screen and causes a car crash.]
[Cuts back to the table again, and Gumball is seen screwing on a new hand.]
Gumball: (Softened) Look, Penny. I'm really sorry, but–
[Penny's expression softens as she turns depressed.]
Penny: (Sighs) Forget it, Gumball. I'm not gonna force you to be my friend if that means leaving your other friends behind. It's just... I'm going into cheerleading camp tomorrow for a month and I really wanted to make a friend before I left. I thought we really had something in common, you and I... Seems like I was wrong, now if you just want to get rid of me...
[Gumball tries to redeem himself.]
Gumball: Whaaaat!? N-no, I'm not trying to "get rid of you"! We could still be friends! ...M-maybe just on very separate occasions...?
Penny: (Annoyed) Goodbye, Gumball.
[Dejected, Penny gets up from her seat and walks away from the table. Gumball, realizing that he has been unsympathetic, follows her with his sight worried about her.]
Gumball: Penny! Penny, wait!
[Gumball is then met by Tobias, Banana Joe and Idaho as they all happily pats him on the shoulder after rejecting Penny.]
Tobias: Aye, that's my man!
Idaho: Woohoo! Good job, cowpoke!
Banana Joe: Welcome back to the boy's club, bronana!
[Gumball ignores the guys cheering him and once again looks back at Penny as she reaches the door to the hallway. They make eye contact one last time before Penny leaves. Scene ends.]
At the dinner table!
[It fades into the next scene, showing the Watterson family sitting by the dinner table . Richard's attire is his classic grunge outfit, while 2 year old Anais is seen in blue pajamas drawing on a picture next to her dad.]
[It then cuts to Gumball, as he is resting his head in his hand. Depressed, he looks at the bracelet that Penny gave to him sitting on the table.]
Darwin: (To Gumball) So how did it go?
[Gumball stops thinking and snaps back.]
Gumball: What? Oh. Yeah, I tried to reek as much as I could, like I said I would do!
Darwin: And you succeeded! You finally said adiós to eachother! Isn't that what you wanted?
Gumball: Yeah, but why do I feel so bad about it? She wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the day! And she's leaving for cheerleading camp tomorrow!
[Nicole walks by as she cleans off the table.]
Nicole: Gumball, in the 2 years of you wearing that shirt, I have never seen you throw it into the laundry basket. You should see it as a blessing that they don't talk to you instead of actually contacting you and end up smelling how much you stink...
[Nicole walks out to the kitchen with the plates from the table.]
Gumball: (Shrugs) Well, it's not my fault the shirt doesn't go over my head sometimes. And besides, I'm talking about a girl that likes me, and not some ordinary–
Nicole: WHAT!?!
[Excited, Nicole darts away from the kitchen back to the dinner table again and stands next to Gumball.]
Nicole: (Maniacally) Tell me everything about her! What does she look like!? What is her favorite color!? How did she start liking you!?!
Gumball: (Saddened) Well, if I may correct myself, she "Used to" like me. She doesn't wanna talk to me anymore after I chose my friends over her. I really want to be friends with her again, but I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship yet...
[Richard, sitting next to Gumball, caringly puts an arm around him and pulls him closer to him to have a "Dad-talk".]
Richard: Son, what you need to know about love is that it is very, very, very complicated. Take me and your mom, for example! After our marriage, she would always make me sleep on the couch after every dead sentence I told her!
Nicole: (Annoyed) Richard, you willingly slept on the couch every night because you thought it was much more comfortable than our bed. I never made you sleep on it...
Richard: (Realizes) Oh... is that really how it was? (Ponders, then shrugs) Meh, I have a short memory.
[2 year old Anais then suddenly starts talking gibberish.]
Anais: Bin I talshked to mr. Swquiddy, shi tomd me fhat I woulsh bi a BIG thweasure hunther one day, butsh only ifsh I madesh goodh friesdhs with daishy if I couldh do tfat I would get big thweasure the end!
[Gumball shines up.]
Gumball: (Gasps) That's it! Anais, you're a genius! I just have to tell Penny how I feel about her, and we will definitely go back to being friends again! (Determined) I'm gonna do it tomorrow before she has any chance to leave to the camp!
[Everyone looks at Gumball, bewildered.]
Darwin: How on Earth did you understand any of that??
Winning a heart back!
[Scene starts back in school again, the next day. It shows Gumball and Darwin peeking through a window to the girl's locker room, where they see Penny talking to Carmen and Teri on the benches.]
Gumball: Alright, here's the plan! I'm gonna crawl through that ventilation shaft, find the girl's locker room and drop a letter for Penny to read!
Darwin: Why don't you just walk through the door right now and confront her?
Gumball: Are you crazy!? I'd look like a complete weirdo!! The girls would go bananas seeing a guy inside their locker room! Now come on, give me a hand here!
[Gumball and Darwin walks up to the opening to the ventilation shaft, right next to the door to the girl's locker room.]
[Gumball climbs up on Darwin's shoulders and looks up the ventilation shaft.]
Gumball: Hmm... I can't see anything in here!
[Gumball tramples on Darwin's head as he looks around.]
Darwin: (Annoyed) Cool, buy could you maybe stop trampling on my head!? I'm gonna get your foot fungus all over my face!
Gumball: Your body is literally just head! You don't even have any shoulders I can stand on! (Looks around) Aha! I see where the shaft keeps going! Quick, give me a jump boost!
Darwin: How am I supposed to do that!?
Gumball: (Shrugs) I don't know... try pushing me upwards, I guess?
[Darwin sighs and grabs Gumball's legs with his fins, lifting him up.]
Darwin: Alright, on 3! 1...2...3!!
[Darwin throws Gumball upwards through the ventilation shaft at a high speed. On top of the ventilation roof, we hear Gumball hitting it with his head.]
Darwin: (Worriedly) Oh my gosh! Are you okay!?
Gumball: (Weakly) N-no...
Darwin: (Relieved) Phew! He's okay...
[Scene changes to the ventilation shaft, where Gumball has now made it. He rubs his head in pain after hitting his head.]
Gumball: (Shivers) I should've really dealt with my claustrophobia after deciding to go through with this.
[Unsurely, Gumball starts crawling through the ventilation shaft.]
Gumball: (Inspecting) Alright, now where could the lockerroom be... Hmm...
[Gumball passes a ventilation cover and looks through the holes. He sees Rocky listening to music on his headphones as he's cleaning Principal Brown's office. He's also singing loudly a parody of Lady Gaga.]
Rocky: "I kissed a boy, and I despised iii-iit! But really it tasted really niiice"
Gumball: Eww, pop music!
[Gumball keeps crawling and passes another ventilation cover. He looks through it and sees Banana Joe singing in the shower to himself.]
Banana Joe: "Bananas are great! They are really, really great! But you better eat them before they are deceased..."
Gumball: (Weirded out) I don't even wanna question what's going on in there...
[He keeps crawling and passes the final ventilation cover that goes to the girl's lockerroom.]
Gumball: Aha! The lockerroom! Now all I need to do is write–
[But Gumball suddenly hears the girls in the lockerroom talking to eachother, but their voices are muffled out. Curious of what they're talking about, Gumball eavesdrop on them.]
[Cuts to inside the lockerroom, where Penny is seen wearing her pom pom's. She closes her locker, still in a saddened state.]
Masami: Penny, you have to realize that you can't just go and drop hints all the time, thinking that he'll notice sooner or later! You HAVE to tell him that you like him!
Penny: (Irritated) I have dropped several suspicious hints for him that he should be able to notice, but he's still lost in his own world! I don't know what's wrong with him...
Teri: But boys are all like that! You could skydive without a parachute for them, and yet they would get distracted by something like a dog playing the accordion!
Gumball: Dagnabbit, she's right!
[Penny sits down, and hangs her head in sadness.]
Penny: (Sighs) I just want to have someone who understands me... It felt like me and Gumball really connected, but it seems like he was actually just rejecting me more and more...
Carmen: (Consoles) But Penny, we understand you...
Penny: (Deadpan) Carmen, you're in my cheerleading club. Getting care from you girls is like having to pay a 1,000 dollar hospital bill after getting into a car crash and only receiving a band aid and a kiss on the forehead from the doctor...
[It cuts back to Gumball again in the ventilation shaft.]
Gumball: (Sympathetic) Awh, poor Penny... I have to write that letter!!
[Gumball takes out a pencil and a blank piece of paper from his pockets and begins writing.]
Gumball: "Dear Penny, I am very sorry for being a douce to you. I hope you can forgive me and we can continue being fr"—
[But before Gumball can finish writing, the tip of the pen breaks.]
Gumball: (Furiously) GOSH DARN PIECE OF CHEAP GARBAGE PENCIL!!!
[It cuts quickly to the girl's locker room, as they notice slamming and yelling from the ventilation.]
[Cuts back to the ventilation again, where we now see Gumball slamming the pencil angrily against the ventilation cover. Suddenly, it starts to give way as the ventilation cover is heard loosening.]
Gumball: Well, that's just gre– AAAAHHH–
[The cover gives way and Gumball falls right into the girl's lockerroom. But before he hits the ground, he manages to hang onto a ceiling lamp.]
[All the girls looks at Gumball in shock.]
Gumball: (Awkwardly) Hehe, hi...
Teri, Carmen and Masami: AAAAAAHHHH!!!!
[All the girls, except Penny, starts throwing things at Gumball as he keeps hanging on to the ceiling lamp.]
Gumball: Wait! OUF!! Girls!! I can explain!!
Penny: Hey, stop!! It's just Gumball!
[The girls sighs in relief. But then they suddenly continue screaming and throwing stuff at Gumball.]
Penny: STOP!! Let's just get him down from there and make him leave the lockerroom!!
Gumball: What!? No!! I need to talk to you, Penny!
Masami: What do you have to say, now!? Haven't you crushed her heart enough, already?
[Teri, Masami and Carmen all glares at Gumball angrily.]
Gumball: N-no! It's tooooooo...
[Gumball then notices that the cord on the lamp is starting to fray, as the wires starts to stick out and producing sparks. He starts sweating nervously.]
Gumball: toooooooo...
[The cord is now at the very point of breaking, as the lamp is only held up by a few wires.]
Gumball: Tooooo warn you guys about me falling from this lamp!! Ehehe...
[They all stare at him in silence.]
Masami: What...?
[Suddenly, the lamp cord snaps off completely, making Gumball fall to the ground with his face planting against the floor. He looks up again with his face completely disfigured in wounds.]
Gumball: (Thumbs up) I'm alright!
[But unexpectedly, the lamp that fell with Gumball starts sending out electricity sparks everywhere out of its cord. One of those sparks hits a can of hair spray that one of the girls threw at Gumball, which causes the entire hair spray can to explode and sending out a trail of fire in the lockerroom.]
Gumball: (Shakes himself off) Okay, maybe not so great anymore...
[We now see that the wall of fire has spread itself through the middle of the lockerroom, separating Gumball to the left side of the room while the girls are on the right side.]
Masami, Penny, Carmen and Teri: AAAAAAHHHH!!!
Gumball: Wait! This is fine! Since we're closed in right now and there's no air flowing in, the fire will eventually suffocate and die out!
[Suddenly, Principal Brown is heard on the speaker as he talks into the intercom.]
Principal Brown: Students, I am happy to announce that the temperatures has reached global warming in today's summer day, so today you'll all be greeted with free air conditioning! Please enjoy!
[Air is heard flowing into the lockerroom from the ventilation, and the fire grows massively in size.]
Gumball: (Sighs) Well, that's just great...
[The girls scream in terror again.]
Gumball: Wait! Let me call for help! You girls stay there!
[Gumball runs up to the door and tries to open it, but it's locked.]
Gumball: Arghh!! It's locked!!
[He starts banging on the door in panic.]
Gumball: DARWIN!! DARWIN, HELP US!!
[Darwin appears on the other side of the door, looking through the window.]
Darwin: What!? What's going on (Gasps, horrified)
Gumball: Darwin!! Grab the fire extinguisher next to the door and break the window!! Quickly!!
[Cuts to Darwin's side. Darwin sees the fire extinguisher hanging on the wall next to the door.]
Darwin: Don't worry, I got this!!
[Darwin grabs the fire extinguisher and prepares to throw it at the window.]
Darwin: Back up! I'm throwing it in 3... 2... 1... NOW!!
[Darwin throws the fire extinguisher at the window, but it bounces back from the glass and hits Darwin in the face instead, without leaving a mark on the window.]
[Camera cuts to inside the locker room, where we now see everyone with a horried face after what just happened.]
Gumball: (Poker-faced) Welp, we are screwed.
[The fire has now grown closer to the girls and Gumball, as it is almost touching the feet of them now.]
Gumball: (Tensely) Penny... before we eventually burn up in here, I want to tell you something!
Penny: (Annoyed) Gumball, just stop! Alright!? We've already talked about this and I don't want to be there and ruin your social life! Let's just forget about this already!!
Gumball: No, Penny!! You don't understand! The truth is... (Breathes in) I've always liked you, okay!? Ever since we first met on the school bus yesterday, I've had a major crush on you! I was just scared to tell you because I didn't want everyone to think differently of me, and I'm not ready to be in a relationship yet!!
[Penny's expression is seen softening as she hears Gumball's side of the story.]
[Then suddenly, Darwin emerges into the lockerroom, riding on the fire extinguisher as a jetpack as it extinguishes foam everywhere.]
Gumball: (Gasps) Darwin!!
[Darwin lands next to Gumball with the fire extinguisher.]
Darwin: I finally came here!!
Gumball: Great! Now put out the fire!!
Darwin: Will do!
[Darwin presses down the handle on the fire extinguisher, but nothing happens.]
Darwin: Umm... the fire extinguisher appears to be jammed...
Gumball: ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!??
[Darwin starts punching the fire extinguisher.]
Darwin: (Angrily) C'MON!! WORK YOU STUPID SON OF A–
[Without forewarning, the fire extinguisher explodes and covers the entire room in foaming water. The pressure ends up making the door give way, sending everyone bursting through the door as water flows out.]
Gumball: (Coughs) Penny!!
[Gumball runs up to Penny, who is laying down on the ground. He grabs Penny's hand.]
Gumball: Penny, are you okay!?
[Penny sits up and coughs out some water.]
Penny: (Coughs) Yeah, I'm fine.
Gumball: (Relieved) Oh, thank goodness!
[Gumball gives Penny a hand so she can stand up on her feet. Darwin walks up to Gumball and stands next to him.]
Gumball: (Twiddles with his fingers) So... about what I said before...
Penny: (Smiles) Yeah, it was really sweet!
Gumball: Really!? Y-you're not disappointed or anything?
Penny: No, I wasn't really planning to start a relationship either... I just felt like we had a very strong friendship that came very fast, so we could start being boyfriend and girlfriend whenever we feel like it!
Gumball: (Relieved) Phew! That sounds great! So when do you want to start dating, then?
Penny: (Ponders) Hmm... I'm not sure... How about a year from now?
Gumball: Meh, that sounds way too quick... how about 2 years from now?
Penny: (Giggles) That sounds great!
Gumball: Awesome!!
[Gumball and Penny sweetly makes eye contact for a few seconds.]
Gumball: Now, if you excuse me, I'm gonna pass out on the ground for a quick moment!
[Gumball falls face-first into the floor and passes out. Penny and Darwin looks at him with horrified faces.]
Present times...
[The final scene begins in the present, showing Gumball and Penny now in a relationship. Gumball's attire is now back to his tan sweater again, while Penny is now in her fairy form after breaking out of her shell.]
[The final scene starts and Gumball and Penny are sitting on the floor in Gumball's and Darwin's bedroom. They're both leaning against eachother's backs as they're texting on their phones.]
Gumball: Hey Penny!
Penny: Yeah?
Gumball: You remember back in the days when we first started liking eachother, but we said we were gonna wait until making moves?
Penny: (Sarcastic) When was that? After you proposed to me, or after you burnt down my house?
[Gumball and Penny laughs together. They both stand up afterwards.]
Gumball: No, but seriously! (Blushes) I-I really felt like giving you this today, for some reason...
[Gumball grabs Penny's arm and reaches in his pockets. He then puts the bracelet that Penny gave to him 2 years ago in her hand. It appears to be covered in weird, purple stains and a bunch of dust.]
Penny: (Flabbergasted) Oh my gosh... You kept it!? After all these years???
Gumball: Yup! I thought it felt special, so I kept it!
Penny: (Sweetly) This is the best gift you've ever given to me!
Gumball: Awh! Come here!
[Gumball and Penny hugs eachother lovingly. Penny also gives Gumball a quick kiss on the forehead before going back to hugging.]
[Camera zooms out from the Watterson's house over the neighborhood as Gumball and Penny continues talking in the background.]
Penny: Wait... why is it covered in stains and a bunch of hair?
Gumball: I found it under the bed.
Penny: (Angrily) Gumball!!
Gumball: What!? Things always get lost under the bed!
Penny: Yeah, but that doesn't sound very romantic, don't you think?
[The screen fades to black, and the episode ends.]
[Happy Valentine's day!]