And that's because it was! But now it feels much more purposeful, funny, and fun, and all they have to do is remain consistent to make something lovely. I started things feeling pretty pessimistic, because the show felt vapid and directionless. With Gumball, the heartfelt moments are interjected between silly gags and humor, and the contrast really emphasizes the emotion, which is a pleasant change of pace. Other animated shows like to dabble in the same heartfelt cuteness, but they always feel like they're trying to hard to show it. And I'm hoping it's scenes like that we get to see more of. It goes from Gumball having a crush on a girl in the first half, but that's irrelevant, because kids don't think about romance, to really touching scenes of a boy and a girl who like each other and don't really know what to do about it.
This is coupled with the show maturing very quickly in terms of mood. They start to balance pop-culture humor and contemporary culture with their kid show vibe. The humor also generally gets better past the halfway mark.
It feels like controlled chaos, a messy show that represents a messy life, and that's just kind of neat. Why does Anais go to Gumball's school? Who cares, she's here now! They really just adopted their weird ideas and allowed it to be weird, and you can tell that this becomes the appeal of the show that it is just a little strange and awkward, and that's part of the joy. Why did they include a CGI T-Rex student named Tina? Don't know, but she's now just one of the students, accept it. They seem to accept their weird concept, and just start rolling with it. Then the second half of the season hits, and you feel a major change. It's clear the team is talented and the studio wants to make this happen, but it also feels a bit directionless and confused. his goldfish!!!" They really were throwing things at the wall hoping things would stick, and settled with all of that.Īnd in the early episodes, it really feels like the concept is struggling against its own inception like the ideas were a bit too out there and zany, because most things don't make any sense when put together in a pot and stirred. a bunny dad! Why a bunny dad? Because he has a little sister! Who is 4? And goes to his middle school! And he needs a best friend. "The main character is a cat, and he's a dumb boy. It's like they sat in the conference room, and rambled off ideas. You can really tell they had no idea what they wanted to do with the series when it first starts. The first half of this season is an absolute mess.
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