

Despite his mediocre academic performance, he can be surprisingly brilliant when it comes to formulating all sorts of mischievous schemes. In season 3, Gumball's eyes are permanently round along with the rest of the Wattersons'. The corner of his snout can sometimes be seen bending down at a sharp angle. His canine teeth are rounder and no longer present when his mouth is closed. His head and his whiskers are bigger, while his eyes are rounder. In season 2, his design changes slightly. The inside of his mouth is pink, his tongue is light pink, and his nose is orange. Like his mother, father, and sister, Gumball lacks shoes, and he is the only member of the Wattersons without visible eyelashes, although, in some episodes, he is seen with visible eyelashes, like in " The Refund" and " The Boss." One of his sharp canine teeth can also be seen hanging out of the corner of his mouth. He usually wears grey trousers, coupled with a tan sweater, which has brown cuffs and a brown collar. On his oversized head, he has six whiskers, but only five are visible most of the time. In the actual show, Gumball is a light blue cat. The decision was finally reached to have him blue, a decision that the show creator Ben Bocquelet liked, because he thought blue was not a color usually found on cats, and it had a "70's-80's Japanese mascot" sort of feel. In addition, a silhouette cat would be "hard to read" on the backgrounds planned for the show. The creators found this trait to be too restricting in terms of possible plots and stories. As the creators developed the character further, they decided to make him a black cat, as it fit the personality they had in mind for him: unlucky, but optimistic ( black cats symbolize bad luck in European culture).

Not much thought was put into this choice as it was more of a placeholder than a final design. Originally, Gumball was meant to be a blue dog. Jacob Hopkins ("The Kids"–" The Copycats")ĭuke Cutler (" Gumball Chronicles: The Curse of Elmore" onwards) Logan Grove (seasons 1–2, most of " The Kids") Robinson, Chi Chi, Ribbit, Chi Chi's parents, Frank, Howdy, Grady, Zach, William (at times), Alan (at times) Robinson (unrequited), Bobert, Molly, Sarah, Sussie, Alan (at times),

The blue Waterson (by Principal Brown in " Darwin's Yearbook: Banana Joe")ĭarwin, Penny (girlfriend), Carrie, Tobias, Banana Joe, Leslie, Rocky, Tina, Mr. Greg (by Darwin in " The Puppy" and the Internet in " The Intelligence") GumballOopsEggWobbleUnderpants (in " The Dress") The blue one (by Granny Jojo in " The Kiss")
