Alan Keane

Alan Season 1 Season 2 onwards

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Species: Balloon Age: 12 Friends: Carmen (love interest), Gumball, Darwin Occupation: Student First Appearance: "Early reel" (prototype) "The Third" (final concept) Voice: Rupert Degas (Season 1) Hugo Harold-Harrison (Season 2) Gallery Quotes Color Scheme coat cloth eye other none none none

Alan is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He is a twelve year old, teal balloon who attends Elmore Junior High. He has feelings for Carmen, the cactus who likes him back, though, it obviously can never be.

Appearance

Alan is a slightly deflated, teal colored balloon whose face is drawn on with permanent marker ink.

In Season 2 and onwards, his design changes very little. Alan has slightly more round/oval shaped eyes than his original design, and he appears to be colored brighter.

Personality

Alan is considered to be "perfect" - he's got good looks, a friendly demeanor, and a nice attitude. These traits cause many girls to develop crushes on him. He has a high-pitched voice, mainly because of the fact that he is filled with helium.

Relationships

Main article: Alan/Relationships

Episode Appearances

Prototype

• "Early reel"

Season 1

• "The Third"
• "The End" (cameo)
• "The Dress" (cameo)
• "The Pressure" (cameo)
• "The Ghost" (cameo)
• "The Mystery"
• "The Gi" (cameo)
• "The Kiss" (cameo)
• "The Party" (cameo)
• "The Robot" (cameo)
• "The Picnic" (cameo)
• "The Sock" (cameo)
• "The Genius" (cameo)
• "The Mustache" (cameo)
• "The Ape" (cameo)
• "The Curse" (cameo)

Season 2

• "The Banana" (cameo)
• "The Apology"
• "The Words" (cameo)
• "The Skull" (cameo)
• "The Bet" (cameo)
• "The Storm"
• "The Photo"
• "The Game" (cameo)
• "The Voice"
• "The Boombox"

Season 3

• "The Coach" (cameo)
• "The Joy" (cameo)
• "The Name"
• "The Gripes"
• "The Saint"

Quotes

“	A broken heart is like a mirror. It's better to leave it broken, than to hurt yourself, trying to fix it.	”
—Alan in "The Storm"

“	NO HANDS!	”
—Alan in "The Third"

“	Dude, I don't have any hands!	”
—Alan in "The Mystery"

“	What's so hard to understand? It's not difficult. Air goes in the knot, air goes out the knot.	”
—Alan to Gumball in "The Storm"

“	Real beauty comes from within.	”
—Alan in "The Photo"

“	[corrects Gumball, who got his name wrong] Alan.	”
—Alan in "The Third"

“	Dude, it's never too late for friendship.	”
—Alan in "The Third"

“	[watching Gumball and Darwin, who are about to "fight"] This would be better with poison nunchucks.	”
—Alan in "The Apology"

“	But who would date such a shriveled bag of sadness?	”
—Alan in "The Storm"

“	Your best buddy is about to play computer games with someone who's rich, athletic, multicolored, and a good listener! He'll never play Dodj or Daar with you again!	”
—Alan in "The Third"

“	Spaghetti goes in, turns into air, goes back out.	”
—Alan in "The Storm"

Gallery

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Trivia

• Alan can propel himself through the air without any visible assistance.
• Most people who have never seen the show before mistake Alan for a female, possibly because of his eyelashes, which are more common on female characters in animation, and also because of his high voice, which, again, is caused by helium.
• Alan's voice is never consistent with each appearance, notably throughout Season 1.
• Gumball seems to have trouble remembering Alan's name, calling him Alfred, Andrew, Arthur, Alex, etc.
• He deflates in response to horrible smells, as shown in "The Ghost."
• Alan has popped several times in the series, with Carmen being involved most of the time, due to her being a cactus and their close relationship.
  • The first time was in the early reel, where Carmen got launched at him.
  • The second time was in the original trailer, where he attempts to kiss Carmen, but gets popped by her needles.
  • The third time was in "The Mustache," where he pops in shock at Gumball's transformation.
  • The fourth time was in "The Banana," where he gets knocked into Carmen by Gumball.
  • The fifth time was in "The Photo," where Darwin punches Alan, popping him.
  • The sixth time was in "The Voice," where Gumball throws a rock at him for constantly saying "sorry."
  • The seventh time was in "The Joy," when he was spreading the Joy virus and rammed into Carmen, causing him to pop on the lockers. However, he left behind a rainbow stain.
• In every photo shot Alan appears, his facial features look very realistic and human-like instead of his original face. However, in "The Storm," his pictures, especially with Carmen, shown him with his usual appearance.
• It is revealed in "The Photo" that Alan anonymously donates all of his allowance to charity and never tells anyone about it because he cares very much about the cause.
• It was revealed in "The Storm" that whatever he eats gets turned into air.
• If he has a string or not varies in some episodes.