Richard Watterson

Character Information Gender: Male ♂ Species: Rabbit Age: 42 Relatives: Nicole (wife), Gumball (son), Darwin (son/pet), Anais (daughter), Granny Jojo (mother) Occupation: Pizza Deliverer (Formerly) Unemployed First Appearance: "The Responsible" Voice: Dan Russell Gallery Quotes Color Scheme fur Light ceriseish gray cloth White Grayish brown Brown nose Pale, light grayish amaranth

Richard Watterson is a main character in The Amazing World of Gumball. He serves the role of the father in the Watterson family. Unlike the traditional father, however, Richard is not wise or a good role model to his children in any way. Despite his misguided advice and uncouth mannerisms, Richard has good intentions and loves his family all the same. Though, he has said that Darwin is his favorite, but denies it and says he's his favorite pet fish.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Abilities 4 Age 5 Relationships 6 Episode Appearances 6.1 Season 1 6.2 Season 2 7 Gallery 8 Quotes 9 Trivia 10 Voice Actors 11 External links

AppearanceEdit

Richard has a similar appearance to his daughter Anais. They are both pink rabbits, but whereas Anais is very small, Richard is extremely obese. He has short, black whiskers on both sides of his face, and unusually long eyelashes.

Even though he is unemployed, Richard is almost always seen wearing a work uniform; this consists of a buttoned-up white polo shirt and light brown pants. His lower torso is big enough to cast a shadow on the upper area of his leg. Like his wife and son, Richard goes around barefoot.

In Season 2, his appearance changes slightly. The shadow under his belly becomes much lighter and also his eyes become a little rounder.

PersonalityEdit

Richard is the father figure in the Watterson family, but doesn't seem to possess any responsibility or common sense. He is very childlike and lazy, and is not a good role model to his children either. But despite these flaws Richard genuinely loves his family, and has good intentions despite his lack of intelligence and maturity.

Richard has been shown however, to be clever enough to get himself out of doing chores.

He greatly enjoys eating, especially when it comes to sausages. As a result, he is overweight. His obsession with food can sometimes be his undoing, such as when he was supposed to help his wife in "The Spoon," but instead ends up licking a sausage on the floor.

Richard is very childlike, and has been seen exhibiting childish behaviors in several episodes. His tactics include believing ghosts, joining in some of Gumball's mis-adventures, believing in Santa, and many others.

The motive for Richard's personality was shown in "The Authority", where it was revealed that Granny Jojo sheltered Richard his entire life, leading him to grow up as an unintelligent and lazy person.

AbilitiesEdit

Richard is unbelievably skillful at being lazy. He was stated as The laziest person ever when he defeated Larry at a contest at being lazy.

Richard is also slightly skillful at martial arts as shown in "The Remote".  

It is also shown in "The Remote" that Richard can speak another language. 

Richard is also shown as a terrible driver, in "The End" Richard had trouble driving the car off, as he did not disengage the handbrake, after disengaging the handbrake (with the help of Gumball), he set the gear to reverse, hence crashing into the Robinsons' car. When he finally set the car to the correct gear (with the help of Gumball again), he crashed to the car infront. In "The Bumpkin", Richard went every other place in Elmore but Idaho's house in an emergency.

AgeEdit

Throughout the series, various clues regarding Richard's age have been given.

• In "The Wand", it was shown that when he was around twelve years old ("When I was a boy, about your age...", he said to Gumball), his belief in magic was crushed, causing him to scream for fifteen years. The flashbacks of the screaming ended at his and Nicole's wedding, which is assumed to be at 27 years of age.
• In "The Ape," in the flashbacks of Miss Simian calling Nicole a "loser", Richard wasn't screaming during the wedding (which was also the ending scene in that flashback), reinforcing that he stopped screaming at around age 27.
• Finally, in "The Party," Richard stated that "...20 years later, we're still married.", when he was giving Gumball advice on how to find dates. That, combined with the previous clues, means that Richard Watterson should be around 47 years of age. This can also mean that Nicole is the same age, because she was in the same grade as him.

It is possible, however, that this is simply inconsistency on the writer's side, or Richard being bad at estimating.

RelationshipsEdit

Main article: Richard/Relationships

Episode AppearancesEdit

Season 1Edit

• "The Responsible"
• "The Third"
• "The End"
• "The Dress"
• "The Spoon"
• "The Painting"
• "The Laziest"
• "The Ghost"
• "The Prank"
• "The Gi"
• "The Kiss"
• "The Party"
• "The Refund"
• "The Robot"
• "The Goons"
• "The Secret"
• "The Sock"
• "The Poltergeist"
• "The Genius"
• "The Mustache"
• "The Date"
• "The Club"
• "The Wand"
• "The Ape"
• "The Car"
• "The Curse"
• "The Microwave"
• "The Meddler"
• "The Helmet"
• "The Fight"

Season 2Edit

• "The Remote"
• "The Knights"
• "The Fridge"
• "The Job"
• "Halloween"
• "The Treasure"
• "The Apology"
• "Christmas"
• "The Watch"
• "The Bumpkin"
• "The Flakers"
• "The Authority"
• "The Pony"
• "The Dream"
• "The Hero"

GalleryEdit

The gallery for Richard Watterson can be found here.

QuotesEdit

The quotes for Richard Watterson can be found here.

TriviaEdit

• Richard was originally a blue dog, but was later changed to a pink rabbit for unknown reasons.
• Richard is incapable of keeping a job. As seen in "The Job", Richard maintaining a job causes the universe to be destroyed.
• Richard has a spot in his right side of his waist that Gumball likes to poke while he's asleep.
• He can grow a mustache through sheer force of will, as revealed in "The Refund".
• He is a pacifist, as revealed in "The Refund", when he was talking to the store manager.
• Richard accidentally admitted that he likes Darwin more than his biological children in "The Goons".
• Richard can speak Spanish, as revealed in" The Remote".
• Richard drools a lot, especially when he's asleep.
• He is often seen in his underwear, mostly because he is too lazy to put on more clothes.
• He was based on creator Ben Bocquelet's father, Richard Bocquelet; an action-pack father.
• He graduated sometime in the 1980's, further solidifying the fact that he is in his forties.
• Richard is aware of his obesity and unhealthiness, as seen in "The Mustache."
• According to this website, Richard's height is 6"4 (195 cm).
• In "The Treasure", it is revealed that the reason for the Watterson family's financial trouble is that Richard spent all of the family's money on a star.
• In Richard's flashback in "The Wand", it is revealed that he went to Elmore Junior High.
• As revealed in "The Authority", his dumb personality comes from his mother's parenting.

Voice ActorsEdit

• Dan Russell (US/UK/NZ/AUS/CAN)
• Mino Caprio (Italy)
• Tony Beck (France)
• Yoshinori Muto (Japan)
• José Padilla (Spain)
• Benjamín Rivera (Latin America)
• Duda Espinoza (Brazil)

External linksEdit

• Richard Watterson's official Twitter account.

v • e Characters
Italicized characters are considered extremely minor
Families	The Wattersons Gumball • Darwin • Anais • Nicole • Richard • Granny Jojo The Robinsons Gaylord • Margaret • Rocky The Fitzgeralds Penny • Mr. Fitzgerald • Mrs. Fitzgerald • Penny's sister • Mr. Cuddles The Wilsons Tobias • Rachel • Mr. Wilson • Mrs. Wilson The Bananas Banana Joe • Banana Bob • Banana Barbara The Rexes Tina • Mr. Rex
Elmore Junior High	School faculty Principal Brown • Miss Simian • Mr. Small • Librarian • Nurse Student body Carrie • Masami • Leslie • Bobert • Alan • Eggheads • Hector • Teri • Carmen • Molly • Jamie • Idaho • Anton • Ocho • Juke • Sussie • Clayton • Rob • Hot Dog Guy • Mushroom • Fuzzball • William • Razor • Dog • Beanie Bird • Green Bear • Dolly
The Senior Citizens	Marvin Finklehimer • Purple Moose • Blue Elephant
Chanax Inc.	Newspaper Employee • 3D Cube Employee • Charlie • Office Dog
Other characters	Larry • Doughnut Sheriff • Sal Left Thumb • Cupcake Woman • Kenneth • Lizard Woman • Karen • Pantsbully • The Hobo • Blue Dog • Shooting Star • Rosie • Mother and Son • Eggman • Clipboard Men • The Sun • The Moon • Bursted Hot Dog • Carlton • Rooster Waiter • Pink Squirrel • Troy • French Fry • Frog • Sausage • Orange Security Guard • Mrs. Jötunheim • Neck Beard • Bacteria • Bandage Doctor • Orange Woman • Bomb Guy • Hand • Pink Bear • Corn • Ghosts • Hexagon Lady • Mr. Kreese • Fingathing • Construction Men
Single appearance	Albert the Pervert • Ripley 2000 Manager • Dr. Butt • Cube Dog • Bandage Paramedics • Smelly Cheeses • Sea Creatures • Jealousy • Ocho's mother • Saturn • Mr. Simian • Santa Claus • The Creatures • Virus • Barney • Blitzer • Exercise Bacon • Mountain Person • Sussie's parents • Carrie's grandmother • Fly
Inanimate objects	Daisy the Donkey • Silence Snake • Wanda
Scrapped characters	Butthead • Fragie • Splatty • Professor
Unseen characters	Masami's father • Mom-Unit • Obadiah Banana • Sally the Snake • Sebastian Longquin • Uncle Eddie • Bucktooth Watterson

Main characters
Gumball	Darwin	Anais	Nicole	Richard

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