The Curse

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Season:

1

Broadcast number:

32

Production code:

115B

Premiere dates

U.S. air date:

February 14, 2012

U.K. air date:

April 1, 2012

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The Curse is the thirty-second episode of season one of The Amazing World of Gumball.

Sypnosis

Gumball tries to survive a day filled with bad luck after he uses up all his good luck.

Plot

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It starts out with the family waiting in the hallway for Gumball to get out the shower. While waiting, Anais asks if the family can go to Daisyland. When Nicole explains that they can't because the tickets are expensive, Richard and Darwin start to concentrate very hard in an attempt to get Daisyland tickets out of nowhere. In the shower, Gumball slips into the toilet and gets flushed down into the sewer. Later on, Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to catch the bus. Much to Gumball's dismay he misses his chance to enter the bus and instead is dragged by the finger by the bus the entire way. Shrugging off his early streak of bad luck, he tries to cheer himself up with a song, only to get stomped on by Hector.

His clothes now torn, Gumball goes off to talk to Darwin and Anais until Principal Brown demands he wear something more appropriate to the school dress code. At the lost-and-found, Rocky gives him short trunks and a fedora, much to the humor of his classmates. Gumball then retaliates to Banana Joe's insults but Principal Brown accidentally walks in and gets offended, thus landing Gumball in detention.

Gumball and Darwin then realize that Gumball is cursed, so they try to fix it. Their first solution was to find a four-leaf clover; however, Gumball grabs onto a nearby football which is then kicked, launching Gumball along with it. He lands on goal post and is smashed by it. As a last resort, Gumball then goes to Anais for advice, in which she attempts to explain why the idea of ‘bad luck’ is a myth and attempts to disprove it by having Gumball perform 3 tasks known for causing bad luck. When Gumball is struck by a random indoor thunderbolt, Anais admits that logic and reasoning wasn't going to work this time. Darwin then hypothesized that Gumball ran out of good luck for the day, to which Anais and Gumball agree.

Meanwhile in detention, Gumball is being stared down by Principal Brown. Once the Principal leaves, Gumball becomes more aware of potentially dangerous things in the classroom. Seeing that the items aren't doing anything, he relaxes as he sighs in relief. However, Brown slams the door in anger, which leads to the light cover falling on books which launched sharpened pencils at Gumball that he quickly dodges. A fan in the classroom then pushes some things over which break a cap on the radiator that then begins to leak gas in the room.

Gumball then runs out in fear as the room explodes, launching him into a mop bucket. Dodging another explosion, Gumball is sent over a cliff and ends up riding down the Elmore Expressway while a series of ‘bad luck’ events literally blow up around him as he dodges dangers on the street. After surviving the ordeal, Gumball comes across an unfinished part of the expressway. Knowing that he couldn't stop his momentum in time, he attempts to push his luck and jump the overpass—a gamble that instead sees Gumball falling into a gorge below.

Gumball then wakes up in the hospital, barely escaping death. His family then decides that since logic and reasoning didn't seem to apply for the entire ordeal, they should all concentrate hard enough for Daisyland tickets to appear.

At Daisyland, Tobias' Dad tries to hand their family pass to the booth but the ticket slips out of his hand and is carried away by the wind. After traveling across the freeway and even onto an airplane, the ticket finally floats into the room where the Wattersons were at. The family then rejoices at its arrival before its destroyed by a fan. As the family gapes in shock, Darwin reveals that he wished for snow, and the pieces flying over was a great substitute for it.

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Characters

Supporting Characters

Minor Characters

Quotes

Anais: Dad, what are you doing?

Richard: I'm getting tickets using the power of my mind.

Darwin: Yay! I wished for snow!

Gumball: I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna make it ... I'm not gonna make it!

Trivia

If you look carefully at the class photo that was behind Gumball, you can see all of the classmates use early designs except for Gumball and Darwin.
Multiple clips of this episode were viewable months before it actually premiered.
This episode aired on Valentine's Day in the US, and on April Fool's Day in the UK in 2012.

Continuity

The picture of Darwin and Gumball on the Stomach Destroyer from "The Dress" makes a reappearance.
This was the third episode that ended with Gumball in the hospital; the second was "The Date", and the first was "The Goons".
This was the fourth time we see Gumball completely naked, the other three being in "The Dress", "The Picnic" and "The Club".

Cultural References

Gumball trying to avoid bad luck on the highway is a homage to the "Final Destination" movies.

Goofs/Errors

Gumball regained his clothes when he goes to detention, despite them being torn to shreds and being forced to wear another outfit.
Principal Brown in the scene where he talks to Gumball about the dress code is drawn differently than his rather usual animation form.
In the scene where Gumball is in detention and he's pleading for Principal Brown to not leave the room, on the school picture behind him, the pencils are already placed where they're surrounding Gumball.
In the scene where The Wilsons are at Daisyland, Humans can clearly be seen in the reflection of the ticket booth glass.

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Episode 1 The DVD	Episode 2 The Responsible	Episode 3 The Third	Episode 4 The Debt

Episode 5 The End	Episode 6 The Dress	Episode 7 The Quest	Episode 8 The Spoon

Episode 9 The Pressure	Episode 10 The Painting	Episode 11 The Laziest	Episode 12 The Ghost

Episode 13 The Mystery	Episode 14 The Prank	Episode 15 The Gi	Episode 16 The Kiss

Episode 17 The Party	Episode 18 The Refund	Episode 19 The Robot	Episode 20 The Picnic

Episode 21 The Goons	Episode 22 The Secret	Episode 23 The Sock	Episode 24 The Genius

Episode 25 The Poltergeist	Episode 26 The Mustache	Episode 27 The Date	Episode 28 The Club

Episode 29 The Wand	Episode 30 The Ape	Episode 31 The Car	Episode 32 The Curse

Episode 33 The Microwave	Episode 34 The Meddler	Episode 35 The Helmet	Episode 36 The Fight



Episode 1 The Remote	Episode 2 The Colossus	Episode 3 The Knights	Episode 4 The Fridge

Episode 5 The Flower	Episode 6 The Banana	Episode 7 The Phone	Episode 8 The Job

Episode 9 Halloween	Episode 10 The Treasure	Episode 11 The Apology	Episode 12 The Words

Episode 13 The Skull	Episode 14 The Bet	Episode 15 Christmas	Episode 16 The Watch

Episode 17 The Bumpkin	Episode 18 The Flakers	Episode 19 The Authority	Episode 20 The Virus

Episode 21 The Pony	Episode 22 The Hero	Episode 23 The Dream	Episode 24 The Sidekick

Episode 25 The Photo	Episode 26 The Tag	Episode 27 The Storm	Episode 28 The Lesson

Episode 29 The Game	Episode 30 The Limit	Episode 31 The Voice	Episode 32 The Promise

Episode 33 The Castle	Episode 34 The Boombox	Episode 35 The Tape	Episode 36 The Sweaters

Episode 37 The Internet	Episode 38 The Plan	Episode 39 The World	Episode 40 The Finale



Episode 1 The Kids	Episode 2 The Fan	Episode 3 The Coach	Episode 4 The Joy

Episode 5 The Puppy	Episode 6 The Recipe	Episode 7 The Name	Episode 8 The Extras

Episode 9 The Gripes	Episode 10 The Vacation	Episode 11 The Fraud	Episode 12 The Void

Episode 13 The Boss	Episode 14 The Move	Episode 15 The Law	Episode 16 The Allergy

Episode 17 The Mothers	Episode 18 The Password	Episode 19 The Procrastinators	Episode 20 The Shell

Episode 21 The Burden	Episode 22 The Bros	Episode 23 The Mirror	Episode 24 The Man

Episode 25 The Pizza	Episode 26 The Lie	Episode 27 The Butterfly	Episode 28 The Question

Episode 29 The Saint	Episode 30 The Friend	Episode 31 The Oracle	Episode 32 The Safety

Episode 33 The Society	Episode 34 The Spoiler	Episode 35 The Countdown	Episode 36 The Nobody

Episode 37 The Downer	Episode 38 The Egg	Episode 39 The Triangle	Episode 40 The Money



Episode 1 The Return	Episode 2 The Nemesis	Episode 3 The Crew	Episode 4 The Others

Episode 5 The Signature	Episode 6 The Check	Episode 7 The Pest	Episode 8 The Sale

Episode 9 The Gift	Episode 10 The Parking	Episode 11 The Routine	Episode 12 The Upgrade

Episode 13 The Comic	Episode 14 The Romantic	Episode 15 The Uploads	Episode 16 The Apprentice

Episode 17 The Hug	Episode 18 The Wicked	Episode 19 The Traitor	Episode 20 The Origins

Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two	Episode 22 The Girlfriend	Episode 23 The Advice	Episode 24 The Signal

Episode 25 The Parasite	Episode 26 The Love	Episode 27 The Awkwardness	Episode 28 The Nest

Episode 29 The Points	Episode 30 The Bus	Episode 31 The Night	Episode 32 The Misunderstandings

Episode 33 The Roots	Episode 34 The Blame	Episode 35 The Slap	Episode 36 The Detective

Episode 37 The Fury	Episode 38 The Compilation	Episode 39 The Scam	Episode 40 The Disaster



Episode 1 The Rerun	Episode 2 The Stories	Episode 3 The Guy	Episode 4 The Boredom

Episode 5 The Vision	Episode 6 The Choices	Episode 7 The Code	Episode 8 The Test

Episode 9 The Slide	Episode 10 The Loophole	Episode 11 The Fuss	Episode 12 The Copycats

Episode 13 The Potato	Episode 14 The Outside	Episode 15 The Vase	Episode 16 The Matchmaker

Episode 17 The Box	Episode 18 The Console	Episode 19 The Ollie	Episode 20 The Catfish

Episode 21 The Cycle	Episode 22 The Stars	Episode 23 The Grades	Episode 24 The Diet

Episode 25 The Ex	Episode 26 The Sorcerer	Episode 27 The Menu	Episode 28 The Uncle

Episode 29 The Weirdo	Episode 30 The Heist	Episode 31 The Singing	Episode 32 The Best

Episode 33 The Worst	Episode 34 The Deal	Episode 35 The Petals	Episode 36 The Nuisance

Episode 37 The Line	Episode 38 The List	Episode 39 The News	Episode 40 The Puppets