The Dress
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| "The Dress" | |
| Season: | 1 |
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| Broadcast number: | 6 |
| Production Code: | 103B |
| Airing Information | |
| Cartoon Network US premiere: | May 23, 2011 |
| Cartoon Network UK premiere: | September 19, 2011 |
| Credits | |
| Written by: | Ben Bocquelet Mic Graves |
| Storyboarded by: | Chris Garbutt |
| Songs Featured | |
| Fine Lady | |
| Episode Chronology | |
| Previous "The End" | Next "The Quest" |
Synopsis
After Richard shrinks Gumball's normal clothes, Gumball is forced to wear Nicole's wedding dress. Gumball's classmates confuse him for an attractive girl and Darwin develops a crush on "her".
Plot
One morning Gumball wakes up, and decides to cover himself in ice cubes. He tries to glide down the stairs with Darwin, but they fail and land right in front of Anais naked. Anais tells Gumball that he cannot go to school naked, so he tries to find his clothes. Gumball soon finds Richard asleep in the garden. Richard tells Gumball that he was doing the laundry when Nicole told him not to do so. Gumball's clothes have shrunk and they no longer fit him, forcing Gumball to wear Nicole's wedding dress to school. When Gumball's class sees him outside, they don't recognize him, so he makes up a fake name "GumballOopsEggWobbleUnderpants" and country of origin "GumbaldNoWigBattleAxeNinja." They all believe him and head off to school.
When they get to class, Miss Simian falls for the act as well. Gumball is confused. When they all leave class, there is a puddle in the hallway and everyone is offering Gumball a way across as an act of love, but he decides to walk around it to avoid any complications. Still confused, he asks Anais what is going on, and she tells Gumball that anyone will do anything for a beautiful girl, which the students believe he is. Gumball realizes this, and abuses the power in a montage. Darwin is shown to fall in love with Gumball, not knowing it is his brother. Gumball receives a love letter from Darwin, requesting him to meet him on The Stomach Destroyer roller coaster after school. Anais informs Gumball that it is a love letter, but he is ignorant and believes Darwin just wants to hang out with him in a platonic way. He goes on the coaster with Darwin, where Darwin tells Gumball (as a girl) that he loves "her" and tries to kiss her. Gumball comes home terrified, and has a thought of what would happen if Darwin didn't move on and married him. Gumball and Anais come up with a scheme to stop Darwin from loving Gumball and start moving on.
They stage a good bye act for the "Darling of Elmore High" with a bus. When Darwin comes, Gumball hides in the bus and proceeds to attach the dress to a balloon with his face poorly drawn on it. He jumps out of a window on the bus while naked, but the balloon does not go into the bus. Instead, it flies toward the sun and pops. This leaves Darwin sad and crying. Gumball goes and cheers Darwin up. Just when he feels better, Darwin immediately falls in love with a fire hydrant that the dress landed on. Gumball remarks that some people can't help but make fools of themselves, just everyone makes fun of Gumball for being naked. He walks away, humiliated.
Characters
Minor Characters
- Richard
- Miss Simian
- Bobert
- Banana Joe
- Anton
- Idaho
- Clayton
- Leslie
- Penny
- Masami
- Tina Rex
- Jamie
- Mr. Small
- Blue Dog
- Alan
- Ocho
- Juke
- Rocky
- Tobias
- Molly
- Carrie
- Teri
- The Dog
- Hot Dog Guy
- Pantsbully
- Nicole (flashback)
- The Sun
Songs
Quotes
- Gumball: [observing his surroundings while trying to come up with a fake name after being questioned for his name] "Ahhh, my name is... Quick! Think the name, think the name... Uh... Gum, ball-- Oops! Egg... Wobble-- Underpants!"
[Anais facepalms]
Penny: "Is that a foreign name?"
Gumball: "Yes! It's from... uh... Europe!"
Tina Rex: "Where in Europe?"
Gumball: [observing his surroundings again while trying to come up with a fake place to be from] "Uh... um... Gum... Bald...No! Wig! ...Battleaxe? ...Ninja!" - [Gumball irons clothes surrounded by kids that look like Gumball and Darwin] Darwin: "I WANT MORE KIDS!"
- Gumball: "AWWW! DON'T MOCK ME! [sobbing] I used to be beautiful."
Trivia
Continuity
- Darwin drew a sketch of Gumball using his left hand, but in later episodes, he is seen drawing with his right hand, hinting that he may be ambidextrous.
- Nicole's wedding dress reappears in Richard's flashback in "The Wand" and in the episode "The Ape".
- This is the first of several times that Gumball is seen naked.
Cultural References
Goofs/Errors
- Before Gumball imagined what would happen if Darwin married him, Gumball had a pillow, but afterwards, the pillow disappeared.
- When Gumball was hiding under the pillow, the pillow was large enough to completely cover him, but when he sat up, it was only about as big as his head.
- Even though the dress does not appear to have any buttons, Darwin claims that a button he found on the ground belonged to it.
- When Gumball and the others walk through the Hallway the puddle appears but after Gumball asks Anais what is going on, the puddle disappears.
- When Gumball walked away with the dress, the stool that Richard used to grab it was still visible. After the close up of Richard, the stool disappears.
- In the beginning of the episode, the picture of Darwin kissing Gumball on The Stomach Destroyer can be seen at the top of the staircase, even though this hadn't happened yet.
- Before Richard starts crying, his mouth is discoloured.
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| Episode 1 The DVD | Episode 2 The Responsible | Episode 3 The Third | Episode 4 The Debt |
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| Episode 5 The End | Episode 6 The Dress | Episode 7 The Quest | Episode 8 The Spoon |
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| Episode 9 The Pressure | Episode 10 The Painting | Episode 11 The Laziest | Episode 12 The Ghost |
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| Episode 13 The Mystery | Episode 14 The Prank | Episode 15 The Gi | Episode 16 The Kiss |
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| Episode 17 The Party | Episode 18 The Refund | Episode 19 The Robot | Episode 20 The Picnic |
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| Episode 21 The Goons | Episode 22 The Secret | Episode 23 The Sock | Episode 24 The Genius |
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| Episode 25 The Poltergeist | Episode 26 The Mustache | Episode 27 The Date | Episode 28 The Club |
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| Episode 29 The Wand | Episode 30 The Ape | Episode 31 The Car | Episode 32 The Curse |
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| Episode 33 The Microwave | Episode 34 The Meddler | Episode 35 The Helmet | Episode 36 The Fight |



























