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"Well, you know I could help you with that."
This article is about the episode. You may be looking for the DVD of the same name. |
The Mystery is the thirteenth episode of season one of The Amazing World of Gumball.
Synopsis
The kids at school try to solve the mystery of who stuffed Principal Brown in Gumball's locker.
Plot
SPOILER AHEAD! Important details about the plot or story are up ahead |
After she leaves, Gumball asks everyone for their opinion on the subject. Sussie saw Principal Brown after school, which means that whatever happened to him occurred after school. There were only four people who stayed after school - Gumball, who had detention, Penny, who was doing cheerleader stuff, Rocky, who was cleaning, and Darwin who was unable to remember. Banana Joe convinces everyone that it was Gumball, because the Principal was found in his locker, which causes everyone to glare at Gumball. He denies doing it, but promises to find out who did. He first tries to find the culprit by telling whoever did it to raise their hand. Obviously, no one raises their hand. He then tries to get everyone who didn't do it to raise their hand. Everyone raises their hand except for Alan, which causes everyone to look at him. Gumball accuses him, but Alan, annoyed, bumps Gumball and says that he doesn't have any hands. Penny tells Gumball that he should look for clues.
The first clue Gumball finds is, coincidentally, the green paint splats on Penny's pom-poms. He invents a humorous story to describe why Penny would do this to Principal Brown, but Penny reminds him that he saw her after school, which means she couldn't have done it.
The next clue was a patch of missing hair on Rocky Robinson's hand. He again invents a humorous motive behind the assault on Principal Brown, but this story is also proven false.
The third clue was a sheet of toilet paper stuck to Darwin's shoe. Gumball has trouble calling out his best friend, but he painfully brings himself to do it. Darwin immediately admits to it, calling himself a monster. As Gumball closes the case, Carmen reminds Darwin that he couldn't have done it, because she saw him on the bus after school. The toilet paper was stuck to his shoe all day.
Gumball was the only other person who stayed after school, which caused him to accuse himself, causing his classmates to turn on him. Miss Simian arrives just as he does this, which is enough proof for her to give him detention, but Gumball was able to buy himself some time by saying he was going to get a crucial piece of evidence. After a while, we hear Gumball running away and Miss Simian realizing he wasn't coming back. She offers a reward of no homework for whoever catches him, which leads to a big chase through the school.
Gumball escapes and bumps into Bobert, who was deactivated. Gumball turns him back on, and he says he knows who caused Principal Brown's injuries, which is when Gumball gets surrounded by his classmates, all eager to claim the no homework reward. Gumball begs Bobert to tell everyone who did it, and Bobert shows everyone a video, revealing exactly what happened. Principal Brown was walking down the hallway when suddenly, his office door flew open, leaving him dizzy. He then fell down the stairs, wrapping himself with a toilet paper trail that Darwin left behind, and slammed into Penny's wet painting, which covered him in green paint. Next, he fell face first into a puddle of hair-loss chemicals that Rocky spilled, which caused him to jump up in pain and fall down more stairs, right into Gumball's locker. Gumball just shrugged and walked away.
Everyone agreed that whoever opened the office door was the one responsible, so Gumball replayed Bobert's memory, zooming in on the person who opened the door. It is revealed to be Miss Simian. She erases Bobert's memory to stay innocent, obstructing justice and causing Gumball and the rest to turn on her. As she walks away and taunts the children, Principal Brown opens his office door and pops out. The door hits Miss Simian, sending her flying out the window. The kids peek out the window to see Miss Simian getting run over by the ambulance that was called for Principal Brown. The episode ends with the kids flinching at the latter event.
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Characters
Main Characters
Supporting Characters
Minor Characters
- Banana Joe
- Leslie
- Teri
- Juke
- Carrie
- Idaho
- Tina Rex
- Anton
- Tobias
- Carmen
- Molly
- Sussie
- Librarian
- School Nurse
- Anais (picture only)
- Rachel (picture only)
- Masami (picture only)
- Hector (picture only)
Quotes
- Penny: Somebody do something!
(Tobias pokes the wrapped up object with a stick.)
Miss Simian: What is going on here?! What are you poking - Eugghh! It looks like a wet diaper! (unravels the wrapped up object, revealing it is Principal Brown and gasps) Nigel!
All: IT'S PRINCIPAL BROWN!
- Principal Brown: (after bring knocked out of the nurse's office window unintentionally by Gumball, and lands outside) "This is... (painful grunting noises) ...extraordinarily painful. This can't possibly get any worse." (bus backs-up and crushes him off-screen and camera shifts toward the students recoiling seeing Principal Brown being crushed.)
- Gumball: Whoever did it raise your hand!
(No one raises their hand.) - Gumball: Alright, whoever didn't do it raise your hand!
(Everyone raises their hand, except Alan, the balloon. They all look at him.) - Alan: What?
- Gumball: Aha! So you did it!
- (Alan bumps him on the head.)
- Alan: Dude! I don't have any hands!!
Darwin: Who could it be? All this suspense is making me sweaty.
- Gumball: Why don't you wipe your brow with that toilet paper suspiciously stuck to the bottom of your foot? (gasps) CLUUUUUUE!
- Darwin: "Don't worry, Ms. Simian! We just called an ambulance!"
(Ambulance backs-up and crushes Ms. Simian off-screen and camera shifts toward the students recoiling seeing her being crushed.)
Trivia
- When Miss Simian was holding Principal Brown, he was animated in CGI.
- This episode has a DVD named after it.
- This episode first premiered as a sneak peek in the UK on May 2, 2011, more than two months before the air date of this episode in the US.
- When the bald Principal Brown is seen without the toilet paper and paint on him, the last bit of hair on his scalp is yellow-green-red instead of its usual creamy tan.
- Running Gags:
- A light illuminating the character who Gumball believes is guilty
- Gumball telling the rest of the class to raise their hand if they did it
- Someone being squashed by a vehicle
- This is the first episode in which Miss Simian is a major character.
- This is the first time that Sussie speaks.
- It is that revealed Principal Brown's first name is "Nigel".
- Gumball breaks the 4th wall when he says, "I said it was him!" to whoever is shining the light on someone.
Continuity
- If one looks very carefully at the yearbook photos, one can see Tina and Alan in their Early reel designs.
Cultural References
- The crushing sound heard when Principal Brown and Miss Simian were hit by a vehicle is used in the Grand Theft Auto series of video games, when pedestrians are run over.
Goofs/Errors
- Darwin and Penny did not appear to chase Gumball, but they are seen with the group at the end of the chase.
- When Bobert is first seen on the stairs when everyone enters the classroom he appears to be fully active, but he later states that he blew a fuse and was turned off.
- During the first display of Bobert's memory, no one can be seen opening the door, but during the second time it shows the culprit quite clearly.
- When Miss Simian is yelling at the children at the beginning of the episode, her face is a darker shade of grey than usual.
- In "The Robot", it is stated that Bobert cannot feel emotions, but in this episode, he finds something humorous and laughs at it.
- When Banana Joe crashes in Anton's face, Anton's face is covered with squashed banana, but when Anton, Idaho and Tobias are chasing Gumball on the ladder, Anton's face is spotless.
- At the Library we see Tina get hit by a bookcase, but afterwards at the corridor, she is seen chasing Gumball again. However, it is possible that Tina got out.
- In the scene where Rocky tackles Brown, his pelvis is invisible.
- During the scene when Brown walks by Rocky, footsteps can be heard. Brown doesn't have any feet, therefore he cannot wear shoes.
- Assuming the yearbook is arranged alphabetically, Darwin and Anais are out of order ("A" comes before "D").
- In Bobert's replay when Principal Brown is falling down the second flight of stairs, Gumball's head is invisible. After he crashed into Gumball's locker, the mistake has corrected itself.
- When the bus backed over Principal Brown, It was a goof because Rocky watched from the window, and he's the bus driver
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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 |
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| Episode 1 The Remote |
Episode 2 The Colossus |
Episode 3 The Knights |
Episode 4 The Fridge |
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| Episode 5 The Flower |
Episode 6 The Banana |
Episode 7 The Phone |
Episode 8 The Job |
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| Episode 9 Halloween |
Episode 10 The Treasure |
Episode 11 The Apology |
Episode 12 The Words |
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| Episode 13 The Skull |
Episode 14 The Bet |
Episode 15 Christmas |
Episode 16 The Watch |
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| Episode 17 The Bumpkin |
Episode 18 The Flakers |
Episode 19 The Authority |
Episode 20 The Virus |
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| Episode 21 The Pony |
Episode 22 The Hero |
Episode 23 The Dream |
Episode 24 The Sidekick |
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| Episode 25 The Photo |
Episode 26 The Tag |
Episode 27 The Storm |
Episode 28 The Lesson |
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| Episode 29 The Game |
Episode 30 The Limit |
Episode 31 The Voice |
Episode 32 The Promise |
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| Episode 33 The Castle |
Episode 34 The Boombox |
Episode 35 The Tape |
Episode 36 The Sweaters |
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| Episode 37 The Internet |
Episode 38 The Plan |
Episode 39 The World |
Episode 40 The Finale |
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| Episode 1 The Kids |
Episode 2 The Fan |
Episode 3 The Coach |
Episode 4 The Joy |
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| Episode 5 The Puppy |
Episode 6 The Recipe |
Episode 7 The Name |
Episode 8 The Extras |
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| Episode 9 The Gripes |
Episode 10 The Vacation |
Episode 11 The Fraud |
Episode 12 The Void |
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| Episode 13 The Boss |
Episode 14 The Move |
Episode 15 The Law |
Episode 16 The Allergy |
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| Episode 17 The Mothers |
Episode 18 The Password |
Episode 19 The Procrastinators |
Episode 20 The Shell |
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| Episode 21 The Burden |
Episode 22 The Bros |
Episode 23 The Mirror |
Episode 24 The Man |
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| Episode 25 The Pizza |
Episode 26 The Lie |
Episode 27 The Butterfly |
Episode 28 The Question |
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| Episode 29 The Saint |
Episode 30 The Friend |
Episode 31 The Oracle |
Episode 32 The Safety |
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| Episode 33 The Society |
Episode 34 The Spoiler |
Episode 35 The Countdown |
Episode 36 The Nobody |
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| Episode 37 The Downer |
Episode 38 The Egg |
Episode 39 The Triangle |
Episode 40 The Money |
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| Episode 1 The Return |
Episode 2 The Nemesis |
Episode 3 The Crew |
Episode 4 The Others |
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| Episode 5 The Signature |
Episode 6 The Check |
Episode 7 The Pest |
Episode 8 The Sale |
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| Episode 9 The Gift |
Episode 10 The Parking |
Episode 11 The Routine |
Episode 12 The Upgrade |
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| Episode 13 The Comic |
Episode 14 The Romantic |
Episode 15 The Uploads |
Episode 16 The Apprentice |
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| Episode 17 The Hug |
Episode 18 The Wicked |
Episode 19 The Traitor |
Episode 20 The Origins |
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| Episode 21 The Origins: Part Two |
Episode 22 The Girlfriend |
Episode 23 The Advice |
Episode 24 The Signal |
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| Episode 25 The Parasite |
Episode 26 The Love |
Episode 27 The Awkwardness |
Episode 28 The Nest |
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| Episode 29 The Points |
Episode 30 The Bus |
Episode 31 The Night |
Episode 32 The Misunderstandings |
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| Episode 33 The Roots |
Episode 34 The Blame |
Episode 35 The Slap |
Episode 36 The Detective |
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| Episode 37 The Fury |
Episode 38 The Compilation |
Episode 39 The Scam |
Episode 40 The Disaster |
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| Episode 1 The Rerun |
Episode 2 The Stories |
Episode 3 The Guy |
Episode 4 The Boredom |
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| Episode 5 The Vision |
Episode 6 The Choices |
Episode 7 The Code |
Episode 8 The Test |
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| Episode 9 The Slide |
Episode 10 The Loophole |
Episode 11 The Fuss |
Episode 12 The Copycats |
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| Episode 13 The Potato |
Episode 14 The Outside |
Episode 15 The Vase |
Episode 16 The Matchmaker |
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| Episode 17 The Box |
Episode 18 The Console |
Episode 19 The Ollie |
Episode 20 The Catfish |
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| Episode 21 The Cycle |
Episode 22 The Stars |
Episode 23 The Grades |
Episode 24 The Diet |
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| Episode 25 The Ex |
Episode 26 The Sorcerer |
Episode 27 The Menu |
Episode 28 The Uncle |
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| Episode 29 The Weirdo |
Episode 30 The Heist |
Episode 31 The Singing |
Episode 32 The Best |
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| Episode 33 The Worst |
Episode 34 The Deal |
Episode 35 The Petals |
Episode 36 The Nuisance |
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| Episode 37 The Line |
Episode 38 The List |
Episode 39 The News |
Episode 40 The Puppets |