Ben Bocquelet
Director
The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
Season 3
The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.
Released May 3, 2011
Episode 11 min
7+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction, Short
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Watch Providers: Hulu, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Boulder Media, Studio Soi, Dandelion Studios, Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
Network: Cartoon Network
8.1
S3E1 - The Kids
Gumball and Darwin's voices may be breaking, but they're showing no signs of growing up. Whilst Gumball and Darwin make fun of Mom and Dad for being old, their voices start to break. They try to ignore it, but everybody they meet reacts to their new and unpredictable voices.
June 5, 2014, midnight
7.2
S3E2 - The Fan
New Elmore Junior High student Sarah becomes Gumball and Darwin's obsessive number-one fan.
June 5, 2014, midnight
7.1
S3E3 - The Coach
The new coach at Elmore High stands up to Jamie. The new Coach witnesses Jamie bullying the other kids at lunch and steps in. Jamie is made to apologize, much to the amazement of the other kids. Gumball and Darwin worry about Jamie seeking revenge, especially when they see her sneaking into the back of Coach's car.
June 12, 2014, midnight
8.0
S3E4 - The Joy
When Miss Simian sees Gumball and Darwin joyful on Monday, she knows that something is wrong with them. She performs tests on them, but the nurse disapproves what she's doing. But suddenly, Gumball and Darwin start to infect the school with the 'Joy Virus', and it's up to Miss Simian and her tape player to cure the students.
June 19, 2014, midnight
8.2
S3E5 - The Puppy
The Watterson children's long-awaited pet puppy turns out to be a turtle which hates them.
June 26, 2014, midnight
7.8
S3E6 - The Recipe
Gumball and Darwin discover the secret behind their classmate Anton's immortality.
July 3, 2014, midnight
6.8
S3E7 - The Name
When Mom reveals that Gumball's real name is "Zach," Gumball adopts a cheesy, annoying persona to match the name. His family tries to make him remember the old Gumball, as this new Zach persona is progressively taking over Gumball's life and erasing his memories.
July 10, 2014, midnight
8.3
S3E8 - The Extras
Skits about the random extra characters seen throughout the series.
July 17, 2014, midnight
7.2
S3E9 - The Gripes
When Gumball and Darwin begin to complain about every little thing in their lives, the people of Elmore City mistakenly assumes charity cases and put together a benefit to raise money for them, leaving them having to fix the mix-up.
July 24, 2014, midnight
7.7
S3E10 - The Vacation
While driving to a campground, Nicole tells a horror story, which slowly starts to come true as their car breaks down and a stranger comes to help them out.
July 31, 2014, midnight
8.7
S3E11 - The Fraud
Gumball and Darwin discover Principal Brown's diploma is fake, and Principal Brown is determined to keep their discovery a secret.
Aug. 7, 2014, midnight
8.5
S3E12 - The Void
When Gumball and Darwin investigate a missing classmate, they discover a far greater mystery... about Elmore.
Aug. 14, 2014, midnight
7.7
S3E13 - The Boss
Mr. Robinson has a stress attack and needs a stuffing transfusion from his son Rocky the janitor. He won't take it unless Rocky gets a better job in life. Rocky gets one with Chanax, where he becomes a work drone. Gumball and Darwin now need to get Rocky's soul back from his boss in order to get him to surgery.
Aug. 21, 2014, midnight
8.0
S3E14 - The Move
Clayton, a compulsive liar tells Gumball and Darwin about his awesome martial arts move, and discover that he wasn't lying.
Aug. 28, 2014, midnight
6.8
S3E15 - The Law
Doughnut Cop shows Gumball and Darwin that the smallest misdemeanor can lead to a breakdown in law.
Sept. 4, 2014, midnight
7.2
S3E16 - The Allergy
Gumball needs to find a cure for Darwin's allergy before he sneezes Elmore off the map.
Sept. 11, 2014, midnight
7.9
S3E17 - The Mothers
It's Mother's Day and kids put their moms through a series of tests to determine who has the World's Greatest Mom.
Sept. 18, 2014, midnight
7.0
S3E18 - The Password
Gumball and Darwin are shocked to discover that Anais is Dad's favorite child.
Sept. 25, 2014, midnight
7.9
S3E19 - The Procrastinators
Gumball and Darwin spend the day doing other things instead of taking out the trash like their mother told them to do before she got back home.
Oct. 2, 2014, midnight
6.4
S3E20 - The Shell
Gumball inadvertently cracks open Penny's shell, and discovers who she really is inside...
Oct. 9, 2014, midnight
8.8
S3E21 - The Burden
Gumball and Darwin are left in charge of the class pet hamster, Chris Morris, but they end up leaving it at school over the weekend.
Oct. 16, 2014, midnight
8.5
S3E22 - The Bros
Darwin becomes jealous of Gumball and Penny's new relationship and sets out to find information that will break them up.
Oct. 23, 2014, midnight
8.6
S3E23 - The Mirror
Gumball refuses to forward an e-mail purportedly sent by a ghost, against Darwin's advice. When a curse begins to take effect and their family is dragged into another dimension, Gumball and Darwin seek Carrie's help to save them.
Oct. 30, 2014, midnight
8.4
S3E24 - The Man
After Granny Jojo brings her new boyfriend to dinner at the Watterson household, Richard forbids her from seeing the boyfriend again.
Oct. 30, 2014, midnight
8.9
S3E25 - The Pizza
The Wattersons have had a bad day, but it turns out Larry has too and it's about to get worse... for everyone!
Nov. 13, 2014, midnight
8.5
S3E26 - The Lie
Noticing that everyone is in the doldrums of January, Gumball and Anais invent a new holiday to spark excitement.
Nov. 20, 2014, midnight
7.6
S3E27 - The Butterfly
When a Butterfly emerges from its chrysalis Gumball and Darwin want to release it. Miss Simian warns them about the butterfly effect. Gumball releases it anyways, and a domino effect causes chaos throughout the city.
Jan. 8, 2015, midnight
8.2
S3E28 - The Question
Gumball and Darwin try to figure out the meaning of life after coming down from a sugar rush.
Jan. 8, 2015, midnight
7.6
S3E29 - The Saint
After failing at making Alan lose his temper, Gumball and Darwin decide to adopt Alan's positive attitude.
Jan. 15, 2015, midnight
8.3
S3E30 - The Friend
Gumball and Darwin help Anais make up an imaginary friend who turns out to be all too real.
Jan. 22, 2015, midnight
8.7
S3E31 - The Oracle
After discovering a prophetic painting depicting Gumball's naked run through the mall, he is determined to avoid that outcome.
Jan. 29, 2015, midnight
9.3
S3E32 - The Safety
Darwin becomes obsessed with safety after seeing a video in class.
Feb. 5, 2015, midnight
6.5
S3E33 - The Society
Gumball is convinced there is a Secret Society in school, and he wants in.
Feb. 12, 2015, midnight
8.3
S3E34 - The Spoiler
When Gumball and Darwin have to wait to see a movie, they must go an entire week without someone spoiling the plot.
Feb. 19, 2015, midnight
8.5
S3E35 - The Countdown
Miss Simian threatens to expel the boys if they are late for school, so they race a clock in order to arrive on time.
Feb. 26, 2015, midnight
7.7
S3E36 - The Nobody
Gumball and Darwin investigate the disappearance of the family's stuff only to find out some stranger is living in the house with them.
March 5, 2015, midnight
7.5
S3E37 - The Downer
When Gumball's family tries to cheer him out of an inexplicable lousy mood, he wishes they would all disappear.
April 5, 2015, midnight
8.5
S3E38 - The Egg
Nicole wants to show to Felicity that the Wattersons are a normal family, while her son, Billy, meets Anais.
April 5, 2015, midnight
8.0
S3E39 - The Triangle
Gumball grows jealous of Darwin's new talent.
April 12, 2015, midnight
9.0
S3E40 - The Money
The Wattersons become poor when Richard loses all their money.
April 12, 2015, midnight
Network: Cartoon Network
Episode Runtime: 11 min.
Season Runtime: 3122 min.
Released: May 3, 2011
Last Air Date: Oct. 30, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-Y7
Common sense age: 7+
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