The guy who put 3 stars and said the show is rubbish is a complete freak, this drawing is really cool..I'm a big fan of this drawing ... ben bocquelet is a myth .... it's a great start for a series ... 10/10 for this
6 Reviews
an incredible start
henzomagrelo17 July 2020
An Interesting Beginning
Tornado_Sam29 August 2020
"The DVD" was the pilot for one of my favorite Cartoon Network shows entitled "The Amazing World of Gumball", and because CN no longer shows the first episodes on the channel anymore, it took my pure curiosity alone to look this one up to see what it was like. As most others have stated, the series in its first season was only a shell of what it would later become, consisting more of slapstick comedy more than the witty, humorous and occasionally satirical dialogue that was sprinkled in later episodes. It is no surprise then that this episode is more goofy and silly in regards to humor, but for a pilot remains a great episode despite how primitive it seems in comparison to later ones.
In "The DVD", Gumball and Darwin are up to their usual stunts, this time involving them trying to escape paying a fine for a DVD they wrecked (some film called "Alligators on a Train"). The various things they go through to either get money to pay the fine or get away from their mom are enjoyable and fun, with an interesting if not exactly original conclusion. Being from Season 1, the art style is less refined in this episode, with differing character designs from the later seasons that make it considerably standing out on its own. I myself have not seen anything else from the first season apart from this, so that's is just me talking how it is definitely a jarring contrast compared to what the show would later become.
I also might have to say that the rating on IMDb for Gumball might be a 0.1 higher if some of the initial viewers from 2011 had changed their original ratings. The show definitely got far better, but for a first episode I thought "The DVD" was a fine start, even if it is only a sample of the crazy installments that later came.
In "The DVD", Gumball and Darwin are up to their usual stunts, this time involving them trying to escape paying a fine for a DVD they wrecked (some film called "Alligators on a Train"). The various things they go through to either get money to pay the fine or get away from their mom are enjoyable and fun, with an interesting if not exactly original conclusion. Being from Season 1, the art style is less refined in this episode, with differing character designs from the later seasons that make it considerably standing out on its own. I myself have not seen anything else from the first season apart from this, so that's is just me talking how it is definitely a jarring contrast compared to what the show would later become.
I also might have to say that the rating on IMDb for Gumball might be a 0.1 higher if some of the initial viewers from 2011 had changed their original ratings. The show definitely got far better, but for a first episode I thought "The DVD" was a fine start, even if it is only a sample of the crazy installments that later came.
I loved the episode!
vincentlucia-3770010 December 2017
Warning: Spoilers
The reason why I loved this episode because, one I loved how both Gumball And Darwin Both tried too get away with replacing the DVD with a cardboard cutout too make it look like a real DVD Dick. Without trying too get caught from their Mommy and the video store guy as well. But when the Mommy was riding on the dog and ran into the wall was priceless and so pretty funny as well. And also as well when the Mommy asked how much she would need too pay for the late DVD and then the video rental store owner guy said $25.00 dollars and then the Mommy wasn't mad anymore. But then when the family was just about too leave he guy said you also actually have too be paying $700.00 for the DVD since it was so very late. And then the Mom said run and the guy said hey wait. You have too still pay for it.
Great gumball start!
raulgm-2518023 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The episode is about gumball and Darwin breaking a record they had bought and had to return it, but thanks to that break could not come back and had to pay for it, do not tell your mom for fear that it is common and will give a replacement, but bad was the replacement, then your mom comes and sees everything and the moral here is sincerity but does not pay the mom because they had to pay a lot of money, incredible gumball! WOW.
The first episode .
fakeravenfortnite3 September 2021
A bad beginning!
I'm not kidding if I say "The amazing world of Gumball" starts with one of the worst opening dialogue I ever heard in a kid's cartoon (and this is one of the many problems of this show). It may be fine if the show was supposed to be for adults (as it was supposed to be in the first place) but it's rated TV-Y7 and it is completely inappropriate. I mean, what kind of messages this episode is trying to convey? Screw up your mom when she gives you a proper order? And wait, there's another bad message at the end of the episode which is much worse. The episode starts with Gumball (simply the worst name for a cat and for a main protagonist) screwing up his mom Nicole (she looks like his older brother or his father than his mom, even her chinese rip-off version from "Miracle star" has more femininity than her, and she always dressed like a Japanese high-school girl) to bring back a DVD to the DVD store. So Gumball finds Darwin using the DVD as pizza cutter (it's the first joke of the cartoon and it is completely unfunny) and clumsily destroys it. What happens next it's just too dull to describe. There's a chasing scene which is entertaining but forced. The chasing scene also gives us the opportunity to see some of the (many) weird- looking support/minor characters this show has. As the creator said, all the support/minor characters (except the Watterson) are rejected characters from ads (and this is not the movie "Foodfight!" but it has many elements in common) and we don't know why he chose so. I think ads characters must stay in ads because they have different settings. The episode ends, you won't believe this, with Nicole running away from paying a fine. So here we have the lesson number two for our kids: never pay the fines, just run away.
Gumball's first episode shows all its shortcomings. The jokes are atrocious, characters are atrocious, the story is super silly and horribly written (and it blows out my a** to see it was written by three guys. Really three guys put together to write this 10 min. long cartoon). Its contents are not beneficial and the good animations won't save the day. The main protagonists are annoying. Gumball's and Darwin's attitude is so goofy and juvenile that will never give you a laugh or a smile. I hope this show will get canceled after season 6 and and Bocquelet will find something else to do (I hope he won't make cartoons anymore). Also, if you ever get the DVD of this cartoon don't put it inside a DVD player. Smash it with a hammer and throw it in the dumpster where it should stay.
Final verdict 3/10. This was the first episode. Other 200 are waiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the torture just begun.
gporcelli-4123515 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
- Warning: this review contains spoilers! -
I'm not kidding if I say "The amazing world of Gumball" starts with one of the worst opening dialogue I ever heard in a kid's cartoon (and this is one of the many problems of this show). It may be fine if the show was supposed to be for adults (as it was supposed to be in the first place) but it's rated TV-Y7 and it is completely inappropriate. I mean, what kind of messages this episode is trying to convey? Screw up your mom when she gives you a proper order? And wait, there's another bad message at the end of the episode which is much worse. The episode starts with Gumball (simply the worst name for a cat and for a main protagonist) screwing up his mom Nicole (she looks like his older brother or his father than his mom, even her chinese rip-off version from "Miracle star" has more femininity than her, and she always dressed like a Japanese high-school girl) to bring back a DVD to the DVD store. So Gumball finds Darwin using the DVD as pizza cutter (it's the first joke of the cartoon and it is completely unfunny) and clumsily destroys it. What happens next it's just too dull to describe. There's a chasing scene which is entertaining but forced. The chasing scene also gives us the opportunity to see some of the (many) weird- looking support/minor characters this show has. As the creator said, all the support/minor characters (except the Watterson) are rejected characters from ads (and this is not the movie "Foodfight!" but it has many elements in common) and we don't know why he chose so. I think ads characters must stay in ads because they have different settings. The episode ends, you won't believe this, with Nicole running away from paying a fine. So here we have the lesson number two for our kids: never pay the fines, just run away.
Gumball's first episode shows all its shortcomings. The jokes are atrocious, characters are atrocious, the story is super silly and horribly written (and it blows out my a** to see it was written by three guys. Really three guys put together to write this 10 min. long cartoon). Its contents are not beneficial and the good animations won't save the day. The main protagonists are annoying. Gumball's and Darwin's attitude is so goofy and juvenile that will never give you a laugh or a smile. I hope this show will get canceled after season 6 and and Bocquelet will find something else to do (I hope he won't make cartoons anymore). Also, if you ever get the DVD of this cartoon don't put it inside a DVD player. Smash it with a hammer and throw it in the dumpster where it should stay.
Final verdict 3/10. This was the first episode. Other 200 are waiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the torture just begun.
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