Why I'm Covering The Amazing World of Gumball

Why the heck am I gonna start covering a cartoon?

Well, there are two shows that I follow religiously: one, of course, being SNL, while the other is a little cartoon called The Amazing World of Gumball.

It has to go down as criminally underrated, one of the few shows on Cartoon Network to not have an established fanbase, and it desperately needs one. It succeeds on every possible level for the kind of show that it is: the visuals are stunning, the characters are a lovely palette, and most importantly, the stories are unique. It's one of the few cartoons to beat the living crap out of the fourth wall without coming across as desperate and it's experimented with the medium more than any other show I can think of. Heck, one episode is built around the episode glitching out while another makes fun of cartoon's consistent resetting and reverting back to normal after every episode by forcing the titular family (The Wattersons, for future reference) to frantically fix everything.

The show's discussed nihilism, the meaning of life, depression, and everything in between perfectly whereas so many others have offered little insight. It even flip-flops genre, covering prison drama, dystopian fiction, zombie thriller, and more. Heck, its most famous scene features their entire world deconstructing, flowing into a computer-generated nightmare, storyboards, and Post-it notes.

Now is as good a time as ever for me to hop on the bandwagon. The show's seasoned voice actors are in the middle of puberty and the show's only got one season left with a lot of unanswered questions. I thought it would also be a good time considering that the next episode - "The Code" - is a classic Gumball episode that will play a ton with visuals and hopefully serving as a great introduction to its comedic stylings.
With that being said, get ready for a whole lot more content. Oh, dear God.