| The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball | |
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| Also known as | TWWWOG |
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| Created by | Ben Bocquelet |
| Based on | The Amazing World of Gumball |
| Developed by | Matt Layzell Erik Fountain |
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| Written by | Various |
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| Theme music composer | Ben Locket |
| Composer | Xav Clarke [b] |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
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| Network | Hulu (United States) |
| Release | July 28, 2025 – present |
| Network | Cartoon Network/HBO Max (internationally) |
| Release | October 6, 2025 – present |
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| The Amazing World of Gumball | |
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet and produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Serving as a revival (colloquially and formally referred to as a seventh season) [3] of the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–2019), the series premiered on Hulu in the United States on July 28, 2025, [4] [5] and internationally on Cartoon Network and HBO Max on October 6. [6] [7] The second season was released in the United States on December 22, 2025, [8] [9] and premiered internationally on February 2, 2026. [10] [11] In December 2025, the series was renewed for a third and fourth season, ahead of the second season's premiere. [12] [13]
Like its predecessor, the series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a mischievous blue 12-year-old cat, along with his 10-year-old adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.
During a press interview with WarnerMedia in September 2021, a seventh season and film adaptation of The Amazing World of Gumball was announced to have been greenlit. The film adaptation was originally intended to be a conclusion of the original program and "a new beginning in establishing the world for the accompanying series". [14] In December 2022, the season was confirmed to be in production by Emma Fernando, director of series production for Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. [15] At the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball was announced to be in production, with no release date confirmed. [16] [17] An EIDR listing would reveal that the seventh season would have 40 episodes. [18] At the following year's festival, details on the seventh season were revealed, including the announcement that it was now under full production, and a preview of the episode "The Burger", [19] which is the season premiere, was showcased. [20]
On May 19, 2025, it was announced that it would officially be retitled The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, with the season releasing in 2025 on Hulu in the United States and Cartoon Network and HBO Max internationally on October 6, 2025. All three Watterson children were recast: Gumball and Darwin are voiced by Alkaio Thiele and Hero Hunter, respectively, and Kinza Syed Khan voices Anais, marking the first time that Kyla Rae Kowalewski did not voice the character. Meanwhile, Teresa Gallagher and Dan Russell returned to voice Nicole and Richard Watterson, respectively. A teaser trailer was released to accompany the announcement. [21] [22] [23]
German-based Studio Soi and French-based Bobbypills provide animation and storyboard services respectively; the former had worked on the original series. Executive producers Matt Layzell and Erik Fountain had previously worked on the Netflix interactive series Battle Kitty , serving as series creator and supervising director, respectively.
The show has been branded as a revival series, though during production it was referred to as the seventh season of The Amazing World of Gumball. [2] [24] [3]
The day after the series premiered on Hulu, Ben Bocquelet announced that the season finale would be entitled "The Rewrite". [25] This episode will resolve the cliffhanger ending of the season 6 finale episode "The Inquisition"; the idea for the episode was originally pitched as a feature-length movie that would be produced after the original series' conclusion. [26]
On October 17, 2025, Fuse Post (a London-based recording studio and audio post-production facility) announced that production of the first season was finished. [27]
On November 19, 2025, it was announced that the second batch of episodes, which is being referred to as "Season 2", would release on Hulu in the US on December 22, 2025, [8] [9] followed by a Cartoon Network and HBO Max international release in February 2026. [10] [11]
On December 18, 2025, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third and fourth season of 40 episodes total. [12] [13] This announcement came ahead of the second season's premiere.
Episodes of the series are produced as individual 11-minute episodes. However, seasons of the revival series, which consist of 40 episodes per season, are split into twenty episodes per "season", with the intention for the following "season" to premiere on a different date. [28]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [29] | Written by | Storyboarded by | Hulu release date | U.K. air date | Prod. code |
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| 241 | 1 | "The Burger" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Oliver Hamilton | July 28, 2025 | October 6, 2025 [30] | GB701 |
Cold open: Seven years after the events of the original series, Gumball and Darwin wake up and sneeze off all the dust in Elmore, before going back to sleep for five more minutes. Main plot: After Miss Simian scares her class with a lesson on the dangers of eating fast food, Gumball and Darwin find it impossible to eat healthy due to high prices and ubiquitous marketing in their society due to the literal fast food monopolist, Mr. Bilderburger, who owns every food chain in Elmore. | |||||||
| 242 | 2 | "The Assistant" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock & Joe Parham | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 6, 2025 [30] | GB702 |
Sick of her lazy family, Nicole makes friends with Elmore Shippit's (the show's equivalent of Amazon.com) A.I. assistant, Ori, who helps her with the errands, listens to her stories, and tries to suck Nicole into her virtual world and kill off her family with a self-driving car. | |||||||
| 243 | 3 | "The Distance" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock, Joe Parham & Ben Bocquelet | Melanie Lopez | July 28, 2025 | October 6, 2025 [30] | GB703 |
Worried that Gumball and Darwin are getting too attached, Nicole gives Darwin his own room to separate the boys. Gumball tries to win back Darwin's attention when he moves on to new friends. | |||||||
| 244 | 4 | "The Thing" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock & Joe Parham | Oliver Hamilton | July 28, 2025 | October 6, 2025 [30] | GB705 |
When Granny Jojo is coming over for dinner, Nicole reminds Richard of "the thing". Obviously forgetting, Richard enlists the kids' help to retrace his memories. | |||||||
| 245 | 5 | "The Butts" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock, Joe Parham & Ben Bocquelet | Jeremy Abram Paoletti | July 28, 2025 | October 7, 2025 [31] | GB704 |
When Principal Brown feels ashamed of his butt, Gumball helps him regain body confidence in order to read his butt poem at a recital. | |||||||
| 246 | 6 | "The Traffic" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 8, 2025 [32] | GB711 |
To make up for ignoring her due to Nicole tending to her family's antics, the Wattersons take Anais to Daisyland after news hits that the park will be closing, but have to put up with traffic issues. | |||||||
| 247 | 7 | "The Astrological" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock & Joe Parham | Bianca Ansems | July 28, 2025 | October 9, 2025 [33] | GB707 |
Mr. Small has been promoted to science teacher due to school budget cuts, and teaches the class on how the stars can predict the future and play matchmaker. Gumball and Penny think it's ridiculous, but when everyone in school falls for their predicted pairs, Gumball worries that he and Penny aren't meant to be together. | |||||||
| 248 | 8 | "The Cheerleader" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 10, 2025 [34] | GB706 |
The Wattersons help Richard get on the school's cheerleading team and finally beat the generational trauma of having his dreams crushed by family members who don't believe in him. | |||||||
| 249 | 9 | "The Boring" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell & Todd Michael McClintock | Jeremy Abram Paoletti | July 28, 2025 | October 13, 2025 [35] | GB709 |
Gumball and Darwin discover that Molly's stories are so boring and long-winded that they can slow down and stop time, which they use to stall their fight against Tina. | |||||||
| 250 | 10 | "The Teacher" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 14, 2025 [36] | GB717 |
When Gumball's phone is confiscated, he follows Miss Simian and discovers that she is involved in a string of shady deals in order to get school supplies due to lack of educational funding. | |||||||
| 251 | 11 | "The App" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock & Joe Parham | Bianca Ansems | July 28, 2025 | October 15, 2025 [37] | GB712 |
When a new video-sharing platform called Clik-Sap (a spoof of TikTok) turns the kids of Elmore into mindless zombies due to their irresistible trends, Gumball and Darwin must fight its power. | |||||||
| 252 | 12 | "The Entrance" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 16, 2025 [38] | GB723 |
Gumball and Darwin get invited to Tobias' Tropi-Gal mansion party, despite that they think it's a flimsy excuse for him to hit on their respective girlfriends, so they plan to make a grand entrance. When they find out that no one is going, the boys help out by shipping some contraband cologne that causes vivid hallucinations and destructive behavior. | |||||||
| 253 | 13 | "The Letter" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Melanie Lopez | July 28, 2025 | October 20, 2025 [39] | GB708 |
When Darwin sends Carrie a love letter before learning that she hates romantic gestures, he, with Gumball's help, tries to retrieve it before she sees it. | |||||||
| 254 | 14 | "The Gut" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Joe Markham, Todd Michael McClintock, Joe Parham, Jessica Silcock, Naomi Smith & Tobi Wilson | Jawed Boudaoud | July 28, 2025 | October 21, 2025 [40] | GB715 |
When Richard eats Anais' science project, his gut turns into a sentient being who's smarter and more fatherly than Richard ever was. The gut slowly begins to consume Richard's whole body and attacks the kids. | |||||||
| 255 | 15 | "The Wrinkle" | Bryan Caselli, Todd Michael McClintock, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Jawed Boudaoud | July 28, 2025 | October 22, 2025 [41] | GB724 |
When Anais begins growing wrinkles due to stressing over her family's stupidity, she comes up with a way to fix everyone's problems. | |||||||
| 256 | 16 | "The Gourmet" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Todd Michael McClintock, James McNicholas & Tobi Wilson | Bianca Ansems | July 28, 2025 | October 23, 2025 [42] | GB716 |
After tasting Masami's gourmet, Gumball decides to become a member of the Yoshida family in order to have his own gourmet. | |||||||
| 257 | 17 | "The Pool" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, James McNicholas & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | July 28, 2025 | October 27, 2025 [43] | GB727 |
When Gumball, Darwin and Richard discover Mr. Robinson has a luxury above-ground pool, they try to get a dive in. However, after accidentally draining all the water, they must refill the pool before Mr. Robinson finds out. | |||||||
| 258 | 18 | "The Portrait" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Stephen M. Collins, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Joe Parham | Melanie Lopez | July 28, 2025 | October 28, 2025 [44] | GB710 |
Nicole wants a new family photo, but her parents, Mary and Daniel, visit with news that Mary is now divorced and dating her yoga instructor, Johnny Toucan, while Richard's con artist father, Frankie, visits and reveals he's dating his parole officer (an anthropomorphic ruler). | |||||||
| 259 | 19 | "The Climb" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Tobi Wilson | Julien Thompson | July 28, 2025 | October 29, 2025 [45] | GB718 |
Gumball gets trauma after an incident with the gym rock-climbing wall where his pants fall off, and tries to get over it. | |||||||
| 260 | 20 | "The Amadain" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Bianca Ansems | July 28, 2025 | October 30, 2025 [46] | GB730 |
Gumball is tricked into attending Penny's grandmother's birthday party, and is forced to endure in her family's weird traditions. | |||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [29] | Written by | Storyboarded by | Hulu release date | U.K. air date | Prod. code |
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| 261 | 1 | "The Summoning" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Tobi Wilson | Julien Thompson | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB725 |
Masami, Teri and Clare start a witch coven to steal positions for the yearbook club and recruit Darwin after discovering his love and empathy have magic in them. However, Masami gets too carried away at seeking revenge for her embarrassing photo from last year's yearbook. | |||||||
| 262 | 2 | "The Unfollow" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Jawed Boudaoud | December 22, 2025 | February 2, 2026 [47] | GB731 |
When Gumball and Darwin discover Sarah is no longer interested in them and has moved on to a new idol, they try everything to win her back. | |||||||
| 263 | 3 | "The Promposal" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Jessica Silcock, Naomi Smith, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Jawed Boudaoud | December 22, 2025 | February 3, 2026 [48] | GB720 |
When Penny becomes nervous of asking Gumball out to prom, she goes to the extreme to fulfil his expectations of a huge, crazy and special romantic gesture. | |||||||
| 264 | 4 | "The Trumpet" | George Gendi, Matt Layzell & Michele Cavin | Melanie Lopez | December 22, 2025 | February 4, 2026 [49] | GB714 |
When Nicole buys Gumball a trumpet in order for him to start doing something productive with his life, the latter gets carried away into thinking he's a musical genius. | |||||||
| 265 | 5 | "The Synthesis" | Shane McCarthy & Ben Bocquelet | Matt Layzell | December 22, 2025 | February 5, 2026 [50] | GB739 |
When Anais and Masami start feeling embarrassed of their mothers at the school's career day, Nicole and Yuki team up to impress them but go way too far. | |||||||
| 266 | 6 | "The Cheapmas" | Bryan Caselli, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Rachel WD & Ben Bocquelet | Melanie Lopez | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB733 |
When Christmas gets cancelled in Elmore due to high prices, Gumball and Darwin team up to save the holiday and remind the citizens what Christmas is truly about. | |||||||
| 267 | 7 | "The Score" | Bryan Caselli, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Rachel WD & Ben Bocquelet | Jawed Boudaoud | December 22, 2025 | February 6, 2026 [51] | GB728 |
When Gumball and Darwin try to help Ocho with his anger issues, they discover that his life is a literal video game and is harder than it seems. | |||||||
| 268 | 8 | "The Diary" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell & Todd Michael McClintock | Bianca Ansems | December 22, 2025 | February 9, 2026 [52] | GB726 |
When Gumball and Darwin find pieces of paper from a diary and assume it's from Clare, they play matchmaker to reunite a broken relationship. | |||||||
| 269 | 9 | "The Punishment" | Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Rachel WD, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Aurelie Charbonnier | December 22, 2025 | February 10, 2026 [53] | GB732 |
When Gumball and Nicole are sentenced to summer school for their constant arguing and bickering, the two discover it's all just a ruse and decide to play along. | |||||||
| 270 | 10 | "The Roast" | Bryan Caselli, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Rachel WD, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Julien Thompson | December 22, 2025 | February 11, 2026 [54] | GB729 |
After one of Gumball's roasts on Alan goes too far and lands him in big trouble, he decides never to remark on anyone's flaws again. | |||||||
| 271 | 11 | "The Survivalists" | George Gendi, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Melanie Lopez | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB719 |
When Gumball and Darwin bet they can stay outside in the wilderness with no clothes or food, it soon backfires and they quickly regret it after learning that nature isn't a safe place. | |||||||
| 272 | 12 | "The Labels" | Bryan Caselli, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Rachel WD, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Julien Thompson | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB734 |
When a new guidance counselor replaces Mr. Small and starts posting name tags on many people based on their distinctive personality, Gumball and Darwin try to put a stop to it. | |||||||
| 273 | 13 | "The Fools" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Rachel WD | Jawed Boudaoud | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB736 |
When Gumball discovers that no one is celebrating April Fools' Day, he goes too far with his pranks and soon has the entire town rioting against him. | |||||||
| 274 | 14 | "The Homework" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Ben Bocquelet | Julien Thompson | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB722 |
When Anais forgets her homework back at home, a sick Gumball is forced to return it to her through harsh conditions that leave him questioning why's he doing it. | |||||||
| 275 | 15 | "The Sonder" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock & Rachel WD | Matt Layzell | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB740 |
When Gumball questions the point of the show's minor characters, Darwin tries to show him the difference between thinking about yourself versus thinking about others, and that they might have sad and depressing backstories too. | |||||||
| 276 | 16 | "The Mister" | Bryan Caselli, Michele Cavin, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Todd Michael McClintock, Rachel WD & Tobi Wilson | Bianca Ansems | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB738 |
When Idaho becomes a man, Gumball and Darwin decide to help navigate him through the trials of adulthood, but soon discover that many adults think like kids too. | |||||||
| 277 | 17 | "The Tracking" | Ruby Clyde, Rachel WD & Ben Bocquelet | Matt Layzell | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB741 |
When Richard accepts Harold's bet of using a fitness tracker to help him lose weight, his family is forced to help him accomplish his goal, or else they also suffer from the consequences of the bet. | |||||||
| 278 | 18 | "The Pants" | Michele Cavin, Ruby Clyde, Jessica Combs, Kate Davies & Rachel WD | Melanie Lopez | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB737 |
A terrified Gumball is unable to cope with the fact that Banana Joe is now wearing pants, and does everything he can to convince him to take them off. | |||||||
| 279 | 19 | "The Necroprancer" | Bryan Caselli, Jessica Combs, Matt Layzell, Shane McCarthy, Todd Michael McClintock, Tobi Wilson & Ben Bocquelet | Bianca Ansems | December 22, 2025 | TBA | GB735 |
When Gumball is tired of letting Carrie use his body for her dates with Darwin, the three enter the Underworld to find Carrie a permanent body. | |||||||
| 280 | 20 | "The Rewrite" | Ruby Clyde, Rachel WD & Ben Bocquelet | Oliver Hamilton | December 22, 2025 | February 2, 2026 [47] | GB742 |
Following the events of "The Inquisition", Rob was rescued from the Void by the Awesome Store's shopkeeper and tries to rewrite the episode's plot to stop Gumball and Darwin from figuring out the truth behind the franchise's strange continuity and 7-year gap. However, due to a Standards and Practices issue, Rob and Gumball's reencounter was cut short, as the former falls back into the Void but is rescued by a "post-credits scene" where the shopkeeper decides to retire and hands the store over to Rob, as he begins his quest to save Elmore from the Void. | |||||||
According to Nielsen rankings, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball debuted with 363 million minutes watched in its first week, and was ranked 10th in most streamed originals. [55] [56]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 100% of 5 critics' reviews are positive. [57] Fernanda Camargo of Common Sense Media rated the series a three-out-of-five stars, stating the series has "more social and political commentary, with implied meanings that might be tricky for younger kids to grasp." [58] David Kaldor of Bubbleblabber.com gave the series a 7 out of 10, noting that "there's no time skip or aging up of the characters" and that "everyone's pretty much exactly where they left off at the end of the last show." [59]