Everything Wrong With The Amazing World of Gumball

EWW: The Bros

Gumball: Cossack dance, but there's a problem with it.
Darwin: What?
[Gumball gets off of his seat, and dances. He repeatedly kicks himself in the face as he does so]
I'm...surprised Gumball actually knows the name of this dance. Seems unlike him to care enough to have actually researched the actual name of it. Would have been way more like him to just call it something like "the dance where you fold your arms and kick your legs" or something. But kudos to him for actually going out of his way to learn about something for once, I guess! -1

[Darwin makes an old man face. They laugh again. The bus stops, and Penny gets off]|
Penny: Thanks!
[Gumball sees Penny, and they stare at each other affectionately]
Darwin: [Off-screen] And what's your best party trick?
[Gumball sticks his finger into a nostril and it comes out through his ear. He wiggles it around, flapping his ear in the process. Penny giggles and walks off]
Awwwww, i love that they re-used a snippet of the soundtrack from the iconic scene in The Shell here. I guess that makes that track the official theme of Gumball and Penny's relationship? Hell yeah! -5

Gumball: So, who would you invite?
Darwin: Never you mind!
Gumball: Oh, come on! Tell me!
Darwin: [Blushes] No, you first!
Gumball: Oh, fine. [Sing-song voice] But you gotta say yours at the same time. On three. One. Two. Three.
Gumball: Penny!
Darwin: You!
That...was nowhere near the same time +1

[They are both surprised. Darwin is angry and Gumball is shocked]
Gumball and Darwin: What?!
[The bus stops, and the brothers get off]
Darwin: I AM NOT MAKING A SCENE!
Gumball: Okay.
Darwin: AND I'M NOT JEALOUS OF PENNY!
Gumball: Dude, don't freak out. There's enough space in my life for the both of you.
[Many Darwins appear around Gumball, crowding him]
Darwin: She's crowding us!
Darwin: She's suffocating us!
Darwin: She's oppressing us!
Darwin: She's smothering us!
[They all speak at once, disappearing as Gumball interjects]
Gumball: Okay, enough! I wanted your opinion on something important, but if it's gonna be like this, then just go home! I need to go to the store anyway. [Walks off]
[Darwin's anger turns into sadness, and he begins to sob. Suddenly, he becomes angry again]
Darwin: BACK OFF, PENNY FITZGERALD! HE'S MY BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER!
Alright...firstly, was Darwin seriously expecting Gumball to say anyone else than Penny? I mean,  he made it extremely obvious that he was imagining this as a romantic get-together, so of course he was gonna pick her +1

Also, what happened to Darwin talking to 'Chris Morris' and working out his issues with Gumball and Penny last episode? Like, he realized he was just overeacting and projecting his own insecurities onto Gumball and that he had nothing to be concerned about. Yet now he's discarded all of that and has gone back to not only acting like he was before, but even worse. Which begs the question...why include that scene in the last ep if you were just gonna completely ignore it the very next episode? +10

[Darwin stretches his eyes and navigates them around Penny. They watch her from above. Penny soon notices them]
Penny: Oh hi, Darwin.
Hahahahaha, I love how totally unphased Penny is by this -1

[Later, Penny and Carmen enter the cheerleaders' dressing room, talking]
Penny: ...made these funny faces at me through the window of the bus and— Oh, hi Darwin.
[All the girls except Penny and Carmen gasp at Darwin, who is up in the ceiling, holding onto two beams. He falls down, runs to an open locker, and applies makeup on his face in an attempt to disguise himself as a girl. Certain that it is not working, he grabs a bottle of powder from Carrie and throws it to the ground, where it explodes into a cloud. As the girls cough, he escapes]
Penny: [Coughing] Bye, Darwin.
[Even later, Sussie and Penny are sitting on a bench in the schoolyard. From behind a dumpster, Darwin uses a listening device to eavesdrop on Penny]
Penny: Here, Sussie. I know how much you love chicken skin, so I saved some from last night's dinner.
Sussie: SUSSIE LOVES CHICKEN SKIN!
[She grabs some and rubs it all over her head, screaming and laughing loudly. The noise makes Darwin shatter to pieces. Penny and Sussie notice him and walk over]
Penny: Hi, Darwin.
[The pieces of Darwin scream, sprout legs, and flee]
Penny: Aaaand... bye, Darwin.
Sussie: CHICKEN!
[Penny yelps, startled]
[The bell rings. In class, Penny writes on a piece of paper while humming. She grabs her bag to put a book in it. Opening it, she gets startled to find Darwin inside, reading her diary]
Darwin: Hi, Penny. Nice, um... diary.
Penny: Hey, how about you come to lunch with me and Gumball, seems like maybe you wanna talk, right? [Closes bag with him still inside] Right. [Walks off]
Okay, trying to peak into her locker was one thing, but now Darwin is just outright stalking the poor girl. Even with abandonment issues, this is not a normal reaction or response. At all. Darwin needs professional help/therapy now, because he clearly has a lot of pent up emotions and fears he needs to talk to someone about. +20