Everything Wrong With The Amazing World of Gumball Part 1: Seasons 1-3 & Comics

EWW: The Triangle

[The school bell rings. Coach Russo is seen walking down the hallway, with the sound of a timpani with every step. She peels a banana, and a slide whistle plays with every peel. A trumpet blares loudly and scares her, making her drop her banana as a sad trombone plays. She bends over to get it as a baritone plays, but Mrs. Simian then bumps into Coach, accompanied by the sound of crash cymbals. The scene cuts to the gym, where Gumball and his classmates are preparing for the school marching band]
Nigel Brown: Excellent, Banana Joe. Now everyone has their instruments for the marching band.
Okay, I've said some things were so unlikely they were pretty much impossible before, but seriously!? The chances of every single one of those notes landing EXACTLY when Coach Russo and Miss Simian were doing the exact matching action every single time is just complete bullshit. There is literally more chance of the planet suddenly exploding out of nowhere than every single one of those notes allinging perfectly +25

Darwin: Oh no! In the hands of an expert, the triangle can be a subtle and very expressive— [Sighs, cut off by Gumball hitting the triangle] Come on, why don't you try to be good at something for once?
I mean, that right there is literally the full extent of what he could do with a triangle. What else do you expect him to do, play a full one note solo in the middle of the song or something? +1

Also, ex-fucking-scuse me!? How fucking dare you!? There are plenty of things Gumball is good at. He can play the ukulele, he can do perfect impressions of (at least) Nicole and Anais, he can come up with complex plans and ideas on the fly, he can sing incredibly well, and he's been shown to have at least a few of his mother's abilitie and powers on occasion too. The poor guy seriously does not get enough appreciation for his talents! +20

Gumball: Hm... nah. You see, when you try but fail, people think you're a loser. But if you skip the trying and decide to fail right away, then everyone thinks you got the talent but you're too cool to waste it on them. It's like chickens; no one knows if they can really fly or not. That's what makes 'em cool.
Darwin: So that's your life plan, huh? Be a massive chicken?
Gumball: Yes, and cackle at the eagles when they crash and burn.
Oh...my god. These two lines delve deeper into Gumball's mental issues than probably anything else in the series except for The Downer. The poor guy is so scared that he'll fail and get mocked at anything he tries that he refuses to even try in the first place. A result most likely from having his mother's intense pressure to succeed and high expectations bearing down on him all the time whilst he watches his siblings frequently pleasing and impressing her with seemingly little struggle. 

The fact he keeps all of this secret, and even turns it into a joke when he does somewhat open up about it to Darwin, is honestly heartbreaking. This poor little guy is too ashamed to tell anyone how he feels, and thus covers it up with jokes and sarcasm to make it seem like nothing. Someone get this guy a therapist, and talk with his family and a few hundred hugs right now!  -25

Whew, okay, things got pretty real and depressing there for a moment. Let's go back to the funny blue cat show now, shall we? 

Darwin: Principal Brown, may I audition for the solo?
Gumball: Dude, are you crazy?
Are you? Just because you don't want to try at anything doesn't mesn Darwin can't. He's his own person and can make his own decisions +1

Gumball: Do you even know how to play that thing?
Darwin: Nope! But I'll never know until I try.~
[Darwin takes a deep breath and plays the beginning Clair de lune on his slide whistle. Everyone is awestruck]
Darwin can somehow play the flute perfectly despite not once ever playing one in his entire life +1