

On his oversized head, he has six whiskers, but only five are visible most of the time. In the actual show, Gumball is a light blue cat. The decision was finally reached to have him blue, a decision that the show creator Ben Bocquelet liked, because he thought blue was not a color usually found on cats, and it had a "70's-80's Japanese mascot" sort of feel. In addition, a silhouette cat would be "hard to read" on the backgrounds planned for the show. The creators found this trait to be too restricting in terms of possible plots and stories. As the creators developed the character further, they decided to make him a black cat, as it fit the personality they had in mind for him: unlucky, but optimistic ( black cats symbolize bad luck in European culture). Not much thought was put into this choice as it was more of a placeholder than a final design. Originally, Gumball was meant to be a blue dog. Jacob Hopkins ("The Kids"–" The Copycats")ĭuke Cutler (" Gumball Chronicles: The Curse of Elmore" onwards) Logan Grove (seasons 1–2, most of " The Kids") Robinson, Chi Chi, Ribbit, Chi Chi's parents, Frank, Howdy, Grady, Zach, William (at times), Alan (at times) Robinson (unrequited), Bobert, Molly, Sarah, Sussie, Alan (at times), The blue Waterson (by Principal Brown in " Darwin's Yearbook: Banana Joe")ĭarwin, Penny (girlfriend), Carrie, Tobias, Banana Joe, Leslie, Rocky, Tina, Mr. Greg (by Darwin in " The Puppy" and the Internet in " The Intelligence") GumballOopsEggWobbleUnderpants (in " The Dress") The blue one (by Granny Jojo in " The Kiss")
