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The amazing world of Gumball

I can’t explain my love for this show.

It has the right to be in the hall of fame of modern cartoons along with Steven universe, Adventure time, Phineas&Ferb…

There’s litteraly no other show that managed to be able to treat the millennial themes in a way that’s not cringy.

The amazing world of Gumball talked about:

-climate change (“the candidate”)

-politics

- fanfiction and fanarts

- adults and web

- drugs ( the episode about Darwin and potatoes is just a big methapor)

- parodies of movies (James Bond, detective movies, Star wars)

- managing relationships (Penny going out of the shell, Darwin/Carrie being so different but still working)

- working (“the schooling”, “The factory”, showing the worst side of being an adult without sugar coating it)

- depression (“the faith”)

- parental issues (“the parents”, Richard and his dad/mom)

- social justice warriors (and tumbrl)

- prejudices and stereotypes (“the worst”, “The weirdo”)

And all of this while creating an interesting plot around a complex anti-hero.

TAWOG DESERVES A MOVIE.

WE DESERVE A MOVIE.

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I’m very lonely

Hi I’m bored & lonely so if u wanna b friends then shoot ya shot thanksss gn

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PlayStation exclusives portrayed by TAWOG: #3

Uncharted 3

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PlayStation exclusives portrayed by TAWOG: #2

Detroit: Become Human

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PlayStation exclusives portrayed by TAWOG: #1

The Last of Us (far superior to any other game on earth)

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Cats

reblog if u agree

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KSKSKSKSKKS

OH YE OF LITTLE FACE

hey everybody, welcome to another amazing installment of Weird Biology and WOWIE ZOWIE do I have an odd one for you today!

this bizarre creature is among the largest of its kind, but bears hardly any resemblance to the rest of the family. (we’re sure this gets mentioned a lot at its family holiday dinners.) it has a real mouthful of a name and the spirit of a cranky old man about to whack you in the shin with his walker.

give it up for…

I’ll just give this image a moment to sink in.

(it’s also called the small-headed softshell turtle, because scientists are a bunch of mean highschoolers.)

seriously, I don’t even really know where to START with this guy. unlike the humble regular earnest hardworking turtle, the Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle does not have an armored shell (hence the name). instead, its shell is soft and leathery. like a pair of well-broken-in Timblerland boots, except that the boots will not bite you.

oh, he is absolutely going to bite you.

this soft pliable shell cuts down on the turtle’s weight by a huge amount, making them far more agile in the water and faster on land than a conventional everyman turtle (this should make you worried). the flattened shape of the shell also makes them more hydrodynamic, making them faster in the water than you can possibly imagine.

for a turtle, I mean.

this is an important advantage, because the Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle spends most of its life in the water. they live on the bottoms of sandy rivers across a wide area of central and southern Asia, where they reach sizes best described as fucking huge. adults can reach up to 45 inches (shell length only) and 260 fucking pounds (whole damn turtle). 

their total body length can be over a meter. fuuuuuuuuck. a turtle that size needs a LOT of shoulder room, especially because the adults are a bunch of cranky ginormous chompmonsters. (can’t really blame them, I guess. I’d be irritable too, if my head was that small)

now imagine a cheesed-off 260-pound turtle swimming towards you at Mach Fuck.

Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtles are aggressive, and will attack anything they consider a threat (including humans, fishing boats, and probably also rocks). their primary attack is to just bite the fuck out of whatever is annoying them , but their secondary move is the one to watch out for.

when terminally pissed off, the turtle extends the full length of its surprisingly long neck and delivers a literal cannon headbutt. this attack has been documented as being powerful enough to damage fishing boats. imagine what it would do to your face. (nothing good. if you see this turtle winding up, run.)

the true face of terror.

when left to its own devices, the Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle spends its time buried at the bottom of the river, waiting for its next meal to happen by. (which it can do almost indefinitely because softshell turtles can breathe underwater, holy shit.) once another animal smaller than itself passes overhead the turtle strikes, mortally wounding the prey with its nightmare bite (no joke, the first strike usually kills instantly. this is a creature capable of taking a chunk out of your leg). it’s a pretty solid gig, if you’re a lonely grumpmonster.

beats pumping gas all day, I guess.

in fact, the Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle spends so much of its life underwater that we… don’t really know all that much about it. apart from the biting thing, I mean. the turtle has been very clear on that.

we’re not even entirely sure how long they live, though captive turtles have made it more than 70 grouchy, grouchy years. locals in India claim that in the wild individual river bastards can stick around for up to 140 years, which I am inclined to believe because these people fish for a living and they have to remember where the boat-sinking nightmare turtles live.

it’s only common sense.

despite its wide range, the Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle is now considered Endangered. (note: this is not allowed. what would we replace them with? large cantankerous frogs? big passive-aggressive catfish? I DON’T THINK SO.)

this is primarily due to human hunting, as the turtles are consumed in huge number throughout Asia. (humans will eat anything.)

the government of India has now moved to protect the turtle, restricting trade and moving to conserve the species. we dearly hope this will be enough to save the grumpy frumpy river grandpa.

please stay with us forever, Narrow-Headed Softshell Turtle. we love your tiny tiny face and terrible attitude.

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IMAGE SOURCES

img1- Wikimedia Commons img2- conservationindia.org  img3-zoosrcool.wordpress.com  img4- Joel Sartore  img5- Turtle Survival Alliance   img6- Turtle Survival Alliance img7- The TeCake img8- Joel Sartore

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Thanks for showing us how it’s done, Gumball.

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Respect, yo!

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The Amazing World of Gumball Theories?

Anyone know any TAWOG theories? Like, Elmore is such a weird town known for every single object can talk at any given moment. And Bobert talks about mankind being a problem to the world but there’s no humans on the earth? Or are there? (There’s so much more to go on about, I’m sure watchers understand)

I feel like this show is too weird (IN A GOOD WAY) to not have theories. Please share some with me in the ask box, reblogs, or whatever!

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He’s not wrong...

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Give me a milk shower!!!

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The Amazing world of Gumball writers have been unleashed

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Self realization.

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I FEEL ATTACKED

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THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS OF ALL TIME

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Sell your cheese maker when you are short on cash, duh