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2011 Release year. Gumball and Darwin babysit Anais "responsibly," whilst "irresponsibly" flooding the house.
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"The Responsible" is the second episode of season 1 of The Amazing World of Gumball.
Gumball and Darwin babysit Anais, while Nicole and Richard attend a PTA meeting.
The episode begins with Richard and Nicole getting ready for a parents' evening at school. The doorbell rings, and Nicole is greeted by a babysitter Richard arranged for online, believing the job to be about literally "sitting on babies." Disgusted, she slams the door on him, after which Gumball and Darwin present themselves as viable alternatives. Anais is horrified at the suggestion, but as their parents leave, Gumball promises not to disappoint.
Right from the start, Gumball and Darwin prove to be as overly-protective as possible, not letting Anais go upstairs out of fear of a potential accident, destroying their television to prevent commercials from corrupting her, and mismanaging a subsequent electrical fire. Through it all, Anais proves more adept, properly extinguishing the fire and pointing out the holes in their logic, but ultimately, since Nicole put them in charge, she is powerless.
Meanwhile, Nicole and Richard are waiting for the parent-teacher meeting outside of Miss Simian's classroom. Nicole tries to calm Richard down, reassuring that they are adults now and that Miss Simian has no power over them, but their subsequent encounter only rings true to the contrary.
To cheer Anais up, Gumball and Darwin decide to take her for a walk in the park, but she is dismayed at being attached to a child leash in doing so. While on the walk, Marvin teases her with a dog biscuit, causing her to angrily bite his hand; seeing this, Gumball and Darwin assume her to be hungry, and take her back home. They present her with a virtually inedible lunch, then proceed to chew the food up for her, which she then blasts in their faces with a straw. Seeing as there is a big mess, Gumball and Darwin make Anais take a bath.
Anais reaches her breaking point when they refuse to let her even bathe out of fear that the water is too dangerous, instead insisting she dry clean herself. She orders them to leave, then, behind their back, continues to fill the bathtub. Darwin hears this, but Anais says that she just flushed, which reminds Gumball that Anais needs to wear a diaper so she does not have an "accident."
Sick of her brothers' ridiculous demands, she starts running around the house while Gumball and Darwin chase her. Unbeknownst to the three, Anais forgot to turn off the faucet, and the water slowly overflows out of the tub. Anais manages to lock her brothers outside on the roof while she taunts them by deliberately disobeying their rules. She starts climbing down the ladder of their bunk bed to go take a bath "with real water" (as Gumball and Darwin forbid), but falls into the rising water which is flooding the house. Unable to open the window or the door, Gumball and Darwin are forced to enter through the sewers, coming out of the toilet inside to rescue Anais. The fireplace is the only opening to the outside, so they swim into it and are rocketed out into the sky from the chimney before falling painfully onto the sidewalk.
Main characters
•Gumball •Darwin •Anais (debut)
Supporting characters
•Nicole •Richard (debut)
Minor characters
•Miss Simian (debut) •Marvin (debut) •Albert (debut) •Daisy the Donkey (debut) •Banana Bob (debut) •Banana Barbara (debut) •Banana Joe (indirectly mentioned)
•This is the first episode to feature all five of the Wattersons, as well as marking the first physical appearances of Anais and Richard.
•Darwin shows off some of his fish-like qualities in this episode, such as his ability to breathe underwater, and his love of fish flakes.
•The writing credits for this episode include "Song Lyrics" credited to Michael Gendi, despite the fact there is no song present in this episode.
•It is possible that the episode originally contained a song.
•This episode aired as a preview of the series in the U.K.
•One of this episode's writers, Andrew Brenner, is also the current head writer for the U.K. children's TV series and global multimedia franchise, Thomas & Friends.
•Čeština (Czech): Zodpovědnost (The Responsibility)
•Español (Spanish): El Responsable (The Responsible)
•Français (French): Le responsable (The Responsible)
•Italiano (Italian): Tutta colpa sua! (All his fault!)
•Magyar (Hungarian): Felelősség (Responsible)
•Polski (Polish): Odpowiedzialni (The Responsible)
May 9, 2011 · The Responsible / The DVD. S1 E101: "The Responible" - Gumball and Darwin babysit Anais "responsibly," whilst "irresponsibly" flooding the house. / "The DVD" - Gumball is desperate to avoid a late fee on the rented DVD he accidentally destroyed.
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After Nicole and Richard leave, Gumball and Darwin are left in charge. Anais is about to go upstairs. Gumball and Darwin, however, forbid her by jumping on top of her because of their misleading belief about the dangers of stairs accidents. So instead, Anais decides to watch Daisy the Donkey.
May 3, 2011 · The Responsible: Directed by Mic Graves. With Logan Grove, Kwesi Boakye, Kyla Rae Kowalewski, Teresa Gallagher. Gumball and Darwin babysit Anais while their parents go to a school meeting.
