The Trans Amazing World of Gumball Episode

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  • @jessy4616
    @jessy4616 9 месяцев назад +1267

    There's also the part in one episode where Gumball tries to do cheerleading, and is upset. His mother thinks it's because he has to wear a skirt, but he tells her that he's upset because "what if I'm not as good as the other girls".

    • @Sdir
      @Sdir 7 месяцев назад +53

      Awwwww TT

    • @xabieraldeabehal3425
      @xabieraldeabehal3425 5 месяцев назад +20

      So relatable it hurts

    • @St4r_S1ugz
      @St4r_S1ugz 5 месяцев назад +7

      I don’t remember that one but maybe I should watch it again idk

    • @Femyoz
      @Femyoz 5 месяцев назад +9

      Aaaaaaaaaaa wtf why is that so relatable though

    • @KristopherPrime
      @KristopherPrime 3 месяца назад +4

      so he made a hilariously ridiculous joke where it seems the nosense of the attire was starting to get to him a little. doesn't count as anything "trans related".

  • @laraprisma6381
    @laraprisma6381 9 месяцев назад +1744

    One thing is, Richard has already shown himself to be a drag fan in another episode, if I'm not mistaken it's the episode in which Darwin becomes a dictator. And no one in his family questions that he's in drag, I mean, they question whether it was necessary to knock out the guard, and he just does a pirouette!

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +171

      His skirt literally went spinny!

    • @zombieattacker5221
      @zombieattacker5221 6 месяцев назад +26

      Also when gumball found out his real name was Zach he also make Richard dress as "second mom"

    • @rosied7082
      @rosied7082 25 дней назад +1

      Where Darwin becomes a what

    • @laraprisma6381
      @laraprisma6381 25 дней назад +4

      @rosied7082 Darwin Becomes a Safety Dictator After Watching a Creepy Safety PSA. It's a wild episode!

  • @CalamitasCalliope
    @CalamitasCalliope 9 месяцев назад +3575

    A very interesting part about Richard is the fact that crossdressing is a fairly consistent part of his character. If a plan involves someone having to dress up as an attractive woman, Richard is almost always the one who does it, and it never really goes down the usual transphobic route. It usually just works

    • @gandalf_the_purplewithredd2057
      @gandalf_the_purplewithredd2057 9 месяцев назад +467

      tbh richard slays

    • @Floofy_Fox_Gal
      @Floofy_Fox_Gal 9 месяцев назад +520

      Sometimes it doesn’t even have to involve dressing up, he just likes dressing in drag

    • @Numbabu
      @Numbabu 9 месяцев назад +314

      He’s just a queen. It’s a nice hobby.

    • @donutcat5535
      @donutcat5535 9 месяцев назад +184

      And there’s even the whole episode where he becomes an old lady so he can have some friends
      Edit: oops, I made this comment before I watched the video

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +295

      Like that one time in the episode where Darwin becomes a dictator and overthrows the town, and they have to distract a guard to get into the complex, and Richard dresses up as an attractive woman, only to just throw a fire hydrant at the guard. And when asked why he had to dress up as a woman, he just says “so I can do this” and literally spins so his skirt can go spinny. You know, this show was a lot stranger than I remember, and a lot more queer.

  • @rosieg6989
    @rosieg6989 9 месяцев назад +641

    Gumball isn't perfect, but I love how there is a lot of gender-norm breaking, and anytime Gumball or Darwin are made fun of for "feminine" things they either clap back or at the very least the show makes it clear that those teasing them are in the wrong. One of Gumball and Darwin's favourite games when they were around 5 or 6 was princess. There mom is also the money maker in the family, loves among other things karate, and sometimes hulks out and beats people up. One of my favourite moments from the dad is immediately after gumball is born he holds him to his chest while Nicole rests and feeds Gumball by taping a cartoon of milk with a straw to his chest, there are many ways he could have fed him or not at all and just wait for Nicole to wake up, but he decided to do it in a way that was closest to natural for a new born baby.

  • @oliverfulayter5515
    @oliverfulayter5515 9 месяцев назад +863

    I always loved how Gumball has dealt with gender non-conformity. Definitely one of the reasons that I'm whatever gender is funniest at that moment.

    • @JayLeeBeanz
      @JayLeeBeanz 4 месяца назад +10

      It sure does help that many of the characters are inanimate objects! Balloons and pieces of paper don't have a set gender, they can be whatever they want or none at all

  • @brumm0m3ntum94
    @brumm0m3ntum94 9 месяцев назад +352

    knowing gumball, there’s a pretty good chance that the joke of samantha being in richard’s league has a layer that’s not saying samantha is in a lower league, but that nicole is in a league of her own

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +90

      Nicole is straight up terrifying.

    • @DoomSlayer-vu3nt
      @DoomSlayer-vu3nt 9 месяцев назад +56

      Have you seen the anime fight she had with Masami's mom? she's is definitely in another league

    • @gramerjenna
      @gramerjenna 7 месяцев назад +14

      I mean two cosmic entities who are able to shape the fate of the universe do fit each other if you ask me

    • @thegrandxbunny2073
      @thegrandxbunny2073 6 месяцев назад +12

      @@gramerjenna The difference is Richard doesn’t realize how powerful he is.

  • @fermentedoj315
    @fermentedoj315 9 месяцев назад +275

    There was also an episode where gumball is trying to impress his crush penny by trying out for the cheerleading team. His mom shows up and he's crying, Nicole assumes its because he's embarrassed about wearing a skirt, but he immediately shuts that idea down and instead starts crying about how the leotard is unflattering, and is worried that the other girls might laugh at him for being terrible at cheerleading. Also him and Darwin dressing as girls to make a doll commercial for fun, Darwin strutting around in heels, and the MANY other times Richard has dressed in drag. Gumball is pretty lax with gender roles and gender presentation.

  • @candlemakerkat2535
    @candlemakerkat2535 9 месяцев назад +250

    One of the teachers is a hippie. I wouldn't be surprise if the candles had drugs in them.

    • @katherinetressler1508
      @katherinetressler1508 9 месяцев назад +32

      They actually do make cannabis candles and have for a while so, yeah that is exactly what he has😂

    • @OctEddie
      @OctEddie 5 месяцев назад +10

      @@katherinetressler1508Yeah, the show blends adult and kid humor quite well. We the adults know that Mr. Small is a hippie and shares cannabis edibles with the other teachers, but most kids won’t understand that and see him as just eccentric and weird.

  • @IcyDiamond
    @IcyDiamond 9 месяцев назад +1372

    I like the fact that all the girls weren’t jealous of Girl Gumball
    Maybe they were all kind of attracted to her, food for thought

    • @foggy8298
      @foggy8298 9 месяцев назад +145

      They were literally all attracted to her yes lol

    • @helixsol7171
      @helixsol7171 9 месяцев назад +126

      EVERYONE was attracted to Gumball, which is weird because Gumball was literally only wearing a dress and looked no different from normal, so why is nobody like this any other time?

    • @IcyDiamond
      @IcyDiamond 9 месяцев назад +235

      @@helixsol7171 He just really kills that dress, don’t really know what else to say

    • @helixsol7171
      @helixsol7171 9 месяцев назад +24

      @@IcyDiamond
      Probably

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +51

      Bisexual Penny confirmed?!?!?

  • @ReinFever
    @ReinFever 9 месяцев назад +3570

    he has blue hair and pronouns i thinks

    • @Super-Vision
      @Super-Vision 9 месяцев назад +475

      purrnouns

    • @delmattia96
      @delmattia96 9 месяцев назад +51

      Good joke, wish I had thought of it.

    • @ADudeWithAChannel
      @ADudeWithAChannel 9 месяцев назад +72

      I really wanna dye my hair blue again soon
      Blue hair and pronouns everyone

    • @rainestorm6029
      @rainestorm6029 9 месяцев назад +20

      You mean methinks?

    • @purple_dragon2
      @purple_dragon2 9 месяцев назад +27

      blue fur and pronouns

  • @marmottic4726
    @marmottic4726 9 месяцев назад +1071

    I highly recommend the episodes "the shell" and "the transformation". Penny's transformation is a very obvious trans allegory.

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +54

      Haven't watched the episode yet but I'm surprised she didn't cover them as well, judging from the comments. I'd emailed her months ago mentioning those two episodes and Penny's story and her friction with her parents and such. Kinda bummed they didn't get a mention :c

    • @sapphicseas0451
      @sapphicseas0451 9 месяцев назад +9

      Yeah I would have thought they would be brought up!! Surprised they arent

    • @alexcat6685
      @alexcat6685 9 месяцев назад +15

      It seemed to be more so personality change as result of family enforcement, no so much genderdysphoria not being allowed to be atleast helped.
      Though I see how it can be seen as both, It's about I'd more so individualism in accepting your differences, as well unlike her family she prefers to be out her shell or locked personality.
      Which can be viewed gay in the closet, Individual with a Gender they'd like to move into or a person restricted for their own self due to Fear of failure.(personal one)
      It is mainly challeneging preconcived notions that don't really work. espically with those you care about.

    • @AutisticPenguin0923
      @AutisticPenguin0923 9 месяцев назад +5

      that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard

    • @princeofdarkness4711
      @princeofdarkness4711 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@AutisticPenguin0923 ikr? It kinda disregards how a girl's phase through periods is also very important to them.

  • @Kusotario
    @Kusotario 9 месяцев назад +3236

    Im surprised you didn't touch on the episode "the shell". That episode has a whole trans allegory going on it

    • @benjamincarlson4998
      @benjamincarlson4998 9 месяцев назад +862

      Yea especially with the follow up episode that focuses on the after math of pennys relationship with her family after “cracking her shell” it’s basically a trans storyline

    • @RasmusVJS
      @RasmusVJS 9 месяцев назад +314

      And it's also just one of the best episodes in the series.

    • @B0ynion
      @B0ynion 9 месяцев назад +342

      For me her character is good gender fluid allegory

    • @Computer-Woman
      @Computer-Woman 9 месяцев назад +79

      one of few episodes of a cartoon network show i remember the plot of well, i guess that could be why lol

    • @helixsol7171
      @helixsol7171 9 месяцев назад +210

      ​@@B0ynion
      She literally becomes fluid too lmao

  • @lilpetz500
    @lilpetz500 9 месяцев назад +1320

    Fun fact; Gumball has a deadname, but it's more so because he managed to absolutely humiliate himself with his birth name, with remembering it causing him to have an identity crisis, and make the name into a toxicly masculine alter ego, complete with Richard in a dress and makeup again.
    Idk, could be a gender story?

    • @nicreven
      @nicreven 9 месяцев назад +89

      Zac...

    • @linoinkyplantythingy
      @linoinkyplantythingy 9 месяцев назад +277

      True, He literally had to reclaim his identity by erasing his former name from the universe and overwriting it with his own

    • @gnoot50
      @gnoot50 9 месяцев назад +41

      oh i forgot about that!

    • @Herorajna
      @Herorajna 9 месяцев назад +4

      O!!

    • @seyspectra
      @seyspectra 7 месяцев назад +10

      I did watch Gumball, but not every single episode, so I must have missed that.
      I literally never noticed that everyone had more or less normal names except Gumball.

  • @warallthetime03
    @warallthetime03 9 месяцев назад +867

    i feel like if gumball was a trans woman she would go by "gumball" anyways since it's already a chosen name

    • @clothpillow7218
      @clothpillow7218 9 месяцев назад +81

      I mean GUMBALL retained that factor in the dress!

    • @sylverscribs0490
      @sylverscribs0490 9 месяцев назад +19

      wasn’t his real name zach

    • @warallthetime03
      @warallthetime03 9 месяцев назад +113

      @@sylverscribs0490 exactly, and gumball is her chosen name :)

    • @sarafontanini7051
      @sarafontanini7051 9 месяцев назад +103

      boy, girl, either they will always remain Gumball

    • @adamiel_warning
      @adamiel_warning 9 месяцев назад +52

      @@sylverscribs0490 yeah it was, but now is legally Gumball so he finally could end the indentity crisis Zach was producing him after discover his name was Zach, so now Gumball is just Gumball

  • @eddie-roo
    @eddie-roo 9 месяцев назад +395

    There’s actually a more explicitly trans episode called “the shell” which explores penny (the peanut-moose girl) literally coming out of her shell to be a new person, in this case some sort of shape shifting yellow blob of sorts, and having to deal with your usual coming out problems.

  • @oliver9644
    @oliver9644 9 месяцев назад +883

    There actually is a sort of trans/gay story with the gender-fuckery fashion diva character Leslie (the flower)! There's a lot of exploration of gender roles and gender identity all hidden in the background (occasionally he's the focus but it's usually about his or Gumball's ego).
    Also in an early season episode, he's in a "girl's only" treehouse talking about boyfriends (they were still figuring out the characters so his gender wasn't defined but it still counts).

    • @user-vt5qg7hj1m
      @user-vt5qg7hj1m 9 месяцев назад +117

      Yeah I'm gonna start headcannoning leslie as a trans man now sndjdh thanks!

    • @gandalf_the_purplewithredd2057
      @gandalf_the_purplewithredd2057 9 месяцев назад +137

      I always imagined leslie as a hermaphrodite flower that dables in both genders when they want to, to me leslie will always be my favorite enby "intersex" icon tbh

    • @ViktorErikFade
      @ViktorErikFade 9 месяцев назад +63

      Leslie being trans or nonbinary makes alot of sense

    • @ADudeWithAChannel
      @ADudeWithAChannel 9 месяцев назад +61

      ​​@@gandalf_the_purplewithredd2057we don't use that word anymore
      It's a slur
      say intersex instead
      But yeah that seems fair

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +32

      Well, he is a flower, so… INTERSEX LESLIE CONFIRMED?!?!?!?!?!

  • @sandwichqueen
    @sandwichqueen 9 месяцев назад +145

    Gumball is a pretty nonbinary name ngl. And it's his chosen name as well.
    Also, the parents are a gender role flip. Nicole is the breadwinner that is scary and Richard is the stay at home parent who trys to make everyone feel better. They also say screw conformity pretty often. The current series finale is about not conforming to social norms.

    • @alliekat1431
      @alliekat1431 Месяц назад +1

      Add that next to sock and rock 👍
      (I say this as an NB, lol)

  • @demetriam2408
    @demetriam2408 9 месяцев назад +150

    There's also that one bit in the shipping episode where Sarah makes an AU where Gumbal is an anime babe who gets married to the AU Darwin

    • @supersinger9000
      @supersinger9000 9 месяцев назад +28

      Wearing the same dress from said episode.

    • @rigboy1234
      @rigboy1234 5 месяцев назад +8

      Thinking back at It, that's weird considering they're siblings

    • @demetriam2408
      @demetriam2408 5 месяцев назад +4

      @@rigboy1234 honestly I was never sure if I should actually consider them that or not. They live in the same house and Darwin is technically adopted, but they kiss way too much for me to be comfortable calling them anything more than really close friends.

    • @FluffyFurry6663YT
      @FluffyFurry6663YT Месяц назад +2

      In that same episode, Sarah makes Larry propose to Mr. Small with the book. And Mr. Small just has a dress ready under his clothes lol [though, I'm assuming the book also had a part in that]

    • @Aphelion.s_Abyss
      @Aphelion.s_Abyss Месяц назад

      Yeah but that was a thing befire that episode even happened

  • @8monday0110
    @8monday0110 9 месяцев назад +50

    not to mention the fact that gumball is not his given name, but rather a chosen name

  • @pessoaanonima8435
    @pessoaanonima8435 9 месяцев назад +107

    I freaking love TAWOG, the way they show big problems in the world is both informative and hilarios, like that one episode where the family change places, and Nicole is saying how difficult is to be a woman, that people always cut them in the middle of their phase and the episode straight up end in the middle of her talking kkkkkkkk

  • @builttoscalevideos
    @builttoscalevideos 9 месяцев назад +174

    In retrospect, it’s interesting to think about why The Dress was my favourite episode as a teen lol.

    • @theflyingspaget
      @theflyingspaget 9 месяцев назад +15

      A lot of cis TAWGB fans have The Dress as their favorite episode but I have not met one trans fan who doesn't have it as their favorite episode

    • @DoomSlayer-vu3nt
      @DoomSlayer-vu3nt 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@theflyingspaget I'm sorry to be that guy but I am very much a grammar and acronym lover. the acronym is TAWOG (The Amazing World Of Gumball

    • @pemanilnoob
      @pemanilnoob 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@theflyingspagetI’m on the trans umbrella and the dress is very much not my favorite episode…
      My favorite episode is the shell… so… uh… not breaking any stereotypes huh

  • @dannydevito7145
    @dannydevito7145 9 месяцев назад +241

    Incorporating trans fem Gumball into my world view now, thank you Lily 🫡

  • @NyxTheScary
    @NyxTheScary 9 месяцев назад +137

    Prob my fav episode of Gumball. I think any Golden Girls related content makes me happy. I remember watching the show with my grandmother when I was younger.

  • @Sezenian
    @Sezenian 9 месяцев назад +121

    I read a comment in one of your other videos that "My Life as a Teenage Robot" also has Trans related messages. They said that for example, XJ9 is technically Non-Binairy but she feels feminine, even having an episode where she feels the need to "dress up" (in a skinsuit) to become a 'Real Girl'.
    Maybe this is worth looking into, and if you're not familiar with the show (or you are), it's a good excuse to (re-)watch it! ;)

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +25

      What are you talkin about? She's a robot, of course she's binary! WAKA WAKA :p

    • @groundbird7477
      @groundbird7477 9 месяцев назад

      @@nobody.of.importanceisn’t this the future with quantum computing and all? Also, why are you taking Pistachio’s words?

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@groundbird7477 Kind of. Quantum computers can perform tasks that would take classical computers thousands of years to calculate by taking advantage of quantum superposition, but they won't ever replace classical computers, as there's many things they can do that quantum computers can't. Also, who's Pistachio?

    • @groundbird7477
      @groundbird7477 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@nobody.of.importance from Chowder, though it may be Snitchel. Quantum ones can do one or zero or neither or both, I thought that was what Jenny was programmed with, If not, I apologize

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@groundbird7477 Ahh, I haven't watched Chowder, admittedly. And Jenny MIGHT be a quantum computer? It's been over a decade since I watched it. No need to apologize tho, I was just makin a dumb joke.

  • @MouseTheGoblin
    @MouseTheGoblin 9 месяцев назад +46

    As a kid from the 2010s, I did recognize them! Me and my mom used to watch it all the time, 2010s kids used to be comfortable with watching show likes this with their parents because most of us had zero control over the remote

  • @dylanbryant1710
    @dylanbryant1710 9 месяцев назад +350

    Babe wake up, Lily Simpson Posted!1!!!!1!!1

  • @crumstopher
    @crumstopher 9 месяцев назад +38

    Another great video from Lily "Candle Eater" Simspon

  • @elciervoparaguayo3756
    @elciervoparaguayo3756 9 месяцев назад +26

    Richard being comfortable dressing as a woman is a running theme in the series even outside of that episode. A fun fact about The amazing world of gumball is that the character Leslie (a pink flower) is an accidentally made trans character in the frech and spanish translations, he was a girl in the first season and then they corrected and made him a boy from season 2 onwards.

  • @gingercore69
    @gingercore69 9 месяцев назад +133

    What, you didnt start your transition for entreteinment? Mine was so i could use my biological advantage to play chess, but turns out there is no biological advantage, and i dont know how too play chess... Oh well, at least now i look cute! And that burning sensation that im.not girly enough has disapeared for the most part... I totally did it to play chess

  • @ab_3963
    @ab_3963 9 месяцев назад +59

    TAWOG is so underrated ahhh!! while rewatching it this year it was quite fun to notice queer subcontext/context, there's more than i had thought lol. if you don't mention them in this video, i think Rotten Cupcake is an interesting case of gender fuckery in the show, among some others. also i do believe that Richard is canonically bi

    • @anothermiddleschoolburnout8816
      @anothermiddleschoolburnout8816 9 месяцев назад +3

      Richard a fantasy of himself kissing the president in an episode. Cross-dressing is also a very frequent occurrence with him.

  • @dionysus_adores
    @dionysus_adores 9 месяцев назад +44

    Those voice actors were so incredibly convincing too, I thought they were really them. For the frist few lines at least

  • @torifite6081
    @torifite6081 9 месяцев назад +35

    "...enjoyed my voice as background noise" is way too accurate lol. I almost always have one of your videos up as I do my testosterone injection each week :)

  • @godslaughter
    @godslaughter 9 месяцев назад +49

    I mean this with utmost love
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    Finally, my time has come. I love this show so much, I think the reason why it works so well is because the fuckery is taken to such an extent that the most comfortable aren't safe, and the show is overall very inclusive. The dress episode is "eh, it's alright" in my opinion, but they significantly improved their writing afterwards. It's pretty obvious how far they really wanted to go with the inclusion of funny queer topics and punchlines which are never looked down upon, Richard is a crossdressing queen, Leslie is very likely a gay fashion icon, Gumball I think is canonically pansexual, the episodes with the Hot Dog Guy were purposefully written with gay undertones, Gumball is also obsessed with Rob, his nemesis, which also has gay undertones (there's a whole episode in which Gumball acts like he's being dumped by Rob after he had started searching for a better "guy to hate", the writers also have this ongoing meta joke regarding Gumball and Darwin being in a brolationship but some people took it far and they even included Gumwin ships, it's hysterical. The show is chaos.
    So far I remember: Richard crossdresses in the episode where Darwin freaks out over safety and creates a totalitarian regime in which nothing dangerous can happen (censorship, proofing, etc), Richard dresses as a "hot elf" for a roleplaying session (?), Richard crossdresses to become "man mom" in the episode where Gumball's alternate identity takes over because he found out about his real name (Zack) and is having an internal fight over it, and he also has an entire episode dedicated to him where he crossdresses alongside other crossdressing men who wanna hang out together in drag. There is likely something else that I am forgetting.

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +11

      Beautiful chaos is a great way to sum up this show. The episode that always sticks out in my mind (though not related to gender fuckery) was the one where Richard gets a job and that somehow causes reality itself to begin falling apart xD

    • @Victoria_drawz
      @Victoria_drawz 9 месяцев назад +12

      When it comes to Gumball being pan, I would say it’s half cannon because you’re right about him not being straight because the creator said, when some one asked if Gumball was gay, that Gumball loves who he loves.

  • @benjamincarlson4998
    @benjamincarlson4998 9 месяцев назад +55

    Great video but I’m a little surprised that you didn’t include The Shell and The Transformation as those episodes always seemed like trans metaphors for me

  • @ShadowTheLight
    @ShadowTheLight 9 месяцев назад +440

    transfem gumball... perhaps

    • @peckmech
      @peckmech 9 месяцев назад +32

      Gumbella

    • @ThatCake
      @ThatCake 9 месяцев назад +20

      Mayhaps… i jest, lest?

    • @at-the-jozlen
      @at-the-jozlen 9 месяцев назад +39

      Genderfluid Gumball, even better

    • @ShadowTheLight
      @ShadowTheLight 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@at-the-jozlen :0

    • @acemagalor2519
      @acemagalor2519 9 месяцев назад +24

      Literally in one episode when he and Darwin are making a fake online profile, this exchange happens:
      Darwin: but why would you make them (the fake online account) a woman?
      Gumball: it’s just how I feel inside

  • @thegoatcarnival
    @thegoatcarnival 9 месяцев назад +15

    Under the surface, Gumball is a very LGBT+ positive show. There are a lot of gags where characters will imply that they're attracted to someone of the same gender, but it never feels like the punchline is just "gay people funny."
    There's also the iconic joke where love is being described, showing a cute animation of a man and a woman experiencing signs of attraction, before they run past each other into the arms of another man and another woman. The show then proclaims there are no rules to love, so they dance instead.

  • @Alexanderissilly
    @Alexanderissilly 9 месяцев назад +43

    3:50 I need lily to see those melts for wax warmers that are literally JELLY oml i cannot stop myself if I see them in public yknow what im gonna do

  • @ghost_evermore
    @ghost_evermore 9 месяцев назад +26

    I've always headcannoned gumball as either a femboy or transfem nonbinary. Gumball as a transgirl also works really well imo

  • @idioteza
    @idioteza 9 месяцев назад +25

    In The Worst, Gumball and Darwin complain about not being allowed to like things perceived as femenine without being ridiculed. It isn't the main point of the episode, but I still find relevant to the pointof this video!

  • @ratty4949
    @ratty4949 9 месяцев назад +52

    I keep forgetting how weird Gumball as a show is. Like
    Who thought of the Golden Girls thing? Thats such an interesting cimcept but also so utterly odd

    • @PatManDX
      @PatManDX 9 месяцев назад +3

      Golden Girls has a loooooot queer fans, especially back in the 90s. Not to mention that the Golden Girls was very progressive for its time, still is in some respects.
      If the creators wanted to make an episode that touched on queer topics (albeit semi-directly) and affirmed it, they're likely pull from stuff that was popular back in their own youth that was already associated with queer culture.

  • @theKabbage
    @theKabbage 9 месяцев назад +10

    Wild, I've been revisiting this show the last few days and now this pops up. Fantastic timing

  • @Purpie_Slurpie
    @Purpie_Slurpie 9 месяцев назад +15

    YES I was hoping you would cover this sometime in the future and the future is NOW

  • @nobody.of.importance
    @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +15

    Yeah, ya never covered the ones I emailed ya about! Penny's character is such a trans allegory that I'm disappointed you didn't cover em. Maybe a part 2, some time in the future?
    Loved the video tho. That dress looks really cute on ya. c:

  • @HotDogTimeMachine385
    @HotDogTimeMachine385 9 месяцев назад +59

    16:24
    "You're trans??"
    "Yeah, I was bored. shrug" 😂

  • @bertsipsom8004
    @bertsipsom8004 9 месяцев назад +31

    Wasn’t there an episode where Gumball tried to adopt his birth name and had an entire mental breakdown? I dunno man, not the cissiest of things going on there.
    Also, I like to think that he may be a Demi Girl :)

    • @GDRhythmic
      @GDRhythmic 9 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah that happened. I think his name was Zack, right?

    • @somerandomguy3129
      @somerandomguy3129 2 месяца назад

      You do know that he simply wants to keep his name to Gumball because he's used to it. And... Demi Girl? Wtf you smoking on?

  • @Site_42
    @Site_42 9 месяцев назад +30

    Ayyy love to see the 100K number on your channel 🎉

    • @spongewaffle
      @spongewaffle 9 месяцев назад

      Yo the scp channel is here let's go!

  • @weezerpop5961
    @weezerpop5961 9 месяцев назад +9

    The episode about Gumball's 'deadname' also has themes of forcing yourself to fulfill a hupermasculin role. It just makes a good setup to reveal Gumball as a nonbinary or binary trans person.

  • @kaylaa2204
    @kaylaa2204 9 месяцев назад +10

    I will never not be amazed by transphobes ability to find affirmation for their hatred in the most vague and mundane of places, like children’s shows

  • @Channel9001
    @Channel9001 9 месяцев назад +11

    Grandma JoJo's controlling behavior and toxic relationships was a re-occurring thing in the episodes that feature her, and it's presented as being a large part of why Richard is the way he is. Also, Louie is Richard's step-father who married JoJo after Richard was an adult, because Richard's biological dad abandoned the family when he was younger. Heavy stuff for a kid's show, but it's always played for laughs.

    • @glitterboxx19
      @glitterboxx19 25 дней назад +1

      Richard's dad was a con artist and he left because he was aware that he was a bad influence on Richard ( I wish he cleared up the misunderstanding to grandma Jojo because she hates him for leaving her alone to raise their son )

  • @Frantasia
    @Frantasia 9 месяцев назад +154

    "Or enjoyed my role as background noise" .... how dare you call me out like that, listening to you while i woo my two stardew valley wives, Haley and Leah.

    • @ashlyn5787
      @ashlyn5787 9 месяцев назад +7

      hey. those two are my wives!! >:(

    • @theflyingspaget
      @theflyingspaget 9 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@ashlyn5787there's enough of them to go around (hopefully because they're my wives too)

    • @MyoticTesseract
      @MyoticTesseract 9 месяцев назад +1

      you do that while i chill with my wifey emily

    • @chrispiritas
      @chrispiritas 9 месяцев назад

      HELPPP I PLAY STARDEW WHILE I LISTEN TO THESE TOO DHJDJD

    • @AmethystUltrakill
      @AmethystUltrakill 9 месяцев назад

      literally me but krobus

  • @zero7649
    @zero7649 9 месяцев назад +27

    Okay, but I would absolutely watch a 4hr video on Life is Strange? Like? Yes please?

    • @luxtobeyou
      @luxtobeyou 9 месяцев назад +1

      Literally I heard that, gasped and scrambled to my phone screen like, "Is this a joke?? Don't play with my emotions, is this serious???" 😂

  • @HeroNotFound05
    @HeroNotFound05 9 месяцев назад +11

    Gumball is such an incredible show that tackles a lot of these questions so well

  • @sir._.anderson
    @sir._.anderson 9 месяцев назад +23

    I think it would be interesting if you talked about Dipper Pines and like the conspiracies about him being trans and being super fragile of his masculinity. It’s not cannon at all and there are no trans episodes but Dipper was the reason I realized I was ftm ASFSAHAHAHA

  • @lucasflanagan656
    @lucasflanagan656 9 месяцев назад +7

    There was also that part in the episode “The Shippening” where a fanfiction version of Gumball was depicted as a human woman

  • @gamelover254er
    @gamelover254er 9 месяцев назад +14

    surprised u didn’t talk abt penny or more abt gumball’s trans-coding, this show has A LOT of trans episodes

  • @Applemangh
    @Applemangh 9 месяцев назад +12

    Gumball is a pretty good show. It was always pretty creative, but it also tended toward being really wholesome and heartfelt, especially in later seasons.

  • @Rabbitibi
    @Rabbitibi 9 месяцев назад +9

    Just when I was looking for something to watch while I had lunch, great video as always!

  • @lucyread
    @lucyread 9 месяцев назад +23

    As a kid in the 2010s i got the golden girls reference. Loved it

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +5

      I was born in 89 and I didn't get the reference until muuuuuch later. Weird how that works, eh?

  • @natachasmith2539
    @natachasmith2539 9 месяцев назад +6

    lily i just want to say i love seeing your videos pop up on my feed, i always think they look like the most rediculous video topic but then they are just always so great

  • @The_one_goblin
    @The_one_goblin 9 месяцев назад +54

    I think another Gumball specific point you could make is that his ”real” name is “Zac”, and Gumball is a nickname. I can’t remember what episode this is revealed in, but it is possible that one could take that as him choosing a more gender nonconforming name

    • @anothermiddleschoolburnout8816
      @anothermiddleschoolburnout8816 9 месяцев назад

      It's briefly mentioned that Gumball is *technically* a nickname in the episode "The Promise". This is followed up on in "The Name" where it's revealed that Gumball doesn't even remember his legal name because he's been called Gumball for so long by literally everyone.

    • @alexjewett7455
      @alexjewett7455 8 месяцев назад

      Also at the end of the episode, he legally changed his name to gumball.

  • @Stitch_Thealien
    @Stitch_Thealien 9 месяцев назад +17

    I've never watched Golden girls so my first thought was crossdressing anyways. It's actually how I found out about the show's existence, it's pretty cool!

  • @Danund81
    @Danund81 9 месяцев назад +41

    Oooo! I was hoping we'd get to this one eventually!

  • @gweniverebrown699
    @gweniverebrown699 9 месяцев назад +14

    You should talk about the tranness of star vs. the forces of evil. Marco has some questionable moments there

  • @OfficalRowen
    @OfficalRowen 9 месяцев назад +7

    I love your videos Lily. I can't afford Patreon right now, but I hope I'll be able to in the future. Congratulations on 100k

  • @alexanderiscool6528
    @alexanderiscool6528 9 месяцев назад +11

    i also like how penny is lowkey a trans allegory

    • @reap3514
      @reap3514 9 месяцев назад +7

      I think the great thing abt penny is she’s not exclusively a reference to anything so you can input any idea on her that you want abt hiding or being ashamed of your identity, as a poc (who is trans) I remember loving her bc she felt like a poc to me but as I grew up I also began seeing her as At least some form of queer or trans :3

  • @luizairinam2136
    @luizairinam2136 9 месяцев назад +96

    I ADORE GUMBALL

    • @bookshelfhoney
      @bookshelfhoney 9 месяцев назад +8

      I've never watched it but I love cartoons I'm excited for a new show to check out!

    • @laraprisma6381
      @laraprisma6381 9 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@bookshelfhoney This show is really good and hilarious! It has several animation styles and even an episode that plays with the concept of animation!

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@laraprisma6381oh, I don’t remeber that one. Do you know which one it is?

    • @laraprisma6381
      @laraprisma6381 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@woodykrska9947 I think it's the episode The Money, relatively towards the end of the episode.

  • @afrophoenix3111
    @afrophoenix3111 9 месяцев назад +4

    "Golden Girls/Gumball crossover" was nowhere near my Bingo card.

  • @TheSoup222222
    @TheSoup222222 9 месяцев назад +3

    i recall suggesting this one at some point and im so happy to see it talked about!

  • @IcyDiamond
    @IcyDiamond 9 месяцев назад +79

    Video Idea: Trans characters in Undertale/Deltarune
    There are plenty of trans characters in both games with very positive representation
    I’d love to see your take on them!

    • @TheFakeJake_UwU
      @TheFakeJake_UwU 9 месяцев назад +33

      I mean, I guess?
      But the point of the series is that we're supposed to feel surprised that there's a trans episode, or aspect, of a series
      It's about queer people, in not necessarily queer media
      What you're proposing wouldn't really fit, wouldn't it?
      Idk, "The gay episode of Steven Universe" wouldn't really be that shocking of a title

    • @IcyDiamond
      @IcyDiamond 9 месяцев назад +25

      @@TheFakeJake_UwU That’s actually a really fair point, honestly I kinda headcanon that the reason Mettaton is so embarrassed about his ghost past is because of his fear of people judging him, which could be an interesting narrative to dissect imo

    • @spongewaffle
      @spongewaffle 9 месяцев назад +13

      As a UT/DR fan, I absolutely love that idea, especially with characters like Mad mew mew, mettaton, and to some extent kris

    • @woodykrska9947
      @woodykrska9947 9 месяцев назад +11

      Yeah, there are more queer characters in those games than their are cis-hets. There’s Alphys, Undyne, Kris, Frisk, Chara, Susie, Noelle, The Mad Mew Mew, Monster Kid, Napstablook, The knights, and (probably) Mettaton.

    • @noahvaught6588
      @noahvaught6588 9 месяцев назад +9

      I support this. I'm a trans girl who stole her name from Deltarune.

  • @mostamazingrace
    @mostamazingrace 9 месяцев назад +33

    You should check out the Pound Puppies episode "There's Something About Camelia". Being a dog that identifies as a cat isn't exactly trans... but the episode reads as being about the struggles of a closeted kid.

  • @BrawlSnorlax
    @BrawlSnorlax 9 месяцев назад +10

    There mom is out if his league the whole family accepts it. Richered even tells a woman to keep quite about it. I think she was flirting with Nicole.

  • @katies3733
    @katies3733 9 месяцев назад +3

    Love this!!!!!! Who knew that gumball was mainly going to be the golden girls part two?

  • @mk-aka-morgan8386
    @mk-aka-morgan8386 9 месяцев назад +4

    I’m so glad you’ve hit 100k, you deserve the attention 💕💕💕 Loved the video!!!

  • @kersingi
    @kersingi 9 месяцев назад +20

    Asking for the "The Trans Zombie Land Saga Episode" for the engagement.

  • @Aletakar
    @Aletakar 9 месяцев назад +15

    I have eaten a candle and I was okay. Did not taste good tho

    • @tabsterg
      @tabsterg 7 месяцев назад +1

      like ate the whole thing? or just a bit out of curiosity¿

    • @Aletakar
      @Aletakar 7 месяцев назад +2

      @tabsterg For curiosity. I was blowing out a birthday cake and was licking icing off the candle and the impulsive thought sounded like why not?

  • @kichardsreef9110
    @kichardsreef9110 9 месяцев назад +4

    Congrats on 100k subs! Love this channel. Keep up the good work.

  • @mailam8846
    @mailam8846 9 месяцев назад +6

    so it was a drag episode? that was pretty much flawless? yeah nice

  • @Scuzzbopper.
    @Scuzzbopper. 9 месяцев назад +7

    Show Suggestion: Quark (1977, TV Series). A short-lived (8 episodes) US sci-fi sitcom series, parodying Star Trek and other sci-fi. One of the regular supporting characters was “Gene/Jean” and I’m just going to quote wikipedia: “Gene/Jean is a ‘transmute’, a humanoid being with a complete set of both male and female chromosomes. He/she serves as the ship's engineer.” All the episodes are available on RUclips at the moment.

  • @bookshelfhoney
    @bookshelfhoney 9 месяцев назад +14

    Lily I'd love to see you cover Summer Camp Island someday!

    • @bookshelfhoney
      @bookshelfhoney 9 месяцев назад +5

      The character puddle is non binary, there's other LGBT representation for sure, I'm trying to remember if there's any trans episode(s) specifically

  • @Serratiger
    @Serratiger 9 месяцев назад +4

    I've yet to watch that show but you really make me want to!

  • @bbbmd2007
    @bbbmd2007 9 месяцев назад +11

    holy shit I just realized this show helped me discover my gender identity

    • @rileylove37
      @rileylove37 9 месяцев назад

      How

    • @bbbmd2007
      @bbbmd2007 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@rileylove37 see a guy wearing a dress and seeing it be ok aloud me to see that I could also wear a dress, and then one thing after the other and I realize I'm a girl

  • @RepChris
    @RepChris 9 месяцев назад +5

    4:35 Hey! I used to be a kid in the 2010s and i grew up watching golden girls (with my grandmother; its an awesome show)! I wouldnt have been able to recognize the cartoon version, but that might just be the face blindness

  • @TwinRiver100
    @TwinRiver100 9 месяцев назад +6

    12:24 (SANDRA DICKINSON?!)
    THE SANDRA DICKINSON, as in American version of Trillian from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?!
    oh snap, I can totally hear it now!
    also bumped this episode up a little more as one of my favorite episodes! 😆🔥

  • @respectthefish4992
    @respectthefish4992 Месяц назад +3

    im glad i watched this show as a kid

    • @dm.3145
      @dm.3145 Месяц назад

      Samee I loved it so much

  • @Aranlia
    @Aranlia 9 месяцев назад +1

    I muted a live webinar on AI to watch this; it was definitely worth it. Thanks for another great video!

  • @buggypc9753
    @buggypc9753 9 месяцев назад +4

    Tawog covered is so real I LOVE THOS SHOW!!! Thank you!

  • @NeverCallKriss
    @NeverCallKriss 9 месяцев назад +11

    I thought yesterday about Lily making a video about this episode, weird.

  • @efkastner
    @efkastner 9 месяцев назад +1

    It felt like your humor was on a whole new level this episode and I’m here for it!

  • @jellyfishicalinc8377
    @jellyfishicalinc8377 9 месяцев назад +32

    Pls consider Blue Period, it has a legitimate trans bisexual character but the representation is very weird for so many reasons

    • @cassdraws06
      @cassdraws06 9 месяцев назад +5

      to be honest I'd rather we wait until we get more context of Yuka (I assume that's who you're talking about). I'm up to date with the manga and although there's genuinely really good scenes with her I think there are lots of set ups for her to be more relevant later

  • @owoellen
    @owoellen 9 месяцев назад +40

    i feel like, with my special interest in this show, i know exactly what episode this video is about
    edit: i was right :3

    • @nobody.of.importance
      @nobody.of.importance 9 месяцев назад +4

      Dude, same tho! The Amazing World of Gumball is in my opinion the greatest cartoon to grace TV. It's brilliant in almost every respect.

  • @HotDogTimeMachine385
    @HotDogTimeMachine385 9 месяцев назад +9

    There's a trans episode of the cartoon about the cat and goldfish family? Color me intrigued.

    • @RaraZeCat
      @RaraZeCat 9 месяцев назад +1

      There’s also two episodes centred around penny that’s an allegory :3

  • @BlissfulAriana
    @BlissfulAriana 9 месяцев назад +11

    I'm glad you found your niche. You're cool.

  • @briannem.6787
    @briannem.6787 9 месяцев назад +8

    finally, catgirl representation

  • @Panguinolucy
    @Panguinolucy 9 месяцев назад +15

    Make it only for you of course
    Also still waiting on Alluka from hunter x hunter season 6

  • @Ilikebiltong-ht4xn
    @Ilikebiltong-ht4xn 9 месяцев назад +4

    Not sure if this is from me asking for this or not but either way Thank you so much! ♡

  • @beautai549
    @beautai549 9 месяцев назад +4

    one of my favorite shows ever actually

  • @dracocrusher
    @dracocrusher 9 месяцев назад +5

    "Guys only want one thing and it's to get dolled up to turn into a mature woman to hit on dudes with your gal pals, I guess???"
    As a Trans Woman, fuck yeah! That sounds about right.

  • @Stolas.the.Enby1312
    @Stolas.the.Enby1312 9 месяцев назад +9

    Samantha got one HELL of a glowup!

  • @thaosrules
    @thaosrules 9 месяцев назад +6

    i for one would gladly watch a four hour life is strange video

  • @blameitoncapitalism
    @blameitoncapitalism 9 месяцев назад +4

    Gumball is a MASTERPIECE. it's the best cartoon of the 2010s hands down.