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>Only when Gumball is around and only with him, because otherwise they are normal
Are you me?
I had a thought - one that I never put to words here before - about how Gumball's classmates in all their various weird forms, sizes and artstyles are just out there like a silent wall of faces until Gumball comes along to breathe meaning and motivation into their otherwise non-existent lives. It's like they are allowed to have various kinds of relations and interactions with Gumball (and, albeit to a much, MUCH lesser extent, Darwin and Anais), but forbidden to have interactions between each other. I don't remember much from my own school days, but I still remember there being various cliques and groups with different, colourful dynamics - something which is absent from Gumball almost completely despite it running for seven seasons now.
I would be probably much less annoyed about this if it wasn't for other shows existing. Hell, Murder Drones is barely the length of a single Gumball season and it still managed to include character dynamics separate from the main trio.