

"The Triangle" is the thirty-ninth episode of Season 3 of The Amazing World of Gumball. It is the 115th episode overall.

Synopsis

Darwin joins the school marching band and discovers a talent he never knew he had, which makes Gumball jealous.

Plot



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The episode starts out with the students getting their instruments for the marching band , and Gumball asks Principal Brown what his instrument is, which is a triangle.

Darwin gets a swanee whistle and plays a beautiful merrily tune, surprising the students and Principal Brown (except Gumball), and as a reward, Darwin gets the solo in the marching band, instead of Leslie, but Gumball gets jealous and threatens to crash and burn him. Darwin then sarcastically tells Gumball to come back when he is going to guilt trip him.

At the cafeteria, Leslie is impressed by Darwin's new solo. Darwin then tells Leslie that he is a little nervous to play the solo, and Leslie tells Darwin to try to picture everyone naked. At first it works, but Mr. Small bends over to pick up peas right in front of Darwin. Embarrassed, Darwin tells Leslie that he will play his whistle outside. But Gumball comes back and tries to hold Darwin back while getting to music practice. Principal Brown tells the two that they are right on time. Leslie inserts gum in his whistle, so Darwin tries to play his whistle again, but a bubble grows out of his whistle and pops in his face, making everyone gasp. Principal Brown realizes that someone sabotaged Darwin’s whistle, he takes a lick of the gum, then accuses Gumball. Darwin then tells Gumball that he was jealous from the start, he tried to get him down to his level, and that he sabotaged his swanee whistle when he did not succeed. Gumball tries to deny this claim, but Principal Brown bans him from the marching band nonetheless, and his triangle is relinquished by Darwin, much to his dismay. In the locker room, Gumball attempts to apologize with Darwin, but he points out Gumball's lack of compromise as envy and gets dismissed by Principal Brown, kicking him out of the locker room.

Outside the stadium, while the band continues to play, Gumball suddenly realizes that somebody else is jealous, not just him. He thinks it is Banana Joe who is jealous. Suddenly, Gumball notices a duck walking into the bathroom and steals his costume, revealing a real actual duck named Archie.

Outside the stadium, the fans are cheering for the marching band. Gumball, disguised as Archie the Duck, attempts to warn Darwin for somebody else being jealous of him. It turns out that the culprit was Leslie who is trying to sabotage Darwin and the one who framed Gumball from earlier. Gumball tackles Leslie and fights him, but Gumball gives Leslie the same statement Darwin gave him earlier. They soon realize their mistakes and decide to watch Darwin play his solo. Darwin tries to play beautifully, but due to stage fright he plays scratchy notes on his swanee whistle, and the fans boo at him, but Leslie and Gumball watch him happily, ending the episode.

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Trivia

This episode, along with "The Downer," "The Egg," and "The Money" aired in multiple countries before it did in the US. However, it aired in the UK along with Spain after it aired in the US.

The fourth wall is broken when the camera zooms into Banana Joe's face and the screen breaks, throwing Gumball off balance.

Continuity

This is the second time Gumball uses the triangle. The first was in "The Fridge." Gumball references this by saying "The triangle again?"

This is Leslie's second major role. His first major role was in "The Flower."

Leslie mentions he was "discarded like a slice of pickle on a cheeseburger" due to Darwin's solo, a possible reference to "The Ghost," where Carrie takes the pickle out of her cheeseburger while possessing Gumball's body.

Gumball makes the same evil face as in "The Move."

Cultural References

The piece that Darwin plays for an audition is Clair de lune by Claude Debussy.

by Claude Debussy. During the second half of the episode, the marching band plays "Invincible Eagle," a march written in 1901 by John Philip Sousa.

The school mascot, Archie, somewhat resembles Donald Duck. It also somewhat resembles Dolan, an internet meme.

Gumball and Darwin "communicating" through whistles may be a reference to the children's show Clangers . In fact, Principal Brown gave Darwin a swanee whistle, which is the whistle used to "voice" the Clangers.

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Goofs/Errors

In one scene, Carmen appears in the boys' locker room, even though she is a girl.

Sussie is part of the marching band, but does not appear at the parade.

The water in the school hall from Sussie's tears disappears after the close-up shots of Gumball and Darwin.

When Mr. Small is picking up Darwin's peas, the bowl becomes full when only a few were put back.

Teri's height is inconsistent during the episode, as she is shown being both taller and shorter than Principal Brown. She and Carmen are also never shown to be affected by Sussie's crying.

Felix has glasses when he is in the cafeteria.

When Gumball pushes Leslie, Archie the Duck's eyes are visible for a split second.

In the Layout Artists section of the credits, there is a trailing comma after Paul Rice's name despite there being no additional layout artists.

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