The Amazing World of Gumball season 3
The third season of the British-American animated sitcom The Amazing World of Gumball, created by Ben Bocquelet, aired on Cartoon Network in the United States and was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe. The season has 40 episodes. The series focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.
Development
Plot
As in previous seasons, the episodes follow the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year-old blue cat, and his adoptive brother Darwin, a goldfish, as they navigate school life, family dynamics, and surreal adventures in the town of Elmore. In a behind-the-scenes video documenting the production of the second season, creator Ben Bocquelet expanded on the development of some of the characters, and how they are based on interactions from his childhood.
Production
Production for the third season ran from December 5, 2013, to February 5, 2015. In October 2012, Cartoon Network announced that The Amazing World of Gumball had been renewed for a third season consisting of 40 episodes. Once again, each episode is directed by Mic Graves. The season marks the debut of series voice actors Jacob Hopkins and Terrell Ransom, Jr., who take over the roles of Gumball and Darwin from Logan Grove and Kwesi Boakye at the end of this first episode "The Kids", which also introduced Hopkins and Ransom.
Broadcast
The season premiered on Cartoon Network in the United Kingdom and Ireland in September 2014. This season had 1.937 million viewers per episode in the United States.
Episodes