Gumwin

Gumwin is the family ship between Gumball and Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball fandom.

Canon
Gumball and Darwin are best friends and brothers for life. They are almost inseparable from one another and do just about everything together. In most episodes, Gumball and Darwin's relationship is akin to the comedy trope of straight man funny man - with Darwin playing the straight man to Gumball's funny man. Other times, Darwin seems to share and even embrace Gumball's chaotic nature. While they are depicted as brothers commonly, Darwin is technically Gumball's pet - though this is usually only ever mentioned out of spite or anger.

In the episode "The Origins" it is revealed that Gumball's parents, in an attempt to calm their hyperactive son down, bought him a pet goldfish which he named Darwin. Unfortunately, the goldfish would end up dying and having to be replaced without Gumball knowing, Constantly. This eventually culminated in Richard purchasing a special goldfish from the "Awesome Store" which would end up being the Darwin we know today. It was through this Darwin's connection with Gumball that he was able to speak and even grew legs, and eventually adopted into the family. Since then, Gumball and Darwin have been up to mischief, causing mayhem and having fun together.

Their friendship has been through its trials and rough points, however. As easily as they get along, they just as easily disagree and get into petty arguments. One particular instance of this was in "The Bros", where Darwin became jealous of Gumball due to him wanting to pursue a relationship with Penny over his brother and best friend, resulting in Darwin constantly intervening and trying to win his friend back.

Just as their friendship has been tested, there have even been instances where their friendship has been taken to the extreme end of the shipping scale - usually for a joke. In the episode "The Dress", Gumball is forced to wear his mother's wedding dress due to his clothes shrinking in the wash. This led to every almost character fawning over him. In Darwin's case he had fallen in love with Gumball, completely unaware who it actually was. Regardless of what life throws at them, Gumball and Darwin and always there for each other when they need it most.

Moments

 * One of the most iconic moments of this pairing is in "The Shippening." After Sarah finds a Cartoon Network notepad and writes fanfiction in it, Gumball and Darwin stumble upon humanized versions of themselves getting married - with Gumball being depicted as a girl. Darwin breaks down crying when he sees this, and Gumball remarks "Always thought I'd be the one wearing the pants in this relationship."

Fanon
Gumwin is one of the more popular relationships within The Amazing World of Gumball fandom. Owing to some of the comically intended 'romantic' scenes, some fans have run with this and taken the ship to its absolute extreme.

Fandom
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