Elmore is a town where a cat goes to middle school and a goldfish is his adopted brother, and nobody finds this odd. Gumball Watterson is twelve, well-meaning, and prone to making small problems enormous. With Darwin at his side and his hyper-smart little sister Anais rolling her eyes, he stumbles through crushes, dares and family chaos, egged on by his dad Richard and reined in by his mom Nicole. The show mixes animation styles in the same shot, cutout, CG and photographed backdrops, and runs on fast, self-aware jokes. It is kid comedy that trusts kids to keep up.