The BEST episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball season 5

Every episode of The Amazing World of Gumball season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball season 5!

The series revolves around the life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.

Last Updated: 11/24/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
The Stars
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8.41
129 votes

#1 - The Stars

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/2017

When Dad gives Larry’s hairdresser a bad review for saying he’s bald, he gets offered a free haircut. This inspires Gumball and Darwin to go on a reviewing spree across town, forcing Larry to give them stuff with the threat of a bad review. Just because the customer is always right doesn’t mean that what they’re doing isn’t wrong.

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The Ollie
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8.31
98 votes

#2 - The Ollie

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2017

Gumball teaches Darwin everything he knows about the world of skateboarding.

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The Console
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8.12
151 votes

#3 - The Console

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/2017

When everyone gives Gumball a cursed video game console, Elmore becomes trapped inside a fantasy RPG world. Gumball, Darwin and Anais have to battle their way through town, unraveling the secrets of their new virtual reality.

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The Copycats
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8.04
208 votes

#4 - The Copycats

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/2017

Gumball and Darwin are confused when they meet Chi Chi and Ribbit, a pair of goat and frog siblings that copy everything they do and say. Then they find out this copycat family is making money online from imitating the Watterson family.

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The Vision
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7.99
252 votes

#5 - The Vision

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/2016

Gumball accidentally takes Alan the balloon's gym bag and finds a flash drive containing a manifesto outlining Alan's House of Cards-esque rise to power through Elmore Junior High's student council.

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The Slide
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7.96
204 votes

#6 - The Slide

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/2016

Rocky decides to stop living life online, and find love on a dating app, and Gumball and Darwin try to help him.

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The Line
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7.94
80 votes

#7 - The Line

Season 5 - Episode 38 - Aired 10/20/2017

The Wattersons will do whatever it takes to get into the first screening of the latest Stellar Odyssey sequel.

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The Box
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7.94
155 votes

#8 - The Box

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/2017

The Wattersons receive an unmarked package in the mail. To distract themselves from the urge to open it they all take turns to imagine what it might contain.

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The Catfish
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7.92
83 votes

#9 - The Catfish

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/21/2017

When Gumball and Darwin realize Grandpa Louie has no friends, they create one called Muriel, when Granny Jojo finds out Louie has been spending time online with another "woman", Muriel not existing isn't going to stop her from being destroyed.

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The Boredom
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7.91
251 votes

#10 - The Boredom

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/2016

On a boring Saturday afternoon, Gumball and Darwin decide to find something interesting to do — only to either miss out or pass by all of the weird events happening around them.

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The Best
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7.91
89 votes

#11 - The Best

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 9/8/2017

No matter what Gumball does, Carmen thinks she knows better; when Gumball attempts to gain the moral high ground, but fails, his only option left is to bring Carmen down to his level.

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The Singing
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7.89
126 votes

#12 - The Singing

Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/1/2017

Join the citizens of Elmore for a song and dance spectacular that will have people covering their ears with joy.

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The Stories
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7.88
368 votes

#13 - The Stories

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/2016

When everyone in school has had it with Molly's tedious stories, Gumball and Darwin have a plan to get her a new story she'll never forget.

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The Cycle
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7.87
92 votes

#14 - The Cycle

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/2017

Gumball, Darwin and Anais discover that Mr. Wilson has been picking on their Dad for most of his life; ever since he humiliated Richard with a high school prank. The kids try to work Dad through it but when their efforts fail, they realize that getting back at Mr. Wilson is the only way to break the cycle.

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The Weirdo
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7.83
111 votes

#15 - The Weirdo

Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 3/8/2017

When they see the school bullies making fun of Sussie, Gumball and Darwin decide to try and help her act less weird. They carefully observe her behavior and decide that the only thing they have to change is absolutely everything.

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The Worst
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7.81
95 votes

#16 - The Worst

Season 5 - Episode 33 - Aired 9/15/2017

The Wattersons compete over who has the worst life.

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The Guy
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7.78
274 votes

#17 - The Guy

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/2016

Anais makes friends with an awkward kid named Josh, but Gumball and Darwin think there's something wrong with him.

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The Matchmaker
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7.78
135 votes

#18 - The Matchmaker

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/2017

Gumball enlists Carrie to help bring Darwin and Teri together, but when they can't make Darwin and Teri's love blossom naturally, they decide to make it happen supernaturally.

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The List
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7.75
85 votes

#19 - The List

Season 5 - Episode 39 - Aired 11/3/2017

When the kids find out that Mom's life hasn't panned out as she'd hoped, they start taking on her chores, but they accidentally grab her bucket list instead of her to-do list.

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The Petals
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7.74
91 votes

#20 - The Petals

Season 5 - Episode 35 - Aired 9/29/2017

When Leslie's petals begin falling off, he feels like his good looks are fading, so Gumball and Darwin use everything they know about style and beauty to try and help him.

The Choices
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7.73
249 votes

#21 - The Choices

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2016

During a disastrous dinner at home, Nicole flashes back to her childhood, where she first met Richard while trying to make it to a karate tournament, and wonders what life would be like if she never met him.

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The Outside
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7.73
130 votes

#22 - The Outside

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2017

When the family goes to visit Richard's dad, Frankie, who lives in a trailer in the town dump, they assume that he's done time in prison based on his extended absence from Richard's life and try to make him feel more at home.

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The Code
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7.70
217 votes

#23 - The Code

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/2016

After the wifi goes down (and Richard confesses that their connection is from the Robinsons as the Wattersons' credit is so bad, they can't afford to get the Internet for themselves), Gumball and Darwin try to live without Internet by making real-life equivalents of everything associated with the Internet (email, social media, gaming, leaving bad reviews for products and services). When that doesn't work, the Watterson kids decide to hack Mr. Robinson's account.

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The Puppets
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7.64
88 votes

#24 - The Puppets

Season 5 - Episode 36 - Aired 10/6/2017

Darwin is delighted when they discover their old childhood toys, but soon realizes that some things are best left in the past.

The Grades
star
7.64
85 votes

#25 - The Grades

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/2017

Miss Simian discovers a failed test from Gumball’s past that brings down his grade point average. This means he has to retake kindergarten all over again, much to her delight. But by demoting him, Miss Simian has inadvertently brought herself down, and they’re left with no choice but to team up if they want things back to normal.

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