The Void: Elmore's DARKEST SECRET
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Elmore is full of wonder and mystery with The Void being Elmore's darkest secret. On this next episode of the Search For The Best, we explore The Void, Molly, Rob, and the dynamic of Gumball, Darwin and Mr. Small.
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Something Isn't Quite Right...
2:38 - Who Went Missing in The Void?
5:24 - What Happened to Molly?
9:31 - What Is The Void?
10:08 - Elmore's DARKEST Secret
10:48 - A Deeper Look At Molly and The Void
13:10 - The Most Important Aspect of The Void
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What should I cover next in the Search For The Best Gumball Episode series?
Idk.
@SimplyFaRG cringe.
With the announcement of the movie I'm not surprised that gumball is trending right now
How about the DvD the first episode I don’t think you reviewed that yet
I like every episode of gumball as long as its funny or ridiculous in a good way
I’m really glad that the Void is getting a major role in the upcoming Gumball movie. It’s definitely interesting to think that Elmore is now being considered a mistake.
I can't wait to see it!
Actually the reason The Void is doing this is because the show has ended and is no longer needed!!!!
@@edizicu9853 The Void is literally a corporate editor. At least from a creator's perspective.
I mean like the whole original concept of the show is rejected character designs being put together so it would make sense that it would be seen as a mistake
Oh yeah wer is the gumball movie gona be released?
I actually think that the fact that we don't actually see Rob's escape as told in The Nobody makes sense. Those actions are explained to us through Rob's flashback, in HIS perspective. Meanwhile, in this episode, we're only seeing things through Gumball and Darwin's perspective. He's so forgettable that they don't notice him calling out for them or clinging onto the van to escape. He's so forgettable that WE don't even notice any of that happening, and we have to be told directly by Rob himself that it happened. Maybe the void has more power than we initially thought...
12:34 since from his perspective he tried, but from thls epsiode He basically just was another thing in the void.
10:00 Wouldn't that mean that this Darwin could've tried to get their attention?
This lend to a theory I have, it called the power of perpective, since the camera focus on gumball and Darwin or anybody who played a role in the show, somehow are able to miniplate the physical laws, we see it were gumball wanted to go super sian but wanst able till much later were he did in a brief comedic scene, the reason why was because Darwin didn't belive he could do it were later Darwin wasn't caring to much, it is why people disappeared simply because there is nothing to be engrain in the memory, why is it that only gumball and Darwin were able to find molly? Simple because they know her, for rob he never had an episode or any introduction to flesh out a unique character to the main cast, the downside is that they were not aware of it as there memories keep on getting erased or they forgot.
Exactly what I thought
Idk how nobody realised but in the episode where rob kidnaps bannana Barbara the painting she paints at the end is rob falling into the void just as he does at the end of the last episode he even has the pigtail she paints him with and at the end of the episode the oracle she paints the watersons running away whilst Elmore is falling into the void
Wasn't there a short called "Darwins Yearbook" where Tobias mentions his sister saying she's gone, went to college and stuff? I believe locker 103 was Rob's because he's the only other student from Elmore Junior High that the universe tried to erase.
Either that, or it's an excuse the world made up to explain what happened to her. And that she's actually been in the void since the party and that she is still there today.
But that's just a theory! A GUMBALL THEORY!
@@user-nm1lx8qb3u i mean if the world erased her tobias wouldnt even remember he had a sister so she likely is just. at college lmao
She will have a much important role in gumball.
@@user-nm1lx8qb3u wouldn't be surprised the writers would stick to the college stuff
if only because, getting rachel in the void would mean giving her plot relevance and seemingly they didn't want that
Wait are you saying that locker 103 used to be robs before it became Molly's?
I like to imagine that the creators of the show where originally going to explain why some certain or other characters don't appear in the latest seasons anymore like in a regular interview, but then they just decided to go follow the "Theres-Another-Hidden-World" principle. It's makes it even better that the Void is literally another 4th wall break recipe considering the Show's unique style of showing how they break the 4th wall in a funny and cool way. I like that!
That idea does sound more fun to mess around with!
I don’t think the Void is just a clever 4th wall break, looking at how their world works and how the Void works I think the Void quite literally is the 4th wall
6:08 This isn't just one of the best moments in the episode if you ask me; it's one of Gumball's strongest moments as a character in the series. He doesn't remember who Molly was, but he's still distraught because he knew she was someone they USED to care about, and that whatever happened to her was just plain wrong.
Honestly the animation of the void genuinely amazes me
Couldn't agree more!
@@TheAlphaJayShow Same with the whole series tbh
other words for the void can also be called "the glitched verse", "the static", or my favorite "the rejection dimension."
Those are pretty good names
Maybe it has a connection with the corruption in the soon to be released "Learning with Pibby" show!!!!
@@edizicu9853 no it doesnt
plus thats an adult show, i dont think a kids show would collab with an adult show
another world for the Void, maybe be "cancellation" when comes to tv shows
@@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514
Well Gumball will appear in it so who knows?!
They should make another show like Gumball, the artstyle is experimental but worked. I’d love to see another show like this
I do like the mixed media art style a lot! But hopefully it'd make sense with the next person who tries it
People want a show like something they like and when they make something similar, they get mad.
Watch Miracle Star then.
They literally made "Eliot from Earth"
Les Kassos?
@@Yum1koYT But Elliott From Earth is all in one art style.
I haven't noticed how important The Void was to Gumball as a whole until now! Considering some things mistakes and the world literally taking people, places, or even things and concepts away is honestly amazing! I hope they expand this idea to its fullest!
As for what to review, I honestly find The Console as a guilty pleasure and my personal favorite. Maybe you could feel the same way?
Why you say it's a guilty pleasure? The Console is a video game parody masterpiece than no form of video game movie/series media can match in terms of writing, faithful game artstyle and humor.
Honestly if you want a void centric experience/storyline watch the episodes in this order: The Void (season 3), The Oracle (season 3), The Nobody (season 3), The Nemesis (season 4), The Signal (season 4)
Gumball: is a “happy family show”
Also gumball: you can literally get erased from existence and forgotten by those around you
Think about how weirdly heartwarming it is that Gumball and Darwin tried to help Molly tell better, more interesting stories in "The Stories" just to keep her from being sent back to the void, even though they don't entirely remember it, like yes Gumball was sent to the void in "The Disaster/The Re-Run" and they do remember it kind of because of Rob in "The Nobody", but they don't even really care that much about Molly and they still took time out of their lives to help her. (Granted it was because they didn't want to hear her boring stories and because they knew if she did get sent back to the void, they'd probably have to help her again, and wanted to avoid that whole ordeal but still kind of nice).
And before anyone says it, yes, I know that "The Stories" is meant to be about the writers trying to tell more interesting stories with her character while still keeping it in character and something that naturally extends from her and her interests.
@@nicholasrodinos4701 No they don't even remember the void at all. They didn't do it to stop her from going back in the void, heck,they almost told her she was boring multiple times during the episode,Darwin didn't want to tell so he won't hurt her feelings and Gumball actually tried to tell her but was stopped by Darwin.
@@cbfranco3307 Ok, but I never said that they didn't try to tell her she was boring, or anything along those lines.
The Void concept in the world of TAWG was always super weird, mess up and dark to me. I mean there is a plane that exist outside of Gumball's world were the world worst biggest mistake are sent to never be seen again and that include people too, this place can literally take people out of the entire world itself and sent them their to never be seen are remember again, and I really meant never remember, as people memories of that say person who are sent to The Void disappear from them to really make it as they never existed.
Yeah, I ask about Molly's parents given that they only go in to rescue one person
Actually, it’s been confirmed in one of the Episodes that someone asked Tobias where his sister is and he said that she was gone to college. Meaning that she’s still somewhere alive and not in the void.
She might've been taken while at College...
@@Imperials3nate but then everyone wouldve forgotten she existed
It was the Darwin's yearbook special
The Void was an interesting episode, definitely one of my favorites.
But I'm so glad Jay brought of the inconsistency of Rob doing nothing but standing in this episode, it was something I've thought about for so long.
I honestly wonder if the writers planned on having the void be a substantial part of the show during the production of season 2, since Gumball and Darwin didn't know who Rob was in The Pony.
Review the disaster/rerun, please. That episode shows so much of Rob's character and is in my opinion, peak Rob. Also, I am so glad that we are getting so many videos! Keep it up, man!
Honestly the void was a great idea to basically poke fun st shows that drop early or boring characters and ideas but make it part of the show was brilliant.
The show was very smart with comedy like chowder where the 4th wall breaks are natural and funny without going full Deadpool
Gumball leans on the 4th wall while Deadpool breaks it consistently.
Agreed!
@@mr.badass9442 yeah but subtle breaks are much better than one you expect. Catches you off guard.
The Void is one of the most lore-heavy episodes of tawog I've ever seen before Season 4. That's what started, so to speak, Rob's villainous character development arc as seen in The Nobody episodes later. That's why it's one of my favorites, alongside the episode "The Name", where, in that episode, it's revealed that Gumball's birth name was Zach (or Zack? Idk. L😅L.), and that name gave him an alternate ego that attempts to erase Gumball's old memories from the first two seasons. That episode, in of itself, is wild.
Zac. Only 3 letters
The void has always been an interesting thing about the show to me and its probably one of the things that kept me invested in the show. Great video Jay! 🐼🐼🐼
Thanks Bea!
i seriously cant wait for the gumball movie
Same!
Something to keep in mind, lest we forget, is the painting Banana Barbara made in "The Oracle" showing the entire Watterson family running through the Void and then seen again in "The Future". All the paintings she has made have been shown in an episode one way or another EXCEPT this specific painting. I have a feeling this will come into major play some way during the movie.
Yep the movie will be coming soon
@@xsmith8475 in 2090
@@ayami_chan25 how do you know
@@xsmith8475 he’s clearly being sarcastic
Man, your editor really likes inserting their OC into your video...
For real though, I always found it odd that Rachel was never in this episode, or any related to the Void. Given that she was the character that a decent amount of Gumball fans missed most, I think even a cameo would be a clever reference. But apparently the Darwin's Yearbook miniseries says that she moved to college?
Man, could you imagine if the Void existed in another setting like Family Guy, My Hero Academia, SpongeBob, Rick and Morty, etc.?
Family guy would use it as a cutaway gag or a Road to ep,Spongebob would make it a special and Rick and Morty would explore the concept in depth or make snarky comments about it.
I think a semi-similar idea is what makes people so excited about Pibby -- a dark force that exists in the midst of multiple properties
I will say, while Rob isn't on the van in some scenes, the scene where they are flying out is flipped, as if showing that Rob was hanging onto the side that was not shown to the viewer. Just wanted to point that out in case it was missed, which it easily could of.
Well Rob explain the flashbacks himself, only he knows about that, no-one knew before that even the viewers
This episode confused me so much. Cause it answered many questions I had about shows, however, raised so many more questions. And it was AWESOME *and very funny as well*
It makes me wonder if theres a void in every show ever
7:58 that's the best moment in the entire video
Honestly, for it being in season 3, answering a little but leaving a lot unanswered is the best way to go to keep people watching all the way through!
@@TheAlphaJayShow indeed! The show made so much sense out of nonsense. I hope that the movie makes sense of how the void was made. This episode is amazing!
*Apologies if this makes no sense*
Poor Chuck Cunningham, the original void inhabitant.
I think Rob's arc is one of my favorite arcs in all of media period. Because I was there, I knew about him earlier, I WANTED him to have a major role in the show, because I knew that a character with basically zero lines should have some potential.
And he did. And he's not only a good but a FANTASTIC villain. And that made me happy.
Some suggestions I have are The Master (Just having the whole family bounce off eachother really well) The Shell (My personal favorite, as it really speaks to me as a person) The Oracle (one of the most suspenseful and interesting episodes of the show that sets up The Future) and The Tape(Just absolutely hilarious)
I believe in one of the Darwin yearbook episodes Tobias says that his sister went off to collage that’s why we didn’t see her after season 1 plus I think the creators didn’t like her character
Rob shown leaving the Void IN the void even though he wasn't shown leaving in the episode is a paradox that fits the Void perfectly.
Oh yes I remember all that. Great take
Also Rachel, Tobias' sister appeared in multiple episodes in season 1
Appreciate the support, bro!
@@TheAlphaJayShow Glad that you know they exist. I'm gonna watch those episodes now that you mentioned them.
I believe Gumball laid the foundation for a very interesting plot point for the entire Cartoon network multiverse in learning with Pibby if that ever gets made.
I'm betting this is the place CN throws all it's ideas for good shows.
8:57
The Party (Major role, throws a party)
The Curse (At Daisyland at the end)
The Matchmaker (Flashback from Darwin)
Okay at the end of the episode everyones memory got wipe by the void taking their tinfoil hats but molly wasnt wearing one so she should remember her time in the void.
That’s a good catch!
Alternative theory:
The hats got sucked up with the memory, not the memory got sucked because the hats were gone
@@TheAlphaJayShow that's a good theory.
12:49 if you look at the scene in the nobody where rob is hanging on for dear life, he's on the left side of the van, while in the scene from the void you see the right side of the van
Great review 👏 amazing editing and scriptwriting. I completely agree
Thank you so much and Great icon!
@@TheAlphaJayShow Thanks!
I think that the reason Molly was in the void is because she wasn’t really being Acknowledged by the Audience so she didn’t have a place in Elmore after season 1 an
The void is probably the most interesting thing i have seen in gumball,
Great vid as always jay!
Thanks for the support, Mogii!
Indeed the void was the craziest thing I had ever seen on TV.
@@TheAlphaJayShow that is Tobias sister Rachel from the party
literally an elementary school counselor be like: "yeah if i was the universe i'd be pretty bumped too to have come up with someone as boring as Molly"
_E M O T I O N A L D A M A G E_
While I didn't really enjoy the show, I really respect the work and creativity put into it. I actually like hearing discussions about things like the void for this reason. Hope you touch back on this topic again soon.
What a coincidence I just reminded myself of that show and that episode where Gumball fights in the void.
There's a lot of episodes that cover the void!
i like how even tho alpha is kinda big as a youtuber, hes interactive with his community. one of many things popular ytubers dont do. i appreciate that.
Pibby enters the chat room ever since this foreshadowing alone.
That is a theory for sure!
That was the craziest thing I ever seen before I loved it by the way keep it up alpha Jay.
I think the reason we didn't see Rob move was because gumball has some link to the void but the void itself has control over him, what he sees and what Audience sees, it's like essentially cartoon network considering we see three regular show references such as the mullet, jorts, and laser disc. In this case molly was the character written out of the show and Rob was just the background character cameo in our and gumball's' perspective but what the background character's thought us in gumball was to always pay attention a little more or you might miss it
Especially the Houses that became a painting on a Curtain like Wall!
Its so eerie
14:04 are you talking about Rachel
still holding out hope that in the movie or series the old Ball and Darwin VAs return in some capacity
The fact that the producers hated *[REDACTED]* so much that she doesn't even appear in the special dimension where all the rejected characters end up.
I refuse to believe the she went to college explanation, they had 5 seasons to reference that yet no mention in canon, despite how meta the show is. It would really be meta if she appears as a special good guy/bad guy character in the movie though.
They actually did confirm what happened to Tobais's sister. Apparently she left for college.
I'm gonna put in a Nomination for "The Tape". It's kinda Gumball's "22 Short Films About Springfield" in that It's a format bender full of small sketches, that isn't particularly DEEP, but is just really charming, memorable and REALLY funny.
This episode was from gumballs point of view. So he didn't know about all that Rob stuff, and didn't relay it to us. But Rob was telling us what REALLY happened
I have a thought about the void:
In this episode, we see Molly frozen in time in her tree house, but when we see Rob in the background, he wasn't frozen in time like Molly. I think that since Molly was put in the void earlier than Rob, she slowly froze in time. But what if objects in the void slowly start disappearing after being frozen in time? This could make the void a bigger threat.
When Elmore was classified as a mistake now, being in the void wouldn't be much different if people didn't freeze in time. But the void would be more dangerous if it would make everyone just slowly stop moving and slowly disappear.
Just a thought ._.
The seam in context of collective memory reminds me of a book I read recently in which, at the end, the main characters basically erased one of the characters from collective memory, making sure there is no documentation of their existance while smuggling them from antarctica to america to protect them from a life of press conferences. Even if nobody but the 4 people running the cover-up know of them, they still have an impact that cannot be removed and they still exist - as seen with the pictures and the seam.
99% talking about the Void getting a major role in the upcoming Gumball movie
1% talking about how the Void is linked to Learning with Pibby
The void does got an interesting concept and idea that I want to learn more of it.
It was confirmed in one of the episodes that Tobias's sister went to college.
5:02 actually Rachel went to collage. it was revealed in Darwin's yearbook episode 2
Love your video
Tobias' sister was mentionned in the last 5 episodes where darwin is assigned to make a school year book and tobias told him that his sister was gone.....gone to university
Tobias doesn’t have a sister, duh 🙄
@@TheAlphaJayShow oh you're right, my bad
The last 5 episodes belong to the void anyways lmao 🤣
I got one note of that reaper meme before cut to the midroll, and I never laughed so hard.
I like that white hoodie drawing btw!
Starting to think that in order to keep Molly in the show, the void took Tobias' sister and no one cared.
And off to find Molly not in that way
I also saw this little detail, in the episode "The Vegging" when Gumball tries to grab the remote, you can see that the house falls into The Void for a short period of time, meaning that it was probably already eating away at Elmore but failed.
Molly always interested since she was a regular in 1st season mostly as a background character, then she was gone season 2, and then season 3 happened, this episode always gets stuck in my head
props to the editor
Props to the editor indeed
@@TheAlphaJayShow eyyyyyoooooo thanks for replying
I actually watched all the episodes of gumball and I’ve come up with theories of my own
One of them is that mr small’s and Sarah actually know more about about the void more then rob because in one of the episodes Sarah said that she has been taking the meditation club with him and she saids this while looking at the camera
I have more theories but I would have to dig through my notes
Do you think they could actually tie in tobias’ sister into the movie somehow considering the void being a major role? Maybe not as a major character, but as a nod to her actually existing at some point and being forgotten in the void?
Except She's canonically gone to college
@@aperson5215 oh I didn’t remember that. Maybe that was said in an episode that I don’t remember, but that actually makes more sense
@@trentwheeler4759 It was in Darwins Yearbook
Where Rachel went missing in The Amazing World of Gumball, she actually was proven to actually gone to college on “Darwin’s Yearbook” when Darwin asked Tobias what happened to her.
I'm glad they did not just throw Rachel in the Void. Still bit of a shame though that they ditched her. Aside from being mean at the first half of The Party, I actually felt sorry when she exclaimed none of her friends showed up and everyone trashing her parents house. Plus her being very nice and giving a well meant complement to Darwin for cleaning up.
I gues they just couldn't think of anything interesting to write for her.
It becomes more jarring when you think about how toxic her dad Harold becomes, making me wish he got cut out instead.
9:57 im only now noticing the jean shorts in the shot, which when combined with the mullet makes it a Regular Show reference
I missed these gumball vids
But the void is a wierd episode but in a good way its keeps you intrigued
1:13 always gets a laugh out of me XD
The countdown maybe? I personally enjoy it.
I believe the Void is the Mixel's equivalent to Dite from Metal Gear Survive, a parallel dimension accessible only by holes or tears in reality where mistakes are banished to.
I love the concept of The Void a place where the forgotten go to for all eternity. Makes me wonder if there was such a thing in real life who & what would be in it? I definitely think Lightyear would be in such a place.
And if it was, we wouldn't know much of what's in it apparently
HEY THAT MOVIE WAS UN-BUNGA-LIVABLE AND U CAN'T CHANGE MY MIND!!!!!
@@TheAlphaJayShow True.
How do you know there aren’t?
It’s really freaky, considering this, how many people went missing without a trace (but remembered) and how many people have said they feel like a member of their family is missing.
Example: a woman who said she always felt like she was looking for an extra kid. Sort of like in the group picture with Molly, (my analogy not hers) she looked at her family or was getting them ready to go and felt someone was missing.
@@SupHapCak That thing about the woman sounds interesting can you remember where you heard it?
Some Suggestions for the Best in every season that you haven't already reviewed are
The Sock, The Words, The Lie, The Origins, The Test, The Slip
I’m starting to love this lore throughout the series, and I wanna know more about who’s in the void, and (possibly or not) we could see the old designs too.
I also wonder if the copycats are even in there too. Because it seems like only characters or things that aren’t used or liked or just simply bland will be in the void.
i always thought that the reason rob only appears once in this episode, standing still, is because the void even has an effect on the viewers. he was there all along, we just forget about him a second later.
I think that it would be cool if the movie makes rob have some kind of connection to the void, which would explain why he knew the void was doing what it was doing in the finale. I also hope molly is important because of a possible connection to the void too
THE FRIDGE
I argue this to be the best episode of the hole series
Good video
I love the void concept
Same!
I hope the movie ( if it ever comes) will bring a great end to both gumball and a great villain ark or something to the void.
Rachel: exists for 1 single episode
The void: nope. Not today, nope
the creepiest thing about the void is the fact that it seems to be living and sentient, although an environment. it purposely erases the memories of the people who witness it, so so far Gumball, Darwin, Small, even its own victim, Molly, so they can never know about its existence and never know that it is destined to grow farther to the point it’ll swallow their world. Gumball even ended up in the void again in the disaster/the re-run, and even after that it seems like he still doesn’t remember about it. Honestly I want to know why Rob specifically is the only self aware character that knows about its existence and purpose.
Alpha, have you considered that the Gumball finalie was written as unsatisfactory on purpose to make it feel as if the last episodes went into the void?
This is basically hell for the cartoon characters of the show. To be forgotten and erased; to never see your family and friends or anyone again and trapped forever in a glitchy abyss of static, all because you weren’t interesting enough for the universe or seen as a failure.
*THIS IS A KIDS SHOW!*
I gotta start watching Gumball again. I missed out in all the cool lore and world building.
Next can you talk about the episodes, “The Disaster”, and “The Rerun”
I know you discussed these episodes in seperate videos, but for the love of the show, just add them to the list as honorable mentions (or episodes 11-12). The Shell and The Disaster/The Rerun. Both should be up there as a great romantic payoff or villain showdown, the Disaster/Rerun being more intellectual, which is something else like other showdowns.
Excluding those 2, I would recommend The Safety and The Mess . The Safety is great for some sort of heist approach to get to Darwin and a lot of "call the reaper" parts, with the old lady and the other almost casualties (Road Runner and Coyote-esque cartoon) and Darwin just shouting stop before going to the reaper xD . Also, a "Torso/Junk missing? Call the ... Uuuuuh ... Doctor?" Would be amazing xD
The Mess is just a personal great one to the different action scenes and the parts where Polly explains it all isn't ass boring as you'd assume. Just one that I enjoyed
the void plays a huge role to the gumball story
How have you not talked about the disaster and the rerun
That character does exist and I can prove it.
Also while on one of the shots it shows the shorts that they used in regular show SEASON 1
11:41 that actually makes sense :0 cuz while bunbun is being corrupted, pibby looks around confused and stunned like “what how did I get here” almost like she knows that she was instantly teleported to the scene. I like to think that the darkness is taunting her by immediately taking away bunbun even though pibby swore she’d keep him safe. Y’all got amazing theory’s fr 👍🏻
Well this was pretty interesting
id love to see a review of the joy; its such a weird episode but boy howdy if i dont absolutely adore it
I'm so glad tawog is getting attention again after a while.
The recurring channel joke about anyone dying "random women on the street died? call the reaper" keeps me coming back
Hey, I wish I could toss my entire middle school experience directly into the voice. No fair that they get to!
Lol, it takes who you were to form who you are is what I'd say
Rachel to ias’s sister went to collage, Darwin said so In Clayton’s yearbook episode