<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Amazing World of Gumball (also known simply as just Gumball) is an animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network . Produced primarily by Cartoon Network Studios Europe, it first aired on May 3, 2011 . The series revolves around the lives of 12 - year - old Gumball Watterson, a blue cat, and his best friend--adoptive brother goldfish Darwin, who attend middle school in the fictional city of Elmore . They frequently find themselves involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which time they interact with Gumball's family members--sister Anais and parents Nicole and Richard--and an extended supporting cast of characters . </P> <P> Bocquelet based several of the series' characters on rejected characters from his previous commercial work and making its premise a mixture of "family shows and school shows", which Cartoon Network was heavily interested in . He pitched The Amazing World of Gumball to the network and Turner Broadcasting executive Daniel Lennard subsequently greenlit production of the series . It is the first series to be produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe, and is currently co-produced with Studio SOI in Germany and Great Marlborough Productions Limited . </P>

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