Yeah, I didn't even notice he was existing character since the beginning until the episode it was revealed he was the one the suspecting ghost in Watterson's house
it's actually kind of terrifying how all this ended when you think about it. a world just crumbling and the only person that knows is known as the villain...
As much as Gumball deserves a proper finale I honestly love this ending for the show. The implication is that the universe only exists as long as the show does, so like, how is it we would be able to see the world collapse? We can't, because then the show would still be on, and the world would still be stable. This is a rare instance of a cliffhanger ending actually working well because we all know what happens next. The world collapses, and the fact we don't even get to see it happen is kind of chilling.
I think the ending is underrated, even though it could be better. Like it literally just ends with creepy music before it goes to that happy go luck end credit theme. This makes me think about what would’ve happened if there was no movie for TAWOG. Behind the ending theme, I could imagine Elmore citizens just calling for help, but is silenced, due to the fact that we wanted an actual ending. This implies that the show ended, just like you said, which gives me the chills honestly.
I mean we saw Banana Barbra paint a picture of the Wattersons running away from the void, but we never saw that happen yet, so if the show doesn't get a proper ending, maybe if the movie gets cancelled, then we can assume elmore was destroyed
I love how they went from irrelevant extra character to character mildly joked about how irrelevant they are to (over two episodes) literal antagonist with his motivations based on his history of being irrelevant
I love how accurate the ending is, since Rob was trying to make everybody human because people are giving up on cartoons and starting to watch live action shows more often. Gumball is one of the most meta cartoons, even more meta than Rick and Morty probably.
Rick and Morty are usually meta as knowing and making modern world references like memes, Tiktok and even God of War. Sometimes Rick says new season is coming but it's mainly just for fun. TAWOG is even more meta(since Season 2) as many characters knows they are in show and everything is repeating. And with the void it's actually becomes the main storyline of the show. Later stages with Live action becoming more popular in the world the void is starting to consume everything. It has lots and lots of filler as it's a teen show but I still haven't seen anything like TAWOG that this many meta and longevity. Many meta shows usually just lasts 2 seasons or stops being meta.
I love how confusing Rob's post-void design is. Like, he clearly has a 3D body but his eye and mouth are 2D. It's as if the universe itself has absolutely no idea what to do with him when he escaped
That's technically why he was stuck in the pre void to begin with the world saw him as a mistake but i believe the reason he was actually able to get out is that the world knew he would make for a good villain soon and like that void rob was born.
I think that Rob escaped the void in the some kind of wrong way so he "breaked". I think he could return in his normal design but he escaped though shouldn't.
Also, when they start actually partying, you can see he has a large brain. Maybe that was just to show that Tobias has a small one, but, it might be foreshadowing…
Same! I doubt it’s intentional but it is a very weird coincidence. Though it could be intentional considering they both are obsessed with becoming the protagonist’s “nemesisl
I think the most interesting thing about Rob for me was that when I was younger I definitely noticed him in the background with every other character and it was like I was waiting for him to eventually be brought up with how many characters you could spot in the crowds of these scenes who all had like one gag or episode to themselves actually acknowledging they existed.
there's like literally nothing about his voice actor either i think they just grabbed a random guy off the animation team for the pony and it ended up being a larger role
Dude, Banana Barbara straight up saw the end coming. Biggest foreshadowing in the entire series right there, she can alter the future, but "only what's left"
I feel very bad for Rob. In my opinion, he is the most miserable of all the characters in the series. A true synonym for hopelessness. The only reason he became a villain is because he didn't want to die. Because the villain is one of the main roles. It has a lot of plot value. And in this world, this means that he will not be again in the void. He was miraculously able to escape out it once - and barely survived. He get terribly mutilated and for some time lost his memory. But the worst thing is that he understood where he is and what his world is like. And it broke him. A world where everyone is bound by their pattern. Where deviations are not allowed. Where, having gone beyond the screen, you can simply disappear and you will not even be remembered. A world where no one will ever achieve anything, but will simply stagnate in one place. Gumball and Darwin will never finish school. Richard will never find a job. Anais will always be four years old. It's a hell. Rob is far from being such a bad guy as it might seem - he plays his part in order not to die. Although he hates Gumball - because he is the main character around whom this damned world revolves. Who can change it as he wants, and who can't be defeated by default, but at the same time too stupid or heartless to understand this. He tried to get rid of it and gain control of his life. "I never want it to be a villan!" "Once you out of the picture I can be whoever I want!" But it almost ended in the destruction of the world. And the nature of the world itself did not allow this to happen - no deviations. And Rob remained a hostage to his role, and he understands this. In fact, he spends most of his time in a desperate search for a loophole, an escape from this nightmare, and the rest of the time he spends in the realization that there is no loophole. And at the very end, when he nevertheless had, albeit a ghostly chance for salvation, he tried to save everyone else. Villains don't do that.
@@kevinvelasquez1553 In fact, he may even never have had any. He just... was. And he fully realized this only after he got out of the void. This thought came to me when I remembered that unfinished bridge.
The ending is seriously freaky how much of a coincidence it is, considering what's happening with HBO Max. Rob trying to turn all the cartoon characters into humans for an unknown reason, then falling into the void, similar to how many cartoons were removed from HBO Max and all the live action stuff stays. What's more, the episode aired on June 24, 2019, and 15 days later, HBO Max was revealed. This is either extremely coincidental, insane levels of foresight, or somehow knowing future events ahead of when they happened similar to The Simpsons.
Okay, but his story is actually so sad. Ignored so badly that the universe decided he was a mistake. Only to be forced to become a bad guy by a fucking cat. All while still basically being ignored.
I honestly found him very weird looking the first season, I like his glitched out design better and him becoming a villain. He even used to be coloured in blue like Gumball, who knew a one eyed 3D guy would become a Gumball’s arch-nemesis.
I've heard that his new design is meant to reference the fact that his old cgi model used to glitch a lot, don't have any real sources for that beyond a youtube comment though, so please take it with a grain of salt
@@spacesandwich5593 if Im not forgetting any characters you are talking about Bobert and if i remember correctly he was being him instead of his nemesis.
I dunno, I kinda like it but I do agree that the post-void design looks better (especially in season 5, when his pupil started to look like an oval, instead of it being shaped like an 8)
I only just now realized that the main "secret" reason that Rob stopped hating Gumball for an episode was because it took place after The Rerun episode. It actually makes sense.
@@cerebrummaximus3762 That's what I'm pointing out. I'm just also stating that I didn't notice it originally. I didn't really see every episode in order or anything back when I watched the show on cable.
It’s not happening, it’s owned by Warner Bros entirely and made at Hanna Barbera studios in Europe. Most they could do is have the movie or new series shopped around on for another streaming service to host it, but not outright bought
The movie was already in development for a couple years, actually. Then, the HBO Max Warner Bros Discovery merger happened, and shut off all cartoon network projects inside of it, including the TAWOG movie.
Rob went from nobody to nightmare. He basically had little screen presence in the beginning, but after his little escape from the Void he became a better character once he became a villain. Rob's first few attempts were comedic and then he became a serious threat during the Disaster and Rerun. Overall I liked Rob and in the end he was just trying to save everyone. Really hope they make a movie and he gets a happy ending.
It's at least possible for him and others to feel content with it, reminiscing about the earlier episodes and saying they hope you enjoyed watching them go through all of that as they fall into the void and disappear.
It's such a bummer that we never got a conclusion to the cliff hanger the show left off on. Whoever thought that'd be the fate of a show like this? Lol
8:19 I remember this scene sticking with me, because it felt like one of the only times in the show where we can see Gumball genuinely hurt, and actually pissed off
I love how they turned a side character that rarely appears in episodes to a full on one of the main characters and the villain of the show who might turn into one of the heroes in the upcoming movie or episodes
The irony to this comment is that Rob actually showed up quite about in the earlier stages of Gumball. He just never really got any lines until that one episode.
This show's idea and connections regarding the Void are honestly the most creative and interesting ideas I've ever seen implemented, especially Rob since he's an aftermath of the world going wrong as a literal corrupted character. Especially static having a connection to it as well. I'd genuinely love to use something like the Void in a story I make, because it's just that interesting.
I love how in the end when rob is about to end the camera starts moving like someone is recording, and when he says “it started” he looks straight into the camera
Anyone else realize that when gumball was shocked at darwin for pushing Rob, darwin asked gumball what he was mad at and he said he didn’t remember. I always thought it was a joke but looking back on it I think it was the universe making gumball forget
"Oh no! We just found out our side characters hasn't show up for too many episode, how do reintroduce him back in this episode?" Any other shows: Just says that he was on vacation, exchanged to another school or going somewhere and then return for jobs TAWOG: let's create a world where every mistakes or forgotten character resides there. Then Gumball go back finding them, since our show has 4th wall break
Rob is the best character in my opinion. But maybe that's because I'm a sucker for emotionally and mentally disturbed villains. This guy was not only forgotten in the void, mutilated beyond recognition, but he also has to live with the fact that his whole world, everything and everyone he loves, will be destroyed.
"I said I would destroy you, and everyone you love" *Ends up with void world and everyone he loved is destroyed EXCEPT himself* yeesh, his wish turned around him...now he's stuck in The Void until either the TAWOG studio releases a movie or the series gets a reboot...otherwise he's cannonically stuck in there forever, without a way out, because the only people, that can save him, are the ones beyond 4th wall aka the creators... And people still say that modern kids shows are dumb and with no plots whatsoever
@@jacobb4795 No he can't. That episode the universe almost ended wasn't because of his powers, it was because he was going against the laws of universe, which, in his case, was that he couldn't have a job. It wasn't just him, that can happend with anyone that goes against them too.
@@kara-mari9909 She not only can predict the future but she can change it. She may not be aware of this power but she's able to do literally whatever she wants just by adding or excluding things from her painting. In the epidose "The future" is shown what she can do, you should check it out, btw.
Before Rob was a villain I liked his design , he looked like a weird kid you can easily hang out with and then later he becomes one of my favorite cartoon villains.
Oddly enough he was one of my favorite background characters due to his design and showing up rarely so I was always intrigued to see if they'd ever do something with him, glad to see they did
I love how Rob was actually a well-written supervillain for a lil bit, but then he paused for a few episodes because Gumball was helping him build his evil persona. You'll notice this after his transformation. At that point, though, he hangs onto the whole "villain thing" until Gumball actually saves him from the Void the second time and now he understands there really _is_ some good in him.
All of that happened because of the stupid Void, since the place is the overarching antagonist of this show, due to it being a metaphor for cancellation, the reason why the Void erased all of Elmore from The Inquisition onwards, is either due to the series ending or the fact Elmore is being inhabited by talking animals, objects, plants and objects and little-to-no-humans, that's not only a bad ending, a sad ending as well
“Other place” is probably just another way of saying the void, but “it’s started” is really strange, could mean that Elmore is gradually getting eaten away by the void, this would also make sense for some places to get involved like government or something.
This compilation has made me become a huge fan of the character all over again. Also I just LOVE the whole concept that is the Void. I remember being absolutely amazed by the 4th wall breaking in the universal remote episodes, and I was shocked by how dark those episodes got. Rob is definitely my favorite character. Not only is he funny, but he also has great character development, going from being a forgettable background character, to a tragic self-named villain that is genuinely dangerous at times, and finally to an anti-hero trying to save the world. And the evolution in his design is fantastic! Very cool (and low-key terrifying) how his post-Void design has... parts of the Void in it, with glitching effects and everything!
I didn’t know Barbra knew all of that man. K but that superintendent is just the freakiest thing ever 16:59 And that’s the last we’ll see of Elmore, or Rob. “I’m neme-seeing someone else” got me
They actually did. James Lamont, one of the writer's of the first two seasons, was asked about Rob, and he jokingly answered "We do not speak of him". They were planning on making him the best CN villain from the very beginning
Okay but the thing he did in the mall is genuinely crazy, first he killed the van guy, then he made Darwin leave, then he made Gumballs parents divorce which led to Anais looking everywhere for her mother, then he literally killed Gumball's girlfriend And know the 2nd one, he made Darwin almost suffocate, Anais lose her limbs (just lose her limbs, like he didnt cut them off), made his parents small again and KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND. AGAIN. The best villain, hands down
Yeah I literally don't remember Rob among the main side characters, seeing him in a group of side characters is so odd to me, the pony is the only episode that I genuinely remembered him in pre-void
I have a theory that the reason why he's currently glitched now was a failed atempt at the void redesigning him so he the old him could still be forgotten.
I just realized the creator of the show being a animator knows as all other animators know that there show has a possibility of being canceled by there network like many other shows. So if he put that in the show it would almost take away the pain if his show did go under. Very smart.
Well when he remembered it himself, he did call out to them but they did nothing, that’s what’s sad about how they both are shown to have different perspectives
They really did a good job with making pre-void Rob genuinely forgettable even when he was clearly on screen
Yeah, I didn't even notice he was existing character since the beginning until the episode it was revealed he was the one the suspecting ghost in Watterson's house
They built the later episodes BECAUSE characters had been scrapped for being forgettable. He was just a genuine background character at first
i think its because they actually did forget about him
@@MonoKodomo yeah its crazy how up front and center he is in so many episodes I remember watching
Unlike any shows, they did giving him a unique ways to be forgotten.
ngl, his post-void design was a glow up
Which one? The one in “The Fight” or the one in “The Pony”? Either way they are both creepy.
@@SyzygySpy post-void, so the glitchy one
@@entropy2134i still love his original appearance too it’s adorable.
@@demonmaster666 I keep seeing you everywhere
@@entropy2134 oops 😂
The fact that rob was trying to save them by turning them human so that when the show ended they would still be alive gives me chills
WAIT I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THATS WAY
HE WAS LITERALLY TRYING TO MAKE A LIVE ACTION REBOOT
GOD
@@EpicDestr0yer HOKY SHI-
So he was basically trying to be a hero for once
I think Ralph had a really nice character arc. We really see how Rich evolved. Honestly Rhett is really one of my favorite characters.
Yeah Rick is pretty cool. Can't wait to see him in the Gumball movie
i think you guys mean Ruth...
Why you guys do my boy like this man 💔 His name is Ryan.
How has everyone already forgotten Rodney’s name?
@@carlosli3029 Ugh, including you apparently. Remember? His name is Rickie. Cmon dude.
Ironically the person who was most forgetable turned out to be the one that really made an episode memoriable
"an" episode? Practically all the episodes he's in (void and post-void) are memorable because are the few ones that try to take themselves seriously
Several episodes and the entire overarching void plot
@@GameyGaming you look familiar do you watch ONE
@@cyh..7 yes I do. I wonder where you found me there
Rachel was also forgotten but never shown in the void
it's actually kind of terrifying how all this ended when you think about it.
a world just crumbling and the only person that knows is known as the villain...
Oh damn
Actually gave me goosebumps no joke
Well Barbara did also know
@Pol Raper ?
666 likes very fitting
Rob from Season 1: **is 3D**
Rob from Season 2: **is 2D**
Rod from Season 3: **is 3D again**
But glitched
The season 1 3d version is godawful tho
More like a mix of 3d and 2d
@@scaryemoclown4114 i agree
THATS WHAT IM SAYIN-
As much as Gumball deserves a proper finale I honestly love this ending for the show. The implication is that the universe only exists as long as the show does, so like, how is it we would be able to see the world collapse? We can't, because then the show would still be on, and the world would still be stable.
This is a rare instance of a cliffhanger ending actually working well because we all know what happens next. The world collapses, and the fact we don't even get to see it happen is kind of chilling.
I think the ending is underrated, even though it could be better. Like it literally just ends with creepy music before it goes to that happy go luck end credit theme. This makes me think about what would’ve happened if there was no movie for TAWOG. Behind the ending theme, I could imagine Elmore citizens just calling for help, but is silenced, due to the fact that we wanted an actual ending. This implies that the show ended, just like you said, which gives me the chills honestly.
Which is why I wish they escaped because they’re just children let them live please they don’t deserve to die!!
I mean we saw Banana Barbra paint a picture of the Wattersons running away from the void, but we never saw that happen yet, so if the show doesn't get a proper ending, maybe if the movie gets cancelled, then we can assume elmore was destroyed
Well, we now have a confirmed season 7 so, we don't know what will happen next
@@mrlemonade281 también hay un peli (ya no sé si seguirá con la misma premisa o cambiará)
Ok I really love the fact that Rob just stopped destroying his groceries just to ask Gumball if he’s ok
I know right!!! Hes so wholesome
I've got standards. When a man makes a noise like that, you just put everything else aside.
btw to anyone wondering the timestamp's 4:10
@@rgbgaming6950 tysm
@@rgbgaming6950 legend
I love how they went from irrelevant extra character to character mildly joked about how irrelevant they are to (over two episodes) literal antagonist with his motivations based on his history of being irrelevant
Yeah and it ended on a cliff hanger that currently and till this day hasn’t been resolved 16:55
He was a small antagonist for a while, but as of now, he's trying to be a hero.
@@E-Burg-Official He is not a small antagonist. He is THE main antagonist of the show.
He's more of an antihero he was a villain but his current actions in the show are that of a hero
shinx
cute
Fun fact: Back in season 1, the wiki called Rob "One-Eyed Girl".
Really?
@@mejref_3788 Yea
@@bananabrain how did u realize that
He was just a background character
Why did u give attention to him?
Poor Rose...
@@mejref_3788 some people could actually search up or found ABT that in yt or something else (who knows even if its background character)
I love how accurate the ending is, since Rob was trying to make everybody human because people are giving up on cartoons and starting to watch live action shows more often. Gumball is one of the most meta cartoons, even more meta than Rick and Morty probably.
Rick and Morty are usually meta as knowing and making modern world references like memes, Tiktok and even God of War. Sometimes Rick says new season is coming but it's mainly just for fun.
TAWOG is even more meta(since Season 2) as many characters knows they are in show and everything is repeating. And with the void it's actually becomes the main storyline of the show. Later stages with Live action becoming more popular in the world the void is starting to consume everything.
It has lots and lots of filler as it's a teen show but I still haven't seen anything like TAWOG that this many meta and longevity.
Many meta shows usually just lasts 2 seasons or stops being meta.
@@ibrahimtuna375my point then, rick and morty felt dog shit compared to gumball when it comes to meta
@@ibrahimtuna375 tbh those are sponsored stuff.
@@ibrahimtuna375holy shit I never knew funny blue cat had such an interesting lore. Same thing with adventure time. I seriously slept on these shows
I love how confusing Rob's post-void design is. Like, he clearly has a 3D body but his eye and mouth are 2D. It's as if the universe itself has absolutely no idea what to do with him when he escaped
Yeah
That's technically why he was stuck in the pre void to begin with the world saw him as a mistake but i believe the reason he was actually able to get out is that the world knew he would make for a good villain soon and like that void rob was born.
@@nathanthelazynightfall1738 poor guy
I think that Rob escaped the void in the some kind of wrong way so he "breaked". I think he could return in his normal design but he escaped though shouldn't.
@@mif_sovremennosty he was holding onto mr smalls van when they were escaping the void and the outside of him cracked into peices after they were out
15:19 "Watterson, and Watter-adopted-son" it took them until the finale to make that pun
💀
LMFAO
Lol
WHATS EVEN MORE HILARIOUS THAT'S ROB IN DISGUISE AS A REAL PERSON, LIKE HE'S A LITERAL SAVAGE😭😭
Water-Adopted-Son
GENIUS
"You being the hero in all this means that I have to be the villain, but I never wanted to be the villain!" Fire line
“I just wanted to be the cute sidekick who got a plush toy and a spin-off show” 🗣️
Honestly this scene just hits so hard I love how the credits are flipped and you see them from a different point of view 8:11
Yeah that is breaking 4th wall
I just realized his first ever official appearance has him tossing Alan around with Molly, who also succumbed to the Void.
Brilliant foreshadowing.
Not sure if that is a foreshadow, but quite a cool coincident
Definitely not foreshadowing, considering there were literal years between the early show and the Void
Also, when they start actually partying, you can see he has a large brain. Maybe that was just to show that Tobias has a small one, but, it might be foreshadowing…
@@The_SniperCam it is NOT foreshadowing, my dude.
i just relized the first clip was a few decades ago
2:50 you can hear rob saying "They kicked me down a manhole"
I think that was tobias
@@ibzdagamer Tobias was never kicked down into a manhole. Darwin pushed Rob into the manhole in this video as proof.
@@Carossmo but through out the whole show run tobias has been pushed down a manhole (and the voice sounded like him)
@@ibzdagamer no? I never him get kicked down a manhole in season 1-2
2:51
Anyone else see the parallels between Rob and the spot in Spider-Man across the spiderverse lmfao
I came here just to see if anyone noticed. I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂
@@righteous2089 😂
YES I thought the exact same thing lmao
glad i’m not the only one who thinks that too LOL
Same! I doubt it’s intentional but it is a very weird coincidence. Though it could be intentional considering they both are obsessed with becoming the protagonist’s “nemesisl
Ok but Rob’s line in the love song being “Love has NO NAME” is actually really clever considering his first speaking role
His first speaking role is technically Yeah!
Background characters are also important, it gives the world more personality and makes it feel more alive.
I agree! Especially since there was an episode based around background characters
@@SimplyTypicalMe why did you say that twice?
@@SimplyTypicalMe why did you say that twice?
@@SimplyTypicalMe Yeah, it was a very cool choice of them to do that!
@@SimplyTypicalMe Yeah, it was a very cool choice of them to do that!
his smug little smirk when he finishes drawing the shark will always make me laugh dude hes so funny i love him
Timestamp? 😅
@@-Unique_Divinity- 14:05!!
@@bluerasbun thx!
he’s so silly
Lol
14:24 is probably the most haunting part as it displays the last seconds of the last episode.
And what’s scarier is that when the screen glitches you can actually see the end of the show
@@Icyfire109yea that’s the evil real guy
@@Icyfire109I saw his shadow
I think the most interesting thing about Rob for me was that when I was younger I definitely noticed him in the background with every other character and it was like I was waiting for him to eventually be brought up with how many characters you could spot in the crowds of these scenes who all had like one gag or episode to themselves actually acknowledging they existed.
The thing is, I didn't and he ended up being one of my favourite characters
Rob’s voice is so calming..like he could make millions of dollars off of being a therapist. (After he gets therapy of course)
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no fr i love his voice it’s so unique and satisfying to hear
@@ipisseduoff5900 fr fr
there's like literally nothing about his voice actor either i think they just grabbed a random guy off the animation team for the pony and it ended up being a larger role
ikr?! it reminds me of tom from svtfoe’s voice, which of voice are my personal favs
Dude, Banana Barbara straight up saw the end coming. Biggest foreshadowing in the entire series right there, she can alter the future, but "only what's left"
You can also see the pigs tail they drew on him when he falls into the void 😀
@@dulcealecio9607 You can see it during the whole episode when he gets revealed
Wow…didn’t even notice that…
the one that scares me the most is how bannana joe says "There is no future"
@@chosenscrub2009 timestamp??
I feel very bad for Rob.
In my opinion, he is the most miserable of all the characters in the series.
A true synonym for hopelessness.
The only reason he became a villain is because he didn't want to die.
Because the villain is one of the main roles. It has a lot of plot value.
And in this world, this means that he will not be again in the void.
He was miraculously able to escape out it once - and barely survived.
He get terribly mutilated and for some time lost his memory.
But the worst thing is that he understood where he is and what his world is like.
And it broke him.
A world where everyone is bound by their pattern.
Where deviations are not allowed.
Where, having gone beyond the screen, you can simply disappear and you will not even be remembered.
A world where no one will ever achieve anything, but will simply stagnate in one place.
Gumball and Darwin will never finish school.
Richard will never find a job.
Anais will always be four years old.
It's a hell.
Rob is far from being such a bad guy as it might seem - he plays his part in order not to die.
Although he hates Gumball - because he is the main character around whom this damned world revolves.
Who can change it as he wants, and who can't be defeated by default, but at the same time too stupid or heartless to understand this.
He tried to get rid of it and gain control of his life.
"I never want it to be a villan!"
"Once you out of the picture I can be whoever I want!"
But it almost ended in the destruction of the world.
And the nature of the world itself did not allow this to happen - no deviations.
And Rob remained a hostage to his role, and he understands this.
In fact, he spends most of his time in a desperate search for a loophole, an escape from this nightmare, and the rest of the time he spends in the realization that there is no loophole.
And at the very end, when he nevertheless had, albeit a ghostly chance for salvation, he tried to save everyone else.
Villains don't do that.
And if he did have parents, he must've lost them to the void, sad...
@@kevinvelasquez1553
In fact, he may even never have had any.
He just... was.
And he fully realized this only after he got out of the void.
This thought came to me when I remembered that unfinished bridge.
wait so is rob 12 years old?
@@kevinvelasquez1553 considering he was in the same high school i think we can consider him a young man
@@kokichioumatheliar8081 does elmore junior high mean its a middle school and a high school? gumball and darwin are middle schoolers
"I wanted to be the cute sidekick that gets their own plushy and spin off show"
The Spin Off:
They did this so well. I didn’t even realize he was in the earlier episodes
i only thought he was in that one episode when darwin kicked him down the sewer
I didn’t even notice him when they were singing about love to bobert
The ending is seriously freaky how much of a coincidence it is, considering what's happening with HBO Max. Rob trying to turn all the cartoon characters into humans for an unknown reason, then falling into the void, similar to how many cartoons were removed from HBO Max and all the live action stuff stays. What's more, the episode aired on June 24, 2019, and 15 days later, HBO Max was revealed. This is either extremely coincidental, insane levels of foresight, or somehow knowing future events ahead of when they happened similar to The Simpsons.
Wild
Barbara really did predict the future
I noticed that also, the coincidence is insane, and kinda sad honestly
Predictive programming.
you're thinking way too hard
4:54 the cut-off is literally the best 😂
the one at 16:44 is great too
"Wait,You hired a Wrecking Ball?"
"You Bet!" *Gets slammed into Wall*
16:45 and 4:55 were funny
Okay, but his story is actually so sad.
Ignored so badly that the universe decided he was a mistake. Only to be forced to become a bad guy by a fucking cat. All while still basically being ignored.
And not counting he was still a teenager when the void take him...Not even an adult
I honestly found him very weird looking the first season, I like his glitched out design better and him becoming a villain. He even used to be coloured in blue like Gumball, who knew a one eyed 3D guy would become a Gumball’s arch-nemesis.
I've heard that his new design is meant to reference the fact that his old cgi model used to glitch a lot, don't have any real sources for that beyond a youtube comment though, so please take it with a grain of salt
same, his glitched design is much better.
agreed!
If I had a nickle for everytime a one-eyed 3D guy claimed to be Gumball's nemesis, well you know the rest
@@spacesandwich5593 if Im not forgetting any characters you are talking about Bobert and if i remember correctly he was being him instead of his nemesis.
His season 1 3d design looks uncanny as heck
Makes the glitch design look even better
I dunno, I kinda like it
but I do agree that the post-void design looks better (especially in season 5, when his pupil started to look like an oval, instead of it being shaped like an 8)
17:05 These bells are the scariest thing ever.
underrated
People be makin creepy pastas but this shit is fucking scarier
@@SRSIMFHYAAFP yea
Like bro seriously you have to put this in the kids TV show this thing is legit creepy 💀
if u see, the bells are making a sound like the soundtrack in the opening
How to write a genuinely tragic villain:
I only just now realized that the main "secret" reason that Rob stopped hating Gumball for an episode was because it took place after The Rerun episode. It actually makes sense.
You mean "the Ex" - I think that was the point tho?
@@cerebrummaximus3762 That's what I'm pointing out. I'm just also stating that I didn't notice it originally. I didn't really see every episode in order or anything back when I watched the show on cable.
@@tylazermk8271 k, fair enough
but the events of The Rerun were erased when Rob went back in time to when he got the remote.
@@bl4z3marshy37 Rob still retained his memories though.
Hopefully the gumball movie gets bought by a studio and actually happens and we get to see where this story is going
God I do hope soo
hopefully
It’s not happening, it’s owned by Warner Bros entirely and made at Hanna Barbera studios in Europe.
Most they could do is have the movie or new series shopped around on for another streaming service to host it, but not outright bought
@@BasedRedemption that’s what I meant, just a poor choice of words on my part 😂
The movie was already in development for a couple years, actually.
Then, the HBO Max Warner Bros Discovery merger happened, and shut off all cartoon network projects inside of it, including the TAWOG movie.
I like how this all started because gumball called him "Rick"
I dont wanna be rude but he actually called Rob "Rich"
Rob went from nobody to nightmare. He basically had little screen presence in the beginning, but after his little escape from the Void he became a better character once he became a villain. Rob's first few attempts were comedic and then he became a serious threat during the Disaster and Rerun. Overall I liked Rob and in the end he was just trying to save everyone. Really hope they make a movie and he gets a happy ending.
Nobody will have a happy ending lol, void will consume everything
It's at least possible for him and others to feel content with it, reminiscing about the earlier episodes and saying they hope you enjoyed watching them go through all of that as they fall into the void and disappear.
It's such a bummer that we never got a conclusion to the cliff hanger the show left off on. Whoever thought that'd be the fate of a show like this? Lol
Their making an entire movie,it’s gonna take a while.
@@TheFaith74 yeah, but we've heard nothing about it in three years.
@@TheFaith74 apparently it was announced as canceled yesterday, as Warner utterly obliterates their old CN library
@@danielgiovanniello7217 it's not exactly cancelled but they need to find a network that'll take it because of what's been happening with hbo max
@@danielgiovanniello7217 it's not canceled just no goin g on hbo max
8:19 I remember this scene sticking with me, because it felt like one of the only times in the show where we can see Gumball genuinely hurt, and actually pissed off
@DJ C4RR0T he just like me!
he just like me fr!!
@DJ C4RR0T duque undid FR FR
THE VOICE ACTING WAS SO WELL DONE AS WELL
Rightfully so. That death was brutal ToT.
That scream though. 11/10
Sounds so full of rage. You can just _hear_ the desire to absolutely strangle someone in that scream.
He really went from being forgettable to the best character in the show
That last shot of Rob. Identical to Banana Barbara’s painting of him. Goes to show a kid’s program can still have smart writing.
I’d buy a plushie of him & watch his spin off 🥺
Same here
so would i .
cool sidekick :)
(Raises a glass with a big smile)
he'll be *my* sidekick.
Same
I love how they turned a side character that rarely appears in episodes to a full on one of the main characters and the villain of the show who might turn into one of the heroes in the upcoming movie or episodes
The irony to this comment is that Rob actually showed up quite about in the earlier stages of Gumball. He just never really got any lines until that one episode.
@@redballoon9007 yeah
This show's idea and connections regarding the Void are honestly the most creative and interesting ideas I've ever seen implemented, especially Rob since he's an aftermath of the world going wrong as a literal corrupted character. Especially static having a connection to it as well. I'd genuinely love to use something like the Void in a story I make, because it's just that interesting.
I love how in the end when rob is about to end the camera starts moving like someone is recording, and when he says “it started” he looks straight into the camera
Anyone else realize that when gumball was shocked at darwin for pushing Rob, darwin asked gumball what he was mad at and he said he didn’t remember. I always thought it was a joke but looking back on it I think it was the universe making gumball forget
Nah, he showed up later in that episode, so the void didn't consume him yet by that time
@@MarioGuadalupe he wasn't consumed yet, but that doesn't mean the world can't make Gumball forget.
and if you notice, when it falls, it makes a noise, like in the void
@@grayromBut he showed up in the finale
Holy shit you’re right
RIP David warner (Rob’s another voice actor)
Rip
What happened to him?
@@meisucksatlife8837 he died due to cancer-related illness
@@DeniseManami oh, that's sad :(
R.I.P David
R.I.P.
Rob's voice after he becomes the villain (normal one, not the British one) is so nice. I love hearing it so much.
Rob is such a great character
Rest In Peace David Warner.
RIP 🕊
What?
edit: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@heavenlydusk yeah, sadly he died.
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A David Warner is dead by cancer in July 24 2022...
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A July 24, 2022.
"Oh no! We just found out our side characters hasn't show up for too many episode, how do reintroduce him back in this episode?"
Any other shows: Just says that he was on vacation, exchanged to another school or going somewhere and then return for jobs
TAWOG: let's create a world where every mistakes or forgotten character resides there. Then Gumball go back finding them, since our show has 4th wall break
"how do we bring him back"
animator: *fucks around in blender* behold
"... perfect"
1:12 I like how Rob has to move his head unlike the other characters
A bit uncanny, tbh...
Wait Penny Loves Gumball But WHY IS SHE ALSO CHEERING WITH THEM?!?! I SAW HER LOOK AT THE RIGHT OF HECKTOR LEGS SHES RIGHT THERE
Rob is the best character in my opinion. But maybe that's because I'm a sucker for emotionally and mentally disturbed villains. This guy was not only forgotten in the void, mutilated beyond recognition, but he also has to live with the fact that his whole world, everything and everyone he loves, will be destroyed.
"I said I would destroy you, and everyone you love"
*Ends up with void world and everyone he loved is destroyed EXCEPT himself*
yeesh, his wish turned around him...now he's stuck in The Void until either the TAWOG studio releases a movie or the series gets a reboot...otherwise he's cannonically stuck in there forever, without a way out, because the only people, that can save him, are the ones beyond 4th wall aka the creators...
And people still say that modern kids shows are dumb and with no plots whatsoever
the cardboard armor that gumball and darwin made for robi is funny lol
Ah yes, *r o b i*
@@AymenZero hey i wanted to say that too
@@AymenZero Lmao it's true that literally everyone frogets his name, even real people-
love how a bunch of characters have lots of powers but barbara is the most overpower character in this whole show
Actually Richard is probably the most powerful. He can destroy the universe
@@jacobb4795 No he can't. That episode the universe almost ended wasn't because of his powers, it was because he was going against the laws of universe, which, in his case, was that he couldn't have a job. It wasn't just him, that can happend with anyone that goes against them too.
as busted as being omnipotent is, I don't see how knowing of an unavoidable downfall is overpowered
@@kara-mari9909 She not only can predict the future but she can change it. She may not be aware of this power but she's able to do literally whatever she wants just by adding or excluding things from her painting. In the epidose "The future" is shown what she can do, you should check it out, btw.
@@sS0O0L she can only change what’s left
Before Rob was a villain I liked his design , he looked like a weird kid you can easily hang out with and then later he becomes one of my favorite cartoon villains.
Oddly enough he was one of my favorite background characters due to his design and showing up rarely so I was always intrigued to see if they'd ever do something with him, glad to see they did
*I will never get over the fact that Gumball used to say his sisters name as “Ann i is”*
yeah and tbh the beginning of tawog feels like a completely different show 😭
He called his sister that through the entire latin american run
@@PodcArne spanish, generally
lmao I still pronounce it like that
I was looking for this comment LMFAO
@@dumbdannia6326
Same lol how is supposed to be pronounced?
I like how his one redeeming quality being 3d went away over time, then immediately came back when he was voided
The finale perfectly foreshadowed WarnerDiscover cancelling all of their animated shows
....
Holy crap-
0:28: Rob being conflicted to raise his hand on whether he’s been bullied by tina
Also Tina to rob: 16:40
💀
Bros still getting bullied
With the current state of Warner Bros./Discovery, this plotline has become extremely meta and prophetic.
I actually think his original design was very cute but the post void one is just as good…
Soo cute
Tall lanky blue mike wazowski lookin fella
he's just as.. oddly cute
I love how Rob was actually a well-written supervillain for a lil bit, but then he paused for a few episodes because Gumball was helping him build his evil persona. You'll notice this after his transformation. At that point, though, he hangs onto the whole "villain thing" until Gumball actually saves him from the Void the second time and now he understands there really _is_ some good in him.
I never realized they were setting up his arc so early that's wild
ngl, rob's design before the pony was pretty cool to see. reminded me of early 2000's 3d animation. i do feel bad for him though
It was terrible
Season 1 had a different art style
Tbh his new design looks better then his old one
my guy went from a background character to a dangerously important character in later seasons
Gumball: wait you hired a wrecking ball?
Rob: you bet
*crashes*
iconic
0:06 2 of the universe’s mistakes are bouncing a balloon.
I love to headcannon Rob, Molly, and Rachel as besties in the void but Rachel escaped and was remembered agein
Isn’t Alan important to the universe
@@Spooked96024 I meant Molly and rob
Yeah 2 mistakes to the universe bouncing something that is important to the universe
[ Alan will not remember that ]
...Or maybe he'll just remember bobbing back and forth at Tobias's house for some reason.
The fact that they ended the show on a cliffhanger is rlly underwhelming… hopefully we get to see what’s next if that movie still happens
If the movie even gets picked up by another company.
What was the ending I watched this show as a young child every once and a while but I’ve never seen the last episode?
Or maybe they wanted to end on a bad ending and to that i say why not
All of that happened because of the stupid Void, since the place is the overarching antagonist of this show, due to it being a metaphor for cancellation, the reason why the Void erased all of Elmore from The Inquisition onwards, is either due to the series ending or the fact Elmore is being inhabited by talking animals, objects, plants and objects and little-to-no-humans, that's not only a bad ending, a sad ending as well
@@killerking1966 or just a way to tell kids or people in general that everything has an end
What’s interesting about the finale is that he calls it ‘the other place’ and that ‘it’s started’ so it’s not the end.
“Other place” is probably just another way of saying the void, but “it’s started” is really strange, could mean that Elmore is gradually getting eaten away by the void, this would also make sense for some places to get involved like government or something.
This compilation has made me become a huge fan of the character all over again. Also I just LOVE the whole concept that is the Void.
I remember being absolutely amazed by the 4th wall breaking in the universal remote episodes, and I was shocked by how dark those episodes got.
Rob is definitely my favorite character. Not only is he funny, but he also has great character development, going from being a forgettable background character, to a tragic self-named villain that is genuinely dangerous at times, and finally to an anti-hero trying to save the world. And the evolution in his design is fantastic! Very cool (and low-key terrifying) how his post-Void design has... parts of the Void in it, with glitching effects and everything!
I didn’t know Barbra knew all of that man.
K but that superintendent is just the freakiest thing ever
16:59 And that’s the last we’ll see of Elmore, or Rob.
“I’m neme-seeing someone else” got me
Ending the series with creepy music 👍🏻 but I wish we could’ve seen the wattersons try to outrun the void
Imagine if the creators planned out his character since the beginning, that would be SO cool
It wouldn't be very unlikely because they planned the ending
They actually did. James Lamont, one of the writer's of the first two seasons, was asked about Rob, and he jokingly answered "We do not speak of him". They were planning on making him the best CN villain from the very beginning
@@anonymousman5573 Vilgax ( Ben 10 ) and Garmadon ( Ninjago ) >>>>>>>>
Robs voice is soothing
I don’t think rob is a villain he just an Unappreciated victim of circumstances when no one cares about him. He starting to remind me of sideshow bob.
Rest in Peace David Warner
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A voice actor of Rob. He died of cancer related Illnesses.
@@MichaelTheFish specifically the British (more traditionally evil?) voice of Rob.
His main voice actor is still alive
@@irkenpony17 The British Voice actor, yes.
*Rob is no longer a forgettable character..*
Okay but the thing he did in the mall is genuinely crazy, first he killed the van guy, then he made Darwin leave, then he made Gumballs parents divorce which led to Anais looking everywhere for her mother, then he literally killed Gumball's girlfriend
And know the 2nd one, he made Darwin almost suffocate, Anais lose her limbs (just lose her limbs, like he didnt cut them off), made his parents small again and KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND. AGAIN.
The best villain, hands down
0:58 Rob walking tho 😂😂😂
Yeah I literally don't remember Rob among the main side characters, seeing him in a group of side characters is so odd to me, the pony is the only episode that I genuinely remembered him in pre-void
I have a theory that the reason why he's currently glitched now was a failed atempt at the void redesigning him so he the old him could still be forgotten.
Rivalry ended with Rob. Now Dream is Gumball's new nemesis.
7:42 he’d do make a good plush toy
Rob has a pigtail you can see it at 16:24 only just realized he had one
Banana Barbara gave it to Rob with her reality-changing magic powers in "The Future"
@@justanaveragebuzzsaw ohh that explains why I have never seen it before
OH in the future banana barbare drew rob falling to the void with a pigtail what a nice detail
"Did you call me Rich like it was a question?"
He honestly was pretty adorable, people were just so mean to him-
2:20 *based darwin*
... no just no
Bro Rob yust Say uh when fall
2:22
Wow it is just like how they said it in the show. Until this video I didn’t even know rob was in half of these you hardly notice him at all
14:24 is the foreshadowing to 16:59
I know that people probably know this but I wanted to point it out anyways
She says there's no future and she painted the last frame of the entire show
Yup, even if you look closely while the "TV" is turning off, you can see his superintendent disguise
"I wanted to be the cute sidekick who go his own plush-toy and spin-off show!"
Bro predicted Darwins Yearbook and TAWoG plushes.
4:52 I love that "you bet!" so much💀💀💀
I love how the thumbnail says "Rich" inside of rob-
In the description says "Roy"
@@Alet06 lAOOOlLl
10:07 probably a reference to "Hey Phineas, whatcha dooiing?" lol
11:09 Banana Joe's face I can't lmfaoo
I thought that was a reference to P&F too when I first watched that episode lol
Phineas and Ferb comment!!!
I just realized the creator of the show being a animator knows as all other animators know that there show has a possibility of being canceled by there network like many other shows. So if he put that in the show it would almost take away the pain if his show did go under. Very smart.
In his return he's like "wAh YoU gUyS dIdN't SaVe Me It'S yOuR fAuLt!" Even though at 2:54 he just stood there doing nothing
Well when he remembered it himself, he did call out to them but they did nothing, that’s what’s sad about how they both are shown to have different perspectives