Doctor Nicole Watterson (née Senicourt) is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Anais and Richard) of the Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball.

She's the mother of the titular Gumball and the matriarch of the Watterson Family, who works at the Rainbow factory. She is the most and maybe only person responsible in the family.

Due to her strict nature, Nicole occasionally acts antagonistic, but it's usually motivated by her love for her family.

She is voiced by British actress, voice actress, and singer, Teresa Gallagher, who also voices Penny Fitzgerald, Teri, Little Miss Daredevil, Little Miss Whoops and Little Miss Chatterbox from The Mr. Men Show.

Appearance[]

Nicole greatly resembles her son, Gumball, who is, like her, a cat, but is taller and slenderer than her son. She has light blue fur and is somewhere between Richard and Gumball in height. Her head is shaped similarly to Gumball's, except Nicole's whiskers are shorter than her son's, and she has visible eyelashes. The inside of her mouth is light pink, her tongue is pink, and her nose is pink.

Her usual outfit consists of a white collared shirt with an orange, yellow, and green button that symbolizes the Rainbow Factory, where she works. She wears a short, light gray skirt to go along with it.

In Season 2, her shirt is tucked in, her body is slimmer, and she gains wide hips just like Gumball. Her mouth and head are rounder and her whiskers are much shorter. Her eyes are oval-shaped.

In Season 3, Nicole's eyes are permanently round along with the rest of her family.

Personality[]

Nicole cares deeply for her family, so much that she would do anything to express her love for them. She is also very protective of her family, as seen in "The Ape." Since she is the only truly responsible member of the family, Nicole does most of, if not all the household chores, and besides, she works long hours at the Rainbow Factory just to put food on the table.

Unfortunately, Nicole also suffers from a tremendous amount of emotional stress because of her many duties. She is also quite a demanding mother, and sometimes has an extremely nasty temper that can turn her into a very scary person when upset. In fact, on one occasion, Gumball decides it'd be easier to face a giant T-rex than an angry Nicole. Despite all that, Nicole is still a good person, kindhearted, sweet, and has a softer and calm side at times, and she still loves her family very much.

Nicole can be quite stern when provoked, and occasionally vindictive, as was shown in the episode "The Ape," after Miss Simian called her and her family "losers." On top of this, she has also proven to be very resourceful and inventive, a trait she most likely passed on to her daughter Anais, who has demonstrated similar talents. Winning seems to be a necessity for her at times, possibly indicating that she is slightly obsessive. Though, despite her somewhat ruthless faults, she can accept defeat, acknowledge her mistakes, and even find humor in them. Nicole also doesn't like losing, as shown in "The Game."

Biography[]

Nicole grew up in a strict family that wants her to become the most successful person alive, although, their obsession with absolute perfectionism within Nicole causes her to always go through a lot of extreme measures to gain achievements that satisfy them, their decisions, desires, and even their actions affects her deeply, as all her life is nothing but being forced to study hard and get good grades at all cost.

One day, when her parents were driving her to the Karate championship tournament, they were in the middle of complaining about her exam since there was an "F" which stands for her gender as a female. Due to the traffic jam, and Nicole's father's ill temper, caused him to destroy the car with one slam, causing Nicole to run to the tournament for only 5-minutes, this is when she meets Richard, and they both fall in love with each other, Nicole later on left her family as they disapprove to let her date, Richard, as for Richard, he was kicked out of the house by his mother for unknown reasons.

Nicole and Richard both live together afterward and not so long later, Nicole gives birth to Gumball, adopts Darwin, and gives birth to Anais.

Abilities[]

Nicole is very athletic, and is fully capable of chasing her children across the neighborhood when they are in trouble, as shown in "The DVD." On one occasion, Gumball compared her to a ninja. In "The Remote," she displayed great skills in martial arts, that allowed her to defeat Richard and her sons, and jump between roofs. Also, in "The Fight," Nicole defeats Mr. Rex and destroys his house, and in "The Pizza," she defeats some apocalyptic Elmore citizens when they turn against her and her family.

When angry, she is significantly strong, enough to destroy a door, and can fight and defeat anyone, and completely scare people with her rage. In "The Egg," she can completely transform herself into a red demon-like being and eat any person. Along with this, Nicole can make people fear and do what she wants without a question. Like in "The Castle" and "The Limit," just one penance stare reduces her victims into a horrifying state. In "The Vacation," she can completely burn Richard's marshmallow by just looking at it. In "The Finale" and in "The Money," she can also transform into a hulking version of herself.

Temper Acts[]

Since the beginning of the series, Nicole's overall characterization has become more and more negative. Sometimes, she becomes the antagonist or villain in some episodes of the show because she normally acts like a good mother.

• "The DVD": Nicole chases her children whilst riding an angry dog.
• "The Responsible": She appears in a background of fire while yelling at her children.
• "The Quest": Gumball says it would be scarier to be told off by Nicole than fight Tina, to which Darwin agrees.
• "The Club": It is revealed that Nicole attends their school's anger management club.
• "The Helmet": Nicole trashes an office when she finds out that Richard has deceived her.
• "The Fridge": While Nicole slightly acts like evil and is the main antagonist in this episode, She attempts to turn Gumball into a winner because of his not accomplishing anything based on the Reach for the Stars chart rating.
• "The Authority": Nicole once again appears in a background of fire and attacks Granny Jojo.
• "The Limit": Nicole upsets her family when they attempt to buy candy and also becomes a monster and rampages through the store as the main antagonist.
• "The Castle": Nicole gives Harold a penance stare that forces him to clean up the house, along with other citizens.
• "The Finale": Nicole pries a door open by gaining massive muscles and turning into a hulking monster.
• "The Mothers": She yells at Gumball and Darwin and punishes them by grounding them and sending them to the car to secretly put her through a contest to decide who was the Superest Mom in the world and prove her to be the Best Mom ever.
• "The Password": Nicole breathes fire when she hears Richard say she can sometimes be a dragon.
• "The Procrastinators": She threatens to "terminate" her children.
• "The Hero": she refuses to take care of the duo.
• "The Pizza": Nicole yells at Larry in a deep voice while her head grows bigger. She also attacks a group of apocalyptic Elmore citizens and successfully defeats them.
• "The Question": She scares Gumball and Darwin while commenting on the meaning of life.
• "The Oracle": She had flaming eyes. This also happens twice again in "The Fury."
• "The Nobody": She furiously punishes her sons by grounding them and sending them to their room until one of them owns up and forbids them from TV, the Internet, and going to the museum after Gumball and Darwin were framed by Rob for stealing those possessions by Rob.
• "The Egg": Nicole makes silent gestures to Anais and Gumball. Then he clenches his fists, stiffens his back with his bones making a very loud cracking sound, and puts on an angry expression with pointed teeth and a twitching eye. After being insulted by Felicity, Nicole turns into a demon and attempts to eat her, but is stopped when Anais and Billy go missing.
• "The Money": Nicole turns into a hulking monster (parodying the Hulk) to reprimand Richard, but is stopped by his charm. She does it again when one of the repossession men comes to take their car.
• "The Return": Richard says Nicole would destroy him if she realized his kids were missing.
• "The Signature": Nicole partially breaks the glass at the Town Hall, and a Xenomorph emerges from her mouth, threatening the Cupcake man, along with her attacking Granny Jojo earlier in the episode.
• "The Parking": After Marvin beats the Wattersons in the parking lot, she storms over to his car and vandalizes it, but stops after she realizes it is a handicapped spot.
• "The Disaster": Nicole yells at Gumball and blames him for the car crash while playing the window after Rob frames him for doing that.
• "The Choices": After Darwin accidentally sprays her with whipped cream, she is about to attack her family, but calms down and has a food fight instead.
• "The Fuss": She stares angrily at Richard and drops the cake on the floor he made for her, thinking he was the one forgetting their anniversary.
• "The Heist": She threatens to kill Richard after seeing him accidentally rob a bank.
• "The Worst": She pulverizes her car, destroying it. During her flashback at work, she gets infuriated when her boss, Mr. Yoshida promotes her plant and chooses James O'Brien as Employee of the Month of the Rainbow Factory.
• "The Nuisance": She destroys Harold's car.
• "The Brain": She gets mad at several people.
• "The Parents": She and her parents trash the living room.
• "The Founder": She becomes very mad trying to pay a bill.
• "The Ad": She gets mad at Richard after he buys Wunderklopp.
• "The Possession": She argues with Granny Jojo.
• "The Master": She fights with her family after they make her crash her car.
• "The Factory": She constantly gets pestered by Gumball and Darwin as the central antagonist.
• "The Web": She gets frustrated with her computer.
• "The Heart": In a flashback, Mr. Robinson hits her car, but frames Gumball and Darwin, so she scolds them.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

• Although Teresa Gallagher, the British voice actress who voiced Nicole, has a believable American accent. Sometimes, her native accent sneaks through in some episodes.
• She was based and named after Ben Bocquelet's mother, Nicole Bocquelet.
• Because Miss Simian calls her a "loser" throughout her life, Nicole despises the word, and surprisingly Miss Simian herself.
• In her yearbook photo seen in Richard's flashback in "The Wand," it is revealed that Nicole's maiden name starts with G. But in "The Choices," her maiden name is Senicourt.
• In "The Job," when Nicole turns into a live-action self, her live-action cat is a Tabby. It's possible that her son, Gumball is a Tabby.
• Nicole has been falsely arrested for weird reasons.
• Nicole is the only Watterson to not encounter Rob.
• Nicole goes to an anger management club in "The Club," yet she still cannot control her temper when provoked.
• Nicole's parents, Daniel had a temper and Mary was a perfectionist. It could be possible that she inherited those traits from her parents.
• Nicole and Richard's wedding anniversary is on November 1^st.
• Nicole was originally conceived as an absent mother who would not appear onscreen because of her being busy with work.
• In "The Parents," it was revealed that Nicole's first name is actually Doctor and that her middle name is Nicole. The same episode reveals Nicole has B- blood.
• In "The Treasure," Nicole makes $950 per month from the Rainbow Factory.
• She was born in October 12^th.
• Nicole is the first character to speak in the series.

External Links[]

• Nicole Watterson on the The Amazing World of Gumball Wiki
• Nicole Watterson on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
• Nicole Watterson on the Antagonists Wiki

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