| “ | Bonnie: What have you done?! This isn't what I made you to be! Gumbald: No! You wanted us to be lowly pet fish swimming in your narcissistic pond! But I am your equal. Bonnie: You're not like me; you're bad! Gumbald: I am the future. C'mon, Bonnie, don't run away from happiness. I'm going to fix you, and then I'm going to fix that sniveling gum wad, Neddy. |
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| ~ Gumbald showing his true colors to young Princess Bubblegum. |
Uncle Gumbald, also simply known as Gumbald or Punchy (in the early seasons in his Punch Bowl form for the latter), is the main antagonist of Season 10 from the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time.
He is a bubblegum man Princess Bubblegum had created to be her uncle alongside others when she was young. However, Gumbald turned on her and tried to usurp her power but was turned into the candy person known as Punch Bowl, who was a recurring extra in the Seasons 1-9. He is also one of the two arch-nemeses (alongside the King of Ooo) of Princess Bubblegum.
He was voiced by Fred Melamed, who also voiced Cris Formage in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise. As Punchy, he was voiced by Mark Hamill, who also voiced Fear Feaster in the same show.
Appearance[]
Gumbald is a humanoid gum guy with a tuft of hair on the top of his head. He also sports a mustache and a goatee on the lower half of his face. He is shown wearing regal clothes as well as a tan tunic and purple cloak.
Personality[]
Gumbald is revealed to be extremely brilliant and on par with his "niece." Gumbald was first made with a lot of kindness, and he even thanked Bonnibel for gifting him a "Greatest Uncle" mug. He ultimately became weary of trailing Bonnie though and began preparations to start his own kingdom. In response to Bonnibel's attempts to undermine them, he became enraged and began to carefully formulate measures to dethrone her. To this aim, he invented a boyfriend to divert her attention and turned her other artificial relatives Lolly and Chicle against her.
He has made preparations to wreak revenge on Bonnibel and the others she has met since turning back into his true from. He gave Fern a new body and had him assault Finn, but was able to stop him from murdering Finn. He attempted to transform Bonnibel into a candy person after revealing himself, and if Marceline hadn't intervened, he could have been successful. He also exhibits a sense of survival since, in his words, "the vampire girl is legitimately scary," which drove him to flee, he didn't try to assault Bonnibel again.
Gumbald is exceedingly narcissistic and self-centered, as seen by his creation of the family crest and the artwork and furnishings within the Gumbaldia palace. He felt himself equal to Bonnibel before he became a sweets guy. He had been nothing but helpful to him, and he had no guilt spraying the Dum Dum Juice on his teammates. However, he did save Lolly from being altered after Finn and Jake almost sprayed the Dum Dum Juice on her.
History[]
Uncle Gumbald was first mentioned by Princess Bubblegum in "Susan Strong". She states that he cut down thousands of taffy trees in a single night.
In "Hot Diggity Doom", it is revealed that Uncle Gumbald built a cabin outside of the candy kingdom when Princess Bubblegum was young.
He is mention in "The Empress Eyes" when Jake accidently breaks Princess Bubblegum's clock in the forest that used to belong to him.
Uncle Gumbald is physically seen in "Thin Yellow Line" in Banana Guard 16's vision of Princess Bubblegum.
He first appears at the end of "Three Buckets" where he is picking up Fern's remains in a bucket.
Gumbald in "The Three Buckets".
Gumbald then appears at the end of "The Wild Hunt", observing Finn's defeat of his Grumbo creation.
Gumbald, along with Cousin Chicle appear in "Always BMO Closing". Chicle is seen in his stealth suit opening to door for BMO and Ice King then disappears. BMO then trades Finn's baby teeth for one of Gumbald's silver goblets. Gumbald then turns the teeth into baby versions of Finn and sends them to attack the treehouse but are soon defeated.
In "Bonnibel Bubblegum", the origins of Uncle Gumbald are revealed in a flashback. A young Bubblegum creates Lolly, Chicle and Gumbald to be her family. They live a simple happy life together until Gumbald starts getting some ideas of his own. He chops down the taffy trees and uses them to build the cabin then starts having plans to build a candy city. However, Bubblegum decides to stop his plans and add a butterscotch lake where Gumbald was going to build his city. Gumbald then gets upset with Bubblegum and grows treacherous to her so he starts to hatch a plan. He, Chicle and Lolly create Mr. Cream Puff to serve as Bubblegum's boyfriend and to keep her busy while they plan to overthrow her.
When Bonnibel gets back, she overhears her relatives in the basement insulting her and planning to poison her with a chemical to make her dumb like Mr. Cream Puff. Gumbald then secretly tests the chemical on Chicle and Lolly turning them into the simple-minded candy people named Crunchy and Manfried. Bubblegum then confronts her uncle, who voices that she wanted him to be servile but he is her equal, but she states he is evil as he plans to turn her into candy person and do something about her brother. Angered, Bonnibel uses her pea shooting Taser to spill the poison on him turning Gumbald into Punchy. The three would remain Candy people for eight hundred years with no memories of their past selves and Bonnibel keeping them this way as they seemed happy.
Near the end of "Seventeen", Fern defeats Finn in an arm-wrestling match and is stopped from killing Finn by Gumbald who reveals himself along with Chicle and Lolly. When Bubblegum asks how they are back, Gumbald simply hints her by saying "Oh my Glob" this causes Bubblegum to realize that when Lumpy Space Princess fixed Ooo from the elements in "Skyhooks II" she also fixed Gumbald, Chicle, and Lolly as well. They voiced their anger at being kept away for centuries, as she voices her reason they try to attack her but are backed off by Marceline. They leave but promise they will be back.
In "Marcy and Hunson", Gumbald is mentioned by Peppermint Butler while he is making a new sword for Finn to combat him along with Chicle and Lolly. Cousin Chicle appears in the episode as the main antagonist as he follows Finn, Jake, and Hunson Abadeer to Marceline's concert in his stealth suit believing Hunson to be Marceline's weakness. Chicle uses his stealth suit to disguise himself as a ghost and make the other ghosts attack Hunson. After being confronted by Finn, Cousin Chicle disappears while laughing maniacally to himself.
He plays a major role in "Gumbaldia". He rules his own kingdom Gumbaldia along with Chicle and Lolly. Candy Kingdom and Gumbaldia prepare for war. Finn and Jake decide to negotiate peace and visit Gumbaldia. Lolly seems to support their intention while Gumbald at first seems to oppose. Gumbald then shows Finn and Jake a large cake automaton he'll use to attack the Candy Kingdom. Gumbald then changes his mind when Finn and Jake save his life from falling off a lift. Finn and Jake then get to know more with Gumbald, Lolly and Chicle at dinner. Gumbald agrees to sustain peace and shows will to reconcile with Bubblegum. Chicle pours glitter juice on Finn and Jake during the dinner and accidentally gets some on himself, Gumbald then tells Finn to give Princess Bubblegum and big hug when he and Jake get back to the Candy Kingdom. It is later revealed that the juice is Gumbald's Dum Dum juice which doesn't work on people and dogs. It means that Bubblegum would have been turned dumb if she hugged Finn or Jake. This plan fails and Bubblegum tears the peace treaty. Back in Gumbaldia it is revealed that Lolly cut the lift as part of Gumbald's plan to gain Finn and Jake's trust. Both kingdoms then prepare for war with Gumbald, Lolly, and Chicle (who has now turned back into Crunchy) teaming up with some of Finn and Jake's old enemies (The Squirrel, Ricardio, Bandit Princess, Samantha, Peace Master, Me-Mow, Pete Sassafras, Ash, Sir Slicer, Scorcher, Fern, Gunter and mistakenly Ice King who thought they were just throwing a party).
Gumbald makes his final appearance in the final episode "Come Along With Me". He sends one of his Gumbaldians to spy on Princess Bubblegum but gets caught. He then prepares for war with the Candy Kingdom but Finn makes both him and Bubblegum compromise, then knocks them out with a dream potion. Within the dream Gumbald and Bubblegum fight each other until they both have a vision of them switching places. After they wake up both Gumbald and Bubblegum have an epiphany and decide to declare peace. However, Aunt Lolly seeing through Gumbald's lies redeems herself and trips him which causes him to fall and break the tube of dumdum juice that he was going to use on Bubblegum right on himself. Thus Uncle Gumbald is transformed back into Punchy, ending his reign of terror for good.
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Bonnibel Bubblegum (Creator/"Niece" )
- Aunt Lolly (Companion Creation/Ex-"Wife")
- Cousin Chicle (Companion Creation/"Son")
- Neddy Bubblegum ("Niece" )
Allies[]
- Aunt Lolly (Creation Partner/Ex-"Wife" /Formely)
- Fern (Formely/Deceased)
- Ricardio (Deceased)
- Ash
- Bandit Princess
- Pete Sassafras
- Peace Master
- Squirrel
- Me-Mow (Deceased)
- Cake People (Creations)
Enemies[]
- Aunt Lolly (Creation Companion/Ex-"Wife" /Assassin)
- Finn the Human (Deceased)
- Jake the Dog (Deceased)
- Princess Bubblegum (Archenemy/Niece/Presumed Deceased)
- Marceline the Queen Vampire
- Flame Princess (Presumed Deceased)
- Earl of Lemongrab (Deceased)
- Huntress Wizard
- Cinnamon Bun
- Perppermint Butler
- Colonel Candy Corn
- Banana Guards (Some DieSome Dead)
- Gumball Guardians (Deceased)
Quotes[]
| “ | Almost done champ.....There you go......You lookin' for an uncle? | „ |
| ~ Uncle Gumbald while picking up Fern's remains. |
| “ | (Princess Bubblegum: What is this?) Gumbald: Its a family reunion. (Princess Bubblegum: Uncle Gumbald, Cousin Chicle, Aunt Lolly. HOW ARE YOU BACK!!!) Gumbald: Here's a hint "Oh my Glob." (Princess Bubblegum: Lumpy Space Princess. When she reset Ooo she reset you.) | „ |
| ~ Gumbald revealing his return to old Princess Bubblegum. |
| “ | Ladies and Gentlemen.....TO WAR!!!! | „ |
| ~ Gumbald declaring war. |
| “ | It's Gum War. | „ |
| ~ Gumbald preparing for war. |
| “ | Fern! We've seen enough. | „ |
| ~ Gumbald, calling off Fern. |
Gallery[]
Images[]
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Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Princess Bubblegum says that Gumbald cut down thousands of Taffy trees in a single night in "Susan Strong". In "Bonnibel Bubblegum", it is shown that there was only a small number of taffy trees.
- His name is a portmanteau of the words "gumball" and "bald" due to his gum species and he is bald on his head.
- He is also indirectly responsible turning Bonnibel Bubblegum into a princess, as him along with Aunt Lolly and Cousin Chicle, were all turned into the first candy people.
External Links[]
- Uncle Gumbald on the Adventure Time Wiki
