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‘Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball’ Debuts on Hulu With One Piece Easter Egg and Season Eight Prep

Creator Ben Bocquelet has begun scripting potential season eight episodes pending audience response

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Overview

  • The seventh season premiered July 28 on Hulu in the U.S. as a direct continuation under its new title, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball.
  • The first season spans twenty episodes that preserve the original’s surreal mixed-media style, combining 2D, 3D, live-action, puppetry and stop-motion animation.
  • In episode four, Gumball’s dad Richard presents a straw hat homage to One Piece’s Thousand Sunny, marking the revival’s first notable pop-culture crossover.
  • Ben Bocquelet is already writing scripts for a potential eighth season, with renewal contingent on viewer response to the new episodes.
  • While resolving the season six cliffhanger, the revival also delivers standalone stories that explore mature themes like AI, social media risks and healthy eating.