Darwin actor amazing world of gumball: 59 Photos
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Darwin Watterson | |
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First appearance | Early Reel (2008) |
Created by | Ben Bocquelet |
Voiced by | Kwesi Boakye (2011–2014) Terrell Ransom Jr. (2014–2017) Donielle T. Hansley Jr. (2017–2018) Christian J. Simon (2018–present) |
In-universe information |
Gumball and Darwin are your average pre-teen boys who have all sorts of weird interests and misconceptions on girls, adults and life in general.
However, if the show lasts more than a few seasons, you have to make a decision on what to do when the kids hit puberty. You have to either age the character up or replace the voice actors. While some shows were able to do the former, Gumball chose the latter, and for good reason.
During season 5, Hopkins was replaced in the new role of Gumball by Nicolas Cantu, as Hopkins' voice had changed due to puberty.
The decision was finally reached to have him blue, a decision that the show creator Ben Bocquelet liked, because he thought blue was not a color usually found on cats, and it had a 70's-80's Japanese mascot sort of feel.