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Anais Errrrrr Watterson is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Nicole and Richard) of the Cartoon Network animated series The Amazing World of Gumball.
She is a prodigy at four years old, she is a rabbit who is considered to be the youngest and smartest character on the show, often being called a genius and attending school with her much older brother.
Gumball resents the fact that she is always telling him what to do, but deep down, he actually loves her and knows she's always right, there was also one time they hugged each other. Although impatient with her brother, she often tags along with him on his misadventures as a voice of reason. She also helps Gumball out of any situation. She could be either one of the main characters or supporting characters in the upcoming film.
She is voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski. Additionally, unlike Gumball and Darwin who have to change their voice actors due to puberty, Anais retains her voice actress, Kyla Rae Kowalewski, since her debut in "The Responsible."
Appearance[]
Anais is a small pink rabbit with a whitetail. She resembles and is smarter than her father, Richard, but she is much shorter in stature and has a more feminine appearance. The inside of her mouth is a darker pink, and her tongue is light pink. Her nose is red. Anais usually wears an orange dress with white trim and white socks. She has wide hips, just like Gumball and Nicole.
In Season 2, her design changes. Her skin is a lighter pink and she is slightly taller and bigger, almost reaching Darwin because her head and body have increased in size. When in pajamas she wears pink footless pajamas with a white rabbit silhouette and she wears them barefoot.
In Season 3, Anais' eyes are permanently round along with the rest of her family.
Personality[]
Anais is by far the most intelligent member of her family, although her young age prevents her from really being noticed and taken seriously by adults. She has been shown on numerous occasions to have a knack for solving problems, such as when she figured a way out of the house when it flooded in "The Responsible," and the time she developed a complex solution to solve the problem of getting her grandmother's luggage up a flight of stairs in "The Kiss."
Even though Anais is four years old, she attends Elmore Junior High because of her extremely high IQ; however, she is not in the same class as her brothers and instead goes to a ninth-grade class located elsewhere in the school. Anais is also a valued member of the school's Physics Club, and her vast knowledge of the subject has saved her from being vaporized by Bobert in his combat form in "The Club."
As shown in "The Remote" and in "The World," Anais knows how to sew, as she sewed up a hole in Daisy, and also sewed a zipper into Daisy. She also stitched up Daisy when Gumball and Darwin accidentally destroyed her in "The Detective."
Anais is a remarkably cunning strategist as well, revealed in the episodes "The Remote," and "The Password," plotting elaborate schemes, and decoying everybody's perceptions to achieve her goal, though she is often underestimated due to her significantly young age, which she tends to use to her advantage.
Sometimes she is respected for her intelligence like in the episode "The Password," when Gumball says "Clever girl" after finding out about Anais' plan to hog the computer all to herself by once again driving the Watterson family out of the house, similar to the episode "The Remote."
Anais can also be considered the most mature member of her family, aside from her mother. She often takes care of her brothers in many ways, like helping them with their homework, and making their breakfast, as said in "The Responsible." Due to her young age, however, she is prone to occasionally acting childish and still has stuffed animals.
Anais has shown some signs of having her mother's fiery temper. When her brother accidentally lost her doll, she was extremely upset and demanding, threatening to tell their mother what had happened. On another occasion, after finally taking Granny Jojo's bags upstairs, when asked to bring them down, she instead grew furious and kicked her suitcase out the window. Also, in "The Vacation," Richard hugged her to protect her, and she violently attacked him, thinking he was a monster. In "The Pest," Gumball and Darwin awake from their sleep and find Anais violently and mercilessly attacking her stuffed animals because she was angry at Billy for bullying her at school, and even wanted to beat him up, showing that she can be just as angry and violent as her mother.
Even though Anais is very mature for her age, there are still some occasions when she reverts to childish behavior. She is a huge fan of Daisy the Donkey, as evidenced by her Daisy plush toy, and her extreme enthusiasm for the "Daisy on Ice" show. She also knows how to manipulate others by looking cute, as proven in "The Quest." In "The Gift," it is revealed that she believes in the legend of kissing a frog to get a prince.
In "The Friend," Anais is shown to be very socially awkward. She states that she does not have any friends, which is why no one shows up at her party, and in "The Egg" when she meets Billy she has her thumbs under the table twisting them into knots. This awkwardness is shown again in "The Parasite" when she gets really clingy to Jodie. This social awkwardness is also shown in "The Guy" when Josh and Anais first meet when they yell at each other instead of talking.
Abilities[]
Anais, just like her brothers, has vast toon powers. She is extremely intelligent in multiple episodes and makes sarcastic remarks. Anais has the same anger level as her mother, Nicole. She is quite powerful, manipulative, strong, and easily irritable.
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Trivia[]
- In the preview pictures, Anais used to have whiskers, but in the show, she does not. Possibly to make Anais look younger and cuter.
- Anais acts dumb in "The Goons," "The Genius," "The Job," "The Authority," "The Castle," and "The Brain."
- Anais is based and named after Ben Bocquelet's younger sister, Anaïs Bocquelet.
- In "The Date," Anais has her own room, but she is usually seen sharing the same room with Gumball and Darwin.
- Anais is medically classified as a cephalopod.
- Technically, Anais was the one for the Joy outbreak in "The Joy" where she convinced her father to hug Gumball and Darwin. Ironically, she got infected in school.
- In seasons 1-2, Anais' voice sounds childish, high-pitched, and whiny. But in season 3-onward, her voice sounds deeper and older-sounding due to her voice actress going through puberty.
- In "The Gumball Chronicles: Ancestor Act," it is revealed that Anais' middle name is "Errrrrr," because Richard did not have enough time to pick it out.
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