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Nicole Watterson is one of the main characters of The Amazing World of Gumball. She is the mother of the Watterson family and is very dedicated to her family and would do anything in her power to keep them comfortable and safe. She is a short-tempered mother who acts only truly responsible member of the family and normally she still a good mother. She also has played a villainous role in some episodes.
She was voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
Appearance[]
Nicole greatly resembles her oldest son, Gumball, who is a cat just like her. She has light blue fur and is somewhere between Gumball and Richard in height. Her head is shaped similarly to Gumball's, except Nicole's whiskers are shorter than her son's, her nose is pink, and she has visible eyelashes. The inside of her mouth is light pink, her tongue is pink, and she has two fangs that are not always shown.
Her usual outfit consists of a white collared shirt, with a button that symbolizes her workplace, the Rainbow Factory, that has three stripes on it (orange, yellow, and green, respectively), and a short, light gray skirt. Like Gumball and Richard, she spends most of her time barefoot.
In her Season 2 redesign, she has tucked in her shirt, her body has gotten much slimmer, and she has wide hips similar to Gumball's. Her mouth gets rounder, and the shadows from her shirt and skirt are entirely gone as well, and her whiskers have gotten shorter.
From Season 3 onward, Nicole's eyes are permanently round, along with the rest of her family.
When Gumball was a toddler, Nicole, like her husband Richard, wore fashion that seems to date from the 1990s. This outfit was made up of a pink off-the-shoulder sweater, a black belt with a gold buckle, and white jeans.
In "The Choices," where she was seen in her early adolescence, she wore a white keikogi with a red belt, since she was on her way to a karate tournament (although back in Season 1 and 2, she wore a white and red sweater, and a pink skirt, with a red hair bow on her head).
In her late teenage years, as also seen in "The Choices," she wore a blue jacket over a white collared shirt, a purple skirt over short black leggings, and black and white sneakers, and she had a short hairstyle, with her bangs pinned back with a pink hair clip on each side.
In a flashback from "The Ape," she was seen at prom with a permed hairstyle, and she wore a short pink dress with the skirt having three frilly layers.
In "The Rerun," when she and Richard were shown aging backwards, her earlier-mid teenage appearances were shown with having acne and braces, and long hair worn back in a hairband, and then with a ponytail in a bow. She was also seen as a baby with a small upturned curl of hair on her head and wearing only a diaper.
In "The Parents," back when she was a toddler, she had an appearance similar to Anais, except her dress was colored yellow instead of orange.
Personality[]
Nicole cares very 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 of the household chores, and in addition, she works long hours at the Rainbow Factory just to put food on the table. Often, when she competes against the rest of the family, it is "for" the family, such as when she wanted to watch Win or Don't Win to win a new microwave in "The Remote."
Unfortunately, Nicole also suffers from a tremendous amount of emotional stress because of her many duties. She is also quite strict and a demanding mother, and sometimes has extremely nasty temper issues when upset, but she was also polite and yet rude. In fact, on one occasion, Gumball decides it would be easier to face Tina than an angry Nicole. Despite all that, Nicole is still a good mother and person, very supportive, kindhearted, and has a softer side, and she still loves her family very much, especially her son, Gumball, however she generally disciplining her family, such as her sons.
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 -- in this case, strategically setting a mine-like trap in a paintball arena/forest, merely using environmental supplies, and whatever she took with her. Winning seems to be a necessity for her at times, most likely due to her mother's ambition for her to succeed in her youth. Though, despite her somewhat ruthless faults, she can accept defeat, acknowledge her mistakes, and even find humor in them.
Nicole also does not like losing, as shown in "The Game," but still does not prefer to fight those who had a close relationship with her, such as Yuki, unless they threaten her family or her job.
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, which allowed her to defeat Richard and her sons, jump between roofs, and sprint at super speeds. She displayed her fantastic martial arts skills again in "The Fury," along with the ability to generate Energy Shields, release destructive Energy Beams, and punch the ground with enough force to create an Earthquake. When her children were late to school, she ran faster than the speed of sound to make it in time. In "The Fight," Nicole single-handedly, and almost effortlessly, defeated Mr. Rex, destroying his house, and in "The Pizza," she defeated some apocalyptic Elmore citizens single-handedly when they turned against her and her family during the search for Larry.
When furious, she can become significantly strong enough to destroy a door and can defeat anyone who gets in her way. This is shown in "The Egg," where she can completely transform herself into a red demon-like being and eat any person. Along with this, Nicole has the power to instill great fear in people, and in her "Limit" state she can even age people by staring into their eyes. As shown in "The Castle" and "The Limit," just one penance stare reduces her victims into a horrified state and seemingly causes rapid aging, complete with white hair. In "The Vacation," she completely burned Richard's marshmallow just by looking at it. In "The Finale" and in "The Money," she can also transform into a hulking version of herself. It is also shown during "The Fury" that she is able to jump very high and land on a car with enough force to destroy its front. By extension, she was also able to reduce Pantsbully to tears by staring at him with flaming eyes, before sprinting at the speed of sound.
Villainous Acts[]
Since the beginning of the series, Nicole overall characterization has become more and more negative. Sometimes, she becomes the antagonist or villain in some episodes of the show because she's 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 then 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 had deceived her.
- "The Fridge": While Nicole slightly acts like evil and the main antagonist in this episode, She attempts to turn Gumball into a winner because of him 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 with her family when they attempts 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 for 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 as the secondary antagonist.
- "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 as the central antagonist. 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 was 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 was a handicap 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 own 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.
Trivia[]
- Nicole is voiced by British actress Teresa Gallagher. Although Gallagher does a quite believable American accent, her native accent sometimes sneaks through.
- "Kickbuttus Hystericus," one of Nicole's nicknames, is a reference to the pseudo-Latin used famously in the original Wile E. Coyote/Road-Runner Looney Tunes shorts.
- She is similar to Benson Dunwoody from Regular Show who has angry moments and disciplining Mordecai and Rigby.
External links[]
- Nicole Watterson on the Protagonists Wiki
- Nicole Watterson on the Heroes Wiki
- Nicole Watterson on the The Amazing World of Gumball Wiki
- Nicole Watterson on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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