They really did a good job with making pre-void Rob genuinely forgettable even when he was clearly on screen

ngl, his post-void design was a glow up

The fact that rob was trying to save them by turning them human so that when the show ended they would still be alive gives me chills

I think Ralph had a really nice character arc. We really see how Rich evolved. Honestly Rhett is really one of my favorite characters.

Ironically the person who was most forgetable turned out to be the one that really made an episode memoriable

Ok I really love the fact that Rob just stopped destroying his groceries just to ask Gumball if he’s ok

I love how confusing Rob's post-void design is. Like, he clearly has a 3D body but his eye and mouth are 2D. It's as if the universe itself has absolutely no idea what to do with him when he escaped

15:19 "Watterson, and Watter-adopted-son" it took them until the finale to make that pun

it's actually kind of terrifying how all this ended when you think about it. a world just crumbling and the only person that knows is known as the villain...

I love how they went from irrelevant extra character to character mildly joked about how irrelevant they are to (over two episodes) literal antagonist with his motivations based on his history of being irrelevant

The ending is seriously freaky how much of a coincidence it is, considering what's happening with HBO Max. Rob trying to turn all the cartoon characters into humans for an unknown reason, then falling into the void, similar to how many cartoons were removed from HBO Max and all the live action stuff stays. What's more, the episode aired on June 24, 2019, and 15 days later, HBO Max was revealed. This is either extremely coincidental, insane levels of foresight, or somehow knowing future events ahead of when they happened similar to The Simpsons.

Dude, Banana Barbara straight up saw the end coming. Biggest foreshadowing in the entire series right there, she can alter the future, but "only what's left"

I just realized his first ever official appearance has him tossing Alan around with Molly, who also succumbed to the Void. Brilliant foreshadowing.

2:50 you can hear rob saying "They kicked me down a manhole"

Fun fact: Back in season 1, the wiki called Rob "One-Eyed Girl".

As much as Gumball deserves a proper finale I honestly love this ending for the show. The implication is that the universe only exists as long as the show does, so like, how is it we would be able to see the world collapse? We can't, because then the show would still be on, and the world would still be stable. This is a rare instance of a cliffhanger ending actually working well because we all know what happens next. The world collapses, and the fact we don't even get to see it happen is kind of chilling.

Background characters are also important, it gives the world more personality and makes it feel more alive.

Rob’s voice is so calming..like he could make millions of dollars off of being a therapist. (After he gets therapy of course)

Anyone else realize that when gumball was shocked at darwin for pushing Rob, darwin asked gumball what he was mad at and he said he didn’t remember. I always thought it was a joke but looking back on it I think it was the universe making gumball forget

Rob from Season 1: **is 3D** Rob from Season 2: **is 2D** Rod from Season 3: **is 3D again**

I honestly found him very weird looking the first season, I like his glitched out design better and him becoming a villain. He even used to be coloured in blue like Gumball, who knew a one eyed 3D guy would become a Gumball’s arch-nemesis.

I only just now realized that the main "secret" reason that Rob stopped hating Gumball for an episode was because it took place after The Rerun episode. It actually makes sense.

I love how accurate the ending is, since Rob was trying to make everybody human because people are giving up on cartoons and starting to watch live action shows more often. Gumball is one of the most meta cartoons, even more meta than Rick and Morty probably.

I love how they turned a side character that rarely appears in episodes to a full on one of the main characters and the villain of the show who might turn into one of the heroes in the upcoming movie or episodes

Hopefully the gumball movie gets bought by a studio and actually happens and we get to see where this story is going

It's such a bummer that we never got a conclusion to the cliff hanger the show left off on. Whoever thought that'd be the fate of a show like this? Lol

"You being the hero in all this means that I have to be the villain, but I never wanted to be the villain!" Fire line

Honestly this scene just hits so hard I love how the credits are flipped and you see them from a different point of view 8:11

his smug little smirk when he finishes drawing the shark will always make me laugh dude hes so funny i love him

8:19 I remember this scene sticking with me, because it felt like one of the only times in the show where we can see Gumball genuinely hurt, and actually pissed off

Anyone else see the parallels between Rob and the spot in Spider-Man across the spiderverse lmfao

I feel very bad for Rob. In my opinion, he is the most miserable of all the characters in the series. A true synonym for hopelessness. The only reason he became a villain is because he didn't want to die. Because the villain is one of the main roles. It has a lot of plot value. And in this world, this means that he will not be again in the void. He was miraculously able to escape out it once - and barely survived. He get terribly mutilated and for some time lost his memory. But the worst thing is that he understood where he is and what his world is like. And it broke him. A world where everyone is bound by their pattern. Where deviations are not allowed. Where, having gone beyond the screen, you can simply disappear and you will not even be remembered. A world where no one will ever achieve anything, but will simply stagnate in one place. Gumball and Darwin will never finish school. Richard will never find a job. Anais will always be four years old. It's a hell. Rob is far from being such a bad guy as it might seem - he plays his part in order not to die. Although he hates Gumball - because he is the main character around whom this damned world revolves. Who can change it as he wants, and who can't be defeated by default, but at the same time too stupid or heartless to understand this. He tried to get rid of it and gain control of his life. "I never want it to be a villan!" "Once you out of the picture I can be whoever I want!" But it almost ended in the destruction of the world. And the nature of the world itself did not allow this to happen - no deviations. And Rob remained a hostage to his role, and he understands this. In fact, he spends most of his time in a desperate search for a loophole, an escape from this nightmare, and the rest of the time he spends in the realization that there is no loophole. And at the very end, when he nevertheless had, albeit a ghostly chance for salvation, he tried to save everyone else. Villains don't do that.

They did this so well. I didn’t even realize he was in the earlier episodes

His season 1 3d design looks uncanny as heck Makes the glitch design look even better

Rob went from nobody to nightmare. He basically had little screen presence in the beginning, but after his little escape from the Void he became a better character once he became a villain. Rob's first few attempts were comedic and then he became a serious threat during the Disaster and Rerun. Overall I liked Rob and in the end he was just trying to save everyone. Really hope they make a movie and he gets a happy ending.

Ok but Rob’s line in the love song being “Love has NO NAME” is actually really clever considering his first speaking role

I’d buy a plushie of him & watch his spin off 🥺

RIP David warner (Rob’s another voice actor)

Okay, but his story is actually so sad. Ignored so badly that the universe decided he was a mistake. Only to be forced to become a bad guy by a fucking cat. All while still basically being ignored.

I think the most interesting thing about Rob for me was that when I was younger I definitely noticed him in the background with every other character and it was like I was waiting for him to eventually be brought up with how many characters you could spot in the crowds of these scenes who all had like one gag or episode to themselves actually acknowledging they existed.

"Oh no! We just found out our side characters hasn't show up for too many episode, how do reintroduce him back in this episode?" Any other shows: Just says that he was on vacation, exchanged to another school or going somewhere and then return for jobs TAWOG: let's create a world where every mistakes or forgotten character resides there. Then Gumball go back finding them, since our show has 4th wall break

Rest In Peace David Warner.

14:24 is probably the most haunting part as it displays the last seconds of the last episode.

17:05 These bells are the scariest thing ever.

the cardboard armor that gumball and darwin made for robi is funny lol

*I will never get over the fact that Gumball used to say his sisters name as “Ann i is”*

Rob's voice after he becomes the villain (normal one, not the British one) is so nice. I love hearing it so much.

That last shot of Rob. Identical to Banana Barbara’s painting of him. Goes to show a kid’s program can still have smart writing.

ngl, rob's design before the pony was pretty cool to see. reminded me of early 2000's 3d animation. i do feel bad for him though

love how a bunch of characters have lots of powers but barbara is the most overpower character in this whole show

4:54 the cut-off is literally the best 😂

This show's idea and connections regarding the Void are honestly the most creative and interesting ideas I've ever seen implemented, especially Rob since he's an aftermath of the world going wrong as a literal corrupted character. Especially static having a connection to it as well. I'd genuinely love to use something like the Void in a story I make, because it's just that interesting.

I actually think his original design was very cute but the post void one is just as good…

With the current state of Warner Bros./Discovery, this plotline has become extremely meta and prophetic.

I love how in the end when rob is about to end the camera starts moving like someone is recording, and when he says “it started” he looks straight into the camera

Okay but the thing he did in the mall is genuinely crazy, first he killed the van guy, then he made Darwin leave, then he made Gumballs parents divorce which led to Anais looking everywhere for her mother, then he literally killed Gumball's girlfriend And know the 2nd one, he made Darwin almost suffocate, Anais lose her limbs (just lose her limbs, like he didnt cut them off), made his parents small again and KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND. AGAIN. The best villain, hands down

I like how his one redeeming quality being 3d went away over time, then immediately came back when he was voided

The fact that they ended the show on a cliffhanger is rlly underwhelming… hopefully we get to see what’s next if that movie still happens

He really went from being forgettable to the best character in the show

How to write a genuinely tragic villain:

0:06 2 of the universe’s mistakes are bouncing a balloon.

Tbh his new design looks better then his old one

"I wanted to be the cute sidekick that gets their own plushy and spin off show" The Spin Off:

I like how this all started because gumball called him "Rick"

Imagine if the creators planned out his character since the beginning, that would be SO cool

I didn’t know Barbra knew all of that man. K but that superintendent is just the freakiest thing ever 16:59 And that’s the last we’ll see of Elmore, or Rob. “I’m neme-seeing someone else” got me

1:12 I like how Rob has to move his head unlike the other characters

Oddly enough he was one of my favorite background characters due to his design and showing up rarely so I was always intrigued to see if they'd ever do something with him, glad to see they did

Wow it is just like how they said it in the show. Until this video I didn’t even know rob was in half of these you hardly notice him at all

Rest in Peace David Warner

Rob is the best character in my opinion. But maybe that's because I'm a sucker for emotionally and mentally disturbed villains. This guy was not only forgotten in the void, mutilated beyond recognition, but he also has to live with the fact that his whole world, everything and everyone he loves, will be destroyed.

Before Rob was a villain I liked his design , he looked like a weird kid you can easily hang out with and then later he becomes one of my favorite cartoon villains.

I have a theory that the reason why he's currently glitched now was a failed atempt at the void redesigning him so he the old him could still be forgotten.

Yeah I literally don't remember Rob among the main side characters, seeing him in a group of side characters is so odd to me, the pony is the only episode that I genuinely remembered him in pre-void

*Rob is no longer a forgettable character..*

I love how Rob was actually a well-written supervillain for a lil bit, but then he paused for a few episodes because Gumball was helping him build his evil persona. You'll notice this after his transformation. At that point, though, he hangs onto the whole "villain thing" until Gumball actually saves him from the Void the second time and now he understands there really _is_ some good in him.

14:24 is the foreshadowing to 16:59 I know that people probably know this but I wanted to point it out anyways

I love how the thumbnail says "Rich" inside of rob-

Gumball: wait you hired a wrecking ball? Rob: you bet *crashes*

What’s interesting about the finale is that he calls it ‘the other place’ and that ‘it’s started’ so it’s not the end.

Rob has a pigtail you can see it at 16:24 only just realized he had one

the way darwin pushed rob 💀 like that was one of the funniest scenes lmaoooo

0:28: Rob being conflicted to raise his hand on whether he’s been bullied by tina Also Tina to rob: 16:40

This compilation has made me become a huge fan of the character all over again. Also I just LOVE the whole concept that is the Void. I remember being absolutely amazed by the 4th wall breaking in the universal remote episodes, and I was shocked by how dark those episodes got. Rob is definitely my favorite character. Not only is he funny, but he also has great character development, going from being a forgettable background character, to a tragic self-named villain that is genuinely dangerous at times, and finally to an anti-hero trying to save the world. And the evolution in his design is fantastic! Very cool (and low-key terrifying) how his post-Void design has... parts of the Void in it, with glitching effects and everything!

"Did you call me Rich like it was a question?"

Ok so you guys know about the recent cartoon purge on HBO? WHAT IF THIS WAS FORSHADOWING THAT

The finale perfectly foreshadowed WarnerDiscover cancelling all of their animated shows

he’s basically the sideshow bob of gumball.

why does no one like robs 1st desgin??? i thought itlooked really nice and cool and i didn't think it looked werid compared to everyone else cause in the show you have puppets, live actions, realistic character models, 3d animation, and the normal 2D animation.

"you guys don't remember me at all" Me(who didn't even remember that he was in the show before he became showed up as a villain with glitched out features): Shit man, that's crazy.

my guy went from a background character to a dangerously important character in later seasons

I never realized they were setting up his arc so early that's wild

Rob: **looks into sewer hole** Darwin **kicks** Rob: “EUH-“ Gum ball *”DARWIN!?”*

10:07 probably a reference to "Hey Phineas, whatcha dooiing?" lol 11:09 Banana Joe's face I can't lmfaoo

Honestly I had no idea that rob existed before he glitched, he blends into the background so much

Poor Rob has been through a bit in the void. When he gets out, he tries to make everything clear of why he wanted everyone to be humans, the T-rex Tina didn't even give him a chance. Now Rob has fallen into the ultimate void in which he tried to stop. Now they will never know his true purpose..

This guy is basically Homura Akemi of TAWOG

Barbara painted a pig tail on Rob falling into the void and at the very end it's what Barbara painted.

I don’t think rob is a villain he just an Unappreciated victim of circumstances when no one cares about him. He starting to remind me of sideshow bob.

I like the way rob just turns on and then turns off the tv like a parent reading their child’s internet search history