Previously on "Gumball: Multiverse Menace"…
Alex, reborn as Gumball in the Marvel Universe right before WWII, woke up in an alley with cartoon physics, toon force powers, and enough chaotic energy to make Loki look like a hall monitor. Now, with one goal in mind—messing with history while having maximum fun—he sets off to find America's favorite boy scout: Captain America.
New York City – 1943USO Show – Somewhere backstage
Cue big band music, tap dancers, and Captain America awkwardly waving at a bunch of soldiers more interested in hotdogs than heroism. Steve Rogers was doing his thing onstage—repeating his lines, selling war bonds, and trying not to die of secondhand embarrassment in his star-spangled tights.
Backstage, Gumball (a.k.a. Alex 2.0) peered through the curtain, dressed in an oversized USO janitor outfit with a mop in one hand and a cream pie in the other.
"Okay, okay," Gumball whispered to himself. "Let me get this straight: Red Skull's still building Hydra. Steve's a glorified mascot. And I'm holding the ultimate weapon of comedy-based warfare…"
He held the pie up dramatically. It sparkled like Excalibur.
"...A banana cream pie of JUSTICE."
Then—BOOM. Pyrotechnics exploded as a surprise special guest marched onto the stage.
"MEIN FREUNDS!"
The crowd froze. A spotlight hit the man goose-stepping onto the stage like he was auditioning for America's Got Tyrants. It was a Hitler impersonator meant to be the "bad guy" in Cap's performance. But Gumball's cartoon senses—his "plot armor detector"—started going off like a Metal Gear alert sound.
"Wait a sec…" Gumball muttered, squinting. He ripped a spyglass out of nowhere. "Enhance."
Click-click-click.
"THAT'S THE REAL FREAKIN' HITLER!"
Before anyone could shout "plot twist," Gumball screamed like a Looney Tune and launched onto the stage in full toon-mode, mop spinning like a helicopter.
"SURPRISE, BALD MUSTACHE MAN!"
Hitler barely had time to blink before SPLAT!
A banana cream pie collided with his face in glorious slow motion. The crowd gasped. Steve froze mid-pose. Somewhere, Peggy Carter dropped her tea.
The pie oozed down Hitler's confused face as the room stood still.
Then, Gumball leaned into the mic. "I just pied Adolf Hitler in front of a live studio audience."
Cue laugh track.
Steve stared. "...Who—what are you?"
Gumball saluted. "Private Gumball Watterson, interdimensional war criminal and part-time chaos gremlin, reporting for duty, sir!"
"...Why are you blue?"
"Genetic accident. Fell into a vat of memes. Long story."
Hitler started shrieking in German, calling for his guards.
Gumball grabbed the mic again. "Lemme just say: I do not stand for fascism… but I do stand for pies in the face."
The crowd erupted. Soldiers started laughing, cheering, and chanting "Pie! Pie! Pie!" like it was the new national anthem.
Steve couldn't help but smile. "You know what? That was the most morale-boosting thing I've seen all week."
Gumball turned to the audience, winked, and whispered, "This is definitely gonna get me on Hitler's block list."
Then he whipped out a cartoonish bazooka made of soda cans and bubblegum and aimed it backstage.
"YOLOOOOOO—"
BOOM.
He disappeared in a puff of glitter and confetti, leaving behind a note that read:
"Brb, going to stop Hydra with slapstick and anime power-ups."
Somewhere in Hydra HQ…
Red Skull slammed his fist on the table.
"WHO IS THIS BLUE DEMON CHILD?!"
A Hydra agent handed him a photo: Gumball, striking a JoJo pose in front of a destroyed tank, saying "Muda muda, fascists!"
To be continued…
Next time: Gumball meets Steve Rogers, gets recruited by Howard Stark, and creates a mech suit powered by cartoon logic and pop culture references maybe.