The second season of the British-American animated television sitcom The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, which was created by Ben Bocquelet, was released on Hulu in the United States on 22 December 2025, and was produced by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Serving as a revival to the original series, it focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue twelve-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school.
Development Plot Similar to the original series, it focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a goldfish. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school. In a behind-the-scenes video documenting the production of the previous show's second season, creator Ben Bocquelet expanded on the development of some of the characters, and how they are based on interactions from his childhood.
Production On 17 October 2025, London-based recording studio Fuse Post confirmed that post-production audio mixing on the final 20 episodes was completed. On 19 November 2025, Hulu announced that the second season would premiere in the United States on 22 December 2025, followed by an international release on Cartoon Network and HBO Max on 2 February 2026. The 20 episodes were originally produced to complete a 40-episode order for the first season, but network executives split the order into two seasons without notifying the production staff prior to the announcement.
The season features "The Cheapmas", the series' second dedicated Christmas special, which debuted 13 years after "Christmas" (2012) from The Amazing World of Gumball. Series creator Ben Bocquelet and co-showrunner Erik Fountain designed the episode to subvert holiday tropes by focusing on corporate commercialism and high prices. To depict a high-speed police chase through Elmore, the animators combined pre-existing assets with newly built 3D sets, and included a brief cameo appearance by Jake the Dog from Adventure Time. A haunted doll character was created to satisfy a network legal requirement prohibiting child characters from stealing or driving a vehicle. The season finale, "The Rewrite", was written to resolve the cliffhanger from the sixth-season finale of The Amazing World of Gumball, "The Inquisition".
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Reception Unlike the first season, this season received more positive reviews from critics. Johnny Loftus from Decider states that "The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball keeps staying positive and stirring up the good time-y goofs in its second season since spinning off from Amazing World of Gumball." Tessa Smith of Mama's Geeky also gave the season a positive review, stating that the season "continues to deliver wacky, bizarre, and truly fun episodes."
Joshua Mbonu from The Cosmic Circus also stated that the second season "continues to carry on with what works so well about this series while playing with new concepts and jokes." John Witw of Bubbleblabber.com gave the season an 8.5 out of 10, stating that while "the show's self-aware humor could occasionally be a bit much, the season also proves it can even poke fun at itself just as much as classic tropes."
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