Gargaroth the Devourer is the main antagonist in the The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Scam." He also makes a cameo in "The Compilation." He is a cataclysmic monster from the Underworld that can only communicate by making grunts and farts.
Appearance[]
Gargaroth is a gigantic black blob monster with multiple red eyes with green irises, hands attached to long tendrils, and ears and mouths scattered all over his body. His main face has one eye, a snout, and a big mouth that produces green slime, along with sparse, jagged teeth and a black tongue. He has another face that is pale in color with two red dots for eyes, a crooked mouth, and a hollow nose.
Personality[]
As his title "Devourer" suggests, Gargaroth is an extremely gluttonous monster. This is evidenced by his sickly appearance and health (as noted by Carrie), his communication through only flatulence, and his habits such as consuming souls annually as sacrifices, eating everything at the banquet table during his first wedding, and desiring all of Gumball, Darwin, and Carrie's candy.
He is also a completely evil individual devoid of emotional connection or empathy, showing no hesitation in consuming all of his wedding guests. He even silently admits to Darwin that he wants nothing but to eat the trio and destroy everything when presented with the idea of fulfilling a supposed emptiness in his heart. His angry outburst at the wedding after being denied the daughter's hand, his desire to marry Carrie (who is a child in mental age), combined with his other vapid desires, suggests he is superficial, perverted, and vain, and did not actually harbor love for either of his potential brides. He is also wrathful, as shown by his wedding rampage and aggression towards the main characters, and quite primitive and simple-minded given his singular obsession with consumption and destruction.
Biography[]
Background[]
It is known that Gargaroth dwells in the Underworld, and that every year, the king of the Underworld would sacrifice a soul for Gargaroth to devour. That is until Garagaroth demanded the hand of the king's daughter in marriage; the king agreed to this, but only on the promise of no further sacrifice. The princess, however, was disgusted by Gargaroth's hideous appearance, and left him alone at the altar. As a result, he ate everything at the banquet table and every person attending the wedding. He was then banished through the sacrifice of lone, selfless hero, and all mentions of his name were forbidden, as merely speaking his name would summon him into the mortal world.
"The Scam"[]
On Halloween night show-and-tell at Elmore Jr. High, Gumball, informed of such by Carrie, tells the spooky story of Gargaroth to the whole class. Gumball utters the forbidden words of "Gargaroth the Devourer," and to scare the students and Miss Simian, Gumball and Carrie (using the latter's ghostly powers) stage a Gargaroth haunting by causing random objects to float and the door to slam, scaring everyone else, apart from Darwin, as they fled in terror. The goal is for them to pretend to summon Gargaroth and use Carrie's ghost powers to trick people, pose as paranormal specialists to "get rid of him," and finally get paid in compensation with everyone's trick-or-treat candy.
When doing this to Mr. Small, he screams "Gargaroth," which appears to summon the demon as Gumball, Darwin, and Carrie exit the school. Cataclysmic cracks begin to form and spread on the ground, shining with glowing red light, along with growling sounds. Outside, the sky has turned red, and the students are running out of the school screaming as cars and chunks of the road start levitating. The three main heroes prepare to eat their candy, but then notice the apocalyptic skies outside the window, along with a giant red beam descending from the sky, after which they head back to the school.
Mr. Small then explains to them that Gargaroth has taken over the school, and Carrie insists that she didn't know he was real, and rather just a "ghost ghost story." Falsely trusting in Gumball, Darwin and Carrie due to their previous scam, Principal Brown and the rest of the crowd cheer them on to defeat Gargaroth. The trio enters the school, and Carrie explains to Gumball that to defeat him, one must recreate the hero's sacrifice in the original tale. Shortly after, Gargaroth begins emerging from the Underworld and from the hallway floor. Gumball tries to be the hero and sucks him up with his "ghost hunter" vacuum, but it doesn't work, as Gargaroth is a physical monster as opposed to a spirit. Gargaroth looks down in confusion, and when Gumball gives up, he growls and his outstretched arms eventually catch the trio as they try and run away. Carrie explains that they must give up the candy they stole as the sacrifice, but Gumball is stubborn and laments the idea of throwing away all of his "hard work." Gargaroth prepares to eat the trio, but Carrie offers to give up their candy. She then summons a portal from which Gargaroth is fed all of their candy - save for a single lollipop that missed the mouth, which Gumball takes for himself and pretends doesn't exist. The trio are forced to run again due to the sacrifice being unfulfilled.
After running, Darwin tries to speak to Gargaroth's heart, asking if it is truly food that he seeks, but instead connection. Gargaroth appears contemplative, but then immediately shakes his head and begins attacking them again. However, Carrie makes the decision to marry Gargaroth to stop his rampage, much to Darwin's distraught. They have a mock wedding in the school library, where Carrie offers to have an "eternally horrible matrimony in the Underworld" while sharing his "clogged heart in health, but mostly sickness." Just before Carrie is about to seal their unholy bond through a kiss, Gumball reluctantly and bitterly feeds Gargaroth the final lollipop to prevent the forced marriage. Gargaroth then explodes, the inside of the school becomes covered in his slime and candy, the sky returns to normal, and the apocalypse is averted.
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