Original subtitles

[opening theme music playing]

[Darwin] Downloading... downloading...

Ugh! We're never getting Clik-Sap on this phone.

It's so old, it was advertised on cave walls.

Don't loose faith in old Bricky!

We took our first selfie on this thing.

[keypad beeps] Look!

[Gumball] Hmm...

And the download's gonna be ready in 52 years,

eight seconds,

-seven, six, five, four... -Dude! Abort! Abort!

[phone buzzes, deflates]

[both coughing]

This is why we're getting a new phone.

In case you haven't noticed, this family isn't in a position

to start buying anything right now.

[engine sputtering]

That's why we're going to the pawn shop.

Yeah, we trade this old brick, plus the 40 bucks

in this random purse I found in the car...

Gumball, you know that's my purse.

A couple of kidneys here and there,

and we'll finally be able to join Clik-Sap.

I don't know. I saw a very humorous gif on Elmore Plus

saying that Clik-Sap is dangerously addictive.

You're still on Elmore Plus?

That's basically just a digital retirement home now.

Yeah, Mom.

Our generation may be inheriting

a planet on literal fire,

but when it comes to this stuff,

we're a bit more savvy than you old folk.

[brakes screech]

[thuds]

Hello, missy.

Looks like you might need a little assistance over here.

Whoa!

Pick you up at the mall at 6:00!

[engine accelerating]

Wait, this isn't the pawn shop.

[digital beep] Phone, find Elmore pawn...

-[phone buzzing] -[buzzing stops]

[panting]

Can't... go... on...

need... water...

Dude, it's been like five minutes.

[hobo] Hey, kids!

Try these on...

-Uh... what? -Put these on!

Whoa, whoa! Calm down.

Listen, I'll tell you the same thing

I told my optician.

I'd rather look good than see good.

Oop!

I saw that and I still look good.

But we've been blinded from the truth by greed.

And these glasses will show you our corrupted world

for what it really is!

Ugh! All right dude, just-- just give 'em here.

[intense music playing]

Well, do you see the truth now?

What? That all media is designed

to make it easier to control?

Dude, we're not our parents. We were raised on the Internet.

This is old news.

Wait! But there's more!

Sorry! Another thing about being raised on the Internet,

it kills your attention span.

We just want to cut to the part where we--

Get the new phone!

Weirdly a-grammatical way to put that, but yeah!

Time to join Clik-Sap!

[beeps]

[chimes]

[phone chimes, beeps]

Now, let's make some real content

and let me slap you on the butt with a moldy tortilla.

Stop! What are you doing?

We tried on your boring glasses.

What else do you want?

Look around!

Look at what Clik-Sap is doing to your fellow kids!

What's up, Clik-Sap?

It's your boy Tobias here with a fresh new dance.

[upbeat instrumental music playing]

[humming]

I mean, that is horribly humiliating,

but nothing out of the ordinary for Tobias.

Keep watching!

[groaning]

[both gasps]

[groaning]

[both screaming]

But wait, he still looks fine on the app.

[singing] ♪ Oh yeah! Ooh, it' s smooth ♪

It's all an illusion.

That's what it wants you to see.

And look, it's already spreading...

[intense music playing]

[groaning]

[singing] ♪ Rub it, clean it Sponge it, swap it down ♪

[groaning]

[both exclaim]

[singing] ♪ Ooh, ah Yeah, ah... ♪

[groaning]

That one seems like an accurate representation of reality.

[both scream]

Ah, this is terrifying!

Yeah. Some of these trends are like severely outdated.

The app doesn't care about originality.

It just wants engagement

so it can drain your precious time,

ideas, and eventually, soul,

into its constantly regurgitating algorithm.

But our generation should know better.

Our social media savviness

is what separates us from our parents.

Well, I'm not falling for it!

So you can all unsubscribe from any notion

that me and Darwin will be joining

your pathetic social media app!

[grunts, groans]

I guess phones are bad for your eyesight.

[all groaning]

Uh, I don't think they liked that comment.

[all] Like and subscribe.

[Gumball and Darwin groan]

Are these bottle caps?

Quick! Into the pawn shop!

Trick shot!

[effort grunting]

[all] Trust fall!

[groan]

[both sighs]

Now, that's what I call a killer app.

[laughs]

We're all doomed.

[grunts] The algorithm's evolving,

controlling its users to remove anomalies.

You look like you've been hiding out

in a bunker for 40 years.

How do you know so much about this app?

Because... I invented it.

No way.

Yeah, I used to write code for Elmore Plus.

One day, I must have drank the perfect amount of kombucha,

because I wrote the most addictive

social media algorithm anyone had ever seen.

To be effective,

the algorithm promoted a deluge of misinformation.

And soon, friends became foes...

[people shouting indistinctly]

I told my boss he had to kill my code

but he laughed in my face and fired me.

And that's how you lost everything?

No. I lost everything when I crashed my yacht

into my private island

that I bought with Elmore Plus stocks.

A little harder to sympathize with you now, but okay.

But that tech billionaire lifestyle

was so irresistible to me

that I became obsessed with creating the next big app.

And so I-- Argh!

We don't need another flashback,

You can just tell us.

Fine.

I wrote new code, built Clik-Sap

and now it's hijacking kids' brains.

So... you ruined humanity twice?

Yeah, but I'm also the only one doing anything to stop it.

And how do we stop it?

The cell tower!

[all clamoring]

[hobo] It provides phone service to all of Elmore.

We destroy that and we'll sever

the kids' connection to the app.

[all groaning]

[Gumball] Ring lights! I can't see!

But you are looking especially stunning and evenly lit.

[crashes]

-Ding-dong! -[all scream]

Okay...

you boys are gonna have to go on without me.

I'll sacrifice myself, providing a distraction.

It's the least I can do.

Okay.

What?

You're not gonna try and talk me out of it?

Honestly, kind of feels like you deserve it.

Eh... fair point.

[intense music playing]

I've come here to chew bubble gum and fix apps...

and I'm all out of bubble gum.

Yo dude, you need me to get you some bubble gum?

-You need some help, bro? -No, I don't need your charity.

I have a home! And a summer home!

[Gumball and Darwin screaming]

So long, friend. You did a lot of bad stuff

but, you know what? Yeah, actually, no.

This doesn't even begin to make up for it.

[tense music playing]

[Clik-Sap users groaning and rasping]

[dance music playing]

Dude! Stop messing around!

[intense music playing]

[sighs]

-Like and subscribe! -No, thank you.

We've gotta take this thing down!

[grunting]

Oh, no!

They figured a way up!

Oh come on, guys!

This trend is like as old as I am.

[both grunting]

What do we do?

This tower's made of steel.

This is gonna be impossible!

[gasps] Don't worry.

When we were in the pawn shop, I got something back.

[gasps] Bricky! We could call for help!

Huh? Oh yeah, I guess we could but I was just gonna do this.

[beeps] Download ready in 65 years and four seconds...

-[phone buzzing] -three... two... one... yah!

-[explosion] -[both screaming]

Wow! They don't make them like that anymore.

It worked! We did it!

Well, you're welcome, Elmore.

We saved you all from becoming a sea of walking cliches

and regurgitated online trends.

[Tobias vomits]

Now you try...

-[rasping] -[both scream]

Follow me!

Uh, I thought we destroyed the signal!

Oh, yeah. I guess that's pretty standard.

[gasps]

[Click-Sap users groaning indistinctly]

-[exclaims] -Uh, I think this is it, dude!

[both whimpering]

[car honking]

[tires screeching]

Six o'clock on the dot.

They really need to sort the parking out here.

-Mom! -Mrs. Mom!

[users groaning]

Ahh! Step on it, Mom!

Oh, sorry, I'm making a Clik-Sap.

There's a hilarious new trend

where moms ignore their kids in mortal danger.

You joined Clik-Sap?

Yeah, and other parents immediately followed my lead.

You thought I was too cringe to use an app like this,

but look at me now...

Hashtag Mom Goals!

[both scream]

Yo Clik-Sap!

Time for a click-back challenge!

Oh yeah!

-[Gumball and Darwin straining] -[phone chimes]

Dad?

Yo Clik-Sappers, it's Harold!

About to do the bottle cap meme.

Oh! Ooh no, I am deleting this app.

[woman on phone] Hey, Clik-Sap!

Teri's mom here!

-Oh, no. -Oh, no!

[Clik-Sap users speaking indistinctly]

-No! -[both groan]

Dude, what happened?

I guess the parents started to join.

The killing blow to any social media platform.

[parents speaking indistinctly in zombified voices]

[sighs] Well, I guess we're walking home.

[both] Agh!

Boys, it looks like the app is starting to claim

a new group of victims.

[gasps] You look good!

Oh? Uh, thanks.

The makeup kids got me.

And it's all permanently glued on

so this is how I look forever now.

Listen! Clik-Sap isn't stopping,

-it's just gonna-- -Uhh...

-yeah, I think this is fine. -Huh?

Everything is basically back

to how it was before Clik-Sap, right?

Yeah. Horrible new social media app appears,

everyone goes crazy for five minutes,

leaving the app defunct, and the goal wide open

for the next brain-deadening distraction.

Good old nature taking its course.

But there-- Hey? Hey!

Curse your generation's short attention spans!

Well, that's two businesses tanked.

Maybe I'll go run a streaming service next.

[closing theme music playing]