Richard Watterson, also known to be Gumball and Darwin’s father, was a GIANT pink bunny… who… was quite himself, to say the least. Not only was he the laziest, unemployed member of the family, and the stupidest, he mostly spends his days laying around on the couch all day, sometimes in his underwear and watching TV. However, he’s also known to have quite an appetite! He would ALWAYS eat things that were and weren't considered to be food, making him quite the hungriest and dumbest member of the Watterson family. But one night at the Wattersons' house, Richard was in the kitchen. He was standing beside an open fridge and studying a book that he gotten about being on a diet,
“Hmm…” Richard thought to himself while examining the pages from the book
At that moment, both Gumball and Darwin ended up wondering what all the commotion was about. Even Drawer and Steven, who was 15 at the time, came in to see that Richard was up to something as they were staying over for a couple days.
“What's going on?” Darwin asked. “I've never seen Mr. Dad that confused by the fridge before.”
“Yeah.” Gumball agreed. “It's the only appliance in the house that he actually knows how to use.”
“Kids, where would I find the sa-lard?” Richard asked.
“You mean… the salad?” Drawer corrected.
“It's in the drawer at the bottom of the fridge.” Darwin replied.
“There's a drawer in the fridge?!” Richard gasped.
“That and a talking one in front of you.” Drawer chuckled.
Skeptical, Richard then placed the book on top of the fridge, kneeled down, and opened the crisper where he found a package of lettuce leafs.
“I thought we agreed no secrets…” Richard whispered to the fridge.
He then glowered at the fridge while removing a bag of lettuce, which he slammed on the counter.
“Oh, who am I kidding?!” Richard admitted. “I still love you.”
He then kissed the fridge door, since he and thus kitchen appliance were well… in a weird relationship.
“Dinner is served.” Richard said as he placed a single lettuce leaf on a plate.
“I'm impressed!” Gumball gasped. “You're really taking this diet thing seriously.”
“Sure I am!” Richard agreed as he carried the plate to the dining room. “My book says if you use tiny plates, you eat less.”
“Uhh…” Gumball added. “That only works if you have one tiny plate.”
The table was soon shown to be laden with all manner of food! Steven was puzzled. So puzzled, he just scratched his head in confusion.
“What kind of diet is this?” He asked.
Richard just pointed to the various food items being arrayed on many different plates across the table.
“Well, that's the no-carbs diet.” He explained. “That's the high-protein diet. That's the five-two diet, that's the two-five diet. That's the…”
But at that moment, the doorbell suddenly rang as Larry had just arrived with a pizza for Richard, being one of the over 37 numerous jobs he also has around Cartoon Network Central.
“Pizza delivery!” Larry called from outside.
“And… that?” Drawer asked.
“My reward for dieting.” Richard replied with a smile.
The next morning, Gumball and Darwin were at the table eating a couple bowls of Daisy Flakes cereal while Drawer was checking the notifications on his iPhone and Steven was just waking up after his sleepover. Richard, who was noticeably FATTER than the night before, walked up behind them into the kitchen.
“Hey, Mr. Dad!” Darwin said. “I like your new roll-neck sweater!”
“I'm not wearing a roll-neck.” Richard disagreed.
“It's your… uhh… actual neck roll.” Gumball said awkwardly.
“Are you sure this diet's working?” Drawer asked, feeling quite disgusted by Richard's chubby and slightly gross appearance.
“Absolutely! I feel incredible!” Richard replied proudly. “It's given me so much energy!”
“Yeah.” Drawer agreed sarcastically. “You DID just sleep for 36 hours.”
“That means I missed a whole day's eating!” Richard gasped as he checked the inside of the fridge, which was empty. “Hmm, it's weird. Since I started dieting, we've run out of food so quickly. I have to go buy groceries every day. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.”
He then began to think to himself. “That's it! I should get the groceries delivered!”
Gumball and Darwin just groaned and Drawer face-planted his head on the tabletop. Richard eventually set up a laptop on the table, typed something, and closed the lid on the laptop a few short seconds later, indicating that he got all the groceries delivered in the wink of an eye.
“Done!” Richard said happily.
The others just sat in silence for a moment, then Richard tapped his fingers impatiently.
“Let's go to the grocery store.” Richard added.
“But… didn't you just order groceries online?” Steven asked in surprise.
“I've got to have something to eat in the meantime, don't I?” Richard chuckled. “Chewing is one of the best ways to burn calories.”
“No, it ain't.” Drawer disagreed.
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The TOON House Cartoon Stories: "Richard's Diet of... DESTRUCTION?!"
FanfictionDrawer, Steven Universe, Gumball and Darwin all try to find out why Richard's diet wasn't working, mainly due to his constant eating and his crazy behavior. But after they help him lose weight once and for all... he ends up becoming more obnoxious i...
