The Amazing World of Gumball typically plays the Women Are Wiser trope straight with Nicole and Anais, who are frequently portrayed as the smarter, liable, and more amount headed members of The Watterson Household, primarily the latter, who's a Child Prodigy though her father and brothers are all frequently some type of reckless Idiot Hero. Instant Sedation: During the World War II era of the show, this is applied consistently.