Carmen (Cactus)

Carmen is a supporting character in The Amazing World of Gumball. She is a student at Elmore Junior High, and the girlfriend of Alan.

Appearance
Carmen is an anthropomorphic green cactus, with thin black lines for arms and legs. Her eyes and mouth are both black, and her cactus spines seem to serve as her hair. In Season 2, her design barely changed at all. However, her cactus arms seem to have become slightly closer to the edge of her head, as well as the outline of every part of her body (including her prickles) got thicker. In her early design, she only had one eye.

Personality
Carmen is said to be a leader among the girls, meaning that she is one of the smartest and most capable people in the school. She also puts a lot of pressure on herself, and she gets extremely upset when she fails at something. Out of all the girls, Carmen is the most serious and focused, dedicating nearly all her time to her studies. She is often seen reading books. She can also be criticizing, which annoys Gumball a lot.

Carmen is also madly in love with Alan the balloon, although this love can obviously never be, because of how readily cactus spines pop balloons, which Alan is.

In "The Best," it is revealed that she used to be a troublemaker at Franklin Junior High for bad grades, vandalizing, and disrespecting the principal, which resulted in her being expelled. Since arriving at Elmore Junior High, she became a better person.

Episode Appearances
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Prototype

 * "Early reel" (debut)

Season 1

 * "The Third" (cameo)
 * "The End" (cameo)
 * "The Pressure" (1st speaking role)
 * "The Mystery" (cameo)
 * "The Party"
 * "The Robot" (cameo)
 * "The Sock" (cameo)
 * "The Genius"
 * "The Mustache" (cameo)
 * "The Ape" (cameo)
 * "The Curse" (cameo)
 * "The Meddler" (cameo)
 * "The Fight" (cameo)

Season 2

 * "The Fridge"
 * "The Flower" (cameo)
 * "The Banana"
 * "The Phone" (cameo)
 * "The Apology" (cameo)
 * "The Words" (cameo)
 * "The Skull" (cameo)
 * "Christmas" (cameo)
 * "The Watch" (cameo)
 * "The Dream" (cameo)
 * "The Photo" (cameo)
 * "The Storm" (1st major role)
 * "The Voice" (cameo)
 * "The Boombox"
 * "The Tape" (cameo)
 * "The Sweaters" (cameo)
 * "The Finale" (cameo)

Season 3

 * "The Kids" (cameo)
 * "The Fan" (cameo)
 * "The Coach" (cameo)
 * "The Joy" (cameo)
 * "The Recipe"
 * "The Name" (cameo)
 * "The Extras" (cameo)
 * "The Fraud" (cameo)
 * "The Void" (cameo)
 * "The Move" (cameo)
 * "The Law" (cameo)
 * "The Allergy" (cameo)
 * "The Mothers" (cameo)
 * "The Bros" (cameo)
 * "The Mirror"
 * "The Lie" (cameo)
 * "The Butterfly" (cameo)
 * "The Saint"
 * "The Safety" (cameo)
 * "The Spoiler" (cameo)
 * "The Countdown" (cameo)
 * "The Triangle" (cameo)

Season 4

 * "The Return" (cameo)
 * "The Pest" (cameo)
 * "The Gift"
 * "The Upgrade" (cameo)
 * "The Comic" (cameo)
 * "The Uploads" (cameo)
 * "The Hug"
 * "The Wicked"
 * "The Girlfriend"
 * "The Advice"
 * "The Love"
 * "The Points"
 * "The Bus"
 * "The Night"
 * "The Misunderstandings"
 * "The Blame"
 * "The Slap"
 * "The Fury"
 * "The Scam"

Season 5

 * "The Stories"
 * "The Guy"
 * "The Boredom"
 * "The Vision"
 * "The Code"
 * "The Test"
 * "The Slide"
 * "The Loophole"
 * "The Matchmaker"
 * "The Grades"
 * "The Ex"
 * "The Sorcerer"
 * "The Uncle"
 * "The Weirdo"
 * "The Petals"
 * "The Best" (2nd major role)
 * "The Worst"
 * "The Singing"

Season 6
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 * "The Candidate"

Voice Actors

 * Teresa Gallagher (Season 1)
 * Alix Wilton Regan (Season 2-present)
 * Yukiko Hinata (Japan)
 * Mariana Torres (Brazil)

Trivia

 * In the original promos for the show, Carmen is already dating Alan, but in "The Party," she is dating Banana Joe.
 * Tobias is attracted to Carmen, but she does not return the feeling.
 * Carmen may be easily mistaken for a boy by anyone who watched the promo.
 * It is revealed in the episode, "The Best," that Carmen was originally a Franklin Junior High student. She was expelled from this school due to her aggressive and violent behavior before changing her ways at Elmore Junior High.

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