History Fanfic / TheReturnToGravityFalls

* HeroesWantRedHeads: Dipper, just like in the show.

* MartialArtsUniform: Mabel's training clothes. She has a brown belt, and the lining is gray instead of white like most uniforms.

* AffectionateNickname: Uki-Dohth is called Yuki by practically everyone.
* AfterActionHealingDrama / AfterActionPatchUp: Both are seen in ''Cleansing Rain'' following the events of the previous episode.

* AlternateUniverseFic: Yes- EZB has his own version of events before Ford disappeared and after he returned. However, it's possible some of EZB's version could fit into the show's canon. It's complicated.

* AStormIsComing: The appropriately-titled ''Calm in the Storm'' uses this.

* BadassLongcoat: Part of Arline's Master's attire.

* BerserkButton: If ANYONE tried to hurt the twins, expect at least three people to do anything and everything in their power to stop you.
* BewareTheHonestOnes / BewareTheNiceOnes / BewareTheQuietOnes / BewareTheSillyOnes: The fact that there are four of theses should speak for itself. This is especially true in season 2 where everyone has a secret at some point or another.

* BittersweetEnding: The season two finale, which doesn't become sweet until the Season Three Intro
* BizarreAlienBiology: Yuki's species.
* BizarroUniverse: Takes place in Gravity Falls, so what do you expect?
* BlackMagic: The Sorcerer and the Warlock.

* BloodMagic: Occurs in the first episode with the Warlock.
* BlowingARaspberry: Mabel does this on occasion.
* BohemianParody: Happens in the first episode of season two.

* BornAgainImmortality: Wendy is essentially this.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Dipper and Mabel once Dipper starts training.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mabel became one in the episode ''Bighair vs Bigfoot.''
* BurnerPhones: The gang gets these in season three.

* CallAHumanAMeatbag: Bill does this whenever he shows up.
* CallBack: See BrickJoke and BookEnds above.

* CelebCrush: Mabel has one on Zander.

* {{Chessmaster}}: Bill, obviously.

* {{Chupacabra}}: The gang meets one in ''Shadow of the Chupacabra.''

* CityOfAdventure: Well, town, but close enough.

* CombatParkour: Mabel is prone to this.
* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Zander.
* CoolBike: Mabel's pink motorcycle.
* CoolOldGuy: Stan and Omir Steindorf are both older, but both can hold their own.
* CoolShades: Mabel get pink ones to match her bike.
* CoolTeacher: Arline, Mabel's Paths master.

* DarkSecret: Practically EVERYONE in Season Two at some point or another.
* DarkWorld: The future Stan sees in ''Summerween Carol.''
* DeadAllAlong: Wendy, although 'dead' isn't the best word.

* DeadlyRoadTrip: Could very easily be the result of the third season.
* DeadWeight: How Soos feels in the first part of season three, and early in the second part.
* DealWithTheDevil: Anytime Bill shows up, one of these occurs/is mentioned.
* DeathByDisfigurement: Yuki because of the black flame burns.
* DeathIsNotPermanent: Death is a loose term in this story.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Pacifica.

* DetectEvil: One of Wendy's abilities, showcased in the second episode of the story.
* DimensionLord: Bill, just like in the show.

* DoesNotLikeMagic: Arline's Master.

* DragonRider: Pacifica starts this in ''Draconic Tendencies.''

* DramaticUnmask: The season two finale has one of these.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Stan in ''A Summerween Carol.''
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Mabel, although this was to scare Dipper more than anything.

* ElementalAbsorption: Mabel in the second part of ''Draconic Tendencies'' deflects the Warlock's black flame ball this way.
* ElementalPowers: Students of the Paths have these.
* ElementalPunch: [[spoiler: Mabel's]] symbol for the story zodiac.
* EndangeredSpecies: Phoenixes- there is only one left when it first shows up, and they are extinct by half-way through season two.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Yuki- The scene at the end of the first episode. Arline- Lighting the match using meditation/her fire powers. Zander- his entrance during the concert.

* EverythingExplodesEnding: The season two finale, in a way...

* EvilAllAlong: Omir Steindorf.

* FailedDramaticExit: Some of EZB's deaths.
* FamilyThemeNaming: '''J'''ace and '''J'''ess.
* FanArt: There's some of this out there.
* FatComicRelief: Soos, same as the show.
* FearlessUndead: Wendy.
* FeudEpisode: ''Identity-exe Not Found'' and ''Fender Gender,'' both for the twins.
* FieryRedhead: Wendy.

* {{Flashback}}: Comes up occasionally.
* FlashForward: In ''Summerween Carol.''
* {{Flight}}: The Guardsman can do this.
* FlyingBooks: The first episode of season 2, both intentionally for a camera trick, and by the MonsterOfTheWeek.

* ForeignExchangeStudent: Yuki's cover.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Yuki.

* FunnyForeigner: Yuki- his research of Earth gave him a Shakespearian perception of Earth life.
* GenderBender: Dipper discovers crystals that do this in ''Fender Gender.''
* GiantSpider: Shows up in ''Bragging Rights.''

* GreekFire / {{Hellfire}}: The Warlock's black flame.

* HalfArcSeason: Very much so, especially in regards to the first season.
* HallOfMirrors: Yuki gets lost in one of these in ''Mammoth Problems.''

* HeadDesk: Dipper due to Mabel being Mabel.

* ImminentDangerClue: In ''After The Shadows,'' Dipper finds a note that starts with something like, 'I want to say goodbye.' Two seconds later, things go to all kind of hell.

* ImmuneToBullets: Wraiths- they can still be shot, but the bullets don't cause any permanent damage.

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Jace.
* InvincibleHero / InvincibleVillain: Wraiths are invincible, and the twins know several who are either on their side or fighting against them.
* IslandOfMystery: The Haunted Island in chapters 82-85.
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The episode ''Cleansing Rain.''

* ItsALongStory: Wendy early on and Zander a little later realize just how much they have missed out on when the twins casually mention adventures they had on their own.
** This could apply to the story itself. As of now, we have 91 chapters and just over 960,000 words. It would be impossible to give a detailed account that covers everything unless you go scene by scene, and even then, good luck.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: ''Soos-less.''

* KeepAway: Mabel does this to Dipper with the blue cylinders.
* {{Keet}}: Mabel, even if she's not-so-little anymore.
* KilledOffForReal: Avoided '''EVERY TIME!!!''' Seriously, literally nobody dies permanently in this story. Well, there are at least two, but they become wraiths, so it doesn't count. This is either really good for the twins, or ''very'' bad.
* KillTheCutie: The Warlock does this to a character in ''Fires of Hate.''
* KnightOfCerebus: The Warlock- EZB even says that things are going to get scary in the second half of the Warlock's premiere episode.
** Bill is this as well. He shows up in episode 8, episodes 9 and 10 solve the blue cylinder mystery, and things just get more serious from there.
* KungFuKid: Mabel becomes this as the story goes on.

* LethalChef: Zander says he is this.

* LightGirlDarkBoy: Pacifica and Yuki.

* LivingADoubleLife: Zander.
* LivingLieDetector: Wendy has become this. Well, except for the 'living' part.

* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Waddles.
* MadeOfMagic: The Starkissed Stone.
* MagicalAccessory: The belt in the Halloween special.
* MagicalFlutist: Pacifica becomes this in ''Bragging Rights.''
* MagicalGuardian: The Guardsman, guardian of the Starkissed stone.
* MagicalLand: The woods/forest around the Manor/the town.
* MagicEater: The Starkissed Stone- apparently, in its lifetime, it absorbed 80 percent of the world's magic.
* MagicIsEvil: Arline's Master's philosophy.
* MagicKnight: The knight in ''Ye Olde Fair-Wells.''

* MeditationPowerup: Paths students can get these.

* MultiPartEpisode: Played-with. It follows the '''Episode Title: Part 1''' and '''Episode Title: Part 2.''' But EZB said that each episode title ''is'' one episode, so it's hard to say whether this really counts. It does actually occur towards the end of each set of ten- ''New Circuit'' and ''Town that Time Forgot'' are this, as well as... really everything from ''After the Shadows'' until the end of season two, and ''Haunted Mansion'' and ''Spectral Revelations.''
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: How the gang deals with the ghost in the first episode of season two.
* MysteriousEmployer: The Warlock's Master.
* MysteriousProtector: The Guardsman.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Some of EZB's exits/deaths.

* NoOffButton: [[spoiler: The Portal]] at the end of season two.

* ObliviousToHints: Yuki on occasion.
* OddFriendship: The twins' relationship with the forest creatures (and others) are this.
* OffTheChart: How Stan describes [[spoiler: the Portal]] at the end of season two.
* OhAndXDies: At the end of the first part of ''After the Shadows,'' there is a coded PS message that reads, "Next ''episode,'' someone dies." The death occurs in the second part of the next episode, ''Fires of Hate,'' but it's not who, how or what you expect. Or it is, I don't know what you expect. But like all death-related events in the story, it's a lot more complicated than the message makes it appear to be.
* OhCrap: Too many occasions to list.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Yuki, among others.

* OriginalCharacter: Several- the most important ones are Yuki, Arline, Zander, Omir, Kelly, and The Warlock. Alvis could become more important later on, if the story ever gets finished. There are also Jace and Jess, as well as a team of paranormal investigators, who all showed up in three episodes each (so far), and a number of paranormal creatures who are important.
* OutdoorsyGal: Wendy, even more so than in the show.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: The Warlock.
* PhoneaholicTeenager: Tambry.

* PreExplosionGlow: Played-with- the explosion is a glowing white light.
* PrettyBoy: Zander.

** PromotedToOpeningTitles: Yuki, Arline, Zander and Warlock.

* RoboticReveal: Happens when someone is zapped by the blue cylinders. Actually, that just makes them shut down. TheReveal doesn't happen until someone says, "Plan."
* RockMonster: The lead golem in ''Classic Rock'' is one of these.
* {{Roofhopping}}: Mabel does this on occasion to try and catch the MonsterOfTheWeek because they are doing it too.
* RookieMaleExperiencedFemale: Dipper and Mabel when it comes to fighting/the Paths.
* RPGEpisode: ''Strongholds and Serpents.'' It gets taken ''way'' to far.

* SarcasmBlind: Yuki.

* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Mabel does this occasionally.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Zander wears/uses one.

* ScreechingStop: Happend to Dipper when he is trailing The Warlock.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Zander towards the end of Season Two.
* SecretIdentities: Several characters have several of these.
* SecretKeeper: A lot of characters, mostly in season two.
* SeriesFic: Big time, but it's all in the same actual story.

* SiblingRivalry: Not quite a 'rivalry,' but the twins have not lost their competitive nature in the three years they have been apart, and this will occasionally cause problems.

* SignatureLine: "There will always be a new day." -Zander Maximillion [[note]] From Globus' ''The Promise'' [[/note]]
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Wendy.

* SixthRangerTraitor: Yuki.

* SmiteMeOMightySmiter: Mabel in ''A Mabel of Perspective.''

* SpellBook: The Warlock has a few of these, and occasionally they will come to be possessed by Dipper and/or another character.
** Played-with with the Journal(s), which have spells in them, along with other paranormal info.

* SpoilerTitle: ''The Warlock Returns.''

* SquashedFlat: EZB's deaths.
* StaringContest: Wendy gets into one with a rock golem in ''Classic Rock.''
* StarterVillain: Montana Jeffreys and his dogs.
* StartingANewLife: Zander's cover story.
* StringTheory: Zander has one of these set up in a hidden room of his house.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: Yuki.

* StudentAndMasterTeam: Mabel and Arline.

* SupernaturalAngst: Wendy has this.
* SupernaturalMartialArts: Students of the Paths.

* SuperStrength: Yuki.
* SuperToughness: Wendy.

* TalkingAnimal: The dogs in the first episode.
* TalkingInYourSleep: Soos begins doing this once he meets Kelly.
* TeamPet: Waddles.

* TheApprentice: Mabel is this to Arline.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Omir Steindorf. The only important thing he did in his first few appearances was punch-out the Warlock and say he would lead the investigation into his motives. Then he 'dies' just before things start going crazy, and in the middle of the craziness, he turns out to be alive and the Warlock's Master.
** That being said, a number of people were able to figure it out before TheReveal, so take that for what you will.
* TheDragon: The Warlock (and the monsters he makes) are this to the Sorcerer, who is this for Bill Cipher in turn.
* TheDreaded: Bill is this as a result of the first summer, and the Warlock becomes this as time goes on.
* TheFaceless: Both The Guardsman and Arline's Master are this until the end of season two.
* TheGameComeToLife: Strongholds and Serpents.
* TheGhost: Haddiya is this.
* TheHeavy: The Warlock.
* TheHermit: Multi-Bear is this, although he will come down from his mountain if the situation calls for it.
* TheIlluminati: Bill Cipher and Kelly Yore.
* TheInsomniac: Dipper, especially in the second half of season two.
* TheJerseyDevil: The MonsterOfTheWeek in ''The Devil's Dude.''
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: A lot of Wendy's dialogue hint at her being a wraith. This is generally played straight, and anything that may not have been resolved could be- if the story ever gets finished, that is.
* TheLoad: Soos starts to feel like he is this in season three, which gives Kelly power.
* TheMagicGoesAway / TheMagicComesBack: When the Starkissed Stone was created over 500 years before the story began, it absorbed 80 percent of the magic in the world. [[spoiler: Now that the stone is gone]] 75 percent of magic will have returned by the end of August.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The Sorcerer is the man behind most of The Warlock's actions. In turn, Bill Cipher is behind most of the actions of the Sorcerer.
* TheMedic: Wendy is this. Not only can she not be hurt, she practiced things like stitching up a wound on herself, and has gotten rather good at it as a result.
* TheMuse: Bill poses as this again in order to trick Omir Steindorf.
* TheNicknamer: Bill Cipher- Dipper, Mabel and Wendy all kept their nicknames from the show, [[note]] Pine Tree, Shooting Star and Red, respectively [[/note]] and Soos is called Biggy or Big Guy, or some variation thereof. OC's Omir and Arline are called Snappy [[note]] because of how he dresses [[/note]] and Bells [[note]] because Bill is Bill [[/note]] respectively.
* ThePaladin: Soos' character when they play Strongholds and Serpents.
* ThePeepingTom: Mabel intended to do this to Jace, but Jess caught her.
* ThePhoenix: Actually ''THE'' Phoenix- the one that shows up is the last known phoenix in existence.
* ThePowerOfLove: How Dipper defeats the ghosts in ''Spectral Revelations.''
* ThePromise: Dipper promising to find a way to bring Wendy back to life causes a lot of his insomnia in the second half or season two, and it is always hanging over his head.
* TheQuietOne: The Guardsman in his first appearance. In the first part of his debut episode, he says a grand total of three words, and spends the rest of the time silently observing from the shadows and freaking people out. He will talk for extended periods when being asked questions, but he tries to avoid speaking when he can.
* TheReveal: Too many to count.
* TheRockStar: Zander Maximillion.
* TheScrooge: Grunkle Stan, at least until he gets called out on it.
* TheStinger: The first episode of season three takes place in a town called Spoons. Several puns are made, but the last line of the episode is, "At least it wasn't a town named Forks." EZB even says ZINGER in his author's note.
* TheTeaser: Once season three came around and the twins went on the road, these were put in to introduce the problem the twins would be trying to solve. Not all chapters have them, but most do.
* TheUndead: Wendy.
* TheUnderworld: The group goes here in ''Strongholds and Serpents.''

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The twins' reaction when the Guardsman shows up in ''Fires of Hate.''
* ThisIsNotADrill: The message to evacuate in ''Operation Search and Destroy'' says this.
* ThreeShorts: The Halloween special contains three stories.

* TownWithADarkSecret: You thought the show was bad? You don't know the half of it.
* TrackingSpell: The Warlock attempts one of these in his first appearance, but it doesn't work.
* TrainingFromHell: Once the Warlock escapes police custody, the twins' Paths training becomes this.
* TranquilFury: Everyone, Stan in particular, goes into this when they find out about Yuki and the Warlock.

* TreasureHunter: Montana Jeffreys.
* TrickArrow: Wendy has these in ''Strongholds and Serpents'' when Dipper puts spells on them.
* {{Tsundere}}: Jess where Dipper is concerned.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Arline's full name is Arline ''Hirsch.''
* {{Tulpa}}: The 'ghost' in the first episode of season two is actually one of these.
* TwinBanter: So. Many. Times.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: The character(s) will not be named, but just know that they are present.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Mabel and Wendy.

* UnblockableAttack: The Warlock's blackfire, usually. Mabel has been able to divert it.
* UnderNewManagement: The Warlock takes over Omir Steindorf's company in season three.
* UnknownCharacter: Haddiya.

* UnwittingPawn: Omir Steindorf is this to Bill Cipher.
* UsingYouAllAlong: Bill was using Omir from the beginning.
* VagueAge: Zander.
* VampireEpisode: ''Daybreak.''

* WakeUpFighting: Mabel can and does do this on occasion.

* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: This happens to Wendy and Stan.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Doppelganger's are prone to this.

* WitnessProtection: Part of Zander's cover story.

[[/folder]]

* HasTwoMommies: The kids in the first part of ''Devils Dude.''

* HotScientist: [[spoiler: Ford]] this time around.

* IconicItem / IconicLogo / IconicOutfit: The symbols on the new zodiac became these. Dipper's hat still applies, even though he doesn't have it for a lot of the story.

* ActionGirl: All the main female characters become this either in the story or before hand. Already-action girl Wendy takes it UpToEleven, Mabel and her Paths master are fire-powered Avatars, and Pacifica becomes this when she gets her dragon.

* UpToEleven: EZB even says that the season two finale is an 11 out of ten on the crazy scale.

* PayPhone: How Jackson Fulbrow communicates with the Warlock in ''Monster Politics.''

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are A LOT of OC's in addition to practically everyone from the show. Granted, a lot of these characters only appear for an episode or two. There are five/six OC's who are greatly involved in the story, and many others who could become just as important if the story ever gets finished.

* OverarchingVillain: It looks like the Warlock is this until the season two finale where it is revealed that most, if not all, of the Warlock's actions until then have been a result of his master working with Bill.

* AmbiguousAllegiance: In season two, several of the characters are shown to have complicated alliances with the twins. Pretty much everyone that season has a secret at some point or another.

* HighConcept: Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines go back to Gravity Falls.

* {{Robot}}: Practically '''EVERYONE''' in the first season.

* ArcBreak: Each set of ten episodes focuses on one specific mystery, and each season has an over-arching mystery that is being solved.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Identity-exe Not Found,'' upon Tambry’s robotic nature being revealed, the gang has the following conversation:

'''Mabel:''' What if she’s still mean when she wakes up?

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: During a rushed phone call with the Guardsman, he says that ‘trying to keep the world in one piece’ is an average Wednesday.

* HeroBall: Dipper comes into possession of this in ''Fires of Hate'' when he tries to get even with the Warlock. It doesn’t end well.

* RoadTripPlot: Season three becomes this, in a way. They don’t really ‘’want’’ to go on a road trip, but they kind of need to.

* RoboticReveal: Happens when someone is zapped by the blue cylinders. Actually, that just makes them shut down. TheReveal doesn’t happen until someone says, “Plan.”

* RuleNumberOne: Arline says that rule number one of engaging in any kind of fighting is, “Don’t.” Rule number to is, “Play it smart.”

* SaveTheWorldClimax: We haven’t gotten that far yet, but this appears to be the ending the story is going towards. Granted, the twins are only trying to save Gravity Falls, but the world will probably be saved too.

* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: The old man from Baron Num Num’s Beans.

** For the longest time, the events of the twins’ first summer were this.
* SiblingRivalry: Not quite a ‘rivalry,’ but the twins have not lost their competitive nature in the three years they have been apart, and this will occasionally cause problems.

* SignatureLine: “There will always be a new day.” -Zander Maximillion [[note]] From Globus’ ''The Promise'' [[/note]]

* SilentCredits: ''Fires of Hate: Part 2'' is the only chapter that doesn’t have an author’s note from EZB at/towards the end of it.

* SimultaneousWarningAndAction: In ''After the Shadows,'' Dipper find a note from the Warlock that begins with something like ‘I want to say goodbye.’ Not three seconds later, things blow up. Literally.
* SingleEpisodeHandicap: In ''A Mabel of Perspective,'' after Mabel swallows a pixie, her sight switches between her vision and someone else’s in the first half of the episode. In the second half, she can no longer see out of her eyes at all, and she eventually looses control of her smelling and hearing as well. All senses return once the pixie gets out of her.

* SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: If the story is ever finished, this could be the result. 60 ‘episodes’ are planned, plus a prologue for each of the three seasons, the Halloween special, and ''Summerween: The Beginning'' would equal 65, assuming that, A) EZB doesn’t add any other specials, and B) EZB actually finishes the story!

** Haddiya. Never seen the name before? Yeah. She’s never actually appeared in the story, but she is important to the Sorcerer. Important enough that he made a deal with Bill Cipher to get her back.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When faced with two Mabel’s, the real Mabel yells POOF and throws sparkles everywhere. The fake Mabel is confused, which gives Dipper the chance he needs to incapacitate the fake Mabel.

* SpellMyNameWithAThe: For the longest time, the Warlock and the Guardsman were this because their real names were not known. Eventually the Warlock’s real name was revealed to be Graupner Kinley, and the Guardsman’s real name was revealed to be something that is a very big spoiler and therefore will not be said. Since their respective reveals, the Guardsman is usually referred to by his real name, unless he is being spoken of by someone who does not know it, while the Warlock is more commonly being referred to as Graupner in-story, although it’s a toss up as to what fans call him.

* SquashedFlat: EZB’s deaths.

* StartingANewLife: Zander’s cover story.

* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Mabel and Dipper thanks to Mabel’s training.
* StrugglingSingleMother: Played-with. The twins’ parents, Delilah and Jenson, are both well-off enough, but Dipper knows that college isn’t cheap and that neither parent will be able to help him, or Mabel, that much financially, which is why he was so anxious about going home to take the job he had lined up in the first season.

* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Stan and Ford had the same relationship they had in the show as far as success goes, at least until EZB’s theories start to take over. At that point, Ford is still a success, but Stan is now more of one, even if no one acknowledges it, and the inferior feelings seem to have disappeared.
* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Mabel being zapped by the glowing blue cylinders makes her able to speak Urlin, Yuki’s alien language, which sounds like a bunch of chirps and whistles to Dipper.
* SuddenlyShouting: Mabel shouts her Strongholds and Serpents character’s name when Dipper complains about it including her real name.

* SuperSenses: Played-with. Wendy is beginning to lose her 'standard' senses – taste and smell – because of being a wraith. But because she is a wraith, her sixth sense of intuition has become superpowered to the point where she was able to tell that a fake Dipper was a fake the second she looked at him.

* TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler: Stan’s]] last order to [[spoiler: Soos]] in the season two finale.

* TemporaryBlindness: Played-with. When Mabel swallows a pixie, blinking once makes her be able to see through someone else’s eyes. Blinking twice returns her vision to her own. But before her sight is fixed, a point comes where she cannot see out of her own eyes at all, but is still able to look through the eyes of others.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Omir Steindorf. The only important thing he did in his first few appearances was punch-out the Warlock and say he would lead the investigation into his motives. Then he ‘dies’ just before things start going crazy, and in the middle of the craziness, he turns out to be alive and the Warlock’s Master.

* TheFaceless: Both The Guardsman and Arline’s Master are this until the end of season two.

* TheJerseyDevil: The MonsterOfTheWeek in ''The Devil’s Dude.''
* TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: A lot of Wendy’s dialogue hint at her being a wraith. This is generally played straight, and anything that may not have been resolved could be- if the story ever gets finished, that is.

* TheManBehindTheMan: The Sorcerer is the man behind most of The Warlock’s actions. In turn, Bill Cipher is behind most of the actions of the Sorcerer.

* TheNicknamer: Bill Cipher- Dipper, Mabel and Wendy all kept their nicknames from the show, [[note]] Pine Tree, Shooting Star and Red, respectively [[/note]] and Soos is called Biggy or Big Guy, or some variation thereof. OC’s Omir and Arline are called Snappy [[note]] because of how he dresses [[/note]] and Bells [[note]] because Bill is Bill [[/note]] respectively.
* ThePaladin: Soos’ character when they play Strongholds and Serpents.

* TheStinger: The first episode of season three takes place in a town called Spoons. Several puns are made, but the last line of the episode is, “At least it wasn’t a town named Forks.” EZB even says ZINGER in his author’s note.

* TheUnReveal: A lot of fans were suspicious of Omir from the beginning, so him being revealed to be the Warlock’s master came as no great surprise.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The twins’ reaction when the Guardsman shows up in ''Fires of Hate.''

* TimeSkip: The first chapter starts with the twins’ first day of school after their first summer, then fast forwards three years to the 15-year-old twins’ last day of school.

* TonightSomeoneDies: The cryptogram for chapter 53 reads “Next episode, someone dies,” and it is repeated in the author’s note the chapter before the death occurs.
* TopTenList: Don’t know for sure about the ‘ten’ part, but Mabel made several lists of things she wanted to do when older to ‘get the full experience.’ Number one was a Renaissance Fair, which was done in ''Ye Olde Fair-Wells.''
* TownWithADarkSecret: You thought the show was bad? You don’t know the half of it.
* TrackingSpell: The Warlock attempts one of these in his first appearance, but it doesn’t work.
* TrainingFromHell: Once the Warlock escapes police custody, the twins’ Paths training becomes this.

* TransparentCloset: Jace doesn’t know he’s gay until his little sister points it out to him after Mabel kisses him. He then kisses Dipper to confirm it.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Arline’s full name is Arline ''Hirsch.''
* {{Tulpa}}: The ‘ghost’ in the first episode of season two is actually one of these.

* TwoOutOfThreeAintBad: Practically said verbatim by Dipper in ''Strongholds and Serpents'' when he asked if everyone read the rules. Mabel didn’t.
* UnblockableAttack: The Warlock’s blackfire, usually. Mabel has been able to divert it.
* UnderNewManagement: The Warlock takes over Omir Steindorf’s company in season three.

* UnnamedParent: The twins’ parents were not given official names until season three. They are then revealed to be Delilah and Jenson.
* UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Pacifica gets a dragon. It’s allergic to latex. Don’t ask.

* VillainsNeverLie: After Bill’s first appearance in the story, Dipper comments that while he technically doesn’t lie, he does leave out parts of the truth.

* WeakenedByTheLight: Doppelganger’s are prone to this.
* WeatherManipulation: The Warlock’s Master generated the storm that made the phoenix crash in ''Ashes in the Sky.''
* WeirderThanUsual: The twins’ reaction to the truck-sized spider in ''Bragging Rights.'' They say that they’ve only ever seen human-sized spiders before.

* WeWillMeetAgain: The second cryptogram from Bill’s first episode is Bill saying that he will be back.
* WhamLine: “There will always be a new day,” Zander Maximillion said, [[spoiler: lowering the mask in his hands.]]

* WitnessProtection: Part of Zander’s cover story.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The Warlock says this whenever someone he uses to hurt the twins doesn’t do so.
* YouKnowWhatTheySayAboutX: In this case, X is painting. Soos tries to come up with something, but it doesn’t work out that well.

-> '''Dipper:'''[[note]] Writing a homework assignment[[/note]] When people ask me 'How was your summer' or 'What did you do this summer', I'll be honest, I don't know what to tell them. The closest I have to say is 'I had the privilege to have the most exciting summer of my life with my grand uncle in Oregon'. Now, I now what you might be thinking- 'How is that exciting? Sounds like any other boring family trip', right? Well, you'd be wrong. I was lucky; lucky just being there this summer, seeing things that no one else has seen in their lives, fighting for truth and justice, and even falling in love.

->'''Dipper:''' What happens if she wakes up?
->'''Soos:''' What if someone comes looking for her?
->'''Stan:''' What if she has to erase the evidence?
->'''Mabel:''' What if she’s still mean when she wakes up?

->'''Caretaker:''' Dearly... gathered. We are... gathered for the joint gathering of Stanley Pines, who has left this town before his time was mostly up, and we wish to remember him before he left before his time was mostly up."

* {{Adorkable}}: Yuki.

* CityOfWeirdos: Again, it's just a town, but it more that makes up for it in the 'weirdos' department.

* PurpleEyes: Yuki has these.

* GreenEyes: Wendy and Zander both have these.

* BadassGrandpa: Stan and Omir Steindorf are both older, but both can hold their own.

* SuperDetailedFightNarration: Some occasions are better than others, but they are all high in quality. EZB even has a link to a YouTube video in his profile that shows two people sword fighting, which he claims is why he is so good at writing fights.

[[caption-width-right:350:''The Return to Gravity Falls'' version of the Zodiac can be found [[https://roseverdict.tumblr.com/post/142913493330/oh-i-drew-a-things here.]]]]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10676522/1/The-Return-to-Gravity-Falls The Return to Gravity Falls]] by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1392532/EZB EZB]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Dipper and Mabel, now living in separate homes because of their parents divorce, get a call from the Northwest's telling them their Grunkle Stan passed away the night before, and that the two of them are mentioned in his will. The two reunite at the Mystery Shack, catching up with Soos and Wendy. The four attend Stan's memorial service, the twins intending to leave soon after. But because Gravity Falls is... well, Gravity Falls, they end up deciding to spend the next two weeks, and eventually the entire summer, trying to solve new mysteries of the town.

* CaptainErsatz: The StarterVillain of the story is a treasure hunter specialized in tomb raiding and catacomb exploring called Montana Jeffrey. [[Franchise/IndianaJones Sounds familiar...]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Haddiya. Never seen the name before? Yeah. She’s never actually appeared in the story, but she is important to the Sorcerer. Important enough that he made a deal with Bill Cipher to get her back.