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* AnAxeToGrind: The weapon of choice for [[spoiler: the wax statues]].
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* NeverSayDie: Averted. Not only does Silvia actually say that her wax replica was "murdered", but [[spoiler: wax Sherlock Holmes declares that Dana and Marcus must die]].
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The entire [[BadGuyBar Skull Fracture]] scene.
** [[VisualPun "Sorry, but we don't serve minors."]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dana and Marcus were watching {{Psych}}, the case was thought to be an accident. This foreshadows the plot: the murder weapon was an axe [[spoiler:and it really was an accident; the wax figures were gunning for the real Silvia]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dana and Marcus were watching {{Psych}}, ''Series/{{Psych}}'', the case was thought to be an accident. This foreshadows the plot: the murder weapon was an axe [[spoiler:and it really was an accident; the wax figures were gunning for the real Silvia]].
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The third story of ''FanWorks/GravityFallsRule63''.

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The third story of ''FanWorks/GravityFallsRule63''.
''FanFic/GravityFallsRule63''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dana and Marcus were watching {{Psych}}, the case was apparently an accident. This foreshadows the plot: the murder weapon was an axe [[spoiler:and it really was an accident; the wax figures were gunning for the real Silvia]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dana and Marcus were watching {{Psych}}, the case was apparently thought to be an accident. This foreshadows the plot: the murder weapon was an axe [[spoiler:and it really was an accident; the wax figures were gunning for the real Silvia]].
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* ContinuityNod: Dana's sleepwear includes a 30 Seconds to Math t-shirt. Her interest in the band was mentioned in "The Legend of the Gobblewonker".
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After the kids find Silvia's old collection of wax statues, Silvia decides to exhibit them again, and Marcus makes a wax figure of her for the event. But when it is found beheaded, he and Dana set out to find the culprit.

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After the kids find Silvia's old collection of wax statues, Silvia decides to exhibit them again, and Marcus makes a wax figure of her for the event. But when it is found beheaded, he and Dana set out to find the culprit.culprit.

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* AnAxeToGrind: The weapon of choice for [[spoiler: the wax statues]].
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: The wax statues.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Wax Sherlock Holmes.]]
* TheCakeIsALie: Silvia accidentally attracts visitors to the re-opening of her wax museum thanks to [[ItMakesSenseInContext Salls and an expired coupon]]. Silvia then explains she didn't know about the free pizza and she was willing to get some right now. [[SeriousBusiness Cue the angry mob]].
* ChekhovsGun: The sun, if you think about it. It melted Wax Abraham Lincoln at the start of the episode [[spoiler:and Wax Sherlock Holmes near the end]].
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: This is how Dana and Marcus locate the axe.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dana and Marcus were watching {{Psych}}, the case was apparently an accident. This foreshadows the plot: the murder weapon was an axe [[spoiler:and it really was an accident; the wax figures were gunning for the real Silvia]].
** Also, the first question that Marcus takes at the event is from Old Woman [=McGucket=], who asks if the wax figures are alive. [[spoiler: She was ProperlyParanoid.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The entire [[BadGuyBar Skull Fracture]] scene.
** [[VisualPun "Sorry, but we don't serve minors."]]
* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: It turns out the axe Dana and Marcus found is a left-handed one. Manly Dan couldn't have used it because he's right-handed.
* NeverSayDie: Averted. Not only does Silvia actually say that her wax replica was "murdered", but [[spoiler: wax Sherlock Holmes declares that Dana and Marcus must die]].
* PoliceAreUseless: Chief Blubs and Officer Durland, who immediately deem the case unsolvable.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Old Woman [=MacGucket=] was right to worry about the wax figures.]]
* RedHerring: Both [[spoiler: Manly Dan]] and [[spoiler: Toby Determined]] had very convincing evidence stacked up against them, but were not, in fact, the killers.
* StealthPun: [[spoiler: The statues only come to life when the moon waxes.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Dana and Marcus, and how!
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The third story of ''FanWorks/GravityFallsRule63''.

After the kids find Silvia's old collection of wax statues, Silvia decides to exhibit them again, and Marcus makes a wax figure of her for the event. But when it is found beheaded, he and Dana set out to find the culprit.

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