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* TheEndorIsIT: Subverted. At the end Dipper asks if [[TemptingFate they have to worry about the rest of the dinosaurs]] cue to the church with creepy music... then old man McGucket pops out.

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* TheEndorIsIT: TheEndOrIsIt: Subverted. At the end Dipper asks if [[TemptingFate they have to worry about the rest of the dinosaurs]] cue to the church with creepy music... then old man McGucket pops out.
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* TheEndorIsIT: Subverted. At the end Dipper asks if [[TemptingFate they have to worry about the rest of the dinosaurs]] cue to the church with creepy music... then old man McGucket pops out.
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-->'''Old Man Mcgucket:''' Oh, no! She's gone deaf with fear!

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-->'''Old Man Mcgucket:''' [=McGucket=]:''' Oh, no! She's gone deaf with fear!



* EatenAlive: Old Man Mcgucket is SwallowedWhole by a pterodactyl.

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* EatenAlive: Old Man Mcgucket [=McGucket=] is SwallowedWhole by a pterodactyl.



* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket has eaten some strange things before, but never a ''live pterodactyl''.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket [=McGucket=] has eaten some strange things before, but never a ''live pterodactyl''.



* ShoutOut: Stan makes one to ''JurassicPark''.

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* ShoutOut: Stan makes one to ''JurassicPark''.''Franchise/JurassicPark''.



** Old Man [=McGucket=]'s raccoon-based SpaghettiKiss is one to ''LadyAndTheTramp''.

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** Old Man [=McGucket=]'s raccoon-based SpaghettiKiss is one to ''LadyAndTheTramp''.''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp''.



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* StickySituation: People getting stuck together with tree sap becomes something of a RunningGag in this episode.

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* StickySituation: People getting Dipper and Soos get stuck together with tree sap becomes something of a RunningGag in this episode.early on. Near the end, the same thing happens to Mabel and Grunkle Stan.
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: "Well, sometimes you just gotta..." (''realizes the pterodactyl is climbing back up'') "...''look out!''"
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->'''Mabel:''' Is somebody speaking? Because I can't hear anything!
-->'''Old Man Mcgucket:''' Oh, no! She's gone deaf with fear!

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* AccidentalMurder: Soos killed a fairy.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: Stan calls Waddles "Woggles" at one point.
* AccidentalMurder: Soos killed a fairy.fairy once.



* EatenAlive: Old Man Mcgucket is eaten by a pterodactyl.
** SwallowedWhole

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* EatenAlive: Old Man Mcgucket is eaten SwallowedWhole by a pterodactyl.
** SwallowedWhole
pterodactyl.



* GoThroughMe: Stan delivers this line while defending Waddles from the pterodactyl.
* LostWorld
* {{Malaproper}}: Stan calls Waddles "Woggles".

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* GoThroughMe: Stan delivers this line while defending Waddles from the pterodactyl.
pterodactyl (for real this time).
* LostWorld
TheLoad: Soos is this for much of the episode; {{lampshaded}} by a montage of Soos accidentally breaking stuff.
* {{Malaproper}}: Stan calls Waddles "Woggles".LostWorld: The gang from the Mystery Shack finds one in the caves beneath Gravity Falls.



* StickySituation: People getting stuck together with tree sap becomes something of a RunningGag in this episode.



* TemptingFate: Soos declares "nothing can go wrong!" with his and Dipper's plan to capture a monster on film... then he high-fives Dipper with a hand covered in tree sap.





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\n* YouExclamation: Stan gives one to Waddles after he ruins one of Stan's tours by eating the Corn-icorn.
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* GoThroughMe: Stan delivers this line while defending Waddles from the pterodactyl.

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* BreatherEpisode: At least when compared to the next episode.



* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Old Man Mcgucket]] is eaten by a pterodactyl.

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* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Old Man Mcgucket]] Mcgucket is eaten by a pterodactyl.



* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket has eaten some strange things before, [[spoiler:but never a ''live pterodactyl''.]]

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket has eaten some strange things before, [[spoiler:but but never a ''live pterodactyl''.]]
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!!Tropes present in this episode:

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
! This ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' episode provides examples of:

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* GoodNewsBadNews: How Stan intended to break the news Waddles of being taken away to Mable.
-->'''Stan:''' Um- uh-The good news is, you're getting a puppy!



* SelfServingMemory: When Stan tells Mabel how [[spoiler: the pterodactyl managed to steal Waddles]], the details were somewhat off.

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* SelfServingMemory: When Stan tells Mabel how [[spoiler: the pterodactyl managed to steal Waddles]], Waddles, the details were somewhat off.
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* BrosBeforeHoes: Or rather, bros before dinos.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Stan calls Waddles "Woggles".
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** Old Man [=McGucket=]'s racoon-based SpaghettiKiss is one to ''LadyAndTheTramp''.

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** Old Man [=McGucket=]'s racoon-based raccoon-based SpaghettiKiss is one to ''LadyAndTheTramp''.
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* LostWorld
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* BreatherEpisode: At least compared to the next episode.

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* BreatherEpisode: At least when compared to the next episode.
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* BreatherEpisode

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* BreatherEpisodeBreatherEpisode: At least compared to the next episode.
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* RaptorAttack: One of the sap-encased dinosaurs is a featherless, two-fingered dromaeosaurid the size of a ''Utahraptor''.
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* SpaghettiKiss: According to Old Man [=McGucket=]'s weird personal story, he shared one with a raccoon over a slab of meat they were fighting over.
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** Mabel and Waddles' Pig Dance Party includes homages to ''Film/theBreakfastClub''.

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** Mabel and Waddles' Pig Dance Party includes homages to ''Film/theBreakfastClub''.''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket has eaten some strange things before, but never a ''live pterodactyl''.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: Old Man Mcgucket has eaten some strange things before, but [[spoiler:but never a ''live pterodactyl''.]]
* EyePoke: The pterodactyl does it to Grunkle Stan in his story.



* ShoutOut: Stan makes one to Jurassic Park.
** Also, when he's riding the pterodactyl, he makes a reference to Moby Dick.

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* ShoutOut: Stan makes one to Jurassic Park.
''JurassicPark''.
** Also, when he's riding the pterodactyl, he makes a reference to Moby Dick.''Literature/MobyDick''.
** Mabel and Waddles' Pig Dance Party includes homages to ''Film/theBreakfastClub''.
** The title is a pun on ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''.
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* {{Poker}}: Stan, Mabel, and Waddles play it during the credits gag.
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* ShoutOut: Stan makes one to Jurassic Park.
** Also, when he's riding the pterodactyl, he makes a reference to Moby Dick.
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* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Old Man Mcgucket]] is eaten by a pterodactyl.
** SwallowedWhole


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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Yes, the Huggy Wuvvy Tummy Bundle does work for pigs.
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* {{Squick}}: Old Man Mcgucket ''eating through a pterodactyl.''
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* Squick: Old Man Mcgucket ''eating through a pterodactyl.''

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* Squick: {{Squick}}: Old Man Mcgucket ''eating through a pterodactyl.''
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'''The Land Before Swine'''

A prehistoric beast snatches Mabel's pig Waddles and the Pines family must take a journey.

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!!Tropes present in this episode:

*AccidentalMurder: Soos killed a fairy.
*DeadHatShot: One occurs when the pterodactyl drops Stan's fez into the nest.
*EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
*PteroSoarer
*SelfServingMemory: When Stan tells Mabel how [[spoiler: the pterodactyl managed to steal Waddles]], the details were somewhat off.
*Squick: Old Man Mcgucket ''eating through a pterodactyl.''
*TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Mabel gives Stan the silent treatment.
*TookALevelInBadass: Stan, when he attacks and rides the pterodactyl.


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