History Recap / GravityFallsS2E13DungeonsDungeonsAndMoreDungeons

* AbsenteeActor: Wendy doesn't appear, though Dipper makes reference to her. This is the first time that Grenda appears without Candy.

* IdiotBall: Lampshaded when Ford reveals that he keeps the Infinity Die in a cheap plastic box along with his regular dice.

** Grunkle Ford storms into the Shack wrestling a "cycloptopus", which bears a lot of similarities to [[CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian monsters]].

* BrickJoke: The bit involving DD&MD's DorkAge in the 90s winds up factoring into the climax where Probabilitor reveals the version of the game being used is "the controversial 1991-1992 edition", which includes the banned Impossibeast.
** Also, when Probabilitor first comes to life, a griffin is with him, but is missing when Stan, Mabel, and Grenda confront the wizard in the forest. During the credits, the griffin abducts Toby Determined.

* YesExceptNo: Dipper says this to Mabel when she asks if she gets to ride unicorns after rolling the die.

** And no, the "'\" is not a typo.

* SkewedPriorities: When Probabilitor takes away Ford and Dipper to eat their brains, Stan wants to watch ''Ducktective'', and he ponders whether they should wait for long enough for the brain-eating to "even out" Ford's intelligence before they rescue him.

* BigWhat: Dipper utters one after Probabilitor makes clear he wants to eat Dipper and Ford's brains since they are the smartest players he has ever met.

* BrickJoke: The bit involving DD&MD's DorkAge in the 90s winds up factoring into the climax where Probabilitor reveals the version of the game being used is "the controversial 1991-1992 edition", which includes the (banned) Impossibeast.

* CallBack: Ford finally reveals that he destroyed the portal and why he was angry with Stan for restarting it: it opened up an interdimensional rift that he has contained in a glass ball that resembles a snowglobe with hazard tape. [[ForeShadowing Let's hope that the ball never breaks]]....
* CalvinBall: Apparently this is how the RPG works--you roll die and make up attacks. Once Dipper and Ford explain this, Stan and Mabel start to crush Probabilitor.
* CharacterDevelopment: In all of the characters, but most importantly it has to be said that for the first time Ford has destroyed his "life's work"-- the portal-- to keep the world safe.

* ConspicuousCG: The various dice, whenever they are rolled.

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: In-universe, Dipper is told to stay away from Ford, and Dipper is not good at ignoring the supernatural.

* FlamingSword: "hot flamy sword!"

-->SOOS WAS HERE / [[OhCrap UH-OH, I THINK I MAY BE STUCK]]

** Poor Dipper is changed into Pointy-Eared hero that has nothing under his tunic. He covers his crotch when he realizes.
-->'''Dipper:''' There'd better be something [[GroinAttack protective under this tunic]]...Oh '''no''', there isn't!

* IdiotBall: Lampshaded when Ford reveals that he keeps the Infinity Die in a cheap plastic box, along with his regular dice.

-->'''Mabel:''' Give him time, haha! ''[[HumorDissonance Heyooo!]]'' ({{Beat}}) Nah, you got me! (Lays down) [[JerkassRealization You got me.]]

-->'''Stan:''' ''(Suddenly furious)'' ''Ducktective'' has a big mystery element, and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!

** It's implied that Ford had captured the cycloptopus merely to use its ink, since Dipper accidentally breaks a jar that contains the monster as well as a bottle of ink.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Grenda, who is small but can carry an armchair without breaking a sweat.

* SecretKeeper: At the end of the episode, Ford asks Dipper to keep the dimensional rift he's contained a secret, and to not tell anyone, even Mabel. Dipper agrees.

* SeriousBusiness: If we can believe Grunkle Ford, at least nine thousand dimensions have versions of DD&D, and one dimension came up with reality-warping Dice. Probabilitor even plays the game starring him as the antagonist, using banned characters and older editions.
* ShaggyDogStory: Everyone tries to get Dipper to watch the ''Ducktective'' finale, but Dipper is too obsessed with a game that only one other person is into. Once Dipper watches the finale, it ends up being a colossal disappointment for him because the ending is just too predictable.

* SiblingRivalry: Stan and Ford's argument over who gets the room can very easily be seen as this.
* SkewedPriorities: Parodied when Probabilitor takes away Ford and Dipper to eat their brains. Stan wants to watch ''Ducktective'', and he ponders that if they wait then enough of Ford's brains will be eaten for him and Stan to have the same intelligence.

* TapOnTheHead: Grenda knocks an ogre out with her couch, probably killing him; Stan says they will take this to their grave.
* TakeThat: Dipper refers the 90s as "dark times"

* TemptingFate: Grunkle Stan at the beginning says that it's nice to have one day with nothing happening. Grunkle Ford then storms in from the basement, struggling with a cycloptopus.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In contrast to the below, Dipper's reaction is this when Stan agrees to play with Probalitor to save Dipper and Ford.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaMan: Stan's experience with gambling (though the end reveals he cheated) and Mabel's big imagination makes them able to play DD&MD when they learn "risk and imagination" are involved.
* TotallyRadical: The ill-fated 90's redesign of "Dungeons, Dungeons and More Dungeons", ''Diggity Dungeons & All That!'', with Probabilitizzle.

* VillainousValor: Although Probabilitor chooses editions of the games that work to his advantage, he plays by the rules and is forced to accept his loss.

* WhamEpisode: Played with. While the main plot is way sillier than the plots from previous two episodes, the episode does end with a rather major reveal: Stan bringing Ford back created an inter-dimensional rift that could permanently damage the fabric of reality if left unchecked, just like Ford warned about in the Journals. Ford then tells Dipper to not tell anybody about this, not even Mabel.

* BreatherEpisode: To an extent, though it ends with some important plot points.

** The typeface of the '90s logo for DD&D is the same as ''LiveActionTV/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.

* SelfDeprecation: The season finale of ''Ducktective'' involves a twist involving Ducktective's twin brother. Every member of the Pines family and Grenda boos at the TV, calling the twist clichéd and predictable.

** This is a little odd since Alex Hirsch was born in 1985 so a good chunk of his childhood took place in this decade. It may be more directly a TakeThat towards 90's kids, people who grew up in the 1990's and never shut up about how much better it was back then. And many people feel Gravity Falls has a 90's cartoon vibe to it so it would seem a little odd to insult the decade that A. He grew up in that. B. Alot of the shows' fans grew up in. C. And is considered possibly the greatest time for animation in America history and the show is favorably compared to it.
** A big chunk of the shows' audience are 20 something year olds so it's very possible that that was the creators meaning.

!! Tropes:

AS the town recovers from the gravity anomalies caused by the Universe Portal, Dipper rediscovers his favorite game, a tabletop RPG called Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons. However, Mabel is turned off by the copious amount of mathematics involved, Soos prefers a form of LARP called Foam and Cardboard Legitimate Outdoor RolePlay, and Stan finds the idea of rolling dice outside of Vegas laughable. But when he stumbles into the underground lab, he meets someone who shares his love of DD&MD; the reclusive Author, Ford Pines. Nerds of two generations quickly bond over dice rolls and graphs, during which Dipper asks what Ford has been doing since returning to Earth. Instead of answering the question, Ford shows off a souvenir from across the dimensions, an Infinite-Sided Die; when rolled, ''anything'' can happen. Because of how dangerous it could be, Ford keeps it safely tucked away in a cheap case with the other dice.

* DramaticIrony: It's confirmed that Dipper doesn't know that Grunkle Ford is going to kick Stan out of the house at the end of summer when he talks about the "Author of the Journals" living in "our" basement, not knowing that the Mystery Shack now belongs to Ford.

* DramaticIrony: It's confirmed that Dipper doesn't know that Grunkle Ford is going to kick Stan out of the house at the end of summer when he talks about the "Author of the Journals" living in "our" basement, forgetting that the Mystery Shack actually belongs to Ford.

* IgnoredEpiphany: During their game of FCLORP, Durland suddenly has an epiphany about the nature of human life, only for the others to remind him that he's a fortress.

* YouAreATreeCharlieBrown: Durland is relegated to playing a fortress in the FCLORP group. He's still pretty happy about it, though.

Dipper and Stanford's attempt to play their favorite role playing game backfires when they accidentally unleash an evil magician. Their only chance is for Grunkle Stan and Mabel to win the game.

** The fairy Stan swats on his shoulder squeaks [[VideoGame/OcarinaOfTime "Hey, look, listen!"]].

Dipper and Stanford get hooked on their favorite game.

* AbsenteeActor: Wendy doesn't appear though Dipper makes reference to her. This is the first time that Grenda appears without Candy.

* BlackComedyBurst: After Grenda hits the ogre with a couch, Stan assures a concerned Mabel that since it's a fantasy setting, he's not actually dead... then leans down to tell Grenda that "there's no cops in the forest", and that they have to take this to their graves.

** Also, when Probabilitor first comes to life, a griffin is with him, but doesn't show up when Stan, Mabel, and Grenda confront the wizard in the forest. During the credits, the griffin abducts Toby Determined.

* CalvinBall: Apparently this is how the RPG works; you roll die and make up attacks. Once Dipper and Ford communicate this, Stan and Mabel start to crush Probabilitor.

* ChekhovsGun: It's subtle, but Stan starts to chew on bubblegum as they start the game with Probabilitor. When Stan needs to roll a 38, he manages it thanks to the same stick he was chewing on.

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Stan fixes his "perfect" roll with a wad of chewing gum.

* DramaticIrony: It's confirmed that Dipper doesn't know that Grunkle Ford is going to kick Stan out of the house at the end of summer; when he talks about the "Author of the Journals" living in "our" basement, forgetting that the Mystery Shack actually belongs to Ford.

* EvilTwin: ''Ducktective'' has one, which plans to murder his brother in the hospital.

* TheHeroDies: Implied in-universe with ''Ducktective'' , who says he's going to the "big pond in the sky."

* IdiotBall: Lampshaded when Ford reveals that he keeps the Infinity Die in a cheap plastic box, and with his regular dice.

* JerkassRealization: Mabel seems to have one when Dipper says he hangs out with Stanford partially because he's cool, but also because he, unlike Grunkle Stan and Mabel, doesn't make fun of him. Unlike her dramatic realization in ''Sock Opera'', however, this one is very subtle and we don't see her response directly.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As mentioned in SelfParody below, most of the conversation around ''Duck-tective'' involves gentle ribbing of both [[TakeThatAudience the fanbase]] and [[SelfDeprecation the show itself]]; Mabel and Grenda find the sudden reveal of a twin brother a "rip-off" (Soos even saw it coming a year ago), and Stan bristles when Ford calls it a kids' show.
-->'''Stan:''' ''(Suddenly furious)'' ''Duck-tective'' has a big mystery element, and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads!

* SealedEvilInACan: Ford contains the dimensional rift left leftover by the portal and hides it in his lab.
* SecretKeeper: At the end of the episode, Ford asks Dipper to keep the dimensional rift that he's contained a secret, to not tell anyone. Dipper agrees.

* ShaggyDogStory: Everyone tries to get Dipper to watch the ''Ducktective'' finale, but Dipper is so obsessed with a game that only one other person is into. Once Dipper gets to watch the finale, it ends up being a colossal disappointment for him, because the ending was just too predictable.

** Dipper chasing a die and falling down through the Mystery Shack is a homage to [[Literature/AliceInWonderland Alice]] falling down the rabbit hole.

** The end of ''Duck-tective''[='=]s season arc involves [[Series/{{Dallas}} a cliffhanger in which the main character is shot by an unknown assailant and lies convalescing in the hospital]].

* SoProudOfYou: Stan after Mabel made her Centaurtuar causes this.
* SpecialGuest: "Weird Al" Yankovic who plays Probabilitor and makes a LargeHam out of the math wizard.

* TapOnTheHead: Grenda knocks an ogre out with her couch, probably killing him when Stan says they will take this to their grave.

* WhamEpisode: Played with. While the main plot is way sillier than the plots from previous two episodes, the episode does end with a rather major reveal: Stan bringing Ford back ended up creating an inter-dimensional rift that could permanently damage the fabric of reality if left unchecked, just like Ford warned about in the Journals. Ford then tells Dipper to not tell anybody about this, not even Mabel.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Ford defies the trope by showing his gun to Probabilitor after the former announces he wants to eat Ford and Dipper's brains. The gun turns out to be a NoSell against Probabilitor's magic, and the ogre simply picks up Dipper and Ford by the scruff of their necks.

* GenreSavvy: Stan. After Probabilitor appears, he asks if the wizard being summoned is part of the game, and prepares himself for a dice rolling game (with gum) after being forced to play D, D & More D with Probabilitor. Stan anticipated that Probabilitor is too much of a stickler for rules to consider the possibility of another player cheating, and was relying on the wizards confidence.

* MundaneUtility: The Hot Elf lights a fire with his flaming arrows. Overkill? Yes. Awesome? Also yes.

** Probabilitor forces the Pines to [[Film/{{Saw}} play a potentially deadly game with him.]]

* DorkAge: [[invoked]] The 90's were one for DD&MD when it was renamed "Diggity Dungeons & All That".

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaMan: Stan's experience with gambling and Mabel's big imagination makes them able to play DD&MD when they learn "risk and imagination" are involved.