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* CerebusRetcon: Bill possessing Dipper in "Sock Opera" seemed at the time like just another MonsterOfTheWeek scenario. However, this episode shows that it's left Dipper much more paranoid and afraid, to the point where he freaks out after [[spoiler: finding out Ford's history with Bill.]]
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* CerebusRetcon: Bill possessing Dipper in "Sock Opera" seemed at the time like just another MonsterOfTheWeek scenario. However, this episode shows that it's left Dipper much more paranoid fairly traumatized and afraid, to the point where he freaks out after [[spoiler: finding out Ford's history with Bill.]]
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Celestabellebethabelle has a thing about people wearing shoes in the magical glade.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the beginning of the episode, Dipper and Mabel take out a sinister looking board game resembling ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'' and decide it will take up the next twenty-one minutes, but the rest of the episode revolves around finding a way to protect the shack from Bill.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the beginning of the episode, Dipper and Mabel take out a sinister looking board game resembling ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'' and decide it will take up [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the next twenty-one minutes, minutes]], but the rest of the episode revolves around finding a way to protect the shack from Bill.
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* CerebusRetcon: Bill possessing Dipper in "Sock Opera" seemed at the time like just another MonsterOfTheWeek scenario. However, this episode shows that it's left Dipper much more paranoid and afraid, to the point where he freaks out after [[spoiler: finding out Ford's history with Bill.]]
--> '''Mabel:''' Dipper's been pretty paranoid since Bill turned him into a living sock puppet.
--> '''Mabel:''' Dipper's been pretty paranoid since Bill turned him into a living sock puppet.
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** Near the beginning of the episode Ford mentions he has a metal plate in his head to keep out Bill. [[spoiler: It's this same metal plate that prevents his mind from being wiped when Dipper shoots him.]]
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** Near the beginning of the episode Ford mentions he has a metal plate in his head to keep out Bill. [[spoiler: It's this same metal plate that prevents his mind from being wiped when Dipper shoots him.]]
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Subverted; Dipper thinks that Bill has possessed Ford in the hidden room, but Ford shows Dipper that his pupils haven't changed, and that he was just being his usual PoorCommunicationKills self.
** Mabel and Dipper recount how they beat Bill with "kittens and tickles" to Ford when he asks if they recognize Bill's signal.
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* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed the former.
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* TheDreaded: Dipper and Mabel view Bill as this; it's shown most prominently when Dipper thinks that Bill has possessed Ford.
* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed theformer.former and nearly wiping Ford's memory, because he knows what it was like to be that paranoid.
* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed the
* GoodIsNotSoft: Wendy, keeping in touch with her ActionGirl side. Since getting unicorn hair "the nice way" didn't work, she ropes Candy and Grenda into getting it "the Wendy way."
* HeroicSacrifice: Wendy unwittingly does this with her determination to get the unicorn hair to protect the Shack; when Bill flashes through potential Gravity Falls citizens to possess, her image appears, meaning she could be his next victim.
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** Ford's problems with communicating the situation that he's in.
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** Ford's general problems with communicating the situation that he's in.in regarding Bill and the portal.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bill taunting Ford in his dream leads to Ford creating a spell to protect everyone in the Shack.
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** Ford gets this during his nightmare with Bill.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome plans to do with the butterflies.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome plans does to do with get the butterflies.fairy dust.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Mabel's list of good deeds.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the beginning of the episode, Dipper and Mabel take out a sinister looking board game resembling {{Film/Jumanji}} and decide it will take up the next twenty-one minutes, but the rest of the episode revolves around finding a way to protect the shack from Bill.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the beginning of the episode, Dipper and Mabel take out a sinister looking board game resembling {{Film/Jumanji}} ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'' and decide it will take up the next twenty-one minutes, but the rest of the episode revolves around finding a way to protect the shack from Bill.
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** When looking through Stan's boardgames the twins find [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Necromonopoly]] and another game resembling {{Film/Jumanji}} in it's description.
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** When looking through Stan's boardgames the twins find [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Necromonopoly]] ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Necro]][[{{TabletopGame/Monopoly}} monopoly]]'' and another game resembling {{Film/Jumanji}} ''{{Film/Jumanji}}'' in it's its description.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome does to get the fairy dust.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome does plans to get do with the fairy dust.butterflies.
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* TakeThatAudience: This episode takes a few jabs at the fandom members who have pointed out that Mabel is flawed, tends to get her way because Dipper loves her, and not always a good person, by having a ConsummateLiar unicorn claim that Mabel is not "pure of heart".
* TakeThat:
** Celestabellebethabelle is an obvious parody of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]], a benevolent ruler of Ponyville who is a figure of wisdom and authority and posssibly a TricksterMentor. As fitting the cynical Gravity Falls universe, Celestabellebethabelle pretends to be wise and able to look into humans' hearts, while just wanting to be left alone.
* TakeThat:
** Celestabellebethabelle is an obvious parody of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Celestia]], a benevolent ruler of Ponyville who is a figure of wisdom and authority and posssibly a TricksterMentor. As fitting the cynical Gravity Falls universe, Celestabellebethabelle pretends to be wise and able to look into humans' hearts, while just wanting to be left alone.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome plans to do with the butterflies.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome plans does to do with get the butterflies.fairy dust.
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* DealWithTheDevil: The one that Bill made with Ford comes back to bite Ford in the butt; when Ford tries to back out of the deal after realizing what Bill wants, the EldritchAbomination invokes YouAreTooLate and says that the portal will create the rift, one way or another.
* IShallTauntYou: Bill appears to Ford in his dream to taunt him about the rift and his plans for the apocalypse.
* KickTheDog: Celesabellebethabelle does this to Mabel so regularly that Wendy, Grenda and Candy cheer when Mabel beats up the unicorn.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Happens to Ford twice:
** Fiddleford catching a glimpse of Bill's true plans and leaving the project led to Ford's HeelRealization and revelation that Bill lied to him.
** Inverted when Dipper believes that Bill is possessing Ford; Dipper's genuine panic and paranoia when firing the memory gun leads Ford to finally admit what his history with Bill is and how he was ashamed of his blindness.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Happens to Ford twice:
** Fiddleford catching a glimpse of Bill's true plans and leaving the project led to Ford's HeelRealization and revelation that Bill lied to him.
** Inverted when Dipper believes that Bill is possessing Ford; Dipper's genuine panic and paranoia when firing the memory gun leads Ford to finally admit what his history with Bill is and how he was ashamed of his blindness.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Stan, though in this case it's his fault for not attending the family meeting with Ford, Mabel and Dipper. Stan has no idea who Bill is, what he plans, and what danger the Pines face. Heck, when he sees the bounty from the unicorn fight, he just rushes in to grab the treasure.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Why Wendy justifies knocking out the unicorn to get her hair. The shack needs protecting
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* MyGreatestFailure: Ford regrets making his deal with Bill.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Why Wendy justifies knocking out the unicorn to get her hair. The shack needsprotectingprotecting.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Why Wendy justifies knocking out the unicorn to get her hair. The shack needs
* PoorCommunicationKills: Ford finally realizes this trope is his FatalFlaw after Dipper mistakenly believes that Bill has possessed him. He promises Dipper "no more secrets" and reveals entirely his past with Bill.
** Some FridgeHorror: he never told Stan in full what he was up against when asking Stan to hide the journal.
** Some FridgeHorror: he never told Stan in full what he was up against when asking Stan to hide the journal.
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* TimeForPlanB: With everyone in the Shack protected from him, Bill decides to possess someone ''outside'' the Shack.
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* TimeForPlanB: TimeForPlanB:
** This is Ford's current plan: to keep the rift from Bill. His initial plan was to make sure the portal was never turned on, though Stan interfered with that plan.
** With everyone in the Shack protected from him, Bill decides to possess someone ''outside'' the Shack.
** This is Ford's current plan: to keep the rift from Bill. His initial plan was to make sure the portal was never turned on, though Stan interfered with that plan.
** With everyone in the Shack protected from him, Bill decides to possess someone ''outside'' the Shack.
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* YouAreTooLate: Invoked by Bill when Ford confronts him; the portal has been built, and one way or another it will soon open. Ford tries to destroy his instructions of how to run the portal, so that no one else can open it, but Bill's words come true when the fight between Stan and Ford leads to Ford going through the portal, and Stan creating a rift by opening the portal to save his brother. Ford's Plan B is to make sure Bill never gets his hands on the rift.
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* BaitTheDog: Bill lured Ford to his side with a cup of tea, a game of interdimensional chess, and praising how he had a great mind, winning him over with flattery. Considering Ford got made fun of for being smart and a square peg, this would be the equivalent of a muse telling Homer he was a genius.
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* BaitTheDog: Bill lured Ford to his side with a cup of tea, a game of interdimensional chess, and praising how he had a great mind, winning him over with flattery. Considering Ford got made fun of for being smart and a square peg, this would be the equivalent of having what was purportedly a muse telling Homer he was who only appeared to geniuses praise him must have meant a genius.'''lot''' to Ford.
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* AnAesop: Don't let a supposedly superior being determine your worth. This counts for Mabel and Ford equally.
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* AnAesop: Don't let a supposedly superior being determine your worth. This counts for Mabel and Ford equally.
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** Dipper's trauma from Bill possessing him comes back in full force when he thinks Ford has been possessed, causing him to fire the memory fun at his uncle.
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** Dipper's trauma from Bill possessing him comes back in full force when he thinks Ford has been possessed, causing him to fire the memory fun gun at his uncle.great-uncle.
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* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed the former, because
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* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed the former, because former.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she turned out to be a huge dick and didn't mean a word of her "pure of heart" shtick, Celestabellebethabelle wasn't wrong: doing good deeds to make yourself look good isn't all that noble.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: While she turned out to be a huge dick and didn't mean a word of her "pure of heart" shtick, Celestabellebethabelle wasn't wrong: wrong about one thing: doing good deeds to make yourself look good isn't all that noble.
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* EasilyForgiven: Ford forgives Dipper for thinking Bill possessed the former, because
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the gnome plans to do with the butterflies.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the drug-dealing gnome plans to do with the butterflies.
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* IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: Inverted; Ford asks Dipper to look into his eyes to see that Bill is not possessing him.
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* IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Ford tries to reason with Dipper, several things trip him up:
** Ford's problems with communicating the situation that he's in.
** The memory gun that Ford used earlier to erase the federal agents' memory.
** The "Trust no one" MadnessMantra
** Ford NotHelpingYourCase by saying "You shouldn't have done that" and approaching Dipper menacingly.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Inverted; Ford asks Dipper to look into his eyes to see that Bill is not possessing him.
** Ford's problems with communicating the situation that he's in.
** The memory gun that Ford used earlier to erase the federal agents' memory.
** The "Trust no one" MadnessMantra
** Ford NotHelpingYourCase by saying "You shouldn't have done that" and approaching Dipper menacingly.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Inverted; Ford asks Dipper to look into his eyes to see that Bill is not possessing him.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his quest to find the answers to Gravity Falls weirdness, Ford found a cave with the spell to summon Bill despite their being a a warning message against it. This is what allowed Bill to manipulate him, saying that building the portal was the answer.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Dipper and Ford were deceived and possessed by Bill.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Dipper and Ford were deceived and possessed by Bill.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his quest to find the answers to Gravity Falls weirdness, Ford found a cave with the spell to summon Bill despite their there being a a warning message against it. This is what allowed Bill to manipulate him, saying that building the portal was the answer.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Dipper and Ford were deceived and possessed byBill.Bill, and both are ashamed of it.
* NotSoDifferent: Both Dipper and Ford were deceived and possessed by
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* OhCrap: Dipper upon seeing Stanford make a deal with Bill.
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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** Dipper upon seeing Stanford make a deal withBill.Bill.
** The unicorns when Mabel gets angry.
** Dipper upon seeing Stanford make a deal with
** The unicorns when Mabel gets angry.
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* AnAesop: Don't let a supposedly superior being determine your worth. This counts for Mabel and Ford equally.
* AudienceSurrogate: MABEL serves as this for herself when she points out her flaws, namely making fun of Dipper.
* AudienceSurrogate: MABEL serves as this for herself when she points out her flaws, namely making fun of Dipper.
* BaitTheDog: Bill lured Ford to his side with a cup of tea, a game of interdimensional chess, and praising how he had a great mind, winning him over with flattery. Considering Ford got made fun of for being smart and a square peg, this would be the equivalent of a muse telling Homer he was a genius.
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* CallBack: [=McGucket=] warning "fear the beast with just one eye..." revealed to Ford that Bill couldn't be trusted.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** The symbol of Bill that Ford found in the cave is identical to the tapestry image in the Northwest Manor.
** Dipper's trauma from Bill possessing him comes back in full force when he thinks Ford has been possessed, causing him to fire the memory fun at his uncle.
** Celestabellebethabelle plays on Mabel's JerkassRealization moments from earlier episodes, like how she puts her needs before Dipper's and makes fun of her brother constantly.
** [=McGucket=] warning "fear the beast with just one eye..." revealed to Ford that Bill couldn't be trusted.
** The symbol of Bill that Ford found in the cave is identical to the tapestry image in the Northwest Manor.
** Dipper's trauma from Bill possessing him comes back in full force when he thinks Ford has been possessed, causing him to fire the memory fun at his uncle.
** Celestabellebethabelle plays on Mabel's JerkassRealization moments from earlier episodes, like how she puts her needs before Dipper's and makes fun of her brother constantly.
** [=McGucket=] warning "fear the beast with just one eye..." revealed to Ford that Bill couldn't be trusted.
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* ChekovsGun: The mind-eraser gun makes another appearance here. Dipper fires it by the episode's end.
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* ChekovsGun: CharacterDevelopment:
** Mabel comes to terms with the fact that just because she has flaws, doesn't mean that she's a bad person.
** After freaking Dipper out into thinking that Bill had returned, Ford finally swallows his pride and explain how he came to make a deal with Bill.
* ChekovsGun:
** The gnomes bar mentioned in the map becomes the place where Wendy, Candy and Grenda infiltrate to find a unicorn's weakness.
** The mind-eraser gun makes another appearance here. Dipper fires it by the episode's end.
** Mabel comes to terms with the fact that just because she has flaws, doesn't mean that she's a bad person.
** After freaking Dipper out into thinking that Bill had returned, Ford finally swallows his pride and explain how he came to make a deal with Bill.
* ChekovsGun:
** The gnomes bar mentioned in the map becomes the place where Wendy, Candy and Grenda infiltrate to find a unicorn's weakness.
** The mind-eraser gun makes another appearance here. Dipper fires it by the episode's end.
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* CuttingTheKnot: After Mabel fails to prove that she is pure of heart, Wendy decides to bargain with the nearby gnomes to find a unicorn's weakness and get the hair.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Grenda is disgusted about what the gnome plans to do with the butterflies.
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* IKnowYourInThereSomewhereFight: Inverted; Ford asks Dipper to look into his eyes to see that Bill is not possessing him.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Why Wendy justifies knocking out the unicorn to get her hair. The shack needs protecting
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his quest to find the answers to Gravity Falls weirdness, Ford found a cave with the spell to summon and Bill and cast it despite their being a message not. This is what allowed Bill to manipulate him, saying that building the portal was the answer.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his quest to find the answers to Gravity Falls weirdness, Ford found a cave with the spell to summon and Bill and cast it despite their being a a warning message not.against it. This is what allowed Bill to manipulate him, saying that building the portal was the answer.
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* OhCrap: Dipper upon seeing Stanford made a deal with Bill.
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* OhCrap: Dipper upon seeing Stanford made make a deal with Bill.
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* TheReveal: Ford tells Dipper Bill's ultimate plan, it's to create a portal that will let him and his kind access to Earth.
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* TheReveal: Ford tells Dipper Bill's ultimate plan, plan; it's to create a portal that will let him and his kind access to Earth.
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: {{Invoked}} by Celestabellebethabelle. Sparkling, pink, speaks in a sickly-sweet tone of voice... it's enough to make you puke. It's all part of her "pure of heart" image.
** Dipper deciding that "just one peek" into Ford's mind can't hurt.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Ford has no problem giving Mabel a crossbow, reflecting the more lax standards for this kind of thing back in the '80s (think ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' and its portrayal of bringing a gun to school only being punished with a Saturday detention). More subtly, Mabel's Harry Potter reference goes right over his head.
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** Before Ford calls the family meeting, Dipper and Mabel are about to play a ''{{Jumanji}}'' {{Expy}}.
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** Before Ford calls the family meeting, Dipper and Mabel are about to play a ''{{Jumanji}}'' {{Expy}}.{{Expy}} literally named "What Could Go Wrong?".
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* OutOfFocus: Stan'''ly''' only appears in a couple of gags and doesn't interact with the main plot.
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* OutOfFocus: Stan'''ly''' Stan'''ley''' only appears in a couple of gags and doesn't interact with the main plot.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In his quest to find the answers to Gravity Falls weirdness, Ford found a cave with the spell to summon and Bill and cast it despite their being a message not. This is what allowed Bill to manipulate him, saying that building the portal was the answer.
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* TheReveal: Ford tells Dipper Bill's ultimate plan, its it's to create a portal that will let him and his kind access to Earth.
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* WhamLine: "I guess I can't possess anyone ''inside'' the Shack, so I'll just have to find my next pawn on the OUTSIDE!"
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* WhamLine: "I From Bill, after Dipper and Ford shield the Shack from him entering through the mindscape.
-->"I guess I can't possess anyone ''inside'' the Shack, so I'll just have to find my next pawn on the OUTSIDE!"
-->"I guess I can't possess anyone ''inside'' the Shack, so I'll just have to find my next pawn on the OUTSIDE!"
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Ford and Bill are shown playing chess in the flashback.
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* AudibleSharpness: When Wendy pulls the scissors out.
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* BloodSplatteredWarrior: The girls make it back to the house covered in unicorn blood.
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* OutOfFocus: Stan'''ly''' only appears in a couple of gags and doesn't interact with the main plot.
