History Recap / GravityFallsS2E16RoadsideAttraction

-->'''Darlene''': Allow me to slip into something a little more horrifying.

-->'''Dipper''': Look, earlier this summer I ruined my chances with Wendy.\\
'''Stan''': ''[uncomfortably]'' Heh, yeah... "chances."

OLD [[CompanionCube GOLDIE’S]] THE BEST GIRLFRIEND STAN EVER HAD

Stan takes the Twins, Candy, Grenda, and Soos on a road trip to sabotage other tourist traps in Oregon. While this is happening, Stan gives Dipper some advice when it comes to girls, which inadvertently catches the attention of Candy, who begins to develop a crush on Dipper, but things come to a head when the group discovers a spider woman at one of the tourist traps and takes Stan hostage.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Dipper shows us this episode that even if you accept rejection from someone you have a crush on, moving past that crush isn't easy, nor is it an overnight process.
** When Mabel and Soos discover that Dipper still hasn't moved on from Wendy, Mabel simply tells him to "Move on". Since Dipper has a poor understanding of flirting and is socially awkward, he has trouble doing so and resorts to listening to Stan's better, more specific advice on his problem. People, like Dipper, need more advice and support than just "move on" when they are faced with a problem.

* CycleOfRevenge: The other tourist traps pranked Stan which cause him to prank them which in turn causes them to prank him...

* FreezeFrameBonus: A careful look at how Darlene is pinned shows that, unless she is MadeOfIron, that Paul Bunyan's foot is crushing her abdomen. This would be a death sentence for normal spiders, and could be one for Darlene.

'''Stan''': ''(Uncomfortably)'' Heh yeah... "chances."
* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Under the guidance of Stan, Dipper learns how to flirt with girls and move on from Wendy. However, Dipper accidentally causes Candy to develop a crush on him. Dipper wasn't interested in a serious relationship and was convinced the road trip would be consequence-free. He believed everyone would leave feeling better about themselves but was soon confronted by all the girls he encountered before and was soon dumped by all of them.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Dipper play-flirts with the girls to boost his confidence and get over Wendy. After voicing his concerns, Stan assures him that, realistically, he's unlikely to reencounter those girls again. So his behaviour should be fairly innocent and consequence-free. Sure enough, the same girls do meet Dipper again at the exact same spot. Just as Dipper was with Candy, who had a crush on him at the time and was hoping the moment would start a relationship between the two. The girls are, understandably, offended by Dipper's tongue-tied response and Candy is left heartbroken.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Even though Stan is portrayed in the wrong for convincing Dipper to be more confident on the road trip. He isn't wrong and he was, in fact, more helpful than Mabel in getting Dipper to move on from Wendy. Dipper did become more confident around girls and did learn to accept Wendy's rejection. He just didn't expect Candy to fall for him, or expect to see the other girls again.
* KarmaHoudini: Besides Stan being saved, Darlene practically gets away with what was implied to have been killing ''many'' men. She even says that as long as there's gullible men she'll be free to feed on them. With that said, she is trapped under Paul Bunyan's boot, with her abdomen crushed, and perhaps if no men come up the mountain then she'll starve.

* NeverMessWithGranny: The owner of the first tourist trap is an old woman named Granny Sweetkins, who owns the worlds biggest ball of yarn and set Stan's car on fire on two non-consecutive occasions. After they unravel her yarn ball, she throws a giant knitting needle at Stan's RV hard enough for it to stick.

* OutOfCharacterMoment: The girls note that Dipper seems uncharacteristically cheerful, unaware he just got a girl's e-mail. This is what starts Candy's temporary crush on him.

* ShipSinking: Dipper has no romantic feelings for Candy, and though Candy starts crushing on Dipper, she's over it by the end. This reinforces what Alex Hirsch said about Dipper/Candy, as he said the concept was [[BrutalHonesty "Grasping at straws"]].

** The coded message in the credits references ''Film/HomewardBoundTheIncredibleJourney''

** As Soos demonstrated, when you get lost, staying where you are is normally a good thing...except when you're in the middle of a maze with nobody around.

-->'''Dipper:''' Ugh, can't this thing go any FASTER?!\\
'''Tour Guide Recording:''' ''(Calmly)'' No, it can't. This is Trambience®.

** The mummy exhibit has a sign saying "new mummies daily", Dipper discusses this wondering how it's possible and it seems like a joke about the mummies being just as blatantly fake as the Mystery Shack's oddities. It turns out the mummies are Darlene's victims.

* AbsenteeActor: This is the first and only episode since his introduction in which Ford does not appear.

'''Dipper:''' Ugh, can't this thing go any FASTER?!\\

--> SOOS, LIKE A NOBLE GOLDEN RETRIEVER, EVENTUALLY FOUND HIS WAY HOMEWARD, AND BEFRIENDED A TALKING BULLDOG AND SASSY CAT ALONG THE WAY.

** When Mabel and Soos discover that Dipper still hasn't moved on from Wendy, Mabel simply tells him to "Move on". Since Dipper has a poor understanding of flirting and is socially awkward. He has trouble doing so and resorts to listening to Stan's advice since he's giving Dipper better, more specific advice on his problem. As shown by the episode; people, like Dipper, need more advice and support than just "move on" when they are faced with a problem.

* VisualPun: Dipper tries to explain to Stan how his words get tangled, but can't come up with a proper metaphor, while Mabel and her friends are playing with a giant ball of thread.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Dipper calls himself Dopper.

* RealityEnsues:
** Dipper shows us this episode that even if you accept rejection from someone you have a crush on, moving past that crush isn't easy, nor is it an overnight process.
** When Mabel and Soos discover that Dipper still hasn't moved on from Wendy, Mabel simply tells him to "Move on". Since Dipper has a poor understanding of flirting and is socially awkward. He has trouble doing so and resorts to listening to Stan's advice since he's giving Dipper better, more specific advice on his problem. As shown by the episode; people, like Dipper, need more advice and support than just "move on" when they are faced with a problem.

* BrokenAesop: Given how characters speak about Dipper's behavior, the episode is clearly trying for "being a player is wrong and you should treat others' feelings with respect, not play with them to boost yourself," with the "you" being Dipper. However, the interactions shown between Dipper and the girls he meets at various tourist attractions are all platonic.

* BrokenAesop: Given how characters speak about Dipper's behavior, the episode is clearly trying for "being a player is wrong and you should treat others' feelings with respect, not play with them to boost yourself," with the "you" being Dipper. However, the shown interactions Dipper has with girls are never demonstrated as anything other than platonic.

* BrokenAesop: Given how characters speak about Dipper's behavior, the episode is clearly trying for "being a player is wrong and you should treat others' feelings with respect, not play with them to boost yourself," with the "you" being Dipper. Unfortunately, the episode suffers from a major case of not following ShowDontTell and never really shows Dipper acting like a player; the shown interactions Dipper has with girls are never demonstrated as anything other than platonic.

* BrokenAesop: Given how characters speak about Dipper's behavior, the episode is clearly trying for "being a player is wrong and you should treat others' feelings with respect, not play with them to boost yourself," with the "you" being Dipper. Unfortunately, the episode suffers from a major case of not following ShowDontTell and never really shows Dipper acting like a player; the shown interactions Dipper has with girls are never demonstrated to be outside the realm of platonic interactions.

** Also, the other tourist trap owners, since Stan only went on a revenge spree because they pranked the Mystery Shack every year.
* LaserGuidedKarma: All the tourist trap owners Stan pranked get their revenge by vandalizing the Mystery Shack.

* ContrivedCoincidence: All the girls Dipper talked to meet each other at the mummy exhibit, when he's alone with Candy.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Even though Stan is portrayed in the wrong for convincing Dipper to be more confident on the road trip. He isn't wrong and he was, in fact, more helpful than Mabel in getting Dipper to move on from Wendy. Dipper did become more confident around girls and did learn to accept Wendy's rejection. He just didn't expect Candy to fall for him, or expect to see the other girls.

* RealityEnsues: Dipper shows us this episode that even if you accept rejection from someone you have a crush on, moving past that crush isn't easy, nor is it an overnight process.

* {{Youkai}}: Darlene is a Western version of a jorogumo, a spider-creature that disguises itself as an attractive human woman and preys on men.

* BrokenAesop: The episode appears to be trying for "Being a playboy is wrong"; however, despite Dipper's conversations [[AndThatsTerrible constantly being referred to as "flirting" and thus unfair to the girls]], the only shown example of Dipper's "flirting" is an amiable conversation around thirty seconds long while Dipper helps a girl with her camera, and the closest thing to flirting we hear about is him talking with one of them on a log flume. Also, Dipper only gets the emails so he and the girls could keep in touch and continue talking, with no reason for anyone to assume exclusive romantic obligations as all interactions seem platonic and they likely would never see each other again. Therefore, instead of actually teaching the above aesop, the girls being mad at Dipper for socializing with girls makes the episode looks like it's telling people off for... daring to be social with more than one member of the opposite gender.

* WhatTheHellHero: Mabel, Candy, and Grenda were furious at Dipper for to the other girls,y. They got over with it later when Dipper told them that Stan was captured by Darlene.

* WhatTheHellHero: The girls were furious at Dipper for not liking Candy. They got over with it later.

* {{Youkai}}: Darlene is a Western version of a jorogumo.

* IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn: Under the guidance of Stan, Dipper learns how to flirt with girls and move on from Wendy. However, Dipper accidentally causes Candy to develop a crush on him. Dipper wasn't interested in a serious relationship and was convinced the road trip will be consequence-free. He believed everyone would leave feeling better about themselves but was soon confronted by all the girls he encountered before and is soon dumped by all of them.

* MythologyGag: Dipper's hair when he's in the Upside Down House resembles his hair in the unaired pilot episode.