History Recap / GravityFallsS2E8BlendinsGame

* AdaptationalVillainy: In some of the foreign-language translations (like the French one), Mabel yells "Jail!" instead of "Death!" when asked to declare Blendin;s fate. While this was likely an attempt at {{Bowdlerization}}, it actually makes Mabel come across as ''more'' villainous, considering the length of Blendin's sentence. In the case of the French dub, for example, "life squared" was translated as ''perpétuité puissance 10'', "life sentence to the power 10", potentially meaning that Blendin has to live and die in Time Jail 10 times over before being freed.

* AnswerCut: When the Twins reveal that they want to give their Time Wish to someone else, Time Baby dramatically booms, "But ''who?'' Who is worthy of such ''power?!''" Cut to Soos.

* BilungualBonus: Abuelita threatens Soos' father in Spanish after Soos gets his postcard from New Orleans:
-->"Si alguna vez muestra su carota por aquí, se la voy a partir pieza por pieza!"[[note]]"If he ever shows his face here again, I'll tear him limb from limb!"[[/note]]

* MundaneWish: Soos wishes to patch up the Pines twins, and for an infinite slice of pizza that will presumably stay fresh.

* AdaptationalVillainy : In some of the foreign-language traductions (like the french-one) Mabel asks jail instead of death for Blendin. It is pretty obvious that some of Disney’s international affiliates were afraid that the original joke was too dark for the children of their countries. However, considering that Blendin was condemned to a "life squared" sentence, some people may think that Mabel is actually more villain with this change (in the case of the french traduction "life squared" was even translated by ''perpétuité puissance 10'', "life sentence to the power 10", potentialy meaning that Blendin has to live 10 entire lives and to die 10 times in jail, making this joke way darker than the english original one).

* BewareTheNiceOnes: ''Mabel'' is actually the one who screams "DEATH!" for Blendin after he's defeated, though Dipper quickly calms her down and Mabel sheepishly admits that she got carried away.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: It is shown that in the year 207̃012, Time Baby has ruled the Earth with an iron fist. Several posters of him indicates that he is watching every single move of the citizens 24/7.
* BirthdayHater: Soos never celebrates his birthday as it reminds him of his father who never came to see him. He gets over it when he realizes what Dipper and Mabel went through to cheer him up

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Blendin is pissed that the twins forgot his name after they ruined his life.

* CallForward: While in the past, small bits seen in the background become these; the bouncer of the bar from "Headhunters" is seen getting his tattoos, an ad for Bud Gleeful's Car Lot shows he's having an "Just Had a Baby Sale" (and little Robbie V doodled a set of devil horns and beard on infant Gideon).
* CharacterDevelopment: Both Dipper and Mabel have become more empathetic towards others and responsible, choosing to help improve Blendin's life in the present even after he wished to RetGone them.

* ComfortFood: When young Soos is all upset about his father not coming to his birthday party, his abuelita tries to cheer him up with a plate of dinosaur-shaped cookies.

** Realizing how Blendin's situation was technically their fault, the twins request that the Time Baby give him his job back (and pretty hair), as long as the time baby watches him. Blendin repays them in kind by forgiving them for ruining his life last season.

** A mild one for Dipper: Five-year-old Wendy thinking twelve-year-old Dipper was cute made him uncomfortable. Mabel cracks a joke that Dipper's obvious crush on fifteen-year-old Wendy might have made her as uncomfortable. Dipper laughs with her for a second, then seems to seriously consider if he's been neglecting to take Wendy's feeling into account (like when he tried to ask her out right after she broke up with Robby).

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Soos' secondary wish of a slice of pizza that will never run out and presumably always stays fresh. Blendin approves of it after being initially enraged by his MundaneWish to fix up the Pines twins.
* MundaneWish: Soos wishes to patch up the Pines twins and for an infinite slice of pizza that will presumably stay fresh.

** Soos's predecessor as the Mystery Shack's handyman was apparently Deputy Durland of all people.

* OhCrap: Dipper and Mabel become visibly worried after a smug Blendin shows that he won't be a pushover in the Glob-Nar arena since [[TooKALevelInBadass he spent his whole time in prison practicing for this fight]].

* PapaWolf: Grunkle Stan tried to erase Soos's birthday from the American calendar, and it's revealed that he hired Soos on Soos's heartbreaking twelfth birthday.

* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Blendin says that he spent all his prison time training. He certainly does well in all the physical challenges, but his physique hasn't changed.

* TheReveal: In the past, Dipper says it was Soos' 12th birthday, and Soos says he hadn't seen his dad for eight years at that time. This means Soos hasn't seen his dad since he was 4 years old.

** After realizing what the twins did for his sake Soos uses his time wish to patch them up... and for a slice of never ending pizza.

* StableTimeLoop: A few show up.
** Mabel shows a young Soos a vending machine trick that the present Soos taught her.

* ThisMeansWarPaint: Blendin has green diamond shapes applied over his eyes when he first brings the twins to the gladiator ring, but they escape before fighting any challenges.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After winning Glob-Nar, Dipper and Mabel realized that it was their fault that Blendin ended up in the situation that he was in. So, the twins told Time Baby to give Blendin both his job back and "pretty hair".

* VisualPun: The Cy-Clops has one big hand and one little hand. Like a clock.

* FelonyMisdemenor: Apperently in the year 207̃012, failing an important time mission will not only get you fired, but ultimately sent to prison.

* NoodleIncident: Stan mentions he's not allowed on airplanes after trying to petition to the Governor that Soos's birthday be removed from calendars.

* AdaptationalVillainy : In some of the foreign-language traductions (like the french-one) Mabel asks jail instead of death for Blendin. It is pretty obvious that some of Disney’s international affiliates were afraid that the original joke was too dark for the children of their countries. However, considering that Blendin was condemned to a "life squared" sentence, some people may think that Mabel is actually more villain with this change (in the case of the french traduction "life squared" was even translated by ''perpétuité puissance 10'', "life sentence to the power 10", potentialy meaning that Blendin has to live 10 entire life and to die 10 times in jail, making this joke way darker than the english original one).

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Soos' secondary wish of a slice of pizza that will never run out and presumably always stays fresh. Blendin approves of it after being initially enraged by his HumbleWish to fix up the Pines twins.
* MundaneWish: Soos wishes to patch up the twins and for an infinite slice of pizza that will presumably stay fresh.

* CharacterDevelopment: Both Dipper and Mabel have become more empathetic towards others and responsible, choosing to help improve Blendin's life in the present even after he wished to RetGone them. Soos also celebrates

Blendin Blandin returns to face off with Dipper and Mabel in a futuristic battle that could trap them forever in time jail.

* AnAesop: Birthdays are about spending time with those who truly love you.
* AnswerCut: When the Twins reveal that they want to give their Time Wish to someone else, Time Baby dramatically booms, "But ''Who''? Who is worthy of such ''power?''" Cut to Soos.

* BallsOfSteel: Mabel thinks the time police are holographic images, and attempts to kick one in the crotch. Lucky for him, he's wearing a metal codpiece.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Grumpy JerkAss Stan gave Soos a job on his miserable twelfth birthday, hiring "Gumdrop" on the spot. After this, Soos has UndyingLoyalty towards Stan, which he refers to at the beginning of the episode.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mabel's actually the one who screams "DEATH!" for Blendin', though Dipper quickly calms her down, and Mabel says she got carried away.

* BreakTheComedian: Soos finds himself uncharacteristically depressed on his birthday and unable to join in any of the party games; it takes the efforts twins to restore his spirits.
* BrickJoke: Stan mentions that the laser tag place used to be a mattress store. When the twins travel back in time, they're in a mattress store and immediately realize they went too far.

* CallBack: Blendin seeks vengeance for the troubles Dipper and Mabel caused to him in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E9TheTimeTravelersPig The Time Traveler's Pig]]".
* CallForward: While in the past, small bits seen in the background become these; the bouncer of the bar from "Headhunters" is seen getting his tattoos, an ad for Bud Gleeful's Car Lot shows he's having an "Just Had a Baby Sale" (and little Robbie V doodled devil horns and beard on infant Gideon).
* ChekhovsGun: As it happens, laser tag ''wasn't'' introduced as an excuse to have Dipper and Mabel caught by the Time Police / set up the "trip to the past" aspect of the plot. It's actually the final game of Globnar.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: One of the Globnar combatants seen early on is disintegrated after losing his match, screaming in agony the whole time.
* CurbStompBattle: Though the twins and Blendin are fairly evenly matched, and the score between them is roughly even, they beat him at laser-tag ''painfully'' easily.

** Realizing how Blendin's situation was technically their fault, the twins request that the Time Baby give him his job back (and pretty hair), as long as the time baby watches him. Blandin repays them in kind by forgiving them for ruining his life last season.

* EatTheCamera: Blendin Blandin does this when Globnar starts.

* GladiatorGames: Globnar consists of countless games whose winner gets a wish and to decide to the fate of their loser--and since most people resort to Globnar when already fiercely opposed to each other, it's usually something awful. Dipper and Mabel survive them... all so they can give Soos a happy birthday.

* HeadsOrTails: Near the end of the episode, Soos decides to flip a coin to decide if he'll stay at the laser-tag place or go eat some dinosaur cookies. The arrival of the time police freezes the coin before it lands, which Soos remarks is "unconventional."
* HumbleGoal: Dondgren, one of the time guards, would use a time wish to retire early so he could spend more time with his children.

** At the end, Dipper and Mabel decide that Blendin's current attitude stems from their screwing with his time-travel tape, and resolve to make things right.

** Mabel decides to [[BrutalHonesty nip Toby's dancing dream in the bud]] while in 2002:
--->'''Mabel''': THIS DREAM GOES ''NOWHERE'', TOBY!\\
'''Toby''': Awww, marbles!

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Happens when we jump back to Soos in the Lazer game.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Soos' secondary wish of a slice of pizza that will never run out and presumably always stays fresh.

* NobleDemon: ZigZagged with Blendin'. Wanting to RetGone the kids is shocking and would cross the MoralEventHorizon if he had one. Wanting to fight them fairly in the arena shows that he has some moral code about it.

* PrecociousCrush: Downplayed example. While in 2002, Dipper and Mabel bump into a younger Tambry and Wendy, whereupon Tambry blurts out that Wendy thinks Dipper is cute. Dipper is embarrassed and a bit weirded out (as Wendy is 5 here, not to mention everything that has happened between them back in the present and the entire irony of it all) while Mabel teases him about it and makes Dipper wonder if Wendy was ever bothered by his crush on her.

* SequelEpisode: To ''[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E9TheTimeTravelersPig The Time Traveler's Pig]]''.

** During the presentation of Globnar, a guy [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} falls into two portals]].

** At one point in Globnar, Mabel, Dipper and Blendin ride neon motorcycles that leave a glowing trail a la ''Film/TronLegacy''.

* ThrowTheDogABone: After winning Globnar, Dipper and Mabel realized that it was their fault that Blendin ended up in the situation that he was in. So, the twins told Time Baby to give Blendin his job back, and grow out his hair.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The Time Wish is able to freely alter time without any risk of paradoxes.

* TookALevelInBadass: Blendin' reveals that he spent time in prison working out, and succeeds in tying the score with the twins even though it's "two to one" ([[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and also Mabel also points out that she and Dipper have hair while Blendin's bald]]).
* VisualPun: The Cy-Clock has one big hand and one little hand. Like a clock.
* VocalDissonance: As a child, Soos clearly still sounds like an adult.

* CallBack: Blendin seek vengeance for the troubles Dipper and Mabel caused to him in "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E9TheTimeTravelersPig The Time Traveler's Pig]]".

* AntiClimax: After countless other challenges, the final gladiator round is a game of laser tag, considered to be the game that most exemplifies strategy. As Blendin is bragging about how he'll crush them when the fog machine starts up, Dipper shoots him and Mabel grabs the wish. Played entirely for laughs, of course.

* SelflessWish

* GladiatorGames: Globnar consists of countless games whose winner gets a wish and to decide to the fate of their loser--and since most people resort to Globnar when already fiercely opposed to each other, it's usually something awful. Dipper and Mabel survive them... [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments all so they can give Soos a happy birthday]].

** VisualPun: The Cy-Clock has one big hand and one little hand. Like a clock.