History ShoutOut / GravityFalls

* Mabel hoping that her boyfriend Norman will turn out to be a vampire. ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', much?

* "It's a 2316!" is a ''very'' thinly veiled shout-out to WesternAnimation/MonstersInc "2319! 2319!"

* Look at the top left corner when the the Year 2000 Electronics logo and the title screen for the game appears. Apparently Soos also has a UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} look-a-like as well.

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* [[spoiler: Mabel's DemonicPossession]] is a clear-cut reference to ''Film/TheExorcist'', complete with the rotating head.

--> "RQZDUGV DRVKLPD!" (ONWARDS AOSHIMA!)

--> '''Dipper:''' [[Film/{{Babe}} That'll do, pig. That'll do.]]
* Toward the end, two [[spoiler: time cops]] arrive. Their names are [[Creator/DolphLundgren Lolph and Dundgren]]. Their uniforms resemble the one worn by Lundgren's character in ''Film/UniversalSoldier'', which he starred in alongside Van Damme, who starred on Film/TimeCop. It's a shout out via association.

* At one point when [[spoiler: Mabel and Dipper travel back in time, there's a shout out to VideoGame/TheOregonTrail.]] While this seems more like a historical reference, they actually mention [[MemeticMutation dysentery]]!

* Soos plays [[Film/{{Tron}} Nort]]: The Game Based On The Movie Based On The Game. He even plays a game similar to the light cycles, only with Segways. In addition, when Soos, enters the game (i.e. he removes a panel on the back of the game machine and gets stuck when he crawls inside), a customer happens upon his face pressed against the screen ranting about how "It's not just a game anymore!"

* One sequence features Rumble destroying scenery like streetlights and fire hydrants before a flashing "GO" arrow appears, allowing him to proceed to the right. These are shout-outs to the Beat-Em Ups produced for arcades and home consoles in the late 80's and early 90's, like ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'', and ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon''.

* The Credits cryptogram translates to “Sorry Dipper, but your Wendy is in another castle”. [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Three guesses which game is referenced.]]

* Stan trying to scare trick-or-treaters by having Waddles pretend to burst out of his chest is an ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' reference. It's done twice in this episode. At the very end, [[spoiler: Soos does it to the Summerween Trickster,]] and it's no less obvious. It's also done in nearly the exact same way as it did to Stan.

* The climax references the iconic chandelier scene from ''Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', and it completes the homage with a menacing shot of [[spoiler: Bill in Dipper's body]] standing in the rafters, black cape and all.
** Also, the scene where [[spoiler: Gabe watches in shock as the puppets get destroyed as "Ave Maria" plays in the background]] is a possible reference to ''[[VideoGame/{{Hitman}} Hitman: Blood Money]]''.

-->''Winning hearts by daylight!''
-->''Possessing robots by moonlight!''
-->''Her emotional baggage is a real fright!''
-->''She has the one named Giffany!''

--> '''Dipper:''' Fine. I'll [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} bust your ghost.]]

* In Stanley and Stanford’s childhood bedroom, there’s posters inspired by 1950s-early 1960s science fiction movies ''Film/InvasionOfTheSaucerMen'' and ''Film/{{Mothra}}'', and a ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''-style book called "WHUH?" on Stan’s bunk.

[[AC: Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons]]

--> [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime "Hey, look, listen!"]]

[[AC: The Stanchurian Candidate]]

[[AC: The Last Mabelcorn]]

-->'''Celestabelleabethabelle''': Oh sure, sure, I wish I could travel, but it's just not feasible in this economy-

[[AC: Roadside Attraction]]

** The low-poly style also bears more than a passing resemblance to the music video for "Money for Nothing" by [[Music/DireStraits Dire Straits]].

* When Gideon undergoes his [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]], one of his underlings says that fighting a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Chaos God]] sounds fun.

* Right after Wendy [[spoiler: declares Dipper and Mabel to finally be teenagers on their birthday]], the other teens chant [[Film/{{Freaks}} "One of us! One of us!"]]

* The entire feel of the episode is also very reminiscent of Film/ScottPilgrim, which makes sense since the pixel animation was done by the same artist.

* Rumble asks the change machine in the arcade to change him into "a powerful wolf", a shout-out to classic arcade beat 'em up ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' in which the player character could be transformed into a humanoid beast once-per-stage, the wolf form being the most famous, gracing as it did the cartridge cover art.