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| 9 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10676522/1/The-Return-to-Gravity-Falls The Return to Gravity Falls]]'' version of the Zodiac.]] |
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| 11 | -> '''Dipper:'''[[note]] Writing a homework assignment[[/note]] When people ask me 'How was your summer' or 'What did you do this summer', I'll be honest, I don't know what to tell them. The closest I have to say is 'I had the privilege to have the most exciting summer of my life with my grand uncle in Oregon'. Now, I know what you might be thinking- 'How is that exciting? Sounds like any other boring family trip', right? Well, you'd be wrong. I was lucky; lucky just being there this summer, seeing things that no one else has seen in their lives, fighting for truth and justice, and even falling in love. |
| 12 | -->-- The first paragraph of the story.[[note]] Immediately deleted because "It sounds conceited."[[/note]] |
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| 14 | ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10676522/1/The-Return-to-Gravity-Falls The Return to Gravity Falls]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1392532/EZB EZB]] is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Dipper and Mabel, now living in separate homes because of their parents divorce, get a call from the Northwests telling them their Grunkle Stan passed away the night before, and that the two of them are mentioned in his will. The two reunite at the Mystery Shack, catching up with Soos and Wendy. The four attend Stan's memorial service, the twins intending to leave soon after. But because Gravity Falls is... well, Gravity Falls, they end up deciding to spend the next two weeks, and eventually the entire summer, trying to solve new mysteries of the town. |
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| 16 | The story began September 2014, just a month after the second season premiere. As EZB himself notes, this means the show was still very active and many mysteries had yet to be solved; as such, he had to imagine what the rest of the summer would look like. Initial vagueness about the events he made up was common early on, but he tried to make it as close to canon as possible, even going back after "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E11NotWhatHeSeems Not What He Seems]]" aired to change all the 'Stanford's' to 'Stanley's.' That being said, he has stuck to some of his biggest changes. The general rule of thumb is that everything of the summer up until "Not What He Seems" is canon to the story, but the events leading up to Ford's getting stuck in the portal and the events following Ford's return are EZB's own theories and ideas. |
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| 18 | The story has a unique set up for the chapters. See MultiPartEpisode below for details. EZB also broke the story down into 'seasons,' with the first season being made up of ten episodes, or twenty chapters (21 if you count the first chapter, or the prologue). The second season was twice the length of the first, and the third, current and last season is three times that of the first. Each season has it's own over-arching plotlines, and each set of ten episodes focus on a specific mystery the twins are trying to solve. |
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| 20 | In his author's notes, EZB will often kill himself in random and hilarious ways, often being crushed by something falling on him. Each episode also ends with cryptograms.[[note]] Not originally part of the story, but were added to previous chapters around ''Mammoth Problems'' [[/note]] Like the show, most of these are pointless jokes, but some do give clues to some of the bigger mysteries. |
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| 22 | Beware of unmarked spoilers. |
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| 25 | !!''The Return to Gravity Falls'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
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| 28 | [[folder:A-G]] |
| 29 | * AbandonedWarehouse: In ''After the Shadows,'' Zander and the twins go into the warehouse Gideon and Dipper met in in ''The Hand That Rocks The Mabel,'' now even more abandoned than before. |
| 30 | * AbusiveAlienParents: Yuki's father is not very kind to him. |
| 31 | * AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: As noted above, the story began about a month after the show's second season started, so the writer had to create his own version of the events to fill in some of the gaps. |
| 32 | * AccidentalMurder: Not murder per-say, but the twins' investigation of the glowing blue cylinders was started because of this. |
| 33 | * ActionGirl: All the main female characters become this either in the story or before hand. Already-action girl Wendy takes it up to eleven, Mabel and her Paths master are fire-powered Avatars, and Pacifica becomes this when she gets her dragon. |
| 34 | * AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In this version, [[spoiler: Bill takes control of Ford and tries to destroy the twins, so they have to send Ford/Bill back through the portal]]. |
| 35 | * AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Because EZB had to invent half of the twins' first summer, early on in the story he was intentionally vague about what happened so he could later adjust it to fit the show as much as possible. |
| 36 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The episode ''Home, Home on the Range'' focuses on Wendy and Soos as opposed to the twins. |
| 37 | * AddictiveMagic: Why Arline's Master doesn't want the twins to use spells like the Warlock does. |
| 38 | %%* AffectionateNickname: Uki-Dohth is called Yuki by practically everyone. |
| 39 | %%* AfterActionHealingDrama: |
| 40 | %%* AfterActionPatchUp: Both are seen in ''Cleansing Rain'' following the events of the previous episode. |
| 41 | * AlienAbduction: The driving plot of the first season. |
| 42 | * AlienAmongUs: Yuki following the season one finale. |
| 43 | * AlienEpisode: The season one finale. |
| 44 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: While Yuki's species does have it's own language, he and several others on the ship are capable of speaking English. The twins are stunned. |
| 45 | * AliensStealCattle: They only did this because there were no people left to take care of them. |
| 46 | * AlphaBitch: Pacifica appears to have reverted back to this in her first appearance, but she mellows out as time goes on. |
| 47 | * AlternateContinuity: As stated, EZB had to come up with his own version of events that happened in the show, so there are important differences between the show and the story. |
| 48 | * AlternateUniverseFic: Yes -- EZB has his own version of events before Ford disappeared and after he returned. However, it's possible some of EZB's version could fit into the show's canon. It's complicated. |
| 49 | * AmicableExes: After some initial animosity, Dipper and Pacifica fall into this. |
| 50 | * AnyoneCanDie: Yeah, this happens. A lot. Except everyone's not really dead. Or something. |
| 51 | * ApocalypticMontage: What the Third Ghost shows Stan in ''A Summerween Carol.'' |
| 52 | * ApologeticAttacker: Soos says sorry to anyone he fights. |
| 53 | * ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Arline, and eventually the twins thanks to Arline's Master. |
| 54 | * Area51: The twins sneak in here in chapters 71/72. They meet Ancient Romans and Ancient Chinese soldiers. The base flies away when the episode is over. ItMakesSenseInContext. |
| 55 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Identity-exe Not Found,'' upon Tambry's robotic nature being revealed, the gang has the following conversation: |
| 56 | -->'''Dipper:''' What happens if she wakes up?\ |
| 57 | '''Soos:''' What if someone comes looking for her?\ |
| 58 | '''Stan:''' What if she has to erase the evidence?\ |
| 59 | '''Mabel:''' What if she's still mean when she wakes up? |
| 60 | %%* AStormIsComing: The appropriately-titled ''Calm in the Storm'' uses this. |
| 61 | * AttractiveBentGender: In ''Fender Gender,'' Girl!Dipper thinks Girl!Zander is attractive. |
| 62 | * BackStory: The first story in the Halloween special, part of chapter 84, and chapter 86, among other moments. |
| 63 | %%* BadassLongcoat: Part of Arline's Master's attire. |
| 64 | * BadFuture: What Stan sees if he continues on the path he is on in ''Summerween Carol.'' |
| 65 | * BerserkButton: If anyone tried to hurt the twins, expect at least three people to do anything and everything in their power to stop you. |
| 66 | %%* BewareTheHonestOnes: |
| 67 | %%* BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 68 | %%* BewareTheQuietOnes: |
| 69 | %%* BewareTheSillyOnes: The fact that there are four of theses should speak for itself. This is especially true in season 2 where everyone has a secret at some point or another. |
| 70 | * BigBad: Bill Cipher. Or that's at least what it's looking like right now. |
| 71 | * BigBadEnsemble: There are a lot of bad guys the twins are dealing with, and just as many people they may not be able to trust. |
| 72 | * BigDamnHeroes: ''Broken Earth: Part 2,'' and a lot of other characters towards the end of that season, but this is the most noticeable. |
| 73 | * BigSecret: A LOT of people, mostly in the second half of season two, but others as well. |
| 74 | * BirdPeople: Jace and Jess. |
| 75 | * BirdsOfAFeather: The actual title of a season one episode in which the twins meet a brother and sister who have just as many, if not more, secrets than the twins do. |
| 76 | %%* BittersweetEnding: The season two finale, which doesn't become sweet until the Season Three intro. |
| 77 | %%* BizarreAlienBiology: Yuki's species. |
| 78 | %%* BizarroUniverse: Takes place in Gravity Falls, so what do you expect?%%Context would be nice. |
| 79 | %%* BlackMagic: The Sorcerer and the Warlock. |
| 80 | * BlandNameProduct: Strongholds and Serpents=Dungeons and Dragons,[[note]] The episode was written before Dungeons Dungeons and more Dungeons aired.[[/note]] among others. |
| 81 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Pacifica (blonde), Mabel (brunette), and Wendy (redhead). |
| 82 | %%* BloodMagic: Occurs in the first episode with the Warlock. |
| 83 | %%* BlowingARaspberry: Mabel does this on occasion. |
| 84 | %%* BohemianParody: Happens in the first episode of season two. |
| 85 | * BookcasePassage: The first episode of the season shows that the Gravity Falls library has one of these. |
| 86 | * BookEnds: The phrase "There will always be a new day," is said twice by the same character, once in their first appearance, and the other in the season two finale. |
| 87 | %%* BornAgainImmortality: Wendy is essentially this. |
| 88 | * BreakableWeapons: The mundane weapons some of the gang uses. One of the Zodiac symbols is even a broken ax. |
| 89 | * BreatherEpisode: ''Fender Gender'' and ''Draconic Tendencies'' come to mind. |
| 90 | * BrickJoke: In a early episode of season one, the kids make a bet about how long it would take Stan to notice a werewolf Mabel painted on the wall of the Shack. He discovers it in the last episode of the season. |
| 91 | %%* BrotherSisterTeam: Dipper and Mabel once Dipper starts training. |
| 92 | %%* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mabel became one in the episode ''Bighair vs Bigfoot.'' |
| 93 | %%* BurnerPhones: The gang gets these in season three. |
| 94 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: During a rushed phone call with the Guardsman, he says that 'trying to keep the world in one piece' is an average Wednesday. |
| 95 | * CabinFever: The kids come down with this in the second story of the Halloween special. |
| 96 | %%* CallAHumanAMeatbag: Bill does this whenever he shows up. |
| 97 | %%* CallBack: See BrickJoke and BookEnds above. |
| 98 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Arline doing this to Stan is what sparks the events of ''Summerween Carol.'' |
| 99 | * CanNotTellALie: Yuki. It's not that he can't, he just doesn't want to. |
| 100 | * CanonDiscontinuity: The events before Ford disappeared and following his reappearance on the show are not canon to this story. Or this story's version of events isn't canon to the show. Yeah, that one. Except, they could be canon. Or not. It's complicated. |
| 101 | * CardboardPrison: The Gravity Falls jail is this for the Warlock. |
| 102 | * CaptainErsatz: The StarterVillain of the story is a treasure hunter specialized in tomb raiding and catacomb exploring called Montana Jeffreys. [[Franchise/IndianaJones Sounds familiar...]] |
| 103 | * CastFullOfCrazy: It's Gravity Falls, so what do you expect? |
| 104 | * CeilingCling: Mabel does this in the first episode of the story in order to scare Dipper. |
| 105 | %%* CelebCrush: Mabel has one on Zander. |
| 106 | * CerebusSyndrome: Season two causes this with the Warlock actually intending to hurt the twins, as opposed to his first appearance which was a combination of bad timing, bad luck, and Dipper feeling like he needed to prove himself. |
| 107 | * ChainedToARock: The Warlock does this to Dipper in his first appearance. |
| 108 | * CharacterDeath: A lot of people, but nobody is really dead. Or something. |
| 109 | * CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: The season two finale gets rid of everyone except a handful of people. |
| 110 | %%* {{Chessmaster}}: Bill. |
| 111 | * ChokeHolds: Anyone who threatens the twins can expect to be on the receiving end of one of these. |
| 112 | %%* {{Chupacabra}}: The gang meets one in ''Shadow of the Chupacabra.'' |
| 113 | * CircusEpisode: Two, the first being the carnival in ''Mammoth Problems,'' and the second being a Renaissance Fair in ''Ye Old Fair-Wells.'' |
| 114 | %%* CityOfAdventure: Well, town, but close enough. |
| 115 | * CivilWar: The creatures of the forest are on the verge of this in the beginning of ''Monster Politics.'' |
| 116 | * CliffHanger: Several times, at least once literally, and at one point people were hanging on for 18 months. |
| 117 | * ClothingDamage: Wendy suffers from this the most on account of her rushing headlong into danger before everyone else. |
| 118 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mabel, for sure, among others. |
| 119 | * CoatHatMask: Arline's Master's description in his first appearance. |
| 120 | * CollapsingLair: The second half of season two causes this to happen to a lot of the Warlock's construction projects. |
| 121 | * ColorCodedWizardry: The Sorcerer's powers are white and The Guardsman's powers are black. |
| 122 | %%* CombatParkour: Mabel is prone to this. |
| 123 | %%* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Zander. |
| 124 | %%* CoolBike: Mabel's pink motorcycle. |
| 125 | %%* CoolOldGuy: Stan and Omir Steindorf are both older, but both can hold their own. |
| 126 | %%* CoolShades: Mabel get pink ones to match her bike. |
| 127 | %%* CoolTeacher: Arline, Mabel's Paths master. |
| 128 | * CorrelationCausationGag: Stan and Arline are about to spar, but an explosion goes off as soon as Stan takes his first step. Mabel claims that he is on the Path of Earth. |
| 129 | * CourtroomEpisode: ''Bighair vs. Bigfoot.'' |
| 130 | * CreatorCameo: EZB appears as a character in the Halloween Special. |
| 131 | * CreepyMortician: How Soos views the director of Stan's memorial service. Well, Soos thinks the guy is a vampire, but he's no less creepy. |
| 132 | * CreepyPasta: One of the options for the 2016 Halloween Special before EZB disappeared for a year and a half. |
| 133 | * CrossOver: Chapters 80/81 imply that the story could eventually be revealed to have crossovered with [[spoiler: Coraline]]. |
| 134 | * {{Cult}}: The Warlock forms one in Season Three. |
| 135 | * {{Curse}}: The Warlock's main source of power. |
| 136 | * DarkerAndEdgier: The second season compared to the first, and the second half of season two compared to the first half. Season three tones it down, but it does have its moments. |
| 137 | * DarkIsNotEvil: The Guardsman's magic staff is solid black, and he's on the twins' side. |
| 138 | %%* DarkSecret: Practically everyone in Season Two at some point or another. |
| 139 | %%* DarkWorld: The future Stan sees in ''Summerween Carol.'' |
| 140 | %%* DeadAllAlong: Wendy, although "dead" isn't the best word. |
| 141 | * DeadFic: The story was dead for three months in 2016, returned for about a month, then died again until April 2018. |
| 142 | %%* DeadlyRoadTrip: Could very easily be the result of the third season. |
| 143 | %%* DeadWeight: How Soos feels in the first part of season three, and early in the second part. |
| 144 | %%* DealWithTheDevil: Anytime Bill shows up, one of these occurs/is mentioned. |
| 145 | %%* DeathByDisfigurement: Yuki because of the black flame burns. |
| 146 | %%* DeathIsNotPermanent: Death is a loose term in this story. |
| 147 | * DeathTakesAHoliday: Whenever things heat up in the story, like at the end of each season, EZB stops the RunningGag of him killing himself. |
| 148 | %%* DefrostingIceQueen: Pacifica. |
| 149 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: How the caretaker from Stan's funeral speaks. |
| 150 | -->'''Caretaker:''' Dearly... gathered. We are... gathered for the joint gathering of Stanley Pines, who has left this town before his time was mostly up, and we wish to remember him before he left before his time was mostly up." |
| 151 | * DesertedIsland: The haunted island the group goes to at the end of the first third of season three. |
| 152 | %%* DetectEvil: One of Wendy's abilities, showcased in the second episode of the story.%%Is? |
| 153 | %%* DimensionLord: Bill, just like in the show. |
| 154 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Yuki. He knows it, he's just crazy strong because of his BizarreAlienBiology. |
| 155 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: Omir Steindorf. The only important thing he did in his first few appearances was punch-out the Warlock and say he would lead the investigation into his motives. Then he 'dies' just before things start going crazy, and in the middle of the craziness, he turns out to be alive and the Warlock's Master. That being said, a number of people were able to figure it out before TheReveal, so take that for what you will. |
| 156 | %%* DoesNotLikeMagic: Arline's Master. |
| 157 | * DontGoInTheWoods: Stan doesn't like the twins going in the woods around town by themselves. |
| 158 | * DoubleAgent: Yuki in the second half of season two. |
| 159 | * DoubleEntendre: When the twins meet up in the first episode, they begin talking about their new vehicles, and Mabel can't help but laugh when Dipper says he got 'a ride.' |
| 160 | * DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: In season two, several of the characters are shown to have complicated alliances with the twins. Pretty much everyone that season has a secret at some point or another. |
| 161 | * DownerBeginning: The first chapter shows the twins' parents fighting, then a fast-forward three years and the twins haven't seen each other in a year. Also, they both find out Grunkle Stan died. |
| 162 | * TheDragon: The Warlock (and the monsters he makes) are this to the Sorcerer, who is this for Bill Cipher in turn. |
| 163 | %%* DragonRider: Pacifica starts this in ''Draconic Tendencies''. |
| 164 | * DramaBomb: The end of each season/set of ten episodes. Season two, which had twenty episodes, consisted of at least half of these, and the last six/seven episodes started the end of that season, leading up to a '''ATOMIC''' bomb of a season finale. |
| 165 | * DramaticIrony: The crytograms can cause this. And since it's Gravity Falls, sometimes the readers were able to figure out what's what before the characters could. |
| 166 | %%* DramaticUnmask: The season two finale has one of these. |
| 167 | * TheDreaded: Bill is this as a result of the first summer, and the Warlock becomes this as time goes on. |
| 168 | %%* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Stan in ''A Summerween Carol.'' |
| 169 | %%* DrivesLikeCrazy: Mabel, although this was to scare Dipper more than anything. |
| 170 | * DrivingQuestion: |
| 171 | ** Season 1: What's the story with the glowing blue cylinders? |
| 172 | ** Season 2A: What is Wendy hiding? |
| 173 | ** Season 2B: What is the Warlock/his master planning? |
| 174 | ** Season 3A: What happened while Ford was gone? |
| 175 | ** Season 3:[[note]]as a whole[[/note]] How do we reverse the effects of the season two finale? |
| 176 | * DuctTapeForEverything: How Stan has the kids fix the Shack. |
| 177 | * DudeShesALesbian: Jess tells the twins this after Mabel kisses Jace. Jace is doubtful, until he kisses Dipper to confirm it. |
| 178 | * DwindlingParty: ''Strongholds and Serpents,'' and the third story of the Halloween special. |
| 179 | * EasterEgg: Several, but that's to be expected. |
| 180 | %%* ElementalAbsorption: Mabel in the second part of ''Draconic Tendencies'' deflects the Warlock's black flame ball this way.%%What way? |
| 181 | %%* ElementalPowers: Students of the Paths have these. |
| 182 | %%* ElementalPunch: [[spoiler:Mabel's]] symbol for the story zodiac. |
| 183 | * EndangeredSpecies: Phoenixes -- there is only one left when it first shows up, and they are extinct by halfway through season two. |
| 184 | * EndOfEpisodeSilliness: EZB's author's notes due to his tendency of killing himself. Occasionally these will come up in-universe, but not often. |
| 185 | * EnergyBall: How the Warlock uses his black flame to attack people. |
| 186 | * EnsembleCast: The twins are the focus, Dipper often more so, but the other characters all get about equal focus (once everyone shows up) and their individual ADayInTheLimelight episode(s). |
| 187 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Yuki -- the scene at the end of the first episode. Arline- Lighting the match using meditation/her fire powers. Zander -- his entrance during the concert. |
| 188 | * EstablishingSeriesMoment: The first chapter opens with the twins' parent splitting up, followed three years later by the now-separated twins discovering Stan died. |
| 189 | * EveryEpisodeEnding: Almost all chapters end with EZB killing himself, and each episode ends with cryptograms. Occasionally EZB won't kill himself, or there will be a cryptogram after part one, and sometimes there will be a scene after EZB's author's note, but this is reserved for when things have gone from hell-in-a-handbasket to the handbasket has blown up. |
| 190 | %%* EverythingExplodesEnding: The season two finale, in a way... |
| 191 | * EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Mabel's mindset, just like from the show. |
| 192 | %%* EvilAllAlong: Omir Steindorf. |
| 193 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The story title isn't the most original, but it works, especially with the episode titles being particularly awesome. |
| 194 | * ExpandedUniverse: This could turn out to be true once the story ends. Or it couldn't. It's confusing. |
| 195 | * ExtraLongEpisode: The season two finale- part two is the longest chapter of the entire story, and the first part is nearly as bad. A lot of the episodes towards the end of that season are this, but the finale takes the cake. |
| 196 | * {{Facepalm}}: Dipper does this on occasion due to Mabel's antics. |
| 197 | %%* FailedDramaticExit: Some of EZB's deaths. |
| 198 | %%* FamilyThemeNaming: '''J'''ace and '''J'''ess. |
| 199 | %%* FanArt: There's some of this out there. |
| 200 | %%* FatComicRelief: Soos, same as the show. |
| 201 | %%* FearlessUndead: Wendy. |
| 202 | %%* FeudEpisode: ''Identity-exe Not Found'' and ''Fender Gender,'' both for the twins. |
| 203 | %%* FieryRedhead: Wendy. |
| 204 | * {{Filler}}: A number of episodes fall into this. But each episode, while it may not advance the plot a lot, or at all, makes up for it with character development. |
| 205 | * FinalBoss: It's looking like it will be Bill, but things are still in the air. |
| 206 | * FinaleSeason: Season three has been marked as the last season since the beginning, but because each set of ten episodes has it's own story line, the argument could be made that the final season hasn't started yet. |
| 207 | * FiveManBand: The first season, it was the twins, Soos, Wendy and Stan. The second season was the first four and any other character, often an OC. The first part of season three had just the first four, and maybe Waddles, if he counts for anything. Currently [[spoiler: Ford]] is rounding out the group. |
| 208 | %%* {{Flashback}}: Comes up occasionally. |
| 209 | %%* FlashForward: In ''Summerween Carol.'' |
| 210 | %%* {{Flight}}: The Guardsman can do this. |
| 211 | %%* FlyingBooks: The first episode of season 2, both intentionally for a camera trick, and by the MonsterOfTheWeek. |
| 212 | * FollowTheChaos: Whenever the gang at the Manor hears an explosion from the town, the twins, and others, run in to try and figure out what's what. |
| 213 | * FollowYourNose: Mabel's doing this leads the twins to the library in the first episode. |
| 214 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Mabel and Dipper respectively, and well as Jace and Jess, respectively. |
| 215 | * ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Jace because of Jess. Granted, he didn't even know he was in the closet in the first place, so it's not a problem. |
| 216 | * ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who read the first author's note would know that the twins were never going to leave at the end of the first episode. |
| 217 | %%* ForeignExchangeStudent: Yuki's cover. |
| 218 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: When the twins are trying to figure out what the glowing blue cylinders are, one of Mabel's theories is that aliens are involved somehow. ''The New Circuit'' confirms this. |
| 219 | %%* FriendToAllLivingThings: Yuki. |
| 220 | * FromBadToWorse: The second part of season two, starting with ''After The Shadows,'' everything goes to all kinds of hell from that point on. |
| 221 | * FunnyForeigner: Yuki's research of Earth gave him a Shakespearian perception of Earth life. |
| 222 | %%* GenderBender: Dipper discovers crystals that do this in ''Fender Gender''. |
| 223 | %%* GiantSpider: Shows up in ''Bragging Rights''. |
| 224 | * GoForTheEye: Whenever Bill shows up, this is the best way to stall him. |
| 225 | * {{Golem}}: The twins meet four of these in ''Classic Rock'' that are made of Earth-y substances. |
| 226 | * GoshdangItToHeck: The twins use alternatives instead of real curse words to better fit the show. However, they do get away with a few of the tamer words. |
| 227 | * {{Goth}}: What Wendy is in ''Soos-Less.'' Also how Mabel describes her enemy in the first chapter. |
| 228 | * GoThroughMe: Often when the twins are in danger, someone will get between them and the enemy. |
| 229 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: Yuki's alien language at the end of season one. |
| 230 | * GreatBigBookOfEverything: The journals, even more so this time because Dipper (eventually) has all three. |
| 231 | * GreaterScopeVillain: As of now, it is looking like Bill is this for the Warlock and Omir. |
| 232 | %%* GreekFire: The Warlock's black flame. |
| 233 | * GroupPictureEnding: A photo is taken of the gang in ''After The Shadows.'' [[spoiler: Ford]] finds this picture at the end of season two. |
| 234 | * GuardingThePortal: Literally towards/at the end of season two. |
| 235 | * GutFeeling: Wendy's are super powerful because of her wraith senses. |
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| 238 | [[folder:H-R]] |
| 239 | * HairTriggerTemper: The Warlock with anything that make him even the slightest bit annoyed. Also the Sorcerer in regards to his apprentice. |
| 240 | %%* HalfArcSeason: Very much so, especially in regards to the first season. |
| 241 | %%* HallOfMirrors: Yuki gets lost in one of these in ''Mammoth Problems.'' |
| 242 | * HalloweenEpisode: Well, Summerween, but close enough. ''Summerween Carol'' is a parody of ''A Christmas Carol,'' ''Summerween Returns'' is actually about the twins celebrating the holiday, and ''Summerween: The Beginning,'' is about how the holiday started. |
| 243 | * HandyMan: Soos. |
| 244 | * HangoverSensitivity: Done with candy, but the twins, Mabel in particular, have this following Summerween. |
| 245 | * HarpingOnAboutHarpies: Jace and Jess, except they're nice, and one of them is a boy. |
| 246 | %%* HeadDesk: Dipper due to Mabel being Mabel. |
| 247 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: A lot of characters are this depending on who you are talking too. The only ones who are definitely good throughout are the twins, Soos and Stan. The only one who is definitely bad throughout is the Warlock, and maybe Bill, if he counts for anything. Everyone else is seen to be this as some point or another by at least one, if not several characters, mostly because everyone has a secret at some point or another and nobody knows if they can be trusted or not. |
| 248 | * HeroBall: Dipper comes into possession of this in ''Fires of Hate'' when he tries to get even with the Warlock. It doesn't end well. |
| 249 | * HeroicSacrifice: Yeah, this happens. A lot. Especially towards/at the end of season two. |
| 250 | * HiddenDepths: A lot of people in season two are revealed to have these, for better or for worse for the twins. |
| 251 | * HideYourOtherness: Yuki does this to cover up his being an alien. |
| 252 | * HilarityEnsues: If Mabel is given a job, you can pretty much guarantee she will make it more complicated and fun/funny that it needs/would ordinarily be. |
| 253 | * HumanAliens: Yuki and his species can make this happen. Mostly at least- he has to wear a hat and his eye color is unique, but it's Gravity Falls, so almost no one notices anyway. |
| 254 | * IconicItem: The symbols on the new zodiac became these. Dipper's hat still applies, even though he doesn't have it for a lot of the story. |
| 255 | * IfIDoNotReturn: At the end of ''Haunted Mansion,'' the Leader of the Paths tells his students to go to a safehouse if they don't hear from him by the next day. |
| 256 | * IHaveManyNames: The twins know one body to have at least three different identities. |
| 257 | * ImminentDangerClue: In ''After the Shadows'', Dipper finds a note that starts with something like "I want to say goodbye". Two seconds later, things go to all kind of hell. |
| 258 | * ImmortalityHurts: Wraiths can't die or really get hurt, but they can't eat, drink or sleep, and trying to causes severe pain. |
| 259 | * ImmuneToBullets: Wraiths -- they can still be shot, but the bullets don't cause any permanent damage. |
| 260 | * ImpostorExposingTest: When faced with two Mabel's in ''Familiarity,'' the real Mabel, being Mabel, yells POOF and throws sparkles everywhere. The fake Mabel is confused, to say the least, but it's no contest to Dipper about who is real. |
| 261 | * IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: The Warlock. In his first appearance, he just cuts Dipper to use his blood for a ritual. By the second part of season two, his idea of a 'warning' is detonating explosives while the twins are underground, causing the junk yard to collapse in on itself. |
| 262 | * InformedAbility: Mabel's paths training. We see the fighting/combat part in the second part of ''Familiarity,'' and we see a bit of the elemental part in the second part of ''Classic Rock.'' |
| 263 | * InSeriesNickname: Mabel, and eventually everyone, calls Uki-Dohth Yuki, and she calls Dipper various pun names (Dipping Sauce, etc.) |
| 264 | * InsertSong: As the twins are leaving in the first episode, Dipper hears a depressing country song about separation. Once he decides to go back, he hears a remix song about revealing secrets. The band Duskhope has songs that make a lot of sense once the season two finale comes around. |
| 265 | * InsomniaEpisode: Dipper goes through this in the second half of season two. |
| 266 | * IntendedAudienceReaction: EZB is really good at mysteries that have ''just'' enough information given for a very intelligent audience member to figure out a semi-accurate answer. However, very few readers ever figured out the answers, so the shock factor was not diminished. |
| 267 | * IntercontinuityCrossover: It looks like [[spoiler: Coraline]] has crossed into the Gravity Falls universe. |
| 268 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Stan and many of the OC's are this to the twins. |
| 269 | * InternalReveal: Usually averted, but the cryptograms could cause this. |
| 270 | * InterspeciesFriendship: The twins et al. with alien Yuki, an Xabvri, as well as Jace and Jess, harpy siblings. |
| 271 | * InterspeciesRomance: Yuki and Pacifica. Jess likes Dipper, and Jace and Mabel had something, but the former was ruined because of the age difference, while the latter would never work because [[DudeShesALesbian Jace is gay.]] |
| 272 | %%* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Jace. |
| 273 | * InvincibleHero: Wraiths are invincible, and the twins know several who are either on their side or fighting against them. |
| 274 | %%* IslandOfMystery: The Haunted Island in chapters 82-85. |
| 275 | %%* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: The episode ''Cleansing Rain.'' |
| 276 | * ItMakesSenseInContext: A lot of the stuff on this page will make '''A LOT''' more sense if you actually read the story. |
| 277 | * ItsALongStory: Wendy early on and Zander a little later realize just how much they have missed out on when the twins casually mention adventures they had on their own. This could apply to the story itself. As of now, we have 91 chapters and just over 960,000 words. It would be impossible to give a detailed account that covers everything unless you go scene by scene, and even then, good luck. |
| 278 | %%* ItsAWonderfulPlot: ''Soos-less''. |
| 279 | * ItWontTurnOff: [[spoiler: The portal]] at the end of season two. |
| 280 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: When the twins discover a mole in ''After the Shadows,'' Dipper and Stan do this. |
| 281 | * JawDrop: The reaction a lot of fans have when mysteries are solved in-universe. |
| 282 | * {{Jerkass}}: The Warlock and any of his cronies. |
| 283 | * KangarooCourt: The intent of the trial in ''Bighair vs. Bigfoot.'' Unfortunately for [[spoiler: Gideon]], the end of season two screwed him over. |
| 284 | %%* KeepAway: Mabel does this to Dipper with the blue cylinders. |
| 285 | %%* {{Keet}}: Mabel, even if she's not-so-little anymore. |
| 286 | %%* KillTheCutie: The Warlock does this to a character in ''Fires of Hate''. |
| 287 | * KnightOfCerebus: |
| 288 | ** The Warlock -- EZB even says that things are going to get scary in the second half of the Warlock's premiere episode. |
| 289 | ** Bill shows up in episode 8, episodes 9 and 10 solve the blue cylinder mystery, and things just get more serious from there. |
| 290 | %%* KungFuKid: Mabel becomes this as the story goes on. |
| 291 | * LargeHam: Mabel and Bill, just like the show. OC Zander is this when he wants to be. |
| 292 | * LargeHamTitle: When the gang plays Strongholds and Serpents, Mabel names her character Magnanimously Magnificent Masterfully Malleably Mendable Mabel the fourth, Esquire. There's really no way to respond to that. |
| 293 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The last episode of season two introduces [[spoiler: Ford]]. |
| 294 | * LaughablyEvil: The Warlock- he's dangerous when he uses spells and stuff, but when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, he can't even manage to hit an incapacitated Dipper with a two-by-four. |
| 295 | * LaughingAtYourOwnJokes: Warlock, Bill, and others on occasion. |
| 296 | * TheLawOfConservationOfDetail: A lot of Wendy's dialogue hint at her being a wraith. This is generally played straight, and anything that may not have been resolved could be -- if the story ever gets finished, that is. |
| 297 | * LaymansTerms: Dipper will often have to do this for the benefit of Mabel and others. |
| 298 | * LayoutOfASeason: Going under the 10-episodes-per-season layout, the first episode introduces the mystery of the set, the 5/6th has big secrets pertaining to the mystery, and episodes 9/10 (or maybe even before nine) is the end of the arc. |
| 299 | %%* LethalChef: Zander says he is this. |
| 300 | * LighterAndSofter: Following big reveal episodes or episodes with a lot of drama, EZB will often give a calm, almost meaningless episode. Unfortunately for the characters, it never lasts long. |
| 301 | %%* LightGirlDarkBoy: Pacifica and Yuki. |
| 302 | * LightIsNotGood: The Sorcerer's powers are white, and he is the Warlock's Master. |
| 303 | * LikesOlderMen: Subverted with Yuki/Pacifica. Because the former is an alien, he can live for 700-800 years. He is about eighty, but looks the same age as the twins, and as far as his species is concerned, he's still very young. |
| 304 | ** 13-year-old Jess has a crush on Dipper, who is now 15 and says she is too young for him. |
| 305 | ** Mabel has a CelebrityCrush on Zander, whose age is... complicated, but he's definitely older than her. |
| 306 | * LikesOlderWomen: Dipper likes Wendy again, although this may not count since they are maybe, sort-of-ish the same age now. Not that he knew that at the time his feelings for her returned. |
| 307 | * {{Lilliputians}}: The Lili-'''PUTT'''-ians from the show make a reappearance in an episode or two. |
| 308 | * LimitedSocialCircle: This is true for the twins, Soos, Wendy and Stan. Although the circle does expand considerably by the end of season two, the season two finale reverts back to the first four and The Guardsman. A fifth member is added in the second part of season three, but because EZB has disappeared a lot lately, we haven't seen much of the new member. |
| 309 | * LiteralAssKicking: Stan does this to the traitor in ''After the Shadows'' to get the traitor out of the Manor. |
| 310 | * LiteralCliffhanger: The two chapters of ''Fight or Flight'' end/start with this. |
| 311 | * LittlePeople: The gnomes and the Lili-putt-ians from the show, as well as an OC race of Goblins. |
| 312 | %%* LivingADoubleLife: Zander. |
| 313 | %%* LivingLieDetector: Wendy has become this. Well, except for the 'living' part. |
| 314 | * TheLoad: Soos starts to feel like he is this in season three, which gives Kelly power. |
| 315 | * LocalHangout: The Mystery Manor. Justified in that practically everyone either lives/works there. The woods around the Manor and the town are this as well, although it's less of a 'hangout' and more of a place the twins et al. go into to solve mysteries. |
| 316 | * {{Lockdown}}: The ghost in the first episode of season two does this to the Mystery Manor. |
| 317 | * LonelyFuneral: Stan's funeral in the first episode is attended by just the twins, Soos and Wendy. |
| 318 | * LongHairedPrettyboy: Zander has shoulder-length blonde hair. |
| 319 | * LovableAlphaBitch: Pacifica- she even tones down the AlphaBitch part by the end. |
| 320 | * LovableTraitor: Even after discovering a mole and kicking him out, the twins and everyone who is left still love the mole and are depressed about what happened. |
| 321 | * LowerDeckEpisode: ''Draconic Tendencies'' focuses on Mabel, Pacifica, Candy and Grenda. Dipper has one scene early, then he is gone for practically the rest of the episode. |
| 322 | %%* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Waddles. |
| 323 | %%* MadeOfMagic: The Starkissed Stone. |
| 324 | %%* MagicalAccessory: The belt in the Halloween special. |
| 325 | %%* MagicalFlutist: Pacifica becomes this in ''Bragging Rights.'' |
| 326 | %%* MagicalGuardian: The Guardsman, guardian of the Starkissed stone. |
| 327 | %%* MagicalLand: The woods/forest around the Manor/the town. |
| 328 | * MagicEater: The Starkissed Stone -- apparently, in its lifetime, it absorbed eighty percent of the world's magic. |
| 329 | * TheMagicGoesAway: When the Starkissed Stone was created over 500 years before the story began, it absorbed 80 percent of the magic in the world. [[spoiler: Now that the stone is gone]] 75 percent of magic will have returned by the end of August. |
| 330 | %%* MagicIsEvil: Arline's Master's philosophy. |
| 331 | %%* MagicKnight: The knight in ''Ye Olde Fair-Wells.'' |
| 332 | * MagicStaff: The Guardsman and the Sorcerer each have one of these. |
| 333 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Mabel in ''Classic Rock'' after she returns from communicating with fire. |
| 334 | * TheManBehindTheMan: It looks like the Warlock is this until the season two finale where it is revealed that most, if not all, of the Warlock's actions until then have been a result of his master working with Bill. |
| 335 | * MayflyDecemberRomance: Justified with Yuki and Pacifica's relationship. |
| 336 | * MeaningfulEcho: When the line "There will always be a new day" is first said, it seems like stereotypical, meaningless encouragement. No one even mentions it afterwards. But the second time it is said... holy lord. |
| 337 | * TheMedic: Wendy is this. Not only can she not be hurt, she practiced things like stitching up a wound on herself, and has gotten rather good at it as a result. |
| 338 | %%* MeditationPowerup: Paths students can get these. |
| 339 | * MidSeasonTwist: |
| 340 | ** Season 1: The blue cylinders revealing Tambry is a robot. |
| 341 | ** Season 2A: Robbie knows Wendy is hiding something, the fact that Wendy actually '''is''' hiding something (this was hinted at, but got confirmed here), and the Warlock having a master. |
| 342 | ** Season 2B: The traitor the gang discovers. |
| 343 | ** Season 2:[[note]] as a whole[[/note]] The reveal of Wendy's secret and when the twins find out the Warlock escaped custody. |
| 344 | ** Season 3A: The reveal/introduction of Kelly. |
| 345 | * MinorMajorCharacter: The Guardsman becomes this. |
| 346 | * MolotovCocktail: The gang uses these in ''Operation Search and Destroy.'' |
| 347 | * MonsterAllies: The forest creatures are this to the twins. |
| 348 | * MultiPartEpisode: Played-with. It follows the '''Episode Title: Part 1''' and '''Episode Title: Part 2.''' But EZB said that each episode title ''is'' one episode, so it's hard to say whether this really counts. It does actually occur towards the end of each set of ten -- ''New Circuit'' and ''Town that Time Forgot'' are this, as well as... really everything from ''After the Shadows'' until the end of season two, and ''Haunted Mansion'' and ''Spectral Revelations.'' |
| 349 | %%* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: How the gang deals with the ghost in the first episode of season two. |
| 350 | %%* MysteriousEmployer: The Warlock's Master. |
| 351 | %%* MysteriousProtector: The Guardsman. |
| 352 | %%* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Some of EZB's exits/deaths. |
| 353 | * NeverTrustATitle: The episode ''Mammoth Problems'' has nothing to do with a mammoth. It's a mastodon. |
| 354 | * NextSundayAD: The story was this when it first started- began September 2014, set May/June 2015. Real-life time caught up to story time around the middle of season two. |
| 355 | * TheNicknamer: Bill Cipher -- Dipper, Mabel and Wendy all kept their nicknames from the show[[note]]Pine Tree, Shooting Star and Red, respectively[[/note]], and Soos is called Biggy or Big Guy, or some variation thereof. OC's Omir and Arline are called Snappy [[note]]because of how he dresses[[/note]] and Bells [[note]] because Bill is Bill [[/note]] respectively. |
| 356 | * NobodyCanDie: The story follows the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Laconic/NobodyCanDie laconic description]] of this trope to a T. |
| 357 | * NonActionGuy: Dipper at the beginning- Mabel (and Arline) start training him and he grows out of it. |
| 358 | * NoodleIncident: Some of the twins' adventures from their first summer are this to other characters (mostly Wendy). |
| 359 | %%* NoOffButton: [[spoiler: The Portal]] at the end of season two. |
| 360 | * NoShirtLongJacket: Zander during the Duskhope concert. |
| 361 | * NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The end of season two causes this. |
| 362 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: The Warlock at first seems weak- stuttering and running away when the twins confront him. But over the course of his appearances, he becomes a NameToRunAwayFromReallyFast. |
| 363 | %%* ObliviousToHints: Yuki on occasion. |
| 364 | %%* OddFriendship: The twins' relationship with the forest creatures (and others) are this. |
| 365 | %%* OffTheChart: How Stan describes [[spoiler:the Portal]] at the end of season two. |
| 366 | * OhAndXDies: At the end of the first part of ''After the Shadows'', there is a coded PS message that reads, "Next ''episode'', someone dies." The death occurs in the second part of the next episode, ''Fires of Hate'', but it's not who, how or what you expect. Or it is, I don't know what you expect. But like all death-related events in the story, it's a lot more complicated than the message makes it appear to be. |
| 367 | %%* OhCrap: Too many occasions to list.%%Then summarize. |
| 368 | %%* OlderThanTheyLook: Yuki, among others. |
| 369 | * OldFlame: Dipper's feelings for Wendy return about half-way through the first season. |
| 370 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Dipper, Yuki and the Warlock.[[note]]The latter two's real names are known if rarely ever used (Uki-Dohth and Graupner, respectively), and while fans now know Dipper's real name, it has never come up in the story.[[/note]] |
| 371 | * OnlyMostlyDead: Yuki following ''Fires of Hate.'' |
| 372 | * OpenSesame: Mabel tries this in the first episode- it doesn't work. |
| 373 | * OpposingCombatPhilosophies: Students of the Paths have these- someone on the path of water would fight differently than someone on the path of fire. |
| 374 | * OriginalCharacter: Several -- the most important ones are Yuki, Arline, Zander, Omir, Kelly, and The Warlock. Alvis could become more important later on, if the story ever gets finished. There are also Jace and Jess, as well as a team of paranormal investigators, who all showed up in three episodes each (so far), and a number of paranormal creatures who are important. |
| 375 | %%* OutdoorsyGal: Wendy, even more so than in the show.%%How? |
| 376 | * {{Pacifist}}: Yuki for the most part. This doesn't stop him from using his strength to punch-out a werewolf that has caused more than it's fair share of trouble for the twins. |
| 377 | * PaleFemalesDarkMales: Jess and Jace- she has brown feathers while Jace's are more colorful. |
| 378 | * {{Panacea}}: The djinn in ''I Dream of Deals'' offers these in exchange for a special possession. They are called panacea-cillin and are shaped like a blue-and-gold pill. |
| 379 | * ParodyEpisode: Several episodes have elements that parody other works. So far there have been parody's of Jumanji, A Christmas Carol, Twilight, and It's a Wonderful Life. |
| 380 | * ParodyNames: ''I Dream of Deals'' has a djinn named William Cardinal who has gold arm braces and who used to be a slave before being freed.[[note]]Robin Williams/his character from Aladdin.[[/note]] |
| 381 | %%* PersonOfMassDestruction: The Warlock. |
| 382 | * ThePhoenix: Actually ''THE'' Phoenix -- the one that shows up is the last known phoenix in existence. |
| 383 | %%* PhoneaholicTeenager: Tambry. |
| 384 | * PhoneCallFromTheDead: Wendy's old friends get one of these from her telling them to get out of town when things start heating up at the end of season two. |
| 385 | * PinnedToTheWall: The Warlock does this to Dipper in the third episode. |
| 386 | * PlayingWithFire: Mabel and Arline, and Arline's Master. |
| 387 | * PointOfDivergence: The story follows canon up until about three years before Ford gets sucked in the portal. There it vary's slightly, but once Ford gets trapped, the story follows canon until Ford returns, at which point EZB's theories take over. [[note]]EZB says it's really a lot more complicated that that, and that his events could somehow be canon, but this has yet to be explained.[[/note]] |
| 388 | * PoliceAreUseless: Very much so- they spend bail money on a second bouncy castle. |
| 389 | * PreciousPhoto: The picture Mabel takes in ''After The Shadows'' becomes this for [[spoiler: Ford.]] |
| 390 | * PreExplosionGlow: Played with -- the explosion is a glowing white light. |
| 391 | %%* PrettyBoy: Zander. |
| 392 | * ThePromise: Dipper promising to find a way to bring Wendy back to life causes a lot of his insomnia in the second half or season two, and it is always hanging over his head. |
| 393 | * TheQuietOne: The Guardsman in his first appearance. In the first part of his debut episode, he says a grand total of three words, and spends the rest of the time silently observing from the shadows and freaking people out. He will talk for extended periods when being asked questions, but he tries to avoid speaking when he can. |
| 394 | * QuirkyHousehold: Even more so than in the show- In addition to the twins, Soos, Wendy and Stan, we have an Alien, a fire-master, a newly-retired rock-star, Candy and Grenda, Pacifica, and Waddles. |
| 395 | * QuirkyTown: Gravity Falls hasn't lost this trait in the three years since the twins left |
| 396 | * RaidersOfTheLostParody: The first cryptogram of the first episode decodes to ''Raiders of the Stans Lost Underpants.'' |
| 397 | * ReadingsAreOffTheScale: [[spoiler: The Portal]] in the season two finale is described by Stan as, "...at a level of power so high it can't be recorded." |
| 398 | * RealityBreakingParadox: This happens when [[spoiler: the starkissed stone]] comes into contact with [[spoiler: the Portal]] in the season two finale, causing the latter to, "have a tantrum," as Mabel put it. |
| 399 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: It is hinted at/implied that the Guardsman and The Sorcerer are this. |
| 400 | * RecurringCharacter: The Paranormal investigators from the sixth episode, Jace and Jess,[[note]]and their phoenix[[/note]] Candy and Grenda, Pacifica, Jackson Fulbrow, Omir, Kelly, and various creatures of the forest. |
| 401 | * RegretfulTraitor: Yuki once he is found out, and even more so when the Warlock fails to meet his end of the bargain. |
| 402 | * {{Retool}}: Because of events in the season two finale, season three no longer takes place in Gravity Falls. The twins and company are traveling cross-country to find what is needed to reverse the effects of season two. |
| 403 | * ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Season three is occasionally this to season two, although it has its fair share of dark moments. |
| 404 | * RewatchBonus: Following TheReveal of Wendy's secret in the middle of season two, re-reading the story up until that point will make you realize just how many hints have been dropped. |
| 405 | * RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Practically everyone in season one, as long as they aren't zapped by the blue cylinders. |
| 406 | * RisingConflict: The dynamic between the twins and the Warlock goes from the latter being and admittedly dangerous but most-likely[[note]]One of the cryptograms said he would return[[/note]] one-off villain to going out of his way to hurt the twins, with his idea of a warning being exploding a cave and nearly killing the twins and company. |
| 407 | * RoadsideSurgery: How Wendy gets the bullets out of her body after a shoot-out. |
| 408 | * RoadTripPlot: Season three becomes this, in a way. They don't really ''want'' to go on a road trip, but they kind of need to. |
| 409 | * RoboticReveal: Happens when someone is zapped by the blue cylinders. Actually, that just makes them shut down. TheReveal doesn't happen until someone says, "Plan". |
| 410 | %%* RockMonster: The lead golem in ''Classic Rock'' is one of these. |
| 411 | %%* {{Roofhopping}}: Mabel does this on occasion to try and catch the MonsterOfTheWeek because they are doing it too. |
| 412 | %%* RookieMaleExperiencedFemale: Dipper and Mabel when it comes to fighting/the Paths. |
| 413 | %%* RPGEpisode: ''Strongholds and Serpents''. It gets taken ''way'' to far. |
| 414 | * RuleNumberOne: Arline says that rule number one of engaging in any kind of fighting is, "Don't." Rule number to is, "Play it smart." |
| 415 | * RunningOnAllFours: Mabel does this when she turns into a werewolf. |
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| 418 | [[folder:S-Z]] |
| 419 | %%* SarcasmBlind: Yuki. |
| 420 | * SaveTheWorldClimax: We haven't gotten that far yet, but this appears to be the ending the story is going towards. Granted, the twins are only trying to save Gravity Falls, but the world will probably be saved too. |
| 421 | %%* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Mabel does this occasionally. |
| 422 | %%* ScarfOfAsskicking: Zander wears/uses one. |
| 423 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Dipper. In an early episode, Mabel is show to have made a list about predicted changes in Dipper since the last time they saw each other. She is happy this is still on that list. |
| 424 | %%* ScreechingStop: Happend to Dipper when he is trailing The Warlock. |
| 425 | %%* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Zander towards the end of Season Two. |
| 426 | %%* SecretIdentities: Several characters have several of these. |
| 427 | %%* SecretKeeper: A lot of characters, mostly in season two. |
| 428 | %%* SeriesFic: Big time, but it's all in the same actual story. |
| 429 | * ShapeshifterDefaultForm: The old man from Baron Num Num's Beans. |
| 430 | * ShapeshifterModeLock: The Goblins give Dipper a necklace that, when being worn by the Shapeshifter, freezes him in whatever form he was in at the time. |
| 431 | * ShipperOnDeck: Practically every non-villain character is supportive of Yuki/Pacifica, but Mabel is the most vocal about it. |
| 432 | * ShroudedInMyth: The Guardsman. |
| 433 | ** For the longest time, the events of the twins' first summer were this. |
| 434 | * SiblingRivalry: Not quite a "rivalry", but the twins have not lost their competitive nature in the three years they have been apart, and this will occasionally cause problems. |
| 435 | * SiblingYinYang: Dipper and Mabel, as well as Jace and Jess. |
| 436 | * SicEm: Said by Montana Jeffreys to his dogs after the twins escape his cage. |
| 437 | * SickEpisode: In ''I Dream of Deals,'' Yuki comes down with a cold, which, combined with his BizarreAlienBiology and being his first exposure to an Earth-based disease, makes for some interesting symptoms until he gets a cure-all from a traveling djinn. |
| 438 | * SideBet: In the third episode, Mabel paints a were-woman on the side of the building, with her, Dipper and Soos betting on how long it would take Stan to notice. Soos wins, not that they were playing for anything. |
| 439 | %%* SignatureLine: "There will always be a new day." -Zander Maximillion [[note]] From Globus' ''The Promise'' [[/note]] |
| 440 | %%* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Wendy. |
| 441 | * SilentCredits: ''Fires of Hate: Part 2'' is the only chapter that doesn't have an author's note from EZB at/towards the end of it. |
| 442 | * SimultaneousArcs: Often when the twins and/or their friends have to split up, the perspectives will alternate to show everything that is occurring. |
| 443 | * SimultaneousWarningAndAction: In ''After the Shadows,'' Dipper find a note from the Warlock that begins with something like 'I want to say goodbye.' Not three seconds later, things blow up. Literally. |
| 444 | * SingleEpisodeHandicap: In ''A Mabel of Perspective,'' after Mabel swallows a pixie, her sight switches between her vision and someone else's in the first half of the episode. In the second half, she can no longer see out of her eyes at all, and she eventually looses control of her smelling and hearing as well. All senses return once the pixie gets out of her. |
| 445 | ** Dipper loses function of his hands in ''Fires of Hate,'' but they are fixed by the end of the next episode. |
| 446 | * SixthRanger: The first season team of the twins, Soos, Wendy and Stan eventually expands to (regularly) include Yuki, Arline, Zander, Candy and Grenda, and Pacifica. |
| 447 | %%* SixthRangerTraitor: Yuki. |
| 448 | * SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: If the story is ever finished, this could be the result. 60 'episodes' are planned, plus a prologue for each of the three seasons, the Halloween special, and ''Summerween: The Beginning'' would equal 65, assuming that, A) EZB doesn't add any other specials, and B) EZB actually finishes the story! |
| 449 | * SkewedPriorities: The twins each think the other has these, and this causes more than its fair share of trouble throughout. |
| 450 | * SlumberParty: Mabel has one with Candy and Grenda in the third episode. |
| 451 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: |
| 452 | ** [[StarterVillain Montana Jeffreys]] appears in person only in chapter 3 and [[spoiler:agrees to leave the twins and Stanley alone and leaves Gravity Fals]] at the end of the chapter. However, had he not enacted his plan to hit Stan with a tranquilizer in an attempt to get the Mystery Shack from him, the tranq making everyone think Stan was dead, Dipper and Mabel wouldn't have come back in Gravity Falls. |
| 453 | ** Haddiya. Never seen the name before? Yeah. She's never actually appeared in the story, but she is important to the Sorcerer. Important enough that he made a deal with Bill Cipher to get her back. |
| 454 | * SmallTowns: On more than one occasion, Gravity Falls is stated to have 'over two thousand people.' |
| 455 | %%* SmiteMeOMightySmiter: Mabel in ''A Mabel of Perspective.'' |
| 456 | * SmittenTeenageGirl: Mabel towards Zander, and Jess towards Dipper. |
| 457 | * SniffSniffNom: In the first episode, the twins and Soos smell the string they found, and after discovering that it smells sweet, Soos and Mabel taste part of it, realizing it is a piece of candy floss. |
| 458 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When faced with two Mabel's, the real Mabel yells POOF and throws sparkles everywhere. The fake Mabel is confused, which gives Dipper the chance he needs to incapacitate the fake Mabel. |
| 459 | * SpaceEpisode: ''The Town That Time Forgot.'' |
| 460 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: Upon discovering a Mastodon in ''Mammoth Problems,'' Mabel informs her brother and Soos that she can communicate with pigs, llamas, alpacas, sheep and goats, and that she is 'okay' at speaking elephant. |
| 461 | * SpecialThanks: In the season two finale, the authors note is even longer than the scene after it because EZB thanks his readers/reviewers for letting him know that there were people who enjoyed the story he was writing. |
| 462 | * SpellBlade: The Warlock does this to throwing knifes when he returns. |
| 463 | * SpellBook: |
| 464 | ** The Warlock has a few of these, and occasionally they will come to be possessed by Dipper and/or another character. |
| 465 | ** Played with with the Journal(s), which have spells in them, along with other paranormal info. |
| 466 | * SpellMyNameWithAThe: For the longest time, the Warlock and the Guardsman were this because their real names were not known. Eventually the Warlock's real name was revealed to be Graupner Kinley, and the Guardsman's real name was revealed to be something that is a very big spoiler and therefore will not be said. Since their respective reveals, the Guardsman is usually referred to by his real name, unless he is being spoken of by someone who does not know it, while the Warlock is more commonly being referred to as Graupner in-story, although it's a toss up as to what fans call him. |
| 467 | %%* SpoilerTitle: ''The Warlock Returns.'' |
| 468 | * SpontaneousWeaponCreation: The Guardsman and the Sorcerer both have the power to create a staff out of darkness and light, respectively. |
| 469 | %%* SquashedFlat: EZB's deaths. |
| 470 | %%* StaringContest: Wendy gets into one with a rock golem in ''Classic Rock.'' |
| 471 | %%* StarterVillain: Montana Jeffreys and his dogs. |
| 472 | %%* StartingANewLife: Zander's cover story. |
| 473 | * TheStinger: The first episode of season three takes place in a town called Spoons. Several puns are made, but the last line of the episode is, "At least it wasn't a town named Forks." EZB even says ZINGER in his author's note. |
| 474 | %%* StringTheory: Zander has one of these set up in a hidden room of his house. |
| 475 | %%* StrongerThanTheyLook: Yuki. |
| 476 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler: Ford]] figures out Dipper is related to him because of similar physical aspects. |
| 477 | * StrongGirlSmartGuy: Mabel and Dipper thanks to Mabel's training. |
| 478 | * StrugglingSingleMother: Played-with. The twins' parents, Delilah and Jenson, are both well-off enough, but Dipper knows that college isn't cheap and that neither parent will be able to help him, or Mabel, that much financially, which is why he was so anxious about going home to take the job he had lined up in the first season. |
| 479 | %%* StudentAndMasterTeam: Mabel and Arline. |
| 480 | * StunnedSilence: When the Master of the Paths reveals that he can fly, his students are left behind staring at the spot where he was for a full minute before any of them do anything. |
| 481 | * SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: Stan and Ford had the same relationship they had in the show as far as success goes, at least until EZB's theories start to take over. At that point, Ford is still a success, but Stan is now more of one, even if no one acknowledges it, and the inferior feelings seem to have disappeared. |
| 482 | * SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Mabel being zapped by the glowing blue cylinders makes her able to speak Urlin, Yuki's alien language, which sounds like a bunch of chirps and whistles to Dipper. |
| 483 | * SuddenlyShouting: Mabel shouts her Strongholds and Serpents character's name when Dipper complains about it including her real name. |
| 484 | * SuperDetailedFightNarration: Some occasions are better than others, but they are all high in quality. EZB even has a link to a Website/YouTube video in his profile that shows two people sword fighting, which he claims is why he is so good at writing fights. |
| 485 | %%* SupernaturalAngst: Wendy has this. |
| 486 | %%* SupernaturalMartialArts: Students of the Paths. |
| 487 | * SuperSenses: Played-with. Wendy is beginning to lose her 'standard' senses – taste and smell – because of being a wraith. But because she is a wraith, her sixth sense of intuition has become superpowered to the point where she was able to tell that a fake Dipper was a fake the second she looked at him. |
| 488 | %%* SuperStrength: Yuki. |
| 489 | %%* SuperToughness: Wendy. |
| 490 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Happens whenever the twins ''et al.'' are keeping secrets from one another. |
| 491 | * SuspiciousSpending: Stan is suspicious of Arline for being willing to pay increasingly ridiculous amounts of money to stay in one of his motel rooms. |
| 492 | * TakeCareOfTheKids: [[spoiler: Stan's]] last order to [[spoiler: Soos]] in the season two finale. |
| 493 | * TakeThat: An alternate title for ''Daybreak'' was ''Still Better Than Twilight.'' |
| 494 | * TalentShow: Is the focus of the episode ''Bragging Rights,'' replacing Pioneer Day following the Nathaniel Northwest scandal. |
| 495 | %%* TalkingAnimal: The dogs in the first episode. |
| 496 | %%* TalkingInYourSleep: Soos begins doing this once he meets Kelly. |
| 497 | %%* TeamPet: Waddles. |
| 498 | * TheTeaser: Once season three came around and the twins went on the road, these were put in to introduce the problem the twins would be trying to solve. Not all chapters have them, but most do. |
| 499 | * TemporaryBlindness: Played-with. When Mabel swallows a pixie, blinking once makes her be able to see through someone else's eyes. Blinking twice returns her vision to her own. But before her sight is fixed, a point comes where she cannot see out of her own eyes at all, but is still able to look through the eyes of others. |
| 500 | * ThankingTheViewer: Always at the end of a season, and sometimes in the middle of them. |
| 501 | * TheUnReveal: A lot of fans were suspicious of Omir from the beginning, so him being revealed to be the Warlock's master came as no great surprise. |
| 502 | %%* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The twins' reaction when the Guardsman shows up in ''Fires of Hate''. |
| 503 | %%* ThisIsNotADrill: The message to evacuate in ''Operation Search and Destroy'' says this. |
| 504 | %%* ThreeShorts: The Halloween special contains three stories. |
| 505 | * ThunderEqualsDownpour: Usually averted- on the occasions a storm does blow through, it behaves like a normal storm. The one time this trope is played straight is when the storm was generated by the Sorcerer in ''Ashes in the Sky.'' |
| 506 | * TimeSkip: The first chapter starts with the twins' first day of school after their first summer, then fast forwards three years to the 15-year-old twins' last day of school. |
| 507 | * TitleDropChapter: ''Strongholds and Serpents, Totally Real Paranormal Mystery Show, Duskhope'' and ''Operation Search and Destroy.'' |
| 508 | * ToBeContinued: Never stated outright, but a number of the cryptograms imply this. The closest has been one from the season two finale that said Season three would begin shortly. |
| 509 | * ToHellAndBack: The group goes here/does this when they play Strongholds and Serpents. |
| 510 | * TokenAdult: Grunkle Stan in the beginning. More grown-ups join eventually. |
| 511 | * ToneShift: The story gradually gets darker and darker as time goes on in the first two seasons. It gets lighter in season three, but it is still much darker than it was at the beginning, and things are only going to get worse- if the story gets finished. |
| 512 | * TonightSomeoneDies: The cryptogram for chapter 53 reads "Next episode, someone dies," and it is repeated in the author's note the chapter before the death occurs. |
| 513 | * TopTenList: Don't know for sure about the 'ten' part, but Mabel made several lists of things she wanted to do when older to 'get the full experience.' Number one was a Renaissance Fair, which was done in ''Ye Olde Fair-Wells.'' |
| 514 | %%* TownWithADarkSecret: You thought the show was bad? You don't know the half of it. |
| 515 | %%* TrackingSpell: The Warlock attempts one of these in his first appearance, but it doesn't work. |
| 516 | %%* TrainingFromHell: Once the Warlock escapes police custody, the twins' Paths training becomes this. |
| 517 | %%* TranquilFury: Everyone, Stan in particular, goes into this when they find out about Yuki and the Warlock. |
| 518 | * TransparentCloset: Jace doesn't know he's gay until his little sister points it out to him after Mabel kisses him. He then kisses Dipper to confirm it. |
| 519 | %%* TreasureHunter: Montana Jeffreys. |
| 520 | %%* TrickArrow: Wendy has these in ''Strongholds and Serpents'' when Dipper puts spells on them. |
| 521 | %%* {{Tsundere}}: Jess where Dipper is concerned. |
| 522 | %%* {{Tuckerization}}: Arline's full name is Arline ''Hirsch.'' |
| 523 | %%* {{Tulpa}}: The "ghost" in the first episode of season two is actually one of these. |
| 524 | %%* TwinBanter: So. Many. Times. |
| 525 | %%* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: The character(s) will not be named, but just know that they are present. |
| 526 | %%* TwoGirlsToATeam: Mabel and Wendy. |
| 527 | * TwoOutOfThreeAintBad: Practically said verbatim by Dipper in ''Strongholds and Serpents'' when he asked if everyone read the rules. Mabel didn't. |
| 528 | %%* UnblockableAttack: The Warlock's blackfire, usually. Mabel has been able to divert it. |
| 529 | %%* UnderNewManagement: The Warlock takes over Omir Steindorf's company in season three. |
| 530 | %%* UnknownCharacter: Haddiya. |
| 531 | * UnnamedParent: The twins' parents were not given official names until season three. They are then revealed to be Delilah and Jenson. |
| 532 | * UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople: Pacifica gets a dragon. It's allergic to latex. Don't ask. |
| 533 | %%* UnwittingPawn: Omir Steindorf is this to Bill Cipher. |
| 534 | %%* UsingYouAllAlong: Bill was using Omir from the beginning. |
| 535 | %%* VagueAge: Zander. |
| 536 | %%* VampireEpisode: ''Daybreak.'' |
| 537 | * VillainExitStageLeft: The Warlock is defeated in ''The Warlock Returns'' and is sent to jail, but escapes at the end of ''Summerween Returns.'' |
| 538 | * VillainsNeverLie: After Bill's first appearance in the story, Dipper comments that while he technically doesn't lie, he does leave out parts of the truth. |
| 539 | %%* WakeUpFighting: Mabel can and does do this on occasion. |
| 540 | * WakingNonSequitur: A lot of people wake up with these, especially once the twins and co. go on the road. |
| 541 | %%* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: This happens to Wendy and Stan. |
| 542 | %%* WeakenedByTheLight: Doppelganger's are prone to this. |
| 543 | * WeatherManipulation: The Warlock's Master generated the storm that made the phoenix crash in ''Ashes in the Sky.'' |
| 544 | * WeirderThanUsual: The twins' reaction to the truck-sized spider in ''Bragging Rights.'' They say that they've only ever seen human-sized spiders before. |
| 545 | * WeirdWeather: The twins admit that Gravity Falls has a peculiar tendency to have storms pop up out of nowhere. Often, while weird, these occur naturally, except for once. |
| 546 | * WeWillMeetAgain: The second cryptogram from Bill's first episode is Bill saying that he will be back. |
| 547 | * WhamLine: "There will always be a new day," Zander Maximillion said, [[spoiler: lowering the mask in his hands.]] |
| 548 | * WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: After taking the Starkissed inside the Shack, Mabel says this. At first it seems like the twins avoided the curse for once in their lives, but they used up their luck when Dipper went into town without issue earlier in the day. |
| 549 | * WhatYearIsThis: After the craziness that is the almost-end of season two, Dipper and Wendy, and later [[spoiler: Ford]] ask a local park ranger what the date is. |
| 550 | * WhenItAllBegan: Without getting ''too'' into the history of Gravity Falls and its weird properties, the story begins with Montana Jefferys wanting to use the town as a way of restarting his career and hitting Stan with a tranquilizer in an attempt to get the Mystery Shack from him. The tranq made everyone think Stan was dead, which is the reason the twins went back to Gravity Falls in the first place. |
| 551 | * WholeEpisodeFlashback: The first story of the Halloween special, and ''Summerween: The Beginning'' are this. |
| 552 | * WhyWontYouDie: The twins and the Warlock feel this way about one another. |
| 553 | * WinWinEnding: This happens occasionally, but for every episode where this happens, another episode and then some ends with everything going to all kinds of hell. |
| 554 | %%* WitnessProtection: Part of Zander's cover story. |
| 555 | * WorldOfWeirdness: What the entire planet is becoming following the events of the season two finale. |
| 556 | * WorthIt: Despite it making her very sick, Mabel still thinks eating a ton of candy after Summerween was worth it. |
| 557 | * WreathedInFlames: Arline can do this, although she generally keeps it to just her arms. |
| 558 | * WritersCannotDoMath: Played straight with the end of season two. Everything from ''After the Shadows'' to the end is pretty much back-to-back action. ''After the Shadows'' takes place on July 27th, and the next two episodes take place on the 28th. ''Cleansing Rain'' is set the night of the 28th, and the final two episodes of the season are on the 29th. Yet when Dipper and Wendy ask the park ranger what the date is, he says it is the 31st. |
| 559 | * YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Wendy is immune to practically everything she has faced so far. |
| 560 | * YouHaveFailedMe: The Warlock says this whenever someone he uses to hurt the twins doesn't do so. |
| 561 | * YouKnowWhatTheySayAboutX: In this case, X is painting. Soos tries to come up with something, but it doesn't work out that well. |
| 562 | * YourMindMakesItReal: The tulpa from the season two premiere turned into a ghost because a show was being produced about a ghost haunting the Manor. |
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