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1* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: When Dipper placed the "Mabel's Fault" sign next to the giant crack caused by the dimensional rift, did he put it there to remind Mabel of the consequences of her impulsiveness? Or was it to reinforce the idea that it was definitely Mabel's fault and [[NeverMyFault draw attention away from his withholding information about the rift from her in the first place]]? The diverging interpretations hinge on whether the reader thinks Mabel was entitled to know about the rift, whether they consider Dipper wrong for not telling her, and whether the reader believes [[BigBrotherInstinct Dipper]] would throw his sister under the bus to cover his tracks if he did think he himself was to blame. Complicating the debate over who was at fault for Mabel's ignorant mistake--and thus, the intentions behind the sign--is the fact that the disaster would also have been avoided had Mabel simply not been willing to trade her brother's possessions away for her own benefit ''and'' the fact that Mabel's confession occured offscreen, so we don't know how the characters themselves actually allocated responsibility for the disaster outside of that sign, which, given the characters don't treat Mabel that differently, may have been a joke. For all we know, Ford could have accepted blame for his decision not to tell Mabel or Dipper could have blamed himself but Mabel disagreed and convinced him otherwise. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot We didn't get to see the moment, so we don't know.]]
2* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: The ending panel of "The Jersey Devil's In The Details" is a very beautifully drawn shot of Ford and Stan on their boat together.
3* BrokenBase: Shares a [[BrokenBase/GravityFalls page with the rest of the franchise]].
4* CantUnHearIt: It's easy to imagine hearing the character's voices when reading each chapter. Especially imagining hearing [[Creator/KristenSchaal Kristan Schaal's]] voice doing all of the alternate Mabels in the multiverse.
5* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[LateArrivalSpoiler It's been long since established]] [[AbusiveParents how much of a horrible, greedy father]] Filbrick Pines [[EvilAllAlong really was]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but it's revealed some of his other misdeeds include]] having an old job [[{{Bowdlerize}} as a comic book censor]] who gets paid to ruin jokes, being too cheap to afford saltwater taffy, [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct buying regular-water taffy instead]], and enjoying cowboy movies where everyone dies. [[LikeFatherLikeSon Looks like Stan isn't the only family member]] [[NoodleIncident with a history of doing much more bizarre crimes]].
6* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr. What's-His-Face became the most popular monster introduced in the series due to his [[NightmareFuel sinister appearance]] and his [[CreepyAwesome extremely creepy]] yet oddly [[AffablyEvil affable]] personality.
7* FanficFuel:
8** "Don't Dimension It!" is full of possibilities for the alternate Mabels and the worlds they come from.
9** "The Jersey Devil's In The Details" expands more on Glass Shard Beach, giving potential for more stories about Stan and Ford’s childhood.
10** The [[spoiler: CIPHER LIVES]] cryptogram.
11** Another cryptogram reveals the implication that Wendy's MissingMom might be [[spoiler: trapped in another dimension, like what happened to Ford]]. It flat-out confirmed she had her memories erased at least once. But ''how?'' And why?
12* GeniusBonus: The ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''-esque comic is called ''Li'l Stan''. ''Peanuts'' was originally known as ''Li'l Folks''.
13* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In ''[[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]]'', Dipper's last entry showed that he received a new journal. In ''Don't Dimension It'', It was revealed that [[spoiler: it was Mabel who gave him the new journal, as an [[ApologyGift apology for all the problems she caused during the summer]]]].
14* HilariousInHindsight:
15** Anti-Mabel will be the closest fans will ever get to a [[Fanfic/ReverseFallsAU Reverse Mabel]] in the Gravity Falls canon. Especially when described as the most "evil" Mabel in the universe.
16** Pacifica's phone receiving service from "[[BlandNameProduct GraviT&T]]". The actual AT&T has since purchased [[Creator/WarnerBros Disney's]] [[Creator/CartoonNetwork greatest rivals]], including [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse shows fans love]] [[WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall to crossover GF with]].
17* MoralEventHorizon: Anti-Mabel crosses this when she reveals her plan to throw Stan and Ford out of the airlock (essentially ''killing them'') and lie to Dipper about their deaths.
18* SalvagedStory:
19** Considering that we didn't see much of Pacifica post-HeelFaceTurn until the Weirdmageddon Trilogy, it was nice to see her get ADayInTheLimelight in "Face It".
20** For the fans who were disappointed with Mabel's selfishness as a character never being properly addressed during the show's final season, "Don't Dimension It" has her finally acknowledging how detrimental her self-centered attitude is after witnessing similar behavior from all her alternate selfs. The story even ends with Mabel properly apologizing to Dipper for the problems she's caused, gifting him the Pine Tree book seen at the end of ''[[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]]'', and promising to be less of an attention hog in the future.
21--->'''Mabel''': Heck, I caused an entire apocalypse just to get one more day of summer!
22** On a smaller note, it's satisfying for many fans to see the President's Key finally get some use after its debut.
23** Also, the alien adhesive from "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future" finally gets used in "Don't Dimension It".
24* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
25** Wendy, who never received her own episode during the show's run, still doesn't get one here.
26** In "The Jersey Devil's In The Details", there is some implication that Filbrick is closer to ParentsAsPeople than an AbusiveParent, but the expansion is limited.
27* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: "Don't Dimension It" hints that Mabel confessed to her family her role in causing Weirdmageddon offscreen. We never learn their reaction to this beyond Dipper naming one of the remaining rifts caused by the event "Mabel's Fault".
28* UnexpectedCharacter:
29** Was ''anyone'' expecting Pacifica to be on the cover, heavily implying she is a major character over people like Wendy or Soos? Or ''Schmebulock'' for that matter?
30** Although it was only a cameo, no one expected that [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] would appear in the comic.

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