The Grand Reopening is a Crossover/Alternate-Universe fanfic, a sequel/prequel to The Wedding. Like how the previous story is a copy of Mamma Mia!, this one is a copy of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Alongside Gravity Falls, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Making Fiends, this one includes Mr. Peabody & Sherman characters.
The plot, in short, goes like this: Five years after The Wedding, Pacifica had Violet’s manor refurbished to honor her after she passes away. We also take a look fifteen years in the past watching Violet graduate from Harvard, travel to Italy, buy the manor, and break up with Duncan.
Main characters: Pacifica Northwest, Penny Peterson, Dipper Pines, Isadora Quagmire, Mabel Pines, Klaus Baudelaire, Duncan Quagmire, Quigley Quagmire, Sherman Peabody, Fiona Widdershins, Charlotte, Vendetta, and Violet Baudelaire.
Story links:
- FanFiction.net-https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13275991/1/The-Grand-Reopening
- Wattpad-https://www.wattpad.com/story/186451255-the-grand-reopening
Tropes that apply to The Grand Reopening:
- Adapted Out: The storm that puts everything to a hold is omitted.
- Advertised Extra: Penny, Sherman, and Fiona.
- Babies Make Everything Better: Pacifica and Penny both have children in this story.
- Bus Crash: Violet, even though she was in perfect health in The Wedding.
Word of God says she died from a brain tumor. - Composite Character: Mabel and Isadora assume the roles of Tanya and Rosie interchangeably. Quigley assumes the roles of Harry and Fernando.
- Continuity Nod: The Baudelaire fortune is mentioned in Chapter Five.
- The Cover Changes the Gender: The subject of "When I Kissed the Teacher" is changed from male to female.
- The Cover Changes the Meaning:
- "I've Been Waiting For You" originally had an ambiguous tone amongst listeners (it was unclear whether it was about someone meeting their True Love, having a revelation over their relationship or if they were a delighted stalker that had finally got their way), but the fanfic changed the lyrics almost completely to be about how Pacifica is looking forward to being a mother.
- Averted with "Andante, Andante", which was originally about playing the piano but the lyrics implied otherwise anyway. The fanfic exploits this as Violet sings it flirtily to Duncan a week into their relationship.
- Not only is the aforementioned "When I Kissed the Teacher" repurposed to be a song about youths finding freedom instead of a Teacher/Student Romance, we also have "Waterloo", which was originally about a woman accepting the fact that she'll never escape a terrible relationship, and is repurposed to be about Quigley "surrendering" to his newfound crush on Fiona and confessing his feelings to her to get her to take his virginity.
- "My Love, My Life" is originally about realizing you're about to break up for good, but in this fanfic, it's about how much your friends care about you, even in death.
- Dance Party Ending: Like the last story, the cast puts on a performance for their audience, including Violet.
- Decomposite Character: Penny and Violet portray Donna, young and old version, respectively.
- Distant Duet: Pacifica and Dipper have one in Chapter Two.
- Flashback: To 2009.
- Ivy League for Everyone: Violet (the valedictorian), Isadora, and Mabel graduate from Harvard University.
- Klaus even goes to Dartmouth College and Isadora went back to school at Columbia University.
- Jukebox Musical: Just like the film it’s based on.
- Morning Sickness: Pacifica wakes up the morning of the grand reopening realizing she is pregnant.
- Origins Episode
- Series Continuity Error: In the first story, Violet doesn’t understand how Pacifica knew about her breakup with Duncan, but in this story, she is seen comforting her in Chapter Nine.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Poor Violet.
