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* Jossed!
** not necessarily jossed. He could still be benevolent and aiding them,even if he's not completely honest in his methods.
*** Jossed yet again since Dipper no longer trusts him as of now.
** not necessarily jossed. He could still be benevolent and aiding them,even if he's not completely honest in his methods.
*** Jossed yet again since Dipper no longer trusts him as of now.
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* Jossed!
** not necessarily jossed. He could still be benevolent and aiding them,even if he's not completely honest in his methods.
*** Jossed yet again since Dipper no longer trusts him as of now.
The overall idea is confirmed.
** not necessarily jossed. He could still be benevolent and aiding them,even if he's not completely honest in his methods.
*** Jossed yet again since Dipper no longer trusts him as of now.
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** Turns out it’s actually confirmed! [[spoiler:All of Stan’s actions are simply for his family, and the portal was simply so that he could finally be reunited with his brother.]]
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* Confirmed. The Season 2 premiere states that Stan does indeed know about the supernatural occurrences in Gravity Falls, and was pretending not to so that Dipper and Mabel wouldn’t look into them.
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* Jossed.
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* Jossed.
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* Semi-confirmed. [[spoiler:Behind the vending machine is a Universe Portal leading to the Nightmare Realm, where Bill Cipher and the gang of inter dimensional criminals and nightmares Bill calls his friends reside.]]
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* Jossed.
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Maybe this was just an oversight on a scriptwriter's part,but so far Soos is question mark, Mabel is shooting star, and Dipper is pine tree. These are ways Bill has actually addressed them, and they're also symbols on the wheel. But Stan? Stan's only ever been called 'Stan'. I know his hat icon is on the wheel, but it seems weird that he'd be an exception to the Icon-name thing.
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Maybe this was just an oversight on a scriptwriter's part,but part, but so far Soos is question mark, Mabel is shooting star, and Dipper is pine tree. These are ways Bill has actually addressed them, and they're also symbols on the wheel. But Stan? Stan's only ever been called 'Stan'. I know his hat icon is on the wheel, but it seems weird that he'd be an exception to the Icon-name thing.
* Jossed. His icon is what represents him on the wheel. It’s likely just it’s hard to figure out what it could even be described as, unlike with the rest of the wheel.
* Jossed. His icon is what represents him on the wheel. It’s likely just it’s hard to figure out what it could even be described as, unlike with the rest of the wheel.
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* Confirmed! [[spoiler:Stan ends up tricking Bill into entering his mind, has Ford use the memory gun on him in order to erase his mind with Bill inside it, and finally obliterates Bill with a MegatonPunch.]]
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[[WMG: Dipper eventually legally changed his name to Dipper.]]
It's the only thing people have ever called him for his entire life, so why not? I imagine he would have done this in his early twenties.
It's the only thing people have ever called him for his entire life, so why not? I imagine he would have done this in his early twenties.
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Baleful Polymorph is no longer a trope
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It's strange how in the previous episode, Stanley only appeared in a brief joke scene. [[spoiler:But as Stanford is probably still stuck as Bill's [[BalefulPolymorph golden backscratcher]], while Dipper and the others are trying to save Mabel, there could be an important subplot about the Stan brothers.]]
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It's strange how in the previous episode, Stanley only appeared in a brief joke scene. [[spoiler:But as Stanford is probably still stuck as Bill's [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation golden backscratcher]], while Dipper and the others are trying to save Mabel, there could be an important subplot about the Stan brothers.]]
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[[WMG: Dipper is not a transboy, just regular insecure, because if that is true then Mabel goes from being InnocentlyInsensitive to an actual horrible bully that her brother would have every right to want to get away from.]]
No ill-intent meant towards the people looking for some representation in their favorite show, but even as someone who really doesn’t like Mabel, this troper thinks that turning her into a TERF by implication is pretty thorough character assassination.
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[[WMG:The ending to Boss Mabel is not canon]]
I honestly thought the episode was setting this up and was surprised when it didn't end this way. This started out because Mabel is ''right'' when she makes her bet with Grunkle Stan. Stan is a pretty shady businessman, and a terrible boss, and he honestly doesn't need to be. The only reason that Mabel messes up is because she has '''0''' business sense and is practically hemmorrhaging money for no reason, except that she can't say "no". This isn't a reasonable way to run a business either, but it doesn't vindicate Grunkle Stan's practice either. However, I think there's a bonus, or alternate ending.
The Gremgoblin is established as making people see their own nightmares when he looks into someone's eyes. At the climax of the episode, Mabel looks into the Gremgoblin's eyes, and then Dipper gets the Gremgoblin to look in a mirror and see his own worst nightmare--becoming his father. From that point on, Mabel has to resort to Grunkle Stan's tactics to turn a profit on the store, and though it's a measly one, she ends up winning the bet. But there are a couple of twists that don't pay off.
* First of all, we never find out if Mabel saw her worst nightmare or not. She definitely got a good look into the Gremgoblin's eyes, and it's eerie that her ending plays out with her doing exactly what the Gremgoblin itself[[note]](Himself?)[[/note]] feared. Mabel has to become her parental figure by doing things "Stan's way"[[note]]Maybe that wasn't even the Gremgoblin's worst nightmare, but what Mabel assumed it would be, depicted as a cutaway gag that reveals how her mind works[[/note]].
* Second, there's the Gremgoblin's interest in the knick-knacks in the Mystery Shack, which is a gag that's ripe for a very characteristic ''Gravity Falls'' twist.
* Third, it's not really Mabel's fault that she loses, but the rest of the cast's. Wendy is slacking off, there's no reason why Soos can't wear clothes under his costume, and Dipper got a genuinely dangerous monster to display. ''None'' of this gets addressed!
Picture, then, an alternate ending where Mabel snaps out of it, either sometime around when Grunkle Stan gets back, or even tacked onto the end of the episode. Mabel wakes up from her worst nightmare, where she became Grunkle Stan and stopped being nice to make money. Dipper thinks to flash the mirror at the Gremgoblin, but Mabel stops him. She could then apologize to the Gremgoblin for capturing him, maybe give him one of the knick-knacks from the store as an olive branch. Mabel then begs the other three--maybe even the Gremgoblin, if he's up for it--to pull it together and help her make things better at the Mystery Shack for ''everybody''. Her rousing speech inspires them--or, if it fails, she offers to share the money they make today between them. So, Wendy goes back to work, Soos puts on some clothes under the suit, and either Dipper gets a safer cryptid to display, or (I prefer this one) he works something out with the Gremgoblin so he doesn't put people in ambulances. Between these practices, they make plenty of money and Mabel is able to win the bet, but still gives the Shack over to Grunkle Stan, as she really doesn't know anything about running a business, so it still doesn't change the continuity, but it proves that Mabel was right all along.
I should also add that this is my first watch-through, so I don't know if there's something in the later episodes that contradicts all of this.
I honestly thought the episode was setting this up and was surprised when it didn't end this way. This started out because Mabel is ''right'' when she makes her bet with Grunkle Stan. Stan is a pretty shady businessman, and a terrible boss, and he honestly doesn't need to be. The only reason that Mabel messes up is because she has '''0''' business sense and is practically hemmorrhaging money for no reason, except that she can't say "no". This isn't a reasonable way to run a business either, but it doesn't vindicate Grunkle Stan's practice either. However, I think there's a bonus, or alternate ending.
The Gremgoblin is established as making people see their own nightmares when he looks into someone's eyes. At the climax of the episode, Mabel looks into the Gremgoblin's eyes, and then Dipper gets the Gremgoblin to look in a mirror and see his own worst nightmare--becoming his father. From that point on, Mabel has to resort to Grunkle Stan's tactics to turn a profit on the store, and though it's a measly one, she ends up winning the bet. But there are a couple of twists that don't pay off.
* First of all, we never find out if Mabel saw her worst nightmare or not. She definitely got a good look into the Gremgoblin's eyes, and it's eerie that her ending plays out with her doing exactly what the Gremgoblin itself[[note]](Himself?)[[/note]] feared. Mabel has to become her parental figure by doing things "Stan's way"[[note]]Maybe that wasn't even the Gremgoblin's worst nightmare, but what Mabel assumed it would be, depicted as a cutaway gag that reveals how her mind works[[/note]].
* Second, there's the Gremgoblin's interest in the knick-knacks in the Mystery Shack, which is a gag that's ripe for a very characteristic ''Gravity Falls'' twist.
* Third, it's not really Mabel's fault that she loses, but the rest of the cast's. Wendy is slacking off, there's no reason why Soos can't wear clothes under his costume, and Dipper got a genuinely dangerous monster to display. ''None'' of this gets addressed!
Picture, then, an alternate ending where Mabel snaps out of it, either sometime around when Grunkle Stan gets back, or even tacked onto the end of the episode. Mabel wakes up from her worst nightmare, where she became Grunkle Stan and stopped being nice to make money. Dipper thinks to flash the mirror at the Gremgoblin, but Mabel stops him. She could then apologize to the Gremgoblin for capturing him, maybe give him one of the knick-knacks from the store as an olive branch. Mabel then begs the other three--maybe even the Gremgoblin, if he's up for it--to pull it together and help her make things better at the Mystery Shack for ''everybody''. Her rousing speech inspires them--or, if it fails, she offers to share the money they make today between them. So, Wendy goes back to work, Soos puts on some clothes under the suit, and either Dipper gets a safer cryptid to display, or (I prefer this one) he works something out with the Gremgoblin so he doesn't put people in ambulances. Between these practices, they make plenty of money and Mabel is able to win the bet, but still gives the Shack over to Grunkle Stan, as she really doesn't know anything about running a business, so it still doesn't change the continuity, but it proves that Mabel was right all along.
I should also add that this is my first watch-through, so I don't know if there's something in the later episodes that contradicts all of this.
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[[WMG: Dipper and Gideon will have a NotSoDifferent moment.]]
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* Confirmed as of "The Stanchurian Candidate": Gideon mocks Dipper and Mabel as being NotSoDifferent for using [[MindControl the same tactic]] he did.
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* Confirmed as of "The Stanchurian Candidate": Gideon mocks Dipper and Mabel as being NotSoDifferent not so different for using [[MindControl the same tactic]] he did.
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I don't know how, but they probably affected history more than we know. And when that creates a problem, Blendin will return and have to help them fix it (and the twins will befriend him in the process) leading to a SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped that TIME TRAVEL IS NOT TO BE PLAYED WITH!!!
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I don't know how, but they probably affected history more than we know. And when that creates a problem, Blendin will return and have to help them fix it (and the twins will befriend him in the process) leading to a SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped AnAesop that TIME TRAVEL IS NOT TO BE PLAYED WITH!!!
