History Characters / GravityFallsMabelPines

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Many of Mabel's worst {{Jerkass}} moments are when there's a cute guy on the line. It starts in "Boyz Crazy", when she decided to keep Sev'ral Timez oblivious prisoners. In "Sock Opera" she breaks her promise to help Dipper so she can obsess over Gabe Benson, even [[MomentOfWeakness momentarily]] giving into Bill Cipher's demands to have a shot at Gabe [[spoiler: despite knowing that doing so enabled Bill to continue putting Dipper's life in jeopardy]]. And then [[AesopAmnesia despite supposedly learning from this in "Sock Opera",]] she knowingly and willingly isolates Grenda to hit on a cute rich guy because she thinks Grenda will get in her way of flirting with him. She usually gets a HeelRealization at the end.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Many of Mabel's worst {{Jerkass}} moments are when there's a cute guy on the line. It starts in "Boyz Crazy", when she decided to keep Sev'ral Timez oblivious prisoners. In "Sock Opera" she breaks her promise to help Dipper so she can obsess over Gabe Benson, even [[MomentOfWeakness momentarily]] going against Dipper's wishes and giving into Bill Cipher's demands to have a shot at Gabe [[spoiler: despite the fact that doing so enabled Bill to continue putting Dipper's life in jeopardy]]. And then [[AesopAmnesia despite supposedly learning from this in "Sock Opera",]] she knowingly and willingly isolates Grenda to hit on a cute rich guy because she thinks Grenda will get in her way of flirting with him. She usually gets a HeelRealization at the end.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Many of Mabel's worst {{Jerkass}} moments are when there's a cute guy on the line. It starts in "Boyz Crazy", when she decided to keep Sev'ral Timez oblivious prisoners. In "Sock Opera" she breaks her promise to help Dipper so she can obsess over Gabe Benson, even [[MomentOfWeakness momentarily]] giving into Bill Cipher's demands to have a shot at him [[spoiler: despite the fact that Bill was making those demands by possessing Dipper's body and was obviously taking every moment he had in Dipper's body to literally torture it]]. And then [[AesopAmnesia despite supposedly learning from this in "Sock Opera",]] she knowingly and willingly isolates Grenda to hit on a cute rich guy because she thinks Grenda will get in her way of flirting with him. She usually gets a HeelRealization at the end.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: Many of Mabel's worst {{Jerkass}} moments are when there's a cute guy on the line. It starts in "Boyz Crazy", when she decided to keep Sev'ral Timez oblivious prisoners. In "Sock Opera" she breaks her promise to help Dipper so she can obsess over Gabe Benson, even [[MomentOfWeakness momentarily]] giving into Bill Cipher's demands to have a shot at him. And then [[AesopAmnesia despite supposedly learning from this in "Sock Opera",]] she knowingly and willingly isolates Grenda to hit on a cute rich guy because she thinks Grenda will get in her way of flirting with him. She usually gets a HeelRealization at the end.

* BigSisterBully: [[DownplayedTrope While it is more of lighthearted teasing than outright bullying]], she does tease Dipper at times. This is eventually becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} that in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'' it's revealed that Dipper is hurt by her teasing and the result is damaging their relationship.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: This, along with [[InnocentlyInsensitive Innocent Insensitivity]] and AesopAmnesia, is her FatalFlaw. Mabel has a problem with selfishness and often takes advantage of her brother's love to try to get him to put aside his own wishes and goals and do what she wants, usually without realizing (until [[HeelRealization far later]]) that what she's doing is manipulative or damaging. But while she does suffer from AesopAmnesia and thus repeats this mistake often, she also [[SubvertedTropebtries to subvert this flaw]] and genuinely make amends]] during moments of [[JerkassRealization greater self-awareness]]. In "Carpet Diem" she [[spoiler: gives Dipper the key after understanding that he was having a rough time]], in "Sock Opera" [[spoiler: she sacrifices her sock puppet performance to defeat Bill]], in "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape From Reality", [[spoiler: she tells Dipper she's okay with his decision of becoming Ford's apprentice]], and in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' [[spoiler: Mabel gives Dipper a pine tree journal and apologizes to him for her selfishness during the summer after nearly getting stuck in a different dimension.]]

* AllTakeAndNoGive: This, along with [[InnocentlyInsensitive Innocent Insensitivity]] and AesopAmnesia, is her FatalFlaw. Mabel has a problem with selfishness and often takes advantage of her brother's love to try to get him to put aside his own wishes and goals and do what she wants, usually without realizing (until [[HeelRealization far later]]) that what she's doing is manipulative or damaging. But while she does suffer from AesopAmnesia and thus repeats this mistake often, she also [[SubvertedTrope genuinely strives to make amends]] after many of her [[JerkassRealization Jerkass Realizations]]. In "Carpet Diem" she [[spoiler: gives Dipper the key after understanding that he was having a rough time]], in "Sock Opera" [[spoiler: she sacrifices her sock puppet performance to defeat Bill]], in "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape From Reality", [[spoiler: she tells Dipper she's okay with his decision of becoming Ford's apprentice]], and in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' [[spoiler: Mabel gives Dipper a pine tree journal and apologizes to him for her selfishness during the summer after nearly getting stuck in a different dimension.]]

* AllTakeAndNoGive: This, along with [[InnocentlyInsensitive Innocent Insensitivity]] and AesopAmnesia, is her FatalFlaw. Mabel has a problem with selfishness and often takes advantage of her brother's love to try to get him to put aside his own wishes and goals and do what she wants, usually without realizing (until [[HeelRealization far later]]) that what she's doing is manipulative or damaging.
** This is subverted in "Carpet Diem", where she [[spoiler: gives Dipper the key after understanding that he was having a rough time]], in "Sock Opera" [[spoiler:when she sacrifices her sock puppet performance to defeat Bill]], in "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape From Reality", where [[spoiler: she tells Dipper she's okay with his decision of becoming Ford's apprentice]], and in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' where [[spoiler: Mabel gives Dipper a pine tree journal and apologizes to him for her selfishness during the summer after nearly getting stuck in a different dimension.]]

** In "Sock Opera" she learns not to push aside important people in her life for a guy and to appreciate her brother's efforts to make her happy. However, she backslides in "Northwest Mansion Mystery", again pushing aside important people in her life for a guy and talking her brother into taking a potentially dangerous job offered by people they know are corrupt so she and her friends can go to a fancy party. A downplayed example, as this was the only time after "Sock Opera" that she chased after a random guy.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: She likes to playfully annoy Dipper from time to time. Inverted since she's the older twin, having been born five minutes before Dipper. She never lets Dipper forget this.

Dipper's quirky, intuitive, creative, energetic, and optimistic twin sister. Mabel makes the best out of every situation with a big smile while also playfully annoying her brother.

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: In the ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'' storyline "Don't Dimension It", [[spoiler:she quickly becomes annoyed with the alternate Mabels' self-centredness and inability to focus on what's important.]]

* {{Adorkable}}: In a [[PluckyGirl Plucky]] GenkiGirl package.

* DorkInASweater: A sweet, {{Adorkable}} {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who almost always wears hand-made sweaters that she knits them herself and enjoys wearing them regularly..

* BigSisterBully: [[DownplayedTrope While it is more of lighthearted teasing than outright bullying]], she does tease Dipper at times. This is eventually becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} that in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'' it's reavealed that Dipper is hurt by her teasing and the result is damaging their relationship.

* BigSisterBully: [[DownplayedTrope While it is more of lighthearted teasing than outright bullying]], she does tease Dipper at times. This is eventually becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} that in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'' it's reavealed ythat Dipper is hurt by her teasing and the result is damaging their relationship.

* BigSisterBully: [[DownplayedTrope While it is more of lighthearted teasing than outright bullying]], she does tease Dipper at times. This is eventually becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} that in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'' Dipper is hurt by the teasings and damaging their relationship.

** This is not in a comical sense, but it's when she meets the GuyOfTheWeek and unfortunately doesn't hook up with one of them at the end.

* BrilliantButLazy: [[WordOfGod Alex Hirsch]] has stated that Dipper and Mabel are of equal intelligence, but since Mabel's main concern [[ForHappiness is having fun and enjoying life]] she doesn't apply herself like her brother does.

** In "Sock Opera" she learns not to push aside important people in her life for a guy and to appreciate her brother's efforts to make her happy. However, she backslides in "Northwest Mansion Mystery", again pushing aside important people in her life for a guy and talking her brother into taking a potentially dangerous job offered by people they know are corrupt so she and her friends can go to a fancy party. A downplayed example, as this was the only time after "Sock Opera" that chased after a random guy.

** In "Sock Opera" she learns not to push aside important people in her life for a guy and to appreciate her brother's efforts to make her happy. However, she backslides in "Northwest Mansion Mystery", again pushing aside important people in her life for a guy and talking her brother into taking a potentially dangerous job offered by people they know are corrupt so she and her friends can go to a fancy party.

** In "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future", [[spoiler: this is deconstructed. Despite her acknowledging the two Aesops of "if I love it set it free" ("Boyz Crazy"), or that she shouldn't always expect Dipper to give up everything he cares about for her sake ("Sock Opera"), neither of the two seem to have stuck in Mabel's head. Mabel becomes distraught after learning how hard growing up is going to be and can only take solace in knowing Dipper is going to be there for her, so she flips out when learning he might pursue his dreams away from her--while also not understanding that her often [[InnocentlyInsensitive insensitive]] [[BigSisterBully treatment]] is what drove him away to Ford to start with, which she [[AesopAmnesia had briefly acknowledged]] in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons".]] Mabel's AesopAmnesia ends up actively causing those she loves more problems because she shows no awareness for the very applicable lessons she'd previously learned that could have helped her avoid contributing to them.

* ControlFreak: A trait she shares with Dipper, though each tends to express it differently. While Dipper often feels he needs rigid self-control and massive planning to compensate for his lack of self-confidence socially, Mabel generally has less self-control and directs her need for control outwards onto others. While Mabel's generally very relaxed in regards to others' behavior, in the instances wherein Mabel's friends or family do something that goes against Mabel's own priorities, Mabel manifests her control issues in ways arguably more extreme than Dipper does. When Dipper gets controlling over others, he tends to hold them to the same rigid steps, plans, and standards he holds to himself--especially in the first season, during which he slowly develops out of this. Mabel displays a far more frequent tendency to undermine people's basic autonomy and free will for the sake of her own priorities. This most often comes up regarding romance, in which she considers herself an expert, but her unwillingness to let Dipper (or the rest of the town) make independent life choices due to how these choices upset her personally actually causes a significant portion of the finale's conflict. While this flaw of Mabel's isn't addressed in the finale despite its key role in the plot, it is thematically touched on in [[AesopAmnesia earlier episodes]], such as "Boyz Crazy," "Love God," and "The Stanchurian Candidate" (the latter being an aesop she shares with Dipper), among others. Also, a plot point in "Sock Opera" uses a direct visual metaphor for this: [[spoiler:Bill is only able to take control of Dipper through a deal because Dipper offers Bill one of Mabel's puppets--and due to how Mabel treats Dipper, Bill considers ''Dipper'' one of Mabel's puppets.]] Mabel usually expresses regret over this behavior once the conflict is over.

** She has one during "Sock Opera", realizing that the combination of Dipper's relative passiveness and her own [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious]] [[FatalFlaw selfishness]] often results in her own desires being put before her brother's. Mabel appears to be trying to correct for this by the end of the episode, but she still tends to forget this lesson when she gets extremely emotional or excited, resulting in AesopAmnesia.

* HairDecorations: She usually wears a matching colored hairband to compliment whichever one of her many sweaters that she is wearing. On some occasions, she wears a hairpin during outings, or an oversized bow for parties.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Mabel was never told about the dimensional rift and [[ApocolypseHow what it could do]]. [[spoiler: Bill Cipher used this to his advantage to jump start Weirdmageddon.]]

* BigSisterBully: [[DownplayedTrope While it is more of lighthearted teasing than outright bullying]], she does tease Dipper at times. This is eventually becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} that Dipper is hurt by the teasings and damaging their relationship.