History Characters / GravityFallsMabelPines

** A case of RealityEnsues given her age, and that real people can struggle with these kinds of problems for decades even while fully aware of their tendencies. Her lack of forethought doesn't help any, either.

** This gets [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] in the second season, where her attempts to see the best of any bad situation, despite all evidence to the contrary, can lead to BreakTheCutie moments (such as [[spoiler:when the possibility of Stan being a criminal imposter seemed like an actuality]]), or even full-fledged [[IRejectYourReality denial]]. Her belief that everything will work out in the end also regularly gets challenged and hit with RealityEnsues, like in "Sock Opera" and "The Love God", where her actions don't result in entirely positive outcomes like she thinks they will.

* RealityEnsues: The comic story "Don't Dimension It" deconstructs Mabel's major flaws, showing Mabel that she actually can be rather annoying and even self-destructive. [[spoiler:In particular, without a Dipper around to keep her on track, the ''hundreds'' of other Mabels from across the multiverse that got stranded in this pocket dimension are too impulsive, self-centered or even just unnecessarily upbeat to try and escape from it.]]

[[caption-width-right:200:''"I'll be there with you, brother. Whatever happens, I'll be right here, supporting you every step of the–[[AttentionDeficitOohShiny OH MY GOSH A PIG!!!!!]]"'']]

[[caption-width-right:200:''"Check it out Dipper, I successfully bezazzled my face! Blink! Ow..."'']]

* HasAType: Mabel definitely has a thing for [[PrettyBoy Pretty Boys]], especially [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired ones]]. No fewer than three of the guys she develops crushes on can be called a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Mermando, Gabe Bensen, and Marius von Fundshauser. She's also attracted to Xyler and Kratz, in addition to the members of [[BoyBand Sev'ral Timez]], whom Stan refers to as "bright and radical young men" and "darn beautiful men", respectively. She also mentions a previous crush on "the guy on the $10 bill"--the pomatumed and powdered Alexander Hamilton. Meanwhile the two random boys she's invading the personal spaces of in the music video of the parody song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2btzM13NM "Call Me Mabel"]] seem to be boys with glasses.
* HatesBeingAlone: It is shown in various points in the series that Mabel doesn't like being lonely or the idea of loneliness in general. During the second half of season 2, Mabel notices that her brother Dipper was spending more time with the Author. Making Mabel worried that she'll wind up alone without her brother.

* HasAType: Mabel definitely has a thing for [[PrettyBoy Pretty Boys]], especially [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired ones]]. No fewer than three of the guys she develops crushes on can be called a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Mermando, Gabe Bensen, and Marius von Fundshauser. She's also attracted to Xyler and Kratz, in addition to the members of [[BoyBand Sev'ral Timez]], whom Stan refers to as "bright and radical young men" and "darn beautiful men", respectively. She also mentions a previous crush on "the guy on the $10 bill"--the pomatumed and powdered Alexander Hamilton.
** Meanwhile the two random boys she's invading the personal spaces of in the music video of the parody song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2btzM13NM "Call Me Mabel"]] seem to be boys with glasses.

* BigThinShortTrio: The thin of Grenda’s Big & [[ShorterMeansSmarter Candy’s Short]]

* EnmityWithAnObject: On of Mabel's entries in [[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]] strongly hints that she has disdain over the [[FreakyFridayFlip Electron Carpet]] from ''Carpet Diem'', and hopes that she never sees it again. [[note]] As luck would have it, Dipper told Grunkle Stan to get rid of the Electron Carpet at the end of the episode. [[/note]]

* EnmityWithAnObject: On of Mabel's entries in [[Literature/GravityFallsJournal3 Journal 3]] strongly hints that she has distain over the [[FreakyFridayFlip Electron Carpet]] from ''Carpet Diem'', and hopes that she never sees it again. [[note]] As luck would have it, Dipper told Grunkle Stan to get rid of the Electron Carpet at the end of the episode. [[/note]]

* 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 tries 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.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Downplayed in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''' comic, "Don't Dimension It." In this comic, it's stated that Mabel confessed to [[spoiler:making the selfish deal with who she'd thought was Blendin Blandin and subsequently accidentally starting Weirdmageddon, leading to Dipper placing a sign next to the initial crack in reality labelling it [[NeverMyFault "Mabel's Fault."]]]] In the comic proper, Mabel is sucked into a dimension portal and ends up in Dimension MAB-3L, where she has to deal with numerous alternate versions of herself. Unfortunately, the other Mabels aren't willing to help "Mabel Prime" get back home due to their own [[SkewedPriorities personal quirks]]. [[spoiler:The only one who ''seems'' willing is Anti-Mabel, an evil Mabel who ''intentionally'' caused the damage Mabel Prime caused by ''accident.'' Dealing with these conflicts leads Mabel to have a JerkassRealization, and she vows to become a better person once she retuns home. However, she still faces little to no consequences for her selfish wish that started Weirdmaggedon outside of the jab about "Mabel's Fault," and Dipper still returns to Piedmont with her, so while she faces some minor consequences, she still keeps what she gained from accidentally causing that disaster.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Downplayed in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''' comic, "Don't Dimension It." In this comic, it's stated that Mabel confessed to [[spoiler:making the selfish deal with who she'd thought was Blending Blandin and subsequently accidentally starting Weirdmageddon, leading to Dipper placing a sign next to the initial crack in reality labelling it [[NeverMyFault "Mabel's Fault."]]]] In the comic proper, Mabel is sucked into a dimension portal and ends up in Dimension MAB-3L, where she has to deal with numerous alternate versions of herself. Unfortunately, the other Mabels aren't willing to help "Mabel Prime" get back home due to their own [[SkewedPriorities personal quirks]]. [[spoiler:The only one who ''seems'' willing is Anti-Mabel, an evil Mabel who ''intentionally'' caused the damage Mabel Prime caused by ''accident.'' Dealing with these conflicts leads Mabel to have a JerkassRealization, and she vows to become a better person once she retuns home. However, she still faces little to no consequences for her selfish wish that started Weirdmaggedon outside of the jab about "Mabel's Fault," and Dipper still returns to Piedmont with her, so while she faces some minor consequences, she still keeps what she gained from accidentally causing that disaster.]]

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Downplayed in ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends''' comic, "Don't Dimension It." In this comic, it's stated that Mabel confessed to making the selfish deal with who she'd thought was Blending Blandin and subsequently accidentally starting Weirdmageddon, leading to Dipper placing a sign next to the initial crack in reality labelling it [[NeverMyFault "Mabel's Fault."]] In the comic proper, Mabel is sucked into a dimension portal and ends up in Dimension MAB-3L, where she has to deal with numerous alternate versions of herself. Unfortunately, the other Mabels aren't willing to help "Mabel Prime" get back home due to their own [[SkewedPriorities personal quirks]]. The only one who ''seems'' willing is Anti-Mabel, an evil Mabel who ''intentionally'' caused the damage Mabel Prime caused by ''accident.'' Dealing with these conflicts leads Mabel to have a JerkassRealization, and she vows to become a better person once she retuns home. However, she still faces little to no consequences for her selfish wish that started Weirdmaggedon outside of the jab about "Mabel's Fault," and Dipper still returns to Piedmont with her, so while she faces some minor consequences, she still keeps what she gained from accidentally causing that disaster.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''ComicBook/GravityFallsLostLegends'', Mabel regained her memories of her unknowingly giving Bill Cipher the Dimensional Rift and confessed what she had done. This prompted Dipper to place a sign next to a giant crack caused by the rift called "Mabel's Fault" (Despite the fact the [[NeverMyFault Dipper witheld information about the rift in the first place). In ''Don't Dimension It'', Mabel gets sucked into a dimension portal and ends up in Dimension MAB-3L, where she has to deal with numerous alternate versions of herself. Unfortunately, the other Mabels won't even bother to help Prime-Mabel to get back home due to their own [[SkewedPriorities personal quirks]]. Then there's Anti-Mabel, an evil Mabel who pretends to be Prime-Mabel's friend in need. But Anti-Mabel locks Prime-Mabel in an out house, while Anti-Mabel plans to cause mayhem in Mabel's home dimension. All of these misfortunes led to Mabel to have a JerkassRealization and vows to become a better person once with she retuns home.

* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. Mabel never does anything outright malicious, but she has occasionally teamed up with Stan to make fun of her brother throughout the series, and often uses Dipper's dedication of making her happy to get him to do what she wants, even if it's at great inconvenience to him. All of these flaws have been known to negatively affect her brother, but rarely result in negative consequences for Mabel herself (and while Dipper has done things like this too, he usually [[HumiliationConga pays dearly]] [[YankTheDogsChain if he does]]). [[spoiler: A much more visible example of the same strange lack of consequences for mistakes is Weirdmageddon, in which Mabel makes a very selfish wish while emotionally distressed and accidentally facilitates a localized apocalypse. The rest of her family and the town suffer days of horrific, traumatic, and even torturous experiences as a result, but Mabel is put into her idea of paradise to keep her complacent and unaware, and so she alone is spared most of the consequences of living through her mistake. She even gets what she wanted at the end.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. Mabel never does anything outright malicious, but she has occasionally teamed up with Stan to make fun of her brother throughout the series, and often uses Dipper's dedication of making her happy to get him to do what she wants, even if it's at great inconvenience to him. All of these flaws have been known to negatively affect her brother, but rarely result in negative consequences for Mabel herself (and while Dipper has done things like this too, he usually [[HumiliationConga pays dearly]] [[YankTheDogsChain if he does]]). [[spoiler: A much more visible example of the same strange lack of consequences for mistakes is Weirdmageddon, in which Mabel makes a very selfish wish while emotionally distressed amd accidentally facilitates a localized apocalypse. The rest of her family and the town suffer days of horrific, traumatic, and even torturous experiences as a result, but Mabel is put into her idea of paradise to keep her complacent and unaware, and so she alone is spared most of the consequences of living through her mistake. She even gets what she wanted at the end.]]

* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. Mabel never does anything outright malicious, but she has occasionally teamed up with Stan to make fun of her brother throughout the series, and often uses Dipper's dedication of making her happy to get him to do what she wants, even if it's at great inconvenience to him. All of these flaws have been known to negatively affect her brother, but rarely result in negative consequences for Mabel herself (and while Dipper has done things like this too, he usually [[HumiliationConga pays dearly]] [[YankTheDogsChain if he does]]).

** Being boy-crazy, Mabel has a long list of crushes, including Xyler and Kraz, a pair of TotallyRadical dudes from her favorite movie, ''Dream Boy High''. In addition to being pretty, they have law degrees and can quote Jean-Paul Sartre. Considering they're her idea of the perfect boys, Mabel has very high standards.
*** On that same note, considering that both the Dream Boys and the Judge cat quote philosophical lines, this implies that Mabel is a very philosophical person.

* HatesBeingAlone: It it shown in various points in the series that Mabel doesn't like being lonely or the idea of loneliness in general. During the second half of season 2, Mabel notices that her brother Dipper was spending more time with the Author. Making Mabel worried that she'll wind up alone without her brother.

* HatesBeingAlone: It it shown in various points in the series that Mabel doesn't like being lonely or the idea of loneliness in general. During the second half of season 2, Mabel notices that her brother Dipper was spending more time with the Author. Making Mabel worried that she'll wind up alone withour her brother.

* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a pink flower hairpin in "The Time Traveler's Pig". [[spoiler: It falls out of her hair while she was time-traveling and being chased by Dipper, and becomes one of the time anomalies Blendin was searching for.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: Mabel lacks any signs of breast or hip development that most girls her age are showing. You'd be shocked to find out that she's 12, as by looking at the image of her illustrated above, she could easily pass for an 8 or 9-year-old girl.

* PintSizedKid: Mabel's 12, but has a rather short height that's more in line with an early gradeschooler than an adolescent. Eventually becomes TeensAreShort as she ages up to 13.

* TeensAreShort: As she becomes 13, Mabel retains her PintSizedKid appearance from when she debuted at 12.