History Characters / GravityFallsMabelPines

* CoolBigSis: She is five minutes older and a millimeter taller than Dipper.

** In "Little Dipper", Mabel responds to Dipper's smug and open glee at his multiple game victories against her by continuously mocking him for being 1 millimeter shorter than her and claiming that this indicates she's "evolv[ed] into the superior sibling" and [[UpToEleven is now the "Alpha Twin,"]] using this to cheerfully deride Dipper for supposedly being inherently inferior to her for the rest of the episode--all of this to the point where others around join in, with Stan gleefully calling Dipper the "object of ridicule" [[{{Troll}} and of course doing his best to make it worse]]. Even after Dipper uses magic to make himself taller in an attempt to get everyone to stop making fun of him, Mabel has the gall to say that it doesn't matter because she'll certainly ''end up'' taller--and thus is still superior to him. Mabel doesn't even have a JerkassRealization at the end like the other examples, instead justifying her actions by claiming Dipper made her feel bad first.

** After Mabel returned from Dimension MAB-3L in Don't Dimension It, [[spoiler: she gave Dipper a brand new journal as an apology for all of the trouble she caused over the summer]].

* ActionGirl: Of the GirlyBruiser variety. She's skilled and [[BloodKnight quite enthusiastic]] in a fight, and she'll take any opportunity available to use her GrapplingHookPistol.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Mabel comes off as (and mostly is) a jovial {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but she's more than capable of keeping up with Dipper on an adventure, she's a [[ActionGirl capable]] and [[BloodKnight enthusiastic]] combatant, and she isn't afraid to [[GoodIsNotSoft step up or put someone in their place when necessary]].

* GirlyBruiser: Mabel loves [[GlurgeAddict kittens and glittery stickers]], but she also packs a mean punch. She's the [[BrainsAndBrawn Brawn]] to Dipper's [[BrainsAndBrawn Brains]] and is always up for kicking some butt.

* GuileHero: Mabel's mostly an ActionGirl who prefers to shoot now and ask questions later, but she has her occasional moments of cunning. For example, she pulls a BatmanGambit in "Tourist Trapped" when she tricks a gnome into separating from his fellow gnomes by offering to kiss him, and then [[spoiler: uses a leaf blower when he's close enough to suck him in and shoot him into the forest]].

** Conversely, Mabel is the {{Tomboy}} to Pacifica's GirlyGirl. Mabel is an unapologetic goofball with no qualms about eating an old taco from behind a car seat, whereas Pacifica is a vain AlphaBitch (later LovableAlphaBitch) who's repulsed by the idea of eating in a car, period. While Mabel does love makeovers and bejeweling her face, she isn't nearly as interested in looks as Pacifica is. She's also a rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who looks forward to adventure, while Pacifica (despite being a capable ActionGirl when necessary) seems to view adventuring and fighting purely as a means to an end.

* AffectionateNickname: Soos occasionally refers to Mabel as "hambone". Stan calls her "sweetie" or, more rarely, "pumpkin".

* ApologyGift: After Mabel returned from Dimension MAB-3L in ''Don't Dimension It'', [[spoiler: she gave Dipper a brand new journal as an apology for all of the trouble she caused over the summer]].
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Not as bad as Soos, but chances are she will be distracted by something. The more shiny, unusual, or an animal, the better.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future", [[spoiler:she makes a wish for time to stop so she wouldn't have to face her problems and Dipper wouldn't leave her so soon. [[DemonicPossession "Blendin"]] offers her a "Time Bubble" to do just that, if only she'd hand over a [[SealedEvilinACan mysterious item]] in her brother's possession. She does, is immediately sealed inside a bubble, and gets her wish fulfilled [[ApocalypseHow in the most brutal way possible]]. Even more in line with this trope, she's then trapped in a LotusEaterMachine that creates her idea of the perfect paradise, making it simply ''too hard'' for [[WeakWilled Mabel]] to reject]].
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Beauty to Candy's Brains and Grenda's Brawn. Also the Beauty to Dipper's Brains and Soos's Brawn.
* BenevolentBoss: Mabel starts as this in "Boss Mabel" until she snaps at Wendy's idleness and Soos' mediocrity.

* BrainsAndBrawn: Usually the Brawn to Dipper's Brain, but both he and Mabel function as the Brains to Soos's, Wendy's, or Stan's Brawn, depending on who's with them at the time.

* BreakTheComedian: Mabel is by far the funniest and most exuberant member of the Pines family, delighting in bad jokes, madcap schemes and luridly colourful art projects. Though a few episodes hit her with a HeroicBSOD, she always manages to bounce back. However, in the episode "Dipper And Mabel vs The Future," she finds herself facing a few too many misfortunes at once: summer is almost over, high school is just around the corner, her friends admit that they won't be able to make it to her birthday party, and she's out of contact with Dipper all day, leaving her deeply depressed. Then she finds out that [[spoiler: Grunkle Ford has offered to take Dipper on as an apprentice - meaning that Mabel will be at home without her twin brother for the first time]]. This discovery sends her running out of the Mystery Shack in tears, and for a long period of time, she's not even in the mood to ''pretend'' to be funny.

* BrotherSisterTeam: She has a refreshing one with Dipper, as they are not constantly bickering and make a remarkable duo. [[spoiler:This lack of arguing is deconstructed in the latter half of the second season, as them ceasing to discuss their problems with each other results in PoorCommunicationKills.]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mabel has an... interesting way of thinking. This is deconstructed in "Irrational Treasure" when Pacifica chastises her for being silly, and Mabel tries to be more serious thereafter. Her Cloudcuckoolander tendencies end up saving the day, resulting in her proudly embracing her oddness.
-->'''Stan''': Oy! You are never gonna make sense, are you, kid?
-->'''Mabel''': No, I'm not, Grunkle Stan. No, I'm not. Mabel, away! ''(Jumps backward and a crashing sound is heard)''
-->'''Mabel''': I'm okay!

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In "Irrational Treasure". Justified, as the mystery was set up by [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike another Cloudcuckoolander.]]

* TheCutie: She's so cute because of how cheery and playful she is.

* DeconstructedTrope: 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.]]

* ExtremeOmnivore: Inferred in "Fight Fighters", Mabel's drinks contain a strange cyclops troll doll and several dice in a green fluid. An episode in the next season represents the drink as pink and with plastic dinosaurs in it.
** Mabel ate a whole tube of toothpaste in "Headhunters" because "it was so sparkly..."
** She ''somehow'' coughs out bezazzle sequins perfectly onto Gideon's suit in "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel".
** She once had to go to the hospital because she ate [[http://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/cbotn79 scratch and sniff stickers.]] This didn't stop her from eating a sticker in "The Golf War" in an attempt to [[spoiler:stop the Lilliputtians from fighting over it.]] Of course, it was only one sticker and wasn't a scratch-and-sniff.
** The intro for the "Mabel's Guide to Dating" short has a clip of "Mabel's Guide to Eating Non-Foods", where she eats a leaf.

* GeniusDitz: She seems like your average {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, but "Headhunters" shows that she's an incredibly talented artist and is capable of keeping up with [[BrainyBrunette Dipper]] when they're investigating what happened to Grunkle Stan's wax statue. She also is capable of solving a puzzle others have been trying to solve for centuries, though admittedly most of the clues were discovered on accident while she was goofing off.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Beneath that [[LongHairIsFeminine long-haired]], {{pink|MeansFeminine}}-wearing, [[GlurgeAddict cuteness-obsessed]] exterior is a very rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who [[BloodKnight loves to fight]], opts for a GrapplingHookPistol instead of a doll as a gift (much to Stan and Dipper's surprise), can apparently [[{{Gasshole}} burp the alphabet]], and enjoys beating her brother at video games.

* GoodIsNotSoft: Mabel's as lovable as they come, but don't mistake that lovability for fragility. She doesn't hesitate to attack Gideon when she sees him hurting her brother, and in "The Last Mabelcorn", when Celestabellebethabelle's true colors are exposed and she taunts Mabel over it, Mabel responds by punching her in the snout and instigating a fight.
** The episodes "Boss Mabel" and "The Last Mabelcorn" both deal with Mabel coming to terms with the fact that being a nice, good person doesn't equate to being a pushover.
* GrapplingHookPistol: One of her iconic items, gained as a gift from Stan in "Tourist Trapped". [[spoiler: At the end of "Gideon Rises", Mabel uses the grappling hook to save Dipper and herself from certain death.]]

* HalfIdenticalTwins: With Dipper. Downplayed, as they have distinct hairstyles, dress differently, and have contrasting personalities.

* HehHehYouSaidX: Giggled about the phrase "booby traps".

* IconicOutfit: Mabel is hardly ever seen without a turtleneck sweater of some kind, and her default one is pink-colored with a picture of a shooting star.

* InLoveWithLove: One of her goals is to have an "epic summer romance", and she's very keen on [[TheMatchmaker helping other people get their own romance]] as well. However, she seems to have a pretty poor idea of how love works, considering how often she tries to force love when it isn't there. In one of the shorts, she exclaims that if love doesn't work, "force it."

* LargeHam: Sometimes she can be really over the top. [[http://www.reddit.com/r/gravityfalls/comments/1kgq85/i_am_alex_hirsch_creator_of_gravity_falls_ask_me/cbosagy The creator even describes her as this.]] She's especially like this around her pet ''pig'', Waddles.

* LaughOfLove: In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E15TheDeepEnd The Deep End]]", Mabel laughs and says "You're so funny!" when Mermando, a merman she develops a crush on, jokingly compliments her on her lack of water wings. Soon afterwards, Mermando laughs as she combs his hair, which causes her to think that he likes her.

* MagicSkirt: For some reason, her skirt stays in place despite the crazy stunts she does.

* TheOnlyOneITrust: While Dipper has yet to truly be betrayed by anybody, the journal he finds warns him not to trust anyone in Gravity Falls. Dipper decides that there is one person he can always trust: Mabel. In "Not What He Seems", [[spoiler: she ends up betraying that trust by letting the portal beneath the shack activate, choosing to place her faith in Stan's convictions over Dipper's caution. Dipper doesn't seem to hold it against her, though]].

* PubescentBraces: Mabel wears braces which, according to Dipper in "Carpet Diem", whistle when she breathes.
* RedOniBlueOni: Dipper is the (usually) calm and collected Blue, as opposed to Mabel's off-the-wall, wacky Red.

* StrongGirlSmartGuy: With Dipper. She's the one more accustomed to fighting, he's the logical twin who is a GuileHero.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: Though she always wears turtleneck sweaters, they all have different patterns. Mabel switches sweaters every episode and if the episode takes place over the course of a few days she'll switch. She wears ''at least'' 6 sweaters in "The Hand That Rocks The Mabel" alone.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Her hair [[RapunzelHair reaches down to her waist]] and she's quite girly.

* RapunzelHair: Her hair is long enough that when Dipper flipped it over, it covered her whole face. Even considering their cartoony proportions, her hair goes at least all the way down her back.

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* BerserkButton:
** It is not a good idea to get between her and a boy she fancies. This is best shown in the pilot, "Tourist Trapped", and although [[LoveMakesYouEvil she continues to have problems with this for the rest of the series]], she stops reacting as violently after this episode.
** Getting in between her and Waddles, or causing harm to Waddles, is another way to make her completely shut you out. In "The Time Traveler's Pig", she [[spoiler: gives Dipper the silent treatment when he inadvertently causes her to lose Waddles]], and likewise gives Stan the silent treatment in "The Land Before Swine" for the same reason.

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[[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | Mabel Pines | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

The Mystery Shack ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | Mabel Pines | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

The Mystery Shack ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]-]]]

!![[center:[[Characters/GravityFalls Index]]: [[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | Mabel Pines | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]]]

** In "Weirdmaggedon Part 2," [[spoiler:Mabel creates [[ReplacementGoldfish Dippy Fresh]] to be, according to her, a better and more supportive replacement for her brother. With the exception of basic physical features, Dippy Fresh is absolutely nothing like Dipper in any way, ultimately demonstrating, in that moment, Mabel's complete rejection of value in the real Dipper's traits and personality--''[[KickTheDog directly to Dipper's face.]]'' Mabel eventually rescinds her preference for Dippy Fresh in the resolution of the episode, choosing to return to the real world with the real Dipper.]]

!![[center:[[Characters/GravityFalls Index]]: [[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | Mabel Pines | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsSoos Soos]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsWendyCorduroy Wendy Corduroy]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]]]

!![[center:[[Characters/GravityFalls Index]]: [[Characters/GravityFallsMysteryShack The Mystery Shack]] ([[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] | Mabel Pines | [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]]) | [[Characters/GravityFallsTheAuthor The Author]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsAdults Adults of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsYouth Youth of Gravity Falls]] | [[Characters/GravityFallsCreaturesAndOtherOddities Creatures and other Oddities]]]]

* 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 serious personal consequences for her 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.]]

* InstantExpert: She was able to use Gideon's mystic amulet to save him and Dipper after both fell down a cliff, even though she got it mere seconds ago.

** Though everytime before bed, she does always wear the nightgown with the image of a 3.5 floppy disk on it. FridgeLogic being that she is perhaps saving at the end of each waking day?

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Mabel occasionally uses Yiddish phrases such as "Mazel tov!", and "sweet Moses!". It puts a rather interesting spin as she adopted a pet pig and refused to eat a lobster. Creator/AlexHirsch originally stated that [[https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/547218052178145280 the Pines family is not canonically Jewish]], but after the release of Journal 3, he responded that the Pines twins probably had a similar upbringing to his own, with [[https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/758547032554344448 Stan raised Jewish while Dipper and Mabel were raised non-religiously]], though both Christian and Jewish holidays are celebrated at Mabel's insistence.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Beneath that [[LongHairIsFeminine long-haired]], [[PinkIsFeminine pink-wearing]], [[GlurgeAddict cuteness-obsessed]] exterior is a very rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who [[BloodKnight loves to fight]], opts for a GrapplingHookPistol instead of a doll as a gift (much to Stan and Dipper's surprise), can apparently [[{{Gasshole}} burp the alphabet]], and enjoys beating her brother at video games.

** In "Boss Mabel", she and Stan arrange a bet involving her being the Mystery Shack's boss for three days. In keeping with her [[AllLovingHero all-loving]], [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] personality, prior to and at the beginning of the arrangement, she honestly believes that just being nice and letting the Shack's employees [[ExtremeDoormat do absolutely anything they want]] will yield positive results. [[{{Understatement}} It doesn't work out as planned]], and she eventually realizes that [[GoodIsNotSoft sometimes in life, you have to put your foot down]]. She spends the first half of the episode looking [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Mabel%27s_the_Boss_Now literally wide-eyed]].

* AesopAmnesia: A case of realistic outcome 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.

* AesopAmnesia:

** A case of realistic outcome 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.

* 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.]] Unfortunately, those moments of greater self-awareness [[AesopAmnesia have yet to last long enough to prevent her from going right back to square one by the next episode]].