History Characters / GravityFallsMabelPines

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mabel is extremely girly. She likes kittens, [[TextileWorkIsFeminine knitting]], makeup, and bedazzling her face. But beneath that [[LongHairIsFeminine long-haired]], {{pink|MeansFeminine}}-wearing, [[GlurgeAddict cuteness-obsessed]] exterior is a very rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who [[BloodKnight loves to fight and get dirty]], opting for a GrapplingHookPistol instead of a doll as a gift (much to Stan and Dipper's surprise), can apparently [[{{Gasshole}} burp the alphabet]], and [[GamerChick enjoys beating her brother at video games]]. She also has a pet pig named Waddles, and she gets down on the ground with him quite frequently.* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: The girl ''adores'' them. Stuffed animals can usually be seen on her bed and side of the bedroom, and they often feature in her ''Mabel's Guide to Life'' shorts, including ''Mabel's Guide to Dating'', where she has several of them as guests sitting in front of a talk show-like table. A figure in [[spoiler:Mabeland]], is the Stuffed Animal Tree, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a tree that has a myriad of stuffed animals hanging from it]].

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mabel is extremely girly. She likes kittens, [[TextileWorkIsFeminine knitting]], makeup, and bedazzling her face. But beneath that [[LongHairIsFeminine long-haired]], {{pink|MeansFeminine}}-wearing, [[GlurgeAddict cuteness-obsessed]] exterior is a very rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who [[BloodKnight loves to fight and get dirty]], opting 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. She also has a pet pig named Waddles, and she gets down on the ground with him quite frequently.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: The girl ''adores'' them. Stuffed animals can usually be seen on her bed and side of the bedroom, and they often feature in her ''Mabel's Guide to Life'' shorts, including ''Mabel's Guide to Dating'', where she has several of them as guests sitting in front of a talk show-like table. A figure in [[spoiler:Mabeland]], is the Stuffed Animal Tree, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a tree that has a myriad of stuffed animals hanging from it]].

* CoolLoser: Not to the same extent as Dipper, but she's easily as cool, if not cooler than AlphaBitch Pacifica.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Mabel is extremely girly. She likes kittens, [[TextileWorkIsFeminine knitting]], makeup, and bedazzling her face. But beneath that [[LongHairIsFeminine long-haired]], {{pink|MeansFeminine}}-wearing, [[GlurgeAddict cuteness-obsessed]] exterior is a very rough-and-tumble GirlyBruiser who [[BloodKnight loves to fight and get dirtt]], 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. She also has a pet pig named Waddles, and she gets down on the ground with him quite frequently.

* 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. She also has a pet pig named Waddles, and she gets down on the ground with him quite frequently.

** 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 had briefly acknowledged in "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons".]] This 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.

** 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.

* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: She's a quirky girl with strong, sometimes troublesome {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies, as well as the tendency to [[WellIntentionedExtremist inadvertently hurt people]] [[UnwantedAssistance when trying to help them]]. She's still an [[AllLovingHero All-Loving Heroine]] whose heart is nonetheless in the right place.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is often misspelled as "Mable", even though her name appears in the opening credits. Even the back cover of ''VideoGame/GravityFallsLegendOfTheGnomeGemulets'' made this mistake. InUniverse, Soos confesses in "Society of the Blind Eye" that he thought her name was "[[AccidentalMisnaming Maple, like the syrup]]" for a while because no-one corrected him.

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

* LargeHam: You take a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[GenkiGirl feed her a bag of sugar]], give her a [[SweaterGirl massive collection of home-made sweaters]] and a CuteButCacophonic voice that seldom [[NoindoorVoice goes below 75 decibels]], and you've got Mabel Pines. 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.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: This, along with [[52 Route 106InnocentlyInsensitive 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.]]

** Mabel is fond of calling Dipper "DipDop".

* 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.]]

* ProudBeauty: A mild example, but Mabel does seem to be aware of and prize her beauty. In "Gideon Rises", she refers to herself as beautiful, and in "Dreamscaperers", when Bill Cipher turns her into an ugly, green monster while she's [[spoiler:inside Stan's mind]], she flips out and exclaims, "My cuteness! What did you do to my cuteness?".

[[spoiler:'''Bill''']]: Hmm, you didn't seem to have a problem taking it for your own play or ditching him when he needed you. So come to your senses. Gimme the book or your play is ruined. ''[Mabel sighs and begins to hand over the journal]'' [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame There it is. I mean, who would sacrifice everything they've worked for just for their dumb sibling?]]\\

!Mabel Pines

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KristenSchaal\\\
''"When life gives you lemons, draw faces on those lemons and wrap them in a blanket. Ta-daaa! Now you have Lemon Babies."''

** An [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] example in "Blenden's Game" where after being given a lot of candy from the vending machine, she declares her intent to eat it all with the wrappers still on. Seconds later, she's choking on the still-wrapped candy, calling her plan a mistake, and whacking herself in the gut in order to cough it all back out.

** It's less directly addressed that the other above flaws, but underlying both is Mabel's [[ControlFreak tendency towards excessive control of others]] when their priorities differ from hers. This is highlighted in many episodes, particularly "Boyz Crazy," "The Love God," and the plot of the Weirdmaggedon finale. [[spoiler:Mabel's lack of awareness towards boundaries in this matter is why she accepts [[DemonicPossession Billendin's]] offer to freeze Gravity Falls in time and doesn't seem aware of just how much of a moral wrong that is against others' free will and autonomy]]. It's also a plot point in "Sock Opera": [[spoiler:Dipper makes a deal with Bill--Bill gives him the laptop's password, and in exchange, Bill gets one of Mabel's puppets. But because of how Mabel treats Dipper, [[ExactWords Bill considers Dipper to be one of Mabel's puppets.]]]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Blendin's Game", Mabel calls Dipper a "creep" for his PrecociousCrush on Wendy -- despite the fact that she's had crushes on older boys herself, most notably Sev'ral Timez, whom she tried to keep to herself by locking up in the attic.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In "Blendin's Game", Mabel calls Dipper a "creep" for his PrecociousCrush on Wendy - despite the fact that she's had crushes on older boys herself, most notably Sev'ral Timez, whom she tried to keep to herself by locking up in the attic.

* 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 pompadoured and powdered UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. 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 [[Megane boys with glasses]].

* 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 pompadoured and powdered UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. 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 [Megane boys with glasses]].

* 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 pompadoured and powdered UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton. 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.

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

* LargeHam: You take a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[GenkiGirl feed her a bag of sugar]], give her a [[SweaterGirl massive collection of home-made sweaters]] and a [[CuteButCacophonic voice that seldom [[NoindoorVoice goes below 75 decibels]], and you've got Mabel Pines. 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.

* GeniusDitz: Mabel's an [[GenkiGirl energetic]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who has trouble keeping her feet on the ground, but when she focuses, she's just as intelligent as her brother (being skilled at improvising a plan versus his careful planning) and has a number of artistic skills. For example, [[UnlimitedWardrobe all those colorful sweaters Mabel wears]] are knitted by her, and some of them have embedded technology, such as one with a light-bulb on it that actually lights up when pressed (as seen in "Into The Bunker"). 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 and is capable of keeping up with [[BrinayBrunette Dipper]] when they're investigating what happened to Grunkle Stan's wax statue.

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: To a lesser extent than her brother, but still. Particularly so in the ''Mabel's Guide to Life'' shorts.

* WeaponOfChoice: A grappling hook she got in the very first episode, which becomes a ChekhovsGun in the first season finale and began to be used more often in the second season.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Mabel's impulsivity, difficulty with/lack of interest in academic pursuits, short attention span, and constant jumping from one interest to the next (especially where her crushes are concerned) are highly reminiscent of hyperactive-type ADHD.

* 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.

* HiddenDepths: [[WordOfGod Alex Hirsch]] has stated in an interview that this was the reason for having her pick the grappling hook from the gift shop in the first episode: to show that Mabel, in addition to loving boys, sweaters, and pink, is more than willing to take a "crazy ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' gadget" when she gets the chance.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Why she brags about being one millimeter taller than Dipper in "Little Dipper" and jokes that it was proof she was evolving into the "Alpha Twin". She feels as if Dipper is better at her at everything, and his tendency to brag after winning when playing games with her made her feel insecure. WordOfGod also states that Mabel is secretly envious of Dipper for being academically better than her, in contrast to Dipper being jealous of Mabel's social skills.

* OnlyFriend: Heavily implied to be Dipper's closest and most trusted friend pre-series. Which is sad, considering [[WordOfGod Alex Hirsch]] has stated they weren't as close then as they are in Gravity Falls.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Though Mabel is ignorant of a lot of the complexities of others and often accidentally offends without meaning to, WordOfGod says she understands that Dipper's desire to grow up fast is inherently childish. This is shown in "Summerween" when she admits that she knows that she and her brother would inevitably grow out of trick-or-treating.

* BigSisterBully: Played with. While she thinks of it more as lighthearted teasing than outright bullying, she does like to poke at Dipper's insecurities at times, often alongside Stan, because she genuinely thinks she's being funny and charming while doing so. This becomes {{Deconstructed|Trope}} as the show has long hinted, and "Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons'' confirms, that it isn't very lighthearted to Dipper and he's been genuinely hurt by her teasing, which has resulted in damage to their relationship.
* BigSisterInstinct: Not as protective of Dipper as he is of her, but comes fairly close. The "big sister" aspect is also played straight in that she is five minutes older and a millimeter taller than Dipper.