History Fanfic / RunGifocalypse

A fairly strange ForWantOfANail situation, this tells a strange tale with a bit of an [[ExcusePlot excuse backstory]]: Instead of making a deal with Bill after the events of "The Stanchurian Candidate," Gideon had kept a second page of the journal in his hair detailing a spell that can communicate with a vengeful spirit, and give it a new body. Of everyone that had died/lost a body in ''Gravity Falls'', only one of them caught his interest that still held a grudge on the Pines: [=.GIFfany=]. While technically not ''dead'' dead, she fits the "lost body, wandering soul" criteria enough for the spell to work on. He brings her back in an attempt at a VillainTeamUp, even getting a special form of spell that gives her a powerful phyiscal form while keeping all of her powers... and things go wrong. Gideon attempt to reverse the physical body spell on [=.GIFfany=] and wipe her memory, but she eventually finds the Pine twins and recovers. Following this, she rushes off to collect as many other copies of her game as she could, first to undo Gideon's inflicted disfiguration, then to start an army for an unclear goal that involves forcing Soos to enjoy her latest "project" that takes full advantage of her new powers.

In late 2018, Great Pikmin Fan started remaking the story from the ground up, with changes such as more screentime devoted to building the worlds of the early domains. It will ''not'' have the goal of updating monthly, instead being worked on with some consideration to avoid rushed plotlines (as Fan felt that happened to the original finale and the TimeSkip "extra" chapter, being ashamed of several elements in the former and just about all of the latter). The story, retitled ''Run: [=.GIFocalypse=] Rebooted'', was released on the fourth anniversary of "Soos and the Real Girl" and can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13072871/1/Run-GIFocalypse-Rebooted here.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Something admitted by the author. The first three chapters come off as being very strange tonally from the rest of the story. ''run:gifocalypse'' resorted to various out-there jokes like the store clerk trying to ''pull a shotgun'' on revived-[=.GIFfany=] while she was in a glitchy state or using the "Notice me senpai" meme (the latter of which Fan explicitely regrets and eventually retconned). Both Rose's and Kathody's domain had either a creature from canon or a very similar creature as a semi-important plot element, something that has since died down in favor for original creatures or just focusing on the AI copies. Additionally, the first two threats after Rose ''are'' genuinely assholeish, while the professors afterwards have some kind of extra depth to them. Though Kathody and Searah had some retroactive development.

** Most of the time, Soos's actions with the other copies (particularly the professors) are platonic at best. Other times, especially near the end, the story can feel like it's setting him up to be in a colossal [=.GIFfany=] orgy. Rose in particular outright hits on him near the end of Chapter 2, but that can be chalked to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness to an extent. Dove is also notably chummy with him despite her misanthropy otherwise, but that's mitigated by the fact that she [[spoiler:captures him and blasts him off to be with his abusive ex-girlfriend in space.]] The crowning champion of all of this is the ending just before the epilogue, which throws whole trees in to the fire by [[spoiler:having them all hugging naked as they fell from outer space. Oh, and while they're going down to Earth via a group hug from the top of a big pile, the narrative mentions that he, [=.GIFfany=], and Melody are all embarassed. When Stan mentions Soos "blurting his guts," they get even more flustered. Word of God confirmed just before the chapter's release that Soos had an involuntary ejaculation in that scene]]. Since they're all screwing each-other (and with Melody thrown in the mix, and Rumble in ''Journals'') in both ''Journals of Wisdom, Power, and Courage'' and ''Escape From Fanservice Island'', GPF retroactively ''threw a bucket of gasoline on the fire'' back in ''run:gifocalypse''.

* AscendedExtra: The prior players appear more often and have more of a role in the reboot than the original, with Kenny (Rose's last player) in particular being something of a secondary character throughout the first chapter instead of just being seen, briefly, at the very beginning before disappearing until the end.

* {{Irony}}: Risen is the "canonical" [=.GIFfany=], and as a result has more of a tie to a kid-friendly show with a company ''generally'' associated with kid-friendly media. In other words, she's the closest to the "Disney-ish" of them all (which isn't saying much). Yet she's also more sexualized than her OC sisters that dress in much less. She's also the only copy to have her nipples explicitely described -- giving the impression that, in the finale, her breasts are supposed to be "uncensored." (This is less surprising considering how one of the copies is an expy of [[Anime/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic Paimon]] design-wise.)

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11702033/1/run-gifocalypse run:gifocalypse]]'' (yes, stylized like that, at least at first) is a ''Gravity Falls'' fan fiction "miniseries" by @/GreatPikminFan. As the title implies, it is largely [=.GIFfany=]-centric; she acts as the predominating villain, while she has her own share of "minions" that serve as the villain for each chapter.

* {{Irony}}: Risen is the "canonical" [=.GIFfany=], and as a result has more of a tie to a kid-friendly show with a company ''generally'' associated with kid-friendly media. In other words, she's the closest to the "Disney-ish" of them all (which isn't saying much). Yet she's also more sexualized than her OC sisters that dress in much less. She's also the only copy to have her nipples explicitely described -- giving the impression that, in the finale, her breasts are supposed to be "uncensored." (This is less surprising considering how one of the copies is an expy of [[Anime/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Paimon]] design-wise.)

** Unlike [[SelfFanservice a portion of]] ''Gravity Falls'' fanworks, Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, and Bill are untouched, as well as everyone that isn't [=.GIFfany=]. ''But'', [=.GIFfany=] herself has an army of copies that go around near- or completely naked, there is an occasional joke played about the state of dress, and even the [=.GIFfany=] that started this whole mess is described in detail after [[SexySurfacingShot emerging from a tub naked]] and spanking herself on the ass. It all tries to stay within a T rating -- barely -- but the fic still contains content that would obviously not air on canon even with its [[Radar/GravityFalls track record]].[[note]]Or, at the '''very''' least, warrant a rating change.[[/note]] This escalates until the final chapter briefly describes [=.GIFfany=]'s nipples (both of her physical form and of her [[FanDisservice considerably less humanoid and more grotesque]] OneWingedAngel form) In a '''T'''-rated story. ''run:gifocalypse'' in its entirety is this trope to anything Great Pikmin Fan wrote prior that isn't part of the ''FanFic/SBIGSeries'' (he's generally more lax with that), as before this fic the farthest he had gone was ''Total Zeksmit Plains'', which is generally not worse than making everyone a WalkingSwimsuitScene and having a "naked challenge" where the nudity isn't described in detail.

* TheLostWoods: Gravity Falls forest as usual, except it fits the theme of "forest as a video game area" when part of it becomes Rose's domain.

* ScaryShinyGlasses: It's unknown if the bispecticaled copes actually ''need'' glasses or if they're just there to give a {{Meganekko}} look, but [[spoiler:Second-Generation Professor Courtlyn]]'s glasses glare over during her battle with the townsfolk.

** Subverted with Professor [=.GIFfany=]/The Risen One. Her schoolgirl outfit is relatively modest compared to her major sisters, with the PantyShot risk being the only risque element. However, in one part of chapter 9 ''alone'', she skyrocketed to being the ''most'' sexualized of them all. She [[SexySurfacingShot emerges from a bath completely naked]], the story gives a description of her [[DistractedByMyOwnSexy admiring her naked body in the mirror]], and even spanking herself for good measure -- then she fantasizes about making out with Soos on a bed, if fully clothed.

* BeastMaster: This is how Professor Cardia's ability manifests -- as animal possession, although it's implied she can also use plain-old meat to her side in other ways as well. She has no ''actual'' Main Possession, as in her words meat is too "temporary," but for all intents and purposes [[spoiler:the dragon that she takes over]] is treated as her Main Possession. She can also partly possess humans, but to a far more limited extent compared to her animal-possession and not ''nearly'' as well as Bill.

* RealityEnsues: Professor Wendy attempts to, for all intents and purposes, possess a tornado and fight the gang from within just to see how they would beat her. What she failed to realize is that tornados are ''far'' more destructive than she thought. [[spoiler:She ends up capturing them ''by accident'', and flips out when [=.GIFfany=] comes over in person to congratulate her.]]

** Dian out of the professor group. She's covered neck-to-toe in her default outfit, and has gas masks that could cover her face. Even when her outfit's "damaged" form (which they get to decide ''what's'' damaged and what isn't) amounts to only a few cuts and would be acceptable in public anyway. Unlike most examples of this trope, the reason for this appears to be pure RuleOfFunny[[note]]Fan feels no real closeness to her given how she's absent for the first eight chapters, and even in ''her own chapter'' she barely gets any screentime compared to the copies who took over her domain. She's an adult just like every single other copy (and not only acts like it, but generally even ''more'' mature than the others, reluctance aside), so there's no TokenMiniMoe or JailBait issues at play. There's barely left to imagine considering how most of the [=.GIFfany=] copies share the same body template, and nothing suggests that her figure is any different from the default. And she's obviously not the lead character[[/note]], or at most reflective of how little Dian wants to participate in... well, ''anything'' due to her extreme neutrality. [[spoiler:By the finale, however, she's left completely naked as with all of the other copies.]]

** The story ''heavily'' implies some stuff going on between Ford and Burnda, given how quick they are to become friends. Ford even outright says that he trusts Burnda over his own brother, but this was as the fic took place when they hated each-other. ''Escape From Fanservice Island'' makes this more explicit, as their counterparts there both cram in to a mine cart ride while naked, his junk pressed up against her ass. Ultimately, both of them stay single in ''run:gifocalypse'', and in ''Escape From Fanservice Island'', Burnda (or, the Fire Squad Captain, as she's called there) is definitely [[{{Polyarmory}} "just"]] in a relationship with Soos, Melody, and the other artificial women that are '''not''' considered her sisters in that AU.

* DrugsAreBad: Professor Sandy has herbs that are implied to be some heavy stuff. She's a complete idiot while she's stoned on them, but pretty damn intelligent when sober. Spinoffs explore this more.

** Chapter 9. After a relatively long description of [=.GIFfany=] emerging from a bath, looking at her new, non-pixelly body in the mirror, ''smacking herself in the ass'', and getting drssed, she proceeds to [[spoiler:leap on a bed (fully clothed, oddly enough) and start making out with a Soos dummy. The fact that she makes "dry heaving noises" according to the narrative implies that she's not that good of a kisser to begin with, or it's because she's kissing something without a mouth to begin with. If that's not bad enough, she has a Melody dummy watch while dangling over a fake pit of sharks. She drops the Melody dummy in the pit of sharks, simulates downloading Soos's brain into her, and falls back while yelling "Soos x [=.GIFfany=] forever!" over and over until she notices that Stan saw the entire thing.]] The whole sequence serves two purposes: [[spoiler:finally convincing Stan that [=.GIFfany=] is not someone he would want to side with]], and reminding the readers that [[HotterAndSexier (this)]] [=.GIFfany=] can be sexual yet also pretty crazy.

** Unlike [[SelfFanservice a portion of]] ''Gravity Falls'' fanworks, Dipper, Mabel, Wendy, and Bill are untouched, as well as everyone that isn't [=.GIFfany=]. ''But'', [=.GIFfany=] herself has an army of copies that go around near- or completely naked, there is an occasional joke played about the state of dress, and even the [=.GIFfany=] that startd this whole mess is described in detail after emerging from a tub naked and spanking herself on the ass. It all tries to stay within a T rating -- barely -- but the fic still contains content that would obviously not air on canon even with its [[Radar/GravityFalls track record]].[[note]]Or, at the '''very''' least, warrant a rating change.[[/note]] This escalates until the final chapter briefly describes [=.GIFfany=]'s nipples (both of her physical form and of her [[FanDisservice considerably less humanoid and more grotesque]] OneWingedAngel form) In a '''T'''-rated story. ''run:gifocalypse'' in its entirety is this trope to anything Great Pikmin Fan wrote prior that isn't part of the ''FanFic/SBIGSeries'' (he's generally more lax with that), as before this fic the farthest he had gone was ''Total Zeksmit Plains'', which is generally not worse than making everyone a WalkingSwimsuitScene and having a "naked challenge" where the nudity isn't described in detail.

* SubvertedKidsShow: The story itself is one. In short, it starts out looking like the "T" rating is an overestimation, and ends feeling like it was more of an ''under''estimation. In long: By the beginning a few nonsexualized naked jokes (albeit with female nudity, which [[DoubleStandard tends to get the stricter end of the stick when it comes to such content]]) and slightly revealing costumes are all it really had, which is still about on-par with Pyronica's canonical design. Then the fifth chapter is about... dragons being processed in to fast food. An oddball, yes, but still not ''that'' far from what the show deals with. The chapter immediately after that is something of a HotSpringsEpisode and the one after that makes liberal use of naked BodyPaint, but then after that things tone down a little. Until [=.GIFfany=] emerges from a tub, naked, and smacks herself in the ass in Chapter 9, with a graphic and ''definitely'' sexual description that stops just short of actually going in to detail of her privates. It even teases about her ''nipples,'' by deliberately wording her eyes to make it sound like the narrative is talking about her breasts when they're not. By Chapter 10 the story briefly dives in to a horror-fest with Shannon's domain and, to further the effect of the CerebusSyndrome, [[spoiler:the first actual swear comes in. At no point prior was anything on the level of "damn" or "ass" uttered, and then Shannon just goes full-blown "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, PINES!"]] And with [[TheDragon Dove]] and the ''entire'' MindScrew endgame with [=.GIFfany=], which involves [[spoiler:her turning the Planet Negation Girl/Construction Site in to a colossal Body Horror mecha]] ends with [[spoiler:an "uncensored" description of her bare chest, nipples and all]], it's obvious that ''run:gifocalypse'' is on a different level from ''Gravity Falls'' content-wise. This was all intentional, to help emphasize the SerialEscalation and the "further from home" aspect of the story.

** [=.GIFfany=]'s emergence from her tub and the method she gets dressed by telekinetically controlling her clothing in chapter 9 is much like one of Ragyo's earliest scenes in ''Anime/KillLaKill''. In the Official Ending, [[spoiler:the main character falls from space, ends up losing his clothes, and gets saved from certain death by a group of other, equally nude characters leaping in to save him.]]

** Subverted with Professor [=.GIFfany=]/The Risen One. Her schoolgirl outfit is relatively modest compared to her major sisters, with the PantyShot risk being the only risque element. However, in one part of chapter 9 ''alone'', she skyrocketed to being the ''most'' sexualized of them all. She emerges from a bath completely naked, the story gives a description of her admiring her naked body in the mirror, and even spanking herself for good measure -- then she fantasizes about making out with Soos on a bed, if fully clothed.

** A rather dark one in regards to the alternate DownerEnding. In chapter 5, Burnda mentions that she hates seeing [[RainbowLite a rainbow without the color blue.]] In [[AlternateEnding chapter 14,]] [[spoiler:the brainwashed Burnda notes that Searah is the only first-generation copy not yet assimilated with [=.GIFfany=] (and also the only copy not assimilated ''period''), which means that when it comes to the main copies, their "rainbow" is missing blue. She points that out.]]

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Subverted with the professors. They are more developed than an average "miniboss group" (but are so untraditional in group formation that they would certainly ''not'' qualify as a FiveBadBand by ''any'' stretch) and a few of them are not automatically hostile towards the protagonists.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11702033/1/run-gifocalypse run:gifocalypse]]'' (yes, stylized like that) is a ''Gravity Falls'' fan fiction "miniseries" by @/GreatPikminFan. As the title implies, it is largely [=.GIFfany=]-centric; she acts as the predominating villain, while she has her own share of "minions" that serve as the villain for each chapter.

Finally, Great Pikmin Fan has considered remaking the story from the ground up, with changes such as more screentime devoted to building the worlds of the early domains, with the remade beginning slated for 2018's anniversary of [=.GIFfany=]'s canonical episode. It will ''not'' have the goal of updating monthly, instead being worked on with some consideration to avoid rushed plotlines (as Fan felt that happened to the original finale and the TimeSkip "extra" chapter, being ashamed of several elements in the former and just about all of the latter). Fan teased the idea of the [=.GIFfanys=] [[ImprobablyFemaleCast finally]] having SpearCounterpart[=s=] repeatedly.

!! This Trope List Was Exported Straight From Professor Troper's Domain!

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Beginning late December of 2015, the story concluded exactly one year after it began on 2016, with a three-part "Official Ending" and a single-part "Special Ending."[[note]]Meaning that, yes, the entire fan fic predates ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''[[/note]] On Valentine's Day of 2017, however, Great Pikmin Fan added a "bonus" chapter set after a four-year TimeSkip (placing it roughly around the same time that the story proper was written instead of 2012). The "professors" introduced here were originally meant to be a one-off-ish QuirkyMinibossSquad, but Fan liked the depth and variety he gave their characters, and they have (significantly smaller) roles returning in ''[[FanFic/SBIGSeries The Journals of Wisdom, Power, and Courage]]'' as well as (the quite [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]], but not pornographic) ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12323696/1/Escape-From-Fanservice-Island Escape From Fanservice Island]]'', which in itself updated nearly monthly until a hiatus through early 2018, before its thirteenth and final chapter (fourteenth counting an "Intermission.") was released in April of 2018.