History GravityFalls / TropesPToZ

** This also applies to [[spoiler:their great uncles]], possibly even more so. Unlike Mabel and Dipper, who complement each other and still have enough common ground to consistently enjoy each other's presence, [[spoiler:Stanley's and Stanford's]] very different skill sets, priorities and interests drove them apart to the point that they can barely tolerate living under the same roof. Their [[AbusiveParents significantly less]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer supportive environment]] might also have had something to do with it.

** In one episode Mabel tries this, and Dipper angrily responds that they're twins. "Girls mature faster," she says smugly, which is especially ironic [[CloudCuckooLander in their]] [[CloudCuckoolandersMinder case]].

** At the start of "Northwest Mansion Mystery", Dipper is watching a show called [[Series/GhostHunters Ghost Harassers]] on the [[NetworkDecay Used To Be About]] [[Creator/TheHistoryChannel History Channel]]. Other programs include Crawdads in Tiaras and Florida: The Show.

* ToughLove: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Filbrick Pines, Stan's father, was an [[ParentalAbuse emotionally abusive]] {{Jerkass}}. Stan seems to have read his actions as tough love even if it most definitely wasn't, and decided that following dad's example was the best way to toughen up Dipper. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It made their relationship crash so badly Dipper became convinced Stan hated him and wanted him gone]]. Even with knowing Stan does care, there are still signs Dipper's keeping a lot of bad feelings about this bottled up.

** [[spoiler:Mabel is a literal and figurative example in "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future." She attempts to remove Gravity Falls from the time stream so she won't be left alone and won't have to confront her fear of the future, something that has so much Fridge Horror connected to it, fans temporarily assumed it was the terrifying event that "changes everything" promised by Alex Hirsch. But her attempt surprisingly backfires since the person who offered her the deal was possessed by Bill, so it [[BaitAndSwitch instead causes]] [[FromBadToWorse the Apocalypse]].]]

* WhatDoyouMeanItsForKids: For a show on the Disney channel, a fair number of people meet grisly fates.

* RapunzelHair: Mabel, Wendy and Pacifica all sport hair that reaches below their waist.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: One of Mabel's fantasy boys, Kraz, has bright blue hair.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': The two cops in the "A Mouse in 57th Street" short, who go after a mouse who stole a diamond. Only the dumb one is given a name, Muldoon.

** And invoked directly by [[spoiler:Ford]] in Weirdmageddon. [[spoiler:Namely, the town itself is ''so weird'' that Bill and the Henchmaniancs can't escape to wreak weirdness on the rest of the world]].

* TheQuisling: Preston Northwest attempts to be this to [[spoiler:Bill Cipher. Bill isn't amused and instead decides to [[BodyHorror rearrange the features of his face]]]].
** Gideon is a straighter example. [[spoiler:He works for Bill hunting down the Pines twins, although following his HeelFaceTurn, he's forced to dance for Bill in a cage.]]
* QuirkyTown: Even with the paranormal phonomena that surrounds it, Gravity Falls is one kooky place.

* VomitDiscretionShot: In "Carpet Diem", Mabel, in Dipper's body, pukes into a toilet.

** In "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel", Gideon is prepared to murder Dipper for coming between him and Mabel. His eye twitches and his voice becomes very quiet.

* SecretRoom: The Mystery shack has a fair number of them. These include the wax figure storage room (door wallpapered over), the room with the BodySwap rug ([[spoiler:later revealed to be Ford’s room.]]) (door hidden behind a non-revolving bookcase) and the many rooms in the basement (path hidden behind a vending machine).

*** In "Fight Fighters", she gets Rumble McSkirmish to shout, "POOP! POOP AND BUTTS!".

** [[spoiler: Old Man [=McGuckett=]]] was an inventor who worked with the writer of the Journals, until he [[spoiler: invented a memory ray to erase his memories of whatever it was that he was involved in. Repeated use of the memory ray eventually made him crazy and with no memories at all.]]

** [[StreetFighter Rumble McSkirmish.]]

** As [[spoiler: Bill is dying]], he shouts out a phrase in backwards speech: [[spoiler: AXOLOTL / HEY XOLOTL, MY TIME HAS COME TO BURN, I INVOKE THE ANCIENT POWER THAT I MAY RETURN.]] Interestingly enough, while this is a clear reference to Alex Hirsch frequently responding with a picture of an Axolotl when asked spoilery questions, [[spoiler:Xolotl is the name of the [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec god of death... and]] ''[[Myth/AztecMythology twins.]]'']]

* TooBrokenToBreak: The Society of the Blind Eye try to use their memory wiping machine on crazy Old Man McGucket, but it has no effect on him because "you can't break what's already broken!" [[spoiler:It's later revealed that using the machine multiple times to forget the things he's witnessed while working for the Author is what drove him insane in the first place.]]

* WidgetSeries: Definitely the most off-kilter series on the channel. Things literally get very, very weird in the series finale with [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Weirdmageddon]].

* WhatDoyouMeanItsForKids?: Wow! This show has one impressive body count does it not?

** If [[spoiler: Stan admitted he broke Ford's machine, Ford could have repaired it before the science faire, but because he didn't Ford thought that Stan had sabotaged him out of spite, which resulted in Stan being kicked out and starting the brothers' resentment for each other.]]

* VoicesAreMental: In "Carpet Diem", the voices switch along with the characters as they move from body to body, and [[spoiler: Bipper has Bill Cipher's voice coming out of Dipper's mouth]]. In both cases, this is just for audience convenience. None of the other characters seem to notice. Which is a little odd, because [[spoiler:those possessed by Bill get his slit pupil]] as well, and that ''is'' something the characters can see. Also, Soos was able to talk as a pig, something it should not be able to do.

* SecretRoom: The Mystery shack has a fair number of them. These include the wax figure storage room (door wallpapered over), the room with the BodySwap rug (door hidden behind a non-revolving bookcase) and the many rooms in the basement (path hidden behind a vending machine).

* ShowWithinAShow: Many, including ''Duck-Tective'', ''Tiger Fist'', ''Why You Ackin' So Cray-Cray?'', ''Baby Fights'', ''Cash Wheel'', and ''World's Most Terrifying Skydiving''.

** In "Gideon Rises," [[spoiler: Stan reveals to the townspeople that Gideon was illegally spying on them. Gideon is sent to jail, leaving behind the second journal. Dipper and Mabel decide to tell Stan about the journals... unwittingly giving him ''all three journals.'' Because not only did Stan take Gideon's book, he's had the first one all along. The episode ends with Stan ready to open... something.]]
** "Society of the Blind Eye" reveals the truth about the town's WeirdnessCensor and the history of Old Man [=McGucket=], overturning a popular fan theory in the process, before ending with some dark (and ''bloody'') potential foreshadowing.
** "Northwest Mansion Mystery": [[spoiler: The Northwest family as it turns out has been one long chain of cheats, Pacifica has been a victim of abuse and ends her rivalry with the Pines twins, and according to [=McGucket=], the ''apocalypse is coming'' in less than a day]].
** "Not What He Seems": [[spoiler: Stan's been stealing radioactive waste to power his world ending machine and gets arrested by the FBI. The twins discover that the real Stan Pines died in a car crash and that their grunkle is [[TitleDrop not what he seems,]] all leading up to a confrontation as gravity fluctuates when the portal rips open, revealing the author of the journals, Stan's brother.]]
** "Dipper and Mabel Vs. The Future" [[spoiler:ends with Mabel breaking the Rift after she was promised that it would stop time forever, thus unleashing Bill Cipher into the physical world and merging Gravity Falls with the Nightmare Realm]]. Tumblr's reaction was screaming. Just hundreds of posts of screaming.
** "Weirdmageddon Part 1" has [[spoiler:Bill and his extradimensional friends taking over Gravity Falls, the towns' inhabitants captured or scattered. Mabel is trapped inside a magical prison while Ford is frozen by Bill. To make things worse, Bill ''burns the journals and kills the Time Baby''. The only positive thing to happen to the heroes this episode is Gideon's HeelFaceTurn and resulting HeroicSacrifice to give Dipper the opportunity to rescue Mabel.]]