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** "Little Dipper" is a play on another name for the constellation Ursa Major, and it involves Dipper getting tired of Mabel teasing him for being slightly shorter and setting out to make himself taller with some magic size-changing crystals.
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** "Little Dipper" is a play on another name for the constellation Ursa Major, Minor, and it involves Dipper getting tired of Mabel teasing him for being slightly shorter and setting out to make himself taller with some magic size-changing crystals.
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** "Blendin's Game" is a play on ''Literature/EndersGame'', and features a vengeful Blendin Blandin (from "The Time Traveler's Pig") challenging Dipper and Mabel to a series of gladiator games.
** "The Stanchurian Candidate" is a reference to ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate", and features Dipper and Mabel resorting to mind control to make their Grunkle Stan, who's running for mayor of Gravity Falls, behave himself on the campaign trail.
** "The Stanchurian Candidate" is a reference to ''Film/TheManchurianCandidate", and features Dipper and Mabel resorting to mind control to make their Grunkle Stan, who's running for mayor of Gravity Falls, behave himself on the campaign trail.
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** When [[MetaGuy Soos]] tells a story in "Bottomless Pit!", he averts and lampshades this trope with his story: "Soos' Really Great Pinball Story: Is That a Good Title? Do They Have to be Like Puns or Whatever?"
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** "The Land Before Swine" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', and features Mabel's pet pig Waddles being abducted by a pterosaur and taken to a LostWorld in the caves beneath Gravity Flals.
** When [[MetaGuy Soos]] tells a story in "Bottomless Pit!", he averts and lampshades this trope with his story: "Soos' Really Great Pinball Story: Is That a Good Title? Do They Have to be Like Puns or Whatever?"
** When [[MetaGuy Soos]] tells a story in "Bottomless Pit!", he averts and lampshades this trope with his story: "Soos' Really Great Pinball Story: Is That a Good Title? Do They Have to be Like Puns or Whatever?"
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** "The Land Before Swine" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', and features Mabel's pet pig Waddles being abducted by a pterosaur and taken to a LostWorld in the caves beneath Gravity Flals.
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**When [[MetaGuy Soos]] tells The season 2 premiere "Scary-oke" is a story in "Bottomless Pit!", he averts play on ''karaoke'', and lampshades this trope with his story: "Soos' Really Great Pinball Story: Is That the climax of the episode involves Dipper, Mabel, and Stan using the power of song to defeat a Good Title? Do They Have swarm of zombies attacking the Mystery Shack's grand re-opening party.
** "The Golf War" is a play on UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, and features Mabel and Pacifica's rivalry culminating in a game of mini-golf.
** "Sock Opera" is a play on "rock opera", and involves Mabel putting on an elaborate sock puppet musical to impress a guy.
** "Soos and the Real Girl" is a reference to ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl'', and involves Soos playing a dating sim whose heroine turns out to beLike Puns or Whatever?"[[{{Yandere}} a violently jealous]] [[AIIsACrapshoot artificial intelligence]].
** "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is a play on ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', and the plot involves Stan regaling a lost tourist with a series of "Tales Designed To Sell My Merchandise".
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** "The Golf War" is a play on UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, and features Mabel and Pacifica's rivalry culminating in a game of mini-golf.
** "Sock Opera" is a play on "rock opera", and involves Mabel putting on an elaborate sock puppet musical to impress a guy.
** "Soos and the Real Girl" is a reference to ''Film/LarsAndTheRealGirl'', and involves Soos playing a dating sim whose heroine turns out to be
** "Little Gift Shop of Horrors" is a play on ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'', and the plot involves Stan regaling a lost tourist with a series of "Tales Designed To Sell My Merchandise".
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* Aside from the obvious PunnyName of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', there's also the episodes "Tourist Trapped", "Headhunters", "The Hand That Rocks the Mabel", "Double Dipper", "Irrational Treasure", "Little Dipper", "Carpet Diem", and "[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime The Land Before Swine]]". And that's just the first season...
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* Aside from the obvious PunnyName of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', there's also the a number of episodes with punny titles:
** "TouristTrapped", "Headhunters", Trapped" introduces the setting of the Mystery Shack, a TrashyTouristTrap where Dipper and Mabel are spending the summer, and has the twins discover some strange goings-on in town when some lonely gnomes ''trap'' Mabel and try to force her to become their queen.
** "Headhunters" involves Dipper and Mabel literally trying to hunt down the stolen head of a wax sculpture of their Grunkle Stan.
** "The Hand That Rocks theMabel", Mabel" is a reference to ''Film/TheHandThatRocksTheCradle'', and involves Mabel attracting the attention of "Li'l Gideon" Gleeful, a StalkerWithACrush who isn't above threatening her family members to get what he wants.
** "DoubleDipper", Dipper" is a play on the phrase "double dip", and involves Dipper cloning himself as part of a scheme to get closer to Wendy.
** "IrrationalTreasure", Treasure" is a ShoutOut to ''Film/NationalTreasure'', and features Dipper and Mable tracking down the eccentric true founder of Gravity Falls.
** "LittleDipper", Dipper" is a play on another name for the constellation Ursa Major, and it involves Dipper getting tired of Mabel teasing him for being slightly shorter and setting out to make himself taller with some magic size-changing crystals.
** "CarpetDiem", Diem" is a play on the phrase ''carpe diem'' ("sieze the day"), and "[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime The the plot involves a carpet that can [[FreakyFridayFlip swap people's minds around]].
** "The Land BeforeSwine]]". And that's just Swine" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', and features Mabel's pet pig Waddles being abducted by a pterosaur and taken to a LostWorld in the first season...caves beneath Gravity Flals.
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** "Headhunters" involves Dipper and Mabel literally trying to hunt down the stolen head of a wax sculpture of their Grunkle Stan.
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** "Irrational
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* ''WesternAnimation/GodRocks'': Because it's trying to tell you that God rocks, but it's about actual rocks.
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* ''WesternAnimation/GodRocks'': Because it's trying to tell you that God rocks, but it's about actual rocks. It's also a pun on the term "rock god".
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** "Father Time!" is an episode where Timmy goes back in time to meet his dad as a kid and [[ForWantOfANail prevent him from earning a trophy]] that he destroyed in the present day.
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** "Father Time!" is an episode where Timmy goes back in time to meet his dad as a kid and [[ForWantOfANail [[SetWrongWhatOnceWentRight prevent him from earning a trophy]] that he destroyed in the present day.
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* The title of ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'' itself is a pun on the small town of Llangollen in UsefulNotes/{{Wales}}, and the Welsh term for "lost" (ar goll).
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