History Recap / GravityFallsS2E11NotWhatHeSeems

* SympathyForTheHero: PlayedWith. AntiVillain Agent Trigger expresses this grudgingly when Mabel succeeds in getting his car run off the road, saying the twins are putting in their loyalty to someone know for making false identities and theft. Dipper tries to ignore these words, but they hit the mark.

* GoodVsGood: Neither side is truly evil. Stan committed various crimes, but it was to get his brother back from another dimension. Powers and Trigger, while incorrect about Stan's intentions, were right arrested a man who was guilty of serious felonies. Dipper and Soos nearly ruined Stan's plan to rescue his brother, but they tried to stop what they believed was a doomsday device.

-> ''With a rumored next episode title of “Not What He Seems” there can be only one logical person it could be about [[strike:but isn’t.]] However, the guy pictured thinks it’s all just a bunch of phooey. Find out the truth March 9th, on an all new episode [[strike:filled with lies]] only on Disney XD.\\
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[[strike:You’ve been buying gold, right?]]''

->--[[http://themysteryofgravityfalls.tumblr.com/post/111045736114/ Gravity Falls Fan-Made tumblr]]

** The effects of the device on Gravity Falls resemble a blowout from the ''[[Videogame/STALKER S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise]]'', including random gravity anomalies and the sky turning red.

* BecomingTheMask / ItMeantSomethingToMe : For the record, we do not know if Stan is an imposter or if the Stan Pines who died was "Stanley Pines" while the Grunkle we knows is Stanford; there are hints to the latter. If one buys the theory Stan isn't the real kids' uncle, but a drifter who did a DeadPersonImpersonation then he grew to [[PapaWolf care for them and Soos]] as if he were the real thing.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5d13e64118f30e1f9d12bac70d742214.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"...you don't know your uncle at all."]]

** The '''''HUGE''''' one at the end:

'''Stan:''' "The Author of the Journals... my brother."

** Also, pretty much everything else in the episode.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Old Man McGucket packs his bags in a hurry, he grabs his pet which he calls "raccoon wife." This is a ''Disney'' show, right?

* LikeAFatherToHisMen: Soos mentions wanting to be adopted by Stan and changing his name to "Stan Jr." This makes it more crushing when he and Dipper both lose faith in Stan.

* FridgeLogic: Mabel's BatmanGambit was a very risky GambitRoulette. If the Humvee had crashed in any other way, she, Dipper and Trigger [[FridgeHorror could've been injured or killed.]] If that's not enough, if that tree branch hadn't restrained Trigger he might have A.) gotten out and chased after the twins or B.) been ''impaled.''
** If the agents knew so much about Stan, wouldn't they have known Dipper and Mabel had parents they could be brought back to rather than Child Services?

* RealityEnsues: When Stan is captured, Agent Powers tells Agent Trigger to [[Deadly Euphemism "take care"]] of the twins. When [[GenreSavvy Mabel]] asks what that means, Trigger explains he's taking them to Child Services. Mabel is not impressed.

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Stan was willing to do ''anything,'' including risk an apocalypse or large gravitational anomalies, to [[spoiler: get his brother back.]] May also fall under WellIntentionedExtremist.
* AnimationBump: [[spoiler: The Author's]] DramaticUnmask was considered so important it was [[http://gravi-teamfalls.tumblr.com/post/113443219288/danaterrace-animation-i-did-from-the-last-scene animated domestically instead of overseas]].

* GoodVsGood: Neither side is truly evil. Stan committed various crimes, but it was to get his brother back from another dimension. Powers and Trigger, while incorrect about Stan's intentions, were right arrested a man who was guilty of serious felonies. Dipper and Mabel nearly ruined Stan's plan to rescue his brother, but they tried to stop what they believed was a doomsday device.

--> '''Mabel''': Ah poo!

* AnimationBump: The Author's DramaticUnmask was considered so important it was [[http://gravi-teamfalls.tumblr.com/post/113443219288/danaterrace-animation-i-did-from-the-last-scene animated domestically instead of overseas]].

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Stan was willing to do ''anything,'' including risk an apocalypse or large gravitational anomalies, to get his brother back. May also fall under WellIntentionedExtremist.

* BenchBreaker: Stan uses the gravitational anomalies to time breaking the chair he's handcuffed

* JawDrop: Mabel, Dipper and Stan do this when the Author-- Stan's brother-- appears out of the portal.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Manly Dan rammed Trigger's humvee off the road after Mabel wrote on a fogged-up window that Sev'ral Timez is overrated. [[FridgeHorror Had the humvee crashed differently, this could've gotten Mabel, Dipper, and Trigger seriously injured or killed.]]

* BatmanGambit: Mabel uses Manly Dan's temper to get driven off the road.

* FreezeFrameBonus: When Dipper and Mabel search Stan's office, you can briefly see some titles of books in Stan's library, including "Scams A-Z", "The Business of Business", "Daddy Issues" and a yearbook for "Glass Shard Beach High".

* PoliceAreUseless: Sheriff Blubs lets Grunkle Stan and the twins shoot fireworks he knows are illegal off the roof of the Mystery Shack.

** "[[Music/{{Europe}} It's the final countdown!]] Just like they always sang about!"

* TemptingFate: The following (edited in the trailer):

* OpeningShoutOut: During the first gravitational anomaly, Dipper and Mabel are floating over their beds, recreating a scene from the opening sequence. The main difference is that both are fast asleep and unaware.

* TitleDrop: In the series opening, the cryptogram translates to "STAN IS NOT WHAT HE SEEMS."

* DeadPersonImpersonation: An old newspaper reveals that Stan Pines reportedly died in a car crash.

* BeserkButton: Badmouthing Sevral Timez to Manly Dan is a very bad idea.

* BezerkButton: Badmouthing Sevral Timez to Manly Dan is a very bad idea.

** The various fireworks that Mabel reveals in the closet: ''Cop Callers'', ''The Lawsuit Makers'', ''Smokey Jokers'', ''Boom!'', ''The Heart Attack'' and ''Poor Choices.''