History Recap / GravityFallsS2E14TheStanchurianCandidate

* KilledOffForReal: Mayor Befufflefumpter is deceased of an unknown cause as of this episode.

* TheLastDance: The former mayor's death makes Stan realize that he's not getting any younger, and his legacy consists of the Mystery Shack (which he's soon going to lose) and a lifetime of national and international cons. He tries to be mayor both to add something positive to his legacy and to earn the twins' respect.
* TheUnreveal: Tad Strange. Before this episode, fans had an array of out-there speculations such as Tad being the same type of creature as Bill Cipher (but a square) to Tad being Gompers' real name (when asked in a Q&A about the goat, Bill said he 'like(s) him better this way'). This episode reveals that not only is he just a normal guy, he's probably the most normal person in Gravity Falls.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Mayor Befufflefumpter is mentioned as being 102 years old in the episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery" and the series takes place during the summer of 2012, meaning he must have been born in 1910. He's also described as having potentially started and/or served in World War I, even though he could only have been ''four'' at the time it began. (Then again, [[RuleOfFunny this may have been the joke.]]

--> '''Candy:''' Your approval ratings started at zero. Now it's a number lower than zero.

* HeCleansUpNicely: Stan’s 70’s style suit looks surprisingly good on him.

-->'''Bud''': Stanford? No offence, but you're just some two-bit carnival barker. And your head is more ears than face!
-->'''Stan''': Oh, yeah? Well, your face is more fat... than... ''not'' fat!
-->(everyone gasps)
-->'''Tad Strange''': Oh, ''snap!''

-->'''Wendy''': You're memeing fast, and none of them are good.

--> '''Soos:''' That doesn't make sense, Mabel. You don't make sense, Dipper!

-->'''Mabel''': Grunkle Stan, what are you ''doing?!''\\
'''Stan''': Running for mayor. Did I...did I not make that clear?

* SleazyPolitician: Both Stan and Bud almost became this, only to be disqualified. In Stan's case, it's an explicit [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstruction]], as his massive ListOfTransgressions bars him from office; in Bud's case, he just forgot to fill out his paperwork correctly.

--> "I'm finally ready to make a deal."

** Mabel borrowed Stan's slippers to carry milk in them. It's never explained why.

** Ford living with and belong allowed to interact with the twins starts to take its toll on Stan, who is aware that he is not as "glorious" as Ford but refuses to admit that he wants the twins' respect. By the end of the episode, he finally admits that he wants the twins' admiration as he's rescuing them.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: Dipper and Mabel basically use mind control to try to get Stan into public office, and Stan himself is a former career criminal who already started stuffing the ballots ''the second'' he entered the race. But the twins are trying to defeat Bud, who would have pardoned Gideon had he become the mayor. Gideon himself tries to ''murder'' Dipper and Mabel, so the twins do have the comparably higher moral ground. Stan gets disqualified, but at least they've exposed Gideon and Bud.