History Recap / GravityFallsS2E6LittleGiftShopOfHorrors

'''Soos:''' Those people are called animators.

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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Smart!Waddles has shades of this, as he (along with Dipper) gives dangerous inventions to Grenda and Candy without a second thought. [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons The Percepshroom may've put his intelligence through the roof, but they didn't do a thing for his wisdom.]]

* ConspicuousCG: The cart that Smart!Waddles rides on.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: Smart!Waddles merely has to "talk" with UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson 's voice to show how awesome he has become. He's even using Nerf darts to chase away Gompers.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The stories themselves and even the FramingDevice are almost certainly not canon to the rest of the show, considering that the cipher keyword is "noncanon". Stan also states that he made up "Abaconings."
* ComedicSociopathy: Stan traps the customer in a glass cage and uses him as tourist attraction in the Mystery Shack because [[DisproportionateRetribution he didn't buy anything]], then Dipper and Mabel are undisturbed by seeing him trapped in the credits and don't help him out. There's really no reason for Stan to be that malicious and petty or for Dipper and Mabel to be that callous/oblivious ''besides'' it being funny and the episode being noncanon.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Smart!Waddles has shades of this, as he (along with Dipper) gives dangerous inventions to Grenda and Candy without a second thought. [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons The mushrooms may've put his intelligence through the roof, but they didn't do a thing for his wisdom.]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Genius!Waddles says that his Smart-icle Accelerator will help him find the answers to such dilemmas as "the origin of life, the meaning of existence, [and] why dudes have nipples!"

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Dipper in "Abaconings," finding a mushroom that would stimulate brain power, and rubbing it all over his forehead. You'd think he would have learned from "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E11LittleDipper Little Dipper]]" about messing with strange substances. Justified in that Stan is telling the story.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Discussed in "Abaconings" and played straight; Waddles chooses to become a normal pig again after the brain mushroom made him smarter, even though solving all the mysteries of the world could benefit humanity. Dipper doesn't think to try using the mushroom again and keeping it out of Waddles's reach.
* SchmuckBait: The "potion" that Stan offers as a free sample, actually a knockout drug. Even if it was a JerkAss move for Stan.

* VignetteEpisode: The second one after "[[Recap/GravityFallsS1E14BottomlessPit Bottomless Pit]]".

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[[caption-width-right:350:Animation, the darkest of all black magics.]]

* EyeRecall: Waddles does this as he is remembering his past adventures with Mable, inspiring him to return to his old self.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Mable manages to give one to Waddles, when her friendship with him is threatened and tries to get him to realize what he became.

** Genius Waddles is a shout out to two prominent scientists. The first with the mobile wheel chair and voice synthesizer is StephenHawking, the second with his whimsical and awe-inspiring speech on science that is typical of him, is UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson, who in fact voices Waddles.

'''Hands Off!:''' Stan loses his hands after provoking a "Hand-Witch" who lives in the mountains.

* AseopAmnesia: "Well, ''I'' learned nothing!"

* FreezeFrameBonus: During "Hands Off!", you can briefly see Agent Powers at the swap meet and Agent Trigger at the bowling alley.

* POVShot: The FramingDevice is seen entirely through the eyes of the customer Stan is telling the stories to.

* FunnyBackGroundEvent: While Dipper is trying to punch away the hands attacking him, Mabel tries to defeat one with RockPaperScissors. She loses and runs away screaming.

** The Hand Witch made a chair of hands that looks like the [[Series/GameOfThrones Iron Throne.]]

** Genius!Waddles is a shout out to two prominent scientists. The first with the mobile wheel chair and voice synthesizer is StephenHawking, the second with his whimsical and awe-inspiring speech on science that is typical of him, is UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson, who in fact voices Waddles.

* AndIMustScream: The customer's fate at the end of the episode; see ComedicSociopathy below. It's implied that Stan even glues his mouth shut!

* CanonDiscontinuity: Almost certainly the case for the stories themselves and even the FramingDevice, considering that the cipher keyword is "noncanon". Stan also states that he made up "Abaconings."
* ComedicSociopathy: Stan trapping the customer in a glass cage and uses him as tourist attraction in the Mystery Shack because [[DisproportionateRetribution he didn't buy anything]], then Dipper and Mabel being undisturbed by seeing him trapped in the credits and don't help him out. There's really no reason for Stan to be that malicious and petty or for Dipper and Mabel to be that callous/oblivious ''besides'' it being funny and the episode being noncanon.

* HalloweenEpisode: Part of Disney's "Monstober" month-long special, and the 2nd one for the show after [[Recap/GravityFallsS1E12Summerween "Summerween."]]
** Interestingly enough, it's the ''first'' [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] HalloweenEpisode, not unlike the Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror" specials, given that the post-credits cipher reads "noncanon." Since the stories fit into the rubric of the show, the only way anyone would've known (aside from the extreme ComedicSociopathy) is that cipher.

* SpecialGuest: UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson as Genius!Waddles.

'''Abaconings:''' An intelligence-boosting mushroom makes Waddles a genius, but threatens his friendship with Mabel.

** In "Abaconings", the puzzle box Dipper has says that if you solve the crazy-hard puzzle, you could get your picture on the box. The nerd on the box is being kissed by a hot woman in a one-piece swimsuit. "Whoa. That's false advertising I could get behind."

** At the beginning of "Clay Day," the clock on the wall is [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans Bubo]].

* {{Homage}}: The "Clay Day" short is one to Creator/RayHarryhausen, right down to the animated director being an InkSuitActor for the late director.

!!Tropes:

Grunkle Stan regales a lost traveler with a series of "Tales Designed to Sell My Merchandise":

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Alex Hirsch originally wanted TheStinger to reveal that the viewer was Creator/MNightShyamalan, but was unable to get the director to agree to the joke.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Genius!Waddles says that his Smart-icle Accelerator will help him find the answers to such dilemmas as "the origin of life, the meaning of existance, [and] why dudes have nipples!"

* TheComicallySerious: Waddles, as played by UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson. When he knocks over a laptop, he types, "Forgive me. My cute pig arms are useless."

* GenreSavvy: Dipper knows that shoplifting from a witch isn't a good idea.

* HelpingHands: The Handwitch from "Hands Off!" has a small army of disembodied hands at her beck and call.