Fooly Falls (Fanfic)

Fooly Falls is a Crossover fanfic between Gravity Falls and FLCL by Lightyearpig (the creator of the Marvel Gems Universe and Gravity Soul) on Fanfiction, DeviantArt and Tumblr.

It all began when Dipper & Mabel Pines went out into the forest in search of a powerful wizard's tomb when Dipper was beat over the head by a Rickenbacker bass held by Haruko Haruhara, who then starts living at the Mystery Shack and befriending their Grunkle Stan. But when Dipper finds robots growing out of a horn sprouted on his head, his summer gets even stranger than usual.

Fooly Falls contains examples of:

Actor Allusion: Mabel mentions how Haruko sounds similar to Pacifica's mother, which causes her to drop down on the ground.
Adaptation Deviation: A few elements from FLCL have been changed to fit in with the Gravity Falls universe.
- For example, Stan and Haruko's relationship is much less sexual than hers with Naota's dad.
- The Department of Interstellar Immigration is a branch of the US Government.
- The hospital scene from FLCL's first episode is turned into a nightmare sequence at the beginning to chapter 2 that apparently still happened in real life.
- The amount of characters playing the Only Sane Man is upgraded from just Kitsurubami to Dipper, Ford, Wendy and Agent Powers.
- Firestarter is changed from a video game influencing Mamimi's Pyro Maniac tendencies to a magic spell used by Diamond Brandy. Although both of them are still used to burn things down.
- Ford takes Takkun home to research him instead of being a Replacement Goldfish like what Mamimi used him for.
Art Shift: The manga scenes from chapters 1 & 6 are kept and the latter's aftermath is changed to reference the fact that it's a fanfiction.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Again, par the course for FLCL.
- Haruko literally mentions the readers when confronting Dipper about his bandage.
- During the beginning of chapter 2, Haruko removing Toby Determined's ugly birthmark is described as "revealing so much Body Horror that this story would be re-rated as M."
- When Wendy asks who Haruko is introducing herself to, Dipper just says that they shouldn't think about it.
- In the aftermath of the manga scene in chapter 6, Stan acknowledges they're in a fanfiction, even namedropping Studio Gainax.
Deal with the Devil: Dipper suggests Haruko is working for Bill Cipher before thinking that if they did team up, she would try to betray him.
- Ford is forced to make a deal with Diamond Brandy that in exchange for handing over the Eyes of Heaven mask, his family and Earth would be spared. Brandy accepts the offer but later goes back on his word when he learns there's not many planets left to destroy.

The Dragon: Diamond Brandy receives one in chapter 6 in the form of his sword Armageddon.
Expy: A few.
- Dipper and Mabel are both this to Naota, though the former more than the latter.
- Meanwhile Stan and Ford are this to his father and grandpa, although Stan is leagues less perverted and Ford is an Only Sane Man.
Fanservice with a Smile: Stan and Haruko visit a parody of Hooters called Booby's where a former associate of Stan also happens to be. Haruko evens dresses up in the restaurant's waitress uniform.
Fastball Special: Stan and Ford perform one, complete with the former mentioning Colossus and Wolverine.
Greater-Scope Villain: Bill Cipher is revealed to be this on the Gravity Falls side of things, having granted Diamond Brandy Firestarter after making a deal with him.
Kid with the Leash: Ford is an older version of this when he takes Takkun in, even scolding him like someone would their dog.
Lampshade Hanging:
- Ford does this a lot, such as questioning the above Art Shift and the meaning of "fooly cooly."
The Mafia: Stan once had connections to the Molehill Gang before eventually ratting them out and as punishment, they were forced to clean up after someone would drop the soap.
Mythology Gag: Armageddon first encounters the twins & Haruko while smoking a cigarette with "Never knows best" on it just like Mamimi's.
- Similar to the FLCL manga, Haruko leaves behind another Vespa for Dipper & Mabel to take in case they change their minds.
Odd Friendship: Stan and Haruko, even dedicating most of the third chapter to them going on a revenge trip. Until chapter six, where he turns on Haruko when learning about Atomsk from Ford.
Papa Wolf: Stan becomes this twice towards the twins, the first time when Mabel is taken over by the Monster of the Week, and the next when he learns about Dipper's part in Haruko's plans to the point where he breaks off their partnership.
Photo Doodle Recognition: Dipper realizes Diamond Brandy's connections to Bill through finding the latter's image on the back of Firestarter.
Portmanteau Couple Name: Mabel comes up with one for Dipper & Haruko, which is HaruDip.
Shout-Out: Many are added in addition to FLCL's own.
- For example, the Big Bad Diamond Brandy is one giant love letter to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, more specifically to Dio Brando (an ancient evil reawakened after hundreds of years with the power to stop time who aims to become a Physical God) and Kars (said ancient evil imprisoned in stone and seeking a Mask of Power.)
- There apparently lived an ancient race of beings in the future land of Gravity Falls known as the Pole People, an obvious allusion to the Pillar Men.
- The aforementioned Mask of Power is called the Eyes of Heaven mask.
- At some point, Stan starts wearing a checkerboard top-hat similar to William Zeppeli's. He even attempts to make a Heroic Sacrifice or as the story describes "withdraw coolly into the afterlife."
- Two of Diamond Brandy's attacks are named Vento Aureo and Steel Ball Run.
- Mabel wears a sweater that has a skull-and-crossbones wearing a straw hat on it.
- When Dipper wakes up Ford from his sleep at the end of chapter 1, he mutters "R...rhino, rhino feeder."
- When Ford hears about Dipper's nightmare about Haruko at the beginning of chapter 2, he mentions having a similar dream featuring an raging alcoholic and his grandson.
- Stan refers to Canti as Cambot when he tells him to pack up some illegal sugar for a transporter named Scott. He also calls Mabel a prickly muffin.
- Mabel sews a red and blue sweater with a spider on it.
- Scott's boss Jackson is described in chapter 3 as an Asian man clad in a white suit.
- Dipper and Ford shout "OH SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA!"
- Ford claims he originally found the Eyes of Heaven mask in the Pookajee temple.
- The entire Brawler Beasts game Dipper and Mabel play.
- Big Tiny is a short man with a white hat and a purple suit, similar to Big Daddy. His bodyguards Fettuccine & Alfredo have a tie & flat-top and a bad haircut respectively. Meanwhile another of his minions is named Napier and wears an orange zoot suit with green stripes. The four of them are all part of the Molehill Gang.
- When Stan has a Freak Out! over Big Tiny showing up, Haruko says "I thought you were made of sterner stuff!"
- When Stan & Haruko escape Booby's to save Mabel from the Monster of the Week, Big Tiny declares "They'll be back. Soon we'll see."
- The climax of chapter 3 pretty much turns Stan into Kamina, complete with declaring "Who the hell do you think I am?!", calling Ford his aniki ^note and telling Ford to "believe in the Stan who believes in you.
- As stated above, Wolverine and Colossus are mentioned when Stan & Ford do a Fastball Special.
- Stan & Soos discuss anime at the beginning of chapter 4 before it turns into talking about a parody of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Stan even imitates Gendo Ikari's famous Finger-Tenting pose and later on Misato Katsuragi's Beergasm.
- One of the scientists examining Diamond Brandy's statue mentions losing his fiancee, his mother dying, his father getting deported and buying a new car.
- Arcadia Bay is mentioned.
- Stinger and Loggken debating on whether they should turn Ford's flesh into a quiche or stew.
- Apparently Agent Powers' first name is Ron ald.
- The Bland-Name Product version of Lupin III is called The Wolf after the name Lupin himself was given in the Streamline dub of The Castle of Cagliostro, which here is called the Palace of Shamballa.
- Instead of Putting on the Reich, Stan dresses up as the Heavy Weapons Guy.
- The secondary prize for Stan & Dipper's gunfight is a box of Mrs. Pell's Fishsticks, which Ford eats.
- Speaking of Ford, he mentions a cyborg policewoman with an organic brain that looked a bit like Scarlett Johansson.
- The final two chapters are titled Don't Lose Your Way and The Bizarre Climax (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Rage Against the Machine)
- Mabel tries to engage in a Seinfeldian Conversation with Dipper over what kind of superpowers they would have. She wants the powers of a frog to become a Cute Monster Girl while guessing Dipper would have "something nerdy like telepathy or laser vision." She then changes the subject to whether one should jump in a pool of gold if given the chance to, and only then Dipper speaks saying that it's a great many pieces of hard matter that form a hard floor-like surface.
- Stan goes on a spiel of references when he asks Ford about what they can do about the fog, mentioning explosive lemons, air powers, the power to turn anyone to jade statues and radioactive spiders. Ford settles him down saying he's going to give him whiplash, and then Stan gives an Aside Glance. No points for guessing the Actor Allusion.
- Following the above example, Stan decides to drink out of a flask and holds up a finger as he does so.
- The guy at the noodle place the twins and Haruko go to is clearly depressed beyond recognition, saying that he's wasted his life at only 19 years old.
- Armageddon's humanoid form is a young man with snow white hair, three red eyes, a large spider tattoo on his chest and a snake's tail in place of legs.
- Stan compliments Kitsurubami's anti-tank rifle by saying "Bitches love cannons!"
Running Gag: Characters wondering which of The Beatles played a Rickenbacker when they would talk about Haruko's.
- Amarao's Big Ol' Eyebrows.

Ride on Shooting Star contains examples of:

Actor Allusion: Word of God refers to Barbara Goodson as his ideal voice for Tyrone Pines and as such, his first line is from Goodson's most famous role.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Haruko has it even worse in this story than in its predecessor or any other FLCL material. Her home planet was a dystopia that stifles free thinking, she was stuck with Abusive Parents & a Mean Boss, and two of her closest friends would soon turn on her.
Adaptation Distillation: The author's notes states that it's mainly based on FLCL Progressive with elements of Alternative and a few rewrites added in.
Adaptation Origin Connection: Who was Haruko friends with long before she met the Pines family? Rick Sanchez, Birdperson and Squanchy.
Adorably Precocious Child: Imelda acts as the Mystery Shack's financial advisor, a babysitter for her younger sister and a Cloud Cuckoolanders Minder to her siblings at only seven years old.
Big "WHAT?!": Dipper and Mabel's reaction to Haruko's return at the end of chapter 1.
Big "OMG!": Stan's is this to the exact same event.
Book-Ends: Stan is buried at the site formerly occupied by Diamond Brandy's tomb where Dipper & Mabel first met Haruko.
Cigarette of Anxiety: Smoking helps Dipper de-stress, which is why the number of cigarettes in his mouth increases with each chapter.
Cool Big Sis: Leia is this to Tyrone.
Cheerful Child: Much like his aunt Mabel, Tyrone is this to Gwen's Emotionless Girl.
Cuddle Bug: Tyrone.
Dead Guy Junior: Soos decides to name his newborn son Stan Jr. at the end of chapter 6 in memory of Stan.
Distant Finale: After the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue, the story closes on an older Abby & Stan Jr. Ramirez visiting Stan and Ford's graves on Stan Jr.'s birthday followed by a shot of a red star over the ruins of Medical Mechanica.
Face Death with Dignity: Stan knew he was going to die soon and when he does at the end of Chapter 6, he goes off peacefully.
Foreshadowing: The opening dream sequence of chapter 2 is a big one towards certain events of later chapters like Haruko absorbing Jinyu, her fight with Stan and Stan's death.
Ghost Reunion Ending: [[spoiker:Stan revisits his family as a ghost and loves taking advantage of it.]]
Go into the Light: When Jinyu interrogates Arnold after saving them from the Medical Mechanica robot in Chapter 1, he says "Is that you Great-Grandpa Auldman? I can see a light." before Tyrone begs him to not go towards it.
Gratuitous Foreign Language: Ezra peppers his words with Korean twice so far, the first instance being "Neo salanghaneun babo" ^note "You lovesick fool." and "aesaekki." ^note "brat."
Grumpy Old Man: Stan has become this even more with age.
Groin Attack: Dipper suffers this in his fight with Haruko at the climax of Chapter 2.
Heel Realization: After failing to capture Atomsk again & later attending Stan's funeral, Haruko has a slight change of heart thanks to the Pines and takes a break from her chase to stop Medical Mechanica alongside Jinyu.
Hidden Depths: Tarot Turner uncovers these for the children when he reads their palms. Only Gwen, Tyrone & Arnold's are described in the story while the rest are in the author's notes.
- Ian can be impatient and Hot-Blooded.
- Leia possesses self doubt over what she wants to do with her life.
- Juan & Jorge don't think they are worthy of their ideals of manliness.
- And finally, Imelda simply wants to be a normal girl.
- Abby is the odd one out for not having any.
Hypothetical Casting: The author's notes at the end of chapter 1 gives this to the nine major original characters, along with some notable roles he had in mind.
- Stephanie Sheh: Gwen (voice of Mamini Samejima and Orihime Inoue)
- Barbara Goodson: Tyrone (voice of Naoto Nandaba and, as stated above, Rita Repulsa)
- Justin Briner: Arnold (voice of Izuku Midoriya and Cloud Strife)
- Doug Erholtz: Ian (voice of Squall Leonhart and Jean Pierre Polnareff)
- Barbara Dunkelman: Leia (voice of Yang Xiao Long)
- Danny Pudi: Juan (voice of Huey Duck and Brainy Smurf)
- Bobby Moynihan: Jorge (voice of Louie Duck and Panda)
- Monica Rial: Imelda (voice of Tsuyu Asui, Bulma Briefs and Tsubaki Nakatsukasa)
- Grey DeLisle: Abby (voice of Lily Loud)
- An update released after chapter 2 revealed Derek Stephen Prince (voice of Uryu Ishida, Impmon, Vexen & Iggy) as Ezra Chiu.
Locked Out of the Loop: Melody claims she is completely unaware of the events of Fooly Falls when Jinyu first appears.
Musical Episode: Chapter 2 has three songs featured, Step in Time at the Mystery Shack, My Way by two men at the Bloated Dragon and Haruko's rap from FLCL Alternative.
Mythology Gag: The inscription on Ford's tombstone is taken from his final message from Gravity Falls: Journal 3.
My Beloved Smother: Pacifica is this towards Arnold, which contributes to his Nervous Wreck tendencies and is discussed in Chapter 6.
Newspaper Backstory: Stanford kept a copy of the Gravity Falls Gossiper dating back to August 2012 that he reads to describe the events of Fooly Falls to Gwen.
Next-Gen Fic: Dipper & Wendy's son & daughter, Mabel & Pacifica's son and Soos's children are the main characters of this.
Noodle Incident: At some point, Tyrone stole a horse head from the son of Big Tiny, who is strongly implied to be an Enfant Terrible if Dipper saying how he went on a rampage is anything to go by.
- When Stan gets to speak with Haruko again after twenty years, he mentions him & Ford eating dead birds as a comparison to her lust for Atomsk.
Stan: And their genitals didn't taste any good!
- Jorge once insulted the local yakuza gang of Little Asia and was punished by being crushed between their stomachs.
Not So Different: The opening dream sequence of chapter 3 implies that Stan and Haruko are this. Much like Stan, Haruko suffered from Abusive Parents and was separated from her home at some point. Though in her case, it was because the Cromulons were going to destroy her home planet before Atomsk came along.
Only Sane Man: Imelda when compared to her older siblings.
Panicky Expectant Father: Soos becomes one when Melody gives birth to their seventh child, complete with drinking way too much coffee meant for other expecting fathers.
Pass the Popcorn: When the other kids line up behind Gwen for Haruko's experiment, Tyrone munches on some popcorn.
Shipper on Deck: When Haruko learns that Dipper & Wendy are now Happily Married, she claims to be happy for the two while saying that she thought Pacifica was a better fit.
Shout-Out: Just like the original story.
- Tyrone's first line is "Aah! After ten hours of sleep, you are free! It's time to conquer breakfast!"
- When Haruko, disguised as a visiting researcher, asks who wants to be experimented on next, Tyrone raises Arnold's arm and says "He volunteers as tribute!"
- Imelda takes her Silly Walk from Marvin the Martian.
- When Melody suggests Gwen, Tyrone & Arnold becoming babysitters for their eventual seventh child, Tyrone suggests giving them an "Awesome McCool" Name like Darkside or Steppenwolf. She also says they couldn't hire a nanny because Soos and the other kids didn't like how their choices weren't practically perfect in every way.
- Before he and Gwen are attacked by the Monster of the Week, Tyrone says "I am wood. Stupid." in his sleep.
- Dipper's preferred brand of cigarettes are Oxton. Also doubles as a reference to The Flintstones, which was once sponsored by Winston's Cigarettes.
- During a flashback to the twins as eighteen year olds, Dipper sees Haruko finding Atomsk in the sky and initially believes it to be an Aurora Borealis. Mabel responds with "Aurora Borealis in this part of the country at this time of year?"
- The opening of Chapter 2 borrows from both the animated segments of Mary Poppins, its sequel and Space Jam. There's even a reference to "Michael's Secret Stuff" in the dream sequence.
- One of the penguin commentators says "It was not the atomic explosion that took his life, 'twas beauty that killed the beast." in regards to the corpse of Stan as a gorilla. Haruko also turns into Godzilla prior.
- Tyrone asks if he could use a horse head to scare Gwen into waking up, but Dipper rejects the idea. Wendy would ask the same thing later when she finds Dipper unconscious in the bathroom.
- Juan, Jorge and Arnold discuss fasting until you're dead.
- Upon arriving in Little Asia, Juan, Jorge & Tyrone celebrate by shouting "BANZAI!" and tilting to one side.
- The two men singing My Way are named Curtis & Greg, after Curtis "Takahata101" Arnott and Greg Baldwin (aka The Other Darrin for Mako as the voice of Uncle Iroh and Aku) who had sung their own covers before.
- Jorge had a run-in with the sumo yakuza of Little Asia, who are revealed to be a group of white, black & Asian men with blue, black & red mawashis.
- The fortune-telling biker Tarot Turner's real name is Timothy.
- After the above-mentioned Groin Attack from Haruko in a bunny suit saying "DAICON THIRTY-THREE!", Dipper says this.
Dipper: S-she hit me in the dick. Why?! Why did she hit me in the dick?
- One character that appears in a scene is pretty much an Expy of Shinji Ikari if comparing being forced to work a food truck that has nothing to sell ^note to his father blackmailing him into piloting a giant robot powered by his mother's soul while surrounded by multiple attractive women he can't decide on is anything to go by.
- Tyrone mispronounces enzyme as "anemonemome".
- Juan and Jorge make up various slang words during chapter 3, one of them being "jalapena." They also namedrop Patrick Stewart and Tony Hawk at points. But then the two reference the Red Wedding and decide to drop it.
- Juan calls the group consisting of himself, Jorge, Arnold & Tyrone a brotherhood of man.
- A crab is shown with a gold coin in its claw.
- Tyrone, Leia, Juan and Jorge sing "A Pirate's Life for Me".
- Juan is swallowed by a Yoshi Expy and spat out as an egg, which apparently made him realize what it's like to be reincarnated, what flavor the universe is & how bad the apples of the Garden of Eden taste and he stays behind to contemplate the origin of the platypus.
- Ezra comes into ownership of a snarky mutant raccoon named Bawuu who complains about everyone being stupid.
- The more cheerful Gwen greets everyone with "How do you do fellow kids?"
- When Eyepatch examines Aiko's fists, he states that under his training she can eat lightning and crap thunder.
- A Wile E. Coyote style trap is set for Gwen, which is a state of Petra the Pterodactyl.
- Imelda screams "JANE, STOP THIS CRAZY THING!"
- Stan's solution to the Medical Mechanica factory tipping over? Nigurendayo!
- Heinz enberg is basically J. Jonah Jameson, to the point where even Haruko calls him a "real J. Jonah."
- When Raharu first meets Rick Sanchez and company, Birdperson assures her that he's not a man in a suit who'll teach her the alphabet.
- Rick coins Haruko's name through thinking of various Alliterative Names like Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Billy Batson and Fred Flintstone.
- The various chicaneries that Haruko and the Flesh Curtains get into are running around Mainframe, performing for an entire audience of Gems, activating a Buster Call and defacing Scrooge McDuck's money bin.
- After viewing Haruko's backstory, Dipper basically goes through the same one bad day as The Joker, even copying his laugh. He also screams "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA!"
- Eye Patch says hakuna matata.
- Gideon's bodyguards are basically Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega. Jules is even shown eating a burger.
- Tyrone & Wendy watch a bad B-movie directed by Joel Nelson and featuring Michelle Hodgson in a Stripperiffic costume.
- During his bout of insanity, Dipper acts out a Willy-Nilly's Coffee where Tyrone's Waddles II plush is about to get stabbed by a stuffed Petra the Pterodactyl doll for not liking the product.
- When Arnold is forced to fight Haruko, he starts telling himself that he's the boss before quoting The Pillows' "I Think I Can".
- Ford regales a story from his days at Backupsmore University where the students celebrated winning a cross-country event by performing a riot that tore apart school property, including flipping over the pool. He and Fiddleford meanwhile went out for Italian.
- Tonkichi declares that Medical Mechanica may smooth out their brains, but they'll never smooth out their freedom.
- Older Man McGucket claims that the Medical Machine puppy reminds him of Canti, whom he calls a spindly johnny.
- When Atomsk arrives, Soos is the first to notice red skies and asks if the multiverse is doomed.
- Stan cries out "Time to swat some wasps, SUPER STAN STYLE!" after taking Ford's Super Serum.
- Soos calls Aiko's flower pot Planty the Potted Plant.
- Wendy claims she got the idea to move to Portland through reading a book by Dr. Lipschitz.
- Older Man McGucket calls Haruko Pinkie Pie while they're inside Atomsk.
- The entire Muffin Man exchange between Ford and Leia when the latter tries to translate for Canti.
- Stan screams "I'M DYING YOU IDIOT!" while he's dying. His Famous Last Words are also borrowed from Logan.
- Also on Stan's death, he claimed that he expected more mahogany desks in the afterlife.
- According to the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue, Juan, Jorge & Aiko would cohost a show called "Manly Eye for the Wimpy Guy".
She Is Not My Girlfriend: Candy's son Ezra repeatedly denies any advances Leia makes towards him. However by the end, they decide to be Just Friends but it's implied Ezra may be a Tsundere.
- Which is indeed confirmed in "Ex-Partners in Crime" when he and Leia become targeted by Tonkichi. Leia even claims she saw it coming.
Smoking Is Cool: Dipper is a smoker in this story. Though in chapter 4, it's implied he has an addiction of sorts.
Running Gag: Bird dick.
Take That!:
- Donald Trump is indirectly mentioned in chapter 2 but unlike many other jokes about him, that was the only one found throughout the story.
- Stan begins to contemplate on if people actually wanted a sequel to Fooly Falls, which is also a reference to the Broken Base regarding the existence of Progressive & Alternative.
- According to the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue, people would rather see their childhoods rehashed than Ian & Leia's own movie.
Time Skip: Fooly Falls 2 takes place twenty years after the first story and Gravity Falls.
Those Two Guys: Juan and Jorge.
True Companions: Gwen, Tyrone, Arnold and the Ramirez siblings are all thick as thieves. Dipper even uses the term to describe the former three growing up together and it's implied to be the case for their relationship with the Ramirezes as well.
We Used to Be Friends: Stan's relationship with Haruko. And it gets even worse in chapter 4.
Wham Episode: The ending of Chapter 2 gives us a rather unexpected revelation: At some point in time, Haruko crossed paths with Rick Sanchez and the two of them were Platonic Life-Partners much like her and Stan were.
- The opening of chapter 3 follows up on this by having Gwen's dream sequence put her in Haruko's shoes at the destruction of her planet thanks to the Cromulons, where Rick, Birdperson & Squanchy also happen to be.
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue: Fooly Falls 2 ends on one talking about the futures of its main characters.
- Gwen started taking guitar lessons and became an indie musician.
- Tyrone grew up to become an abstract artist.
- Arnold would inherit Northwest Mudflaps and later the journals.
- Ian & Leia become movie directors best known for their Cult Classic "Phoenix and the Shooting Stars." Ezra, now married to Leia, would often provide assistance.
- As stated above, Juan & Jorge created a Queer Eye parody where they, Aiko and a group of life coaches inspired better self-confidence.
- Imelda continues to work at the Mystery Shack while also operating a lifeguard job.